Gleanings — §489

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 489 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ونشكر الله في كلّ ما ورد علينا ونصبر فيما قضي ويقضي وعليه توكّلت وإليه فوّضت أمري وإنّه يوفي أجور الصّابرين والمتوكّلين، له الأمر والخلق يعزّ من يشاء ويذلّ من يشاء ولا يسئل عمّا شاء وإنّه لهو العزيز القدير،

Shoghi Effendi Translation

We render thanks unto God for whatsoever hath befallen Us, and We patiently endure the things He hath ordained in the past or will ordain in the future. In Him have I placed My trust; and into His hands have I committed My Cause. He will, certainly, repay all them that endure with patience and put their confidence in Him. His is the creation and its empire. He exalteth whom He will, and whom He will He doth abase. He shall not be asked of His doings. He, verily, is the All-Glorious, the Almighty.

Translation Notes

ونشكر

wnshkr sh-k-r → “we render thanks”

literal: thank; thanks

SE expanded to “We render thanks”

render 32% thankful 27% thanks 14% yield 7% thank 5% give 5% magnify 5% unfold 2% hath 2% thankful.… 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: thanks be fire-tabletFire §49: thank gleaningsGWB §352: with hearts filled with gratitude kitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: thanks.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: I render Thee thanks tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are grateful tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanks unto Him the-hidden-wordsHW §108: honeyed

ورد

wrd w-r-d → “befallen” Distinctive

literal: entering; come; came upon

This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “things” (90 occurrences)

hath 26% have 19% things 14% befallen 13% there 10% befell 6% what 5% suffered 4% result 1% lamenteth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: have befallen gleaningsGWB §220: hath wrought kitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: have come to pass prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: have befallen me will-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt a epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: guest gleaningsGWB §298: the things that have befallen Me kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attain

ونصبر

wnṣbr ṣ-b-r → “we patiently endure”

literal: patience; patient

SE expanded to “We patiently endure”

patience 33% patient 21% long-suffering 9% fortitude 9% tarry 9% forbearance 5% patiently 5% endure 3% who 3% resignation 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: long-suffering fire-tabletFire §40: to bear and endure gleaningsGWB §408: who are steadfast in patience kitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitude prayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to enable me to be patient tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold the-hidden-wordsHW §142: My long-suffering epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: Patiently

قضي

qḍí q-ḍ-y → “hath ordained”

literal: decree; decree/judgment; decreed

hath 36% have 14% fulfilled 14% happened 9% slew 5% decreed 5% decision 5% predestined 5% consigned 5% inevitable 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: passed fire-tabletFire §29: of destiny gleaningsGWB §292: rolled away kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is ended kitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: to the requirements prayers-and-meditationsP&M §726: irrevocably ordained by Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordained will-and-testamentW&T §14: requirement

توكّلت

túkklt w-k-l → “have i placed”

literal: trust; reliance; agents

SE expanded to “have I placed”

placed 43% have 29% thee 14% hath 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: put your trust gleaningsGWB §475: placeth his complete trust kitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: resign themselves prayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: trusting wholly tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Rely the-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trust will-and-testamentW&T §25: represent epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: to put his reliance

فوّضت

fúfḍt f-w-ḍ → “have i committed”

literal: commit

SE expanded to “have I committed”

commit 38% willingly 13% have 13% participating 13% resignation 13% committing 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to commit gleaningsGWB §489: have I committed kitab-i-ahdAhd §1: resignation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: and committing epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: commit gleaningsGWB §264: willingly acquiesce gleaningsGWB §511: participating in its deliberations

أمري

ʾamrí ʾ-m-r → “my cause”

literal: command; cause

cause 39% nothing 11% command 11% revelation 9% mission 7% every 5% chief 5% whatsoever 5% any 5% thing 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: such a thing fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §4: of Thy Revelation kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Will kitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: law prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and Thy commandment tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commands the-hidden-wordsHW §35: of power

يوفي

yúfí w-f-y → “faithfulness” Distinctive

literal: faithfulness

This form usually rendered as “will” (1 occurrences)

faithfulness 39% fidelity 28% will 6% irrefutable 6% hast 6% faithful 6% preserver 3% foolish 3% trust 3% loyalty 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: foolish fire-tabletFire §27: of loyalty gleaningsGWB §168: of faithfulness kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: Fleeting kitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: faithfulness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: who have fulfilled their pledge the-hidden-wordsHW §1: that they may stand faithful will-and-testamentW&T §51: faithful

أجور

ʾajúr ʾ-j-r → “recompense” Distinctive

literal: reward/recompense

This form usually rendered as “due” (2 occurrences)

recompense 50% reward 19% due 6% will 6% have 6% refused 6% meed 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: I will recompense gleaningsGWB §537: recompense kitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: meed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: the recompense tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the reward epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: his due recompense gleaningsGWB §243: refused to receive Us epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: reward

والخلق

wálkhlq kh-l-q

literal: creation; create; created

SE rendered الصّابرين (aṣ-ṣábrín), والمتوكّلين، (wálmtúkklín،), الأمر (al-ʾamr), والخلق (wálkhlq), يعزّ (yʿzz), يشاء (ysháʾ), ويذلّ (wídhll), يشاء (ysháʾ) as “with patience, put their confidence, creation and its empire, He exalteth, will, doth abase”