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Gleanings — §324

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 324 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ملاحظه در نفس ناطقه که ودیعهٴ ربّانیّه است در انفس انسانیّه نمائید مثلاً در خود ملاحظه نما که حرکت و سکون و اراده و مشیّت و دون آن و فوق آن و هم‌چنین سمع و بصر و شمّ و نطق و مادون آن از حواسّ ظاهره و باطنه جمیع بوجود آن موجودند چنانچه اگر نسبت او از بدن اقلّ من آن مقطوع شود جمیع این حواسّ از آثار و افعال خود محجوب و ممنوع شوند و این بسی واضح و معلوم بوده که اثر جمیع این اسباب مذکوره منوط و مشروط بوجود نفس ناطقه که آیهٴ تجلّی سلطان احدیّه است بوده و خواهد بود چنانچه از ظهور او جمیع این اسماء و صفات ظاهر و از بطون آن جمیع معدوم و فانی شوند

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Consider the rational faculty with which God hath endowed the essence of man. Examine thine own self, and behold how thy motion and stillness, thy will and purpose, thy sight and hearing, thy sense of smell and power of speech, and whatever else is related to, or transcendeth, thy physical senses or spiritual perceptions, all proceed from, and owe their existence to, this same faculty. So closely are they related unto it, that if in less than the twinkling of an eye its relationship to the human body be severed, each and every one of these senses will cease immediately to exercise its function, and will be deprived of the power to manifest the evidences of its activity. It is indubitably clear and evident that each of these aforementioned instruments has depended, and will ever continue to depend, for its proper functioning on this rational faculty, which should be regarded as a sign of the revelation of Him Who is the sovereign Lord of all. Through its manifestation all these names and attributes have been revealed, and by the suspension of its action they are all destroyed and perish.

Translation Notes

نمائید
nmáʾíd nmúdn

literal: show

SE rendered ربّانیّه (rbbánính), انفس (infs), انسانیّه (insánính), نمائید (nmáʾíd), مثلاً (mthláan), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نما (nmá) as “God, essence, Examine, behold”

ye 37% yourselves 13% show 10% may 10% ponder 7% thou 7% have 7% confer 3% set 3% meditate 3%
هم‌چنین
hm‌chnín hmchnín

literal: likewise; likewise, similarly; similarly, likewise

SE rendered مشیّت (mshíht), دون (dún), هم‌چنین (hm‌chnín), سمع (smʿ), بصر (bṣr), شمّ (shmm), نطق (nṭq), مادون (mádún) as “purpose, related to, or transcendeth, hearing, sight, sense of smell, power of speech, physical senses”

ممنوع
mmnúʿ m-n-ʿ

literal: prevent; prevented; prevention

SE rendered آثار (áthár), افعال (ifʿál), محجوب (mḥjúb), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), شوند (shúnd), بسی (bsí), واضح (wáḍḥ), معلوم (mʿlúm) as “the evidences, exercise its, deprived, be, indubitably clear, evident”

شوند
shúnd shdn → “be”

literal: become; to become

SE rendered افعال (ifʿál), محجوب (mḥjúb), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), شوند (shúnd), بسی (bsí), واضح (wáḍḥ), معلوم (mʿlúm) as “exercise its, deprived, be, indubitably clear, evident”

may 25% will 15% would 10% should 10% made 10% must 10% mayest 5% might 5% again 5% commissioned 5%
بسی
bsí b-s-y → “how” Distinctive

literal: many; many, often; very much

This form usually rendered as “clear”, “astonishingly”, “admittedly” (4 occurrences)

واضح
wáḍḥ w-ḍ-ḥ

literal: clear; clear, evident; clear/evident

SE rendered محجوب (mḥjúb), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), شوند (shúnd), بسی (bsí), واضح (wáḍḥ), معلوم (mʿlúm), اثر (ithr), جمیع (jmíʿ) as “deprived, be, indubitably clear, evident, its proper functioning, each”

منوط
mnúṭ n-w-ṭ

literal: dependent; dependent, conditional

SE rendered اثر (ithr), جمیع (jmíʿ), اسباب (isbáb), مذکوره (mdhkúrh), منوط (mnúṭ), مشروط (mshrúṭ), بوجود (bújúd) as “its proper functioning, each, aforementioned, on this rational faculty”

مشروط
mshrúṭ sh-r-ṭ

literal: condition; conditions; condition/requirement

SE rendered جمیع (jmíʿ), اسباب (isbáb), مذکوره (mdhkúrh), منوط (mnúṭ), مشروط (mshrúṭ), بوجود (bújúd), نفس (nfs), ناطقه (náṭqh), آیهٴ (áyhٴ), تجلّی (tjllí) as “each, aforementioned, on this rational faculty, sign, revelation”

خواهد
khúáhd khúástn

literal: will; to want/will

SE rendered تجلّی (tjllí), سلطان (slṭán), احدیّه (iḥdídh), خواهد (khúáhd), چنانچه (chnánchh), از (iz), ظهور (ẓhúr), جمیع (jmíʿ) as “revelation, sovereign, Lord, manifestation, all”

will 59% shall 11% endure 4% can 4% ever 4% desireth 4% purpose 4% could 4% would 4% wishing 4%

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