Gleanings — §483
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 483 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ثمّ انصب ميزان الله في مقابلة عينك ثمّ اجعل نفسك في مقام الّذي كأنّك تراه ثمّ وزّن أعمالك به في كلّ يوم بل في كلّ حين، وحاسب نفسك قبل أن تحاسب في يوم الّذي لن يستقرّ فيه رجل أحد من خشية الله وتضطرب فيه أفئدة الغافلين،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Set before thine eyes God’s unerring Balance and, as one standing in His Presence, weigh in that Balance thine actions every day, every moment of thy life. Bring thyself to account ere thou art summoned to a reckoning, on the Day when no man shall have strength to stand for fear of God, the Day when the hearts of the heedless ones shall be made to tremble.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: portiongleaningsGWB §201: share such benefitskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: his favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: a portionthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: wearinesswill-and-testamentW&T §23: their share and portionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: raisedgleaningsGWB §149: failed in the end to recognize, and partake of the grace of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: WeighgleaningsGWB §75: The Balancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: as a standardepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: BalancegleaningsGWB §518: weighedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: weightgleaningsGWB §97: the Standardepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: must be weighed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: God. Unto thisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §20: the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: God’s divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: Thou Who art the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the peoplefire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §234: fromkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of old?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: exposed to its raystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE expanded to “before thine eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the well-springgleaningsGWB §609: His eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: to consist ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: clearlytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: thine
SE rendered ميزان (mízán), الله (al-lh), مقابلة (mqáblh), عينك (ʿínk), اجعل (ijʿl), نفسك (nfsk), مقام (mqám) as “Balance, God’s, as one standing, before thine eyes, His Presence”
grant 23% let 15% “consecrate 8% imagine 8% knit 8% strengthen 8% single 8% “dye 8% enable 8% cause 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §579: and regardeth it askitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: the abject beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Thou didsttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE rendered الله (al-lh), مقابلة (mqáblh), عينك (ʿínk), اجعل (ijʿl), نفسك (nfsk), مقام (mqám) as “God’s, as one standing, before thine eyes, His Presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: onegleaningsGWB §611: the veilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: inclinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and to glorify Thine Essencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: upon you
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: In this connectionfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §117: their virtuekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: two stationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: that I should dare to standtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
SE rendered مقام (mqám), كأنّك (kʾannk), تراه (tráh), وزّن (wzzn), أعمالك (ʾaʿmálk), يوم (yúm) as “His Presence, weigh in that Balance, thine actions, every day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: hath ever seenfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §163: of the visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: I have clearly perceivedthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: wouldst regard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: taughtgleaningsGWB §72: the deedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: work aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: Deal with themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §39: bear upon daily transactionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: works
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: all other daysgleaningsGWB §724: Our lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: Thine utterancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Not long ago
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the present daygleaningsGWB §25: that whenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Whereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time whenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: such momentsgleaningsGWB §372: thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: in one and the same momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: at
SE expanded to “Bring thyself to account”
SE rendered تحاسب (tḥásb), يوم (yúm), يستقرّ (ystqrr), رجل (rjl), أحد (ʾaḥd), خشية (khshíh), الله (al-lh) as “Day when, man, no, fear, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: when He mountedgleaningsGWB §30: cheeringkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: can find no peacetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: the courtwill-and-testamentW&T §13: hidden
SE rendered يوم (yúm), يستقرّ (ystqrr), رجل (rjl), أحد (ʾaḥd), خشية (khshíh), الله (al-lh), وتضطرب (wtḍṭrb), أفئدة (ʾafʾdh) as “Day when, man, no, fear, God, be made to tremble, hearts of the heedless ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: alonegleaningsGWB §689: of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: divine Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: no soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: any one of themgleaningsGWB §66: Him to Whom none can compare
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: fear ofgleaningsGWB §483: fearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: dreadful mightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: was thus alarmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: The feargleaningsGWB §76: awed with the dread ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: the dread of Whomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: for fear of
SE expanded to “be made to tremble”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: perturbedgleaningsGWB §277: dismayedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: troubledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: sore vexedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be perturbedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: sunk into
SE expanded to “hearts of the heedless ones”
SE rendered خشية (khshíh), الله (al-lh), وتضطرب (wtḍṭrb), أفئدة (ʾafʾdh), الغافلين، (al-gháflín،) as “fear, God, be made to tremble, hearts of the heedless ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: They that have gone astraygleaningsGWB §569: these men who have strayed so far from Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “deprivation,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: have failed to recognizethe-hidden-wordsHW §152: unwaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: the heedlessgleaningsGWB §214: have turned away from thee
