Gleanings — §221

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 221 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

و مطالع این ظلم جهلائی هستند که باسم علم معروفند بشأنی بر اعراض قیام نموده‌اند که نفسی را که عالم از برای خدّام درگهش خلق شده او را بظلم مبین در سجن محکم متین حبس نموده‌اند ولکنّ الله بدّل السّجن بالجنّة العلیا و الفردوس الأعلی رغمًا لهم و للّذین کفروا بهذا النّبإِ العظیم

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The instigators of this oppression are those very persons who, though so foolish, are reputed the wisest of the wise. Such is their blindness that, with unfeigned severity, they have cast into this fortified and afflictive Prison Him, for the servants of Whose Threshold the world hath been created. The Almighty, however, in spite of them and those that have repudiated the truth of this “Great Announcement,” hath transformed this Prison House into the Most Exalted Paradise, the Heaven of Heavens.

Translation Notes

ظلم

ẓlm ẓ-l-m → “oppression” Distinctive

literal: wronged; injustice; darkness

This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “cruelty”, “darkness” (97 occurrences)

tyranny 31% cruelty 15% darkness 15% oppression 13% injustice 8% iniquity 5% wrongs 5% unjustly 3% manifest 3% unjust 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: oppressors before fire-tabletFire §49: meekness gleaningsGWB §507: oppressor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: of the people of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: of the oppressor the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §4: flagrant injustice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: One

جهلائی

jhláʾí j-h-l → “foolish”

literal: ignorance; ignorant; ignorant ones

foolish 38% ignorance 25% ignorant 17% folly 6% empty 4% manifest 2% former 2% mine 2% depths 2% who 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: foolish gleaningsGWB §703: depths of ignorance kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: foolish ones kitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: the foolish have multiplied”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: his own ignorance the-hidden-wordsHW §85: empty thyself epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: manifest ignorance gleaningsGWB §155: ignorance

هستند

hstnd h-s-t → “hath” Distinctive

literal: is; be; are

This form usually rendered as “reside”, ““there” (25 occurrences)

reside 50% “there 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: existence gleaningsGWB §540: possess kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: have kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: not the-hidden-wordsHW §152: are even will-and-testamentW&T §9: is here epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: remain gleaningsGWB §100: am

باسم

básm s-m-w

literal: name; names

SE rendered مطالع (mṭálʿ), ظلم (ẓlm), جهلائی (jhláʾí), هستند (hstnd), باسم (básm), علم (ʿlm), معروفند (mʿrúfnd), بشأنی (bshʾaní), بر (br), اعراض (iʿráḍ) as “instigators, oppression, foolish, are, wisest of the wise, reputed, blindness”

name 79% most 5% names 4% any 2% title 2% fame 2% great 1% named 1% one 1% person 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: of fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §151: ascended into the heaven kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: visible heaven prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: with Thy name tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §121: call

معروفند

mʿrúfnd ʿ-r-f → “knowledge” Distinctive

literal: knowledge; know; knower

This form usually rendered as “renowned”, “reputed” (2 occurrences)

renowned 50% reputed 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: acquaint gleaningsGWB §51: its perfume kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deeds kitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: true understanding prayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the learned tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to see the-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt know epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: will make thee known

بشأنی

bshʾaní sh-ʾ-n

literal: state

SE rendered هستند (hstnd), باسم (básm), علم (ʿlm), معروفند (mʿrúfnd), بشأنی (bshʾaní), بر (br), اعراض (iʿráḍ), قیام (qíám), نموده‌اند (nmúdh‌ánd) as “are, wisest of the wise, reputed, blindness, have cast”

such 43% revelation 14% glory 14% prayer 14% state 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neither gleaningsGWB §605: such kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: of Thy gifts the-hidden-wordsHW §68: My state epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the people gleaningsGWB §214: station prayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: me back

بر

br b-r-r

literal: on; on, upon; upon

SE rendered هستند (hstnd), باسم (básm), علم (ʿlm), معروفند (mʿrúfnd), بشأنی (bshʾaní), بر (br), اعراض (iʿráḍ), قیام (qíám), نموده‌اند (nmúdh‌ánd), نفسی (nfsí) as “are, wisest of the wise, reputed, blindness, have cast, Him”

land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the pious gleaningsGWB §482: of the upright kitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: against the-hidden-wordsHW §41: immensity of space will-and-testamentW&T §25: in epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: piety gleaningsGWB §11: Beseech ye kitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: the indignities heaped upon

اعراض

iʿráḍ ʿ-r-ḍ → “turned”

literal: turn away; turning away

turn 20% turned 17% denial 14% repudiation 9% rejected 9% faithlessness 9% turning 6% have 6% denials 6% renounce 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: who hath turned aside gleaningsGWB §579: turn ye away kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: cavilings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: their earthly life tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns away the-hidden-wordsHW §9: by will-and-testamentW&T §17: opposed God epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: they that have turned

