Gleanings — §245
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 245 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ان یا ملأ المدینة اتّقوا الله ولا تفسدوا في الأرض ولا تتّبعوا الشّیطان ثمّ اتّبعوا الحقّ في هذه الأیّام القلیل ستمضی ایّامكم كما مضت علی الّذینهم كانوا قبلكم وترجعون علی التّراب كما رجعوا الیه آبائكم وكانوا من الرّاجعین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Fear God, ye inhabitants of the City (Constantinople), and sow not the seeds of dissension amongst men. Walk not in the paths of the Evil One. Walk ye, during the few remaining days of your life, in the ways of the one true God. Your days shall pass away as have the days of them who were before you. To dust shall ye return, even as your fathers of old did return.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: inmatesfire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §135: the entire companykitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Floodtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §10: is filled
SE expanded to “of the City”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: The citiesgleaningsGWB §555: from the Citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: within these Citiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: of its citieswill-and-testamentW&T §3: to the Great Cityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: the CitygleaningsGWB §31: its cities
SE expanded to “sow not the seeds of dissension”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: dissensiongleaningsGWB §644: sowers of mischiefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: fires of mischiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: utter slanderepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: a fomenter of discordgleaningsGWB §720: evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: revoltwill-and-testamentW&T §42: sore sedition
This form usually rendered as “earth”, “land”, “world” (459 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: the earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §455: on the whole earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: the earth itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and all that are on earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: in this land
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: walk notgleaningsGWB §706: submissionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: observanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and the successivetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §7: rallied around himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: follow notgleaningsGWB §359: followed
SE expanded to “the Evil One”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: SatangleaningsGWB §41: satanickitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of Satanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of the Evil Oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the Evil One hath committedgleaningsGWB §492: of the evil oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: Satan-likegleaningsGWB §590: evil ones
SE expanded to “the one true”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: to GodgleaningsGWB §722: in his heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: realkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: their innermost beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have thereby deservedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §9: have been madeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: realities
SE expanded to “the few remaining days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: In the daygleaningsGWB §205: wondrous Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the day of His Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: their lives longtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the daytime
SE rendered اتّبعوا (ittbʿúá), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), الأیّام (al-ʾayyám), القلیل (al-qlíl), ستمضی (stmḍí), ایّامكم (iyyámkm), كما (kmá), مضت (mḍt) as “Walk ye, the one true, the few remaining days, shall pass away, Your days, as, have”
SE expanded to “shall pass away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: passedgleaningsGWB §279: have been consecratedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: irrevocable purposegleaningsGWB §462: pass awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: past tenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: the Divine OrdainergleaningsGWB §488: shall all pass away
This form usually rendered as “have”, “who”, “stand” (45 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: that begleaningsGWB §516: and be yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: was regardedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: Beforefire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §235: have turned their faces in the direction ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: peerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: turningtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE expanded to “shall ye return”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: retoldgleaningsGWB §257: return ye to Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: shall we return.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: enable me to returnthe-hidden-wordsHW §36: and returningwill-and-testamentW&T §27: to be offeredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: returnedgleaningsGWB §297: will suffer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: the FathergleaningsGWB §537: that preceded themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: Thy fathertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of thy fatherswill-and-testamentW&T §18: of its sire”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: AbugleaningsGWB §245: your fatherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: forefathers
