Gleanings — §614
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 614 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أرضیتم بسراب بقیعة وأعرضتم عن بحر الّذي جعله الله عَذْبًا سَایِغًا فویلٌ لکم بما بدّلتم نعمة الله وکنتم من الّذینهم کفروا بنفسي أوّل مرّة إن أنتم في أنفسکم تفقهون
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Will ye be content with that which is like the vapor in a plain, and be willing to forgo the Ocean Whose waters refresh, by virtue of the Will of God, the souls of men? Woe unto you, for having repaid the bounty of God with so vain and contemptible a thing! Ye are, indeed, of them that have rejected Me in My previous Revelation. Would that your hearts could comprehend!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Will ye be content”
pleasure 26% good-pleasure 20% good 17% content 9% will 7% sake 7% satisfied 6% contentment 3% willing 3% acceptable 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: Divine good-pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §252: desire notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: acquiesceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §642: and acceptable unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have desiredwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: upright
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I have chosen to turn away therefromgleaningsGWB §257: let him turn asidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: opponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: turn them awaytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: them that turned aside from Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: oceangleaningsGWB §15: floodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: fluiditywill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a seagleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understanding
SE rendered بقیعة (bqíʿh), وأعرضتم (wʾaʿrḍtm), بحر (bḥr), جعله (jʿlh), الله (al-lh), عَذْبًا (ʿadhban), سَایِغًا (sáyighan), فویلٌ (fúylun) as “in a plain, and be willing, Ocean, God, refresh, Woe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecratefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §426: and ordained you to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: to numbertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: I adjure thee by Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §637: God Himself beareth Me witness.kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: Providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: He chastise megleaningsGWB §683: with which I can chastisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: deathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: Thou chastisest usepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: afflictionsgleaningsGWB §35: inflict severe retributionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: woeful tribulation
SE rendered بحر (bḥr), جعله (jʿlh), الله (al-lh), عَذْبًا (ʿadhban), سَایِغًا (sáyighan), فویلٌ (fúylun), لکم (lkm), بدّلتم (bddltm), نعمة (nʿmh) as “Ocean, God, refresh, Woe, you, repaid, bounty”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “having” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: tamperedgleaningsGWB §125: was turned intokitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: turned intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: changesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may give wayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: convertedgleaningsGWB §672: Turn
This form usually rendered as “favors”, “prosperity”, “favor” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: giftsgleaningsGWB §673: token of His gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: delightsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: the divine favorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: welfaregleaningsGWB §391: of this highest giftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: Ni’matu
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye do butgleaningsGWB §255: and whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdeth, for all timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: Behold metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §47: and so become
This form usually rendered as “have”, “disbelieved”, “who” (59 occurrences)
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: fivegleaningsGWB §521: yourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: for one momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: within himselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: him who
This form usually rendered as “first”, “beginning”, “hath” (119 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “one”, “again”, “once” (39 occurrences)
one 24% again 21% once 14% utterly 10% another 10% subsequent 7% “again 3% following 3% later 3% revelation 3%
This form usually rendered as “could”, “ye”, “comprehending” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: could ye but comprehend itgleaningsGWB §134: if ye be not devoid of understandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: of the divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are enlightenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: comprehendgleaningsGWB §413: they understand notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: learned menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: and understand
