Gleanings — §351

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 351 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

باید بمنظر اکبر ناظر شد و توجّه را از جمیع این اختلافات و اذکار برداشت

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Please God thou wilt turn thine eyes towards the Most Great Revelation, and entirely disregard these conflicting tales and traditions.

Translation Notes

باید

báyd b-y-d → “must”

literal: must; must, should

must 56% incumbent 25% should 13% behooveth 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: behooveth gleaningsGWB §564: should kitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: awaken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: wilderness the-hidden-wordsHW §53: be no more will-and-testamentW&T §25: must be epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: incumbent upon gleaningsGWB §334: quickened

بمنظر

bmnẓr n-ẓ-r → “turn thine eyes towards” Distinctive

literal: look; looking; view

This form usually rendered as “most”, “sublime”, “scene” (22 occurrences)

SE expanded to “turn thine eyes towards”

most 19% sublime 13% scene 13% eyes 13% vision 13% turn 6% spot 6% towards 6% habitation 6% resplendent 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: Gaze fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §651: fixed His gaze kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turn kitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: wait expecting prayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: Look not on my tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh

توجّه

tújjh w-j-h

literal: face; turning

SE rendered باید (báyd), بمنظر (bmnẓr), اکبر (ikbr), ناظر (náẓr), توجّه (tújjh), از (iz), جمیع (jmíʿ), اختلافات (ikhtláfát) as “Please God thou wilt, turn thine eyes towards, Most Great, Revelation,, conflicting”

turning 30% turn 17% set 13% turned 10% setting 9% hath 4% directed 4% proceeded 4% directing 4% visited 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: turning towards fire-tabletFire §30: This Face gleaningsGWB §28: turned kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faces kitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenance prayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: Thy countenance tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of the the-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face

از

iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered بمنظر (bmnẓr), اکبر (ikbr), ناظر (náẓr), توجّه (tújjh), از (iz), جمیع (jmíʿ), اختلافات (ikhtláfát), اذکار (idhkár), برداشت (brdásht) as “turn thine eyes towards, Most Great, Revelation,, conflicting, entirely disregard”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst

جمیع

jmíʿ j-m-ʿ

literal: all; all, entire

SE rendered اکبر (ikbr), ناظر (náẓr), توجّه (tújjh), از (iz), جمیع (jmíʿ), اختلافات (ikhtláfát), اذکار (idhkár), برداشت (brdásht) as “Most Great, Revelation,, conflicting, entirely disregard”