Gleanings — §706
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 706 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل الحرّيّة في اتّباع أوامري لو أنتم من العارفين لو اتّبع النّاس ما نزّلناه لهم من سمآء الوحي ليجدنّ أنفسهم في حرّيّة بحتة طوبى لمن عرف مراد الله فيما نزّل من سمآء مشيّته المهيمنة على العالمين قل الحرّيّة الّتي تنفعكم إنّها في العبوديّة لله الحقّ والّذي وجد حلاوتها لا يبدّلها بملكوت ملك السّموات والأرضين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: True liberty consisteth in man’s submission unto My commandments, little as ye know it. Were men to observe that which We have sent down unto them from the Heaven of Revelation, they would, of a certainty, attain unto perfect liberty. Happy is the man that hath apprehended the Purpose of God in whatever He hath revealed from the Heaven of His Will, that pervadeth all created things. Say: The liberty that profiteth you is to be found nowhere except in complete servitude unto God, the Eternal Truth. Whoso hath tasted of its sweetness will refuse to barter it for all the dominion of earth and heaven.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: according to the wordsgleaningsGWB §174: declaredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: to sayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: have sotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
cause 53% revelation 17% command 5% bidding 5% commandments 4% behest 4% affairs 3% thou 3% decree 3% faith 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: commandeth youfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §491: lawskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: to proclaimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: to Thy Causetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “have”, “comprehend”, “all” (76 occurrences)
SE expanded to “little as ye know it”
have 17% comprehend 15% all 15% know 12% such 10% understanding 7% understand 7% perceive 7% who 5% every 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: know itgleaningsGWB §286: iskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: teachingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: reveal Thyselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: such as had known Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: othersgleaningsGWB §153: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: manwill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §637: the hearts of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: all human beingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankind
sent 50% accordance 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: been sent downgleaningsGWB §583: shall descendkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: remained unrevealedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: thy goal
الوحي
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
revelation 91% inspiration 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Divine RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §738: Thy most sweet remembranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: inspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent down
This form usually rendered as “may”, “inhale”, “attain” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: wilt thou knowfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §387: every created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: realityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: I would still find myselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: that thou mayest findwill-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found
own 41% themselves 31% souls 10% proper 3% themselves.” 3% selves 3% uttered 3% hearts 3% within 3% lives 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Blessed are the fair-mindedgleaningsGWB §428: How great the blessednesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Blessed, moreover, beepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “BlessedgleaningsGWB §30: Rejoiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: Great is my blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: “Great is thy blessedness
This form usually rendered as “whosoever”, “above”, “all” (232 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: was being despatchedgleaningsGWB §387: His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: goprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: Thou didst desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §8: the gracious willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: to
This form usually rendered as “days” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thine actsgleaningsGWB §594: Be as a lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: though Himself a prisonerwill-and-testamentW&T §10: in theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: ofgleaningsGWB §532: in your heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: within mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: nothing amongstgleaningsGWB §697: haplykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §21: Thou choosesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to do what pleaseth Thee
help 41% omnipotent 16% supreme 13% sovereign 9% ruler 6% transcendent 3% protector 3% transcendeth 3% pervadeth 3% all-subduing 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendentgleaningsGWB §180: Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: thisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §244: the All-SubduinggleaningsGWB §278: the omnipotent protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §531: Sovereign Protector
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: Teacherfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §247: to acquirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: well awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: profited MegleaningsGWB §279: shall profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: enablethe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theewill-and-testamentW&T §27: for the common wealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: profitethgleaningsGWB §528: his own gainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: me
“death” 17% tasted 17% quickened 8% “life” 8% “resurrection” 8% whosoever 8% “deprivation 8% unbelief 8% scriptures 8% chronicles 8%
“servitude 50% complete 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the oppressedfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §149: the exercise of their devotionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: who aretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: committed everything untogleaningsGWB §256: the restitution of Our rightskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: of Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: methe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §6: touchingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: Him Who is the Truth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: sweetgleaningsGWB §591: in the sweetest of languagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: of its sweetnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §127: most excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: of the sweetnessgleaningsGWB §152: sweetness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: barter awaygleaningsGWB §683: Corruptkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: “changingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: hath been turnedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: Barter notwill-and-testamentW&T §36: wash awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: were converted
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “kingdoms”, “heaven” (133 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: nationgleaningsGWB §495: the governmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: angelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §714: Thy majestytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
