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Gleanings — §502

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 502 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بعضی مستقلّاً گفته‌اند آنچه گفته‌اند و عاملند آنچه عاملند ای ذبیح لسان عظمت میفرماید ونفسی الحقّ قد انتهت الظّهورات الی هذا الظّهور الأعظم و من یدّعی بعده انّه کذّاب مفتر نسأل الله بأن یوفّقه علی الرّجوع ان تاب انّه لهو التّوّاب و ان اصرّ علی ما قال یبعث علیه من لا یرحمه انّه

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O Ḏhabíḥ! The Tongue of Grandeur saith: By Myself that speaketh the truth! In this most mighty Revelation all the Dispensations of the past have attained their highest and final consummation. Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation after Him, such a man is assuredly a lying impostor. We pray God that He may graciously assist him to retract and repudiate such claim. Should he repent, God will no doubt forgive him. If, however, he persisteth in his error, God will assuredly send down one who will deal mercilessly with him. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Most Powerful.

Translation Notes

بعضی
b-ʿ-ḍ

literal: part; some; portion

مستقلّاً
q-l-l

literal: pen; writing instrument

گفته‌اند
g-f-t

literal: utterance; speech; word; discourse

آنچه
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

عاملند
ʿ-m-l

literal: to work; to act; to do; to perform

ای
ʾ-y-y → “O”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

ذبیح
dh-b-ḥ → “offer up”

literal: to slaughter, sacrifice; slaughter, sacrifice

لسان
l-s-n → “Tongue”

literal: tongue; language

عظمت
ʿ-ẓ-m → “of Grandeur” Distinctive

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

میفرماید
f-r-m → “saith”

literal: to say; to decree; to ordain; to command

ونفسی
n-f-s → “By Myself”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

الحقّ
ḥ-q-q → “that speaketh the truth”

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

قد
q-d

literal: verily; indeed; certainly (particle of emphasis)

انتهت
n-h-y → “forbidden” Distinctive

literal: end, limit, utmost, extreme; final; the end, limit, utmost bound; Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing; end; limit; terminus

الظّهورات
ẓ-h-r → “all the Dispensations” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation

الی
ʾ-l-y

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

هذا
h-dh-ʾ → “In this”

literal: this; that

من
m-n → “from”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

یدّعی
d-ʿ-y → “claims” Distinctive

literal: claim; claimant; claims

بعده
b-ʿ-d → “to a Revelation after Him”

literal: after; behind; distance

انّه
ʾ-n-n → “that”

literal: I, verily; behold I

کذّاب
k-dh-b → “lying”

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

مفتر
f-r-y → “impostor”

literal: slander; calumny; fabrication; false accusation

نسأل
s-ʾ-l → “We pray”

literal: question; problem; issue; matter; asking; petition; request

الله
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

بأن
ʾ-n-n → “that He may graciously assist”

literal: I, verily; behold I

یوفّقه
w-f-q → “aid” Distinctive

literal: accord, agreement, harmony; to agree, accord with

علی
ʿ-l-w

literal: highest; most high; supreme

الرّجوع
r-j-ʿ → “return”

literal: deputy; representative; vicegerent; substitute

تاب
t-w-b → “he repent”

literal: to repent; to turn back; to return

لهو
h-w

literal: to distract; to divert; to amuse

اصرّ
ṣ-r-r → “he persisteth in his error”

literal: creaking; insistence; persists

ما
m-ʾ

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

قال
q-w-l

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

یبعث
b-ʿ-th → “God will assuredly send down”

literal: sent; send; resurrection

علیه
ʿ-l-y → “with him” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

لا
l-ʾ

literal: no; not; negation particle

یرحمه
r-ḥ-m → “mercy” Distinctive

literal: mercy; merciful; the Merciful

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