Gleanings — §66
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 66 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قلم الأمر يقول الملك يومئذ لله لسان القدرة يقول السّلطنة يومئذ لله ورقاءُ العماء على غصن البقاء تغنّ العظمة للّه الواحد الجبّار حمامة الأمر ترنّ على أفنان الرّضوان الكرم يومئذ لله الواحد الغفّار ديك العرش في أجمة القدس يدلع بأنّ الغلبة يومئذ لله الفرد المقتدر القهّار قلب كلّ شيء في كلّ شيء ينادي العفو يومئذ للّه الأحد الفرد المهيمن السّتّار روح البهاء فوق الرأس مقام الّذي لن يشار بإشارة الممكنات ينطق تاللّه قد ظهر ساذج القدم ذو العظمة والإقتدار لا إله إلّا هو العزيز المقتدر المتعالي العليم المحيط البصير الخبير المهيمن النوّار
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this Day the Kingdom is God’s!” The Tongue of Power is calling: “On this Day all sovereignty is, in very deed, with God!” The Phoenix of the realms above crieth out from the immortal Branch: “The glory of all greatness belongeth to God, the Incomparable, the All-Compelling!” The Mystic Dove proclaimeth from its blissful bower, in the everlasting Paradise: “The source of all bounty is derived, in this Day, from God, the One, the Forgiving!” The Bird of the Throne warbleth its melody in its retreats of holiness: “Supreme ascendancy is to be attributed, this Day, to none except God, Him Who hath no peer nor equal, Who is the Most Powerful, the All-Subduing!” The inmost essence of all things voiceth in all things the testimony: “All forgiveness floweth, in this Day, from God, Him to Whom none can compare, with Whom no partners can be joined, the Sovereign Protector of all men, and the Concealer of their sins!” The Quintessence of Glory hath lifted up its voice above My head, and crieth from such heights as neither pen nor tongue can in any degree describe: “God is my witness! He, the Ancient of everlasting days is come, girded with majesty and power. There is none other God but Him, the All-Glorious, the Almighty, the All-Highest, the All-Wise, the All-Pervading, the All-Seeing, the All-Informed, the Sovereign Protector, the Source of eternal light!”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My PengleaningsGWB §719: Our Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: Pen—awill-and-testamentW&T §54: to appear asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: pensgleaningsGWB §630: Thy most exalted Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: through Thy most exalted Pen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: things such as thesefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §606: duty prescribed unto menkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: these very thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: and wilt keep us firm in Thy Causetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: results
This form usually rendered as “saith”, “say”, “proclaim” (36 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: He saidgleaningsGWB §323: cry outkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: their sayingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: and say:tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
kingdom 24% king 23% sovereign 12% dominion 8% kingdoms 8% world 7% sovereignty 5% angels 4% earth 4% all-possessing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thine empiregleaningsGWB §595: the Ancient Kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: their allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: the kingdom of namestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy realm
SE expanded to ““On this Day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: for the Great DaygleaningsGWB §245: Your dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the “Dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: Thine utterancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: in those days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: in Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §36: of God’skitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: God!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your tonguesgleaningsGWB §40: the words uttered bykitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: by the tonguetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languagegleaningsGWB §622: in the Arabic tongue
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: rulersgleaningsGWB §628: and Rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: ascendencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: and by the power of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my King
This form usually rendered as “dove”, “bird”, “nightingale” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: the books of the worldfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §263: the leaf thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: Dove ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the Heavenly Dovewill-and-testamentW&T §52: leafletsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: pagegleaningsGWB §66: The Phoenix
This form usually rendered as “mystic”, “supreme”, “kingdom” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: My Branches (sons)gleaningsGWB §501: to one ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the Aghṣánprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: Thy Brancheswill-and-testamentW&T §19: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: its branchesgleaningsGWB §235: have branched from My Treekitab-i-ahdAhd §9: ye My Branches
eternity 32% immortality 23% everlasting 17% long 6% immortal 6% eternal 4% throughout 4% incorruptible 2% unfading 2% establishment 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Eternityfire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §708: perpetual unionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: all that which remainethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: to lasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: remaineth
This form usually rendered as “crieth”, “poureth”, “chanteth” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: shall not profit yougleaningsGWB §408: with the richkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: accentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: may be enrichedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §128: all-possessing,”will-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: those that have recognized Thy unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §437: unitedlykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: one and the sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: eternal holinesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: a tyrantfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §694: from the heaven ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: tyrannyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: heaven oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §104: My everlasting dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted
proclaimeth 50% lament 50%
paradise 46% garden 15% tabernacle 8% heaven 8% peerless 4% good-pleasure 4% most 4% everlasting 4% unto 4% celestial 4%
gleaningsGWB §287: the good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: acquiescence to His willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: in Thine all highest Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the celestial paradisegleaningsGWB §650: wishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of divine favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: the garden of Thythe-hidden-wordsHW §129: towards His paradise
This form usually rendered as “ever-forgiving”, “thou”, “pardoner” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to beg Thy forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §375: implore pardonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: of Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: grant me Thy pardonfire-tabletFire §35: forgiveness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: the ThronegleaningsGWB §594: a pillarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §836: Thy mighty Thronethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: of the Mighty ThronegleaningsGWB §585: the Throne of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seat
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §669: veiledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: of eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: exalt it abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: purewill-and-testamentW&T §18: detachment from all worldly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: exalted
1 occurrence in corpus
ascendancy 47% all-conquering 11% prevailed 5% “supreme 5% ascendency 5% supremacy 5% “ascendancy 5% pervading 5% potency 5% celestial 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: prevailedgleaningsGWB §31: all-conqueringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Render them, moreover, victorious overepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: prevailed overgleaningsGWB §66: “Supreme ascendancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: pervading powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: didst rule
