Gleanings — §258
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 258 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قد ظهر في هذا الظّهور ما لا ظهر في أزل الآزال ومن المشرکین من رأی وقال هذا ساحر افتری علی الله أَلَا إنّهم قوم مدحضون
Shoghi Effendi Translation
There hath appeared in this Revelation what hath never appeared before. As to the infidels that have witnessed what hath been manifested, they murmur and say: “Verily, this is a sorcerer who hath devised a lie against God.” They are indeed an outcast people.
Translation Notes
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Thy Revelationfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §224: be unraveledkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: revealed and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: and didst through Him uncovertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
gleaningsGWB §6: foreverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: immortalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: through all eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §4: ancient eternitygleaningsGWB §124: everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thine everlasting sovereigntygleaningsGWB §56: from everlasting
SE rendered الظّهور (aẓ-ẓhúr), ظهر (ẓhr), أزل (ʾazl), الآزال (az-zál), ومن (wmn), المشرکین (al-mshrkín), رأی (rʾay), وقال (wqál), ساحر (sáḥr) as “Revelation, appeared, before, As to the, infidels, and say, sorcerer”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: a partnergleaningsGWB §385: associatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: an act of blasphemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §581: as have repudiatedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: arewill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: associate a partnergleaningsGWB §24: join partners
SE rendered أزل (ʾazl), الآزال (az-zál), ومن (wmn), المشرکین (al-mshrkín), رأی (rʾay), وقال (wqál), ساحر (sáḥr), افتری (iftrí), الله (al-lh) as “before, As to the, infidels, and say, sorcerer, hath devised, God.””
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: beholdestgleaningsGWB §83: lo, mankind hath swoonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: mirrorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and may recognizewill-and-testamentW&T §19: voteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: beheldgleaningsGWB §461: metkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: they shall see
This form usually rendered as “said”, “hath”, “saith” (92 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: as attestedgleaningsGWB §503: they saykitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: I askedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: let him saytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
\‘sorcerer 50% sorcerer 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: Many a dawngleaningsGWB §482: at every break of daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: sorcery.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: at the hour of dawnthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: midnightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: at daybreakgleaningsGWB §395: at the break of daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: the dawn
calumnies 27% calumny 18% calumniators 9% hath 9% impostor 9% calumniating 9% dust 5% slanderer 5% calumniator 5% slandered 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: calumniesfire-tabletFire §30: dust of slandergleaningsGWB §292: hath uttered slanderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: clamouredwill-and-testamentW&T §34: hurledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: calumniatorsgleaningsGWB §466: to slander Uswill-and-testamentW&T §41: calumniating
This form usually rendered as “indeed” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: HegleaningsGWB §414: thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: howepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: reported to havekitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: if thisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: that theyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: That knight
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: have stood upfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §641: honorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: risethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: came to passtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
