Gleanings — §386
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 386 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن اشهد في نفسک بما شهد الله لذاته بذاته بأنّه لا إله إلّا هو وإنّ ما سواه مخلوق بأمره ومنجعل بإذنه ومحکوم بحکمه ومفقود عند شؤونات عزّ فردانیّته ومعدوم لدی ظهورات عزّ وحدانیّته
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Bear thou witness in thine inmost heart unto this testimony which God hath Himself and for Himself pronounced, that there is none other God but Him, that all else besides Him have been created by His behest, have been fashioned by His leave, are subject to His law, are as a thing forgotten when compared to the glorious evidences of His oneness, and are as nothing when brought face to face with the mighty revelations of His unity.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Bear thou witness”
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
SE expanded to “thine inmost heart”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: for MegleaningsGWB §713: impostorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: inclinationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: from myselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: O Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §205: her Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: which God stirreth upprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and the God oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §87: womankitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: Thine immemorial Beingwill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thine EssencegleaningsGWB §387: His Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the very recesses
This form usually rendered as “all”, “else”, “everywhere” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §662: from all else but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: else but Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: saveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: everywheregleaningsGWB §571: except His remembrance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy virtuesfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §451: all human beingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: of Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: creation
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by His behest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: conditionfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §450: His own behestkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: entrustedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: the dominion of Whose willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §386: been fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: unspeakableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: hast sufferedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “by His leave”
leave 31% ear 24% permission 21% attentive 3% ordained 3% will 3% acceptance 3% bounds 3% sanction 3% any 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: a hearing eargleaningsGWB §222: will no doubt be grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: into their earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: Thy commandtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: with attentive earsgleaningsGWB §661: purge thine ear
This form usually rendered as “moved”, “subject” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: commandmentgleaningsGWB §523: the commandmentskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: can never errprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: governancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §25: government
SE expanded to “are as a thing forgotten”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: forsookgleaningsGWB §118: invisiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: its nothingnesswill-and-testamentW&T §16: passing awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: hath ceased to existgleaningsGWB §642: shall be as a thing forgottenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: thing forgotten
This form usually rendered as “all”, “glories”, “changes” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: distinctionfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §135: a glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: attentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: the tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the rank
SE rendered ومحکوم (wmḥkúm), بحکمه (bḥkmh), ومفقود (wmfqúd), شؤونات (shʾúnát), عزّ (ʿzz), فردانیّته (frdánínth), ومعدوم (wmʿdúm), لدی (ldí), ظهورات (ẓhúrát) as “are subject, to His law, are as a thing forgotten, the glorious evidences, of His oneness, are as nothing, face to face, the mighty revelations”
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted andgleaningsGWB §534: so preciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: stupendoustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hard
SE expanded to “of His oneness”
oneness 38% unity 17% incomparable 16% singleness 9% paradise 6% one 5% peerless 3% lonely 2% single 1% helplessness 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: onenessfire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §2: Incomparable Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: transcendent unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §12: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: the One
SE expanded to “are as nothing”
nothingness 33% nothing 19% utter 14% consume 5% perish 5% destroyed 5% non-existent 5% utterly 5% non-existence 5% brought 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: evanescentgleaningsGWB §106: nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: want ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: would be reduced to utter nothingnesswill-and-testamentW&T §5: towards destructionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The evanescentgleaningsGWB §161: cease to existkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: as utter nothingness
This form usually rendered as “before”, “when”, “sight” (34 occurrences)
SE expanded to “face to face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: fromgleaningsGWB §720: through the guidance ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: besideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: in the sight ofgleaningsGWB §279: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: when confronted withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: atgleaningsGWB §719: of
revelations 32% manifestations 14% revelation 13% evidences 11% manifold 8% tokens 8% all 7% manifestation 4% signs 1% testimonies 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: shall make manifestfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §280: My Presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: they have claimed for themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for the Manifestationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: guise
SE expanded to “of His unity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the harmonizingfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §441: unitedkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: one and the sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: the one Godtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
