Gleanings — §643
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 643 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
کتاب نزل بالحقّ لقوم یفقهون ویأمر النّاس بالعدل والتّقی ویمنعهم عن البغي والفحشآء لعلّ النّاس هم ینتبهون
Shoghi Effendi Translation
A Book sent down in truth unto men of insight! It biddeth the people to observe justice and to work righteousness, and forbiddeth them to follow their corrupt inclinations and carnal desires, if perchance the children of men might be roused from their slumber.
Translation Notes
book 87% holy 3% tablet 2% words 2% sacred 2% books 1% scriptures 1% own 1% writing 1% kitáb-i-íqán 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: in His BookgleaningsGWB §350: recordskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: transcribeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: Thou hadst written downthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §41: Holy Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: their Books
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: would fallgleaningsGWB §583: shall descendkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: Him Who hath revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §47: pour forthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: provengleaningsGWB §715: in realitykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: Him Who is the one true Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have thereby deservedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §5: after Truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: truly
SE expanded to “men of insight”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: arosefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §38: in another placekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: continue steadfastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: Cause us, then, to be so steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
SE rendered کتاب (ktáb), نزل (nzl), بالحقّ (bálḥqq), لقوم (lqúm), یفقهون (yfqhún), ویأمر (wíʾamr), النّاس (an-nás), بالعدل (bálʿdl), والتّقی (wálttqí) as “Book, sent down, truth, men of insight, biddeth, people, observe justice, work righteousness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: could ye but comprehend itgleaningsGWB §181: doctorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: of the divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: and understandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: comprehendgleaningsGWB §614: could comprehendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: The religious doctorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are enlightened
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: The Commander of the Faithfulfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §316: variation in its functionskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: a particular purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: concerning Thy Causetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: results
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §474: neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: all the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: mengleaningsGWB §153: the peoples of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: the peoples of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: whose justicegleaningsGWB §507: your high sense of justicekitab-i-ahdAhd §1: pricelessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: man of equitythe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §28: that are justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: fairgleaningsGWB §516: Decide justly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: was he deterredgleaningsGWB §627: to hinder themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: mightiest and loftiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: cloudtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have prevented me
This form usually rendered as “walk”, “acted”, “own” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: the things which beseemed themgleaningsGWB §465: My most ardent desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: iniquityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: becometh notthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou wouldst attainwill-and-testamentW&T §48: rebelled against TheegleaningsGWB §432: in a desire to obtainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: wickedness
والفحشآء
literal: indecency; immorality, indecency, obscenity; indecency, lewdness
This form usually rendered as “will” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: awakenedgleaningsGWB §643: might be roused from their slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: do soprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: been wakenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: awakeninggleaningsGWB §457: unawarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: give heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: stirred me up
