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Gleanings — §119

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 119 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

جواهر توحید و لطائف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی‌مثال و ملیک ذو الجلالیست که حقایق ممکنات و دقایق و رقایق اعیان موجودات را از حقیقت نیستی و عدم در عوالم هستی و قدم ظاهر فرمود و از ذلّت بعد و فنا نجات داده بملکوت عزّت و بقا مشرّف نمود و این نبود مگر بصرف عنایت سابقه و رحمت منبسطهٴ خود چنانچه مشهود است که عدم صرف را قابلیّت و استعداد وجود نشاید و فانی بحت را لیاقت کون و انوجاد نباید و بعد از خلق کلّ ممکنات و ایجاد موجودات بتجلّ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things, Who, from naught, hath brought into being the most refined and subtle elements of His creation, and Who, rescuing His creatures from the abasement of remoteness and the perils of ultimate extinction, hath received them into His kingdom of incorruptible glory. Nothing short of His all-encompassing grace, His all-pervading mercy, could have possibly achieved it. How could it, otherwise, have been possible for sheer nothingness to have acquired by itself the worthiness and capacity to emerge from its state of nonexistence into the realm of being?

Translation Notes

تحمید
tḥmíd ḥ-m-d

literal: praise; Muhammad; praised

SE rendered جواهر (júáhr)توحید (túḥíd)لطائف (lṭáʾf)تحمید (tḥmíd)متصاعد (mtṣáʿd)بساط (bsáṭ)حضرت (ḥḍrt)سلطان (slṭán)بی‌مثال (bí‌mthál) as “praise, unity, honor, Him, sovereign Lord, incomparable”

متصاعد
mtṣáʿd ṣ-ʿ-d

literal: ascend; ascent; ascension

SE rendered جواهر (júáhr)توحید (túḥíd)لطائف (lṭáʾf)تحمید (tḥmíd)متصاعد (mtṣáʿd)بساط (bsáṭ)حضرت (ḥḍrt)سلطان (slṭán)بی‌مثال (bí‌mthál) as “praise, unity, honor, Him, sovereign Lord, incomparable”

ascend 33% raise 11% soar 11% raised 7% ascension 7% ascent 7% scale 7% reach 7% “get 4% ever 4%
ذو
dhú dh-w

literal: possessor; possessor of

SE rendered حضرت (ḥḍrt)سلطان (slṭán)بی‌مثال (bí‌mthál)ملیک (mlík)ذو (dhú)الجلالیست (al-jlálíst)حقایق (ḥqáyq)ممکنات (mmknát) as “Him, sovereign Lord, incomparable, Ruler, all-glorious, reality, all things”

3 occurrences in corpus

از
iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered دقایق (dqáyq)رقایق (rqáyq)اعیان (iʿíán)موجودات (mújúdát)از (iz)حقیقت (ḥqíqt)نیستی (nístí)عدم (ʿdm)عوالم (ʿúálm)هستی (hstí) as “refined, subtle, elements, creation, God, utter nothingness, naught, being”

23 occurrences in corpus

عوالم
ʿúálm ʿ-l-m

literal: world; worlds

SE rendered حقیقت (ḥqíqt)نیستی (nístí)عدم (ʿdm)عوالم (ʿúálm)هستی (hstí)قدم (qdm)ظاهر (ẓáhr)فرمود (frmúd) as “God, utter nothingness, naught, being, hath created”

worlds 46% domain 15% world 15% realm 15% earthly 4% peoples 4%
قدم
qdm q-d-m

literal: ancient; step; eternity

SE rendered نیستی (nístí)عدم (ʿdm)عوالم (ʿúálm)هستی (hstí)قدم (qdm)ظاهر (ẓáhr)فرمود (frmúd)از (iz)ذلّت (dhllt) as “utter nothingness, naught, being, hath created, abasement”

ظاهر
ẓáhr ẓ-h-r

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

SE rendered عدم (ʿdm)عوالم (ʿúálm)هستی (hstí)قدم (qdm)ظاهر (ẓáhr)فرمود (frmúd)از (iz)ذلّت (dhllt)فنا (fná) as “naught, being, hath created, abasement, extinction”

