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 §186: proclaimgleaningsGWB §219: spokenkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: and sweet is His speechtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: followestgleaningsGWB §470: Keepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: hath followedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: in pursuance oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §42: pay allegianceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: followgleaningsGWB §706: submission
cause 56% revelation 15% things 6% faith 4% bidding 4% behest 4% command 3% affairs 3% commandments 3% bidden 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: It is Thine to commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §167: the control of God’s ultimate Will and Purposekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: those thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: and bidden metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: of My cause
This form usually rendered as “all”, “have”, “comprehend” (75 occurrences)
SE expanded to “little as ye know it”
all 22% have 17% comprehend 13% every 10% such 8% who 8% know 8% understand 5% perceive 5% initiated 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the fragrancegleaningsGWB §115: comprehensionkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: the renownedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: having confessedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the breeze
sent 50% accordance 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: sent downgleaningsGWB §583: shall also descendkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: aforementionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: cause to descendtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: from the Name of Godfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §669: in His inaccessiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: skiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: Thine All-Glorious Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
الوحي
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
revelation 92% divine 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: is revealedgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: Thou hast inspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of Revelation
This form usually rendered as “may”, “inhale”, “can” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: I can findfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §573: Him Who is your Makerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: despiteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of the entire creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: that ye may obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
own 36% themselves 30% souls 9% within 6% hearts 6% lives 4% proper 2% what 2% persons 2% heedlessness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: He WhogleaningsGWB §234: the mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: by their own selfishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: for Thy favortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: those men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: BlessednessgleaningsGWB §311: Blessed iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: How great is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Blessed aregleaningsGWB §205: Blessed are theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: “Great is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: “Great is thy blessedness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: pleasethgleaningsGWB §248: be seekers afterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: whatsoever He pleasethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and in conformity with Thy desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: We askedgleaningsGWB §550: determineth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: there is none other Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §127: heavenlykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: towards Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: partnersgleaningsGWB §358: No thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §672: whatsoever He desirethtablet-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
help 44% sovereign 13% omnipotent 11% supreme 9% transcendeth 7% overshadoweth 4% ruler 4% transcendent 2% protector 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendentgleaningsGWB §706: pervadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majesty of the Word of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: Thytablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: rulerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §61: that transcendethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §244: the All-Subduing
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: evidentfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §112: Thou knowestkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §253: all creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: benefitgleaningsGWB §443: promote the highest interestsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: will profit themthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: wealgleaningsGWB §279: shall profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: what will profit meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: profiteth men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §388: the worshiperkitab-i-iqanKIQ §194: the servantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: among Thy peopletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My believing servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the True OnegleaningsGWB §305: It would be truekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: realkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: destituteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have thereby deservedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §6: touchingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §629: Thy most sweetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: How sweettablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §622: exquisite beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: the sweetness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: convertedgleaningsGWB §672: Turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: given wayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: Thou turnesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotwill-and-testamentW&T §34: fraudulently alterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: were convertedgleaningsGWB §404: converting
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “kingdoms”, “heaven” (152 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the angelsgleaningsGWB §189: the All-Possessingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: a favoriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: in the kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: in the eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of Kings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: these regionsfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §23: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: this earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy landtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: within itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earth
