Gleanings — §249
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 249 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
اسمعوا ما ینصحكم به هذا العبد لوجه الله وما یرید منكم من شیء ورضی بما قضی الله له ویكون من الرّاضین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Incline your ears to the counsels which this Servant giveth you for the sake of God. He, verily, asketh no recompense from you and is resigned to what God hath ordained for Him, and is entirely submissive to God’s Will.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Incline your ears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: hearethfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §199: hearkeningkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: Thou givest eartablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: admonishgleaningsGWB §441: the True Counselorkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the counselskitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: exhortedthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: Heed ye this counselepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: counselsgleaningsGWB §452: His counselthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: We counsel you
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §173: children of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: of the Adored Onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
SE expanded to “for the sake of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: hath soughtgleaningsGWB §499: hast no desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Purpose,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: proclaim theirtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: his purposegleaningsGWB §636: He hath reserved
This form usually rendered as “amongst” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy WillgleaningsGWB §588: pleaseth Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §634: by Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: wisheth turn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: Be not willingfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §613: acceptedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §642: and acceptable unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: them that are contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: was satisfied
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “fulfilled”, “decreed” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: decreedfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §631: fulfillkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: the manifold tribulationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: fulfilled
This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (69 occurrences)
SE expanded to “is entirely submissive”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: I layfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §273: shall atone for the losskitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: that animatethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
