Gleanings — §290
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 290 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن یا عبد، أن استمع ما یوحي إلیک عن جهة عرش ربّک العليّ العظیم بأنّه لا إله إلّا هو قد خلق الخلق لعرفان نفسه الرّحمن الرّحیم وأرسل إلی کلّ مدینة رسولاً من عنده لیبشّرهم برضوان الله ویقرّبهم إلی مقعد الأمن مقرّ قدس رفیع
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Give ear, O My servant, unto that which is being sent down unto thee from the Throne of thy Lord, the Inaccessible, the Most Great. There is none other God but Him. He hath called into being His creatures, that they may know Him, Who is the Compassionate, the All-Merciful. Unto the cities of all nations He hath sent His Messengers, Whom He hath commissioned to announce unto men tidings of the Paradise of His good pleasure, and to draw them nigh unto the Haven of abiding security, the Seat of eternal holiness and transcendent glory.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Adored Onefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §452: whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: worshippedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: to Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creatures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Incline thine ear untofire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §211: Couldst thou have been toldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: hearing themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: suffer me to hearkentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
یوحي
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
This form usually rendered as “revealed”, “shall”, “sent” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: is revealedgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: Thy purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: shall be revealedgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: Thou hast inspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelation
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “virtue”, “towards” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: the ThronegleaningsGWB §279: His thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: the Throne on highthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: of the Mighty ThronegleaningsGWB §118: realities ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seat
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your LordgleaningsGWB §479: of God, thy Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: divinely-learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: and the Enlightener oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: my Lord
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: exaltfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §547: From the exalted sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: their lofty positionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: magnifytablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: chiefgleaningsGWB §79: afflictivekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: too vastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §489: Thy great glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: most perfect
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: Hisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §374: of the revelation of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: holy Menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: remaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
SE expanded to “called into being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: His creaturesfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §487: Who hath created Me and themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: I would not have createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: all Thou hadst createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: created youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: virtues
knowledge 32% understanding 23% recognize 8% recognition 7% comprehension 7% know 6% divine 5% recognizing 4% wisdom 3% insight 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: recognizinggleaningsGWB §223: Ponder this in your heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: were ye of them that comprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: hast made known unto metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: better acquainted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: He, for Whose sakegleaningsGWB §684: evil whisperingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: those whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: owntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: they
This form usually rendered as “all-merciful”, “god”, “most” (143 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: His mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §149: His irrefutablekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: infinite graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: EpistlegleaningsGWB §190: and entrusted Him with His message untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: as Messengers of the Word of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: and entrustedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: hath sent forththe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: treatisesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Apostles
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §260: a citygleaningsGWB §438: civilizationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: within these Citiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: each onewill-and-testamentW&T §3: to the Great Cityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: the CitygleaningsGWB §555: from the City
SE rendered وأرسل (wʾarsl), مدینة (mdính), رسولاً (rsúláan), عنده (ʿndh), لیبشّرهم (líbshshrhm), برضوان (brḍúán), الله (al-lh), ویقرّبهم (wíqrrbhm) as “sent, cities, Messengers, men tidings, Paradise, good, draw them nigh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §95: hathgleaningsGWB §607: according to the estimatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: from before Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimicalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: in the sight
This form usually rendered as “announce” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: These glad-tidingsgleaningsGWB §188: proclaimedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: Happy art thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §734: to be the Heraldtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: rejoice at this announcementthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: beareth unto thee the joyful tidingswill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: announce
paradise 46% garden 15% tabernacle 8% heaven 8% peerless 4% good-pleasure 4% most 4% everlasting 4% unto 4% celestial 4%
gleaningsGWB §650: wishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of divine favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: good pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: OF MY PARADISEgleaningsGWB §66: everlasting Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: resignationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: gardenthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the celestial paradise
SE expanded to “draw them nigh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: well-favoredfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §135: favored of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: innermostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: help them to approach Thy Presencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: standardsgleaningsGWB §277: shall be unable to defeat his purposekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: artprayers-and-meditationsP&M §820: while seatedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: after the mannerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: a \‘seatgleaningsGWB §345: formskitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: rituals
This form usually rendered as “believed”, “believe”, “hath” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: will protectgleaningsGWB §475: entrust them notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: will they believeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: who have believed on Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: faith
seat 34% habitation 11% spot 11% abide 11% place 9% retreats 6% court 6% throne 4% established 4% confessed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: the seatgleaningsGWB §506: in the presence of Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: real abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: have acknowledgedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: Solacedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: He was incarcerated
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the HolygleaningsGWB §6: Unsearchable and high abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: are immensely exalted aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: Ever-Blessedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: Holy
This form usually rendered as “sublime”, “lofty”, “loftiest” (9 occurrences)
sublime 11% lofty 11% loftiest 11% most 11% transcendent 11% glory 11% great 11% all-highest 11% exalted 11%
