Gleanings — §501

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 501 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

الرّحمن فی کلّ الأحیان بأن یوفّقهم علی ما اراد انّه لهو المقتدر العزیز العلّام ای ذبیح ضرّ این مظلوم از سجن و تاراج و اسیری و شهادت و ذلّت ظاهره نبوده و نیست بلکه ضرّ اعمالیست که احبّای حقّ بآن عاملند و آن را نسبت بحقّ میدهند هذا ضرّی ونفسه المهیمنة علی العالمین و ضرّ اکبر دیگر آنکه هر یوم یکی از اهل بیان مدّعی امر شده و بعضی متمسّک بغصنی از اغصان و

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The imprisonment inflicted on this wronged One, O Ḏhabíḥ, did to Him no harm nor can it ever do so; nor can the loss of all His earthly goods, His exile, or even His martyrdom and outward humiliation, do Him any hurt. That which can hurt Him are the evil deeds which the beloved of God commit, and which they impute to Him Who is the Sovereign Truth. This is the affliction from which I suffer, and to this He, Himself, Who is potent over all things, beareth Me witness. That which hath sorely hurt Me are the claims which the people of the Bayán are advancing every day. Some have proclaimed their allegiance to one of My Branches (Sons), while others have asserted independently their claims, and acted after their own desires.

Translation Notes

الرّحمن

ar-rḥmn r-ḥ-m

literal: mercy; merciful; the Merciful

merciful 40% mercy 20% compassionate 20% all-merciful 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: late fire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassion gleaningsGWB §688: heavenly kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: Him prayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: to Thy mercy tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercy the-hidden-wordsHW §109: My tender grace

الأحیان

al-ʾaḥíán ḥ-y-n

literal: time; time/moment

times 50% occasions 8% time 8% continually 8% bodies 8% conditions 8% moment 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a while gleaningsGWB §589: increasingly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: season prayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time the-hidden-wordsHW §154: now epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: day gleaningsGWB §25: that when prayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Now that

یوفّقهم

yúffqhm w-f-q

literal: agreement; grant success; grant-success

SE rendered الأحیان (al-ʾaḥíán), یوفّقهم (yúffqhm) as “”

assist 33% aid 33% graciously 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: to graciously assist them gleaningsGWB §441: union kitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: hath recognized prayers-and-meditationsP&M §402: Help them will-and-testamentW&T §53: unfailing help epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: concord gleaningsGWB §72: it may fulfill kitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: be

اراد

irád r-y-d

literal: will

hath 38% will 14% purpose 10% seeketh 10% purposed 5% wish 5% decided 5% attain 5% chosen 5% ordain 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: We have desired gleaningsGWB §275: attain kitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Purpose,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: willest, and tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desire the-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekest epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: by the will gleaningsGWB §636: He hath refused to reserve

لهو

lhú h-w

literal: he; He

SE rendered لهو (lhú), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), العزیز (al-ʿzíz), العلّام (al-ʿllám), ذبیح (dhbíḥ) as “Ḏhabíḥ”

both 20% “he 10% fear 10% \‘behold 10% behold 10% yet 10% who 10% truth 10% truly 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: \‘Behold gleaningsGWB §227: He is kitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: He that is prayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: his station epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: Behold gleaningsGWB §103: Essence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: who are themselves

المقتدر

al-mqtdr q-d-r

literal: power; powerful

SE rendered المقتدر (al-mqtdr), العزیز (al-ʿzíz), العلّام (al-ʿllám), ذبیح (dhbíḥ), ضرّ (ḍrr) as “Ḏhabíḥ, no harm”

almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Lord of strength fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §214: exaltation kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measure kitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: cannot prayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: by the power of tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are not tablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful

العزیز

al-ʿzíz ʿ-z-z

literal: glory; mighty; might

SE rendered العزیز (al-ʿzíz), العلّام (al-ʿllám), ذبیح (dhbíḥ), ضرّ (ḍrr), مظلوم (mẓlúm) as “Ḏhabíḥ, no harm, wronged One”

all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: the glory fire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishment gleaningsGWB §10: exaltation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitaries prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: their Glorifier the-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendor will-and-testamentW&T §4: endeared epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hard

العالمین

al-ʿálmín ʿ-l-m → “all things”

literal: world; worlds

worlds 53% all 31% world 5% whole 3% earth 2% men 2% creation 2% entire 1% people 1% peoples 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: taught fire-tabletFire §49: all the worlds gleaningsGWB §123: indubitably clear kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: peoples of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: testifieth tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught thee the-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge

