Gleanings — §62
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 62 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ أَتَى الْمَحْبُوبُ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى رَحِيْقُ اسْمِهِ الْمَخْتُومُ، طُوبَى لِمَنْ أَقْبَلَ وَشَرِبَ وَقَالَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ يَا مُنْزِلَ الآيَاتِ، تَاللهِ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ أَمْرٍ إِلا وَقَدْ ظَهَرَ بِالْحَقِّ، وَمَا مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ إِلاَّ وَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ بِالْفَضْلِ، وَمَا مِنْ كَوْثَرٍ إِلاَّ وَقَدْ مَاجَ فِي الْكُؤوبِ، وَمَا مِنْ قَدَحٍ إِلاَّ وَأَدَارَهُ الْمَحْبُوبُ، أَنْ أَقْبِلُوا وَلا تَوَقَّفُوا أَقَلَّ مِنْ آنٍ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The Best-Beloved is come. In His right hand is the sealed Wine of His name. Happy is the man that turneth unto Him, and drinketh his fill, and exclaimeth: “Praise be to Thee, O Revealer of the signs of God!” By the righteousness of the Almighty! Every hidden thing hath been manifested through the power of truth. All the favors of God have been sent down, as a token of His grace. The waters of everlasting life have, in their fullness, been proffered unto men. Every single cup hath been borne round by the hand of the Well-Beloved. Draw near, and tarry not, though it be for one short moment.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Best-Beloved is come”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Produce it, thengleaningsGWB §78: come downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: ‘Bring backprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: come to passthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: come down to themgleaningsGWB §76: hath given outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: should come down
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: unto such of Our loved onesfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §220: His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: what devotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: them that are deartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §30: wouldst not have ascribedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: handgleaningsGWB §163: by the swordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §43: Thou in Whose handwill-and-testamentW&T §58: the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: at the mercy ofgleaningsGWB §508: into your handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: rightgleaningsGWB §198: the right sidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: on the right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: towards the right handwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the right handgleaningsGWB §128: to draw nighkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: the right hand side
This form usually rendered as “wine”, “choice”, “chalice” (28 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: Choice WinegleaningsGWB §25: the choice Wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and of the pure beverageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sealed WinegleaningsGWB §200: Chalice of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: the cupepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: Choice Sealed WinegleaningsGWB §233: the wine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: offire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §591: His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: skiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: all that are in the heavenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered رَحِيْقُ (raḥíq), اسْمِهِ (ismih), الْمَخْتُومُ، (al-makhtúmu،), طُوبَى (ṭúbá), لِمَنْ (liman), أَقْبَلَ (ʾaqbal) as “sealed, name, Happy, man, turneth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: HappygleaningsGWB §51: “Great is thy blessednesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Happy isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: “Great is thy blessednessgleaningsGWB §513: Blessed and happy isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: “Great is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Blessed
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “set”, “turned” (52 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: set, then, thy face towardsfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §712: shall accept and believekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: time and againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: peerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §187: hath turned towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “quaffed”, “drunk” (22 occurrences)
SE expanded to “drinketh his fill”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: quaffedgleaningsGWB §201: shall drink deepkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: drinkingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: Give her to quaffthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: with them that drinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: drunkgleaningsGWB §467: given to
This form usually rendered as “said”, “hath”, “saith” (92 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: crying outgleaningsGWB §569: supplicate sayingkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: say toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: Thou didst say—andtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §343: All glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: Prophet Muhammadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: give Thee thankstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §63: Lauded art Thou
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thou didst send downgleaningsGWB §486: hath been decreed and written downkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: homeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: and inflicttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My home
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §374: these signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: the textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Thine utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verse
SE rendered مُنْزِلَ (munzil), الآيَاتِ، (al-áyáti،), تَاللهِ (tállh), بَقِيَ (baqí), أَمْرٍ (ʾamrin) as “Revealer, signs, Every, hidden”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: O my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §302: there was no creature to know Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: Providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Godheadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “last”, “remained” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My lifefire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §306: retainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Remnant of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: while the rest have been permitted to survivetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternal
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: been commandedfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §314: secular authoritieskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Cause He revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: This hostilitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
SE expanded to “hath been manifested”
hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Who is manifestfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §52: hath laid bare before youkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: the days ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: uncoveredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: break forth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: absolutegleaningsGWB §206: God, the Eternal Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: their innermost beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: meritthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Celestialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: One True God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Blessed isgleaningsGWB §614: the bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: Ni’matuprayers-and-meditationsP&M §574: a gift from Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §160: the divine favorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: bountygleaningsGWB §552: a precious benefitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: gift
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: as a token of His gracegleaningsGWB §358: most distinguishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: attainmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Thy loving-kindnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
كَوْثَرٍ
literal: abundance/fountain; abundance, fountain in paradise
SE expanded to “waters of everlasting life”
living 56% waters 9% river 9% through 6% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3% after 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: through the living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: living fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: the everlasting streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cup
This form usually rendered as “surged”, “fullness” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: surgedgleaningsGWB §375: the waves and billowskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: the tumultepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowinggleaningsGWB §180: oceanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: and the appearance of the billowingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the ocean
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered الْكُؤوبِ، (al-kuʾúbi،), قَدَحٍ (qadaḥin), وَأَدَارَهُ (waʾadárah), الْمَحْبُوبُ، (al-maḥbúbu،) as “cup, been borne round, Well-Beloved”
This form usually rendered as “hath” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: His landsfire-tabletFire §18: landgleaningsGWB §287: failed to recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: remote fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: throughout Thy realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: remotewill-and-testamentW&T §23: Dispensationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: the officials
This form usually rendered as “tarry” (1 occurrences)
hesitate 22% hesitated 17% discover 13% hesitation 9% established 9% stand 9% would 9% place 4% such 4% remain 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: hesitationfire-tabletFire §28: doth My pen haltgleaningsGWB §47: hast halted and movest notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: is writtenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: amongstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of such as tarrygleaningsGWB §31: hesitate or haltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: those that have been initiated into
SE expanded to “for one short”
less 45% one 14% infinitesimal 9% exceedeth 5% fraction 5% even 5% short 5% little 5% though 5% unceasingly 5%
