Gleanings — §449

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 449 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بأنّك تعجزه في شيء أو تمنعه عن حكمه وسلطانه أو يقدر أن يقوم مع أمره كلّ من في السّموات والأرضين، لا فو نفسه الحقّ لا يعجزه شيء عمّا خلق إذا فارجع عن ظنّك إنّ الظّنّ لا يغني من الحقّ شيئا وكن من الرّاجعين إلى الله الّذي خلقك ورزقك وجعلك سفير المسلمين، ثمّ اعلم بأنّه خلق كلّ من في السّموات والأرض بكلمة أمره وما خلق بحكمه كيف يقوم معه

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Dost thou believe thou hast the power to frustrate His Will, to hinder Him from executing His judgment, or to deter Him from exercising His sovereignty? Pretendest thou that aught in the heavens or in the earth can resist His Faith? No, by Him Who is the Eternal Truth! Nothing whatsoever in the whole of creation can thwart His Purpose. Cast away, therefore, the mere conceit thou dost follow, for mere conceit can never take the place of truth. Be thou of them that have truly repented and returned to God, the God Who hath created thee, Who hath nourished thee, and made thee a minister among them that profess thy faith.

Translation Notes

بأنّك

bʾannk ʾ-n-n → “dost thou believe”

literal: indeed/verily

SE expanded to “Dost thou believe”

thee 43% thou 29% verily 14% since 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: now gleaningsGWB §82: We prayers-and-meditationsP&M §534: for Thou will-and-testamentW&T §36: for they are gleaningsGWB §698: They prayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: likewise, recognize will-and-testamentW&T §36: not to gleaningsGWB §235: “Verily

تعجزه

tʿjzh ʿ-j-z → “to frustrate his will”

literal: powerlessness

SE expanded to “to frustrate His Will”

frustrate 67% powerless 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: none can produce gleaningsGWB §297: powerlessness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: incapacity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to my powerlessness will-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: can gleaningsGWB §260: can frustrate kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: the miracle

شيء

shíʾ sh-y-ʾ → “whatsoever” Distinctive

literal: thing; things

This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “all” (188 occurrences)

things 47% nothing 12% all 8% whatsoever 7% anything 7% created 5% else 4% creation 3% thing 3% none 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: to do gleaningsGWB §295: to anything whatever kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: with prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thou hast desired tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desireth tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the will

تمنعه

tmnʿh m-n-ʿ → “to hinder”

literal: prevent; prevented; prevention

debar 14% hinder 14% deter 14% keep 14% can 7% powerless 7% refuse 7% still 7% deterred 7% withhold 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: forbade them gleaningsGWB §479: He withholdeth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infinite prayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: hath deterred tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against thee the-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodly will-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permitted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have withheld me

حكمه

ḥkmh ḥ-k-m → “his judgment” Distinctive

literal: wisdom; judgment

This form usually rendered as “wisdom”, “law”, “hath” (124 occurrences)

wisdom 46% law 20% hath 6% divine 6% all 4% commandment 4% commandments 4% authority 4% judgment 4% injunction 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: Governor gleaningsGWB §253: whose judgments are in conformity kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulership kitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: impregnable prayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath broken tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be tested the-hidden-wordsHW §13: My command will-and-testamentW&T §34: government

وسلطانه

wslṭánh s-l-ṭ → “from exercising his sovereignty”

literal: sovereignty; king; authority

SE expanded to “from exercising His sovereignty”

king 39% sovereignty 23% sháh 13% sovereign 9% lord 5% power 3% through 3% monarch 2% divine 2% manifest 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: power gleaningsGWB §63: through the power kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: that sovereignty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: of Thine omnipotent sovereignty tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the King the-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §41: warrant epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with manifest dominion

يقدر

yqdr q-d-r → “can resist”

literal: power; powerful

can 61% have 9% cannot 4% claim 4% transgress 4% aspire 4% hath 4% able 4% powerless 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: decreed fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §563: How numerous kitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate power kitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: prize prayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: through Thy strength tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are not tablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful

يقوم

yqúm q-w-m

literal: station; people; place

SE rendered حكمه (ḥkmh), وسلطانه (wslṭánh), يقدر (yqdr), يقوم (yqúm), أمره (ʾamrh), السّموات (as-smúát) as “His judgment, from exercising His sovereignty, can resist, His Faith, in the heavens”

arise 18% stand 9% may 9% will 9% raise 9% speed 9% stirred 9% rise 9% whereby 9% standing 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou arisest fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §404: into kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your station kitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “resurrection”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: risen up tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spot tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place

أمره

ʾamrh ʾ-m-r → “his faith” Distinctive

literal: command; cause

This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “command” (249 occurrences)

cause 53% revelation 22% command 5% bidding 4% faith 4% decree 4% ordainer 3% message 2% behest 2% all 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy Cause fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §188: decree kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decree kitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: is the command tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellers the-hidden-wordsHW §43: triumph of My cause

