Gleanings — §524

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 524 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

لمّا نبذتم الصّلح الأكبر عن ورائكم تمسّكوا بهذا الصّلح الأصغر لعلّ به تصلح أموركم والّذين في ظلّكم على قدر

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Now that ye have refused the Most Great Peace, hold ye fast unto this, the Lesser Peace, that haply ye may in some degree better your own condition and that of your dependents.

Translation Notes

نبذتم

nbdhtm n-b-dh → “have refused” Distinctive

literal: cast-away; cast away; cast

This form usually rendered as “cast”, “ye” (3 occurrences)

cast 67% ye 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have cast away the gleaningsGWB §629: that have forsaken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: they cast away epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have cast away gleaningsGWB §423: renounced prayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and cast epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: hast cast gleaningsGWB §524: ye have refused

الصّلح

aṣ-ṣlḥ ṣ-l-ḥ → “peace”

literal: peace

peace 80% show 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: rehabilitating gleaningsGWB §435: carry forward kitab-i-ahdAhd §15: to strive for the betterment kitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: are worthy prayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: bless the-hidden-wordsHW §129: their own good will-and-testamentW&T §25: at his own discretion the right epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: it hath been well ordered

الأكبر

al-ʾakbr k-b-r → “most great”

literal: greatest; greater; great

most 38% greater 15% great 13% greatest 5% mighty 5% transcendent 5% greet 5% more 5% surest 5% supreme 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: conceit gleaningsGWB §148: do ye swell with pride kitab-i-iqanKIQ §235: Vain and haughty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: disdainfully tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pride tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entire the-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtiness will-and-testamentW&T §32: unsurpassed

ورائكم

wráʾkm w-r-ʾ → “the”

literal: behind; behind, beyond; behind, after

SE rendered نبذتم (nbdhtm), الصّلح (aṣ-ṣlḥ), الأكبر (al-ʾakbr), ورائكم (wráʾkm), تمسّكوا (tmsskúá), بهذا (bhdhá), الصّلح (aṣ-ṣlḥ), الأصغر (aṣ-ṣghr) as “have refused, Lesser Peace, Most Great, the, hold ye fast”

behind 47% beyond 26% after 5% rear 5% thee 5% back 5% moreover 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: behind gleaningsGWB §28: beyond them prayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: moreover tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: beyond epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: behind thy back gleaningsGWB §385: beyond it prayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and beyond them epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: behind your backs

تمسّكوا

tmsskúá m-s-k → “hold ye fast”

literal: hold fast

SE expanded to “hold ye fast”

have 25% hold 17% clung 17% lay 8% fixeth 8% cleaving 8% held 8% joined 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: will cleave gleaningsGWB §295: ye produce kitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: worldly prayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: we yet have clung tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launch epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: lay fast hold gleaningsGWB §227: fixeth his heart kitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: firmly to cling unto

الأصغر

aṣ-ṣghr ṣ-gh-r → “the”

literal: small; become small; children

SE rendered ورائكم (wráʾkm), تمسّكوا (tmsskúá), بهذا (bhdhá), الصّلح (aṣ-ṣlḥ), الأصغر (aṣ-ṣghr), لعلّ (lʿll), تصلح (tṣlḥ), أموركم (ʾamúrkm), والّذين (wálldhín) as “the, hold ye fast, Lesser Peace, better your own condition, that of your dependents”