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Gleanings — §132

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 132 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ند غافل از اینکه جمیع این بلایا بمنزلهٴ دهن است برای اشتعال این مصباح کذلک یُبَدِّل الله ما یشآء و إنّه علی کلّ شیء قدیر...در هر حال سلطنت و قدرت و غلبهٴ سلطان حقیقی را ملاحظه فرما و گوش را از کلمات مظاهر نفی و مطالع قهر پاک و مقدّس فرمائید که عنقریب حقّ را محیط بر جمیع و غالب بر کل خواهید دید و دون آن را مفقود و لاشیء محض ملاحظه خواهید فرمود

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Consider at all times the sovereignty exercised by the Ideal King, and behold the evidences of His power and paramount influence. Sanctify your ears from the idle talk of them that are the symbols of denial and the exponents of violence and anger. The hour is approaching when ye will witness the power of the one true God triumphing over all created things and the signs of His sovereignty encompassing all creation. On that day ye will discover how all else besides Him will have been forgotten and come to be regarded as utter nothingness.

Translation Notes

ند
n-d-d

literal: peer; rival; not

غافل
gh-f-l

literal: heedlessness; negligence; inattention

از
ʾ-z

literal: from

اینکه
ʾ-y-n

literal: that, the fact that, this (demonstrative particle)

جمیع
j-m-ʿ → “all created things”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

بلایا
b-l-w

literal: affliction; trial; calamity

بمنزلهٴ
n-z-l

literal: to descend, to be revealed

دهن
d-h-n

literal: they give; they provide; they attribute

است
b-w-d

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

برای
b-r-y

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

اشتعال
sh-ʿ-l

literal: to burn; to be inflamed; to kindle; burning; blazing

مصباح
ṣ-b-ḥ

literal: morning, dawn; daybreak

کذلک
dh-l-k

literal: thus; likewise; also

یُبَدِّل
b-d-l

literal: change; transformation; exchange

الله
ʾ-l-h → “one true God”

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

ما
m-ʾ

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

یشآء
sh-y-ʾ → “will”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

إنّه
ʾ-n-n

literal: I, verily; behold I

علی
ʿ-l-w

literal: highest; most high; supreme

کل
k-l-l → “all creation”

literal: for us; to us

قدیر...در
q-d-r → “power”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

هر
h-r → “every”

literal: whatever; all that; whatever thing

حال
ḥ-w-l → “Consider”

literal: state; condition; circumstance

سلطنت
s-l-ṭ → “sovereignty”

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

غلبهٴ
gh-l-b → “ascendancy” Distinctive

literal: to overcome, overpower, vanquish, prevail

حقیقی
ḥ-q-q → “Ideal King”

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

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

ملاحظه
l-ḥ-ẓ → “behold” Distinctive

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

گوش
g-w-sh → “your ears”

literal: ear; hearing; to listen

کلمات
k-l-m → “words”

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

مظاهر
ẓ-h-r → “symbols” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

نفی
n-f-y → “denial”

literal: is not; not to be; does not exist; negation, denial, banishment; to negate, deny, banish; contradiction; opposition; contrariety

مطالع
ṭ-l-ʿ → “exponents of violence” Distinctive

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

قهر
q-h-r → “anger” Distinctive

literal: to overpower; to vanquish; wrath; might; force; compulsion; overwhelming

پاک
p-ʾ-k

literal: pure; clean; sanctified; holy

مقدّس
q-d-s

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

فرمائید
f-r-m → “saith” Distinctive

literal: to say; to decree; to ordain; to command

که
k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

عنقریب
q-r-b → “hour is approaching”

literal: soon; shortly; ere long

محیط
ḥ-w-ṭ → “encompassed” Distinctive

literal: to surround, encompass, encircle, beset

بر
b-r-r

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

خواهید
kh-w-h → “ye will witness”

literal: to want; to wish; will (future auxiliary); brother; sibling

دید
d-y-d → “seen”

literal: to give; to grant; to present; justice; judgment; to see; sight; eye; seen

دون
d-w-n → “all else besides Him” Distinctive

literal: below; lower than; beneath

آن
ʾ-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مفقود
f-q-d → “forgotten”

literal: to lose; to miss; lost; missing

لاشیء
sh-y-ʾ → “utter nothingness”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

محض
m-ḥ-ḍ → “wholly”

literal: pure; unmixed; absolute; sheer

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