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Gleanings — §35

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 35 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

تأمّل فرمائيد که سبب اين افعال چه بود که باين قسم با طلعات جمال ذی الجلال سلوک مينمودند و هر چه که در آن ازمنه سبب اعراض و اغماض آن عباد بود حال هم سبب اغفال اين عباد شده و اگر بگوئيم حجج الهيّه کامل و تمام نبود لهذا سبب اعتراض عباد شد اين کفريست صراح لأجل آنکه اين بغايت از فيض فيّاض دور است و از رحمت منبسطه بعيد که نفسی را از ميان جميع عباد برگزيند برای هدايت خلق خود و باو حجّت کافيه وافيه عطا نفرمايد و معذلک خلق را از عدم اقبال باو معذّب فرمايد بلکه لم يزل جود سلطان وجود بر همه ممکنات بظهور مظاهر نفس خود احاطه فرموده و آنی نيست که فيض او منقطع شود و يا آنکه امطار رحمت از غمام عنايت او ممنوع گردد پس نيست اين امورات محدثه مگر از انفس محدوده که در وادی کبر و غرور حرکت مينمايند و در صحراهای بُعد سير مينمايند و بظنونات خود و هر چه از علمای خود شنيده‌اند همان را تأسّی مينمايند لهذا غير از اعراض امری ندارند و جز اغماض حاصلی نخواهند و اين معلوم است نزد هر ذی بصری که اگر اين عباد در ظهور هر يک از مظاهر شمس حقيقت چشم و گوش و قلب را از آنچه ديده و شنيده و ادراک نموده پاک و مقدّس مينمودند البتّه از جمال الهی محروم نمی ماندند و از حرم قرب و وصال مطالع قدسيّه ممنوع نمی گشتند و چون در هر زمان حجّت را بمعرفت خود که از علمای خود شنيده بودند ميزان مينمودند و بعقول ضعيفه آنها موافق نمی آمد لهذا از اينگونه امور غير مرضيّه از ايشان در عالم ظهور بظهور ميآمد ...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Reflect, what could have been the motive for such deeds? What could have prompted such behavior towards the Revealers of the beauty of the All-Glorious? Whatever in days gone by hath been the cause of the denial and opposition of those people hath now led to the perversity of the people of this age. To maintain that the testimony of Providence was incomplete, that it hath therefore been the cause of the denial of the people, is but open blasphemy. How far from the grace of the All-Bountiful and from His loving providence and tender mercies it is to single out a soul from amongst all men for the guidance of His creatures, and, on one hand, to withhold from Him the full measure of His divine testimony, and, on the other, inflict severe retribution on His people for having turned away from His chosen One! Nay, the manifold bounties of the Lord of all beings have, at all times, through the Manifestations of His Divine Essence, encompassed the earth and all that dwell therein. Not for a moment hath His grace been withheld, nor have the showers of His loving-kindness ceased to rain upon mankind. Consequently, such behavior can be attributed to naught save the petty-mindedness of such souls as tread the valley of arrogance and pride, are lost in the wilds of remoteness, walk in the ways of their idle fancy, and follow the dictates of the leaders of their faith. Their chief concern is mere opposition; their sole desire is to ignore the truth. Unto every discerning observer it is evident and manifest that had these people in the days of each of the Manifestations of the Sun of Truth sanctified their eyes, their ears, and their hearts from whatever they had seen, heard, and felt, they surely would not have been deprived of beholding the beauty of God, nor strayed far from the habitations of glory. But having weighed the testimony of God by the standard of their own knowledge, gleaned from the teachings of the leaders of their faith, and found it at variance with their limited understanding, they arose to perpetrate such unseemly acts.…

Translation Notes

قسم
qsm q-s-m

literal: oath, swear

SE rendered سبب (sbb), افعال (ifʿál), چه (chh), باين (báyn), قسم (qsm), طلعات (ṭlʿát), جمال (jmál), ذی (dhí), الجلال (al-jlál), سلوک (slúk) as “motive, deeds, Revealers of, beauty of, discerning, All-Glorious, behavior”

swear 51% beareth 16% kinds 5% such 5% like 5% righteousness 5% system 3% one 3% other 3% adjured 3%
صراح
ṣráḥ ṣ-r-ḥ

literal: explicit; clear, explicit; declaration

SE rendered سبب (sbb), اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), عباد (ʿbád), کفريست (kfríst), صراح (ṣráḥ), لأجل (lʾajl), آنکه (ánkh), بغايت (bgháyt), از (iz), فيض (fíḍ) as “cause, denial, people, blasphemy, grace of”

open 50% openly 50%
لأجل
lʾajl ʾ-j-l

literal: sake; term; term/appointed time

SE rendered اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), عباد (ʿbád), کفريست (kfríst), صراح (ṣráḥ), لأجل (lʾajl), آنکه (ánkh), بغايت (bgháyt), از (iz), فيض (fíḍ), فيّاض (fífáḍ) as “denial, people, blasphemy, grace of, All-Bountiful”

