Gleanings — §409

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 409 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

این ظهور اعظم فرض شده و از اعمال حسنه عندالله محسوب و هر نفسی عامل شود البتّه اعانت غیبیّه شامل او خواهد شد انّه یغنی من یشآء بفضله انّه علی کلّ شیء قدیر... ای علی بگو باحبّای الهی که اوّل انسانیّت انصاف اس

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Please God, the poor may exert themselves and strive to earn the means of livelihood. This is a duty which, in this most great Revelation, hath been prescribed unto every one, and is accounted in the sight of God as a goodly deed. Whoso observeth this duty, the help of the invisible One shall most certainly aid him. He can enrich, through His grace, whomsoever He pleaseth. He, verily, hath power over all things.…

Translation Notes

این

ʾ-y-n → “this”

literal: this; these

ظهور

ẓ-h-r → “Revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation

اعظم

ʿ-ẓ-m → “most great”

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

فرض

f-r-ḍ → “hast bidden” Distinctive

literal: obligatory; incumbent; imposed; prescribed; fixed

شده

sh-d

literal: to become; to be

از

ʾ-z → “in” Distinctive

literal: from

اعمال

ʿ-m-l → “deed”

literal: to work; to act; to do; to perform

حسنه

ḥ-s-n → “goodly”

literal: goodness; beauty; excellence; good deed

عندالله

ʿ-n-d → “in the sight of God”

literal: obstinacy; opposition; enmity

محسوب

ḥ-s-b → “accounted”

literal: according to; in accordance with; as regards

هر

h-r → “every”

literal: whatever; all that; whatever thing

نفسی

n-f-s → “one”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

شود

sh-w-d → “be”

literal: to come; to go; to arrive; came

البتّه

b-t-t → “verily” Distinctive

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

اعانت

ʿ-w-n → “help” Distinctive

literal: help; aid; helper; supporter

غیبیّه

gh-y-b → “invisible”

literal: the unseen; the invisible; the hidden; the unknowable; stranger; foreign; alien; separated

شامل

sh-m-l

literal: to comprehend; to include; whole; all

او

h-w-w → “is”

literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song

خواهد

kh-w-h → “shall most certainly aid”

literal: will; to wish; to want

انّه

ʾ-n-n → “He”

literal: I, verily; behold I

یغنی

gh-n-y → “enrich”

literal: to be independent of; to be in no need of; to dispense with

من

m-n → “whomsoever” Distinctive

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

یشآء

sh-y-ʾ → “pleaseth” Distinctive

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

بفضله

f-ḍ-l → “through His grace”

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

علی

ʿ-l-w → “over all” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

کلّ

k-l-l

literal: for us; to us

قدیر...

q-d-r → “power”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

ای

ʾ-y-y

literal: sign; signs; verse

بگو

g-w-y

literal: say; to say; as-if

باحبّای

ḥ-b-b

literal: love; affection

الهی

ʾ-l-h → “God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

اوّل

ʾ-w-l

literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of

انسانیّت

ʾ-n-s

literal: human; mankind; of humanity

انصاف

n-ṣ-f

literal: justice; fairness; equity

اس

s-ʾ-l

literal: foundation; basis; groundwork; founder; establisher; to found; to establish; we have founded

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