Gleanings — §574
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 574 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
عهم عن شطر النّفس والهوى ويذكّرهم بذكر اللّه العليّ العظيم قل يا قوم اتّقوا اللّه ولا تسفكوا الدّماء ولا تتعرّضوا مع نفس وكونوا من المحسنين إيّاكم أن لا تفسدوا في الأرض بعد إصلاحها ولا تتّبعوا سبل الغافلين ومنكم من أراد أن يبلّغ أمر مولاه فلينبغي له بأن يبلّغ أوّلا نفسه ثمّ يبلّغ النّا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O thou that hast fled thy home and sought the presence of God! Proclaim unto men the Message of thy Lord, that it may haply deter them from following the promptings of their evil and corrupt desires, and bring them to the remembrance of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. Say: Fear God, O people, and refrain from shedding the blood of anyone. Contend not with your neighbor, and be ye of them that do good. Beware that ye commit no disorders on the earth after it hath been well ordered, and follow not the footsteps of them that are gone astray.
Translation Notes
SE rendered شطر (shṭr), النّفس (an-nfs), والهوى (wálhúى), ويذكّرهم (wídhkkrhm), بذكر (bdhkr) as “their evil and corrupt desires, bring them to, the remembrance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the KaabagleaningsGWB §416: My courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: the sourceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their CapitalgleaningsGWB §569: unto the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: shoresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: North and SouthgleaningsGWB §78: the court
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)
SE expanded to “their evil and corrupt desires”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: neither Myself nor My lifegleaningsGWB §20: The very breathkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: Spiritsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: Whose naturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: His trustwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
SE rendered شطر (shṭr), النّفس (an-nfs), والهوى (wálhúى), ويذكّرهم (wídhkkrhm), بذكر (bdhkr), اللّه (al-lh), العليّ (al-ʿlíl) as “their evil and corrupt desires, bring them to, the remembrance, God, Most Exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: promptings of thine own passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §629: evil passions and desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: his sore longing afterthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: mere impulse
This form usually rendered as “remember”, “bring” (2 occurrences)
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §606: however meritoriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: highly-honoredgleaningsGWB §292: of Grandeur
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: \‘SaygleaningsGWB §562: these wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: statementsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: let him saytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: in your steadfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §440: habitationkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: passageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: most sublime stationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: Beware thatfire-tabletFire §21: of puritygleaningsGWB §643: to work righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: norprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: “Fearthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of spiritwill-and-testamentW&T §1: protectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: to fear God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: spilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: spiltgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §574: shedding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the blood of anyonegleaningsGWB §170: breathedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: breathed intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy bloodwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with my bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: bloodshedgleaningsGWB §189: my bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: blood
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: who hath turned asidegleaningsGWB §99: and the exigencieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: apostatizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: reviledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: hathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: that have gone astray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: werefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §90: hath been raisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: art thou toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §695: art He Whotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE expanded to “that do good”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: good deedsgleaningsGWB §473: best in thy sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §2: kindlywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: ExcellentgleaningsGWB §665: the righteous
This form usually rendered as “among” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: to spread disordergleaningsGWB §636: among menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: up mischiefwill-and-testamentW&T §54: mover of strifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: committeth disordergleaningsGWB §454: sowers of dissension amongst menwill-and-testamentW&T §42: mischievous deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: of fomenting discord
SE expanded to “it hath been well ordered”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: converted into instruments ofgleaningsGWB §367: the bettermentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: currentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: blessthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: seeking their own goodwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to show forth peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: ReformergleaningsGWB §437: reformation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: having followedgleaningsGWB §187: followingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: have followedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: successive tribulationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §42: allegianceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: followgleaningsGWB §467: followed in his way
This form usually rendered as “heedless”, “wayward”, “heedlessness” (44 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: My heedlessnessgleaningsGWB §111: failed to perceivekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “deprivation,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: our waywardnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: are unawaregleaningsGWB §35: perversity
SE rendered تتّبعوا (tttbʿúá), سبل (sbl), الغافلين (al-gháflín), ومنكم (wmnkm), أراد (ʾarád), يبلّغ (ybllgh), أمر (ʾamr), مولاه (múláh) as “follow not, the footsteps, gone astray, Proclaim, Lord”
SE rendered تتّبعوا (tttbʿúá), سبل (sbl), الغافلين (al-gháflín), ومنكم (wmnkm), أراد (ʾarád), يبلّغ (ybllgh), أمر (ʾamr), مولاه (múláh) as “follow not, the footsteps, gone astray, Proclaim, Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: His wishgleaningsGWB §703: desiringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: Wishingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: We desiregleaningsGWB §275: attain
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: thou wouldst attainfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §701: the duty of teachingkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: delivered unto himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: hath reachedwill-and-testamentW&T §14: Teachingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: informed
SE rendered الغافلين (al-gháflín), ومنكم (wmnkm), أراد (ʾarád), يبلّغ (ybllgh), أمر (ʾamr), مولاه (múláh) as “gone astray, Proclaim, Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: hath it been decreedgleaningsGWB §615: this Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Revelation isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and Thy commandmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §3: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: At the biddinggleaningsGWB §458: Purpose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: onesgleaningsGWB §137: Prophets of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: his Masterwill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the holy onesgleaningsGWB §689: By the righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: turning
SE rendered أراد (ʾarád), يبلّغ (ybllgh), أمر (ʾamr), مولاه (múláh), فلينبغي (flínbghí) as “Proclaim, Lord”
gleaningsGWB §318: lustsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: have so rebelledthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou wouldst attainwill-and-testamentW&T §48: rebelledgleaningsGWB §235: behoovethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: beseemthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: it is incumbentwill-and-testamentW&T §48: meet and seemly
SE rendered مولاه (múláh), فلينبغي (flínbghí), يبلّغ (ybllgh), أوّلا (ʾawwlá), نفسه (nfsh), يبلّغ (ybllgh), النّا (an-ná) as “Lord, men”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: beginninggleaningsGWB §702: ere hekitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: true meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through His Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §6: interpretationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the greatest of sinnersgleaningsGWB §41: early days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §181: commonerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: unto men.”will-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §637: the hearts of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: peoples and kindredsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankind
