Gleanings — §661
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 661 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
عمري سوف نطوي الدّنیا وما فیها ونبسط بساطًا آخَر إنّه کان علی کلّ شيء قدیرًا قدّس قلبک لذکري وأُذنک لاستماع آیاتي ثمّ أَقْبِل إلی المقرّ الّذي استقرّ فیه عرش ربّک الرّحمن قل أي ربّ لک الحمد بما وفّقتني علی عرفان مظهر نفسک وجعلتني مقبلا إلی کعبة وصلک ولقائک أسألک باسمک الّذي منه انفطرت السّمآء وانشقّت الأرض بأن تکتب لي ما کتبته لمن أعرض عن دونک وأَقْبَل إلیک وقدّر لي مقعد صدق عندک في سرادق الأبهی إنّک أنت فعّال لما تشآء لا إله إلّا أنت العزیز الحکیم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Sanctify thine heart, that thou mayest remember Me; and purge thine ear, that thou mayest hearken unto My words. Set then thy face towards the Spot wherein the throne of thy Lord, the God of Mercy, hath been established, and say: Praise be to Thee, O my Lord, for having enabled me to recognize the Manifestation of Thine own Self, and aided me to fix mine heart on the court of Thy presence, the object of my soul’s adoration. I beseech Thee, by Thy name that caused the heavens to be rent and the earth to be cleft asunder, to ordain for me what Thou didst ordain for them that have turned away from all else but Thee, and rested their hearts firmly upon Thee. Grant that I may be seated in Thy presence on the seat of truth, within the Tabernacle of Glory. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: flourishgleaningsGWB §529: verilykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: had been built upthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: their livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: BygleaningsGWB §712: inhabitedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and build up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: ErelonggleaningsGWB §510: The day is approachingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: unpiercedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: approachinggleaningsGWB §239: Ye shall, erelongepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Ere long willgleaningsGWB §256: The day is approaching whengleaningsGWB §462: Erelong shall
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: and gladnessgleaningsGWB §587: outstretched Handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: thy bedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: Thy courtthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the domainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: court of Thy mercygleaningsGWB §279: pomp and glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: realm
SE rendered آخَر (ákhar), شيء (shíʾ), قدیرًا (qdíran) as “Powerful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: FinallygleaningsGWB §531: subsequentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: respiteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: world to comewill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: At lengthgleaningsGWB §68: tonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: “End that knoweth no end”
SE expanded to “what Thou willest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all created thingsgleaningsGWB §709: of His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §544: Thy pleasuretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of all created things
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “most”, “strength” (70 occurrences)
almighty 38% most 29% strength 6% all-powerful 6% might 6% power 4% potent 4% art 2% god 2% all-subduing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §662: hath decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: Ponder for a momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: in their purposetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
This form usually rendered as “holiness”, “holy”, “most” (154 occurrences)
holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: liberategleaningsGWB §6: the Holy of Holieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: heavenly graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: Thy puritytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: blessedgleaningsGWB §234: the blest and sacred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: their heartsgleaningsGWB §555: the seeker’s heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: their mindsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §628: with their whole heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your hearts
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “mention”, “praise” (16 occurrences)
remembrance 17% mention 17% praise 17% warning 8% account 8% give 8% remember 8% remembered 8% mentioned 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: remember HimgleaningsGWB §114: be characterizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: quotingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §605: Which of my tribulationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE expanded to “purge thine ear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: hearinggleaningsGWB §661: purge thine earkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: by the permission ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: be permitted by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: Bidepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: hearing earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: by Thy leave
hearken 20% bear 13% acquainted 13% heard 13% known 7% purged 7% hearkening 7% hear 7% had 7% have 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou hearestfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §650: had breathedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: as shall incline their earstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: versesgleaningsGWB §363: whatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: consummate verseswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: revealed verseswill-and-testamentW&T §6: the Holy Writingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: verse
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “set”, “turned” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: turn thoufire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §713: recentkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: faithful, and inducethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: and to incline metablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “place” (96 occurrences)
seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: acceptancegleaningsGWB §151: gain admittance into the habitationkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: thereforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: my hometablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thine eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: thus shallwill-and-testamentW&T §9: arrangements
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: of the Mighty ThronegleaningsGWB §279: His thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: throne on highgleaningsGWB §594: a pillarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: “behind the Throne.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: by thy LordgleaningsGWB §156: the Lord, his Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: “Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: my Godtablet-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 §108: with my Lord
SE expanded to “the God of Mercy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: We saidgleaningsGWB §312: have testifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: argumentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: proclaimethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §73: Lord of Utterance