قیام

qíám q-w-m

literal: station; people; place

SE rendered علم (ʿlm), معروفند (mʿrúfnd), بشأنی (bshʾaní), بر (br), اعراض (iʿráḍ), قیام (qíám), نموده‌اند (nmúdh‌ánd), نفسی (nfsí), عالم (ʿálm) as “wisest of the wise, reputed, blindness, have cast, Him, world”

arise 52% resurrection 19% arose 8% arisen 6% rise 6% purpose 2% risen 2% determination 2% proclamation 2% dedicateth 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Self-Subsisting fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §689: the loftiness of his station kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: stage prayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: hath risen tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spot tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose

نموده‌اند

nmúdh‌ánd n-m-w → “have cast”

literal: do; to do; show

have 50% interpreted 13% related 13% presume 13% devising 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: undertake gleaningsGWB §263: scan kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: have been made the-hidden-wordsHW §142: hath emboldened will-and-testamentW&T §14: was noised abroad epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: We have gleaningsGWB §346: spoke kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: “Hast thou not

نفسی

nfsí n-f-s → “own” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; souls

This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)

myself 28% soul 15% one 14% man 10% anyone 8% any 8% mine 5% self 5% life 3% souls 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: thy passions gleaningsGWB §567: the hearts of men kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: their own fancies prayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: by Thine own Self tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §142: passion will-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere

از

iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered نموده‌اند (nmúdh‌ánd), نفسی (nfsí), عالم (ʿálm), از (iz), برای (bráy), خدّام (khddám), درگهش (drghsh), خلق (khlq) as “have cast, Him, world, for the servants of Whose, Threshold, hath been created”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from

برای

bráy b-r-y → “briefly” Distinctive

literal: for; briefly

This form usually rendered as “wherefore”, “light” (11 occurrences)

wherefore 50% light 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: for kitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: to epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: wherefore kitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: we may epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: Meanwhile kitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: by the light of epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: In brief kitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: Whereas

خدّام

khddám kh-d-m

literal: service; servant; serve

SE rendered نفسی (nfsí), عالم (ʿálm), از (iz), برای (bráy), خدّام (khddám), درگهش (drghsh), خلق (khlq), بظلم (bẓlm) as “Him, world, for the servants of Whose, Threshold, hath been created, unfeigned severity”

servants 67% servant 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: service gleaningsGWB §205: seek diligently to serve kitab-i-iqanKIQ §108: esteemed and honoured friend prayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: servants will-and-testamentW&T §19: important services epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: guardian gleaningsGWB §112: to serve Thee kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: in the service

درگهش

drghsh d-r-g → “threshold”

literal: threshold; threshold, court

2 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Threshold

خلق

khlq kh-l-q → “hath been created”

literal: creation; create; created

SE expanded to “hath been created”

creation 31% creatures 16% hath 14% created 12% men 9% people 7% mankind 4% world 3% called 2% made 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy virtues fire-tabletFire §40: wert created gleaningsGWB §176: saintly and pious life kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the peoples of the world prayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: Thou didst create me tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created her the-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast created epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: but a creation

مبین

mbín b-y-n

literal: utterance

SE rendered درگهش (drghsh), خلق (khlq), بظلم (bẓlm), مبین (mbín), سجن (sjn), محکم (mḥkm), متین (mtín), حبس (ḥbs), نموده‌اند (nmúdh‌ánd) as “Threshold, hath been created, unfeigned severity, Prison, fortified, afflictive, hath”

resplendent 17% expounder 11% luminous 11% most 11% manifest 11% perspicuous 11% undoubted 11% evident 6% distinct 6% conspicuous 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the ornament of utterance fire-tabletFire §41: the Covenant gleaningsGWB §669: to the things kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among My kitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: set forth the meaning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: be confined to the-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdom will-and-testamentW&T §36: from

سجن

sjn s-j-n → “prison”

literal: prison; imprisoned; imprisonment

prison 53% most 19% prison-city 7% dungeon 5% imprisonment 5% prison-house 5% prisoner 2% prison-cell 2% afflictive 2% shut 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: Our prison gleaningsGWB §221: this Prison House prayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: into prison will-and-testamentW&T §6: incarceration epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: prison gleaningsGWB §225: captivity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: a captive will-and-testamentW&T §51: this prisoner

محکم

mḥkm ḥ-k-m → “wisdom” Distinctive

literal: wisdom

This form usually rendered as “perspicuous”, “gird”, “firmly-established” (29 occurrences)

perspicuous 23% gird 15% firmly-established 8% mighty 8% resistless 8% fortified 8% fully 8% firmly 8% emphatically 8% impregnable 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: judged gleaningsGWB §470: the law kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulership kitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: meaning of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: Thy Divine wisdom tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be tested the-hidden-wordsHW §13: My command will-and-testamentW&T §25: regulations

