Gleanings — §321
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 321 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered آثار (áthár), صنع (ṣnʿ), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نما (nmá), تفکّر (tfkkr), کن (kn), خاتم (khátm), انبیا (inbíá) as “wondrous evidences, handiwork, and, reflect, is the Seal, the Prophets”
This form usually rendered as “strive”, “thou”, “endeavour” (38 occurrences)
SE rendered آثار (áthár), صنع (ṣnʿ), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نما (nmá), تفکّر (tfkkr), کن (kn), خاتم (khátm), انبیا (inbíá), میفرماید (mífrmáyd), زدنی (zdní) as “wondrous evidences, handiwork, and, reflect, is the Seal, the Prophets, hath said, “Increase”
SE rendered آثار (áthár), صنع (ṣnʿ), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نما (nmá), تفکّر (tfkkr), کن (kn), خاتم (khátm), انبیا (inbíá), میفرماید (mífrmáyd), زدنی (zdní) as “wondrous evidences, handiwork, and, reflect, is the Seal, the Prophets, hath said, “Increase”
SE expanded to “is the Seal”
SE rendered میفرماید (mífrmáyd), زدنی (zdní), فیک (fík), تحیّراً (tḥíḥráan), ذکرت (dhkrt), انتهآء (intháʾ), عالم (ʿálm), الأجسام (al-ʾajsám), عرفان (ʿrfán) as “hath said, “Increase, wonder, limitations, the physical, comprehension”
This form usually rendered as “limitations” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (364 occurrences)
SE rendered انتهآء (intháʾ), عالم (ʿálm), الأجسام (al-ʾajsám), عرفان (ʿrfán), مقام (mqám), معلّق (mʿllq) as “limitations, the physical, comprehension, dependeth”
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “understanding”, “recognize” (144 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “impending”, “dependent”, “suspended” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “eyes”, “sight”, “insight” (44 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “fix”, “seeing” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “time”, “all”, “hath” (31 occurrences)
literal: likewise; likewise, similarly; similarly, likewise
SE rendered خواهد (khúáhd), همچنین (hmchnín), خلق (khlq), الثّانی (ath-thání), مسبوق (msbúq), بالعلّة (bálʿllh) as “everlastingly, creation, likewise, however, cause”
This form usually rendered as “second”, “secondarily”, “secondly” (16 occurrences)
SE rendered همچنین (hmchnín), خلق (khlq), الثّانی (ath-thání), مسبوق (msbúq), بالعلّة (bálʿllh), اینصورت (iynṣúrt), حکم (ḥkm), توحید (túḥíd) as “creation, likewise, however, cause, unity”
SE rendered الثّانی (ath-thání), مسبوق (msbúq), بالعلّة (bálʿllh), اینصورت (iynṣúrt), حکم (ḥkm), توحید (túḥíd), ثابت (thábt) as “however, cause, unity, establisheth”
SE rendered الثّانی (ath-thání), مسبوق (msbúq), بالعلّة (bálʿllh), اینصورت (iynṣúrt), حکم (ḥkm), توحید (túḥíd), ثابت (thábt) as “however, cause, unity, establisheth”
This form usually rendered as “established”, “firmly”, “confirmed” (47 occurrences)