Gleanings — §582

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 582 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بمنظر اللّه الأكبر هذا المقرّ المقدّس المنير وإن وجدت نفسك وحيدًا لا تحزن فاكف بربّك ثمّ استأنس به و‌كن من الشّاكرين بلّغ أمر مولاك إلی كلّ من في السّموات و‌الأرض إن وجدت مقبلا فاظهر عليه لئالئ حكمة اللّه ربّك فيما ألقاك الرّوح و‌كن من المقبلين وإن وجدت معرضًا

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Be not grieved if thou performest it thyself alone. Let God be all-sufficient for thee. Commune intimately with His Spirit, and be thou of the thankful. Proclaim the Cause of thy Lord unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth. Should any man respond to thy call, lay bare before him the pearls of the wisdom of the Lord, thy God, which His Spirit hath sent down unto thee, and be thou of them that truly believe. And should anyone reject thine offer, turn thou away from him, and put thy trust and confidence in the Lord, thy God, the Lord of all worlds.

Translation Notes

بمنظر

bmnẓr n-ẓ-r

literal: look; looking; view

SE rendered بمنظر (bmnẓr), اللّه (al-lh) as “God”

most 19% sublime 13% scene 13% eyes 13% vision 13% turn 6% spot 6% towards 6% habitation 6% resplendent 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: fixed fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §107: virtue of kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turn kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: owing to their prayers-and-meditationsP&M §306: fixing their eyes tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh

اللّه

al-lh ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: God; god

god 67% divine 18% god’s 4% lord 4% divinity 3% holy 1% other 1% mystic 1% heavenly 1% godhead 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Godhead gleaningsGWB §191: God’s kitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: heavenly prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my God the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: Divine gleaningsGWB §10: His

الأكبر

al-ʾakbr k-b-r

literal: greatest; greater

SE rendered اللّه (al-lh), الأكبر (al-ʾakbr), المقرّ (al-mqrr), المقدّس (al-mqdds), المنير (al-mnír) as “God”

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 §85: old gleaningsGWB §240: for having disdainfully rejected kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greater kitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: too mysterious prayers-and-meditationsP&M §283: resplendent tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pride tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entire tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be

المقرّ

al-mqrr q-r-r

literal: abode; place

SE rendered اللّه (al-lh), الأكبر (al-ʾakbr), المقرّ (al-mqrr), المقدّس (al-mqdds), المنير (al-mnír), وجدت (wjdt), نفسك (nfsk) as “God, thyself”

seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: abideth gleaningsGWB §200: are firmly established kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled out kitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: appointing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: a place tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: made the seat the-hidden-wordsHW §59: I may abide will-and-testamentW&T §17: decide

المقدّس

al-mqdds q-d-s

literal: holy; sanctified

SE rendered اللّه (al-lh), الأكبر (al-ʾakbr), المقرّ (al-mqrr), المقدّس (al-mqdds), المنير (al-mnír), وجدت (wjdt), نفسك (nfsk), وحيدًا (wḥídan) as “God, thyself, alone”

sanctified 30% exalted 18% holy 16% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% purged 3% blessed 2% pure 2% transcendeth 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dwellers of the habitations of holiness gleaningsGWB §115: immeasurably above kitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: earthly abode prayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: hast caused tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concourse the-hidden-wordsHW §85: My holiness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: hallowed gleaningsGWB §407: purge them

المنير

al-mnír n-w-r

literal: light; lights; luminous

SE rendered المنير (al-mnír), وجدت (wjdt), نفسك (nfsk), وحيدًا (wḥídan), تحزن (tḥzn) as “thyself, alone, grieved”

resplendent 33% luminous 15% radiant 11% illumined 11% shining 7% illuminated 7% enlightened 4% enlightening 4% beaming 4% glorious 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: by their light fire-tabletFire §26: Lightgiver gleaningsGWB §440: let kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: inner Light prayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: the dawning light tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and glorious the-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light

وجدت

wjdt w-j-d

literal: existence; find; existent

SE rendered وجدت (wjdt), نفسك (nfsk), وحيدًا (wḥídan), تحزن (tḥzn), فاكف (fákf), بربّك (brbbk) as “thyself, alone, grieved, Let God be all-sufficient, for thee”

already 25% have 25% inhale 25% found 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: thou mayest perceive fire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathe gleaningsGWB §326: the recipient kitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: reality prayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: I find tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they found the-hidden-wordsHW §16: will be in vain will-and-testamentW&T §4: despite