السّموات

as-smúát s-m-w → “in the heavens”

literal: heaven

SE expanded to “in the heavens”

heaven 48% heavens 46% heaven!” 2% earth 1% into 1% exalted 1% denizens 1% realms 1% guidance 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all names fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §120: one of His names kitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: the visible prayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: other names tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven

والأرضين،

wálʾarḍín، ʾ-r-ḍ → “in the earth”

literal: earth; earth/land

SE expanded to “in the earth”

earth 93% all 4% heaven 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: on earth fire-tabletFire §3: on gleaningsGWB §202: this world prayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: earth and the-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same land epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earth fire-tabletFire §36: a desolate land gleaningsGWB §636: refrain from contending

فو

fú w-ʾ-y

literal: by; by (oath particle)

SE rendered السّموات (as-smúát), والأرضين، (wálʾarḍín،), فو (fú), نفسه (nfsh), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), يعجزه (yʿjzh), شيء (shíʾ) as “in the heavens, in the earth, by Him, Who is the Eternal Truth, can thwart, whatsoever”

2 occurrences in corpus

tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: by

نفسه

nfsh n-f-s → “own”

literal: self; soul; souls

own 23% self 20% soul 18% himself 15% evil 6% souls 5% life 4% man 3% corrupt 3% passions 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the One gleaningsGWB §386: thine inmost heart kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the dead prayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: I swear by Thyself tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Me will-and-testamentW&T §27: the people

الحقّ

al-ḥqq ḥ-q-q → “who is the eternal truth”

literal: truth; true; right

SE expanded to “Who is the Eternal Truth”

truth 50% god 14% true 10% one 9% eternal 7% through 3% right 2% righteousness 2% unto 1% who 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the trust gleaningsGWB §256: the restitution of Our rights kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: right kitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: concerning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thou hast confirmed the-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deserving will-and-testamentW&T §34: for epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: indubitable

خلق

khlq kh-l-q → “creation”

literal: creation; create; created

creation 31% creatures 16% hath 14% created 12% men 9% people 7% mankind 4% world 3% called 2% made 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: a creature fire-tabletFire §40: wert created gleaningsGWB §573: ordained kitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: attributes prayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: hath been generated tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created her the-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created thee epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Creator

فارجع

fárjʿ r-j-ʿ → “return”

literal: return; returning; to return

return 43% turn 29% cast 14% might 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to turn aside gleaningsGWB §686: is to be kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: While returning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §367: target tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired to the-hidden-wordsHW §14: Turn thy sight will-and-testamentW&T §38: must be referred epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: returned

ظنّك

ẓnnk ẓ-n-n → “mere conceit”

literal: conjecture; think; suppositions

mere 50% fancy 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of your idle fancies fire-tabletFire §24: fancy gleaningsGWB §450: imagine about Him kitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: fancied prayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: of my fancies tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitions the-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fancies epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thou dost imagine

يغني

yghní gh-n-y → “riches” Distinctive

literal: rich; riches

This form usually rendered as “enrich”, “take”, “appease” (4 occurrences)

enrich 25% take 25% appease 25% enriched 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the All-Possessing gleaningsGWB §284: all creatures kitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: rich prayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: the plenteousness tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singeth tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealth the-hidden-wordsHW §130: being rich epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sung

الله

al-lh ʾ-l-h → “god, the god”

literal: God; god

SE expanded to “God, the God”

god 67% divine 18% god’s 4% lord 4% divinity 3% holy 1% other 1% mystic 1% heavenly 1% godhead 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: Divine gleaningsGWB §191: God’s kitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: mystic prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinity the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §23: is of God epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of God gleaningsGWB §386: other God

ورزقك

wrzqk r-z-q → “who hath nourished thee”

literal: provide; sustenance; provided

SE expanded to “Who hath nourished thee”

supply 45% partake 15% sustenance 8% attain 5% nourished 5% partaken 5% nourish 5% food 5% provider 5% who 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attain gleaningsGWB §449: Who hath nourished thee kitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: partaken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: Supply me will-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto them gleaningsGWB §581: suffice to enrich kitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: bestowed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: Supply us

وجعلك

wjʿlk j-ʿ-l → “and made thee”

literal: made

SE expanded to “and made thee”

hath 36% made 36% chosen 18% god 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made it fire-tabletFire §44: We have made gleaningsGWB §466: Imagine thyself kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the ways prayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: thrust their the-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have made will-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: hath made

المسلمين،

al-mslmín، s-l-m

literal: peace; submission; greeted

SE rendered خلقك (khlqk), ورزقك (wrzqk), وجعلك (wjʿlk), سفير (sfír), المسلمين، (al-mslmín،) as “hath created thee, Who hath nourished thee, and made thee, a minister”