Gleanings — §551
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 551 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
و باید در کلّ حین توکّل بحقّ نماید و از خلق اعراض کند و از عالم تراب منقطع شود و بگسلد و بربّ الأرباب دربندد و نفس خود را بر احدی ترجیح ندهد و افتخار و استکبار را از لوح قلب بشوید و بصبر و اصطبار دل بندد و صمت را شعار خود نماید و از تکلّم بی‌فائده احتراز کند چه زبان ناریست افسرده و کثرت بیان سمّی است هلاک‌کننده نار ظاهری اجساد را محترق نماید و نار لسان ارواح و افئده را بگدازد اثر آن نار بساعتی فانی شود و اثر این نار بقرنی باقی ماند
Shoghi Effendi Translation
That seeker must, at all times, put his trust in God, must renounce the peoples of the earth, must detach himself from the world of dust, and cleave unto Him Who is the Lord of Lords. He must never seek to exalt himself above anyone, must wash away from the tablet of his heart every trace of pride and vainglory, must cling unto patience and resignation, observe silence and refrain from idle talk. For the tongue is a smoldering fire, and excess of speech a deadly poison. Material fire consumeth the body, whereas the fire of the tongue devoureth both heart and soul. The force of the former lasteth but for a time, whilst the effects of the latter endureth a century.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: mustgleaningsGWB §564: let himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: must needsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: into the wildernessthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: With the handswill-and-testamentW&T §25: must beepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: It beseemethgleaningsGWB §146: needeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: until nowgleaningsGWB §305: at the very momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: in one and the same momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: moment of my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: forevergleaningsGWB §552: hourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Whereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thousand lives
SE expanded to “put his trust”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to put my trustgleaningsGWB §238: Ministers of Statekitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: put Our trustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: in Thee have I placed my trusttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustwill-and-testamentW&T §25: representepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: placed My trust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: claimgleaningsGWB §715: in realitykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: the Revealer of truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: Thy realitythe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §6: touchingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the True One
SE rendered باید (báyd), حین (ḥín), توکّل (túkkl), بحقّ (bḥqq), نماید (nmáyd), از (iz), خلق (khlq), اعراض (iʿráḍ), کند (knd), از (iz), عالم (ʿálm) as “must, times, put his trust, God, the peoples, renounce, world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: They wouldgleaningsGWB §124: cannotkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hold fastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: demonstrate and expoundprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: Thou didstthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: I waitedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: revivedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: walking
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: created theefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §305: and creatureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the people thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: all Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: hence I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: but a creation
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “turned”, “denial” (70 occurrences)
turn 15% turned 13% denial 13% opposition 13% repudiation 10% rejected 10% denials 8% faithlessness 8% hath 5% turning 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: denial of TheegleaningsGWB §689: too criticalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: have turned their face awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: caviled at metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §58: hath turned awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: disbelievers
SE rendered توکّل (túkkl), بحقّ (bḥqq), نماید (nmáyd), از (iz), خلق (khlq), اعراض (iʿráḍ), کند (knd), از (iz), عالم (ʿálm), تراب (tráb), منقطع (mnqṭʿ) as “put his trust, God, the peoples, renounce, world, dust, detach”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the worldfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §154: mindkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: exponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: and Thou hast ever made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the earthgleaningsGWB §122: pertaining to the world of matterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: now dwelling upon the dustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: groundthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: dust-heapepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: dustgleaningsGWB §685: claykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the lowly dust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §139: rid of all attachmentgleaningsGWB §682: all-pervasivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: cease to pursueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: will detachtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §8: final and decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: completely detachedgleaningsGWB §202: neither
SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), تراب (tráb), منقطع (mnqṭʿ), بگسلد (bgsld), بربّ (brbb), الأرباب (ar-rbáb), دربندد (drbndd), نفس (nfs) as “world, dust, detach, the Lord, Lords, cleave, exalt himself”
3 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: in his (Bahá’u’lláh’s) DivinitygleaningsGWB §301: the Lord of Menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of Lordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: O my Lord
This form usually rendered as “cleave” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: your naturegleaningsGWB §5: of their own selveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: the timorousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §572: to Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: him that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: anygleaningsGWB §400: the man amongst youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: of Thy transcendent holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy unitygleaningsGWB §103: Singleness
SE rendered دربندد (drbndd), نفس (nfs), بر (br), احدی (iḥdí), ترجیح (trjíḥ), ندهد (ndhd), افتخار (iftkhár), استکبار (istkbár) as “cleave, exalt himself, anyone, never, pride, vainglory”
This form usually rendered as “may”, “can”, “must” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: pridegleaningsGWB §520: ye pride yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: honoured withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: and have been vaunting themselvesthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: should exalt himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: glorygleaningsGWB §235: to glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: invested
vainglory 20% pride 20% conceit 10% arrogance 10% wax 10% haughtiness 10% disdainfully 10% haughty 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the agedgleaningsGWB §407: from all attachment to the things of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: such glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §17: haughty and rebellious
tablet 79% lawh 4% tablets 4% lawh-i 2% communications 2% perspicuous 2% original 2% most 2% mystic 2% tablet” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your heartsgleaningsGWB §282: your whole heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: transmutethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §212: all heartstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: sincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: in Mine heart
