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Gleanings — §113

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 113 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

... إيّاکم يا ملأ التّوحيد لا تفرّقوا في مظاهر أمر اللّه ولا فيما نزل عليهم من الآيات وهذا حقّ التّوحيد إن أنتم لمن الموقنين وکذلک في أفعالهم وأعمالهم وکلّما ظهر من عندهم ويظهر من لدنهم کلّ من عند اللّه وکلّ بأمره عاملين ومن فرّق بينهم وبين کلماتهم وما نزل عليهم أو في أحوالهم وأفعالهم في أقل ممّا يحصی لقد أشرک باللّه وآياته وبرسله وکان من المشرکين ...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause, or to discriminate against the signs that have accompanied and proclaimed their Revelation. This indeed is the true meaning of Divine Unity, if ye be of them that apprehend and believe this truth. Be ye assured, moreover, that the works and acts of each and every one of these Manifestations of God, nay whatever pertaineth unto them, and whatsoever they may manifest in the future, are all ordained by God, and are a reflection of His Will and Purpose. Whoso maketh the slightest possible difference between their persons, their words, their messages, their acts and manners, hath indeed disbelieved in God, hath repudiated His signs, and betrayed the Cause of His Messengers.

Translation Notes

إيّاکم
w-q-y → “Fear” Distinctive

literal: beware; take heed; woe to you

يا
y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; or

ملأ
m-l-ʾ → “believers” Distinctive

literal: assembly; multitude; chiefs; to fill; people of rank; fullness, assembly

التّوحيد
w-ḥ-d → “in the Unity of”

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

لا
l-ʾ → “or”

literal: no; not; negation particle

تفرّقوا
f-r-q → “make any distinction”

literal: faction; sect; group; company

في
f-y → “in”

literal: in a day; during a day; one day after another

مظاهر
ẓ-h-r → “any of the Manifestations”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

أمر
ʾ-m-r → “of His Cause”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

اللّه
ʾ-l-h → “God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

ولا
w-l-y → “Lord” Distinctive

literal: friend; lord; guardian

نزل
n-z-l → “have accompanied and proclaimed” Distinctive

literal: to descend, to be revealed

عليهم
ʿ-l-y → “upon”

literal: exalted; highest; supreme; most high; upon you; on; over; Ali (name); upon

الآيات
ʾ-y-y → “the signs”

literal: verse; sign; miracle; proof; sign, verse, miracle, token, indication; ayah; he; him; it

وهذا
h-dh-ʾ → “This indeed is”

literal: this; that

حقّ
ḥ-q-q → “true meaning” Distinctive

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

إن
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

أنتم
n-t-m → “you”

literal: you

لمن
m-n → “of them”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

الموقنين
y-q-n → “certitude” Distinctive

literal: to be certain; to know with certainty

وکذلک
k-dh-l → “Thus”

literal: that; thus; likewise

أفعالهم
f-ʿ-l → “works and acts”

literal: to do, act, make; deed, action

وکلّما
k-l-l → “whatever” Distinctive

literal: agency; representation; trusteeship; delegated authority; to rely; to trust; to place trust in

عندهم
ʿ-n-d → “possess”

literal: vessel; container; circumstance; adroitness

لدنهم
l-d-n → “by” Distinctive

literal: from; on the part of; from before; near

بأمره
ʾ-m-r → “Revelation”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

عاملين
ʿ-m-l → “deeds” Distinctive

literal: to work; to act; to do; to perform

بينهم
b-y-n → “between”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

کلماتهم
k-l-m → “their words”

literal: words; utterances; locutions; word; utterance; speech; sayings; verses

وما
m-ʾ

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

أو
h-w-w

literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song

أحوالهم
ḥ-w-l → “now” Distinctive

literal: states; conditions; circumstances; situations; affairs

أقل
q-l-l

literal: little; few; scanty; small in quantity

يحصی
ḥ-ṣ-y

literal: count; enumerate; enumeration

لقد
q-d → “We have been”

literal: verily; indeed; certainly (particle of emphasis)

أشرک
sh-r-k → “infidels” Distinctive

literal: partner; associate; sharer; companion

وبرسله
r-s-l → “Cause of His Messengers”

literal: to send; dispatch; transmission

وکان
k-w-n

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

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