Gleanings — §358
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 358 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “utterances”, “sayings”, “statements” (50 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been said”
This form usually rendered as “still”, ““there” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “ordain”, “power” (181 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “such”, “much”, “how” (45 occurrences)
SE rendered همهٔ (hmh), غیب (ghíb), شهود (shhúd), اینست (iynst), میفرماید (mífrmáyd), أَیَکُونُ (ʾayakún), لِغَیرِکَ (lighayrik) as “all, invisible, visible, Thus hath He revealed, “Hath, aught else save Thee”
This form usually rendered as “will” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “aught else save Thee”
SE rendered عُمِیَتْ (ʿumíat), عَینٌ (ʿaynun), تَرَاکَ"، (taráka"،), باز (báz), سلطان (slṭán), بقا (bqá) as “Blind, eye, King, eternal”
SE rendered عُمِیَتْ (ʿumíat), عَینٌ (ʿaynun), تَرَاکَ"، (taráka"،), باز (báz), سلطان (slṭán), بقا (bqá), میفرماید (mífrmáyd), رأیتُ (rʾayt) as “Blind, eye, King, eternal, have I perceived”
This form usually rendered as “immortal”, “immortality”, “eternity” (33 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have I perceived”
SE expanded to “hath shone forth”
SE rendered أَشْرَقَ (ʾashraq), صُبْحِ (ṣubḥ), الأَزَلِ (az-zal), فَیَلُوحُ (fayalúḥ) as “hath shone forth, morn, eternity”
SE rendered الأَزَلِ (az-zal), فَیَلُوحُ (fayalúḥ), هَیاکِلِ (hayákil), التَّوحِید (at-tawḥíd), آثارُهُ"، (átháruhu"،), انسان (insán) as “eternity, Man”
SE rendered التَّوحِید (at-tawḥíd), آثارُهُ"، (átháruhu"،), انسان (insán), اشرف (ishrf) as “Man, noblest”
SE rendered آثارُهُ"، (átháruhu"،), انسان (insán), اشرف (ishrf), اکمل (ikml) as “Man, noblest, most perfect”
SE rendered مخلوقات (mkhlúqát), اشدّ (ishdd), دلالةً (dlálhan), اعظم (iʿẓm), حکایةً (ḥkáyhan), از (iz), سایر (sáyr), معلومات (mʿlúmát) as “created things, intensity”
SE rendered اعظم (iʿẓm), حکایةً (ḥkáyhan), از (iz), سایر (sáyr), معلومات (mʿlúmát), اکمل (ikml), انسان (insán), افضل (ifḍl) as “most accomplished, men, most distinguished”
SE expanded to “move and have their being”
SE expanded to “through the outpourings”