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “must”, “wash” (35 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: bringethgleaningsGWB §107: for themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: have failedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: forththe-hidden-wordsHW §84: Never shallwill-and-testamentW&T §43: will surely causeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: have been
patience 50% patient 13% long-suffering 8% patiently 4% seemly 4% resignation.… 4% endure 4% forbearance 4% steadfastness 4% endue 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Waitfire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §465: of them that hesitatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to enable me to be patienttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: waitedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: long-suffering
SE rendered قلب (qlb), بشوید (bshúyd), بصبر (bṣbr), اصطبار (iṣṭbár), دل (dl), بندد (bndd), صمت (ṣmt) as “heart, wash away, patience, resignation, cling unto, silence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: He will not be silentgleaningsGWB §53: thy silenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: cease toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: that hold their peacegleaningsGWB §48: silenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: to hold my peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: held His peacegleaningsGWB §46: thy peace
SE rendered اصطبار (iṣṭbár), دل (dl), بندد (bndd), صمت (ṣmt), شعار (shʿár), نماید (nmáyd), از (iz), تکلّم (tkllm) as “resignation, cling unto, silence, talk”
hair 19% understand 12% consciousness 12% indicative 12% expressive 8% poet 8% revealed 8% perceive 8% failed 8% observe 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: hairgleaningsGWB §306: consciousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every hair of my headwill-and-testamentW&T §5: a hair’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand notgleaningsGWB §370: poetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: ye understand not
This form usually rendered as “utter”, “breathe”, “speak” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: statementfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §689: however inconsiderable his sharekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: crieth outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
SE rendered تکلّم (tkllm), بی‌فائده (bífáʾdh), احتراز (iḥtráz), کند (knd), چه (chh), زبان (zbán), ناریست (náríst) as “talk, refrain, tongue, a smoldering fire”
SE rendered احتراز (iḥtráz), کند (knd), چه (chh), زبان (zbán), ناریست (náríst), افسرده (ifsrdh), کثرت (kthrt), بیان (bíán), سمّی (smmí), هلاک‌کننده (hlákknndh) as “refrain, tongue, a smoldering fire, excess, speech, poison, deadly”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: for the most partgleaningsGWB §361: most of themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: most of youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: streamtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a river of lifewill-and-testamentW&T §38: by a majorityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: vastgleaningsGWB §224: bountiful
utterance 63% words 9% speech 5% language 4% tongue 4% divine 4% such 3% utterances 3% explanation 3% bayán 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy NamegleaningsGWB §101: a different namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §495: through Thy Most Great Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §130: By thewill-and-testamentW&T §20: nominatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My namesgleaningsGWB §670: the Names
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: Deadlyfire-tabletFire §10: DestroyergleaningsGWB §137: tormented and to perishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: exterminateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: crushed metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: consumedthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: that lead unto destructionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: perdition
This form usually rendered as “earthly”, “outer”, “visible” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: come to passfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §584: shall be manifestedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: there shall come forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: and of Thy tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
This form usually rendered as “bodies”, “every”, “heart” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: bodiesgleaningsGWB §246: My bodykitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: their mortal bodiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: my earthlytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: her bodythe-hidden-wordsHW §120: framewill-and-testamentW&T §13: its mortal frameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to the body
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: consumedgleaningsGWB §576: being consumedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: consumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: hath consumed metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hath burned away my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §51: his heart was consumed with the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: were consumedgleaningsGWB §667: Burn away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a tonguegleaningsGWB §174: saidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: my bodily tonguetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your tonguesgleaningsGWB §535: My words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: the Spirit of God (Jesus Christ)fire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §488: the pleasures in which they delightkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: Ghostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: the sweet savorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §17: with My spirit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: in the hearts of mengleaningsGWB §483: hearts ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: mindsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: our mindsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §176: men’s
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Whose signsgleaningsGWB §383: a reflectionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: the virtue wherewith Thou hast endowed itthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: follow inwill-and-testamentW&T §5: aloftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: His signsgleaningsGWB §390: evidence
mortal 40% transient 10% perisheth 10% evanescent 7% surrender 7% transitory 7% die 7% fleeting 7% reduced 3% perish 3%
ages 29% centuries 25% century 13% like 8% generations 4% revolution 4% time 4% fast 4% have 4% union 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: centuriesgleaningsGWB §349: timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: fast companionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: have been joined and knit togetherthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: likewill-and-testamentW&T §16: unionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: the agesgleaningsGWB §311: the revolution of ages
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “immortal”, “eternal” (82 occurrences)
everlasting 27% immortal 20% eternal 10% incorruptible 8% imperishable 8% endure 6% eternity 6% abiding 6% last 4% yet 4%
SE rendered اثر (ithr), نار (nár), بقرنی (bqrní), باقی (báqí), ماند (mánd) as “effects, latter, century, endureth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: no longergleaningsGWB §166: leavingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: have remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: may bewill-and-testamentW&T §17: shall remainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: leaveth nogleaningsGWB §675: are still yourskitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: We have digressed
