Gleanings — §320
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 320 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
این مقامات و همچنین مقامات نفس در الواح شتّی ذکر شده او است آیتی که از دخول و خروج مقدّس است و او است ساکن طائر و سائر قاعد شهادت میدهد بر عالمی که از برای او اوّل و آخر است و همچنین بر عالمی که مقدّس از اوّل و آخر است در این لیل امری مشاهده مینمائی و بعد از بیست سنه او ازید او اقلّ بعینه آن را مشاهده مینمائی حال ملاحظه کن این چه عالمی است تفکّر فی حکمة الله و ظهوراته …
Shoghi Effendi Translation
In several of Our Tablets We have referred to this theme, and have set forth the various stages in the development of the soul. Verily I say, the human soul is exalted above all egress and regress. It is still, and yet it soareth; it moveth, and yet it is still. It is, in itself, a testimony that beareth witness to the existence of a world that is contingent, as well as to the reality of a world that hath neither beginning nor end. Behold how the dream thou hast dreamed is, after the lapse of many years, reenacted before thine eyes. Consider how strange is the mystery of the world that appeareth to thee in thy dream. Ponder in thine heart upon the unsearchable wisdom of God, and meditate on its manifold revelations.…
Translation Notes
station 29% stations 14% exalted 10% mission 10% mysteries 10% essential 10% concerning 5% ranks 5% significance 5% honor 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: His stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §118: the significance of its own potentialitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: characteristicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: so intense thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: LikewisegleaningsGWB §340: whilekitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: as We have already mentionedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: withgleaningsGWB §150: Bothkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: is alsoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: In like mannergleaningsGWB §122: similarly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: your own selvesgleaningsGWB §570: in his heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: the reprobateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: anytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in their liveswill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: one
tablets 69% tablet 7% holy 4% scriptures 4% books 4% pages 4% incomparable 2% tablets.… 2% writings 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: resplendentgleaningsGWB §230: hath been unfoldedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: shineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: Thy Scripturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: My TabletsgleaningsGWB §39: the allusions
SE rendered همچنین (hmchnín), مقامات (mqámát), نفس (nfs), الواح (al-wáḥ), شتّی (shttí), ذکر (dhkr), آیتی (áytí) as “have, the various stages, soul, Tablets, referred, testimony”
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
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 §7: to mentiongleaningsGWB §356: disclosedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: already mentionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Whose praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
This form usually rendered as “testimony” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §547: This signkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: the revealed verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: with the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: enteredgleaningsGWB §517: and enterethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: dependent uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: gaining admittancethe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §12: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: entereth thereingleaningsGWB §257: have been called
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: draw forthgleaningsGWB §86: cast forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: hath mischief proceededprayers-and-meditationsP&M §489: have abandonedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: Bid them issue forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §43: out fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: passed out
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: sanctifygleaningsGWB §115: immeasurably abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: were deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Thou art the Incomparabletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: purewill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: sanctified
This form usually rendered as “abide”, “lived”, “abiding” (36 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: soar yefire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §713: the appearance of the Birdskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: they soarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §96: and soaredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: riseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the BirdgleaningsGWB §541: Bird
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: journeyinggleaningsGWB §305: made to traversekitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: have languishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: make me able to roamwill-and-testamentW&T §24: otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the othergleaningsGWB §389: the likekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: walk
This form usually rendered as “still”, “rules”, “art” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “martyrdom”, “testify”, “testimony” (49 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that beareth witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: beareth witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §180: testified.…kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: clear and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: the pleasanttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: and I within Myself may bear witness unto
SE rendered ساکن (sákn), طائر (ṭáʾr), سائر (sáʾr), قاعد (qáʿd), شهادت (shhádt), میدهد (mídhd), بر (br), عالمی (ʿálmí), از (iz), برای (bráy), اوّل (iwwl) as “still, soareth, moveth, is, that beareth witness, to, world, existence, beginning”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: knowest betterfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §540: educationkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: peoples ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §851: only unto Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: more especiallyfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §451: familykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: the interpretation thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: minds ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpret
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the night seasongleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: nightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-season
SE rendered از (iz), اوّل (iwwl), آخر (ákhr), لیل (líl), امری (imrí), مشاهده (msháhdh), مینمائی (mínmáʾí), از (iz), بیست (bíst) as “the, neither, lapse, reenacted, is, many”
cause 39% nothing 11% command 11% revelation 9% mission 7% every 5% chief 5% whatsoever 5% any 5% thing 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: His great and mighty Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §4: of Thy Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: advantagetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
SE rendered لیل (líl), امری (imrí), مشاهده (msháhdh), مینمائی (mínmáʾí), از (iz), بیست (bíst), سنه (snh) as “lapse, reenacted, is, the, many, years”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: yearlygleaningsGWB §139: yearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: for yearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: the present yearthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: for long yearswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the breastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: two yearsgleaningsGWB §176: In the year
SE rendered مینمائی (mínmáʾí), از (iz), بیست (bíst), سنه (snh), ازید (izíd), اقلّ (iqll), بعینه (bʿính) as “is, the, many, years, thine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: so arduouslygleaningsGWB §320: manykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: outweighedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: freshwill-and-testamentW&T §7: excessivelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: add fresh recruitsgleaningsGWB §254: shall increasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: greater than
SE rendered از (iz), بیست (bíst), سنه (snh), ازید (izíd), اقلّ (iqll), بعینه (bʿính) as “the, many, years, thine”
less 45% one 14% infinitesimal 9% exceedeth 5% fraction 5% even 5% short 5% little 5% though 5% unceasingly 5%
eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: black-eyedgleaningsGWB §609: His eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: self-sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waterstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: have made
This form usually rendered as “now”, “present”, “therefore” (178 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: our stategleaningsGWB §526: yourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: as yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: round His persontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: scrutinizegleaningsGWB §44: observingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: gazeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: and cast upon him the glance ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: I beheld, and lo!will-and-testamentW&T §40: peruse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: observegleaningsGWB §213: eyes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: beinggleaningsGWB §658: and waskitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: could haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: inmosttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §47: and so become
ponder 40% reflect 24% meditate 20% consider 6% attentively 2% pondereth 2% meditating 2% remember 1% “ponder 1% meditated 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: Meditate ongleaningsGWB §305: Consider thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: meditationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: and were he to musethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: ConsidergleaningsGWB §172: your thoughts
wisdom 38% law 24% commandment 7% divine 7% hath 6% injunction 4% authority 4% commandments 3% command 3% pronounce 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the All-WisegleaningsGWB §519: according to the precepts prescribedkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: declaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy governancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to the government
revelations 32% manifestations 14% revelation 13% evidences 11% manifold 8% tokens 8% all 7% manifestation 4% signs 1% testimonies 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: to outward seemingfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §638: can be shedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: the Revelation of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thou didst show forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: give forth
