Gleanings — §627
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 627 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
يَا إِلَهَ ٱلْرَّحْمَنِ وَٱلْمُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ٱلْإِمْكَانِ تَرى عِبَادك وَأَرِقَّائَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُوْمُوْنَ فِي ٱلْأَيَّامِ بِأَمْرِك وَإِرَادَتِكَ وَيَقُوْمُوْنَ فِي ٱلْأَسْحَارِ لِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنَائِكَ رَجَاءَ مَا كُنِزَ فِي كَنَائِزِ فَضْلِكَ وَخَزَائِنِ جُوْدِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ. أَسْأَلُكَ يَا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ زِمَامُ ٱلْمُمْكِنَاتِ وَفِي قَبْضَتِكَ مَلَكُوْتُ ٱلْأَسْمَاءِ وَٱلصِّفَاتِ بِأَنْ لَا تَحْرِمَ عِبَادَكَ عَنْ أَمْطَارِ سَحَابِ رَحْمَتِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَلَا تَمْنَعَهُمْ عَنْ رَشَحَاتِ بَحْرِ رِضَائِكَ. أَيْ رَبِّ قَد شَهِدَتِ ٱلْذَّرَّاتُ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَسُلْطَانِكَ وَٱلْآيَاتُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ وَٱقْتِدَارِكَ ف
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest, O God of Mercy, Thou Whose power pervadeth all created things, these servants of Thine, Thy thralls, who, according to the good-pleasure of Thy Will, observe in the daytime the fast prescribed by Thee, who arise, at the earliest dawn of day, to make mention of Thy Name, and to celebrate Thy praise, in the hope of obtaining their share of the goodly things that are treasured up within the treasuries of Thy grace and bounty. I beseech Thee, O Thou that holdest in Thine hands the reins of the entire creation, in Whose grasp is the whole kingdom of Thy names and of Thine attributes, not to deprive, in Thy Day, Thy servants from the showers pouring from the clouds of Thy mercy, nor to hinder them from taking their portion of the ocean of Thy good-pleasure.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “God of Mercy”
This form usually rendered as “merciful”, “mercy”, “compassionate” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §689: approach suchkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “powerful”, “potent” (212 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Whose power pervadeth”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Potent artfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §138: conditionskitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: and Thine omnipotencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: be achievedfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §122: contingentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: placesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: the whole of creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: a slavefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §104: servitudekitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: the souls of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant
This form usually rendered as “thralls”, “bondsmen”, “upon” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy slavesgleaningsGWB §387: but slaveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: kindlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: the Outspread Rollwill-and-testamentW&T §35: movedgleaningsGWB §627: Thy thrallskitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: most subtleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: upon Thy servants
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in the daytime”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: and in the night-seasongleaningsGWB §39: all the dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: as yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: in Thy dayswill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: on the DaygleaningsGWB §548: Days ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain day
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
SE expanded to “prescribed by Thee”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: rulersfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §3: by Thy decreekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of celestial dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: of Thy commandmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: had any wishgleaningsGWB §188: intent onkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: openprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: didst purposetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have purposedthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §38: meant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: association
people 28% station 26% arise 15% self-subsisting 8% connection 5% resurrection 4% steadfast 4% have 4% such 3% may 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: concerning the Presencefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §372: thronekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: These peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: hath raised me uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: \‘SorcerergleaningsGWB §482: at every break of daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: the dawnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: at the hour of dawnthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: midnightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: Many a dawngleaningsGWB §258: sorcererkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: sorcery.’”
