Gleanings — §30
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 30 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “such” (339 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
SE expanded to “We made reply”
SE rendered قرّت (qrrt), عينك (ʿínk), وعين (wʿín), الوجود (al-wjúd), وابتسم (wábtsm), ثغر (thghr), الغيب (al-ghíb), والشّهود (wálshshhúd), طوبى (ṭúbى) as “cheering, eyes, and those of all, creation, filling, invisible, visible, Rejoice”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “blessed”, “happy”, “well” (123 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
SE rendered حولكِ (ḥúlk), وذكر (wdhkr), ظهوركِ (ẓhúrk), وبروزكِ (wbrúzk), فزتِ (fzt), فضل (fḍl), اللّه (al-lh), ربّك (rbbk), خذي (khdhí), كأس (kʾas) as “around, proclaimeth, revelation, glory, bounty, God, Lord thy, Seize, Chalice”
This form usually rendered as “joy”, “into”, “gladness” (14 occurrences)
SE rendered حزنك (ḥznk), بالسّرور (bálssrúr), وهمّك (whmmk), بالفرح (bálfrḥ), الأكبر (al-ʾakbr), رحمة (rḥmh), عنده (ʿndh), يحبّ (yḥbb), المقام (al-mqám) as “sorrow, gladness, grief, blissful joy, mercy, He, loveth, spot”
This form usually rendered as “sighs”, “groans”, “cries” (17 occurrences)