Gleanings — §496

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 496 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

فالق الأصباح جاری شده و همچنین با ناس بمدارا حرکت نمایند و رفتار کنند و بکمال تقدیس و تنزیه و صدق و انصاف ظاهر شوند بشأنی که جمیع ناس آن نفوس را امنآء الله فی العباد شمرند حال مشاهده کن در چه سمائی طیر اوامر حقّ در طیرانست و در چه مقامی آن نفوس ضعیفه ساکن طوبی للّذین طاروا

Shoghi Effendi Translation

It behooveth, likewise, the loved ones of God to be forbearing towards their fellowmen, and to be so sanctified and detached from all things, and to evince such sincerity and fairness, that all the peoples of the earth may recognize them as the trustees of God amongst men. Consider to what lofty heights the injunctions of the Almighty have soared, and how abject is the habitation wherein these feeble souls are now abiding. Blessed are they who, on the wings of certitude, have flown in the heavens which the Pen of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, hath spread.

Translation Notes

فالق

f-l-q

literal: opposite; facing; in front of; towards

الأصباح

ṣ-b-ḥ

literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted; dawn; daybreak; morning

جاری

j-r-y

literal: trade; commerce; business; to flow; to run; to be in effect; flowing

شده

sh-d → “was”

literal: to become; to be

همچنین

ch-n-n → “likewise”

literal: always; ever; forever; at all times; constantly

با

b-ʾ-ʾ

literal: to; with; by

ناس

n-ʾ-s → “their fellowmen”

literal: companionship; fellowship; familiarity; to keep company

بمدارا

d-r-w → “Shimiran” Distinctive

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

حرکت

ḥ-r-k

literal: movement; motion; trembling; activity; حراک is unusual; possible typo or dialectal. Standard Arabic would be حرك or اهتزاز for ‘trembling’

نمایند

n-m-ʾ → “hath” Distinctive

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

رفتار

r-f-t

literal: to go; to pass; to have gone

کنند

k-r-d

literal: do; to do; do, make

بکمال

k-m-l → “perfect”

literal: perfection; completeness; fully; with full; in complete; to complete, perfect, fulfill

تقدیس

q-d-s

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

تنزیه

n-z-h → “sanctified”

literal: exalted; sanctified; free from; removed from

صدق

ṣ-d-q → “sincerity” Distinctive

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

انصاف

n-ṣ-f → “fairness”

literal: justice; fairness; equity

ظاهر

ẓ-h-r → “Revelation” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

شوند

sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

بشأنی

sh-ʾ-n → “to be”

literal: affair; concern; matter; aspect; quality; state; affairs; matters; conditions; circumstances; affair, matter, station, rank, dignity; station; rank; importance; matter, affair, concern, dignity, rank

که

k-h → “that”

literal: that; who; who, that

جمیع

j-m-ʿ → “all the”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

آن

ʾ-n → “them”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

نفوس

n-f-s → “loved ones” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; psyche