Gleanings — §451

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 451 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

عنه لنبيّه الّذي اصطفاه بين خلقه وأرسله عليهم وجعله رحمة للعالمين، قال وقوله الحقّ: ﴿أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلاً أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بِالبَيِّناتِ وَإِنْ يَكُ كَاذِبًا فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُ وَإِنْ يَكُ صَادِقًا يُصِبْكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذِي يَعِدُكُمْ﴾ وهذا ما نزّل الله على حبيبه في كتابه الحكيم، وأنتم ما

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Hast thou not heard what a man of the family of Pharaoh, a believer, hath said of old, and which God recounted unto His Apostle, Whom He hath chosen above all human beings, and entrusted with His Message, and made the source of His mercy unto all them that dwell on earth? He said, and He, verily, speaketh the truth: “Will ye slay a man because he saith my Lord is God, when he hath already come to you with proofs of his mission? And if he be a liar, on him will be his lie, but if he be a man of truth, part at least of what he threateneth will fall upon you.” This is what God hath revealed unto His Well-Beloved One, in His unerring Book.

Translation Notes

عنه

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

لنبيّه

n-b-ʾ → “Prophets”

literal: prophet; prophets

الّذي

l-dh-y → “which”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

اصطفاه

ṣ-f-w → “hath chosen”

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

بين

b-y-n → “above all human beings” Distinctive

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

خلقه

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

وأرسله

r-s-l → “Apostle” Distinctive

literal: to send; dispatch; transmission

وجعله

j-ʿ-l → “made”

literal: to make; to cause; to render; to appoint

رحمة

r-ḥ-m → “His mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

للعالمين،

literal: world; universe; the worlds

قال

q-w-l → “He said”

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

الحقّ:

ḥ-q-q → “the truth”

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

﴿أَتَقْتُلُونَ

q-t-l → ““Will ye slay”

literal: slayer; killer; murderer

رَجُلاً

r-j-l → “man”

literal: man; men; person

أَنْ

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

رَبِّيَ

r-b-b → “my Lord”

literal: divine; of God; lordly

اللهُ

ʾ-l-h → “God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

وَقَدْ

q-d → “We have been”

literal: and indeed; and already; conjunction indicating completed action

جَاءَكُمْ

j-y-ʾ → “come to you”

literal: to come; to arrive; to happen

بِالبَيِّناتِ

b-y-n → “utterance” Distinctive

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

وَإِنْ

ʾ-n-n → “And if”

literal: that; indeed/verily; indeed

يَكُ

y-k → “one”

literal: one; a single

كَاذِبًا

k-dh-b → “falsehood”

literal: denial; belying; falsification; rejection; liar; lying; false

فَعَلَيْهِ

ʿ-l-y → “on him” Distinctive

literal: exalted; highest; supreme; most high; upon you; on; over; Ali (name); upon

كَذِبُهُ

k-dh-b → “falsehood”

literal: denial; belying; falsification; rejection; liar; lying; false

صَادِقًا

ṣ-d-q → “man of truth” Distinctive

literal: to confirm; to verify; to acknowledge; to testify to truth

يُصِبْكُمْ

ṣ-y-b → “fall upon”

literal: to pour; to shed

بَعْضُ

b-ʿ-ḍ → “some”

literal: part; some; portion

يَعِدُكُمْ﴾

w-ʿ-d → “promised” Distinctive

literal: promised; promise; to promise

وهذا

h-dh-ʾ → “This is”

literal: this; that

ما

m-ʾ → “that”

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

نزّل

n-z-l → “hath revealed” Distinctive

literal: to descend, to be revealed

على

ʿ-l-w → “unto”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

حبيبه

ḥ-b-b → “His Well-Beloved One”

literal: love; affection

في

f-y

literal: in; in-it; in it

كتابه

k-t-b → “His unerring Book”

literal: book; scripture; writing

الحكيم،

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom; firm; solid; strengthened

وأنتم

n-t-m → “you”

literal: you (plural)

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