Gleanings — §412

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 412 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

د کلّ الأکوان بأنّه محروم من نفحات الرّحمن قل ان انصفوا یا اولی الألباب من لا انصاف له لا انسانیّة له حقّ عالم است بکلّ نفوس و ما عندهم حلم حقّ سبب تجرّی نفوس شده چه که هتک استار قبل از میقات نمیفرمایند و نظر بسبقت رحمت ظهورات غضبیّه منع شده لذا اکثری از ناس آنچه سرّاً مرتکبند حقّ را از آن غافل دانسته‌اند لا ونفسه العلیم الخبیر کل در مرآت علمیّه

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Say: Observe equity in your judgment, ye men of understanding heart! He that is unjust in his judgment is destitute of the characteristics that distinguish man’s station. He Who is the Eternal Truth knoweth well what the breasts of men conceal. His long forbearance hath emboldened His creatures, for not until the appointed time is come will He rend any veil asunder. His surpassing mercy hath restrained the fury of His wrath, and caused most people to imagine that the one true God is unaware of the things they have privily committed. By Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed! The mirror of His knowledge reflecteth, with complete distinctness, precision and fidelity, the doings of all men. Say: Praise be to Thee, O Concealer of the sins of the weak and helpless! Magnified be Thy name, O Thou that forgivest the heedless ones that trespass against Thee!

Translation Notes

کلّ

k-l-l → “all men”

literal: for us; to us

الأکوان

k-w-n

literal: be; was; to be

بأنّه

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: I, verily; behold I

محروم

ḥ-r-m → “destitute of” Distinctive

literal: sanctity, inviolability, dignity, honor, respect

من

m-n → “of”

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

نفحات

n-f-ḥ

literal: breeze; fragrance; whiff; breath; emanation

قل

q-w-l → “Say: Observe”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

انصفوا

n-ṣ-f → “equity” Distinctive

literal: justice; fairness; equity

یا

y-ʾ → “O ye”

literal: O; or

اولی

ʾ-w-l → “first” Distinctive

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

الألباب

l-b-b

literal: core; essence; intellect; hearts (of understanding)

لا

l-ʾ → “or”

literal: no; not; negation particle

له

h-w → “that” Distinctive

literal: for them both; to both of them (dual pronoun)

انسانیّة

ʾ-n-s → “distinguish man’s station”

literal: human; mankind; of humanity

حقّ

ḥ-q-q → “Truth”

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

عالم

ʿ-l-m → “knoweth well” Distinctive

literal: world; universe; the worlds

است

b-w-d

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

نفوس

n-f-s → “men”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

ما

m-ʾ → “that”

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

عندهم

ʿ-n-d → “Thee” Distinctive

literal: vessel; container; circumstance; adroitness

حلم

ḥ-l-m → “His long forbearance”

literal: forbearance; clemency; dream

سبب

s-b-b → “cause”

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

تجرّی

j-r-y → “flow”

literal: trade; commerce; business; to flow; to run; to be in effect; flowing

شده

sh-d

literal: to become; to be

چه

ch-h → “for not”

literal: what; what/for; whatsoever, that which

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

هتک

h-t-k → “dishonor”

literal: to tear, rend, violate, break; desecration

استار

s-t-r → “conceal” Distinctive

literal: to veil; to conceal; to cover; veil; covering

قبل

q-b-l → “before”

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

از

ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

میقات

w-q-t → “time”

literal: to pass; to pass by; to go

نظر

n-ẓ-r

literal: sight; view; spectacle; appearance

بسبقت

s-b-q → “hath surpassed”

literal: to precede; to surpass; to excel

رحمت

r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

ظهورات

ẓ-h-r → “Revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

غضبیّه

gh-ḍ-b

literal: wrath; anger; executioner

منع

m-n-ʿ → “hath restrained” Distinctive

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

لذا

l-dh-ʾ → “therefore”

literal: therefore; for this reason; hence; so

اکثری

k-th-r → “most”

literal: majority; multitude; abundance; multiplicity

ناس

n-ʾ-s → “people”

literal: companionship; fellowship; familiarity; to keep company

سرّاً

s-r-r → “privily” Distinctive

literal: to proclaim openly; manifest; public

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

غافل

gh-f-l → “unaware”

literal: heedlessness; negligence; inattention

دانسته‌اند

d-ʾ-n → “considered”

literal: this world; earthly life; temporal realm; lowest; base; mean; of little account; to know; to be acquainted with

الخبیر

kh-b-r → “All-Informed”

literal: all-knowing; aware; well-informed; omniscient

در

d-r-r

literal: in; in, at; radiant

مرآت

r-ʾ-y → “mirror”

literal: to pass; to pass by; to go

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