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Gleanings — §299

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 299 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ض والسّمآء ثمّ اشرب منها ولا تکن من الصّابرین تالله حین الّذي یصل الکأس إلی شفتاک لیقولنّ أهل ملأ الأعلی بأنّ هنیئًا لک یا أیّها العبد الموقن بالله وأهل مداین البقآء بأنّ مریئًا لک یا أیّها الشّارب من کأس حبّه وینادي لسان الکبریآء بأنّ بشری لک یا أیّها العبد بما فزت بما لا فاز به إلّا الّذینهم انقطعوا عن کلّ من في السّموات والأرض وکانوا من المنقطعین...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Emerge from behind the veil, by the leave of thy Lord, the All-Glorious, the Most Powerful, and seize, before the eyes of those who are in the heavens and those who are on the earth, the Chalice of Immortality, in the name of thy Lord, the Inaccessible, the Most High, and quaff thy fill, and be not of them that tarry. I swear by God! The moment thou touchest the Cup with thy lips, the Concourse on high will acclaim thee saying, “Drink with healthy relish, O man that hast truly believed in God!” and the inhabitants of the Cities of Immortality will cry out, “Joy be to thee, O thou that hast drained the Cup of His love!” and the Tongue of Grandeur will hail thee, “Great is the blessedness that awaiteth thee, O My servant, for thou hast attained unto that which none hath attained, except such as have detached themselves from all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, and who are the emblems of true detachment.”

Translation Notes

والسّمآء
s-m-w → “heavens”

literal: heaven; sky

ثمّ
th-m-m → “then”

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

اشرب
sh-r-b → “quaff thy fill”

literal: to drink; to imbibe

ولا
w-l-y

literal: friend; lord; guardian

تکن
k-w-n → “be”

literal: to be; existence

من
m-n → “of”

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

الصّابرین
ṣ-b-r → “them that tarry” Distinctive

literal: patience; forbearance; endurance; to be patient

تالله
ʾ-l-h → “I swear by God”

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

حین
ḥ-y-n → “moment”

literal: time; moment; while; season

یصل
w-ṣ-l → “and” Distinctive

literal: to reach; to arrive; to attain; to connect

الکأس
k-ʾ-s → “the Cup”

literal: cup; chalice; goblet

إلی
ʾ-l-y → “with” Distinctive

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

شفتاک
sh-f-h → “thy lips”

literal: lip

لیقولنّ
q-w-l → “Say” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

أهل
ʾ-h-l → “people”

literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin

ملأ
m-l-ʾ → “Concourse”

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

الأعلی
ʿ-l-w → “Most High”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

بأنّ
ʾ-n-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

هنیئًا
h-n-ʾ → ““Drink with healthy relish”

literal: blessed

لک
l → “His is”

literal: for us; to us

یا
y-ʾ → “O”

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

أیّها
ʾ-y-y → “signs” Distinctive

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

العبد
ʿ-b-d → “servant”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

الموقن
y-q-n → “certitude” Distinctive

literal: to be certain; to know with certainty

وأهل
ʾ-h-l → “people”

literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin

مداین
m-d-n → “Cities”

literal: religion; faith; creed; belief

البقآء
b-q-y → “of Immortality”

literal: remaining; everlasting; eternal; immortal; permanence; duration; continuance

مریئًا
m-r-ʾ → “man” Distinctive

literal: wholesome/agreeable; woman; person/man

حبّه
ḥ-b-b → “of His love!””

literal: love; affection

وینادي
n-d-y → “voice” Distinctive

literal: call; voice; cry; summons; to call; to proclaim; to cry out; to summon

لسان
l-s-n → “Tongue”

literal: tongue; language

الکبریآء
k-b-r → “of Grandeur”

literal: greatest; greater; grandeur

بشری
b-sh-r → “announce”

literal: human; mankind; human nature

بما
m-ʾ → “that” Distinctive

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

فزت
f-w-z → “thou hast attained”

literal: to attain; to gain; to succeed; to win

لا
l-ʾ → “or”

literal: no; not; negation particle

به
b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

إلّا
ʾ-kh-r → “end”

literal: end; hereafter; other

الّذینهم
l-dh-y → “such as”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

انقطعوا
q-ṭ-ʿ → “have detached themselves”

literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain

عن
ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

کلّ
k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

في
f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

والأرض
ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

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