Gleanings — §447

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 447 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

فی‌الحقیقه اگر آفتاب عدل از سحاب ظلم فارغ شود ارض غیر ارض مشاهده گردد

Shoghi Effendi Translation

There can be no doubt whatever that if the daystar of justice, which the clouds of tyranny have obscured, were to shed its light upon men, the face of the earth would be completely transformed.

Translation Notes

فی‌الحقیقه

fí‌álḥqíqh ḥ-q-q

literal: truth

SE rendered فی‌الحقیقه (fí‌álḥqíqh), آفتاب (áftáb), عدل (ʿdl), از (iz), سحاب (sḥáb), ظلم (ẓlm) as “the daystar, of justice, which the clouds, of tyranny”

actually 33% truly 33% truth 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: veritable gleaningsGWB §496: the Almighty kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: Luminary prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: established the-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysteries will-and-testamentW&T §38: of His Most Divine epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: unto that

آفتاب

áftáb ʾ-f-t-ʾ-b → “sun”

literal: sun; by-sun

sun 50% day-star 17% all-resplendent 17% daystar 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: Day-Star kitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: sun the-hidden-wordsHW §146: daystar will-and-testamentW&T §23: of the sun kitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: all-resplendent light kitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: the sun

از

iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered آفتاب (áftáb), عدل (ʿdl), از (iz), سحاب (sḥáb), ظلم (ẓlm), فارغ (fárgh), ارض (irḍ) as “the daystar, of justice, which the clouds, of tyranny, have obscured, the face of the earth”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst

سحاب

sḥáb s-ḥ-b → “which the clouds”

literal: cloud; clouds; the clouds

SE expanded to “which the clouds”

clouds 77% showers 6% thick 4% outpourings 4% which 2% clouded 2% intervening 2% showering 2% veil 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the clouds gleaningsGWB §522: clouded kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bounties prayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: the outpourings epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: thick clouds gleaningsGWB §447: which the clouds kitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showers prayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the clouds

ظلم

ẓlm ẓ-l-m → “of tyranny”

literal: wronged; injustice; darkness

tyranny 31% cruelty 15% darkness 15% oppression 13% injustice 8% iniquity 5% wrongs 5% unjustly 3% manifest 3% unjust 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: sinned fire-tabletFire §2: the darkness gleaningsGWB §452: your cruelty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: hath been darkened the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §3: He Whom the world epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: made by them to

فارغ

fárgh f-r-gh → “detached”

literal: free; empty; freedom

detached 25% freed 17% rid 8% relieved 8% sanctified 8% have 8% remain 8% emptied 8% free 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: detached gleaningsGWB §447: have obscured kitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: freedom the-hidden-wordsHW §120: free epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: sanctified gleaningsGWB §722: emptied kitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: be freed the-hidden-wordsHW §147: freed

ارض

irḍ ʾ-r-ḍ → “face of the earth”

literal: earth; land; earth, land

SE expanded to “face of the earth”

earth 68% land 14% world 7% soil 2% city 2% holy 1% upon 1% peoples 1% all 1% mankind 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of earth gleaningsGWB §713: lands kitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: field prayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the dwellers the-hidden-wordsHW §95: it epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the land gleaningsGWB §582: and on the earth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: on

غیر

ghír gh-y-r

literal: other; other than

SE rendered عدل (ʿdl), از (iz), سحاب (sḥáb), ظلم (ẓlm), فارغ (fárgh), ارض (irḍ), غیر (ghír), ارض (irḍ), مشاهده (msháhdh), گردد (grdd) as “of justice, which the clouds, of tyranny, have obscured, the face of the earth, be completely transformed, would”