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Gleanings — §434

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 434 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

کمال الیوم مقامات عنایات الهی مستور است چه که عرصهٴ وجود استعداد ظهور آن را نداشته و ندارد ولکن سوف یظهر امراً من عنده انّه لا تضعفه قوّة الجنود و لا سطوة الملوک ینطق بالحقّ و یدع الکلّ الی الفرد الخبیر جمیع از برای اصلاح عالم خلق شده‌اند لعمر الله شئونات درنده‌های ارض

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O Kamál! The heights which, through the most gracious favor of God, mortal man can attain, in this Day, are as yet unrevealed to his sight. The world of being hath never had, nor doth it yet possess the capacity for such a revelation. The day, however, is approaching when the potentialities of so great a favor will, by virtue of His behest, be manifested unto men. Though the forces of the nations be arrayed against Him, though the kings of the earth be leagued to undermine His Cause, the power of His might shall stand unshaken. He, verily, speaketh the truth, and summoneth all mankind to the way of Him Who is the Incomparable, the All-Knowing.

Translation Notes

کمال
k-m-l → “utmost”

literal: perfection; completeness; fully; with full; in complete; to complete, perfect, fulfill

الیوم
y-w-m → “this Day”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

مقامات
q-w-m → “heights” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

عنایات
ʿ-n-y → “favor” Distinctive

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

الهی
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

مستور
s-t-r → “hidden”

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

است
b-w-d → “are”

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

چه
ch-h

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

که
k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

عرصهٴ
ʿ-r-ṣ → “realm” Distinctive

literal: arena; field; space; open place

وجود
w-j-d → “world of being”

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

استعداد
ʿ-d-d → “capacity”

literal: numerous; many; multiple

ظهور
ẓ-h-r → “revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

آن
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

نداشته
d-ʾ-sh-t → “have no”

literal: to have; to possess; to hold

ندارد
d-ʾ-r → “repository” Distinctive

literal: below; lower than; beneath

ولکن
l-k-n → “however”

literal: but; however; yet; nevertheless

سوف
s-w-f → “Ere long will”

literal: shall; will (future marker)

امراً
ʾ-m-r → “Cause”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

من
m-n

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

عنده
ʿ-n-d → “by virtue of His behest” Distinctive

literal: obstinacy; opposition; enmity

انّه
ʾ-n-n

literal: I, verily; behold I

لا
l-ʾ

literal: no; not; negation particle

تضعفه
ḍ-ʿ-f → “weakness”

literal: weak; feeble; imperfect

قوّة
q-w-y → “power”

literal: power; strength; force

الجنود
j-n-d → “hosts”

literal: hosts, armies, troops

سطوة
s-ṭ-w → “dominion”

literal: might; force; severity; oppression; tyranny

الملوک
m-l-k → “kings”

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

ینطق
n-ṭ-q → “speaketh”

literal: to speak; to utter; to pronounce; to articulate

بالحقّ
ḥ-q-q → “truth”

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

یدع
d-ʿ-w → “summoneth”

literal: call; invitation; claim

الکلّ
k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

الی
ʾ-l-y → “towards”

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

الفرد
f-r-d → “Incomparable”

literal: unique; singular; incomparable

الخبیر
kh-b-r → “All-Knowing”

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

جمیع
j-m-ʿ

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

از
ʾ-z

literal: from

برای
b-r-y

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

اصلاح
ṣ-l-ḥ

literal: peace; reconciliation

عالم
ʿ-l-m

literal: world; universe; the worlds

خلق
kh-l-q → “mankind” Distinctive

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

شده‌اند
sh-d

literal: become; turned into; has become; to become; to be

لعمر
ʿ-m-r

literal: life; age; duration; by the life of (oath)

شئونات
sh-ʾ-n

literal: affair; concern; matter; aspect; quality; state; affairs; matters; conditions; circumstances; affair, matter, station, rank, dignity; station; rank; importance; matter, affair, concern, dignity, rank

ارض
ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

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