Gleanings — §156

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 156 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

کلّ نفس من لدن مقتدر قدیر وفي مقام یطلق البرص علی کلّ ما یحتجب به العبد عن عرفان ربّه والّذي احتجب إنّه أبرص ولا یذکر في ملکوت الله العزیز الحمید وإنّا نشهد بأنّ من کلمة الله طهّر کلّ أبرص وبرئ کلّ علیل وطاب کلّ مریض وإنّها لمطهّر العالم طوبی لمن أقبل إلیها بوجه منیر...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Leprosy may be interpreted as any veil that interveneth between man and the recognition of the Lord, his God. Whoso alloweth himself to be shut out from Him is indeed a leper, who shall not be remembered in the Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. We bear witness that through the power of the Word of God every leper was cleansed, every sickness was healed, every human infirmity was banished. He it is Who purified the world. Blessed is the man who, with a face beaming with light, hath turned towards Him.

Translation Notes

کلّ

k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

نفس

n-f-s → “man” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

من

m-n → “through the power” Distinctive

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

لدن

l-d-n → “by”

literal: from; on the part of; from before; near

مقتدر

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

مقام

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

یطلق

ṭ-l-q → “applied” Distinctive

literal: divorce; release; freeing

البرص

b-r-ṣ → “Leprosy”

literal: leper; one afflicted with leprosy

علی

ʿ-l-w → “as” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

ما

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

یحتجب

ḥ-j-b → “veils” Distinctive

literal: to veil oneself, to be veiled

به

b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

العبد

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

عن

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

عرفان

ʿ-r-f → “recognition” Distinctive

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

ربّه

r-b-b → “Lord, his God”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

والّذي

dh-w-y → “and” Distinctive

literal: who; which; that which

إنّه

ʾ-n-n → “that”

literal: I, verily; behold I

ولا

w-l-y → “Lord” Distinctive

literal: no; not; negation particle

یذکر

dh-k-r → “remembered”

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

في

f-y → “in”

literal: faithfulness; loyalty; fulfillment; fidelity; to be faithful; faithful, loyal

ملکوت

m-l-k → “Kingdom”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty

الله

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

العزیز

ʿ-z-z → “Mighty”

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

الحمید

ḥ-m-d → “All-Praised”

literal: praise; to praise

وإنّا

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: I; ego; self; myself

نشهد

sh-h-d → “bear witness”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

بأنّ

ʾ-n-n → “that”

literal: I, verily; behold I

کلمة

k-l-m → “Word”

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

طهّر

ṭ-h-r → “cleansed”

literal: to purify; to cleanse

وبرئ

b-r-ʾ → “Thy people” Distinctive

literal: to create; to create anew; to be free from; innocent; free from; clear of; to cure; to heal; to clear

علیل

ʿ-l-l → “cause” Distinctive

literal: cause; reason; illness; defect

وطاب

literal: good; pure; sweet; fragrant; virtuous

مریض

m-r-ḍ → “ills” Distinctive

literal: illness, disease; sickness

وإنّها

ʾ-n-n → “that” Distinctive

literal: I, verily; behold I

العالم

ʿ-l-m → “world”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

طوبی

ṭ-w-b → “Blessed”

literal: happiness; blessedness; felicity

أقبل

q-b-l → “turned”

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

إلیها

ʾ-l-y → “towards Him”

literal: to it; towards it; unto it

بوجه

w-j-h → “with a face” Distinctive

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

منیر...

n-w-r → “beaming with light” Distinctive

literal: from me; mine; by me

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