Gleanings — §471
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 471 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أما تذكّرت بذكر الله من قبل لتكون من المتذكّرين، قال وقوله الحقّ "منها خلقناكم وفيها نعيدكم ومنها نخرجكم تارة أخرى" وهذا ما قدّره الله لمن على الأرض من كلّ عزيز وذليل، ومن خلق من التّراب ويعيد فيها ويخرج منها لا ينبغي له بأن يستكبر على الله وأوليائه ويفتخر عليهم ويكون على غرور عظيم بل ينبغي لك ولأمثالك بأن تبخعوا لمظاهر التّوحيد وتخفضوا جناح الذّلّ للمؤمنين الّذين هم افتقروا في الله وانقطعوا عن كلّ ما تشتغل به أنفس العباد ويبعدهم عن صراط الله العزيز الحميد، وكذلك نلقي عليكم ما ينفعكم وينفع الّذين هم كانوا على ربّهم لمن المتوكّلين...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Rememberest thou not God’s warning uttered in times past, that thou mayest be of them that heed His warning? He said, and He, verily, speaketh the truth: “From it (earth) have We created you, and unto it will We return you, and out of it will We bring you forth a second time.” This is what God ordained unto all them that dwell on earth, be they high or low. It behooveth not, therefore, him who was created from dust, who will return unto it, and will again be brought forth out of it, to swell with pride before God, and before His loved ones, to proudly scorn them, and be filled with disdainful arrogance. Nay, rather it behooveth thee and those like thee to submit yourselves to them Who are the Manifestations of the unity of God, and to defer humbly to the faithful, who have forsaken their all for the sake of God, and have detached themselves from the things which engross men’s attention, and lead them astray from the path of God, the All-Glorious, the All-Praised. Thus do We send down upon you that which shall profit you and profit them that have placed their whole trust and confidence in their Lord.
Translation Notes
remembrance 24% praise 17% mention 15% mentioned 11% remember 7% make 7% recorded 6% recount 5% remembering 5% describe 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: revealgleaningsGWB §558: How unspeakably gloriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: to whom we have referredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: because of their remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §2: Thee, O my Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “remain”, “wilt” (70 occurrences)
SE expanded to “mayest be of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: Will there be vouchsafedgleaningsGWB §405: to choose askitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: that the seal thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §695: art He Whotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §19: thou dost
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wordsgleaningsGWB §31: “Call outkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: then follow these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: were any one to saytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: InevitablegleaningsGWB §328: He Who is the Eternal Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: realkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: the symbolic meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: befittinglythe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §34: forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: veritable
SE expanded to “have We created you”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: a virtuous characterfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §116: creation whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: are created of Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: is itself createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy virtues
This form usually rendered as “will” (1 occurrences)
resurrection 17% habits 17% prodigies 8% fresh 8% capacity 8% transmuted 8% will 8% who 8% ways 8% again 8%
SE expanded to “will We bring you”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: took Us forthgleaningsGWB §243: Our expulsionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: come forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: hath proceededtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: drawn forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: drew forth
This form usually rendered as “another”, “again”, “other” (37 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: recentgleaningsGWB §7: and the end of all thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: respite them.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and of the nextthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the endgleaningsGWB §527: the rest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: of the earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §582: and on the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy landtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earth
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (241 occurrences)
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: glorifiedgleaningsGWB §604: most augustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: magnificenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: The glory of Thy might beareth me witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Almighty
This form usually rendered as “abased”, “lowly”, “low” (12 occurrences)
SE rendered عزيز (ʿzíz), وذليل، (wdhlíl،), ومن (wmn), خلق (khlq), التّراب (at-tráb), ويعيد (wíʿíd), ويخرج (wíkhrj) as “they high, or low, dust, was created, will return, again be brought”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: the dust thereofgleaningsGWB §672: that dwell upon the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: now dwelling upon the dustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and the claythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: dust-heapepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: dustgleaningsGWB §717: world of dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the dust itself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §481: ill beseemethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and as beseemethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §656: as it befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: the full measure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: treat him not disdainfullygleaningsGWB §124: excelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: the All-Compellingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §6: more glaring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: the AuthoritiesgleaningsGWB §353: of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: His Prophetsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: befriendthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rained upon meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: outrivalledgleaningsGWB §95: chosen Ones of God
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “proudly”, “vaunt” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: pridegleaningsGWB §244: ye boast yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: adornprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: and have been vaunting themselvesthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: should exalt himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: We glory thereingleaningsGWB §513: to pride himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: adorn themselves
