Gleanings — §399
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 399 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
تبكي عليكم عين عنايتي لأنكم ما عرفتم الّذي دعوتموه في العشيّ والإشراق وفي كلّ أصيل وبكور توجّهوا يا قوم بوجوه بيضآء وقلوب نورآء إلى البقعة المباركة الحمرآء الّتي فيها تنادي سدرة المنتهى إنّه لا إله إلاّ أنا المهيمن القيّوم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The eye of My loving-kindness weepeth sore over you, inasmuch as ye have failed to recognize the One upon Whom ye have been calling in the daytime and in the night season, at even and at morn. Advance, O people, with snow-white faces and radiant hearts, unto the blest and crimson Spot, wherein the Sadratu’l-Muntahá is calling: “Verily, there is none other God beside Me, the Omnipotent Protector, the Self-Subsisting!”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: weepinggleaningsGWB §247: wept soreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weeptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: have shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepeth soregleaningsGWB §154: weptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my bitter wailing
eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: with any eye except His owngleaningsGWB §119: elementskitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: Itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §212: all eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: Mysticfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §550: Divine mysterieskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: in the realms aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: of Thy gracious providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §156: bestowed upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
This form usually rendered as “know”, “failed”, “ye” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: recognizethgleaningsGWB §246: shall knowkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: such knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Thou hast revealed unto hertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: Thou wilt appreciate
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: He summonethgleaningsGWB §645: Set ye asidekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: exhortedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: I calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: Him that summoned herthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: I call theewill-and-testamentW&T §36: call upon Thee
SE expanded to “the night season”
This form usually rendered as “shining”, “shed”, “brightness” (70 occurrences)
shining 17% shed 11% brightness 11% effulgent 11% shineth 11% shone 8% light 8% revelation 8% rise 8% splendor 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: the realmsfire-tabletFire §14: Dawning PlacegleaningsGWB §534: so effulgentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: risingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: the splendorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §103: At many a dawnwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
root 22% essence 15% even 11% foundations 7% essentials 7% fundamentals 7% principles 7% laws 7% precepts 7% own 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the promptingsgleaningsGWB §241: your own deviceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: falseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: stemsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the statutesgleaningsGWB §241: the preceptskitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: the very rootepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: fundamentals
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: at dawngleaningsGWB §633: the night seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: into lightwill-and-testamentW&T §16: first-bornepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: first-fruits ofgleaningsGWB §67: daywill-and-testamentW&T §16: the first-bornepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: at morn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: departurefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §504: fastened his eyes uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: will We allow themfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §547: its preordained stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Day of Resurrection—asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: and be steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
SE rendered وبكور (wbkúr), توجّهوا (tújjhúá), قوم (qúm), بوجوه (bújúh), بيضآء (bíḍáʾ), وقلوب (wqlúb), نورآء (núráʾ), البقعة (al-bqʿh), المباركة (al-mbárkh) as “at morn, Advance, people, with snow-white faces, hearts, radiant, Spot, blest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: whitegleaningsGWB §588: shiningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: white handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: have turned whitewill-and-testamentW&T §1: Luminousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: shining lightgleaningsGWB §594: a shining lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the hand
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a soundgleaningsGWB §363: lotkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: in the heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: transmute that watertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: nor heartswill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulent dealings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: enlighteningfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §66: the Source of eternal light!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: resting-placesgleaningsGWB §31: the surface ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: precinctswill-and-testamentW&T §30: Holy Landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: SpotgleaningsGWB §198: the Spotepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: singlegleaningsGWB §634: within the borders
This form usually rendered as “blessed”, “holy”, “sacred” (79 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: blessedgleaningsGWB §378: most blessedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: a blessingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: Sanctified bethe-hidden-wordsHW §83: Hallowed bewill-and-testamentW&T §40: Ever-Blestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: will not bless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: Crimsonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: assesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: with metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: of the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §10: dyed crimsonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: and crimsonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: tingeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: dye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: the Voice callingfire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §700: Our voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: cried aloudprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: and proclaimethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: she thus exclaimedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: The voice
This form usually rendered as “tree”, “lote-tree”, “burning” (78 occurrences)
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: TreegleaningsGWB §193: Treeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: the Sadratu’lprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Burning BushgleaningsGWB §288: from the Tree
beyond 37% highest 15% immeasurable 7% end 7% divine 7% ended 7% supreme 7% muntaha 4% sadratu’l-muntahá 4% may 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: beyond which there is no passingfire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §537: even untokitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: the utmost degreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: utmost limittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: boundless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: towards Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §135: the Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: God verilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: are God’stablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent ProtectorgleaningsGWB §568: Supreme Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: aweepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §617: the Supreme Protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §600: Protectorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: overshadoweth
