Gleanings — §346

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 346 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

معموله بلسانی غیر این السن مذکوره تکلّم مینمودند و اختلاف السن در ارضی که به بابل معروف است از بعد وقوع یافت لذا آن ارض به بابل نامیده شد ای تبلبل فیها اللّسان ای اختلفت و بعد لسان سریانی مابین ناس معتبر بوده و کتب الهی از قبل بآن لسان نازل تا ایّامی که خلیل الرّحمن

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Consider the differences that have arisen since the days of Adam. The divers and widely-known languages now spoken by the peoples of the earth were originally unknown, as were the varied rules and customs now prevailing amongst them. The people of those times spoke a language different from those now known. Diversities of language arose in a later age, in a land known as Babel. It was given the name Babel, because the term signifieth “the place where the confusion of tongues arose.”

Translation Notes

معموله

mʿmúlh ʿ-m-l

literal: deed; deeds; work

SE rendered معموله (mʿmúlh), بلسانی (blsání), غیر (ghír), السن (as-sn) as “a language, different from, those now known”

now 33% done 33% enforceth 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: integrity and uprightness gleaningsGWB §345: are now current kitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: conditions prayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: have observed tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conforming the-hidden-wordsHW §39: Walk will-and-testamentW&T §24: Consort epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: His actions

بلسانی

blsání l-s-n → “language”

literal: tongue; tongue, language; tongues

tongue 75% language 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: tongues gleaningsGWB §346: of tongues kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: His tongue the-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: through the tongue gleaningsGWB §1: no tongue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: mouth

غیر

ghír gh-y-r → “different from” Distinctive

literal: other; other than

This form usually rendered as “other”, “without”, “another” (106 occurrences)

other 28% without 11% another 11% none 11% any 8% others 8% different 6% unseemly 6% else 6% anyone 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: conflict fire-tabletFire §21: perverted gleaningsGWB §466: any thing reprehensible kitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: through prayers-and-meditationsP&M §568: aught else except Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §102: a will-and-testamentW&T §19: dissenting epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: any one else

مذکوره

mdhkúrh dh-k-r

literal: mention; mentioned

SE rendered بلسانی (blsání), غیر (ghír), السن (as-sn), مذکوره (mdhkúrh), تکلّم (tkllm), مینمودند (mínmúdnd), اختلاف (ikhtláf), السن (as-sn) as “a language, different from, of language, spoke, Diversities”