Gleanings — §149

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 149 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

کَذَّبْتُم وَفَرِیْقًا تَقْتُلُون﴾ البتّه اگر باوهام ناس در ازمنهٔ خالیه و اعصار ماضیه ظاهر میشدند احدی آن نفوس مقدّسه را انکار نمینمود مع آنکه کلّ در لیالی و ایّام بذکر حقّ مشغول بودند و در معابد بعبادت قائم مع ‌ذلک از مطالع آیات ربّانیّه و مظاهر بیّنات رحمانیّه بی‌نصیب بودند چنانچه

Shoghi Effendi Translation

There can be no doubt whatever that had these Apostles appeared, in bygone ages and cycles, in accordance with the vain imaginations which the hearts of men had devised, no one would have repudiated the truth of these sanctified Beings. Though such men have been, night and day, remembering the one true God, and have been devoutly engaged in the exercise of their devotions, yet they failed in the end to recognize, and partake of the grace of, the Daysprings of the signs of God and the Manifestations of His irrefutable evidences. To this the Scriptures bear witness. Thou hast, no doubt, heard about it.

Translation Notes

کَذَّبْتُم

literal: denial; belying; falsification; rejection; liar; lying; false

وَفَرِیْقًا

literal: faction; sect; group; company

تَقْتُلُون﴾

literal: slayer; killer; murderer

البتّه

b-t-t → “no doubt”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

اگر

ʾ-g-r → “were they”

literal: although; even if; though; notwithstanding

باوهام

w-h-m → “vain imaginations”

literal: to imagine, suppose; fancy, idle imagination

ناس

n-ʾ-s → “men”

literal: companionship; fellowship; familiarity; to keep company

در

literal: in; in, at; radiant

ازمنهٔ

z-m-n → “ages”

literal: time; age; era; period

خالیه

kh-l-w → “bygone”

literal: empty; vacant; void; devoid

اعصار

ʿ-ṣ-r → “age”

literal: age; era; century; period of time

ماضیه

m-ḍ-y → “passed” Distinctive

literal: to pass, go by; have passed; past; bygone

ظاهر

ẓ-h-r → “appeared”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

احدی

ʾ-ḥ-d → “one”

literal: oneness; unity; absolute unicity; singleness of divine essence

آن

ʾ-n → “these”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

نفوس

n-f-s → “men”

literal: self; soul; psyche

مقدّسه

q-d-s → “sanctified”

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

را

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

انکار

n-k-r → “repudiated”

literal: denial; rejection; repudiation; wrong; evil; to deny; to reject

مع

m-ʿ → “notwithstanding”

literal: with; together with; alongside

کلّ

literal: for us; to us

لیالی

l-ʾ-l → “pearls”

literal: night; darkness

ایّام

y-w-m → “day”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

بذکر

dh-k-r → “remembering” Distinctive

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

حقّ

ḥ-q-q → “one true God”

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

مشغول

sh-gh-l → “busied”

literal: to occupy; to engage; to busy; occupation

بودند

literal: to be; to exist; to have been

معابد

ʿ-b-d → “exercise of their devotions”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

قائم

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

‌ذلک

literal: abasement; humiliation; lowliness; to be abased

از

literal: from

مطالع

ṭ-l-ʿ → “Daysprings”

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

آیات

ʾ-y-y → “signs”

literal: verse; sign; miracle; proof; sign, verse, miracle, token, indication; ayah; he; him; it

ربّانیّه

r-b-b → “of God”

literal: divine; of God; lordly

بیّنات

b-y-n → “evidences”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

رحمانیّه

r-ḥ-m → “mercy” Distinctive

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

بی‌نصیب

n-ṣ-b → “portion” Distinctive

literal: portion; share; share, portion

چنانچه

literal: thus; in such manner; as

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