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Gleanings — §419

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 419 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

امید هست که یکی از ملوک لوجه الله بر نصرت این حزب مظلوم قیام نماید و بذکر ابدی و ثناء سرمدی فائز شود قد کتب الله علی هذا الحزب نصرة من نصرهم و خدمته و الوفآء بعهده باید این حزب در جمیع احوال بر خدمت ناصر قیام نمایند و لا زال بحبل وفا متمسّک باشند طوبی لمن سمع و عمل و ویل للتّارکین

Shoghi Effendi Translation

This is the wish of God and His decree.… We cherish the hope that one of the kings of the earth will, for the sake of God, arise for the triumph of this wronged, this oppressed people. Such a king will be eternally extolled and glorified. God hath prescribed unto this people the duty of aiding whosoever will aid them, of serving his best interests, and of demonstrating to him their abiding loyalty. They who follow Me must strive, under all circumstances, to promote the welfare of whosoever will arise for the triumph of My Cause, and must at all times prove their devotion and fidelity unto him. Happy is the man that hearkeneth and observeth My counsel. Woe unto him that faileth to fulfill My wish.

Translation Notes

امید
ʾ-m-d → “hope”

literal: to remain; to stay; to be left

هست
h-s-t → “is” Distinctive

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

که
k-h → “that”

literal: that; who; who, that

یکی
w-ḥ-d → “one”

literal: one; any; each

از
ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

ملوک
m-l-k → “kings”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership

لوجه
w-j-h → “for the sake of God”

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

الله
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

بر
b-r-r → “for” Distinctive

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

نصرت
n-ṣ-r → “triumph”

literal: aid, help, succor, victory, support

این
ʾ-y-n → “this”

literal: this; these

حزب
ḥ-z-b → “people”

literal: party; people; community

مظلوم
ẓ-l-m → “wronged, this oppressed”

literal: wrongedness, oppression, meekness; state of being wronged or oppressed

قیام
q-w-m → “arise”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

نماید
n-m-ʾ → “will” Distinctive

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

بذکر
dh-k-r → “extolled” Distinctive

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

ابدی
ʾ-b-d → “never” Distinctive

literal: eternity; perpetuity; eternal; ابدیّه means ‘eternal’ from root أ-ب-د (eternity), not ب-د-ل (to change/exchange)

ثناء
th-n-y

literal: praise; commendation; eulogy; glorification; praise, commendation, eulogy

سرمدی
s-r-m → “infinite”

literal: eternal; everlasting; perpetual; unending

فائز
f-w-z

literal: benefit, profit, advantage; usefulness; bounty; effusion; grace

شود
sh-w-d

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

قد
q-d → “We have been”

literal: verily; indeed; certainly (particle of emphasis)

کتب
k-t-b → “prescribed” Distinctive

literal: book; scripture; writing

علی
ʿ-l-w → “unto”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

هذا
h-dh-ʾ → “this”

literal: this; that

من
m-n → “whosoever” Distinctive

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

خدمته
kh-d-m → “serve”

literal: service; servitude; to serve

الوفآء
w-f-y → “fidelity” Distinctive

literal: faithfulness; covenant-keeping; loyalty

بعهده
ʿ-h-d

literal: covenant; testament; promise; command

باید
b-y-d → “must”

literal: by hand; with hands; eternal; perpetual; everlasting

در
d-r-r

literal: in; in, at; radiant

جمیع
j-m-ʿ → “under all circumstances”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

احوال
ḥ-w-l

literal: states; conditions; circumstances; situations; affairs

لا
l-ʾ

literal: no; not; negation particle

زال
z-w-l → “at all times”

literal: to pass away; to vanish; to disappear; to cease

بحبل
ḥ-b-l

literal: cord; rope; bond; connection

متمسّک
m-s-k → “cling”

literal: musk; to seize; grip; to hold fast; to cling to; to grasp

باشند
b-w-d

literal: to be; to exist; to remain

طوبی
ṭ-w-b → “Happy”

literal: happiness; blessedness; felicity

سمع
s-m-ʿ → “hearkeneth” Distinctive

literal: heard, hearkened to, acceptable, worthy of attention

عمل
ʿ-m-l → “observeth” Distinctive

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

ویل
w-y-l → “Woe”

literal: woe; alas; grief

للتّارکین
t-r-k

literal: dark; abandonment; darkness

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