Gleanings — §35
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 35 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered تأمّل (tʾamml), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), سبب (sbb), افعال (ifʿál), چه (chh) as “Reflect, motive, deeds”
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “instrument”, “means” (158 occurrences)
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”
This form usually rendered as “behaviour”, “deal”, “show” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “deluded”, “what”, “sought” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “days gone by”
This form usually rendered as “god”, “divine”, “lord” (900 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “perfect”, “full”, “all-powerful” (24 occurrences)
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”
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”
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”
This form usually rendered as “mercy”, “mercies”, “grace” (80 occurrences)
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”
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
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”
SE rendered باو (báw), حجّت (ḥjjt), کافيه (káfíh), وافيه (wáfíh), عطا (ʿṭá), نفرمايد (nfrmáyd), معذلک (mʿdhlk), خلق (khlq) as “Him, testimony, full measure, people”
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”
SE rendered خلق (khlq), از (iz), عدم (ʿdm), اقبال (iqbál), باو (báw), معذّب (mʿdhdhb), فرمايد (frmáyd), بلکه (blkh) as “people, turned away, Nay”
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”
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”
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bountiful”, “grace” (35 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
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”
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”
This form usually rendered as “revelation”, “manifestation”, “dispensation” (397 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “rid”, “detached”, “wholly” (50 occurrences)
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”
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”
This form usually rendered as “strayed”, “withhold”, “forbidden” (38 occurrences)
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”
SE rendered محدوده (mḥdúdh), وادی (wádí), کبر (kbr), غرور (ghrúr), حرکت (ḥrkt), مينمايند (mínmáynd), صحراهای (ṣḥráháy) as “petty-mindedness, valley, arrogance, pride, hath, wilds”
SE rendered مينمايند (mínmáynd), صحراهای (ṣḥráháy), سير (sír), مينمايند (mínmáynd), بظنونات (bẓnúnát) as “hath, wilds, fancy”
This form usually rendered as “idle”, “fancies”, “ways” (14 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “others”, “other”, “without” (150 occurrences)
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”
This form usually rendered as “utterly”, “result” (7 occurrences)
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”
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”
This form usually rendered as “comprehend”, “understanding”, “apprehend” (142 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cleanse”, “cleansed”, “pure” (30 occurrences)
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”
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”
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”
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “proximity”, “nearness” (61 occurrences)
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”
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.…”
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”
SE rendered امور (imúr), غير (ghír), مرضيّه (mrḍíḍh) as “acts.…, unseemly”