Gleanings — §236
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 236 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
(سورة الملوك) ثمّ ذكّر حين الذي وردتَ في المدينة وظنّوا وكلاء السلطان بأنّك لن تعرف أصولهم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Call Thou to remembrance Thine arrival in the City (Constantinople), how the Ministers of the Sulṭán thought Thee to be unacquainted with their laws and regulations, and believed Thee to be one of the ignorant.
Translation Notes
SE rendered سورة (súrh), الملوك (al-mlúk), ذكّر (dhkkr) as “Call Thou to remembrance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: the othergleaningsGWB §74: the Súriy-i-Ra’ískitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: Súrahepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: accompanying Us on horsebackkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: and ridingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Surihkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: a Súrahkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: words
SE rendered الملوك (al-mlúk), ذكّر (dhkkr), حين (ḥín), وردتَ (wrdt) as “Call Thou to remembrance, Thine arrival”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: their possessionsgleaningsGWB §536: and cleave ye their kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Thou Who art the Kingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “Call Thou to remembrance”
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: to mentiongleaningsGWB §81: doth remember theekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: set forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: Thy praise and Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE rendered ذكّر (dhkkr), حين (ḥín), وردتَ (wrdt), المدينة (al-mdính), وظنّوا (wẓnnúá) as “Call Thou to remembrance, Thine arrival, the City, thought”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: arrivedgleaningsGWB §218: must befallkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: be ledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §182: have enteredwill-and-testamentW&T §49: midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: there befellgleaningsGWB §490: The tribulations We have sustainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: instance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: the Great CitygleaningsGWB §73: of the cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: the everlasting Citiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: cities of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §230: native cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: the Tabernacleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: the citadelsgleaningsGWB §558: that City
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: imaginefire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §450: imagine about Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: idleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: mine own fancytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Thinkest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to put my trustgleaningsGWB §405: relianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §392: In Thee havetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: to put his reliancegleaningsGWB §489: and put their confidenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: trusting wholly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: SháhgleaningsGWB §63: through the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of kingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: through His sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the powers
SE expanded to “Thee to be”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “know”, “discover” (21 occurrences)
thou 31% know 13% discover 13% understand 6% recognition 6% may 6% unacquainted 6% appreciate 6% make 6% reveal 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: acknowledging thegleaningsGWB §282: but know itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Knowledge,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: Make knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Know thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: hath enlightened
SE expanded to “their laws and regulations”
essence 27% laws 13% rules 13% foundations 7% statutes 7% real 7% fundamental 7% principle 7% motivating 7% root 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the statutesgleaningsGWB §238: youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: stemsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: essencegleaningsGWB §242: rules and principleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the essentialsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: foundations
