Gleanings — §375
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 375 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
را تلقاء قدم چه ذکری بوده استغفر الله العظیم از این چنین عقاید و اذکار بگو ای قوم موهوم را با قیّوم چه مناسبت و خلق را با حقّ چه مشابهت که باثر قلم او خلق شدهاند و این اثر هم از کلّ مقدّس و منزّه و مبرّا و از این مقام گذشته در مقام آیات ملاحظه کن که شمس یکی از آیات الهی است آیا میشود او را با ظلمت در یک مقام ملاحظه نمود لا فونفسه الحقّ لا یتکلّم احد بذلک الّا من ضاق قلبه و
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By the righteousness of My name, the All-Merciful! The Pen of the Most High trembleth with a great trembling and is sore shaken at the revelation of these words. How puny and insignificant is the evanescent drop when compared with the waves and billows of God’s limitless and everlasting Ocean, and how utterly contemptible must every contingent and perishable thing appear when brought face to face with the uncreated, the unspeakable glory of the Eternal! We implore pardon of God, the All-Powerful, for them that entertain such beliefs, and give utterance to such words. Say: O people! How can a fleeting fancy compare with the Self-Subsisting, and how can the Creator be likened unto His creatures, who are but as the script of His Pen? Nay, His script excelleth all things, and is sanctified from, and immeasurably exalted above, all creatures.
Translation Notes
مناسبت
literal: relation; relationship; connection; attribution; proportion
مبرّا
literal: to create; to create anew; to be free from; innocent; free from; clear of; to cure; to heal; to clear
میشود
literal: perhaps, perchance, haply, maybe, possibly; to become; to be; to happen; to occur
