Gleanings — §577
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 577 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل يا قوم لا ترتكبوا ما يضيّع بهحرمتكم وحرمة الأمر بين العباد وتكوننّ من المفسدين ولا تقربوا ما ينكره عقولكم أن اجتنبوا الإثم وإنّه حرّم عليكم في كتاب الّذي لن يمسّه إلّا الّذين طهّرهم اللّه عن كلّ دنس وجعلهم من المطهّرين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: Commit not, O people, that which will bring shame upon you or dishonor the Cause of God in the eyes of men, and be not of the mischief-makers. Approach not the things which your minds condemn. Eschew all manner of wickedness, for such things are forbidden unto you in the Book which none touch except such as God hath cleansed from every taint of guilt, and numbered among the purified.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: by Thy wordgleaningsGWB §305: Our wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: He, moreover, hath writtentablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: for the purpose offire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §29: the entire creationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: characteristicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: raised me uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
commit 67% committing 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: committed thatgleaningsGWB §621: They that followkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: that which their hands have wroughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: been so harassedthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: committethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the things whichgleaningsGWB §300: brokenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: hath compiled
This form usually rendered as “may”, “cover”, “bring” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: to exterminategleaningsGWB §685: dim the lusterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: underminewill-and-testamentW&T §6: threatening the ruinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: wastethgleaningsGWB §187: tarnishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: underminedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: perish
This form usually rendered as “bring” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: be deprivedgleaningsGWB §216: thy sanctitykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: preventedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Wilt Thou withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Sacred
SE rendered يضيّع (yḍíḍʿ), بهحرمتكم (bhḥrmtkm), وحرمة (wḥrmh), الأمر (al-ʾamr), العباد (al-ʿbád), وتكوننّ (wtkúnnn), المفسدين (al-mfsdín) as “bring shame, upon you, dishonor the Cause, men, and be not, the mischief-makers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy servantfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §519: unto themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: unto manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: and the Object of my adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: man
SE rendered وحرمة (wḥrmh), الأمر (al-ʾamr), العباد (al-ʿbád), وتكوننّ (wtkúnnn), المفسدين (al-mfsdín), تقربوا (tqrbúá) as “dishonor the Cause, men, and be not, the mischief-makers, Approach”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: hathgleaningsGWB §90: had stoodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: and shalt continuetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: thyself
المفسدين
literal: corruption; corrupt; corrupter
This form usually rendered as “sowers”, “fomenter”, “stirrers” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: stirrers of seditiongleaningsGWB §574: commit no disorderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: revoltwill-and-testamentW&T §34: sower of seditionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: mischiefgleaningsGWB §454: sowers of dissensionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: fires of mischiefwill-and-testamentW&T §34: stir up sedition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: nearer accessfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §60: immortalitykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: innermostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
This form usually rendered as “can”, “deny”, “condemn” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: that have deniedgleaningsGWB §68: can fail to admitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: determinationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: hath denied Theewill-and-testamentW&T §17: disbelieved inepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: deniethgleaningsGWB §577: condemnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: repudiation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: men endued with insightgleaningsGWB §395: the mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: understandprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: man endued with understandingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: the wisegleaningsGWB §31: mortal mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: reasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: intelligence
This form usually rendered as “all”, “fame” (2 occurrences)
book 87% holy 3% tablet 2% words 2% sacred 2% books 1% scriptures 1% own 1% writing 1% kitáb-i-íqán 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy BooksgleaningsGWB §691: duty prescribedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: and Thy Booksthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thou didst revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: books
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: touchgleaningsGWB §619: that hath befallenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: approachedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: to be touchedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: thou art overtakenthe-hidden-wordsHW §53: comegleaningsGWB §509: have triedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have afflicted them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: purified himselfgleaningsGWB §171: freed and sanctifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: to purifythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: His most holygleaningsGWB §581: that they may be cleansedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: will purge out
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: \‘Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §628: the sovereign Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Godheadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: suffer themfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §579: and regardeth it askitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: single himtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