SE rendered عرش (ʿrsh), ربّک (rbbk), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), قل (ql), ربّ (rbb), لک (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd), وفّقتني (wffqtní), عرفان (ʿrfán) as “the throne, thy Lord, the God of Mercy, say, my Lord, Praise be, enabled, to recognize”
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: thanksgleaningsGWB §219: the All-Praisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: Thou didst ascribetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised be GodgleaningsGWB §401: of glory
aid 33% assist 15% unity 11% concord 9% graciously 7% may 7% thou 7% fellowship 4% unitedly 4% strengthen 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: assistgleaningsGWB §72: it may fulfillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: hath recognizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: aid and assistwill-and-testamentW&T §42: in no wiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: unitedlygleaningsGWB §396: strengthenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: correspond
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “understanding”, “recognition” (144 occurrences)
knowledge 34% understanding 26% recognition 8% recognize 8% comprehension 7% know 6% recognizing 4% insight 3% wisdom 2% visualize 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: for the purpose of recognizinggleaningsGWB §655: made knownkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: testifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: and wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Know thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: Thou wilt appreciate
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: hath shownfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §386: the mighty revelationskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: hast revealedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE expanded to “Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: for myselfgleaningsGWB §287: of himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: their vain and selfish desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: Histablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: an actfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §656: Aid mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: empowered methe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: chosen thee to be
gleaningsGWB §661: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and the sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: object of the adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Lodestarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: object of my adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Sanctuary
SE expanded to “of Thy presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: Onfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §299: thou touchestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: bearersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: from Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: to attain the presenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: the
SE rendered وجعلتني (wjʿltní), مقبلا (mqblá), کعبة (kʿbh), وصلک (wṣlk), ولقائک (wlqáʾk), أسألک (ʾasʾalk), باسمک (básmk), انفطرت (infṭrt) as “aided, to fix, the court, of Thy presence, I beseech Thee, by Thy name, caused”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: meetethfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §34: His facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: beholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §48: to meet Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: of eternal reunionthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: We have revealed unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §112: I beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: Destroy not, I implore Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §506: and shall be calledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseecheth
SE expanded to “by Thy name”
This form usually rendered as “cleft”, “hath”, “rent” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: contentiongleaningsGWB §425: hath been cleftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: blossomsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: hath been split asundertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: rentthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: wind-flowerswill-and-testamentW&T §20: divisionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: exertion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §638: the peoples of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: Thy landthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: of the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §286: every human frame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: the Kitáb-i-AqdasgleaningsGWB §609: thy written supplicationkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: the Book?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and written downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: letters and documentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: the Books of former times
SE expanded to “have turned away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: protested againstgleaningsGWB §108: andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: let him turn awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: caviled at metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: oppose and protestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: denial
SE expanded to “all else but Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: withgleaningsGWB §702: Without itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: but forprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: by any one savethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: from the comprehension of othersgleaningsGWB §418: All else
SE rendered لمن (lmn), أعرض (ʾaʿrḍ), دونک (dúnk), وأَقْبَل (wʾaqbal), إلیک (ʾilík), وقدّر (wqddr), لي (lí), مقعد (mqʿd), صدق (ṣdq), عندک (ʿndk) as “for them, have turned away, all else but Thee, upon, the seat, of truth, in Thy presence”
truth 64% truthfulness 16% applicable 5% uprightness 2% hath 2% manifest 2% truthful 2% sincerity 2% truly 2% absolute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: truthfulnessgleaningsGWB §341: acknowledgedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: obviouslyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: to acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §7: acquiescedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: truthgleaningsGWB §496: sincerity
This form usually rendered as “thee”, “thou”, “mouth” (53 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in Thy presence”
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §661: the Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: of the Tabernacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the unseen pavilionthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §656: Tabernacle
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “most”, “glorious” (62 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: (bloodmoney)gleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: Thy Lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §661: of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realities
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Hath thy pompfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §10: exaltationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of Thy transcendentthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: rulegleaningsGWB §386: are subjectkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: ordaineth whatsoeverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: Supreme Ordainertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §22: Tribunal
