Gleanings — §419

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 419 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

حقّ چنین خواسته و چنین مقدّر فرموده.... امید هست که یکی از ملوک لوجه الله بر نصرت این حزب مظلوم قیام نماید و بذکر ابدی و ثناء سرمدی فائز شود قد کتب الله علی هذا الحزب نصرة من نصرهم و خدمته و الوفآء بعهده باید این حزب در جمیع احوال بر خدمت ناصر قیام نمایند و لا زال بحبل وفا متمسّک باشند طوبی لمن سمع و عمل و ویل للتّارکین

Shoghi Effendi Translation

This is the wish of God and His decree.… We cherish the hope that one of the kings of the earth will, for the sake of God, arise for the triumph of this wronged, this oppressed people. Such a king will be eternally extolled and glorified. God hath prescribed unto this people the duty of aiding whosoever will aid them, of serving his best interests, and of demonstrating to him their abiding loyalty. They who follow Me must strive, under all circumstances, to promote the welfare of whosoever will arise for the triumph of My Cause, and must at all times prove their devotion and fidelity unto him. Happy is the man that hearkeneth and observeth My counsel. Woe unto him that faileth to fulfill My wish.

Translation Notes

حقّ

ḥqq ḥ-q-q → “wish of god”

literal: truth; true; right

SE expanded to “wish of God”

god 29% truth 29% one 20% true 8% who 6% through 3% eternal 3% right 1% unto 1% righteousness 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: unto gleaningsGWB §502: that speaketh the truth kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: right kitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: spiritual prayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: they the-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysteries will-and-testamentW&T §7: blindly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: unjustly

چنین

chnín chnín → “this”

literal: such

SE rendered حقّ (ḥqq), چنین (chnín), خواسته (khúásth), چنین (chnín), مقدّر (mqddr) as “the wish of God, This, His decree.…”

such 50% also 25% way 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: so kitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: also will-and-testamentW&T §8: such kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: this or that way

خواسته

khúásth khúástn

literal: will; want; to want/will

SE rendered حقّ (ḥqq), چنین (chnín), خواسته (khúásth), چنین (chnín), مقدّر (mqddr), فرموده (frmúdh), امید (imíd) as “the wish of God, This, His decree.…, hope”

purpose 50% wish 13% asked 13% seek 13% attempted 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: refuse gleaningsGWB §549: shall ever kitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: will continue for ever the-hidden-wordsHW §106: Wouldst thou have will-and-testamentW&T §38: no epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: will cling gleaningsGWB §142: purpose kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: nor will they ever

مقدّر

mqddr q-d-r → “his decree.…”

literal: power; powerful; amount

destined 23% decree 15% ordainer 8% hath 8% preordained 8% implied 8% bestowed 8% divine 8% predestined 8% provided 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My might fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §532: will never kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: granted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decree prayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: through Thy power tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerful the-hidden-wordsHW §68: thy capacity

فرموده

frmúdh frmúdn

literal: say; command; says

SE rendered حقّ (ḥqq), چنین (chnín), خواسته (khúásth), چنین (chnín), مقدّر (mqddr), فرموده (frmúdh), امید (imíd), هست (hst), یکی (ykí), از (iz), ملوک (mlúk), لوجه (lújh) as “the wish of God, This, His decree.…, hope, one, kings, sake of God”

hath 37% said 14% declared 12% revealed 8% caused 8% addressed 4% did 4% had 4% observed 4% answered 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: Wert gleaningsGWB §419: entrusted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: withhold the hand prayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: Thou didst the-hidden-wordsHW §125: will I will-and-testamentW&T §5: He layeth upon epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: hath pronounced gleaningsGWB §40: caused

امید

imíd imíd → “hope”

literal: hope

hope 82% fain 9% hoped 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: We fain would hope kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: hoped will-and-testamentW&T §38: the hope epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: Our hope epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §139: hope

یکی

ykí w-ḥ-d → “one”

literal: one; oneness

one 80% anyone 10% certain 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the One fire-tabletFire §43: By Thine aloneness gleaningsGWB §526: Be united kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: essential unity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: those that have acknowledged Thy oneness tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unity tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone

ملوک

mlúk m-l-k → “kings”

literal: kingdom; king

kings 91% rulers 6% themselves 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: He Who is the Lord gleaningsGWB §98: of the earth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: world prayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: O Thou Who art the Lord of tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worlds the-hidden-wordsHW §145: My sacred realm will-and-testamentW&T §15: far epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: land

لوجه

lújh w-j-h → “sake of god”

literal: face

SE expanded to “sake of God”

sake 52% face 21% countenance 14% wholly 2% presence 2% whose 2% radiance 2% gaze 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: turn fire-tabletFire §30: This Face gleaningsGWB §641: turned their faces kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faces kitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turn prayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: Thy Self tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy steps the-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself

