Gleanings — §341
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 341 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
الیوم باید احبّای الهی ناظر بظهور و ما یظهر منه باشند بعضی روایات قبلیّه اصلی نداشته و ندارد و آنچه هم ملل قبل ادراک کرده‌اند و در کتب ذکر نموده‌اند اکثر آن بهوای نفس بوده چنانچه مشاهده نموده‌اید که آنچه در دست ناس موجود است از معانی و تأویلات کلمات الهیّه اکثری بغیر حقّ بوده چنانچه بعد از خرق حجاب بعضی معلوم و واضح شد و تصدیق نمودند که کلمه‌ئی از کلمات الهیّه را ادراک ننموده بودند
Shoghi Effendi Translation
This is the Day when the loved ones of God should keep their eyes directed towards His Manifestation, and fasten them upon whatsoever that Manifestation may be pleased to reveal. Certain traditions of bygone ages rest on no foundations whatever, while the notions entertained by past generations, and which they have recorded in their books, have, for the most part, been influenced by the desires of a corrupt inclination. Thou dost witness how most of the commentaries and interpretations of the words of God, now current amongst men, are devoid of truth. Their falsity hath, in some cases, been exposed when the intervening veils were rent asunder. They themselves have acknowledged their failure in apprehending the meaning of any of the words of God.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “This is the Day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: these daysgleaningsGWB §439: dailykitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: as yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: in the Judgment Daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: During the days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: incumbent upongleaningsGWB §564: let himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: must needsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: into the wildernessthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: With the handswill-and-testamentW&T §14: isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: It beseemethgleaningsGWB §146: needeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: their love for Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §665: well is itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: most deartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Mewill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: “O Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §197: to this God is My witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: towards Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “fixed”, “thou” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “keep their eyes directed”
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
This form usually rendered as “will”, “behoveth”, “let” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: had not comegleaningsGWB §342: would be regardedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: it behovethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: could be foundprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: I hadthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: ye werewill-and-testamentW&T §27: have been at all timesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: had never lived
SE rendered یظهر (yẓhr), باشند (báshnd), بعضی (bʿḍí), روایات (rúáyát), قبلیّه (qblílh), اصلی (iṣlí), نداشته (ndáshth), ندارد (ndárd) as “Manifestation, were, Certain traditions, bygone ages, foundations, no, whatever”
traditions 88% chronicles 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: to be placed before itfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §696: will welcomekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: from the heaven ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: how I have set myself towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
foundations 50% essential 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the promptingsgleaningsGWB §242: your rules and principleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: stemsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: at eventidegleaningsGWB §384: rootkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: falseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: at even
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: hath never been experiencedgleaningsGWB §649: have I been ablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: devoid ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: not deterredthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: destined for theewill-and-testamentW&T §42: hath even takenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: at all timesgleaningsGWB §686: have
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: MullágleaningsGWB §531: nations of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the Faithwill-and-testamentW&T §38: a grudgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: nationgleaningsGWB §174: peoplesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of the peoplegleaningsGWB §362: standard
comprehend 25% understanding 22% apprehend 16% grasp 9% comprehension 8% recognize 5% understood 5% perceive 4% fathom 4% apprehending 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: intelligencegleaningsGWB §44: acknowledgingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: graspedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: attempteth to comprehendepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: compensategleaningsGWB §39: Conceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: versedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: to unravel the mystery of
This form usually rendered as “misconstrued”, “knoweth” (7 occurrences)
misconstrued 50% knoweth 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: writinggleaningsGWB §77: bearing the registerkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: Thou didst decreethe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and have written for theewill-and-testamentW&T §32: Thy Holy Bookepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Tablet
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 §61: repliedgleaningsGWB §720: vauntedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: and my Praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
have 75% hath 5% induced 3% perpetrated 3% conceived 3% expressions 3% caused 3% interpreted 3% herself 3% placed 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: arise and render some servicegleaningsGWB §221: have castkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Givekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: to hinderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: may not appearwill-and-testamentW&T §19: must giveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: to remain
SE expanded to “for the most part”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: most partgleaningsGWB §111: the greater part ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: a multitude of peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: rivertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a river of lifewill-and-testamentW&T §38: by a majorityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: most ofgleaningsGWB §361: most of them
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: the soulsgleaningsGWB §170: mere actkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: souls ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: unto Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: none of whom
SE rendered اکثر (ikthr), بهوای (bhúáy), نفس (nfs), چنانچه (chnánchh), مشاهده (msháhdh), نموده‌اید (nmúdháyd), آنچه (ánchh), دست (dst), ناس (nás) as “for the most part, the desires, a corrupt inclination, Thou dost witness how, hath, men”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: “I testifyfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §130: have failed to recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: descriedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: I recognize, moreover,tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: openly manifest
SE rendered نموده‌اید (nmúdháyd), آنچه (ánchh), دست (dst), ناس (nás), موجود (mújúd), از (iz), معانی (mʿání) as “hath, men, current, amongst, commentaries and interpretations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §417: of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: unto men.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §108: their followerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: the peoples of the world
This form usually rendered as “exist”, “extant”, “found” (50 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: embodiedfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §257: lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: And yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: he would discovertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
This form usually rendered as “meaning”, “inner”, “divine” (79 occurrences)
SE expanded to “commentaries and interpretations”
meaning 21% inner 19% divine 13% mystic 11% understanding 9% mysteries 6% truth 6% spirit 6% ma’ani 4% revelation 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: interpretfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §125: Divinekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: of Thy gracious providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §160: by the gracewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
SE rendered ناس (nás), موجود (mújúd), از (iz), معانی (mʿání), تأویلات (tʾawílát), کلمات (klmát), الهیّه (al-híhh), اکثری (ikthrí), بغیر (bghír), حقّ (ḥqq) as “men, current, amongst, commentaries and interpretations, words, God, most, devoid of, truth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: earliestfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §629: in this present worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: In the early daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: of this worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the one
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: exclaimedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §424: He Who held converse with Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: at the varying utterancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: He Who conversed with Thee (Moses)tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “others”, “other”, “without” (150 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: provengleaningsGWB §246: His truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: innermostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: befittinglythe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §27: a fixed money offering (Ḥuqúq)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: realities
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: have, verily, been rent asundergleaningsGWB §610: and for having rent asunderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: to rend them asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: so vehemently rentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: rent the veils asundergleaningsGWB §640: completely dissipatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: Cleave asunderepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: miracles
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the most veiledgleaningsGWB §287: the dense veilskitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: obscure their understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §323: them that are shut out as by a veil from Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou veil thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: deter thee
This form usually rendered as “evident”, “known”, “clear” (86 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: manfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §356: truthskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: Jewish divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: the universetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE rendered خرق (khrq), حجاب (ḥjáb), بعضی (bʿḍí), معلوم (mʿlúm), واضح (wáḍḥ), تصدیق (tṣdíq), نمودند (nmúdnd), کلمه‌ئی (klmhʾí) as “rent asunder, veils, some, exposed, acknowledged, they, any of the words”
evident 27% clear 17% manifest 17% clearly 10% lucid 7% unmistakable 7% surest 5% luminous 5% exposed 2% sufficient 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: evidentgleaningsGWB §397: sufficientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: irrefutablethe-hidden-wordsHW §137: openepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: cleargleaningsGWB §341: been exposedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: is unmistakable
acknowledge 25% truth 15% sanction 15% acknowledged 10% assent 10% recognize 5% faith 5% testified 5% unless 5% admit 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: truthgleaningsGWB §239: the undoubted truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: possibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: truth,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §19: assentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: truthfulnessgleaningsGWB §541: truly