نفسك

nfsk n-f-s → “thyself”

literal: self; soul; souls

thyself 28% own 26% self 19% thee 15% soul 3% himself 3% unto 2% inmost 2% spirit 2% most 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: My gleaningsGWB §391: He hath kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: such souls prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: might tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure breath will-and-testamentW&T §27: the people

وحيدًا

wḥídan w-ḥ-d → “alone”

literal: one

alone 33% lone 33% forsaken 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: Vahid of the Bayán fire-tabletFire §43: of Oneness gleaningsGWB §529: union kitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: successively 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: all from one same

تحزن

tḥzn ḥ-z-n → “grieved”

literal: grieve; sorrow; grief

grieve 57% grieved 14% dost 14% sorrow 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: “My grief fire-tabletFire §12: Sorrows gleaningsGWB §652: I sorrow kitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondency prayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: the sorrows tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: affliction the-hidden-wordsHW §95: griefs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: grief

فاكف

fákf k-f-y → “suffice” Distinctive

literal: suffice; sufficient; sufficiency

This form usually rendered as “sufficing”, “let”, “thou” (3 occurrences)

sufficing 33% let 33% thou 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: suffice gleaningsGWB §582: Let God be all-sufficient kitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Sufficient prayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Name, the Restrainer the-hidden-wordsHW §18: Be thou content will-and-testamentW&T §34: still they rested gleaningsGWB §465: verily, sufficiently kitab-i-iqanKIQ §82: content ourselves

بربّك

brbbk r-b-b → “lord”

literal: Lord; lord

lord 95% god 4% thee 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: Lordship gleaningsGWB §324: God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voice prayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: the Lord your tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Glorious the-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy God will-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Lords

استأنس

istʾans ʾ-n-s → “commune intimately”

literal: man; companion; human

man 61% companion 16% commune 5% men 5% fellowship 5% solace 3% two 2% unjust 2% within 2% beloved 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companion gleaningsGWB §337: commune prayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: Him Who was the Companion the-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him betake himself epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: man gleaningsGWB §358: men prayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Companion the-hidden-wordsHW §69: OF MEN

الشّاكرين

ash-shákrín sh-k-r

literal: thank; thankful; thanks

SE rendered بربّك (brbbk), استأنس (istʾans), و‌كن (w‌kn), الشّاكرين (ash-shákrín), بلّغ (bllgh), أمر (ʾamr), مولاك (múlák) as “for thee, Commune intimately, be, Proclaim, Cause, Lord”

thankful 29% thankful.… 14% gratitude 14% truly 14% yield 14% who 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: thanks be fire-tabletFire §49: thank gleaningsGWB §607: thankfulness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: I render Thee thanks tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are grateful tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanks the-hidden-wordsHW §46: and thankful epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: thankful

بلّغ

bllgh b-l-gh → “proclaim”

literal: reach; reached; attainment

proclaim 40% culminated 10% attained 10% attain 10% hath 10% have 10% reached 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: thou wouldst attain fire-tabletFire §11: reached gleaningsGWB §662: to teach kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummate kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: liberal effusion prayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: to reach will-and-testamentW&T §2: proclaimed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: informed

أمر

ʾamr ʾ-m-r → “cause”

literal: command; matter; cause

cause 62% revelation 16% faith 6% command 3% bidding 3% ordainer 2% things 2% behest 2% divine 2% authority 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: hath commanded gleaningsGWB §572: prompt kitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: aims prayers-and-meditationsP&M §807: Thou didst enjoin tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commands will-and-testamentW&T §38: Guard ye the Cause epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: state of affairs gleaningsGWB §305: the thing

مولاك

múlák w-l-y → “lord”

literal: lord

lord 83% didst 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: order of the Mawlavis gleaningsGWB §240: His loved ones kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: his Master will-and-testamentW&T §49: have rained epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: set gleaningsGWB §112: all the holy Ones kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: provinces

السّموات

as-smúát s-m-w → “heavens”

literal: heaven

heaven 48% heavens 46% heaven!” 2% earth 1% into 1% exalted 1% denizens 1% realms 1% guidance 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: amongst all names fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §285: conception of faith kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: guidance prayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: the excellence tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven

