Gleanings — §438

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 438 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

و در جمیع امور باید رؤسا باعتدال ناظر باشند چه هر امری که از اعتدال تجاوز نماید از طراز اثر محروم مشاهده شود مثلاً حرّیّت و تمدّن و امثال آن مع آنکه بقبول اهل معرفت فائز است اگر از حدّ اعتدال تجاوز نماید سبب و علّت ضرّ گردد...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Let them, after meditating on its needs, take counsel together and, through anxious and full deliberation, administer to a diseased and sorely-afflicted world the remedy it requireth.… It is incumbent upon them who are in authority to exercise moderation in all things. Whatsoever passeth beyond the limits of moderation will cease to exert a beneficial influence. Consider for instance such things as liberty, civilization and the like.

Translation Notes

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

جمیع

j-m-ʿ

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

امور

ʾ-m-r → “things”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

باید

b-y-d → “It is incumbent” Distinctive

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

رؤسا

r-ʾ-s → “them who are in authority”

literal: chief; leader; head; president; beginning

باعتدال

ʿ-d-l → “moderation”

literal: justice; equity

ناظر

n-ẓ-r → “Consider” Distinctive

literal: neck; slaves; those held in bonds

باشند

b-w-d → “to” Distinctive

literal: to be; to exist; to remain

چه

ch-h

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

هر

h-r → “every”

literal: whatever; all that; whatever thing

امری

ʾ-m-r

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

از

ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

تجاوز

j-w-z → “transgressed”

literal: to transgress; to exceed; to overstep; to cross over

نماید

n-m-ʾ → “will cease to exert” Distinctive

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

طراز

ṭ-r-z

literal: ornament; adornment; embroidery; stripe

اثر

ʾ-th-r → “beneficial influence” Distinctive

literal: effect; trace; influence; imprint

محروم

ḥ-r-m

literal: sanctity, inviolability, dignity, honor, respect

مشاهده

sh-h-d

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

شود

sh-w-d

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

مثلاً

m-th-l → “Consider for instance”

literal: like; example; parable; similitude

حرّیّت

ḥ-r-r → “liberty”

literal: life; living; vitality; existence; fish; whale

تمدّن

m-d-n → “civilization”

literal: city; town

آن

ʾ-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مع

m-ʿ → “notwithstanding”

literal: with; together with; alongside

بقبول

q-b-l

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

اهل

ʾ-h-l

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

معرفت

ʿ-r-f

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

فائز

f-w-z

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

اگر

ʾ-g-r

literal: although; even if; though; notwithstanding

حدّ

ḥ-d-d

literal: iron; sharp, keen, acute

سبب

s-b-b

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

علّت

ʿ-l-l

literal: for us; to us

ضرّ

ḍ-r-r

literal: harm; hardship; affliction

گردد...

g-r-d

literal: become; to become; make

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