داده
dádh d-ʾ-d

literal: give; to give; given

SE rendered فرمود (frmúd)از (iz)ذلّت (dhllt)فنا (fná)نجات (nját)داده (dádh)بملکوت (bmlkút)عزّت (ʿzzt)بقا (bqá)مشرّف (mshrrf)نمود (nmúd) as “hath created, abasement, extinction, rescuing, kingdom, glory, incorruptible, hath received”

hath 29% equity 14% have 14% applicable 14% imparted 14% had 14%
مشرّف
mshrrf sh-r-f

literal: honor; honored

SE rendered نجات (nját)داده (dádh)بملکوت (bmlkút)عزّت (ʿzzt)بقا (bqá)مشرّف (mshrrf)نمود (nmúd) as “rescuing, kingdom, glory, incorruptible, hath received”

honored 20% honoured 20% endowed 20% honour 20% glory 20%
نبود
nbúd b-w-d

literal: be; is; to be

SE rendered عزّت (ʿzzt)بقا (bqá)مشرّف (mshrrf)نمود (nmúd)نبود (nbúd)مگر (mgr)بصرف (bṣrf)عنایت (ʿnáyt)سابقه (sábqh)رحمت (rḥmt) as “glory, incorruptible, hath received, grace, mercy”

hath 22% have 17% had 11% never 11% can 11% played 6% remained 6% accounted 6% neither 6% devoid 6%
مگر
mgr m-g-r

literal: except; except/unless

SE rendered بقا (bqá)مشرّف (mshrrf)نمود (nmúd)نبود (nbúd)مگر (mgr)بصرف (bṣrf)عنایت (ʿnáyt)سابقه (sábqh)رحمت (rḥmt)منبسطهٴ (mnbsṭhٴ) as “incorruptible, hath received, grace, mercy, all-pervading”

save 50% other 50%
چنانچه
chnánchh ch-n-n

literal: likewise; as; just as

SE rendered رحمت (rḥmt)منبسطهٴ (mnbsṭhٴ)چنانچه (chnánchh)مشهود (mshhúd)عدم (ʿdm)صرف (ṣrf) as “mercy, all-pervading, nothingness, sheer”

even 50% thus 17% thou 8% truth 8% when 8% since 8%
مشهود
mshhúd sh-h-d

literal: witness; witnessed

SE rendered رحمت (rḥmt)منبسطهٴ (mnbsṭhٴ)چنانچه (chnánchh)مشهود (mshhúd)عدم (ʿdm)صرف (ṣrf)قابلیّت (qáblílt) as “mercy, all-pervading, nothingness, sheer, worthiness”

نشاید
nsháyd sh-ʾ-y

literal: perhaps; befits

SE rendered صرف (ṣrf)قابلیّت (qáblílt)استعداد (istʿdád)وجود (wjúd)نشاید (nsháyd)فانی (fání)بحت (bḥt)لیاقت (líáqt)کون (kún) as “sheer, worthiness, capacity, being, been”

2 occurrences in corpus

بحت
bḥt b-ḥ-t

literal: pure; absolute; absolute (with ـه)

SE rendered استعداد (istʿdád)وجود (wjúd)نشاید (nsháyd)فانی (fání)بحت (bḥt)لیاقت (líáqt)کون (kún)انوجاد (inújád) as “capacity, being, been, emerge”

لیاقت
líáqt l-y-q

literal: worthy; befit; befits

SE rendered وجود (wjúd)نشاید (nsháyd)فانی (fání)بحت (bḥt)لیاقت (líáqt)کون (kún)انوجاد (inújád) as “being, been, emerge”

نباید
nbáyd b-ʾ-d

literal: wind; winds; must

SE rendered کون (kún)انوجاد (inújád)نباید (nbáyd)از (iz)خلق (khlq) as “been, emerge, creatures”

must 29% breeze 14% such 14% intoxicated 14% should 14% winds 14%

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