Gleanings — §435

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 435 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

لایق انسان نبوده و نیست شأن انسان رحمت و محبّت و شفقّت و بردباری با جمیع اهل عالم بوده و خواهد بود بگو ای دوستان این کوثر اصفی از اصبع عنایت مالک اسماء جاری بنوشید و باسمش بنوشانید تا اولیای ارض بیقین مبین بدانند که حقّ از برای چه آمده و ایشان از برای چه خلق شده‌اند...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

All men have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization. The Almighty beareth Me witness: To act like the beasts of the field is unworthy of man. Those virtues that befit his dignity are forbearance, mercy, compassion and loving-kindness towards all the peoples and kindreds of the earth. Say: O friends! Drink your fill from this crystal stream that floweth through the heavenly grace of Him Who is the Lord of Names. Let others partake of its waters in My name, that the leaders of men in every land may fully recognize the purpose for which the Eternal Truth hath been revealed, and the reason for which they themselves have been created.

Translation Notes

لایق

l-y-q → “unworthy”

literal: worthy, befitting, appropriate, suitable

انسان

ʾ-n-s → “man”

literal: man; human being; mankind

نبوده

b-w-d → “are” Distinctive

literal: to be; to exist; to have been

شأن

sh-ʾ-n → “in such wise”

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

رحمت

r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

محبّت

ḥ-b-b → “loving-kindness” Distinctive

literal: love; affection

شفقّت

sh-f-q → “kindliness”

literal: tenderness; compassion; mercy; pity

بردباری

b-r-d → “brother” Distinctive

literal: brother

با

b-ʾ-ʾ → “have clung”

literal: to; with; by

جمیع

j-m-ʿ → “all the peoples”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

اهل

ʾ-h-l → “men” Distinctive

literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin

عالم

ʿ-l-m → “earth” Distinctive

literal: world; universe; the worlds

خواهد

literal: will; to wish; to want

بگو

g-w-y → “Say”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

ای

ʾ-y-y → “O”

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

دوستان

d-w-s-t → “friends”

literal: friend; beloved

این

ʾ-y-n → “this”

literal: this; these

کوثر

k-w-th-r → “living waters”

literal: abundance; river of paradise; the Kawthar

اصفی

ṣ-f-w → “crystal” Distinctive

literal: pure one; chosen one; selected one; elite; purity; clarity; sincerity; pure; sincere

از

ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

اصبع

literal: finger; digit

عنایت

ʿ-n-y → “grace”

literal: bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention

مالک

m-l-k → “Lord”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty

اسماء

s-m-w → “Names”

literal: name

جاری

j-r-y → “floweth”

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

بنوشید

n-w-sh → “drunk” Distinctive

literal: to write; written

تا

t-y-y → “so that”

literal: so that/until

اولیای

w-l-y → “Lord” Distinctive

literal: guardian; protector; friend; ally

ارض

ʾ-r-ḍ → “land”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

بیقین

y-q-n → “certitude”

literal: certainty; certitude; conviction; faith

مبین

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

بدانند

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

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

حقّ

ḥ-q-q → “Truth”

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

برای

b-r-y → “purpose for which”

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

چه

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

آمده

ʾ-m-d → “is come”

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

ایشان

ʾ-y-sh → “Prophets”

literal: that; it (object pronoun with suffix)

خلق

kh-l-q → “created”

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

شده‌اند...

sh-d → “have been” Distinctive

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

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