Gleanings — §80
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 80 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ولا سطوة المنكرين قل إنّ البلآء أفق لهذا الأمر ومنه أشرقت شمس الفضل بضيآء لا تمنعه سبحات الأوهام
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: Tribulation is a horizon unto My Revelation. The daystar of grace shineth above it, and sheddeth a light which neither the clouds of men’s idle fancy nor the vain imaginations of the aggressor can obscure.
Translation Notes
powers 15% dominion 15% ascendancy 15% authorities 8% aggressor 8% awful 8% sovereignty 8% influence 8% threats 8% crushing 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the dominionfire-tabletFire §6: mightgleaningsGWB §80: aggressorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the power of Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: overpowering mightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the powersgleaningsGWB §86: the awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: dreadful majesty
denied 17% have 17% deniers 17% perverse 8% all 8% repudiated 8% aggressor 8% such 8% misbelievers 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: deniedgleaningsGWB §109: rejectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: stern business.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: such as have denied Theewill-and-testamentW&T §17: disbelieved in Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: denygleaningsGWB §68: admitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: faithlessness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: through these wordsgleaningsGWB §355: hath been saidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: to sayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §566: utteredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
tribulation 42% adversity 13% woe 13% affliction 8% tribulations 8% troubles 4% trials 4% orient 4% afflictions 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: overwhelmedfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §724: griefs and afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: sore triedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: the adversitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: a new trialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tribulations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: Horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §611: Realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: the all-highest horizonthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizongleaningsGWB §280: Our realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: horizon of Thy grace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: occupationsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §594: thine actskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: take counselprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: through Thy decreetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: sourcesfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §57: embodimentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: shone forth aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: shed abroadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Dawning-Place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Day-StargleaningsGWB §655: the Daystarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: divine Luminariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: sun ingleaningsGWB §59: the luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: Day-Stars
This form usually rendered as “debar”, “hinder”, “deter” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: detergleaningsGWB §647: shall not deterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: sought to hindertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Debar
This form usually rendered as “veils”, ““veils”, “mists” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: celebratethgleaningsGWB §122: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: veils of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: All praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Gracious GodgleaningsGWB §152: All-Glorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: idle fancyfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §374: their idle fancieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: of their fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
