Gleanings — §175

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 175 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ات طیور افئده را پرواز جدید آموخت و تحدید و تقلید را از کتاب محو نمود یا حزب العدل باید بمثابهٴ نور روشن باشید و مانند نار سدره مشتعل این نار محبّت احزاب مختلفه را در یک بساط جمع نماید و نار بغضا سبب و علّت تفریق و جدالست نسأل الله ان یحفظ عباده من شرّ أعدائه إنّه

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O people of Justice! Be as brilliant as the light, and as splendid as the fire that blazed in the Burning Bush. The brightness of the fire of your love will no doubt fuse and unify the contending peoples and kindreds of the earth, whilst the fierceness of the flame of enmity and hatred cannot but result in strife and ruin. We beseech God that He may shield His creatures from the evil designs of His enemies. He verily hath power over all things.

Translation Notes

ات

literal: come; came; bring

طیور

literal: bird; birds; flying creature

افئده

literal: heart, innermost soul, mind; heart; inner consciousness; mind; one who benefits; advantageous

را

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

پرواز

literal: to kindle, to light, to inflame

جدید

literal: new, novel, renewed; novelty, innovation

تحدید

literal: iron; sharp, keen, acute

تقلید

literal: imitation; blind following; tradition; conformity

از

literal: from

کتاب

literal: book; scripture; writing

محو

literal: to efface; to obliterate; to blot out; to cause to disappear

نمود

n-m-ʾ → “may” Distinctive

literal: to become; to be

یا

y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; or

حزب

ḥ-z-b → “people of Justice”

literal: party; people; community

العدل

literal: justice; equity

باید

b-y-d → “Be”

literal: by hand; with hands; eternal; perpetual; everlasting

بمثابهٴ

m-th-l → “as”

literal: like; example; parable; similitude

نور

n-w-r → “light”

literal: light; illumination

روشن

r-w-sh → “illumined”

literal: light; illumination; brilliance; clarity

باشید

literal: to be; to exist; to remain

مانند

m-ʾ-n → “remain”

literal: to remain; to stay; to be left

نار

n-ʾ-r → “fire”

literal: fire; blaze; flame

سدره

s-d-r → “Burning Bush”

literal: lote-tree; divine tree

مشتعل

sh-ʿ-l → “kindled”

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

این

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

محبّت

ḥ-b-b → “love”

literal: love; affection

مختلفه

literal: opposing; contrary; conflicting

در

literal: in; in, at; radiant

یک

y-k

literal: one; a single

بساط

literal: carpet; mat; carpet of realm; expanse; table; surface

جمع

j-m-ʿ → “all” Distinctive

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

بغضا

b-gh-ḍ → “enmity and hatred”

literal: hatred; enmity; animosity

سبب

s-b-b → “cause”

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

علّت

literal: for us; to us

تفریق

f-r-q → “separation”

literal: faction; sect; group; company

جدالست

literal: dispute; contention; disputation

نسأل

s-ʾ-l → “We beseech”

literal: question; problem; issue; matter; asking; petition; request

الله

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

ان

ʾ-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

یحفظ

ḥ-f-ẓ → “shield”

literal: protection; protect; preserve

عباده

ʿ-b-d → “creatures” Distinctive

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

من

m-n → “from”

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

شرّ

sh-r-r → “evil”

literal: evil; harm; wickedness

أعدائه

ʿ-d-w → “enemies”

literal: hostility, aggression, enmity, transgression

إنّه

ʾ-n-n → “He”

literal: I, verily; behold I

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