Gleanings — §117
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 117 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “age”, “eschew”, “shun” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered هر (hr), دوری (dúrí), از (iz), ادوار (idúár), کوری (kúrí), از (iz), اکوار (ikúár), از (iz), تجلّيات (tjllíát), ظهورات (ẓhúrát) as “every, age, cycle, splendorous light, Manifestations”
literal: manifestation; manifestations; manifested
This form usually rendered as “splendors”, “effulgent”, “effulgences” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “essence” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
SE rendered ظهورات (ẓhúrát), فطرتهای (fṭrtháy), بديع (bdíʿ), خلق (khlq), جديد (jdíd), فرموده (frmúdh), جميع (jmíʿ), آنچه (ánchh), سماوات (smáwát) as “Manifestations, wondrous, His, recreated, hath, whatsoever, heavens”
This form usually rendered as “all”, “every”, “whole” (445 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “universe” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered آفاقيّه (áfáqíqh), چه (chh), از (iz), ظهورات (ẓhúrát), قدس (qds), انفسيّه (infsísh), از (iz), باده (bádh), رحمت (rḥmt), خمخانه (khmkhánh), عزّ (ʿzz) as “glory, not, the, be, deprived, of, mercy”
This form usually rendered as “drops”, “surging”, “outpourings” (9 occurrences)
SE rendered محروم (mḥrúm), نمانند (nmánnd), از (iz), رشحات (rshḥát), فيوضات (fíwḍát), سحاب (sḥáb), مکرمتش (mkrmtsh), مأيوس (mʾayús), نگردند (ngrdnd), چقدر (chqdr) as “despair, the, showers, of, His, favors, How, all-encompassing, are”
SE rendered محروم (mḥrúm), نمانند (nmánnd), از (iz), رشحات (rshḥát), فيوضات (fíwḍát), سحاب (sḥáb), مکرمتش (mkrmtsh), مأيوس (mʾayús), نگردند (ngrdnd), چقدر (chqdr), محيط (mḥíṭ) as “despair, the, showers, of, His, favors, How, all-encompassing, are”
SE rendered نگردند (ngrdnd), چقدر (chqdr), محيط (mḥíṭ), بدايع (bdáyʿ), فضل (fḍl), بی (bí), منتهايش (mntháysh), جميع (jmíʿ), آفرينش (áfrínsh) as “all-encompassing, are, the, wonders, His, of, boundless, Behold, they”
SE rendered نگردند (ngrdnd), چقدر (chqdr), محيط (mḥíṭ), بدايع (bdáyʿ), فضل (fḍl), بی (bí), منتهايش (mntháysh), جميع (jmíʿ), آفرينش (áfrínsh), احاطه (iḥáṭh) as “all-encompassing, are, the, wonders, His, of, boundless, Behold, they”
SE rendered احاطه (iḥáṭh), نموده (nmúdh), بر (br), مقامی (mqámí), ذرّه (dhrrh), ملک (mlk), مشهود (mshhúd), نه (nh), مگر (mgr), آنکه (ánkh), حاکی (ḥákí) as “the, pervaded, creation, their, single, in, entire, His, doth, glorify”
This form usually rendered as “evident”, “manifest”, “can” (68 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “testify”, “declare”, “eloquently” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “uttered” (53 occurrences)
SE rendered عزّ (ʿzz), احديّت (iḥdídt), ناطق (náṭq), بثنای (bthnáy), نفس (nfs), مدلّ (mdll) as “effulgent, Name, holy, His”
SE rendered احديّت (iḥdídt), ناطق (náṭq), بثنای (bthnáy), نفس (nfs), مدلّ (mdll), بر (br), انوار (inúár), شمس (shms), وحدت (wḥdt) as “Name, holy, His, unity”
SE rendered نفس (nfs), مدلّ (mdll), بر (br), انوار (inúár), شمس (shms), وحدت (wḥdt), بشأنی (bshʾaní), صنع (ṣnʿ) as “His, unity, So, perfect”
SE rendered نفس (nfs), مدلّ (mdll), بر (br), انوار (inúár), شمس (shms), وحدت (wḥdt), بشأنی (bshʾaní), صنع (ṣnʿ) as “His, unity, So, perfect”
SE rendered بر (br), انوار (inúár), شمس (shms), وحدت (wḥdt), بشأنی (bshʾaní), صنع (ṣnʿ), جامع (jámʿ), کامل (káml), خلق (khlq), فرموده (frmúdh) as “His, unity, So, perfect, that, mind”
