Gleanings — §295
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 295 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
وآمن به قلیل من النّاس وقلیل من عبادنا الشّاکرین ووصّی هؤلآء في کلّ الألواح بل في کلّ سطر جمیل بأن لا یعتکفوا حین الظّهور بشيء عمّا خلق بین السّموات والأرضین وقال یا قوم إنّي قد أظهرت نفسي لنفسه وما نزّلت البیان إلّا لإثبات أمره اتّقوا الله ولا تتعرّضوا به کما اعترضوا عَلَيَّ ملأ الفرقان وإذا سمعتم ذکره فاسعوا إلیه وخذوا ما عنده لأنّ دونه لن یغنیکم لو تتمسّکوا بحجج الأوّلین والآخرین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
A few believed in Him; few of Our servants are the thankful. These He admonished, in all His Tablets — nay, in every passage of His wondrous writings — not to give themselves up in the Day of the promised Revelation to anything whatever, be it in the heaven or in the earth. “O people!” said He, “I have revealed Myself for His Manifestation, and have caused My Book, the Bayán, to descend upon you for no other purpose except to establish the truth of His Cause. Fear ye God, and contend not with Him as the people of the Qur’án have contended with Me. At whatever time ye hear of Him, hasten ye towards Him, and cleave ye to whatsoever He may reveal unto you. Naught else besides Him can ever profit you, no, not though ye produce from first to last the testimonies of all those who were before you.”
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “few believed in”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: worthy ofgleaningsGWB §530: have already recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: their allegianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have been trusted by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: confidewill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: have disbelieved
This form usually rendered as “few”, “little”, “how” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: lessfire-tabletFire §42: independencegleaningsGWB §703: the pettiness ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: a handfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: to an imperceptible degreethe-hidden-wordsHW §130: but for a fewepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: exceedethfire-tabletFire §47: fewness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’sgleaningsGWB §473: the interests of thy peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: those whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §575: words of his mouthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: most of the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creaturesfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §187: themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: on their partprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: Thou Whom I adoretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: I worship
SE expanded to “are the thankful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: Render thou thanksgivingfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §30: give thankskitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: thankful.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: to glorifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanks unto Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: honeyed
SE expanded to “These He admonished”
admonish 15% counsels 15% admonished 15% have 10% chosen 10% enjoineth 10% exhort 10% thou 5% testaments 5% viceregent 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: enjoineth on yougleaningsGWB §612: admonish youkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: directionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: Who hath commanded themwill-and-testamentW&T §4: exhortationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: viceregentgleaningsGWB §493: counsels
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: thesegleaningsGWB §347: shedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: the symbolic language ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: Thy Scripturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: TabletsgleaningsGWB §66: the Incomparable
This form usually rendered as “line”, “passage”, “traced” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “beneficent”, “beauteous”, “seemly” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: AmonggleaningsGWB §594: an ornamentkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: visageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: Beauteoustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: the most holy Abhá Beauty
This form usually rendered as “give” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the seclusiongleaningsGWB §128: thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: gave themselves upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Seclude yourselvesgleaningsGWB §295: give themselves upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Seclude not yourselvesgleaningsGWB §710: worshipersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: peace and retirement
This form usually rendered as “moment”, “time”, “hour” (118 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in the Day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: until nowgleaningsGWB §555: At that hourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time whenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the present daygleaningsGWB §305: at the very momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: And thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: at
SE expanded to “the promised Revelation”
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: disclosedfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §111: surgethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: revealed Himselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: and by Them Who are the Dayspringstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: break forth
This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “created” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §665: their wishes and desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: Thy desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered یعتکفوا (yʿtkfúá), حین (ḥín), الظّهور (aẓ-ẓhúr), بشيء (bshíʾ), خلق (khlq), السّموات (as-smúát), والأرضین (wálʾarḍín), وقال (wqál) as “not to give themselves up, in the Day, the promised Revelation, anything whatever, in the earth, said He”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy virtuesfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §172: behaviorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: made manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: of such of Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: We created you allepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: the people
SE rendered حین (ḥín), الظّهور (aẓ-ẓhúr), بشيء (bshíʾ), خلق (khlq), السّموات (as-smúát), والأرضین (wálʾarḍín), وقال (wqál), قوم (qúm), إنّي (ʾinní) as “in the Day, the promised Revelation, anything whatever, in the earth, said He, people!”, “I”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §168: onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: its peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: in Thy heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE expanded to “in the earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all who are on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §437: the world’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: Thy realmtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou arisestfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §687: With firm determinationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: to cleave so tenaciouslytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: onesgleaningsGWB §519: vaunt yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: is exercised byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: in Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: their own
SE rendered إنّي (ʾinní), أظهرت (ʾaẓhrt), نفسي (nfsí), لنفسه (lnfsh), نزّلت (nzzlt), البیان (al-bíán), لإثبات (lʾithbát), أمره (ʾamrh), اتّقوا (ittqúá) as ““I, have revealed Myself, His Manifestation, Bayán, to establish the truth, His Cause, Fear ye”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: negligiblegleaningsGWB §583: shall descendkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: and didst vouchsafetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My home
لإثبات
literal: established; establish; affirmation
This form usually rendered as “demonstrate”, “affirmation”, “may” (25 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to establish the truth”
demonstrate 18% affirmation 18% may 12% acceptance 12% truth 12% establish 6% other 6% made 6% vindicating 6% vindication 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: be revealedgleaningsGWB §111: firmkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: indisputableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: that I may demonstratethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: fill thy soulwill-and-testamentW&T §9: supportedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: incontestable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: to fear Godfire-tabletFire §21: of puritygleaningsGWB §227: spotless chastitykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: the fear ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: unto the God-fearing.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: “Fear yethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of Divine virtuewill-and-testamentW&T §1: protected
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: from Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §35: of Providencekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: theseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: ProtestsgleaningsGWB §40: cavilskitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: rebellionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: they have turned asidetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposeth himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: They that have turned away from Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: concourse offire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §51: O Concoursekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: may be filledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §13: the Celestial Concourse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: have also heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §192: your ears be attentivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: and catchtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: cited abovegleaningsGWB §37: suchkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: it remindeth metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
This form usually rendered as “hasten” (1 occurrences)
strive 23% efforts 15% have 8% diligently 8% hastening 8% hasten 8% hath 8% effort 8% bestir 8% assiduously 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: belong unto UsgleaningsGWB §63: the things thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: when confronted withtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimicalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pertain unto
This form usually rendered as “without”, “except”, “none” (29 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Naught else besides Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: except TheegleaningsGWB §535: all else but Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: from aught else save Thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: from anyone beside Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all else beside TheegleaningsGWB §457: though We had committed nothing
This form usually rendered as “shall”, “profit” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: shall profit theegleaningsGWB §546: loftykitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: warbleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: and to the sweetness of the voicetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: him, who, being richwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
This form usually rendered as “ye” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: cleaving fast untogleaningsGWB §396: tenaciouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: Clinging untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: cleaving steadfastlytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: hath clunggleaningsGWB §561: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: following the example
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: proofgleaningsGWB §97: the evidences of His Truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: protestationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: Thy testimonythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: argumentwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Straight and Luminous Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: His TestimonygleaningsGWB §77: Their proofs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: newgleaningsGWB §463: latter partkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: He will, however, respite themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: the latter generationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: recentgleaningsGWB §86: second
