Gleanings — §457
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 457 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
إلى أن قمتم علينا من دون ذنب ولا جرم مبين، أما تخافون عن الله الّذي خلقكم وسوّاكم وبلغ أشدّكم وجعلكم من المسلمين، إلى متى لا تتنبّهون في أنفسكم ولا تتعقّلون في ذواتكم ولا تقومون عن نومكم وغفلتكم وما تكوننّ من المتنبّهين،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Ye have persisted in your waywardness until ye rose up against Us, though We had committed nothing to justify your enmity. Fear ye not God Who hath created you, and fashioned you, and caused you to attain your strength, and joined you with them that have resigned themselves to Him (Muslims)? How long will ye persist in your waywardness? How long will ye refuse to reflect? How long ere ye shake off your slumber and are roused from your heedlessness? How long will ye remain unaware of the truth?
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “ye rose up against”
station 28% people 24% arise 12% self-subsisting 12% such 5% connection 4% straight 4% qá’im 4% have 4% steadfast 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: seatfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §376: in their relationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: arise toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and have to such an extent risen uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
This form usually rendered as “without”, “except”, “none” (29 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: any one but TheegleaningsGWB §298: else besides Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: to anyone except Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §18: none but Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: from all except TheegleaningsGWB §457: though We had committed nothing
sin 21% crime 21% sins 14% committed 7% transgressions 7% sin?’ 7% transgression 7% sinfulness 7% blasphemous 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: his transgressionsgleaningsGWB §655: for the transgressionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: his sin?’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: the perversethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: sinfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: his trespassesgleaningsGWB §468: crimekitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: mistake
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: crimegleaningsGWB §243: the offensekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the sinnersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: My crimegleaningsGWB §465: of the transgressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: transgressorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: of the wickedgleaningsGWB §461: committed
SE rendered قمتم (qmtm), علينا (ʿlíná), دون (dún), ذنب (dhnb), جرم (jrm), مبين، (mbín،), أما (ʾamá), تخافون (tkháfún), الله (al-lh) as “ye rose up against, Us, though, committed nothing, justify your enmity, Fear ye not, God”
manifest 30% palpable 12% resplendent 9% expounder 9% luminous 9% evident 7% lucid 7% perspicuous 7% clear 5% plainly 5%
SE expanded to “Fear ye not”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: O Lord, my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §268: but Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Godheadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: creationfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §35: peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: to raise uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: We created you allepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: character
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: occupiedgleaningsGWB §302: anyone besides Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: everything except Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: other than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: everywheregleaningsGWB §457: and fashioned you
SE expanded to “caused you to attain”
This form usually rendered as “maturity”, “strength” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ordained”, “joined” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: isfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §486: givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: Thou hast set uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “that have resigned themselves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: salutationsgleaningsGWB §195: sanctifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: a recognized authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: is resignationwill-and-testamentW&T §6: deliveringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: peace be upongleaningsGWB §523: ye deliver your wardskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: unquestionable
This form usually rendered as “may”, “reflect” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: awakenedgleaningsGWB §257: may realizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: do soprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: stirred me upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: awakeninggleaningsGWB §456: ye have remained sunk in your heedlessnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: give heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: been wakened
SE rendered المسلمين، (al-mslmín،), متى (mtى), تتنبّهون (ttnbbhún), أنفسكم (ʾanfskm), تتعقّلون (ttʿqqlún) as “that have resigned themselves, How long, ye persist in your, refuse to reflect”
yourselves 50% own 16% souls 10% hearts 8% desires 4% ye 4% upon 2% nature 2% judgment 2% waywardness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: Not one single soulgleaningsGWB §710: They that arekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: His divine Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: by Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in their liveswill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: all men
This form usually rendered as “refuse” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: the wisegleaningsGWB §445: wisdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: reasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: man endued with understandingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: men endued with insightgleaningsGWB §117: mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: inconceivableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: intelligence
SE rendered تتعقّلون (ttʿqqlún), ذواتكم (dhúátkm), تقومون (tqúmún), نومكم (númkm), وغفلتكم (wghfltkm) as “refuse to reflect, ye shake off, your slumber, your heedlessness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His EssencegleaningsGWB §655: May my lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own Selvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: my beingwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: His Exalted BeinggleaningsGWB §369: that Divine Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the very recesses
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: he that liethgleaningsGWB §305: that dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: sleepingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: sleepethwill-and-testamentW&T §33: that sleepeth notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: sleep ofgleaningsGWB §305: thy state when asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: the sleep
heedlessness 67% unawareness 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the waywardgleaningsGWB §247: their total disregardkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: erring and waywardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: be obliviousthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: most negligentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: who hast gone astraygleaningsGWB §620: have been led astray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: be hegleaningsGWB §385: occupykitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdeth, for all timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: wilt abidetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §52: that thou mayest become
