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Gleanings — §441

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 441 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

سالها است نه ارض ساکن است و نه اهل آن گاهی بحرب مشغول و هنگامی ببلاهای ناگهانی معذّب بأساء و ضرّاء ارض را احاطه نموده مع‌ذلک احدی آگاه نه که سبب آن چیست و علّت آن چه اگر ناصح حقیقی کلمه‌ئی فرمود آن را بر فساد حمل نموده‌اند و از او نپذیرفته‌اند انسان متحیّر که چه گوید و چه عرض نماید دو نفس دیده نمیشود که فی‌الحقیقه در ظاهر و باطن متّحد باشند آثار نفاق در آفاق موجود و مشهود مع آنکه کلّ از برای اتّحاد و اتّفاق خلق شده‌اند حضرت موجود میفرماید: "ای دوستان سراپردهٴ یگانگی بلند شد بچشم بیگانگان یک‌دیگر را مبینید

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Behold the disturbances which, for many a long year, have afflicted the earth, and the perturbation that hath seized its peoples. It hath either been ravaged by war, or tormented by sudden and unforeseen calamities. Though the world is encompassed with misery and distress, yet no man hath paused to reflect what the cause or source of that may be. Whenever the True Counselor uttered a word in admonishment, lo, they all denounced Him as a mover of mischief and rejected His claim. How bewildering, how confusing is such behavior! No two men can be found who may be said to be outwardly and inwardly united. The evidences of discord and malice are apparent everywhere, though all were made for harmony and union. The Great Being saith: O well-beloved ones! The tabernacle of unity hath been raised; regard ye not one another as strangers.

Translation Notes

ساکن
sákn s-k-n

literal: dwelling; dwell

SE rendered سالها (sálhá), نه (nh), ارض (irḍ), ساکن (sákn), نه (nh), اهل (ihl), گاهی (gáhí), بحرب (bḥrb) as “for many a long year, earth, peoples, either, ravaged by war”

abide 24% lived 12% abiding 12% still 12% abideth 12% quench 6% established 6% silenced 6% muteness 6% now 6%
مشغول
mshghúl sh-gh-l

literal: occupied; busy; occupy

SE rendered اهل (ihl), گاهی (gáhí), بحرب (bḥrb), مشغول (mshghúl), هنگامی (hngámí), ببلاهای (bbláháy), ناگهانی (nághání) as “peoples, either, ravaged by war, or, tormented by sudden, unforeseen”

busied 31% occupied 24% engaged 7% busy 7% immersed 7% have 5% busying 5% hath 5% strive 5% commune 5%
هنگامی
hngámí hngámí → “or”

literal: time; time, moment

SE rendered اهل (ihl), گاهی (gáhí), بحرب (bḥrb), مشغول (mshghúl), هنگامی (hngámí), ببلاهای (bbláháy), ناگهانی (nághání), معذّب (mʿdhdhb), بأساء (bʾasáʾ) as “peoples, either, ravaged by war, or, tormented by sudden, unforeseen, misery”

2 occurrences in corpus

ناگهانی

literal: sudden

2 occurrences in corpus

معذّب
mʿdhdhb ʿ-dh-b

literal: torment; tormented

SE rendered هنگامی (hngámí), ببلاهای (bbláháy), ناگهانی (nághání), معذّب (mʿdhdhb), بأساء (bʾasáʾ), ضرّاء (ḍrráʾ), ارض (irḍ), احاطه (iḥáṭh) as “or, tormented by sudden, unforeseen, misery, distress, encompassed”

مع‌ذلک
mʿ‌dhlk dh-l-k → “yet”

literal: thus; thus, likewise; likewise

SE rendered ضرّاء (ḍrráʾ), ارض (irḍ), احاطه (iḥáṭh), نموده (nmúdh), مع‌ذلک (mʿ‌dhlk), احدی (iḥdí), آگاه (ágáh), نه (nh), سبب (sbb) as “distress, encompassed, yet, no, cause”

thus 71% such 17% yet 4% even 4% wise 4%
احدی
iḥdí ʾ-ḥ-d → “no”

literal: anyone; one; oneness

SE rendered احاطه (iḥáṭh), نموده (nmúdh), مع‌ذلک (mʿ‌dhlk), احدی (iḥdí), آگاه (ágáh), نه (nh), سبب (sbb), چیست (chíst), علّت (ʿllt) as “encompassed, yet, no, cause, source”

divine 36% god 17% any 9% one 8% man 7% who 7% unity 7% none 4% anyone 4% soul 3%
آگاه
ágáh ágáh

literal: aware; awareness; aware, knowing

SE rendered احاطه (iḥáṭh), نموده (nmúdh), مع‌ذلک (mʿ‌dhlk), احدی (iḥdí), آگاه (ágáh), نه (nh), سبب (sbb), چیست (chíst), علّت (ʿllt) as “encompassed, yet, no, cause, source”