term 25% set 13% decree 13% inasmuch 13% appointed 13% sake 13% death 13%
بغايت
bgháyt gh-y-t

literal: end

SE rendered کفريست (kfríst), صراح (ṣráḥ), لأجل (lʾajl), آنکه (ánkh), بغايت (bgháyt), از (iz), فيض (fíḍ), فيّاض (fífáḍ), دور (dúr) as “blasphemy, grace of, All-Bountiful, far from”

wish 17% how 17% utterly 17% highest 17% sorely 17% end 17%
منبسطه
mnbsṭh b-s-ṭ

literal: carpet; extended; carpet, expanse

SE rendered فيض (fíḍ), فيّاض (fífáḍ), دور (dúr), از (iz), رحمت (rḥmt), منبسطه (mnbsṭh), بعيد (bʿíd), نفسی (nfsí), از (iz), ميان (míán), جميع (jmíʿ) as “grace of, All-Bountiful, far from, loving providence, far, soul, amongst, all”

برگزيند
brgzínd brgzínd

literal: choose; to choose, to select

SE rendered نفسی (nfsí), از (iz), ميان (míán), جميع (jmíʿ), عباد (ʿbád), برگزيند (brgzínd), برای (bráy), هدايت (hdáyt), خلق (khlq), باو (báw), حجّت (ḥjjt) as “soul, amongst, all, men, guidance, creatures, Him, testimony”

2 occurrences in corpus

وافيه
wáfíh w-f-y

literal: faithfulness; fidelity; fulfill

SE rendered خلق (khlq), باو (báw), حجّت (ḥjjt), کافيه (káfíh), وافيه (wáfíh), عطا (ʿṭá), نفرمايد (nfrmáyd), معذلک (mʿdhlk), خلق (khlq) as “people, Him, testimony, full measure”

عطا
ʿṭá ʿ-ṭ-w

literal: bounty

SE rendered باو (báw), حجّت (ḥjjt), کافيه (káfíh), وافيه (wáfíh), عطا (ʿṭá), نفرمايد (nfrmáyd), معذلک (mʿdhlk), خلق (khlq) as “Him, testimony, full measure, people”

معذلک
mʿdhlk dh-l-k

literal: thus; thus, likewise; likewise

SE rendered کافيه (káfíh), وافيه (wáfíh), عطا (ʿṭá), نفرمايد (nfrmáyd), معذلک (mʿdhlk), خلق (khlq), از (iz), عدم (ʿdm), اقبال (iqbál) as “full measure, people, turned away”

thus 71% such 17% yet 4% even 4% wise 4%
عدم
ʿdm ʿ-d-m

literal: non-existence; non-existent; nonexistent

SE rendered خلق (khlq), از (iz), عدم (ʿdm), اقبال (iqbál), باو (báw), معذّب (mʿdhdhb), فرمايد (frmáyd), بلکه (blkh) as “people, turned away, Nay”

معذّب
mʿdhdhb ʿ-dh-b

literal: torment; tormented

SE rendered خلق (khlq), از (iz), عدم (ʿdm), اقبال (iqbál), باو (báw), معذّب (mʿdhdhb), فرمايد (frmáyd), بلکه (blkh), يزل (yzl), جود (júd), سلطان (slṭán) as “people, turned away, Nay, manifold bounties, Lord”

يزل
yzl z-w-l

literal: cease; to cease; ceased

SE rendered اقبال (iqbál), باو (báw), معذّب (mʿdhdhb), فرمايد (frmáyd), بلکه (blkh), يزل (yzl), جود (júd), سلطان (slṭán), وجود (wjúd), بر (br), همه (hmh) as “turned away, Nay, manifold bounties, Lord, upon, all beings”

time 20% all 20% hath 16% everlasting 12% throughout 8% ever 8% invariably 4% never 4% will 4% eternity 4%
وجود
wjúd w-j-d

literal: existence; existent

SE rendered بلکه (blkh), يزل (yzl), جود (júd), سلطان (slṭán), وجود (wjúd), بر (br), همه (hmh), ممکنات (mmknát), بظهور (bẓhúr), مظاهر (mẓáhr), نفس (nfs) as “Nay, manifold bounties, Lord, upon, all beings, through, Manifestations, Divine Essence”

world 17% notwithstanding 17% all 14% beings 11% creation 8% yet 8% mankind 8% existence 6% exist 6% souls 6%
ممکنات
mmknát m-k-n

literal: possible things

SE rendered جود (júd), سلطان (slṭán), وجود (wjúd), بر (br), همه (hmh), ممکنات (mmknát), بظهور (bẓhúr), مظاهر (mẓáhr), نفس (nfs), احاطه (iḥáṭh) as “manifold bounties, Lord, upon, all beings, through, Manifestations, Divine Essence, encompassed”

all 48% entire 15% created 10% creation 6% whole 5% beings 5% universe 3% creatures 3% every 3% earth 2%
غمام
ghmám gh-m-m

literal: clouds; cloud; cloud, clouds

SE rendered امطار (imṭár), رحمت (rḥmt), از (iz), غمام (ghmám), عنايت (ʿnáyt), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), گردد (grdd), پس (ps), نيست (níst) as “showers of, loving-kindness, ceased, Consequently, be attributed”