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (149 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: remember TheegleaningsGWB §247: Narratekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: were to accompanyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE expanded to “and to celebrate Thy praise”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorifygleaningsGWB §46: celebrate His praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: to extolepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: speak forth Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: Secondarily
SE expanded to “in the hope”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desirefire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §627: in the hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: hopethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: Thy heart’s desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: even as dothwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the treasurygleaningsGWB §627: are treasuredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: treasury of the divine pearlsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: treasuriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: treasuresgleaningsGWB §480: lay up richesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: a hidden Treasure
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: concerning the meritsgleaningsGWB §636: by virtue of Our gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom
SE expanded to “within the treasuries”
treasuries 47% treasures 16% all 11% within 5% treasury 5% inviolable 5% repositories 5% storehouses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: repositorygleaningsGWB §99: Treasuries of the gemskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: depositoriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: Thine enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: storehousesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: all the possessionsgleaningsGWB §627: within the treasuries
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: GivergleaningsGWB §237: His bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal
SE rendered فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), وَخَزَائِنِ (wakhazáʾin), جُوْدِكَ (júdik), وَكَرَمِكَ (wakaramik), أَسْأَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِيَدِكَ (bíadik) as “Thy grace, within the treasuries, and bounty, I beseech Thee, holdest in Thine hands”
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §231: honoredkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: can deal bountifullywill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the Bountiful
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
SE expanded to “holdest in Thine hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §458: Hand of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: into the handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hand of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §163: by the sword
SE rendered بِيَدِكَ (bíadik), زِمَامُ (zimám), ٱلْمُمْكِنَاتِ (lmumkinát), وَفِي (wafí), قَبْضَتِكَ (qabḍatik), مَلَكُوْتُ (malakút), ٱلْأَسْمَاءِ (lʾasmáʾ) as “holdest in Thine hands, the reins, of the entire creation, in, Whose grasp, the whole kingdom, of Thy names”
within 29% under 14% acts 7% throughout 7% upon 7% mortal 7% over 7% hearts 7% prosperity 7% fair 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: in this mortal lifegleaningsGWB §532: in your heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: within mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: whereongleaningsGWB §594: Be as a lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: bywill-and-testamentW&T §10: in the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: reliefgleaningsGWB §78: His graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: handfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: holdeth in His graspepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: grasp ofgleaningsGWB §303: yield upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: holdeth within His grasp
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: dominiongleaningsGWB §595: the Ancient Kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: the supremacytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
SE expanded to “of Thy names”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §39: particular nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: heaven—the heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: heaven andtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE expanded to “and of Thine attributes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: DescribinggleaningsGWB §99: ascribe to themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: be magnifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: descriptionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: norgleaningsGWB §387: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: reputedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: all names and attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: debarredgleaningsGWB §549: holy courtkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: remainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: deprive it notthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Withhold not yourselves
SE expanded to “from the clouds”
clouds 77% showers 6% thick 4% outpourings 4% which 2% clouded 2% intervening 2% showering 2% veil 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: thick cloudsgleaningsGWB §522: cloudedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the cloudsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §627: from the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpourings
SE expanded to “to hinder them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade itgleaningsGWB §35: ceasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: deprive themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: have held me fartablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: could deter
This form usually rendered as “drops”, “surging”, “outpourings” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a sprinklingfire-tabletFire §19: surginggleaningsGWB §627: taking their portionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: besprinkledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: the drops which are sprinkledgleaningsGWB §117: outpouringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: glimmerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: the effusions
SE expanded to “of the ocean”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: ocean of God’s bountyfire-tabletFire §3: WheregleaningsGWB §71: the waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and the ocean oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: the Most Great Ocean
رِضَائِكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
SE expanded to “of Thy good-pleasure”
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: may God be pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §249: God’s Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: and desirestthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: desiredwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: satisfied with His pleasure
SE rendered رَشَحَاتِ (rashaḥát), بَحْرِ (baḥr), رِضَائِكَ (riḍáʾik), رَبِّ (rabb) as “taking their portion, of the ocean, of Thy good-pleasure”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its LordgleaningsGWB §293: Lord, your Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity
SE rendered رِضَائِكَ (riḍáʾik), رَبِّ (rabb), شَهِدَتِ (shahidat) as “of Thy good-pleasure”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: leavegleaningsGWB §32: all the atomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: moteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: atoms of the earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: \‘Let me alonegleaningsGWB §456: descendantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: thingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: the atoms
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kingsgleaningsGWB §40: King in truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: rulethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the Sháh
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §506: the verseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: are but the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are verses
