Gleanings — §45

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 45 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

زمان نيز ملاحظه شد پس بايد جهدی نمود تا باعانت غيبی از اين حجبات ظلمانی و غمام امتحانات ربّانی از مشاهده آن جمال نورانی ممنوع نشويم و او را بنفس او بشناسيم ...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

It behooveth us, therefore, to make the utmost endeavor, that, by God’s invisible assistance, these dark veils, these clouds of Heaven-sent trials, may not hinder us from beholding the beauty of His shining Countenance, and that we may recognize Him only by His own Self.

Translation Notes

زمان

zmán z-m-n → “days”

literal: time; time, era

days 24% day 19% time 19% age 10% revolution 5% life 5% cycle 5% muhammad 5% eternity 5% things 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: earth gleaningsGWB §148: every Dispensation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: eternity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: things tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §45: a time the-hidden-wordsHW §153: it will-and-testamentW&T §18: own lifetime gleaningsGWB §74: inveterate diseases

نيز

níz n-y-z

literal: need

SE rendered زمان (zmán), نيز (níz), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), پس (ps), بايد (báyd), جهدی (jhdí), نمود (nmúd) as “us, therefore, behooveth, utmost endeavor, make the”

1 occurrence in corpus

ملاحظه

mláḥẓh l-ḥ-ẓ

literal: observation; observe; observation, consideration

SE rendered زمان (zmán), نيز (níz), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), پس (ps), بايد (báyd), جهدی (jhdí), نمود (nmúd) as “us, therefore, behooveth, utmost endeavor, make the”

consider 41% reflect 14% behold 13% observe 13% witness 5% recognize 3% regard 3% witnessed 3% ponder 3% read 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: Concern gleaningsGWB §327: admit kitab-i-ahdAhd §15: regard kitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: perceive prayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: glance will-and-testamentW&T §30: observed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: observe gleaningsGWB §683: contemplate

پس

ps p-s → “wherefore”

literal: then; then, therefore; therefore

wherefore 50% purge 50%

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: Wherefore kitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: From kitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: By kitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purge kitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: And

بايد

báyd b-y-d → “must”

literal: must; must, should

must 56% incumbent 25% should 13% behooveth 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: Awake gleaningsGWB §564: should kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: must needs prayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: wilderness the-hidden-wordsHW §53: be no more will-and-testamentW&T §17: watchful epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: must gleaningsGWB §334: quickened

جهدی

jhdí j-h-d → “utmost endeavor”

literal: striving; striver

utmost 33% strive 33% endeavour 17% make 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: war ye valiantly gleaningsGWB §554: the wayfarers kitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: fought prayers-and-meditationsP&M §551: have fought valiantly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: to war gleaningsGWB §45: utmost endeavor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: They that valiantly labour epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Strive

نمود

nmúd n-m-ʾ → “have” Distinctive

literal: make

This form usually rendered as “hath”, “chose”, “had” (92 occurrences)

hath 25% chose 13% had 13% have 13% shed 6% aloud 6% dust 6% offered 6% withheld 6% proceeded 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: arise and render some service gleaningsGWB §333: deliver kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: be made kitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: deprive prayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §160: will reveal will-and-testamentW&T §41: succeed in bringing epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: proceeded

باعانت

báʿánt ʿ-w-n → “by god’s invisible assistance” Distinctive

literal: helper; help; assistance

This form usually rendered as “aid”, “help”, “raised” (15 occurrences)

SE expanded to “by God’s invisible assistance”

aid 29% help 14% raised 7% assisted 7% succor 7% god’s 7% unassisted 7% assisteth 7% intervened 7% assistance 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: assist gleaningsGWB §409: the help kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: assistance prayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: to befriend will-and-testamentW&T §25: aid and assist epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: succorer gleaningsGWB §598: helpers kitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: unassisted

غيبی

ghíbí gh-y-b

literal: unseen; unseen/hidden; unseen, invisible

SE rendered پس (ps), بايد (báyd), جهدی (jhdí), نمود (nmúd), باعانت (báʿánt), غيبی (ghíbí), از (iz), حجبات (ḥjbát), ظلمانی (ẓlmání), غمام (ghmám) as “therefore, behooveth, utmost endeavor, make the, by God’s invisible assistance, from, veils, dark, clouds”

invisible 40% unseen 27% hidden 13% god 7% unassisted 7% inscrutable 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: seen gleaningsGWB §552: backbiting kitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: unassisted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: the seen tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: absent the-hidden-wordsHW §90: hidden epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the visible gleaningsGWB §278: of things hidden

از

iz ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

SE rendered بايد (báyd), جهدی (jhdí), نمود (nmúd), باعانت (báʿánt), غيبی (ghíbí), از (iz), حجبات (ḥjbát), ظلمانی (ẓlmání), غمام (ghmám), امتحانات (imtḥánát) as “behooveth, utmost endeavor, make the, by God’s invisible assistance, from, veils, dark, clouds, trials”