متین

mtín m-t-n → “mighty”

literal: firm; strong, mighty; strong

mighty 23% which 15% immovable 8% safe 8% afflictive 8% grievous 8% inviolable 8% none 8% strong 8% firm 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: mighty gleaningsGWB §93: infinite kitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: inviolable prayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: that none can sever will-and-testamentW&T §10: the Strong epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: safe gleaningsGWB §719: which no man can sever prayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: the surest

حبس

ḥbs ḥ-b-s

literal: imprison; prison; imprisoned

SE rendered بظلم (bẓlm), مبین (mbín), سجن (sjn), محکم (mḥkm), متین (mtín), حبس (ḥbs), نموده‌اند (nmúdh‌ánd), ولکنّ (wlknn), الله (al-lh), بدّل (bddl), السّجن (as-sjn) as “unfeigned severity, Prison, fortified, afflictive, hath, however, Almighty, transformed, this Prison House”

hath 17% imprison 17% imprisoned 17% prison 17% confinement 17% imprisonment 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: were they imprisoned gleaningsGWB §718: imprison prayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: riddest me the-hidden-wordsHW §116: prison will-and-testamentW&T §6: imprisonment epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: cast Him into prison prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and flung will-and-testamentW&T §3: confinement

ولکنّ

wlknn l-k-n → “however”

literal: but, however; but/however

however 67% when 11% pursuance 11% yet 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: Regard gleaningsGWB §167: when lo kitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: oh! how the-hidden-wordsHW §153: whereas will-and-testamentW&T §33: Yet now epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: however gleaningsGWB §548: In pursuance, however kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: pearls

بدّل

bddl b-d-l → “barter” Distinctive

literal: transformation

This form usually rendered as “hath”, “transformed”, “turned” (8 occurrences)

hath 50% transformed 25% turned 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: tampered gleaningsGWB §221: transformed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Surrendering prayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: hath been turned tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgot the-hidden-wordsHW §115: Barter not will-and-testamentW&T §24: may give way epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: change

بالجنّة

báljnnh j-n-n → “paradise”

literal: paradise; garden; madness

paradise 74% garden 7% loftiest 4% madness 4% all-highest 4% heaven 4% blissful 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: heavenly gleaningsGWB §591: the whole Paradise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: lives prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: this Paradise the-hidden-wordsHW §102: the Beloved will-and-testamentW&T §36: with all my heart epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Most Sublime gleaningsGWB §396: heaven

العلیا

al-ʿlíá ʿ-l-w → “most exalted”

literal: highest; upon; exalted

most 40% exalted 21% upon 16% do 5% unto 4% over 3% against 2% around 2% inaccessible 2% all 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the Most fire-tabletFire §42: highest gleaningsGWB §296: to take away kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: whether high prayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and this most august tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around her the-hidden-wordsHW §148: concourse on high

الفردوس

al-frdús f-r-d-w-s → “paradise”

literal: paradise; paradise, highest heaven; Paradise

paradise 71% heaven 14% abode 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: Paradise gleaningsGWB §221: Heaven of Heavens prayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: the Paradise the-hidden-wordsHW §113: celestial gleaningsGWB §232: the Abode of supreme blissfulness gleaningsGWB §234: a paradise

رغمًا

rghman r-gh-m → “in spite”

literal: despite; in spite, despite; despite/in-spite

4 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: in spite of gleaningsGWB §221: in spite

للّذین

llldhín l-dh-y → “who” Distinctive

literal: those who; who

This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)

doubters 17% dependents 17% generations 17% unto 17% such 17% who 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: doubters gleaningsGWB §207: one who kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: Who prayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: and by Him Whom epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: He Who gleaningsGWB §412: and caused kitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: those prayers-and-meditationsP&M §552: such as

کفروا

kfrúá k-f-r → “have repudiated”

literal: disbelieve; disbelieved; disbeliever

have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: denied gleaningsGWB §359: believed not kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: infidel?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: fragrance tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: deny will-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: believe not gleaningsGWB §530: repudiate

بهذا

bhdhá h-dh-ʾ → “world”

literal: this; this (masculine); this (feminine)

world 22% who 11% such 11% verily 11% things 11% wherein 11% land 11% troubled 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Him Who is gleaningsGWB §402: verily, is tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: these tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and this will-and-testamentW&T §36: in these troubled times epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: This gleaningsGWB §86: This is tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Wherein

النّبإِ

an-nbʾ n-b-ʾ

literal: prophet; prophets; news

SE rendered رغمًا (rghman), للّذین (llldhín), کفروا (kfrúá), بهذا (bhdhá), النّبإِ (an-nbʾ) as “in spite, those that, have repudiated, this “Great Announcement,””

announcement 67% weighty 17% message 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: Prophets gleaningsGWB §74: Thus warneth you kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: promised Prophet tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: message will-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Prophets epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: a Prophet gleaningsGWB §25: the Prophets kitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Prophets and chosen Ones

العظیم

al-ʿẓím ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered للّذین (llldhín), کفروا (kfrúá), بهذا (bhdhá), النّبإِ (an-nbʾ), العظیم (al-ʿẓím) as “those that, have repudiated, this “Great Announcement,””