ذبیح

dhbíḥ dh-b-ḥ → “offer”

literal: slaughtered one; slaughtered; sacrificed

offer 50% sacrifice 50%

gleaningsGWB §136: offer up gleaningsGWB §136: sacrifice

از

iz ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

SE rendered ذبیح (dhbíḥ), ضرّ (ḍrr), مظلوم (mẓlúm), از (iz), سجن (sjn), تاراج (táráj), اسیری (isírí), شهادت (shhádt) as “Ḏhabíḥ, no harm, wronged One, of, imprisonment inflicted, loss, exile, martyrdom”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst

تاراج

táráj t-r-j → “robbed”

literal: plunder

robbed 33% plunder 33% plundered 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: robbed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: been plundered epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: plunder

اسیری

isírí ʾ-s-r → “chains”

literal: captive; captives; captive/prisoner

chains 50% exile 50%

gleaningsGWB §169: from his chains prayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: captives gleaningsGWB §501: exile prayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: a captive prayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: lie prisoned prayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: in bondage prayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: held captive prayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: were made captives

شهادت

shhádt sh-h-d → “martyrdom”

literal: witness; witnessed

martyrdom 33% testify 23% testimony 21% denunciations 5% bear 5% suffered 3% death 3% wouldst 3% attest 3% solemnly 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: thereby fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §411: manifest kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: My witness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: are due to tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: dost witness the-hidden-wordsHW §47: a martyr

ذلّت

dhllt dh-l-l → “outward humiliation”

literal: humiliation; abasement; abasement, humiliation

abasement 50% shame 13% humiliation 8% disgrace 4% dishonor 4% such 4% misery 4% outward 4% wretchedness 4% abased 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: wretchedness gleaningsGWB §219: abased kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: destitution prayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: Misery the-hidden-wordsHW §120: abase will-and-testamentW&T §36: Lowly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: disgrace gleaningsGWB §184: over My abasement

ظاهره

ẓáhrh ẓ-h-r

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

SE rendered تاراج (táráj), اسیری (isírí), شهادت (shhádt), ذلّت (dhllt), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), نبوده (nbúdh), نیست (níst), بلکه (blkh), ضرّ (ḍrr), اعمالیست (iʿmálíst) as “loss, exile, martyrdom, outward humiliation, are, can it ever do so, any hurt, evil deeds”

manifest 29% revealed 16% appeared 11% outward 8% made 7% appear 7% manifested 6% outwardly 5% have 5% visible 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: show forth fire-tabletFire §23: spring gleaningsGWB §305: lieth hidden kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: have been made manifest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §848: raise them up to tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation

نبوده

nbúdh b-w-d → “hath”

literal: be; is; to be

hath 22% have 17% had 11% never 11% can 11% played 6% remained 6% accounted 6% neither 6% devoid 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: been faced gleaningsGWB §389: can function kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: hath never been kitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: could have the-hidden-wordsHW §120: Live will-and-testamentW&T §25: must be referred epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: hath ever been gleaningsGWB §546: will it remain

بلکه

blkh b-l-k

literal: rather/nay

SE rendered ذلّت (dhllt), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), نبوده (nbúdh), نیست (níst), بلکه (blkh), ضرّ (ḍrr), اعمالیست (iʿmálíst), احبّای (iḥbbáy), حقّ (ḥqq) as “outward humiliation, are, can it ever do so, any hurt, evil deeds, beloved, God”

nay 71% practised—nay 14% yea 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: but kitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Nay kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: practised—nay kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yea

اعمالیست

iʿmálíst ʿ-m-l → “evil deeds”

literal: deed; deeds

deeds 32% works 13% act 11% acts 9% doings 8% all 7% conduct 5% deed 5% have 5% do 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: thine acts gleaningsGWB §112: to observe kitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: deeds.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: Do tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conforming the-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observe will-and-testamentW&T §39: enforceth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: integrity and uprightness

احبّای

iḥbbáy ḥ-b-b → “beloved”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

loved 41% beloved 26% ye 15% love 6% followers 3% friends 3% such 3% steadfast 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My love fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §552: loving kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of love prayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: divine sweetness tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Day tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set

حقّ

ḥqq ḥ-q-q → “god”

literal: truth; true; right

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 §84: the gleaningsGWB §110: one true kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: manifestation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: me the-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysteries will-and-testamentW&T §9: indisputable epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: unjustly

نسبت

nsbt n-s-b → “impute” Distinctive

literal: attribution; relation; attributed

This form usually rendered as “relationship”, “ascribed”, “charges” (61 occurrences)

relationship 21% ascribed 11% charges 11% have 11% calumnies 11% regarded 11% accused 11% charge 5% accusation 5% against 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: kinship gleaningsGWB §259: ascribe kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: My Kindred kitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: imputeth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: related the-hidden-wordsHW §30: to will-and-testamentW&T §4: attributing epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: against

