Gleanings — §384
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 384 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
انشآء الله ببصر حدید در جمیع اشیاء آیهٴ تجلّی سلطان قدم مشاهده نمائی و آن ذات اطهر اقدس را از کلّ مقدّس و مبرّا بینی این است اصل توحید و جوهر تفرید کان الله و لم یکن معه من شیء و الآن یکون بمثل ما قد کان لا اله الّا هو الفرد الواحد المقتدر العلیّ العظیم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
God grant that, with a penetrating vision, thou mayest perceive, in all things, the sign of the revelation of Him Who is the Ancient King, and recognize how exalted and sanctified from the whole creation is that most holy and sacred Being. This, in truth, is the very root and essence of belief in the unity and singleness of God. “God was alone; there was none else besides Him.” He, now, is what He hath ever been. There is none other God but Him, the One, the Incomparable, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Most Great.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “please”, “god” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §560: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the mystic trumpetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
SE expanded to “with a penetrating vision”
eye 29% penetrating 14% discernment 7% keen 7% carefully 7% outward 7% perceive 7% sight 7% moment 7% eyes 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: a seeing eyegleaningsGWB §70: all eyeskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: all vision.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: perceive itgleaningsGWB §111: penetrating vision
SE rendered انشآء (insháʾ), الله (al-lh), ببصر (bbṣr), حدید (ḥdíd), جمیع (jmíʿ), اشیاء (ishíáʾ), آیهٴ (áyhٴ), تجلّی (tjllí), سلطان (slṭán) as “God grant, God, with a penetrating vision, all, things, sign, revelation, King”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: keengleaningsGWB §100: infinitekitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: established principleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: its confinestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: capacity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: in every directiongleaningsGWB §324: each and every onekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: attestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: with one consenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: can My way accordwill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy WillgleaningsGWB §295: to anything whateverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: noneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: of creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: wisheth turn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy signsgleaningsGWB §547: of Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: Were notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: signs and tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: attainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: thou whogleaningsGWB §151: of the words of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: scriptures
revelation 37% shed 16% splendor 11% effulgence 5% resplendent 5% ordained 5% through 5% effulgent 5% plentitude 5% hath 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: by the splendorsgleaningsGWB §118: revelationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent gloriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: are pouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §140: open charactersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: shed the splendorgleaningsGWB §328: reflectethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendours
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: SháhgleaningsGWB §236: the Sulṭánkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: earthly sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: before Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereigns
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: pastfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §59: of everlasting dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: His imperishable Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: unfadingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: seek an advantagewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
This form usually rendered as “mayest”, “wash”, “callest” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: enable thee to attaingleaningsGWB §45: make thekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Givekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: can causethe-hidden-wordsHW §151: madewill-and-testamentW&T §24: towards themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: arise and render some service
essence 44% self 11% ancient 11% unchangeable 7% person 7% self-subsistent 4% most 4% living 4% divine 4% himself 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His EssencegleaningsGWB §669: the naturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: Ancient of Daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: my whole beingwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §92: unchangeable Beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: you
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: His most holygleaningsGWB §532: cleanseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: sanctified methe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: be sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §634: and the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: purge outthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainless
This form usually rendered as “most”, “holy”, “kitáb-i-aqdas” (32 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: exalted abovegleaningsGWB §670: God’s holy Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: purgedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: sanctify ittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My holinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: exaltedgleaningsGWB §384: and sacred
SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh), نمائی (nmáʾí), ذات (dhát), اطهر (iṭhr), اقدس (iqds), از (iz), مقدّس (mqdds), مبرّا (mbrrá), بینی (bíní) as “perceive, Being, most holy, and sacred, from, sanctified, exalted, recognize”
23 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: Brieflykitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: disownedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: all Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: Creatorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: cleansedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: behalf
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “thou”, “witness” (8 occurrences)
essence 33% real 8% fundamental 8% principle 8% motivating 8% root 8% upon 8% essentials 8% essential 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: essencegleaningsGWB §384: rootkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the essentialsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: stemsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the statutesgleaningsGWB §159: fundamental veritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: essentialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: foundations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: onefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §390: eachkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy singleness and unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: these gem-likegleaningsGWB §119: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: gems of divine wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: the gemsthe-hidden-wordsHW §149: the artificer’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: jewelgleaningsGWB §313: gemkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: Gems of knowledge
SE rendered جوهر (júhr), تفرید (tfríd), الله (al-lh), یکن (ykn), معه (mʿh), شیء (shíʾ), الآن (an-n), یکون (ykún), بمثل (bmthl) as “essence, singleness, alone;, besides Him.”, else, now, is, what”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: were offire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §620: and arekitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: the whole universetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “now”, “verily”, “moment” (21 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “such”, “even” (142 occurrences)
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §183: most mightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: loftyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: have laid mighty holdthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievousgleaningsGWB §122: supreme
