Gleanings — §448
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 448 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
(سورة الملوك) أن يا سفير العجم في المدينة أزعمت بأنّ الأمر كان بيدي أو يبدّل أمر الله بسجني
أن يا سفير العجم في المدينة أزعمت بأنّ الأمر كان بيدي أو يبدّل أمر الله بسجني وذلّي أو بإفقادي وإفنائي فبئس ما ظننت في نفسك وكنت من الظّانّين إنّه ما من إله إلّا هو يظهر أمره ويعلو برهانه ويثبت ما أراد ويرفعه إلى مقام الّذي ينقطع عنه أيديك وأيدي المعرضين، هل تظنّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Dost thou imagine, O Minister of the S̱háh in the City (Constantinople), that I hold within My grasp the ultimate destiny of the Cause of God? Thinkest thou that My imprisonment, or the shame I have been made to suffer, or even My death and utter annihilation, can deflect its course? Wretched is what thou hast imagined in thine heart! Thou art indeed of them that walk after the vain imaginings which their hearts devise. No God is there but Him. Powerful is He to manifest His Cause, and to exalt His testimony, and to establish whatsoever is His Will, and to elevate it to so eminent a position that neither thine own hands, nor the hands of them that have turned away from Him, can ever touch or harm it.
Translation Notes
SE rendered سورة (súrh), الملوك (al-mlúk), سفير (sfír), العجم (al-ʿjm) as “Minister, of the S̱háh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: accompanying Us on horsebackgleaningsGWB §74: the Súriy-i-Ra’ískitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: and ridingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: the otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: Súrahepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Surihkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: a Súrahkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: words
SE rendered الملوك (al-mlúk), سفير (sfír), العجم (al-ʿjm), المدينة (al-mdính) as “Minister, of the S̱háh, the City”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: landgleaningsGWB §426: but vassalskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: the heavenly kingdomtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
minister 25% embassy 20% messengers 15% ministers 10% officials 5% departure 5% recommendations 5% ministry 5% wayfarer 5% thou 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: EmbassygleaningsGWB §448: Ministerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: Gospelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §77: of Thy Messengersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: recommendationsgleaningsGWB §581: wayfarerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: separationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §724: Messengers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: the CitygleaningsGWB §555: from the Cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: the everlasting Citiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: citadelsgleaningsGWB §560: the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: the citadelsgleaningsGWB §73: of the city
This form usually rendered as “dost”, “thinkest” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I hold within My grasp”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his handgleaningsGWB §476: designskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: in Whose handtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: HandgleaningsGWB §581: With the hands
This form usually rendered as “change”, “deflect”, “turneth” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: that turnestgleaningsGWB §448: deflectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: barteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: Thou changesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: Barter notwill-and-testamentW&T §34: fraudulently alterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: were converted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: hath commandedgleaningsGWB §264: decreeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: episodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Thy Faithtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §3: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: commissionedgleaningsGWB §107: Divine Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §191: God’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: God but their own desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of His prison-citygleaningsGWB §501: imprisonment inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: hath been shut upwill-and-testamentW&T §51: this prisonerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §163: the prison-cellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: of Thy prison-citywill-and-testamentW&T §6: incarceration
abasement 42% abased 15% shame 9% wretchedness 9% degradation 5% lowly 5% humiliation 4% misery 4% abject 4% humbled 4%
This form usually rendered as “death” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: forsookgleaningsGWB §386: are as a thing forgottenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the lossprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: and complete abnegationwill-and-testamentW&T §13: lostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: adversitygleaningsGWB §448: My death and utter annihilationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: thing forgotten
SE expanded to “My death and utter annihilation”
shall 18% death 12% mortal 12% perisheth 9% perish 9% nothingness 9% extinction 9% transient 9% self-effacement 6% which 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: dieth to himselfgleaningsGWB §362: transient thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: transientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: the thresholdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: povertyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: perishgleaningsGWB §448: My death and utter annihilation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: WretchedgleaningsGWB §448: Wretched isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: of adversitygleaningsGWB §629: have encompassedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: violencegleaningsGWB §255: illsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: my troublesgleaningsGWB §509: ills and troubles
SE expanded to “thou hast imagined”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: deemedfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §78: they fondly imaginekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: it as certainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: my belieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is thy fancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: imaginings
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “self” (222 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: ye befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §705: arekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: nonetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “may”, “shall”, “show” (76 occurrences)
may 18% shall 16% show 11% revealed 11% manifested 11% manifest 9% reveal 7% appear 7% make 5% proceedeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: of the revelationfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §683: fiercenesskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: may show forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: indubitablegleaningsGWB §587: of His testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: demonstrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and Thine infallible Proofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: proofgleaningsGWB §238: your proofskitab-i-iqanKIQ §262: glorious evidenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: Thy proof
This form usually rendered as “demonstrated”, “maintained”, “canst” (17 occurrences)
demonstrated 17% maintained 17% canst 8% establish 8% vindicate 8% confirm 8% will 8% imply 8% recognized 8% becometh 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: indisputably establishedgleaningsGWB §696: that he may establishkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: constancyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: been demonstratedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §2: stood fast and firmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: firmness
SE expanded to “is His Will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: His wishgleaningsGWB §211: eagerly seekkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: have soughttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: by the willgleaningsGWB §699: determineth
This form usually rendered as “exalt”, “hoist”, “exalteth” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to elevate it”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: will exalt themfire-tabletFire §4: upliftedgleaningsGWB §410: was spread abroad onkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: rainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: Thy transcendent singlenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: that I may rise
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §320: various stageskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: conditionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §201: Thy transcendenttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
This form usually rendered as “cease”, “will”, “detached” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: detachgleaningsGWB §381: renouncedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: been withheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: rid themselves of all attachmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: cut it off
SE rendered ويرفعه (wírfʿh), مقام (mqám), ينقطع (ynqṭʿ), عنه (ʿnh), أيديك (ʾaydík), وأيدي (wʾaydí) as “to elevate it, so eminent a position, neither, thine own hands, the hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §635: behindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: togleaningsGWB §572: of all attachment toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §467: as well as
SE rendered ينقطع (ynqṭʿ), عنه (ʿnh), أيديك (ʾaydík), وأيدي (wʾaydí), المعرضين، (al-mʿrḍín،) as “neither, thine own hands, the hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: cavilsgleaningsGWB §148: turn awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: limitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §525: may inducetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: hathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: hast turned away
SE rendered ينقطع (ynqṭʿ), عنه (ʿnh), أيديك (ʾaydík), وأيدي (wʾaydí), المعرضين، (al-mʿrḍín،), هل (hl) as “neither, thine own hands, the hands”
