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Gleanings — §340

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 340 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

این بسی معلوم و واضح است که کل بعد از موت مطّلع بافعال و اعمال خود خواهند شد قسم بآفتاب افق اقتدار که اهل حقّ را در آن حین فرحی دست دهد که ذکر آن ممکن نه و هم‌چنین اصحاب ضلال را خوف و اضطراب و وحشتی رو نماید که فوق آن متصوّر نه نیکوست حال نفسی که رحیق لطیف باقی ایمان را از ید عنایت و الطاف مالک ادیان گرفت و آشامید…

Shoghi Effendi Translation

It is clear and evident that all men shall, after their physical death, estimate the worth of their deeds, and realize all that their hands have wrought. I swear by the Daystar that shineth above the horizon of Divine power! They that are the followers of the one true God shall, the moment they depart out of this life, experience such joy and gladness as would be impossible to describe, while they that live in error shall be seized with such fear and trembling, and shall be filled with such consternation, as nothing can exceed. Well is it with him that hath quaffed the choice and incorruptible wine of faith through the gracious favor and the manifold bounties of Him Who is the Lord of all Faiths.…

Translation Notes

بسی
bsí b-s-y

literal: many; many, often; very much

SE rendered بسی (bsí), معلوم (mʿlúm), واضح (wáḍḥ) as “clear and evident”

اعمال
iʿmál ʿ-m-l

literal: deed; deeds; work

SE rendered از (iz), موت (mút), مطّلع (mṭṭlʿ), بافعال (báfʿál), اعمال (iʿmál), خواهند (khúáhnd), قسم (qsm), بآفتاب (báftáb), افق (ifq) as “physical death, their deeds, shall, I swear by, the Daystar, horizon of Divine power”

deeds 41% all 13% doings 13% works 9% acts 7% deed 4% behavior 4% goodly 4% words 4% men’s 4%
اقتدار
iqtdár q-d-r

literal: power; powerful

SE rendered خواهند (khúáhnd), قسم (qsm), بآفتاب (báftáb), افق (ifq), اقتدار (iqtdár), اهل (ihl), حقّ (ḥqq), حین (ḥín), فرحی (frḥí) as “shall, I swear by, the Daystar, horizon of Divine power, the one true God, moment, such joy”

اهل
ihl ʾ-h-l

literal: people; people/folk; people/inhabitants

SE rendered قسم (qsm), بآفتاب (báftáb), افق (ifq), اقتدار (iqtdár), اهل (ihl), حقّ (ḥqq), حین (ḥín), فرحی (frḥí), دست (dst), دهد (dhd) as “I swear by, the Daystar, horizon of Divine power, the one true God, moment, such joy, experience”

دست
dst dst

literal: hand; hand, grasp

SE rendered حقّ (ḥqq), حین (ḥín), فرحی (frḥí), دست (dst), دهد (dhd), ذکر (dhkr), ممکن (mmkn), نه (nh), هم‌چنین (hm‌chnín) as “the one true God, moment, such joy, experience, be impossible to describe, while”

hand 38% hands 29% slumber 4% clutches 4% within 4% power 4% hath 4% forfeit 4% tyranny 4% grip 4%
ذکر
dhkr dh-k-r

literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned

SE rendered حین (ḥín), فرحی (frḥí), دست (dst), دهد (dhd), ذکر (dhkr), ممکن (mmkn), نه (nh), هم‌چنین (hm‌chnín), اصحاب (iṣḥáb) as “moment, such joy, experience, be impossible to describe, while, they that live in error”

ضلال
ḍlál ḍ-l-l

literal: error; error, misguidance; error/misguidance

SE rendered ممکن (mmkn), نه (nh), هم‌چنین (hm‌chnín), اصحاب (iṣḥáb), ضلال (ḍlál), خوف (khúf), اضطراب (iḍṭráb), وحشتی (wḥshtí), رو (rú) as “be impossible to describe, while, they that live in error, such fear, and trembling, such consternation, be”

error 56% have 11% erring 11% failure 6% wayward 6% froward 6% gone 6%
نیکوست
níkúst n-y-k → “well is it”

literal: good; better; good, beautiful

SE expanded to “Well is it”

well 67% blessed 33%
باقی
báqí b-q-y

literal: remaining; eternity

SE rendered نیکوست (níkúst), حال (ḥál), نفسی (nfsí), رحیق (rḥíq), لطیف (lṭíf), باقی (báqí), ایمان (iymán), از (iz), ید (yd), عنایت (ʿnáyt), الطاف (aṭ-ṭáf) as “Well is it, him, incorruptible wine, choice, of faith, through, gracious favor, manifold bounties”

آشامید…
áshámíd… sh-r-b

literal: drink; to drink

SE rendered الطاف (aṭ-ṭáf), مالک (málk), ادیان (idíán), گرفت (grft), آشامید… (áshámíd…) as “manifold bounties, Him Who is the Lord, of all Faiths.…, hath quaffed”

hast 50% drink 50%

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