Gleanings — §410
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 410 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ای علی بگو باحبّای الهی که اوّل انسانیّت انصاف است و جمیع امور منوط بآن قدری تفکّر در رزایا و بلایای این مسجون نمائید که تمام عمر در ید اعدا بوده و هر یوم در سبیل محبّت الهی ببلائی مبتلا تا آنکه امر الله مابین عباد مرتفع شد حال اگر نفسی سبب شود و باوهام خود در تفریق ناس سرّاً او جهراً مشغول گردد او از اهل انصاف است لا ونفسه المهیمنة علی العالمین لعمری ینوح قلبی و یدمع عینی لأمر الله و للّذین یقولون ما لا یفقهون و یتوهّمون فی انفسهم ما لا یشعرون
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Tell, O ‘Alí, the loved ones of God that equity is the most fundamental among human virtues. The evaluation of all things must needs depend upon it. Ponder awhile on the woes and afflictions which this Prisoner hath sustained. I have, all the days of My life, been at the mercy of Mine enemies, and have suffered each day, in the path of the love of God, a fresh tribulation. I have patiently endured until the fame of the Cause of God was spread abroad on the earth. If anyone should now arise and, prompted by the vain imaginations his heart hath devised, endeavor, openly or in secret, to sow the seeds of dissension amongst men — can such a man be said to have acted with equity? No, by Him Whose might extendeth over all things! By My life! Mine heart groaneth and mine eyes weep sore for the Cause of God and for them that understand not what they say and imagine what they cannot comprehend.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: have spoken that whichgleaningsGWB §118: claimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: they raised their voice saying:the-hidden-wordsHW §139: Cry aloudwill-and-testamentW&T §7: deemedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: makegleaningsGWB §312: are acclaimedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: exclaimed
SE expanded to “loved ones of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: His willfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §623: loverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: cherishedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: for His steadfast friends)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §41: forbiddethkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “among” (2 occurrences)
man 70% companion 8% men 5% human 5% commune 4% fellowship 2% all 2% companions 2% comforters 2% perceive 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: all mengleaningsGWB §9: man’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: attached and weddedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: is my companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §82: communionwill-and-testamentW&T §42: plottedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: The companionsgleaningsGWB §357: “Man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: will equitably considergleaningsGWB §61: did ye but judge it fairlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: unswervingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: fair-minded soulthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou arightwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this iniquitous personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: Judge fairlygleaningsGWB §455: if ye but judge fairly
SE expanded to “evaluation of all”
all 80% every 9% whole 4% each 2% one 2% whatsoever 1% concourse 1% divers 1% entire 1% throughout 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: state of affairsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §305: the thingkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: enterpriseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: in revealingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
SE expanded to “must needs depend upon”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: dependeth upongleaningsGWB §410: must needs depend uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: depend solely uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: conditionedgleaningsGWB §381: dependeth upon itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: dependentgleaningsGWB §613: conditioned uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: dependent upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: lieth in theefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §724: with mighty confidencekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: measure and capacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to Thy wealthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are notthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: I have hung
ponder 40% reflect 24% meditate 20% consider 6% attentively 2% pondereth 2% meditating 2% remember 1% “ponder 1% meditated 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the trialsgleaningsGWB §724: afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: calamitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: adversitiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: trialsgleaningsGWB §162: woes and trials Thou hast destined for myselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: any troubleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: affliction
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: My tribulationsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §644: all calamitieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: been afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: the afflictions which beset methe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: fell a victim toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: affliction
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: prisonergleaningsGWB §225: captivitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: and deliverest me from the bondage ofwill-and-testamentW&T §3: incarceratedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: imprisonmentgleaningsGWB §501: The imprisonmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: hath been shut up
SE rendered رزایا (rzáyá), بلایای (bláyáy), مسجون (msjún), نمائید (nmáʾíd), تمام (tmám), عمر (ʿmr), ید (yd), اعدا (iʿdá) as “woes, afflictions, Prisoner, have, all the days, of My life, mercy, Mine”
SE expanded to “have, all the days”
all 39% utmost 13% complete 9% whole 9% every 9% exterminated 4% energetically 4% assiduously 4% ended 4% completed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mightiestgleaningsGWB §196: fulfilledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: wholeheartedlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: would thereby be made incompletethe-hidden-wordsHW §131: onlywill-and-testamentW&T §6: more completeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: can never adequately recountgleaningsGWB §228: is come
SE expanded to “of My life”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: flourishgleaningsGWB §523: to rearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: had been built upthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: yearsgleaningsGWB §611: Faneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: Frequented
This form usually rendered as “hand”, “hands”, “into” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his handgleaningsGWB §627: in Thine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the clutches ofwill-and-testamentW&T §58: the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: at the mercy of rulersgleaningsGWB §476: designskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
SE rendered تمام (tmám), عمر (ʿmr), ید (yd), اعدا (iʿdá), هر (hr), یوم (yúm), سبیل (sbíl), محبّت (mḥbbt), الهی (al-hí), ببلائی (bbláʾí) as “have, all the days, of My life, mercy, Mine, each, path, love, God, tribulation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: During the daysgleaningsGWB §248: whilekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the “Dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: in this the daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: all other days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: in the pathgleaningsGWB §623: sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Thy sakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Thy path!”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: a road leading
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “Servitudefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §700: them that hearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: this peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: bondtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: unto ThyselfgleaningsGWB §523: for yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: those whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Whose selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: Myself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: all thingsgleaningsGWB §410: prompted bykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: with the emblemsthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: made of itwill-and-testamentW&T §56: draweth unto usepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: the instrument for the dissemination
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: superstitionsfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §626: imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: all vain imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: starfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §38: passingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: because of their separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: differwill-and-testamentW&T §36: discern
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §641: All menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: men’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankindgleaningsGWB §575: words of his mouthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: all the peoples and kindreds of the earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: thronegleaningsGWB §357: am his mystery.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: the thronetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: the inner mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §42: beganepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: secret
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: occupiedgleaningsGWB §461: discoursekitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: hast busiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: would have the power to keep me backthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: whilst thou hast busied thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: theygleaningsGWB §410: endeavor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: them that dwellfire-tabletFire §22: the SyriansgleaningsGWB §176: Mankindkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: that deserveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: of such as have recognizedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
help 44% sovereign 13% omnipotent 11% supreme 9% transcendeth 7% overshadoweth 4% ruler 4% transcendent 2% protector 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendentgleaningsGWB §410: Whose might extendethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majesty of the Word of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §735: transcendethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: rulerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §32: the rulerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §648: and supreme over all
This form usually rendered as “worlds”, “all”, “world” (214 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the worldsfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §227: instructethkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: commentatorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: such as have recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: hath provoked the lamentationsfire-tabletFire §47: wailinggleaningsGWB §423: wailkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: bewailprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: moanethwill-and-testamentW&T §5: lamentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: lamentethfire-tabletFire §47: shall I wail
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: With a detached heartgleaningsGWB §228: in travailkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: “Heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and caused me to turntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turn
This form usually rendered as “weep” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: appointedgleaningsGWB §167: with your eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: I shedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: not through the eyes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: saithgleaningsGWB §471: He, verily, speakethkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: entreateth Thee sayingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: comprehendgleaningsGWB §413: they understand notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: learned menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: and understandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: could ye but comprehend itgleaningsGWB §643: of insightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: of the divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are enlightened
This form usually rendered as “understand”, “can”, “cannot” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: indicatinggleaningsGWB §413: perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: indicative ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: the hair of my headwill-and-testamentW&T §5: a hair’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand notgleaningsGWB §551: observekitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: a poet