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: the Onefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §386: of His onenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: peerlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: Thine all-glorious unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §49: aloneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: oneness
SE rendered يومئذ (yúmʾdh), لله (llh), الفرد (al-frd), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), القهّار (al-qhhár), قلب (qlb), شيء (shíʾ), شيء (shíʾ), ينادي (ynádí) as “Day, God, Him, All-Subduing!”, the, inmost, things, voiceth”
chastiser 50% all-subduing!” 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-Conqueringfire-tabletFire §6: ChastisergleaningsGWB §66: the All-Subduing!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: wrathfullyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: wrathwill-and-testamentW&T §17: fierce indignationgleaningsGWB §189: tormentedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: all-subduing
This form usually rendered as “heart”, “hearts”, “whose” (121 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your heartsgleaningsGWB §179: is in great turmoilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: hath been transmutedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: thrown into confusion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: partnersgleaningsGWB §377: every created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: will of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §11: of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “calleth”, “crieth”, “cry” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: didst supplicatefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §278: Whose voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §369: by Whose summonstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: were heard calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: voice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §257: forgivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: forgivenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: remittedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: and forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy forgivenessgleaningsGWB §66: “All forgivenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: and all its benefits
This form usually rendered as “one”, “any”, “man” (144 occurrences)
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent ProtectorgleaningsGWB §328: Power Who exerciseth undisputed sovereignty overkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: and set up overepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §568: Supreme Protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: that overshadowethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in Peril
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: whatsoever lieth hidfire-tabletFire §45: Concealer of the sinsgleaningsGWB §277: is concealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: lieth concealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: seek refuge from himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: lay hidthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: meaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: veil
SE rendered الأحد (al-ʾaḥd), الفرد (al-frd), المهيمن (al-mhímn), السّتّار (as-sttár), روح (rúḥ), البهاء (al-bháʾ), الرأس (ar-rʾas), مقام (mqám) as “Him, none, joined, Concealer, The, Quintessence, head”
This form usually rendered as “bahá”, “glory”, “heart” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: AbhágleaningsGWB §207: the glory of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §734: and all-gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: most gloriousgleaningsGWB §591: the Spirit of Bahá
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: Ra’isgleaningsGWB §719: their headskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: they that have occupied the seats of authoritytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy headepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: leadershipgleaningsGWB §428: the fountain-headkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: heads
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: primarily andfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §705: circumstanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Viewed in this lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: hath raised me uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
This form usually rendered as “can”, “hint” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the descriptionfire-tabletFire §14: evil suggestionsgleaningsGWB §73: The allusionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: the evidencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: the strivings of Thy people to hint at Thy naturethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: No allusion of MinegleaningsGWB §387: hint at
SE rendered الرأس (ar-rʾas), مقام (mqám), يشار (yshár), بإشارة (bʾishárh), الممكنات (al-mmknát), ينطق (ynṭq), تاللّه (tálllh), ظهر (ẓhr), ساذج (sádhj), القدم (al-qdm) as “head, describe, crieth, “God, He, come, Ancient”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable infire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §656: mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: any one of Thy creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: O thou who assumest the voicefire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §324: rationalkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: and hath spoken forthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (106 occurrences)
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 §226: Whom God shall make manifestfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §710: hath revealed Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: advent of the Manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: in all the glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardly it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: the feetfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §537: preceded bykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: God’s imperishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: of eternitytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: immortalwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
This form usually rendered as “girded” (1 occurrences)
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the power of Thy mightgleaningsGWB §279: your pomp and glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §370: the God of strengthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: is the Almighty
This form usually rendered as “most”, “far”, “exalted” (32 occurrences)
most 26% far 19% exalted 15% transcendent 7% glorious 7% inaccessible 7% immeasurably 7% all-highest 4% sublime 4% will 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the Exaltedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §497: How greatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: their lofty positionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: the preeminence oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: understandingfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §355: a man knowethkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the domainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: I know full welltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “all-encompassing”, “overshadoweth”, “aware” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: envelopfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §390: all-embracing knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: ascendancyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: with which I am encompassedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: compassed me about
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the men of insightgleaningsGWB §75: all eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: will ye not thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the eyes of all mentablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: thy very sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of insightgleaningsGWB §197: the light of
all-informed 43% all-wise 14% who 14% informed 9% all-knowing 6% omniscient 3% understanding 3% observant 3% all-perceiving.”… 3% all-wise.” 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: OmniscientgleaningsGWB §465: observantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: warnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thou didst announce unto ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: have been laid upthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: Tellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: that He may announce unto yougleaningsGWB §31: announcement
lightgiver 50% source 50%