الله

al-lh ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: god; divine; o god

god 93% god’s 2% lord 1% divine 1% almighty 1% “god 1% god.” 0% unto 0% towards 0% \‘god 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: God’s fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §186: the Faith of God kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: is God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §821: art God tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven

حزب

ḥzb ḥ-z-b → “oppressed people”

literal: party; parties; party, group

people 73% sect 11% followers 7% number 2% mine 2% who 2% each 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: a people gleaningsGWB §69: My people prayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: to each one will-and-testamentW&T §5: His people epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: by different people gleaningsGWB §175: O people prayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: of the peoples and kindreds of the earth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Mine adversaries

مظلوم

mẓlúm ẓ-l-m

literal: wronged

SE rendered لوجه (lújh), الله (al-lh), بر (br), نصرت (nṣrt), حزب (ḥzb), مظلوم (mẓlúm), قیام (qíám), نماید (nmáyd), بذکر (bdhkr), ابدی (ibdí), ثناء (thnáʾ) as “sake of God, triumph, oppressed people, arise, eternally extolled and, glorified”

wronged 89% whom 3% oppressed 2% victim 1% one 1% downtrodden 1% who 1% men 1% sore 1% sorely 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: act unjustly fire-tabletFire §2: the darkness gleaningsGWB §467: of the unjust kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: of the people of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: their oppressors the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §36: for their cruelty epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: A brutal man

نماید

nmáyd nmúdn

literal: do; to do; show

SE rendered نصرت (nṣrt), حزب (ḥzb), مظلوم (mẓlúm), قیام (qíám), نماید (nmáyd), بذکر (bdhkr), ابدی (ibdí), ثناء (thnáʾ), سرمدی (srmdí), فائز (fáʾz) as “triumph, oppressed people, arise, eternally extolled and, glorified, be”

will 35% may 19% must 13% would 9% can 7% cause 6% have 4% hath 4% protect 2% thou 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: be gleaningsGWB §683: have encompassed kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Give kitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they have uttered prayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §119: Walk ye will-and-testamentW&T §24: Consort with epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: hath not concealed

بذکر

bdhkr dh-k-r → “eternally extolled and” Distinctive

literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned

This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)

SE expanded to “eternally extolled and”

mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: made mention of her gleaningsGWB §370: its Creator kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioning kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to tell us prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: altogether nothing tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His call tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mention the-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me

ابدی

ibdí ʾ-b-d

literal: ever; eternity

SE rendered حزب (ḥzb), مظلوم (mẓlúm), قیام (qíám), نماید (nmáyd), بذکر (bdhkr), ابدی (ibdí), ثناء (thnáʾ), سرمدی (srmdí), فائز (fáʾz), کتب (ktb) as “oppressed people, arise, eternally extolled and, glorified, be, hath prescribed”

ever-abiding 27% eternal 27% everlasting 18% incorruptible 9% eternally 9% imperishable 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: ever gleaningsGWB §287: the Eternal,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: eternal prayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: unhesitatingly tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: all eternity the-hidden-wordsHW §26: for evermore will-and-testamentW&T §23: whatsoever epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the Ever-Abiding

ثناء

thnáʾ th-n-y → “praise”

literal: praise; praise, commendation

praise 45% celebrate 15% glory 15% magnify 5% virtues 5% speak 5% extolling 5% extol 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: second gleaningsGWB §5: the praise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondary prayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: and extol Thee will-and-testamentW&T §39: another epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: praise Thee gleaningsGWB §321: created kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latter

سرمدی

srmdí s-r-m

literal: eternal

SE rendered قیام (qíám), نماید (nmáyd), بذکر (bdhkr), ابدی (ibdí), ثناء (thnáʾ), سرمدی (srmdí), فائز (fáʾz), کتب (ktb), الله (al-lh) as “arise, eternally extolled and, glorified, be, hath prescribed, God”

1 occurrence in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: infinite

فائز

fáʾz f-w-z → “be”

literal: attain

SE rendered بذکر (bdhkr), ابدی (ibdí), ثناء (thnáʾ), سرمدی (srmdí), فائز (fáʾz), کتب (ktb), الله (al-lh), الحزب (al-ḥzb) as “eternally extolled and, glorified, be, hath prescribed, God, people the”

attain 49% attained 21% invested 6% will 4% attaineth 4% attainest 4% recognized 4% hath 4% vouchsafed 4% forgiven 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: they may attain unto gleaningsGWB §657: vouchsafed kitab-i-ahdAhd §15: is enabled to achieve kitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: quickened prayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: would suffice tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been honoured the-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth upon epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: attain