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: proudgleaningsGWB §568: was so misledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: haughtinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: deceitfulnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: PRIDE YOURSELVESwill-and-testamentW&T §17: every vainglorious oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: vainglorygleaningsGWB §446: ornament
SE rendered ويفتخر (wíftkhr), عليهم (ʿlíhm), ويكون (wíkún), غرور (ghrúr), عظيم (ʿẓím), ينبغي (ynbghí), لك (lk), ولأمثالك (wlʾamthálk), تبخعوا (tbkhʿúá) as “proudly scorn them, be filled, disdainful arrogance, it behooveth, thee, those like thee, submit yourselves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: greatnessgleaningsGWB §600: most sublimekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: excellentthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §5: bitterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: Most Mighty
SE expanded to “those like thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: same asgleaningsGWB §438: Consider for instancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: Thus, byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: such as are like unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the daysepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: Similar
1 occurrence in corpus
manifestations 67% exponents 11% manifestation 5% who 4% embodiments 4% emblems 3% through 3% symbols 2% revealers 2% person 1%
unity 49% divine 23% oneness 11% belief 5% essential 3% tawhid 2% all 2% acknowledge 2% conception 2% mystery 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: onefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §309: in any waykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: the one Godtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
SE rendered تبخعوا (tbkhʿúá), لمظاهر (lmẓáhr), التّوحيد (at-túḥíd), وتخفضوا (wtkhfḍúá), جناح (jnáḥ), الذّلّ (adh-dhll), للمؤمنين (llmʾmnín), الّذين (adh-dhín) as “submit yourselves, Manifestations of, the unity, defer humbly, the, faithful, who”
SE rendered التّوحيد (at-túḥíd), وتخفضوا (wtkhfḍúá), جناح (jnáḥ), الذّلّ (adh-dhll), للمؤمنين (llmʾmnín), الّذين (adh-dhín), افتقروا (iftqrúá), الله (al-lh) as “the unity, defer humbly, the, faithful, who, have forsaken their all, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: trustgleaningsGWB §404: beliefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: into confidencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: abide thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: worthy of
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: thisgleaningsGWB §151: to this themekitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the lackprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their povertythe-hidden-wordsHW §58: My poorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: one who is poorgleaningsGWB §387: poor and desolatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: All this
SE expanded to “have detached themselves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of renunciationgleaningsGWB §152: with absolute detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: sublime renunciationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: such as are rid of all attachment to any one but Thyselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §53: conclusiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: completely detachedgleaningsGWB §641: complete detachment
SE rendered الله (al-lh), وانقطعوا (wánqṭʿúá), تشتغل (tshtghl), أنفس (ʾanfs), العباد (al-ʿbád), ويبعدهم (wíbʿdhm) as “God, have detached themselves, engross men’s, lead them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: engagedgleaningsGWB §370: hath strayed from His pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: busy himselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: I occupy myselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §27: and busy thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: occupiedgleaningsGWB §205: seek diligently
This form usually rendered as “souls”, “others”, “spirit” (28 occurrences)
souls 38% others 13% spirit 6% essence 6% which 6% men’s 6% yourselves 6% beings 6% hands 6% faint-hearted 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: passionsgleaningsGWB §115: what mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: His followersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: By Him
SE rendered تشتغل (tshtghl), أنفس (ʾanfs), العباد (al-ʿbád), ويبعدهم (wíbʿdhm), صراط (ṣráṭ), الله (al-lh), العزيز (al-ʿzíz) as “engross men’s, lead them, from, God, the All-Glorious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: and in thy adoration of Himfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §621: of His servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: on their partprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: servants’tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: all men
This form usually rendered as “lead” (1 occurrences)
after 48% when 14% remoteness 12% far 7% then 5% notwithstanding 3% since 3% subsequent 3% future 3% subsequently 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: who art gone far astrayfire-tabletFire §3: distantgleaningsGWB §356: when he hath alreadykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: Henceforwardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: of this latter generationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: remotethe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Yet, notwithstanding
SE expanded to “from the path of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: PathgleaningsGWB §311: to the straight Pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “sirat,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Thy straight Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: Straight PathgleaningsGWB §568: His Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §464: the path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §343: All glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Muhammadan Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: give praisetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §721: All-Praise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: to conveyfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §54: Thy presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: attaining unto the Presence of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: who forsooktablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §17: sow the seeds of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: profited MegleaningsGWB §528: his own gainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: what will helpthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: can profit yougleaningsGWB §279: shall profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: will profit themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: will profit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: \‘LordgleaningsGWB §122: sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord of
This form usually rendered as “have”, “put”, “confidence” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: placed My whole trustgleaningsGWB §582: and put thy trust and confidence inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: put Our trustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: trusting whollytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustwill-and-testamentW&T §25: representepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: reliance