و‌الأرض

w‌álʾarḍ ʾ-r-ḍ → “and on the earth”

literal: earth; earth/land; land

SE expanded to “and on the earth”

earth 72% land 12% world 6% whole 2% men 2% all 2% heaven 2% upon 1% desolate 1% plain 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: in this land fire-tabletFire §3: on gleaningsGWB §79: earthly prayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the foundation of earth the-hidden-wordsHW §98: realm epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the earth fire-tabletFire §36: a desolate land gleaningsGWB §286: every human frame

مقبلا

mqblá q-b-l

literal: before; acceptance; approach

SE rendered السّموات (as-smúát), و‌الأرض (w‌álʾarḍ), وجدت (wjdt), مقبلا (mqblá), فاظهر (fáẓhr), عليه (ʿlíh), لئالئ (lʾálʾ), حكمة (ḥkmh), اللّه (al-lh) as “heavens, and on the earth, lay bare, before him, pearls, wisdom, the Lord”

set 20% fixed 13% face 13% towards 13% sincere 7% turning 7% godly 7% visiteth 7% fastened 7% draw 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: sincere fire-tabletFire §46: go forward gleaningsGWB §282: hasten kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soul kitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: toward the east prayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: I have accepted tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upon tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss

فاظهر

fáẓhr ẓ-h-r → “revelation” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; manifest

This form usually rendered as “reveal”, “revealed”, “manifested” (24 occurrences)

reveal 20% revealed 13% manifested 13% most 13% evident 7% decreed 7% unveiled 7% empowered 7% lay 7% obvious 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: revelations of Thine handiwork fire-tabletFire §23: spring gleaningsGWB §95: be shorn of kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: hath been made prayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: Whose glory is uncovered tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory

عليه

ʿlíh ʿ-l-y → “upon”

literal: upon; on; exalted

upon 40% against 18% hands 8% - 8% unto 8% over 8% above 5% hath 3% overshadoweth 3% body 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: the esteemed gleaningsGWB §167: His kitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is He prayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: was convulsed the-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto thee will-and-testamentW&T §59: upon you epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: upon thee gleaningsGWB §729: with him

لئالئ

lʾálʾ l-ʾ-l → “pearls”

literal: pearls; pearl; gems

pearls 70% gems 20% treasures 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: by the pearls gleaningsGWB §684: treasures kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the gems prayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: the pearls epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: pearls kitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: gems

حكمة

ḥkmh ḥ-k-m → “wisdom”

literal: wisdom; judgment

wisdom 46% law 20% hath 6% divine 6% all 4% commandment 4% commandments 4% authority 4% judgment 4% injunction 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: All-Wise gleaningsGWB §99: the Divine Command kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulership kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: decreed concerning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath broken tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: the Wise the-hidden-wordsHW §13: My command will-and-testamentW&T §22: Tribunal

فيما

fímá f-y → “within” Distinctive

literal: in

This form usually rendered as “days” (1 occurrences)

within 32% whereon 21% under 11% acts 5% throughout 5% upon 5% mortal 5% days 5% over 5% after 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thine acts gleaningsGWB §554: for Us,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: in me will-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love for epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: upon gleaningsGWB §594: Be as a lamp prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: are in heaven will-and-testamentW&T §10: in the

ألقاك

ʾalqák l-q-y → “sent down unto thee”

literal: meeting; cast; meeting, encounter

SE expanded to “sent down unto thee”

presence 46% before 15% reunion 6% have 6% attain 5% beholding 5% “attainment 5% meet 5% divine 4% unto 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: By Presence fire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine Presence gleaningsGWB §464: send down upon you kitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: bestow prayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: drawn nigh unto tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presence the-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Me will-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling

الرّوح

ar-rúḥ r-w-ḥ

literal: spirit; spiritual; soul

SE rendered حكمة (ḥkmh), اللّه (al-lh), ربّك (rbbk), فيما (fímá), ألقاك (ʾalqák), الرّوح (ar-rúḥ), و‌كن (w‌kn), المقبلين (al-mqblín) as “wisdom, the Lord, Lord, which His Spirit hath, sent down unto thee, be”