Gleanings — §578
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 578 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن اعدلوا علی أنفسكم ثمّ علی النّاس ليظهر آثار العدل من أفعالكم بين عبادنا المخلصين إيّاكم أن لا تخانوا في أموال النّاس كونوا أمناء بينهم ولا تحرموا الفقراء عمّا آتاكم اللّه من فضله وإنّه يجزي المنفقين ضعف ما انفقوا إنّه ما من إله إلّا هو له الخلق والأمر يعطي من يشاء ويمنع عمّن يشاء وإنّه لهو المعطي الباذل العزيز الكريم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Be fair to yourselves and to others, that the evidences of justice may be revealed, through your deeds, among Our faithful servants. Beware lest ye encroach upon the substance of your neighbor. Prove yourselves worthy of his trust and confidence in you, and withhold not from the poor the gifts which the grace of God hath bestowed upon you. He, verily, shall recompense the charitable, and doubly repay them for what they have bestowed. No God is there but Him. All creation and its empire are His. He bestoweth His gifts on whom He will, and from whom He will He withholdeth them. He is the Great Giver, the Most Generous, the Benevolent.
Translation Notes
yourselves 50% own 16% souls 10% hearts 8% desires 4% ye 4% upon 2% nature 2% judgment 2% waywardness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: othersgleaningsGWB §692: your evil passionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: is exercised byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §572: to Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: five
This form usually rendered as “men”, “people”, “mankind” (132 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §108: their followerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the adherentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’sgleaningsGWB §123: amongst menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: generation
SE expanded to “may be revealed”
may 16% shall 14% show 11% revealed 11% reveal 9% manifested 9% manifest 9% whom 7% will 7% revelation 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: unmistakably clearfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §127: outward seemingkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: sprungprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: in the face of the revelations oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: to appear
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: evidencesgleaningsGWB §408: prefer them before themselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: its potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: past tracesthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: follow inwill-and-testamentW&T §5: aloftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: its purposegleaningsGWB §170: the evidences of this worldwide regeneration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: what He doethgleaningsGWB §300: actionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: mannersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and wicked worksthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: transgressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Thou hast dealtgleaningsGWB §363: workskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: deeds—from
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Adored Onefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §578: faithful servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: pious worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §676: upon Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: all men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: set it freefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §535: Detachkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: as are wholly devoted unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absolutewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of the sincere
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “beware”, “deal” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: I laygleaningsGWB §620: and are trulykitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: the world and allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §599: that I maytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: your inmost being
This form usually rendered as “trustworthy”, “trusted”, “trustees” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “trust and confidence in”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: FaithfulgleaningsGWB §475: entrust them notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: their allegianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: the Refugetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: them that Thou didst trust
SE rendered أموال (ʾamúál), النّاس (an-nás), كونوا (kúnúá), أمناء (ʾamnáʾ), بينهم (bínhm), تحرموا (tḥrmúá), الفقراء (al-fqráʾ) as “substance, neighbor, Prove yourselves, trust and confidence in, his, withhold not, poor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mine honorgleaningsGWB §569: suffer them not to be deprivedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: can never scentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Wilt Thou withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: utterly deprived
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the poorgleaningsGWB §408: for the poorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: ‘poverty’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: of the poorthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: sanctify thyself from richesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: subjectgleaningsGWB §408: poor thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: All this
SE expanded to “hath bestowed upon you”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: bring yougleaningsGWB §692: whom God hath endued withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: He bestoweth His graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: come to passthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: come untogleaningsGWB §297: devisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: yielding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Godheadfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §637: God Himself beareth Me witness.kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: O Thou Who art my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
grace 63% bounty 10% token 7% favor 6% through 3% favors 3% excellence 3% mercy 3% knowledge 1% concerning 1%
shall 26% reward 22% recompense 22% tribute 4% retribution 4% judgment 4% punishment 4% thanks 4% own 4% rewardest 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: a rewardgleaningsGWB §244: and shall be repaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and rewardestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: the retributiongleaningsGWB §67: recompense theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: JudgmentgleaningsGWB §712: his own punishmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: their reward
This form usually rendered as “charitable” (1 occurrences)
sacrificed 17% malice 17% sedition 17% generous 8% have 8% bestow 8% discord 8% offered 6% hath 6% maliciously 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: We offered upfire-tabletFire §10: in malicegleaningsGWB §154: sacrificingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: offered upprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: and expendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: To offer upwill-and-testamentW&T §10: their maliceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: hath offered himself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: doublegleaningsGWB §182: the weaknesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: uttermost weaknessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the weakgleaningsGWB §308: diminishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: these helpless onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: faint-hearted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: conductfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §122: His creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: are created of Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: is but a creation oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: amongst His creatures
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: instructionsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §81: the service of His Causekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: the occurrenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: at Thy behesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: My way
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: will bestowgleaningsGWB §578: He bestoweth His giftskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: shall not giveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: Thou didst bestow upon themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: We conferred upon theegleaningsGWB §224: the Great Giverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: Thou didst endow them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: He willethgleaningsGWB §313: among all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: Thou hast willedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: withhold it from shininggleaningsGWB §612: would shut you outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: have withheldtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: has been powerless to withhold
This form usually rendered as “all-bountiful”, “most”, “munificent” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (241 occurrences)
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: mightgleaningsGWB §578: Greatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: Dear friend!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: glory of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of glory
most 53% all-bountiful 25% generous 6% all-bounteous 3% noble 3% god 3% blessed 2% bountiful 2% sublime 2% goodness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: the Most Generousfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §66: “The source of all bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: through Thy favortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Generous Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: To give
