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Gleanings — §51

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 51 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

فَضَّالُ الْقَدِيمُ، هَذَا يَوْمٌ فِيهِ يَقُولُ اللاَّهُوتُ طُوبَى لَكَ يَا نَاسُوتُ بِمَا جُعِلْتَ مَوْطِئَ قَدَمِ اللهِ وَمَقَرَّ عَرْشِهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَيَقُولُ الْجَبَرُوتُ نَفْسِي لَكَ الْفِدَآءُ بِمَا اسْتَقَرَّ عَلَيْكَ مَحْبُوبُ الرَّحْمَنِ الَّذِي بِهِ وُعِدَ مَا كَانَ وَمَا يَكُونُ، هَذَا يَوْمٌ فِيهِ اسْتَعْطَرَ كُلُّ عِطْرٍ مِنْ عِطْرِ قَمِيصِ الَّذِي تَضَوَّعَ عَرْفُهُ بَيْنَ الْعَالَمِينَ، هَذَا يَوْمٌ فِيْهِ فَاضَ بَحْرُ الْحَيَوَانِ مِنْ فَمِ مَشِيَّةِ الرَّحْم

Shoghi Effendi Translation

This is the Day whereon the unseen world crieth out: “Great is thy blessedness, O earth, for thou hast been made the footstool of thy God, and been chosen as the seat of His mighty throne.” The realm of glory exclaimeth: “Would that my life could be sacrificed for thee, for He Who is the Beloved of the All-Merciful hath established His sovereignty upon thee, through the power of His Name that hath been promised unto all things, whether of the past or of the future.” This is the Day whereon every sweet smelling thing hath derived its fragrance from the smell of My garment — a garment that hath shed its perfume upon the whole of creation. This is the Day whereon the rushing waters of everlasting life have gushed out of the Will of the All-Merciful. Haste ye, with your hearts and souls, and quaff your fill, O Concourse of the realms above!

Translation Notes

فَضَّالُ
f-ḍ-l

literal: error; straying; misguidance; delusion; falsehood

هَذَا
h-dh-ʾ → “This is the Day”

literal: this; that

يَوْمٌ
y-w-m → “whereon” Distinctive

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

فِيهِ
f-y

literal: alas; woe; oh

يَقُولُ
q-w-l → “crieth out”

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

اللاَّهُوتُ
l-h-t → “the unseen world”

literal: divine nature; Godhead; divinity; theistic

طُوبَى
ṭ-w-b → ““Great is thy blessedness”

literal: happiness; blessedness; felicity

لَكَ
l

literal: for us; to us

يَا
y-ʾ → “O ye”

literal: O; or

نَاسُوتُ
n-w-s → “men” Distinctive

literal: human nature; humanity; the physical or material realm; corporeality

بِمَا
m-ʾ → “for” Distinctive

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

جُعِلْتَ
j-ʿ-l → “thou hast been made” Distinctive

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

مَوْطِئَ
w-ṭ-ʾ → “footstool”

literal: place of stepping, footstool; place

قَدَمِ
q-d-m → “of thy” Distinctive

literal: ancientness; antiquity; foot; to come forward

اللهِ
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

وَمَقَرَّ
q-r-r → “and been chosen as” Distinctive

literal: matter; affair; thing

عَرْشِهِ
ʿ-r-sh → “throne”

literal: of the Throne; companion of the Throne

الْعَظِيمِ
ʿ-ẓ-m → “of His mighty throne.”” Distinctive

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

الْجَبَرُوتُ
j-b-r → “The realm of glory”

literal: compelled; forced; constrained

نَفْسِي
n-f-s → ““Would that my life” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

الْفِدَآءُ
f-d-y → “could be sacrificed”

literal: to sacrifice; to ransom; to redeem; to sacrifice oneself for

عَلَيْكَ
ʿ-l-y → “His sovereignty upon thee”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

مَحْبُوبُ
ḥ-b-b → “He Who is the Beloved”

literal: love; affection

الرَّحْمَنِ
r-ḥ-m → “of the All-Merciful”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

الَّذِي
l-dh-y → “a garment that” Distinctive

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

بِهِ
b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

وُعِدَ
w-ʿ-d → “that hath been promised”

literal: promised; the Promised One

كَانَ
k-w-n → “whether of the past” Distinctive

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

اسْتَعْطَرَ
ʿ-ṭ-r → “hath derived”

literal: perfume; to perfume; fragrance

كُلُّ
k-l-l → “every”

literal: for us; to us

مِنْ
m-n → “from”

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

قَمِيصِ
q-m-ṣ → “smell of My garment”

literal: garment; shirt; tunic

تَضَوَّعَ
ḍ-w-ʿ → “diffuse”

literal: emitting fragrance; diffusing; exuding

عَرْفُهُ
ʿ-r-f → “knowledge” Distinctive

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

بَيْنَ
b-y-n → “upon” Distinctive

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

الْعَالَمِينَ،
ʿ-l-m → “the whole of creation” Distinctive

literal: world; universe; the worlds

فَاضَ
f-y-ḍ → “grace” Distinctive

literal: to delegate; to entrust; to resign; resignation to God’s will

بَحْرُ
b-ḥ-r → “rushing waters” Distinctive

literal: sea; ocean

الْحَيَوَانِ
ḥ-y-w → “of everlasting life”

literal: life; living being; animal

فَمِ
f-m-m

literal: mouth

مَشِيَّةِ
sh-y-ʾ → “Will”

literal: way; manner; gait; to walk

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