Gleanings — §69
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 69 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ي ورايتي حبّي وأنيسي ذكر اللّه الملك المقتدر العزيز المختار وإنّك أنت يا أيّها السّاير في حبّ اللّه قم على أمر اللّه وقل يا قوم لا تشتروا هذا الغلام بزخرف الدّنيا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: My army is My reliance on God; My people, the force of My confidence in Him. My love is My standard, and My companion the remembrance of God, the Sovereign Lord of all, the Most Powerful, the All-Glorious, the Unconditioned.
Translation Notes
standard 24% traditions 24% ensign 14% tradition 10% standards 5% banner 5% yielded 5% countenance 5% clothed 5% flourishing 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishestfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §723: approvekitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: the exultationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set
SE expanded to “and My companion”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §337: communeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: give delightthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: joyful tidings of reunionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §358: menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: companionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: OF MEN
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: mention of HimgleaningsGWB §279: praise ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: maintainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: of every praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE expanded to “the Sovereign Lord of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Lord ofgleaningsGWB §368: the entire universekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: Thou Who art the Possessortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
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 §102: Almightyfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §489: He exaltethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: of Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy power
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: bettergleaningsGWB §594: virtuekitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: hath the authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: of unsurpassedthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: UnconstrainedgleaningsGWB §71: the righteous
SE rendered الملك (al-mlk), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), العزيز (al-ʿzíz), المختار (al-mkhtár), وإنّك (wʾinnk) as “the Sovereign Lord of, Most Powerful, the All-Glorious, the Unconditioned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: nowgleaningsGWB §161: Were itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: Since Thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: for they aregleaningsGWB §2: to recognize thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §534: for Thouwill-and-testamentW&T §36: I call upon TheegleaningsGWB §704: Liberty
SE rendered المختار (al-mkhtár), وإنّك (wʾinnk), السّاير (as-sáyr), حبّ (ḥbb), اللّه (al-lh), قم (qm) as “the Unconditioned, God, people”
This form usually rendered as “arise”, “"arise”, “bestir” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: comefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §338: walked steadfastlykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: significanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: raise me uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
SE rendered اللّه (al-lh), قم (qm), أمر (ʾamr), اللّه (al-lh), وقل (wql) as “God, people, Say”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: He saidgleaningsGWB §68: themekitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: with His words—exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: by Thy word oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
SE rendered وقل (wql), قوم (qúm), تشتروا (tshtrúá) as “Say”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered وقل (wql), قوم (qúm), تشتروا (tshtrúá), الغلام (al-ghlám) as “Say”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: officersfire-tabletFire §36: ThisgleaningsGWB §135: of the Youthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: such a manepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: slaves, both mengleaningsGWB §191: mineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: this Youth
vanities 35% riches 15% treasures 10% absurdities 10% denuded 5% ornaments 5% diversity 5% preposterous 5% thoughts 5% specious 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your treasuresgleaningsGWB §572: and the vanities thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: specious discoursesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the treasuresgleaningsGWB §463: the ornaments thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: thoughtsgleaningsGWB §520: the diversitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: preposterous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of the worldgleaningsGWB §227: on things of the earthkitab-i-ahdAhd §1: of thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: sordidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: that the worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: abasedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: of desiregleaningsGWB §278: of the earth