عنايت
ʿnáyt ʿ-n-y

literal: care

SE rendered امطار (imṭár), رحمت (rḥmt), از (iz), غمام (ghmám), عنايت (ʿnáyt), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), گردد (grdd), پس (ps), نيست (níst) as “showers of, loving-kindness, ceased, Consequently, be attributed”

محدثه
mḥdthh ḥ-d-th

literal: tradition; traditions; tradition, hadith

SE rendered ممنوع (mmnúʿ), گردد (grdd), پس (ps), نيست (níst), امورات (imúrát), محدثه (mḥdthh), مگر (mgr), از (iz), انفس (infs), محدوده (mḥdúdh), وادی (wádí) as “ceased, Consequently, be attributed, souls, petty-mindedness, valley”

حرکت
ḥrkt ḥ-r-k

literal: movement; move; movement, motion

SE rendered محدوده (mḥdúdh), وادی (wádí), کبر (kbr), غرور (ghrúr), حرکت (ḥrkt), مينمايند (mínmáynd), صحراهای (ṣḥráháy) as “petty-mindedness, valley, arrogance, pride, hath, wilds”

سير
sír s-y-r

literal: other; conduct; journey

SE rendered مينمايند (mínmáynd), صحراهای (ṣḥráháy), سير (sír), مينمايند (mínmáynd), بظنونات (bẓnúnát) as “hath, wilds, fancy”

made 20% path 20% walk 20% concerning 20% traverse 20%
ندارند
ndárnd dáshtn

literal: have; to have

SE rendered مينمايند (mínmáynd), لهذا (lhdhá), غير (ghír), از (iz), اعراض (iʿráḍ), امری (imrí), ندارند (ndárnd), جز (jz), اغماض (ighmáḍ), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí) as “hath, opposition, ignore the, found”

have 60% all 20% possess 20%
نخواهند
nkhúáhnd khúástn

literal: will; to want/will

SE rendered امری (imrí), ندارند (ndárnd), جز (jz), اغماض (ighmáḍ), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí), نخواهند (nkhúáhnd), معلوم (mʿlúm), نزد (nzd), هر (hr) as “opposition, ignore the, found, Unto, every”

will 50% tread 50%
بصری
bṣrí b-ṣ-r

literal: sight; insight; eyes

SE rendered معلوم (mʿlúm), نزد (nzd), هر (hr), ذی (dhí), بصری (bṣrí), عباد (ʿbád), ظهور (ẓhúr), هر (hr), يک (yk) as “Unto, each, people, the days, one”

discerning 50% eye 20% observer 10% mine 10% sight 10%
مقدّس
mqdds q-d-s

literal: holiness; holy; sanctified

SE rendered شنيده (shnídh), ادراک (idrák), نموده (nmúdh), پاک (pák), مقدّس (mqdds), مينمودند (mínmúdnd), البتّه (al-btth), از (iz), جمال (jmál), الهی (al-hí) as “heard, felt, they, sanctified, have, beauty, of God”

نمی
nmí n-h-y

literal: end; utmost; ended

SE rendered مينمودند (mínmúdnd), البتّه (al-btth), از (iz), جمال (jmál), الهی (al-hí), محروم (mḥrúm), نمی (nmí), ماندند (mándnd), از (iz), حرم (ḥrm), قرب (qrb) as “have, beauty, of God, deprived, habitations, glory”

ماندند
mándnd mándn

literal: remain; remained; to remain

SE rendered جمال (jmál), الهی (al-hí), محروم (mḥrúm), نمی (nmí), ماندند (mándnd), از (iz), حرم (ḥrm), قرب (qrb) as “beauty, of God, deprived, habitations, glory”

failed 25% deprived 25% have 25% lost 25%
وصال
wṣál w-ṣ-l

literal: union; reunion

SE rendered حرم (ḥrm), قرب (qrb), وصال (wṣál), مطالع (mṭálʿ), قدسيّه (qdsísh), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), نمی (nmí), گشتند (gshtnd) as “habitations, glory, nor strayed, have been”

موافق
múáfq w-f-q

literal: agreement

SE rendered مينمودند (mínmúdnd), بعقول (bʿqúl), ضعيفه (ḍʿífh), آنها (ánhá), موافق (múáfq), نمی (nmí), آمد (ámd), لهذا (lhdhá), از (iz), اينگونه (iyngúnh), امور (imúr) as “have, understanding, limited, acts.…”

آمد
ámd ámdn

literal: come; came; to come

SE rendered بعقول (bʿqúl), ضعيفه (ḍʿífh), آنها (ánhá), موافق (múáfq), نمی (nmí), آمد (ámd), لهذا (lhdhá), از (iz), اينگونه (iyngúnh), امور (imúr), غير (ghír) as “understanding, limited, acts.…, unseemly”

came 21% come 16% hath 16% turned 11% now 11% appeared 5% befallen 5% arose 5% approaching 5% made 5%

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