Gleanings — §85

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 85 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

قل أَمَا قرئتم القرآن فاقرئوا لعلّ تجدون الحقّ إنّه لصراط مستقيم هذا صراط اللّه لمن في السّموات والأرضين إن نسيتم القرآن ليس البيان عنكم ببعيد إنّه بين أيديكم أن اقرئوه لعلّ لا ترتكبوا ما ينوح به المرسلون

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Say: Perused ye not the Qur’án? Read it, that haply ye may find the Truth, for this Book is verily the Straight Path. This is the Way of God unto all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth. If ye have been careless of the Qur’án, the Bayán cannot be regarded to be remote from you. Behold it open before your eyes. Read ye its verses, that perchance ye may desist from committing that which will cause the Messengers of God to mourn and lament.

Translation Notes

قل

ql q-w-l → “say”

literal: say; saying

say 86% say: 4% “say 2% “say 2% tell 1% \‘say 1% know 1% exclaim 1% testify 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: is stated to have said gleaningsGWB §359: Then said kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speaketh kitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: the words prayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: their calumnies tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out to tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded her the-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words

قرئتم

qrʾtm q-r-ʾ → “read” Distinctive

literal: read; reading

This form usually rendered as “perused” (1 occurrences)

read 33% recite 11% reciteth 11% recited 11% studied 6% “peruse 6% peruse 6% intone 6% perused 6% reading 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: reciteth gleaningsGWB §618: Intone kitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: reading prayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: who recite tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the one who chants epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: Recite gleaningsGWB §85: Read ye its verses prayers-and-meditationsP&M §684: repeat

تجدون

tjdún w-j-d → “find” Distinctive

literal: find

This form usually rendered as “discover”, “ye” (2 occurrences)

discover 50% ye 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: embodied fire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathe gleaningsGWB §326: the recipient kitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: all creation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: to discover tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhale the-hidden-wordsHW §150: things will-and-testamentW&T §16: grown

الحقّ

al-ḥqq ḥ-q-q → “the truth”

literal: truth; true; right

god 29% truth 29% one 20% true 8% who 6% through 3% eternal 3% right 1% unto 1% righteousness 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: indubitable gleaningsGWB §123: Essence kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: real kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: Assuredly prayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: worthy the-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysteries will-and-testamentW&T §2: Celestial epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the truth

لصراط

lṣráṭ ṣ-r-ṭ → “straight path”

literal: path; path/way; way

path 45% way 27% straight 9% guiding 6% into 3% unto 3% verily 3% “sirat 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: Straight Path gleaningsGWB §317: into His straight Path kitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “sirat,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Thy straight Path epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Path gleaningsGWB §464: the path epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a guiding light gleaningsGWB §568: His Path

مستقيم

mstqím q-w-m → “straight path”

literal: station; people; place

straight 53% steadfast 22% path 3% immovable 3% right 3% standeth 3% steadfastness 3% sound 3% cleave 3% make 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: in your stead fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §460: raise up kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your station kitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: sense prayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: Him Who is the All-Compelling tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfast tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station

اللّه

al-lh ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: god; divine; o god

god 93% god’s 2% lord 1% divine 1% almighty 1% “god 1% god.” 0% unto 0% towards 0% \‘god 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: O God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §262: God’s truth kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of His grace prayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: O Thou the Lord tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial

السّموات

as-smúát s-m-w → “heavens”

literal: heaven

heavens 43% heaven 41% all 12% heaven!” 1% into 1% denizens 1% realms 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: which he hath entitled fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §391: which cometh down from Heaven kitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: all-glorious Name tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My sake tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes

والأرضين

wálʾarḍín ʾ-r-ḍ

literal: earth; earth, land

SE rendered اللّه (al-lh), لمن (lmn), السّموات (as-smúát), والأرضين (wálʾarḍín), نسيتم (nsítm), القرآن (al-qrán), ليس (lís), البيان (al-bíán) as “God, heavens, the Qur’án, Bayán”

earth 72% all 27% earth.” 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: world fire-tabletFire §36: a desolate land gleaningsGWB §295: in the earth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: place prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy land tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the lands the-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realm epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: in the land

نسيتم

nsítm n-s-y

literal: forget; forgot; forgetfulness

SE rendered السّموات (as-smúát), والأرضين (wálʾarḍín), نسيتم (nsítm), القرآن (al-qrán), ليس (lís), البيان (al-bíán), عنكم (ʿnkm), ببعيد (bbʿíd) as “heavens, the Qur’án, Bayán, from you, remote”

forget 42% forgotten 13% oblivion 13% have 8% whom 4% forgetful 4% ye 4% caused 4% ignored 4% thing 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Have ye forgotten gleaningsGWB §357: and whom He hath therefore caused to forget kitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: caused to forget prayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: have forgotten the-hidden-wordsHW §27: couldst thou forget gleaningsGWB §575: but forget to follow it kitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: forgotten quite!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: hath forgotten

ليس

lís l-y-s

literal: not

there 22% can 17% none 13% have 13% nothing 9% given 9% consisted 4% which 4% cannot 4% will 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is as nothing gleaningsGWB §358: which is not possessed by Thee prayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: None can tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereft epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: not gleaningsGWB §167: Accuse Me not prayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: There is none epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: is given the right

ببعيد

bbʿíd b-ʿ-d → “remote”

literal: far

remote 33% who 17% far-off 17% remoteness 17% can 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: Following Our fire-tabletFire §3: distant gleaningsGWB §459: far-off kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: beneath kitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: despite prayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: because of their remoteness tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: remote the-hidden-wordsHW §97: Yet, notwithstanding

أيديكم

ʾaydíkm y-d-y

literal: hand; hands

SE rendered البيان (al-bíán), عنكم (ʿnkm), ببعيد (bbʿíd), أيديكم (ʾaydíkm), اقرئوه (iqrʾúh), لعلّ (lʿll), ترتكبوا (trtkbúá) as “Bayán, from you, remote, Read, that perchance”

hands 50% mercy 17% into 17% eyes 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The hand gleaningsGWB §163: rod kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands prayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: my hands will-and-testamentW&T §16: the Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: at the mercy of rulers gleaningsGWB §40: their hands kitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands

ترتكبوا

trtkbúá r-k-b

literal: commit; commit, perpetrate; to commit

SE rendered أيديكم (ʾaydíkm), اقرئوه (iqrʾúh), لعلّ (lʿll), ترتكبوا (trtkbúá), ينوح (ynúḥ), المرسلون (al-mrslún) as “Read, that perchance, mourn and lament, Messengers”