Gleanings — §339
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 339 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
و أمّا أرواح کفّار لعمري حین الاحتضار یعرفون ما فات عنهم و ینوحون و یتضرّعون و کذلک بعد خروج أرواحهم من أبدانهم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The souls of the infidels, however, shall — and to this I bear witness — when breathing their last be made aware of the good things that have escaped them, and shall bemoan their plight, and shall humble themselves before God. They shall continue doing so after the separation of their souls from their bodies.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: of the spiritfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §337: human soulskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: peaceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §34: thou mayest live in peace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: ye deny notgleaningsGWB §262: repudiatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: denyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: disownedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidelsgleaningsGWB §221: those that have repudiated the truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their misbelief
SE rendered أمّا (ʾammá), أرواح (ʾarúáḥ), کفّار (kffár), لعمري (lʿmrí), حین (ḥín), الاحتضار (al-áḥtḍár), یعرفون (yʿrfún), فات (fát) as “however, souls, infidels, when, breathing their last, be made aware, have escaped”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: yearsgleaningsGWB §183: to build anewkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: had been built upthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: thy lifegleaningsGWB §367: the precious days of your livesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: Frequented
This form usually rendered as “moment”, “time”, “hour” (118 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: Every timegleaningsGWB §192: wheneverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: And thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: Whereforeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: until the present daygleaningsGWB §210: strainskitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: this hour
This form usually rendered as “when” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: Him WhogleaningsGWB §506: did ye seek His Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: cravingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: to Thee for shelterthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: gatheredwill-and-testamentW&T §7: His Majesty’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: His ExcellencygleaningsGWB §41: Him
This form usually rendered as “know”, “discern”, “acknowledge” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “be made aware”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: of every man of understandinggleaningsGWB §22: The allusions made to itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: acknowledgingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: every understanding heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: that which escaped themgleaningsGWB §279: hath escapedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: have escaped themwill-and-testamentW&T §23: differenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: deathgleaningsGWB §248: numbered andepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: which hath escapedgleaningsGWB §257: have escaped
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: with their own concernsgleaningsGWB §293: thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: from before Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: Thy mouthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §34: in the midstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: thou dost possess
This form usually rendered as “shall” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: wouldst have groanedfire-tabletFire §47: wailinggleaningsGWB §109: groanethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: prayerfully exhortedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: have weptwill-and-testamentW&T §5: lamentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: to lamentfire-tabletFire §47: shall I wail
This form usually rendered as “departure”, “regress”, “depart” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: abandonedgleaningsGWB §486: derogatingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: hereticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: Thou didst enable me to set outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: looked outthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §43: out fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: draw forth