میدهند

mídhnd d-h → “will” Distinctive

literal: give; to give; given

This form usually rendered as “still”, “telegraph” (2 occurrences)

still 50% telegraph 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: will lead gleaningsGWB §340: experience kitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: sentence Him to death prayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: enable them to the-hidden-wordsHW §129: Ye have suffered will-and-testamentW&T §5: noised abroad epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: still bear, witness gleaningsGWB §220: will readily admit

ونفسه

wnfsh n-f-s → “he, himself”

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: in His own Self gleaningsGWB §567: the hearts of men kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: for one moment prayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: Thine own Being tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Self will-and-testamentW&T §25: believers

المهیمنة

al-mhímnh h-m-n → “help”

literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector

help 41% omnipotent 16% supreme 13% sovereign 9% ruler 6% transcendent 3% protector 3% transcendeth 3% pervadeth 3% all-subduing 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendent gleaningsGWB §399: Omnipotent Protector kitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: so prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: and the Sovereign Protector gleaningsGWB §268: the Supreme Protector kitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majesty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: overshadowest gleaningsGWB §706: pervadeth

اکبر

ikbr k-b-r

literal: greatest; greater

SE rendered المهیمنة (al-mhímnh), العالمین (al-ʿálmín), ضرّ (ḍrr), اکبر (ikbr), دیگر (dígr), آنکه (ánkh), هر (hr), یوم (yúm), یکی (ykí), از (iz), اهل (ihl) as “potent, all things, sorely hurt, others, every, day, one, of, people”

most 25% greater 20% transcendent 10% surest 10% great 10% mighty 5% lesser 5% excel 5% greet 5% “greater 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: most great gleaningsGWB §273: glory kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greater kitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: too mysterious prayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: waxed proud tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pride tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entire tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be

دیگر

dígr d-g-r → “others”

literal: other; other, another; other/another

another 44% other 16% different 16% again 6% else 6% hand 3% furthermore 3% passage 3% once 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: another kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: passage will-and-testamentW&T §54: another way epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: other kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Furthermore epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the other kitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: again epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: hand

آنکه

ánkh ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

SE rendered العالمین (al-ʿálmín), ضرّ (ḍrr), اکبر (ikbr), دیگر (dígr), آنکه (ánkh), هر (hr), یوم (yúm), یکی (ykí), از (iz), اهل (ihl), بیان (bíán), مدّعی (mddʿí) as “all things, sorely hurt, others, every, day, one, of, people, Bayán, claims”

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: If kitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: these the-hidden-wordsHW §120: moment epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Either thou or someone else kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: Although epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: He, verily kitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: a moment’s epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to

هر

hr h-r → “every”

literal: every; every/each; each

every 62% whatsoever 8% each 8% whosoever 8% although 8% both 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: every nineteen gleaningsGWB §429: Every age kitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: Each epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: every gleaningsGWB §512: whatsoever kitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: he kitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: Whosoever kitab-i-iqanKIQ §262: Both

یوم

yúm y-w-m → “day”

literal: day; days; today

day 89% whereon 3% days 1% judgment 1% wondrous 1% today 1% which 1% great 1% day?” 1% blessed 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: great day gleaningsGWB §34: the past kitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His days prayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: all my days will-and-testamentW&T §47: daytime epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: their time gleaningsGWB §462: now kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: His

یکی

ykí w-ḥ-d → “one”

literal: one; oneness

one 82% other 9% distinguished 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: unite fire-tabletFire §43: By Thine aloneness gleaningsGWB §462: the unity of God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: that prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: the one God, the Incomparable tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unity tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone the-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust

اهل

ihl ʾ-h-l → “people”

literal: people; people, folk; people/inhabitants

people 41% peoples 29% dwellers 5% men 4% mankind 4% ye 4% concourse 4% infidel 4% inhabitants 3% denizens 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: all the peoples gleaningsGWB §329: exponents kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: jeweller prayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: unto the followers the-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERS will-and-testamentW&T §34: devoted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: strangers

مدّعی

mddʿí d-ʿ-y → “claims”

literal: claim; claimant; claims

hast 50% claims 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: hast laid claim gleaningsGWB §605: idle pretender prayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: that presumeth the-hidden-wordsHW §25: claim will-and-testamentW&T §6: layeth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: profess gleaningsGWB §501: claims prayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: lay claim

امر

imr ʾ-m-r

literal: command; matter; cause

SE rendered هر (hr), یوم (yúm), یکی (ykí), از (iz), اهل (ihl), بیان (bíán), مدّعی (mddʿí), امر (imr), بعضی (bʿḍí), متمسّک (mtmssk), بغصنی (bghṣní), از (iz) as “every, day, one, of, people, Bayán, claims, Some, proclaimed their allegiance”