کتب

ktb k-t-b → “hath prescribed” Distinctive

literal: book; books; write

This form usually rendered as “books”, “scriptures”, “sacred” (116 occurrences)

books 48% scriptures 27% sacred 7% book 4% works 3% writings 2% will 2% holy 2% records 2% letter 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: destined gleaningsGWB §560: Word kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Book kitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: the Word of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: Thou hast written down the-hidden-wordsHW §72: Write will-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistles epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: writing

خدمته

khdmth kh-d-m → “serving his best interests”

literal: service; servant; serve

SE expanded to “serving his best interests”

serve 39% service 26% serving 4% promote 4% endeavor 4% aid 4% associated 4% went 4% before 4% adequate 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: guardian gleaningsGWB §652: services kitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: went prayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: servants will-and-testamentW&T §48: might serve epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: in serving gleaningsGWB §419: promote the welfare kitab-i-iqanKIQ §108: esteemed and honoured friend

الوفآء

al-wfáʾ w-f-y → “faithfulness”

literal: faithfulness

faithfulness 67% loyalty 17% demonstrating 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a preserver of the sanctity fire-tabletFire §18: of Thy faithfulness gleaningsGWB §168: of faithfulness kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: Fleeting kitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: faithfulness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: hast been true the-hidden-wordsHW §1: that they may stand faithful will-and-testamentW&T §51: faithful

باید

báyd b-y-d

literal: must; must, should; must, needs

SE rendered نصرهم (nṣrhm), خدمته (khdmth), الوفآء (al-wfáʾ), بعهده (bʿhdh), باید (báyd), حزب (ḥzb), جمیع (jmíʿ), احوال (iḥúál), بر (br), خدمت (khdmt) as “aid, serving his best interests, abiding loyalty, fidelity, all circumstances, promote the welfare”

must 38% should 22% incumbent 22% behooveth 6% beseemeth 3% duty 3% needeth 3% let 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: must gleaningsGWB §146: needeth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: must needs be prayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: into the wilderness the-hidden-wordsHW §109: With the hands will-and-testamentW&T §25: must be epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: behooveth gleaningsGWB §564: let him

احوال

iḥúál ḥ-w-l

literal: state

SE rendered بعهده (bʿhdh), باید (báyd), حزب (ḥzb), جمیع (jmíʿ), احوال (iḥúál), بر (br), خدمت (khdmt), ناصر (náṣr), قیام (qíám) as “fidelity, all circumstances, promote the welfare, arise”

times 31% conditions 28% circumstances 14% all 8% ever 6% condition 3% state 3% may 3% conduct 3% continually 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: Come what might gleaningsGWB §724: the conduct kitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: What “oppression” is prayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: by Thy strength tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not waver tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her state the-hidden-wordsHW §109: now that will-and-testamentW&T §21: their manners

زال

zál z-w-l → “at all times”

literal: cease; to cease; ceased

SE expanded to “at all times”

all 63% hath 25% time 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: From everlasting gleaningsGWB §595: hath never ceased kitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: for ever prayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: continue to remain the-hidden-wordsHW §85: My eternal will-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanish epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: at all times gleaningsGWB §649: At no time

بحبل

bḥbl ḥ-b-l

literal: rope/cord; cord

SE rendered ناصر (náṣr), قیام (qíám), نمایند (nmáynd), زال (zál), بحبل (bḥbl), وفا (wfá), متمسّک (mtmssk), باشند (báshnd), طوبی (ṭúbí), لمن (lmn), سمع (smʿ) as “arise, at all times, Happy, hearkeneth”

cord 79% clung 5% tie 5% firm 3% unto 3% tenaciously 3% life-vein 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clung to gleaningsGWB §684: life-vein prayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: tie epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: to the cord gleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cord prayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: on Thy strong cord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the cord gleaningsGWB §719: by the Cord

متمسّک

mtmssk m-s-k

literal: clinging; hold fast; cling

SE rendered زال (zál), بحبل (bḥbl), وفا (wfá), متمسّک (mtmssk), باشند (báshnd), طوبی (ṭúbí), لمن (lmn), سمع (smʿ), عمل (ʿml) as “at all times, Happy, hearkeneth, observeth”

holding 37% cling 17% cleaving 12% cleave 7% clung 7% clinging 7% hold 5% held 2% adhered 2% cleaveth 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: endured gleaningsGWB §655: the fragrance kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: following the example prayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: holding to tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launch epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: are cleaving fast gleaningsGWB §606: Cleave thou unto kitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: clinging

باشند

báshnd búdn

literal: be; to be

SE rendered زال (zál), بحبل (bḥbl), وفا (wfá), متمسّک (mtmssk), باشند (báshnd), طوبی (ṭúbí), لمن (lmn), سمع (smʿ), عمل (ʿml), ویل (wíl) as “at all times, Happy, hearkeneth, observeth, Woe”