Gleanings — §379
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 379 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
در احیان مظاهر الهیّه اکثری از بریّه بامثال این کلمات نالائقه ناطق چنانچه در کتب الهیّه و صحف منزله تفصیل آن نازل
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The people living in the days of the Manifestations of God have, for the most part, uttered such unseemly sayings. These have been set down circumstantially in the revealed Books and Holy Scriptures.
Translation Notes
SE rendered احیان (iḥíán), مظاهر (mẓáhr), الهیّه (al-híhh), اکثری (ikthrí), از (iz), بریّه (brírh) as “of, Manifestations, God, the most part, The people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: At all timesgleaningsGWB §555: At that hourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: at every momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thousand livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the present daygleaningsGWB §724: the present timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time when
manifestations 67% exponents 11% manifestation 5% who 4% embodiments 4% emblems 3% through 3% symbols 2% revealers 2% person 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: Whom God shall make manifestfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §594: an upholder and defenderkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: the Author of alltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: guise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: God. Unto thisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §2: Thee, O my Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: but God aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the living watersgleaningsGWB §111: the greater part ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: pluralityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: streamtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a river of lifewill-and-testamentW&T §38: by a majorityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: vastgleaningsGWB §549: the majority
This form usually rendered as “men”, “mankind”, “heal” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §122: emergeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: among Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §130: arisen
SE expanded to “uttered such unseemly”
such 33% like 31% similar 15% likeness 5% equal 3% resemble 3% uttered 3% violence 3% likenesses 3% comparisons 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: such asgleaningsGWB §453: your likekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: In like mannerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: for such as are like unto usthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: matchlesswill-and-testamentW&T §15: in their footstepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: of such as are like thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy Wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §563: that was heardkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: that whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: with such a callingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
SE rendered بریّه (brírh), بامثال (bámthál), کلمات (klmát), نالائقه (náláʾqh), ناطق (náṭq), چنانچه (chnánchh), کتب (ktb), الهیّه (al-híhh) as “The people, uttered such unseemly, sayings, Books, Holy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: deservethgleaningsGWB §492: and beseemethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: beseemthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: have been and will ever be forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: unworthygleaningsGWB §481: is unworthy ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §731: falleth short
SE rendered بریّه (brírh), بامثال (bámthál), کلمات (klmát), نالائقه (náláʾqh), ناطق (náṭq), چنانچه (chnánchh), کتب (ktb), الهیّه (al-híhh), صحف (ṣḥf) as “The people, uttered such unseemly, sayings, Books, Holy, Scriptures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: utteredfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §78: are heard exclaimingkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: warble forthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: in numerous booksgleaningsGWB §661: to ordain for mekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: Book,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: Thy greatthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Sacred Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: writings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the BooksgleaningsGWB §583: bearing aloft a chalicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: holy booksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and a scrollepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: scripturesgleaningsGWB §323: the sacred Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: epistlesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: and the Books
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: We revealedgleaningsGWB §295: have caused My Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: homeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §47: pour forthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
This form usually rendered as “distinction”, “differentiation”, “distinguished” (23 occurrences)
SE expanded to “set down circumstantially”
distinction 20% differentiation 13% distinguished 13% details 13% circumstantial 7% decision 7% proper 7% circumstantially 7% length 7% separated 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: a decisiongleaningsGWB §128: separatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: distinctionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: made plaintablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: hath been revealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §7: enlarged uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial account
