Gleanings — §267
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 267 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
صلّ اللّهمّ یا إلهي علی الّذین شربوا رحیق حبّک أمام الوجوه رغمًا لأعدائک واقرّوا واعترفوا بوحدانیّتک وفردانیّتک وبما ارتعدت به فرائص جبابرة خلقک وفراعنة بلادک أشهد أنّ سلطانک لا یفنی وإرادتک لا تتغیّر قدّر للّذین أقبلوا إلیک ولامائک اللّآئي تمسّکن بحبلک ما ینبغي لبحر کرمک وسمآء فضلک
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Vouchsafe Thy blessings, O Lord, my God, unto them that have quaffed the wine of Thy love before the face of men, and, in spite of Thine enemies, have acknowledged Thy unity, testified to Thy oneness, and confessed their belief in that which hath made the limbs of the oppressors among Thy creatures to quake, and the flesh of the proud ones of the earth to tremble. I bear witness that Thy Sovereignty can never perish, nor Thy Will be altered. Ordain for them that have set their faces towards Thee, and for Thine handmaids that have held fast by Thy Cord, that which beseemeth the Ocean of Thy bounty and the Heaven of Thy grace.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: may the blessingsgleaningsGWB §646: We will most certainly bless youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: prayingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: Blessingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: blessedgleaningsGWB §273: My blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: the prayerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: Bless Thou
SE expanded to “O Lord, my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: Hisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §189: the Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: God’s divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: towards Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: Drink your fillgleaningsGWB §537: Drink ye your fillkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: Help us then to quaffthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: with them that drinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: quaff thy fillgleaningsGWB §201: shall drink deep
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sealed WinegleaningsGWB §233: the wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: whose pure beverageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: Choice WinegleaningsGWB §200: Chalice of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: the cupepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: Choice Sealed WinegleaningsGWB §25: the choice Wine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §631: O Beloved of our heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: O my Well-Belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovestwill-and-testamentW&T §38: for His steadfast friends)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: before thefire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §311: the peoples of the worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: mother.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: all the nationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: to set myself towards Theefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §504: fastened his eyes uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: to set themselves towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
SE expanded to “of Thine enemies”
have 67% acknowledged 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the placegleaningsGWB §581: Spotkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: appointingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: assignedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: the courtwill-and-testamentW&T §3: He was incarcerated
SE rendered الوجوه (al-wjúh), رغمًا (rghman), لأعدائک (lʾaʿdáʾk), واقرّوا (wáqrrúá), واعترفوا (wáʿtrfúá), بوحدانیّتک (búḥdáníntk), وفردانیّتک (wfrdáníntk), وبما (wbmá) as “the face, spite, of Thine enemies, acknowledged, unity, oneness, that which”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: but understandgleaningsGWB §139: could apprehendkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: certaintyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: hath made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: reveal Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: unifyfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §382: true believers in the Unity of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: singlenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: the Onefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §198: of Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of Thy unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §49: aloneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Single
SE rendered وفردانیّتک (wfrdáníntk), وبما (wbmá), ارتعدت (irtʿdt), فرائص (fráʾṣ), جبابرة (jbábrh), خلقک (khlqk), وفراعنة (wfráʿnh), بلادک (bládk) as “oneness, that which, limbs, oppressors, creatures, the proud ones, earth”
This form usually rendered as “oppressors”, “tyranny” (2 occurrences)
oppressors 50% tyranny 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the heavenfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §521: kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: sourcetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §104: My everlasting dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast createdfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §664: your creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: the Makertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: created youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: virtues
This form usually rendered as “flesh”, “pharaonic”, “oppressor” (3 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §267: and the flesh of the proud oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: Pharaonicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: offshootswill-and-testamentW&T §16: unto Shoghi Effendi—the youthful branchgleaningsGWB §607: secondary and subordinatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: branchesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §714: oppressorwill-and-testamentW&T §17: branch
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: all that dwell on earthgleaningsGWB §43: kingdomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: the whole worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: neighborwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: all thingsgleaningsGWB §515: your cities
SE expanded to “I bear witness”
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereigngleaningsGWB §632: the Source of all sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of kingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §662: Thou art that Kingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: King of
This form usually rendered as “will”, “can”, “everlasting” (6 occurrences)
will 47% purpose 16% through 13% conformity 8% desire 5% operation 3% according 3% good 3% accordance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: not soughtgleaningsGWB §465: through the operation of His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: We desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: or wilt wishthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §17: purposethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: seek thou HimgleaningsGWB §163: the operation of Thy Will
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: through any one except Himselffire-tabletFire §27: of Thine avenging wrathgleaningsGWB §527: ignorantkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: changethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: except byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: of othersthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: unveiledwill-and-testamentW&T §44: insincere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: have turned towardsfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §341: bygone ageskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: time and againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: inadmissibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: hath fixed his gazetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “handmaids” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: for me, who am a handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: Thy handmaidensepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: this unlettered OnegleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: for such of Thy handmaidensepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §267: for Thine handmaids
SE rendered للّذین (llldhín), أقبلوا (ʾaqblúá), إلیک (ʾilík), ولامائک (wlámáʾk), اللّآئي (al-láʾí), تمسّکن (tmsskn), بحبلک (bḥblk), ینبغي (ynbghí), لبحر (lbḥr) as “them, set, Thee, handmaids, held, Thy Cord, beseemeth, Ocean”
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: holding fastgleaningsGWB §227: fixeth his heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: chosen to cleavetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: laid fast hold thereongleaningsGWB §647: take thou firm holdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: Clinging unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: on Thy strong cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the cordgleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §204: and clung to the cord ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clung togleaningsGWB §684: life-vein
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §507: is it not your clear dutykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and as beseemethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §656: as it befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: the full measure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: on the oceangleaningsGWB §116: deepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: ocean ofwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: oceangleaningsGWB §629: the oceans ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understanding
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: thefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §97: the realms abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: in terms ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: by Thytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
