Gleanings — §88
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 88 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل أَفِي اللّه شكّ ها إنّه قد أتى عن مطلع الفضل بقدرة وسلطان أم في آياته أن افتحُوا الأبصار إنّ هذا لهو البرهان قد أُزْلِفَت الجنّة عن اليمين وَسُعِّرَت الجحيم وتلك هي النّيران أن ادخلوا الجنّة رحمة من عندنا واشربوا فيها خمر الحيوان من يد الرّحمن
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: Is there any doubt concerning God? Behold how He hath come down from the heaven of His grace, girded with power and invested with sovereignty. Is there any doubt concerning His signs? Open ye your eyes, and consider His clear evidence. Paradise is on your right hand, and hath been brought nigh unto you, while Hell hath been made to blaze. Witness its devouring flame. Haste ye to enter into Paradise, as a token of Our mercy unto you, and drink ye from the hands of the All-Merciful the Wine that is life indeed.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Say thougleaningsGWB §464: ye saykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: will certainly exclaimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §566: utteredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
SE rendered قل (ql), أَفِي (ʾafí), اللّه (al-lh), شكّ (shkk), ها (há), أتى (ʾatى), مطلع (mṭlʿ) as “Say, doubt concerning God, come down, heaven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinityfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §506: itskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: his rejection by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: O God!tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE rendered قل (ql), أَفِي (ʾafí), اللّه (al-lh), شكّ (shkk), ها (há), أتى (ʾatى), مطلع (mṭlʿ), الفضل (al-fḍl) as “Say, doubt concerning God, come down, heaven, His grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: camegleaningsGWB §543: Others erelongkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: should come down to themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: and caused them to bring forththe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: He came up to itgleaningsGWB §424: is fulfilledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: ‘Bring back
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Manifestationfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §338: fully awarekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: awakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: those countenancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: bestgleaningsGWB §464: and of His gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: the most distinguishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: tender compassionstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
SE expanded to “girded with power”
SE expanded to “invested with sovereignty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: King ofgleaningsGWB §567: the sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: Monarchsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: and Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: His Majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: with perspicuous signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §96: of the signs of My Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: in the versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: by Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verse
This form usually rendered as “testimony”, “proof”, “clear” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: proofgleaningsGWB §88: His clear evidencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: clear and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §848: Thy most infallible Proofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: indubitablegleaningsGWB §63: His proofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: demonstratedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and Thine infallible Proof
SE rendered لهو (lhú), البرهان (al-brhán), أُزْلِفَت (ʾuzlifat), الجنّة (al-jnnh), اليمين (al-ymín), وَسُعِّرَت (wasuʿʿirat) as “evidence, Paradise, your right hand, hath been made”
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the GardengleaningsGWB §56: This is the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: lunatic”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Paradisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: the highest paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §102: the Belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §44: with all your heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: heavenly
SE expanded to “your right hand”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: right-handgleaningsGWB §192: my right handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: on the right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: His right handwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: right sidegleaningsGWB §537: on his right handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: the right hand side
SE expanded to “hath been made”
SE expanded to “ye to enter”
mercy 69% tender 6% pity 3% god’s 3% source 3% bounty 3% all-merciful 3% have 3% compassion 3% token 3%
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “belong”, “lieth” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: that which thou dost possessgleaningsGWB §386: when compared tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: when beholdingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: in the midstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: perverse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: drunkgleaningsGWB §201: shall drink deepkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: drink fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: to give me to drinkthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: quaffedgleaningsGWB §62: and drinketh his fill
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §552: draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: dregsgleaningsGWB §383: the wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to partake of the winegleaningsGWB §319: mealprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy manifold wisdom
SE expanded to “is life indeed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of lifegleaningsGWB §76: life indeedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: these beastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: the true lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: a beastgleaningsGWB §552: animalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: Thy living watersgleaningsGWB §727: that is life indeed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §490: the perpetratorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: his doorwill-and-testamentW&T §16: the Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §167: hold within My graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
