Gleanings — §19

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 19 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

نقطه بيان ميفرمايد: "نطفه يک ساله يوم ظهور او اقوی است از کلّ مَن فی البيان" و همچنين ميفرمايد: "و قد کتبت جوهرة فی ذکره و هُو أنّه لا يشار باشارتی و لا بما نزل فی البيان"

Shoghi Effendi Translation

He Who is the Heart and Center of the Bayán hath written: “The germ that holdeth within itself the potentialities of the Revelation that is to come is endowed with a potency superior to the combined forces of all those who follow Me.” And, again, He saith: “Of all the tributes I have paid to Him Who is to come after Me, the greatest is this, My written confession, that no words of Mine can adequately describe Him, nor can any reference to Him in My Book, the Bayán, do justice to His Cause.”

Translation Notes

نقطه

nqṭh n-q-ṭ

literal: point; point, dot; points

SE rendered نقطه (nqṭh), بيان (bíán), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), نطفه (nṭfh) as “Bayán, written, germ”

point 59% primal 18% who 3% center 3% mover 3% “point 3% one 3% different 3% focal 3% realms 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the Primal Point gleaningsGWB §19: He Who is the Heart and Center of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: a different point prayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: realms will-and-testamentW&T §52: parts epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Point gleaningsGWB §125: Focal-Point kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the focal center

بيان

bíán b-y-n → “bayán” Distinctive

literal: utterance

This form usually rendered as “utterance”, “words”, “speech” (130 occurrences)

utterance 63% words 9% speech 5% language 4% tongue 4% divine 4% such 3% utterances 3% explanation 3% bayán 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: among fire-tabletFire §23: to speak forth gleaningsGWB §669: to the things kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among My kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: been revealed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: confined to their own selves tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolute the-hidden-wordsHW §83: veilless

ميفرمايد

mífrmáyd frmúdn → “saith”

literal: say

saith 72% hath 9% will 4% declareth 4% who 2% said 2% turned 2% saying 2% guardeth 2% drawing 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: have received no gleaningsGWB §40: caused kitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: referred prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: is able to the-hidden-wordsHW §156: have I given will-and-testamentW&T §4: did epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: are turned into gleaningsGWB §35: inflict

نطفه

nṭfh n-ṭ-f → “germ”

literal: drop, germ, sperm

germ 33% moist 33% child 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the moist germ kitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: a Child epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: germ

يک

yk y-k

literal: one; with/to-one

SE rendered بيان (bíán), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), نطفه (nṭfh), يک (yk), ساله (sálh), يوم (yúm), ظهور (ẓhúr), اقوی (iqúy) as “Bayán, written, germ, Revelation, endowed with a potency superior”

one 73% alike 9% other 9% each 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: for an hour gleaningsGWB §563: alike kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: the other epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: one kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: but one reference epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: A kitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: each kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: one and the same

ساله

sálh s-n-h

literal: year; years

SE rendered بيان (bíán), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), نطفه (nṭfh), يک (yk), ساله (sálh), يوم (yúm), ظهور (ẓhúr), اقوی (iqúy), از (iz) as “Bayán, written, germ, Revelation, endowed with a potency superior”

years 82% two 9% seventy-year 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: yearly gleaningsGWB §176: twenty years kitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: aeons prayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: the present year the-hidden-wordsHW §97: for long years will-and-testamentW&T §5: the breast epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: each year gleaningsGWB §44: for generations

يوم

yúm y-w-m

literal: day; days; today

day 88% today 3% one 2% every 2% now 2% days 1% each 1% yesterday 1% following 0% great 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that day gleaningsGWB §504: is this Day kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that day prayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: my days tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Day the-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing day will-and-testamentW&T §47: daytime epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: one day

ظهور

ẓhúr ẓ-h-r → “revelation”

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: shall make manifest fire-tabletFire §23: spring gleaningsGWB §129: when they appeared kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: the sign of His manifestation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: dawned tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist the-hidden-wordsHW §157: give forth

اقوی

iqúy q-w-y → “endowed with a potency superior”

literal: power

SE expanded to “endowed with a potency superior”

endowed 40% mightier 20% can 20% power 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: into the sense gleaningsGWB §390: the sense of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: The mighty the-hidden-wordsHW §68: of might will-and-testamentW&T §53: the power epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: with strong hand gleaningsGWB §246: and His might

همچنين

hmchnín hmchnín → “likewise”

literal: likewise; likewise, similarly; similarly, likewise

likewise 62% like 14% similarly 7% also 5% furthermore 3% another 2% again 2% both 2% while 2% moreover 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: at another gleaningsGWB §340: while kitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: Furthermore epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Likewise gleaningsGWB §122: similarly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: and epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: with gleaningsGWB §150: Both

کتبت

ktbt k-t-b → “written confession”

literal: write

thou 57% have 14% written 14% hath 7% what 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: of the Kitáb-i-Íqán gleaningsGWB §39: holy Book kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Book kitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: this pretentious book prayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: to write down the-hidden-wordsHW §72: Write will-and-testamentW&T §5: Text epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: My Book

جوهرة

júhrh j-w-h-r → “essence”

literal: essence; essences; essence, jewel

essence 57% substance 10% gem-like 7% gem 7% greatest 3% essential 3% most 3% ultimate 3% inmost 3% worth 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: Essence gleaningsGWB §119: praise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: gems of divine wisdom prayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: the treasures the-hidden-wordsHW §149: worth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: jewel gleaningsGWB §674: the very essence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: quintessence

ذکره

dhkrh dh-k-r

literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned

SE rendered ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), کتبت (ktbt), جوهرة (júhrh), ذکره (dhkrh), يشار (yshár), باشارتی (báshártí) as “saith, written confession, the greatest is, can adequately describe, reference”