Gleanings — §36
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 36 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “came” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered نوبت (núbt), بموسی (bmúsí), رسيد (rsíd), حضرت (ḥḍrt), بعصای (bʿṣáy), امر (imr), بيضای (bíḍáy), معرفت (mʿrft), از (iz) as “Consider, Moses, Armed, rod, celestial dominion, with the white hand, Divine knowledge, proceeding from”
SE expanded to “with the white hand”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “of the love”
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered الهيّه (al-híhh), ثعبان (thʿbán), قدرت (qdrt), شوکت (shúkt), صمدانيّه (ṣmdánính), از (iz), سينای (sínáy), نور (núr), بعرصه (bʿrṣh), ظهور (ẓhúr) as “of God, the serpent, of power, and everlasting majesty, forth from, the Sinai, of light, upon the world”
SE rendered شوکت (shúkt), صمدانيّه (ṣmdánính), از (iz), سينای (sínáy), نور (núr), بعرصه (bʿrṣh), ظهور (ẓhúr), ظاهر (ẓáhr), جميع (jmíʿ) as “and everlasting majesty, forth from, the Sinai, of light, upon the world, all”
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “king”, “sovereign” (99 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the earth”
SE expanded to “of the fruit”
SE expanded to “of the tree”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “chose”, “had” (92 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and his people”
SE rendered شنيده (shnídh), فرعون (frʿún), ملأ (mlʾ), چه (chh), اعتراضها (iʿtráḍhá), نمودند (nmúdnd), چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), احجار (iḥjár) as “Surely you are aware, of Pharaoh, and his people, of the fierce opposition, So much so, of the stones”
SE expanded to “of the fierce opposition”
SE rendered فرعون (frʿún), ملأ (mlʾ), چه (chh), اعتراضها (iʿtráḍhá), نمودند (nmúdnd), چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), احجار (iḥjár), ظنونات (ẓnúnát) as “of Pharaoh, and his people, of the fierce opposition, So much so, of the stones, of idle fancy”
SE expanded to “of the stones”
SE expanded to “of idle fancy”
SE expanded to “which the hands”
SE rendered انفس (infs), مشرکه (mshrkh), بر (br), شجره (shjrh), طيّبه (ṭíṭbh), وارد (wárd), آمد (ámd), بحدّی (bḥddí), فرعون (frʿún) as “which the hands, of infidels, cast upon, blessed Tree, that Pharaoh”
SE rendered انفس (infs), مشرکه (mshrkh), بر (br), شجره (shjrh), طيّبه (ṭíṭbh), وارد (wárd), آمد (ámd), بحدّی (bḥddí), فرعون (frʿún), ملأ (mlʾ) as “which the hands, of infidels, cast upon, blessed Tree, that Pharaoh, and his people”
SE rendered مشرکه (mshrkh), بر (br), شجره (shjrh), طيّبه (ṭíṭbh), وارد (wárd), آمد (ámd), بحدّی (bḥddí), فرعون (frʿún), ملأ (mlʾ) as “of infidels, cast upon, blessed Tree, that Pharaoh, and his people”
SE rendered فرعون (frʿún), ملأ (mlʾ), همّت (hmmt), گماشتند (gmáshtnd), نار (nár), سدره (sdrh) as “that Pharaoh, and his people, endeavor, of, that sacred Tree”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “that sacred Tree”
SE rendered همّت (hmmt), گماشتند (gmáshtnd), نار (nár), سدره (sdrh), ربّانيّه (rbbánính), از (iz), ماء (máʾ), تکذيب (tkdhíb), اعراض (iʿráḍ) as “endeavor, of, that sacred Tree, with the waters, of falsehood, and denial”
SE expanded to “with the waters”
SE rendered مخمود (mkhmúd), نمايند (nmáynd), غافل (gháfl), از (iz), اينکه (iynkh), نار (nár), حکمت (ḥkmt), الهيّه (al-híhh), از (iz), آب (áb), عنصری (ʿnṣrí) as “to extinguish, oblivious of, the flames, of Divine wisdom, no earthly water, mortal blasts”
SE expanded to “of Divine wisdom”
This form usually rendered as “mortal”, “earthly” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered آب (áb), عنصری (ʿnṣrí), افسرده (ifsrdh), نشود (nshúd), سراج (sráj), قدرت (qdrt), ربّانيه (rbbáníh), از (iz), بادهای (bádháy) as “no earthly water, mortal blasts, can quench, the lamp, of everlasting dominion, such blasts”
This form usually rendered as “such” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered سراج (sráj), قدرت (qdrt), ربّانيه (rbbáníh), از (iz), بادهای (bádháy), مخالف (mkhálf), خاموشی (khámúshí), نپذيرد (npdhírd), بلکه (blkh) as “the lamp, of everlasting dominion, such blasts, extinguish, Nay, rather”
SE rendered بادهای (bádháy), مخالف (mkhálf), خاموشی (khámúshí), نپذيرد (npdhírd), بلکه (blkh), مقام (mqám), ماء (máʾ), سبب (sbb) as “such blasts, extinguish, Nay, rather, such water, cannot but intensify”
SE rendered خاموشی (khámúshí), نپذيرد (npdhírd), بلکه (blkh), مقام (mqám), ماء (máʾ), سبب (sbb), اشتعال (ishtʿál), باد (bád), علّت (ʿllt) as “extinguish, Nay, rather, such water, cannot but intensify, the burning, cannot but ensure”
This form usually rendered as “protection”, “protect”, “protected” (56 occurrences)
8 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “with the eye”
This form usually rendered as “way”, “god’s” (3 occurrences)