Gleanings — §134
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 134 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “testified” (26 occurrences)
SE rendered شهد (shhd), الله (al-lh), إله (ʾilh), العزیز (al-ʿzíz), المحبوب (al-mḥbúb), الجود (al-júd) as “witnesseth, God, is, Gracious, Best-Beloved, bounty”
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (159 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “potent”, “can” (38 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “protect”, “will” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “which”, “through”, “one” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been sent down”
This form usually rendered as “name”, “most”, “names” (134 occurrences)
SE rendered بالّذي (bálldhí), ظهر (ẓhr), باسم (básm), لدن (ldn), سلطان (slṭán), حقّ (ḥqq), محمود (mḥmúd), وبالّذي (wbálldhí), یأتي (yʾatí) as “Who, hath been sent down, in the person of, by, King, true, All-Praised, swear fealty, be made manifest”
This form usually rendered as “time” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Every one of them”
This form usually rendered as “would”, “seeth”, “beholding” (16 occurrences)
SE rendered وکلّهم (wkllhm), مرایا (mráyá), الله (al-lh), بحیث (bḥíth), یُری (yurí), فیهم (fíhm), نفس (nfs), الله (al-lh), وجماله (wjmálh), وعزّ (wʿzz) as “Every one of them, mirror, God, and will, reflecting, Self, Beauty, Might”
8 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered وبهائه (wbháʾh), لو (lú), تعقلون (tʿqlún), سواهم (súáhm), مرایاهم (mráyáhm), وهم (whm), مرایا (mráyá), الأوّلیّة (al-ʾawwlílh) as “Glory, if, understand, mirrors, themselves, Mirrors, Primary”
This form usually rendered as “world”, “life”, “fitting” (27 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “escaped” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Ancient of Days”
SE rendered جمالهم (jmálhm), فیض (fíḍ), الله (al-lh), ینقطع (ynqṭʿ), وهذا (whdhá), صدق (ṣdq), غیر (ghír), مکذوب (mkdhúb) as “glory, Grace, God, cease, This, truth, none, disprove”
This form usually rendered as “other”, “without”, “another” (106 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “disprove”, “will” (2 occurrences)