Gleanings — §445
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 445 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
الأمرآء لیس فی العالم جند اقوی من العدل و العقل..." طوبی لملک یمشی و تمشی امام وجهه رایة العقل و عن ورائه کتیبة العدل
Shoghi Effendi Translation
of the rulers of the world! There is no force on earth that can equal in its conquering power the force of justice and wisdom.… Blessed is the king who marcheth with the ensign of wisdom unfurled before him, and the battalions of justice massed in his rear.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “rulers of the world”
cause 56% revelation 15% things 6% faith 4% bidding 4% behest 4% command 3% affairs 3% commandments 3% bidden 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: His all-compelling summonsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §272: the pathkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: command of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: serve Thy Causetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thine
SE rendered الأمرآء (al-ʾamráʾ), لیس (lís), العالم (al-ʿálm), جند (jnd), اقوی (iqúy), العدل (al-ʿdl) as “rulers of the world, is no, force, the force, can equal, justice”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: is given the rightgleaningsGWB §513: It is notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: have notablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is notgleaningsGWB §85: cannot be regarded to beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: can utterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: not
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (364 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: taughtfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §435: an ever-advancing civilizationkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: shownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of Thy hidden knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: hostsgleaningsGWB §505: the assaultskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: of that hostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: with both Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: with the everlasting hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: of HostsgleaningsGWB §69: My armykitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: warrior
This form usually rendered as “endowed”, “mightier”, “can” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: with strengthgleaningsGWB §246: and His mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: the Almightythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the powerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: All-PowerfulgleaningsGWB §125: with the power of My might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: with the eye of justicegleaningsGWB §439: excesskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: equityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: man of equitythe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §28: the just sovereignepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: fairnessgleaningsGWB §638: and justice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: judgmentgleaningsGWB §31: mortal mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: reasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: intelligenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: the wisegleaningsGWB §402: could ye but comprehend itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: meditate uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: man endued with understanding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: BlessednessgleaningsGWB §639: Great is the blessedness awaiting theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: Great is my blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Well is itgleaningsGWB §205: Happy are theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: How great is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Blessed are
kingdom 24% king 23% sovereign 12% dominion 8% kingdoms 8% world 7% sovereignty 5% angels 4% earth 4% all-possessing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: dominiongleaningsGWB §280: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: Thou the Possessortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the angels
This form usually rendered as “treadeth”, “who”, “may” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: peoples and kindredsfire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §631: motherskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Imámsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §610: Whose countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §599: set myselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
This form usually rendered as “rear” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: behind your backsgleaningsGWB §445: in his rearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and beyond themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: beyondepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: behind thy backgleaningsGWB §635: thy backprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: moreoverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: after thee
SE rendered وجهه (wjhh), رایة (ráyh), العقل (al-ʿql), ورائه (wráʾh), کتیبة (ktíbh), العدل (al-ʿdl) as “unfurled, the ensign, wisdom, massed in his rear, of justice”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: worksgleaningsGWB §22: sacred Scriptureskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of the Bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: Thy greatthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and have written for theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: in Thy Book
