Gleanings — §331

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 331 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

را یک دانند و جوهر توحید آنکه مطلع ظهور حقّ را با غیب منیع لایدرک یک دانی باین معنی که افعال و اعمال و اوامر و نواهی او را از او دانی من غیر فصل و وصل و ذکر و اشارة اینست منتها مقامات مراتب توحید طوبی لمن فاز به و کان من الرّاسخین...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The essence of belief in Divine unity consisteth in regarding Him Who is the Manifestation of God and Him Who is the invisible, the inaccessible, the unknowable Essence as one and the same. By this is meant that whatever pertaineth to the former, all His acts and doings, whatever He ordaineth or forbiddeth, should be considered, in all their aspects, and under all circumstances, and without any reservation, as identical with the Will of God Himself. This is the loftiest station to which a true believer in the unity of God can ever hope to attain. Blessed is the man that reacheth this station, and is of them that are steadfast in their belief.

Translation Notes

را

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

یک

y-k → “one”

literal: one; a single

دانند

d-ʾ-n → “considered” Distinctive

literal: to know, deem, consider, suppose

جوهر

j-w-h-r → “essence”

literal: jewel; essence; gem; substance

توحید

w-ḥ-d → “Divine unity”

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

آنکه

ʾ-n → “to” Distinctive

literal: that; indeed; that, to

مطلع

ṭ-l-ʿ → “Manifestation” Distinctive

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

ظهور

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

حقّ

ḥ-q-q → “God”

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

با

literal: to; with; by

غیب

gh-y-b → “invisible”

literal: the unseen; the invisible; the hidden; the unknowable; stranger; foreign; alien; separated

منیع

m-n-ʿ → “inaccessible” Distinctive

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

لایدرک

d-r-k → “comprehend” Distinctive

literal: to overtake; to catch; to reach; to attain; to perceive; to comprehend

باین

b-y-n → “By this” Distinctive

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

معنی

ʿ-n-y → “loving-kindness” Distinctive

literal: meaning; sense; significance

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

افعال

f-ʿ-l → “acts”

literal: to do, act, make; deed, action

اعمال

ʿ-m-l → “doings”

literal: to work; to act; to do; to perform

اوامر

ʾ-m-r → “Cause” Distinctive

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

نواهی

n-h-y → “forbiddeth” Distinctive

literal: to forbid; to prohibit; to refrain

او

literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song

از

literal: from

من

m-n

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

غیر

gh-y-r → “without”

literal: without; besides; other than; except; other; different

فصل

literal: detail; distinction; differentiation; to detail; to separate

وصل

literal: reunion; union; meeting; connection

ذکر

literal: remembrance; mention; memory

اشارة

literal: king; sovereign; ruler; majesty

اینست

h-s-t → “are” Distinctive

literal: is; be; are

مقامات

q-w-m → “station”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

مراتب

r-t-b → “station”

literal: rank; station; degree; time; instance

طوبی

ṭ-w-b → “Blessed”

literal: happiness; blessedness; felicity

فاز

f-w-z → “attain”

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

به

b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

کان

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

الرّاسخین...

r-s-kh → “steadfast”

literal: steadfast; firm; firmly rooted; established

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