Gleanings — §116
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 116 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
هستی مزيّن نموده و نفحه از نفحات رضوان بی مثالش تمام موجودات را بخلعت عزّ قدسی مکرّم داشته و برشحه مطفحه از قمقام بحر مشيّت سلطان احديّتش خلق لا نهايه بما لا نهايه را از عدم محض بعرصه وجود آورده لم يزل بدايع جودش را تعطيل اخذ ننموده و لا يزال ظهورات فيض فضلش را وقوف نديده از اوّل لا اوّل خلق فرموده و الی آخر
Shoghi Effendi Translation
A drop of the billowing ocean of His endless mercy hath adorned all creation with the ornament of existence, and a breath wafted from His peerless Paradise hath invested all beings with the robe of His sanctity and glory. A sprinkling from the unfathomed deep of His sovereign and all-pervasive Will hath, out of utter nothingness, called into being a creation which is infinite in its range and deathless in its duration. The wonders of His bounty can never cease, and the stream of His merciful grace can never be arrested. The process of His creation hath had no beginning, and can have no end.
Translation Notes
نهايه
literal: end, limit, utmost, extreme; final; the end, limit, utmost bound; Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing; end; limit; terminus
اوّل
literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of
آخر
literal: the hereafter, the next life, the world to come; last, latter; the next life, the hereafter; delay; postponement
