Gleanings — §376
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 376 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
و از این مقام گذشته در مقام آیات ملاحظه کن که شمس یکی از آیات الهی است آیا میشود او را با ظلمت در یک مقام ملاحظه نمود لا فونفسه الحقّ لا یتکلّم احد بذلک الّا من ضاق قلبه وزاغ بصره بگو در خود ملاحظه کنید اظفار و چشم هر دو از شما است آیا این دو نزد شما در یک رتبه و یک شأن بوده اگر گفته شود بلی قل کذبتم بربّی الأبهی چه که آن را قطع میکنید و این را مثل جان عزیز دارید
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Furthermore, consider the signs of the revelation of God in their relation one to another. Can the sun, which is but one of these signs, be regarded as equal in rank to darkness? The one true God beareth Me witness! No man can believe it, unless he be of those whose hearts are straitened, and whose eyes have become deluded. Say: Consider your own selves. Your nails and eyes are both parts of your bodies. Do ye regard them of equal rank and value? If ye say, yea; say, then: ye have indeed charged with imposture, the Lord, my God, the All-Glorious, inasmuch as ye pare the one, and cherish the other as dearly as your own life.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “such” (339 occurrences)
SE expanded to “revelation of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: rose upfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §338: meritskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: companyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: to make us steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
SE rendered گذشته (gdhshth), مقام (mqám), آیات (áyát), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), کن (kn), شمس (shms) as “revelation of God, signs of the, consider, sun”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: is raised abovegleaningsGWB §364: will in no wise relinquishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Above allthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: Pass beyondwill-and-testamentW&T §6: aforementionedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: pastgleaningsGWB §675: shall passkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: have elapsed
SE expanded to “signs of the”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §157: in His signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Thy wordstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
SE rendered مقام (mqám), آیات (áyát), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), کن (kn), شمس (shms), یکی (ykí), از (iz), آیات (áyát) as “revelation of God, signs, consider, sun, one”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: and hiddengleaningsGWB §705: We, verily, arekitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: verilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §201: Thou wilt betablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thou desirest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: sungleaningsGWB §286: the wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: Day-star ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §408: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: sunsgleaningsGWB §670: the Daystar of Truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: this sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystar
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of such as have acknowledged Thy unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §309: in any waykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: one ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: conception of Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
SE rendered ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), کن (kn), شمس (shms), یکی (ykí), از (iz), آیات (áyát), الهی (al-hí), آیا (áyá), میشود (míshúd), ظلمت (ẓlmt) as “consider, sun, one, signs, Can, regarded, darkness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: God.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of God.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: Thou Who art the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “shall”, “should”, “can” (38 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: of this Wronged Onefire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §45: darkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: hath sunk in nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: The transgressionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that have wrought injusticeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: My sore injustice
SE rendered آیا (áyá), میشود (míshúd), ظلمت (ẓlmt), یک (yk), مقام (mqám), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نمود (nmúd), فونفسه (fúnfsh), الحقّ (al-ḥqq) as “Can, regarded, darkness, The”
SE rendered ظلمت (ẓlmt), یک (yk), مقام (mqám), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نمود (nmúd), فونفسه (fúnfsh), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), یتکلّم (ytkllm), احد (iḥd) as “darkness, The, believe, man”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: cleanse thyselfgleaningsGWB §40: made manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Givekitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: may encompassprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: is notthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: didst becomewill-and-testamentW&T §54: they mayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: rather than
SE rendered یک (yk), مقام (mqám), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نمود (nmúd), فونفسه (fúnfsh), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), یتکلّم (ytkllm), احد (iḥd), بذلک (bdhlk) as “The, believe, man, it”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: onegleaningsGWB §250: ye have devisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: With every fleeting breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: with Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: thy passions
SE expanded to “The one true God beareth Me witness! No”
This form usually rendered as “pronounce”, “speak”, “speaketh” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: these most sublime wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §113: their wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: unfoldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: through the potency of the Wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: the unitygleaningsGWB §400: the man amongst youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: of Thy unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §620: neighbor
“oppression” 29% straitened 14% oppression 14% narrow 7% contracted 7% became 7% oppress 7% troubled 7% can 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a soundgleaningsGWB §636: of men’s heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: in their heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: hath stirred uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulent dealings
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “do”, “ye”, “taste” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “nails” (2 occurrences)
eyes 20% unto 15% estimation 10% visited 10% possession 10% sight 10% when 10% whenever 5% opinion 5% possesses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: Wheneverkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: In the eyes ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: when brought face to face withthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: in My presencewill-and-testamentW&T §24: should they inflict aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: in the possession ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: came to visitthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Me
state 19% station 19% rank 19% estate 6% hypothesis 6% revelation 6% instance 6% stations 6% seat 6% part 6%
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the stationfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §254: stationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: wayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: the excellencethe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the rank
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: ask themgleaningsGWB §638: whose wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: will certainly exclaimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: were any one to saytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “accusing” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: O LordgleaningsGWB §107: Lordshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: “O God our Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: of Thy sovereigntytablet-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 §210: God
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §234: and the brightness of His lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Magnified bethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the Glory of God (Bahá)gleaningsGWB §192: of Glory
This form usually rendered as “country”, “cease”, “fade” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: completely detachedgleaningsGWB §187: die tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: been withheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: may detach themselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §3: highway robbersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: ceasegleaningsGWB §682: checked
SE rendered قطع (qṭʿ), میکنید (míkníd), مثل (mthl), جان (ján), عزیز (ʿzíz), دارید (dáríd) as “pare, life, dearly, cherish”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: such as are like theegleaningsGWB §684: may be likened untokitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: Similarlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: and likenessthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the daysepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: such
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: lifegleaningsGWB §493: innerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: from the depths of his heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: livesgleaningsGWB §333: heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: human heartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: his spirit
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (241 occurrences)
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the AlmightygleaningsGWB §682: Almighty and All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: of Thine all-glorioustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: on thy glory
This form usually rendered as “cherish”, “tree”, “keep” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bearergleaningsGWB §440: hath, ever since the early days of His life, cherished nonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: was investedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: not deterredthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: to lovewill-and-testamentW&T §38: hath in no wise borneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: withoutgleaningsGWB §552: not
