Gleanings — §637
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 637 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
تالله إنّ الدّنیا وزخرفها وما فیها من آلائها لم یکن عند الله إلّا ککفّ من التّراب بل أحقر لو کان النّاس في أنفسهم بصیرًا طهّروا أنفسکم یا ملأ البهآء عن الدّنیا وما فیها تالله إنّها لا ینبغي لکم دعوها لأهلها وتوجّهوا إلی منظر قدس منیرًا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By the righteousness of God! The world and its vanities, and its glory, and whatever delights it can offer, are all, in the sight of God, as worthless as, nay, even more contemptible than, dust and ashes. Would that the hearts of men could comprehend it! Cleanse yourselves thoroughly, O people of Bahá, from the defilement of the world, and of all that pertaineth unto it. God Himself beareth Me witness. The things of the earth ill beseem you. Cast them away unto such as may desire them, and fasten your eyes upon this most holy and effulgent Vision.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “By the righteousness of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: O Thou Who art the Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §179: Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: holy and divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: The life of the present worldgleaningsGWB §227: on things of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: or lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: leastthe-hidden-wordsHW §56: with this worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: By the worldgleaningsGWB §699: all earthly thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: sordid
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the treasuresgleaningsGWB §406: thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: vain and absurdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: treasuresgleaningsGWB §361: vanitieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: absurd and foolishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your treasuresgleaningsGWB §395: corruptible treasures
This form usually rendered as “whatever” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “there”, “can” (50 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: thou hastgleaningsGWB §238: if ye bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: and take partprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: that I may betablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: Arise
This form usually rendered as “handful”, “worthless” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: the dust thereofgleaningsGWB §488: the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and the claythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: dust-heapepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: dustgleaningsGWB §637: dust and asheskitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the dust itself
SE expanded to “hearts of men”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankindgleaningsGWB §622: their neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: all the peoples and kindreds of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’sgleaningsGWB §626: your fellowmenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: generation
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 §171: within themselvesgleaningsGWB §203: themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: inclinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: Thou Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: your nature
This form usually rendered as “discernment”, “discerning”, “insight” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: a keengleaningsGWB §532: your eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: beholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: man endued with insighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: with discernmentgleaningsGWB §118: mine eye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: cleansedgleaningsGWB §630: that it may cleanse uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: didst sanctifythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: purified himselfgleaningsGWB §617: purifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: hath so sanctified me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: peoplesfire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §188: Followers of the Gospelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: can filltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §13: the Celestial Concourse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §273: My glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Thou, the Lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §200: glorious
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “must” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemethgleaningsGWB §492: befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: it behoovegleaningsGWB §507: is it not your clear dutykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: becometh
SE expanded to “Cast them away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Cast themgleaningsGWB §250: Put awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: “Letprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thou hast infused into Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: breathedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: they left me notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: hast entrustedgleaningsGWB §473: abandon not
SE expanded to “unto such as may”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “set”, “advance” (20 occurrences)
SE expanded to “fasten your eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: turn his face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §383: have turned their faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: contemplatetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
vision 26% scene 21% eyes 11% towards 11% beauty 11% sublime 5% countenance 5% mighty 5% habitation 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: in their concernfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §463: Set before thine eyeskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: end in viewprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: his eyes turned in the direction oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §129: seeking
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: sanctifygleaningsGWB §635: Courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: were deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: Thy holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My holinesswill-and-testamentW&T §18: detachment from all worldly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: Saint Paul
This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “radiant”, “illumined” (60 occurrences)
resplendent 36% radiant 11% illumined 11% luminous 9% illuminated 9% shining 7% enlightening 5% effulgent 5% clear 5% enlightened 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: illuminatefire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §226: He Who is the Daystarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: ancient splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: hath been made to shinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flamewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