حمل
ḥml ḥ-m-l

literal: carry; bearing; burden

SE rendered کلمه‌ئی (klmh‌ʾí), فرمود (frmúd), بر (br), فساد (fsád), حمل (ḥml), نموده‌اند (nmúdh‌ánd), از (iz), نپذیرفته‌اند (npdhírfth‌ánd) as “word, uttered, mischief, denounced, rejected”

گوید
gúyd gftn

literal: say; to say

SE rendered نپذیرفته‌اند (npdhírfth‌ánd), انسان (insán), متحیّر (mtḥíḥr), چه (chh), گوید (gúyd), چه (chh), عرض (ʿrḍ), نماید (nmáyd), دو (dú), نفس (nfs), دیده (dídh) as “rejected, man, bewildering, how confusing, two, men, found”

say 20% claim 20% make 10% address 10% tell 10% hath 10% called 10% revealeth 10%
عرض
ʿrḍ ʿ-r-ḍ

literal: turn away; turning away; objection

SE rendered انسان (insán), متحیّر (mtḥíḥr), چه (chh), گوید (gúyd), چه (chh), عرض (ʿrḍ), نماید (nmáyd), دو (dú), نفس (nfs), دیده (dídh), نمیشود (nmíshúd) as “man, bewildering, how confusing, two, men, found, be”

asked 10% supplicateth 10% conferred 10% replied 10% remarked 10% spoke 10% declared 10% seek 10% said 10% made 10%
نمیشود
nmíshúd shdn → “be”

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered دو (dú), نفس (nfs), دیده (dídh), نمیشود (nmíshúd), فی‌الحقیقه (fí‌álḥqíqh), ظاهر (ẓáhr), باطن (báṭn) as “two, men, found, be, outwardly, inwardly”

have 34% hath 25% may 7% will 7% can 6% should 5% would 5% thou 4% become 3% mayest 3%
باشند
báshnd búdn

literal: be; to be

SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), باطن (báṭn), متّحد (mttḥd), باشند (báshnd), آثار (áthár), نفاق (nfáq), آفاق (áfáq), موجود (mújúd) as “outwardly, inwardly, united. The evidences of, malice, everywhere, apparent”

will 20% behoveth 20% let 20% have 20% shall 20%
آثار
áthár ʾ-th-r

literal: traces; trace

SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), باطن (báṭn), متّحد (mttḥd), باشند (báshnd), آثار (áthár), نفاق (nfáq), آفاق (áfáq), موجود (mújúd) as “outwardly, inwardly, united. The evidences of, malice, everywhere, apparent”

مشهود
mshhúd sh-h-d

literal: witness; witnessed

SE rendered نفاق (nfáq), آفاق (áfáq), موجود (mújúd), مشهود (mshhúd), آنکه (ánkh), از (iz), برای (bráy), اتّحاد (ittḥád) as “malice, everywhere, apparent, union”

اتّفاق
ittfáq w-f-q

literal: agreement; grant success; grant-success

SE rendered از (iz), برای (bráy), اتّحاد (ittḥád), اتّفاق (ittfáq), خلق (khlq), شده‌اند (shdh‌ánd), حضرت (ḥḍrt), موجود (mújúd), میفرماید (mífrmáyd) as “union, made, Being, saith”

سراپردهٴ

literal: curtain/veil

1 occurrence in corpus

بیگانگان
bígángán bígángán → “strangers”

literal: strangeness/foreignness

1 occurrence in corpus

مبینید
mbíníd b-y-n

literal: between; utterance; clear

SE rendered بچشم (bchshm), بیگانگان (bígángán), یک‌دیگر (yk‌dígr), مبینید (mbíníd) as “regard, strangers, as”

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