This form usually rendered as “perfect”, “full”, “all-powerful” (24 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “who”, “have”, “whose” (19 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “meanest”, “lower”, “low” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “dare”, “can”, “would” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “incapable”, “fail”, “impotent” (25 occurrences)
SE rendered قاصر (qáṣr), عاجز (ʿájz), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمايند (nmáynd), چه (chh), رسد (rsd) as “His creatures, much, less, fathom”
SE rendered نمايند (nmáynd), چه (chh), رسد (rsd), بمعرفت (bmʿrft), آفتاب (áftáb), عزّ (ʿzz), حقيقت (ḥqíqt), ذات (dhát), غيب (ghíb) as “fathom, the, mystery”
SE rendered حقيقت (ḥqíqt), ذات (dhát), غيب (ghíb), يدرک (ydrk), عرفان (ʿrfán), عرفاء (ʿrfáʾ) as “the, mystery, Him”
SE rendered ذات (dhát), غيب (ghíb), يدرک (ydrk), عرفان (ʿrfán), عرفاء (ʿrfáʾ), بلوغ (blúgh) as “the, mystery, Him, Daystar”
This form usually rendered as “taketh”, “unknowable”, “recognize” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “attainments”, “attain”, “development” (8 occurrences)
SE rendered يدرک (ydrk), عرفان (ʿrfán), عرفاء (ʿrfáʾ), بلوغ (blúgh), بلغاء (blgháʾ), وصف (wṣf), فصحاء (fṣḥáʾ), جميع (jmíʿ), بخلق (bkhlq), راجع (rájʿ) as “Him, Daystar, of, is, Truth”
SE rendered يدرک (ydrk), عرفان (ʿrfán), عرفاء (ʿrfáʾ), بلوغ (blúgh), بلغاء (blgháʾ), وصف (wṣf), فصحاء (fṣḥáʾ), جميع (jmíʿ), بخلق (bkhlq), راجع (rájʿ) as “Him, Daystar, of, is, Truth”
SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ), بخلق (bkhlq), راجع (rájʿ), خواهد (khúáhd), صد (ṣd), هزار (hzár), موسی (músí), طور (ṭúr), طلب (ṭlb) as “is, Truth, the, invisible, unknowable, Essence”
This form usually rendered as “search”, “eagerness”, “seeking” (53 occurrences)
SE rendered صد (ṣd), هزار (hzár), موسی (músí), طور (ṭúr), طلب (ṭlb), بندای (bndáy), ترانی (trání), منصعق (mnṣʿq), صد (ṣd), هزار (hzár), روح (rúḥ) as “conceptions, devoutest, unknowable, Essence, and, of”
SE rendered طور (ṭúr), طلب (ṭlb), بندای (bndáy), ترانی (trání), منصعق (mnṣʿq), صد (ṣd), هزار (hzár), روح (rúḥ), القدس (al-qds) as “unknowable, Essence, and, of, conceptions, devoutest”
SE rendered طور (ṭúr), طلب (ṭlb), بندای (bndáy), ترانی (trání), منصعق (mnṣʿq), صد (ṣd), هزار (hzár), روح (rúḥ), القدس (al-qds) as “unknowable, Essence, and, of, conceptions, devoutest”
SE rendered ترانی (trání), منصعق (mnṣʿq), صد (ṣd), هزار (hzár), روح (rúḥ), القدس (al-qds), سماء (smáʾ), قرب (qrb), از (iz), اصغاء (iṣgháʾ) as “and, of, conceptions, devoutest, mystics, the”
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “proximity”, “nearness” (61 occurrences)
SE rendered هزار (hzár), روح (rúḥ), القدس (al-qds), سماء (smáʾ), قرب (qrb), از (iz), اصغاء (iṣgháʾ), کلمه (klmh) as “devoutest, of, mystics, the”
SE rendered القدس (al-qds), سماء (smáʾ), قرب (qrb), از (iz), اصغاء (iṣgháʾ), کلمه (klmh), تعرفنی (tʿrfní), مضطرب (mḍṭrb), يزل (yzl), بعلوّ (bʿlúl) as “of, mystics, the, most”
SE rendered قرب (qrb), از (iz), اصغاء (iṣgháʾ), کلمه (klmh), تعرفنی (tʿrfní), مضطرب (mḍṭrb), يزل (yzl), بعلوّ (bʿlúl), تقديس (tqdís) as “mystics, the, most, accomplished”
SE rendered اصغاء (iṣgháʾ), کلمه (klmh), تعرفنی (tʿrfní), مضطرب (mḍṭrb), يزل (yzl), بعلوّ (bʿlúl), تقديس (tqdís) as “the, most, accomplished”
This form usually rendered as “loftiness”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (43 occurrences)
SE rendered بعلوّ (bʿlúl), تقديس (tqdís), تنزيه (tnzíh) as “most, accomplished”
SE rendered بعلوّ (bʿlúl), تقديس (tqdís), تنزيه (tnzíh), مکمن (mkmn) as “most, accomplished”
1 occurrence in corpus