Gleanings — §240
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 240 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ما قضی ان انتم فی امر الله لمن المتفکّرین و ستلحقون بهم و تدخلون بیت الّتی لن تجدوا فیها لأنفسکم لا من نصیر و لا من حمیم و تسألون عمّا فعلتم فی ایّامکم و فرّطتم فی امر الله و استکبرتم علی اولیائه بعد الّذی وردوا علیکم بصدق مبین وانتم شاورتم فی امرهم و اخذتم حکم انفسکم و ترکتم حکم الله المهیمن القدیر
Shoghi Effendi Translation
inevitable doom! Would that ye might ponder the Cause of God in your hearts! Ye shall follow in their wake, and shall be made to enter a habitation wherein none shall be found to befriend or help you. Ye shall, of a truth, be asked of your doings, shall be called to account for your failure in duty with regard to the Cause of God, and for having disdainfully rejected His loved ones who, with manifest sincerity, have come unto you.
It is ye who have taken counsel together regarding them, ye that have preferred to follow the promptings of your own desires, and forsaken the commandment of God, the Help in Peril, the Almighty.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “fulfilled” (30 occurrences)
hath 36% have 14% fulfilled 14% happened 9% slew 5% decreed 5% decision 5% predestined 5% consigned 5% inevitable 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: by his own sagacious judgmentfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §264: fatekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: accidentallyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: the dispositions of Thy providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainwill-and-testamentW&T §14: requirement
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: these thingsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §479: whatever thou doestkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: enterpriseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine own Causetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: unto Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §462: and to this God is My witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: God!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “shall be made to enter”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: “EntergleaningsGWB §459: attempted to meddlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: entered thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: I was castthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §12: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: enteredgleaningsGWB §163: to instill
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: dwellethgleaningsGWB §370: hath writtenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: my homewill-and-testamentW&T §38: to the Universal Houseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: the HousegleaningsGWB §480: their homesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Habitationwill-and-testamentW&T §25: one
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: would they findfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §327: which abideth within theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: This is evidenced byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: hetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: thou wouldst findwill-and-testamentW&T §22: existent
SE expanded to “your own desires”
yourselves 50% own 16% souls 10% hearts 8% desires 4% ye 4% upon 2% nature 2% judgment 2% waywardness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the soulgleaningsGWB §675: one instantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: each personprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Thine owntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: ones
This form usually rendered as “help” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: I entreat TheegleaningsGWB §462: and shall be askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: questioningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: I supplicate Theewill-and-testamentW&T §38: all thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: I ask of TheegleaningsGWB §240: be askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: questions
doings 17% ye 17% accorded 8% did 8% yourselves 8% committed 8% done 8% responsible 8% behavior 8% hands 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Thou hast dealtgleaningsGWB §615: have committedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: I did itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: doestthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: your deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: activitiesgleaningsGWB §453: did ye inflictkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in deeds
SE rendered حمیم (ḥmím), تسألون (tsʾalún), فعلتم (fʿltm), ایّامکم (iyyámkm), فرّطتم (frrṭtm), امر (imr), الله (al-lh) as “help, be asked, doings, failure in duty, Cause, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the daytimegleaningsGWB §463: all the days of thy lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: On the day whenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: in the Judgment Daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Not long ago
SE expanded to “failure in duty”
This form usually rendered as “do”, “having”, “ye” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: ye who are men ofgleaningsGWB §123: His chosen Oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: but We will have Thee turn toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: of them that are dear to Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rained upon meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: successivegleaningsGWB §38: To them that are endowed with
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: have touchedgleaningsGWB §684: life-veinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: partakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: have befallen Theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the things which have befallen HimgleaningsGWB §561: however great the tribulation We may sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: have inflicted
This form usually rendered as “truth”, “truthfulness”, “truthful” (55 occurrences)
truth 60% truthfulness 20% truthful 4% truly 4% uprightness 2% hath 2% undoubted 2% manifest 2% sincerity 2% justly 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: sinceregleaningsGWB §362: faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: applicableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: to acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §7: acquiescedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the true onegleaningsGWB §537: honest
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “palpable”, “resplendent” (88 occurrences)
manifest 30% palpable 12% resplendent 9% expounder 9% luminous 9% evident 7% lucid 7% perspicuous 7% clear 5% plainly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: unto the Bayán (Exposition)fire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §588: before the facekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: statementprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: before Thytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolutethe-hidden-wordsHW §83: veilless
This form usually rendered as “ye” (1 occurrences)
allusions 22% counsel 17% characteristics 11% salty 11% take 11% confer 6% evidences 6% whisperings 6% ye 6% high 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: counselgleaningsGWB §467: high Counselorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: its melodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: evil suggestionstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: signedwill-and-testamentW&T §47: conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: ConfergleaningsGWB §438: take counsel together
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: seizedfire-tabletFire §13: hath befallengleaningsGWB §443: be establishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Grasp yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: he turneth themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: were encompassedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
wisdom 38% law 24% commandment 7% divine 7% hath 6% injunction 4% authority 4% commandments 3% command 3% pronounce 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: abandoned himfire-tabletFire §18: been forsakengleaningsGWB §703: and cast awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: abandonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: hath forsakenthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: hast thou forsaken Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: renouncefire-tabletFire §2: been abandoned
SE expanded to “Help in Peril”
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §560: transcendent and supremekitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: that overshadowethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §300: Guardianprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and hast caused to overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent Protector
