Gleanings — §465
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 465 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “hath laid claim”
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “gross” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered فوالله (fúállh), لبهتان (lbhtán), عظيم، (ʿẓím،), عبد (ʿbd), آمنت (ámnt), بالله (bállh) as “By God, gross calumny, a, am but a servant, Who hath believed, of God”
SE expanded to “am but a servant”
SE expanded to “Who hath believed”
SE rendered وآياته (wáyáth), ورسله (wrslh), وملئكته (wmlʾkth), ويشهد (wíshhd), حينئذ (ḥínʾdh), لساني (lsání), وقلبي (wqlbí), وظاهري (wẓáhrí), وباطني (wbáṭní) as “His signs, His Prophets, His angels, testify, My tongue, My heart, My outer being, My inner and”
SE expanded to “My outer being”
SE expanded to “My inner and”
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
SE rendered سواه (súáh), مخلوق (mkhlúq), بأمره (bʾamrh), ومنجعل (wmnjʿl), بإرادته (bʾirádth), إله (ʾilh), الخالق (al-khálq), الباعث (al-báʿth) as “all others, been created, His behest, been fashioned, other God, the Creator, Raiser from the dead”
SE expanded to “Raiser from the dead”
This form usually rendered as “slayer” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “am” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered حدّثت (ḥddtht), نعمة (nʿmh), أنعمني (ʾanʿmní), الله (al-lh), بجوده (bjúdh), جرمي (jrmí), فأنا (fʾaná), أوّل (ʾawwl) as “that telleth abroad, the favors, hath, through His bounty, favored, God, My transgression, I am truly, the first”
This form usually rendered as “may”, “am”, “shall” (20 occurrences)
SE expanded to “at your mercy”
SE expanded to “Do ye as ye”
SE rendered فافعلوا (fáfʿlúá), شئتم (shʾtm), تكوننّ (tkúnnn), الصّابرين، (aṣ-ṣábrín،), لعلّ (lʿll), أرجع (ʾarjʿ), الله (al-lh), ربّي (rbbí) as “Do ye as ye, please, be not, I might return, God My”
SE expanded to “I might return”
SE rendered أرجع (ʾarjʿ), الله (al-lh), ربّي (rbbí) as “I might return, God My”
SE rendered أرجع (ʾarjʿ), الله (al-lh), ربّي (rbbí), مقام (mqám), يخلو (ykhlú), وجوهكم (wjúhkm), وهذا (whdhá) as “I might return, God My, your faces, This, indeed, is”
SE rendered الله (al-lh), ربّي (rbbí), مقام (mqám), يخلو (ykhlú), وجوهكم (wjúhkm), وهذا (whdhá), منتهى (mnthى), أملي (ʾamlí) as “God My, your faces, This, indeed, is, dearest wish, My”
SE rendered وجوهكم (wjúhkm), وهذا (whdhá), منتهى (mnthى), أملي (ʾamlí), وبغيتي (wbghítí), وكفى (wkfى), بالله (bállh), نفسي (nfsí) as “your faces, This, indeed, is, dearest wish, My, most ardent desire, is, verily, sufficiently, God, My state”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “mine” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “is, verily, sufficiently”
This form usually rendered as “all-knowing”, “omniscient”, “all-wise” (121 occurrences)