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Gleanings — §541

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 541 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

اگر نفسی در کتب منزلهٴ از سماء احدیّه بدیدهٔ بصیرت مشاهده نماید و تفکّر کند ادراک مینماید که مقصود آن است جمیع نفوس نفس واحده مشاهده شوند تا در جمیع قلوب نقش خاتم الملک للّه منطبع شود و شموس عنایت و اشراقات انجم فضل و رحمت جمیع را احاطه نماید حقّ جلّ جلاله از برای خود چیزی اخذ ننموده نه از طاعت عالم باو نفعی راجع و نه از ترک آن نقصی وارد در هر آن طیر ملکوت بیان باین کلمه ناطق جمیع را از برای تو خواستم و تو را از برای خود اگر علمای عصر بگذارند و من فی الأرض رائحهٴ محبّت و اتّحاد را بیابند در آن حین نفوس عارفه بر حرّیّت حقیقی آگاه شوند راحت اندر راحت مشاهده نمایند آسایش اندر آسایش اگر ارض بانوار آفتاب این مقام منوّر شود اذاً یصدق ان یقال لَا نَرَی فِیْهَا عِوَجًا وَ لَا أَمْتًا...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

If any man were to meditate on that which the Scriptures, sent down from the heaven of God’s holy Will, have revealed, he would readily recognize that their purpose is that all men shall be regarded as one soul, so that the seal bearing the words “The Kingdom shall be God’s” may be stamped on every heart, and the light of Divine bounty, of grace, and mercy may envelop all mankind. The one true God, exalted be His glory, hath wished nothing for Himself. The allegiance of mankind profiteth Him not, neither doth its perversity harm Him. The Bird of the Realm of Utterance voiceth continually this call: “All things have I willed for thee, and thee, too, for thine own sake.” If the learned and worldly-wise men of this age were to allow mankind to inhale the fragrance of fellowship and love, every understanding heart would apprehend the meaning of true liberty, and discover the secret of undisturbed peace and absolute composure. Were the earth to attain this station and be illumined with its light it could then be truly said of it: “Thou shall see in it no hollows or rising hills.”

Translation Notes

بصیرت
bṣírt b-ṣ-r

literal: sight; insight

SE rendered منزلهٴ (mnzlhٴ), از (iz), سماء (smáʾ), احدیّه (iḥdídh), بدیدهٔ (bdídh), بصیرت (bṣírt), مشاهده (msháhdh), نماید (nmáyd), تفکّر (tfkkr), کند (knd) as “sent down, from, heaven, God’s holy Will, may, meditate, hath”

شوند
shúnd shdn

literal: become; to become

SE rendered جمیع (jmíʿ), نفوس (nfús), نفس (nfs), واحده (wáḥdh), مشاهده (msháhdh), شوند (shúnd), جمیع (jmíʿ), قلوب (qlúb), نقش (nqsh), خاتم (khátm), الملک (al-mlk) as “all, soul, one, regarded, every heart, seal, Kingdom”

may 25% will 15% would 10% should 10% made 10% must 10% mayest 5% might 5% again 5% commissioned 5%
نقش
nqsh n-q-sh

literal: painter; painting; design, inscription

SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh), شوند (shúnd), جمیع (jmíʿ), قلوب (qlúb), نقش (nqsh), خاتم (khátm), الملک (al-mlk), للّه (lllh), منطبع (mnṭbʿ) as “regarded, every heart, seal, Kingdom, God’s”, stamped”

painter 20% painting 20% author 20% trace 20% limitations 20%
شموس
shmús sh-m-s

literal: sun; suns; the sun

SE rendered خاتم (khátm), الملک (al-mlk), للّه (lllh), منطبع (mnṭbʿ), شموس (shmús), عنایت (ʿnáyt), اشراقات (ishráqát), انجم (injm), فضل (fḍl) as “seal, Kingdom, God’s”, stamped, Divine bounty, grace, and”

اشراقات
ishráqát sh-r-q

literal: shining; east; shine

SE rendered للّه (lllh), منطبع (mnṭbʿ), شموس (shmús), عنایت (ʿnáyt), اشراقات (ishráqát), انجم (injm), فضل (fḍl), رحمت (rḥmt), جمیع (jmíʿ), احاطه (iḥáṭh) as “God’s”, stamped, Divine bounty, grace, and, mercy, all mankind, envelop”

انجم
injm n-j-m

literal: star; stars

SE rendered عنایت (ʿnáyt), اشراقات (ishráqát), انجم (injm), فضل (fḍl), رحمت (rḥmt), جمیع (jmíʿ), احاطه (iḥáṭh) as “Divine bounty, grace, and, mercy, all mankind, envelop”

stars 89% stars?” 11%
اخذ
ikhdh ʾ-kh-dh

literal: take; taking; seize

SE rendered جلّ (jll), جلاله (jlálh), از (iz), برای (bráy), چیزی (chízí), اخذ (ikhdh), ننموده (nnmúdh), نه (nh), از (iz), طاعت (ṭáʿt), عالم (ʿálm), باو (báw) as “exalted, His glory, nothing, allegiance of mankind, Him”

arrested 19% hath 15% seek 12% seized 8% have 8% seize 8% usurp 8% clung 8% receive 8% bewildered 8%
راجع
rájʿ r-j-ʿ

literal: return; returning; to return

SE rendered طاعت (ṭáʿt), عالم (ʿálm), باو (báw), نفعی (nfʿí), راجع (rájʿ), نه (nh), از (iz), ترک (trk), نقصی (nqṣí), وارد (wárd) as “allegiance of mankind, Him, profiteth, its perversity, harm”

نقصی
nqṣí n-q-ṣ

literal: deficient; deficiency; decrease

SE rendered باو (báw), نفعی (nfʿí), راجع (rájʿ), نه (nh), از (iz), ترک (trk), نقصی (nqṣí), وارد (wárd), هر (hr), طیر (ṭír), ملکوت (mlkút), بیان (bíán) as “Him, profiteth, its perversity, harm, Bird, the Realm, Utterance”

imperfect 22% detracting 11% diminish 11% cause 11% harm 11% deficient 11% withheld 11% most 11%
هر
hr h-r

literal: every; each; every/each

SE rendered ترک (trk), نقصی (nqṣí), وارد (wárd), هر (hr), طیر (ṭír), ملکوت (mlkút), بیان (bíán), باین (báyn), کلمه (klmh) as “its perversity, harm, Bird, the Realm, Utterance, words, call”

بگذارند
bgdhárnd bgdhárnd → “allow”

literal: let

1 occurrence in corpus

عارفه
ʿárfh ʿ-r-f

literal: knowledge; know; knower

SE rendered بیابند (bíábnd), حین (ḥín), نفوس (nfús), عارفه (ʿárfh), بر (br), حرّیّت (ḥrrírt), حقیقی (ḥqíqí) as “inhale, continually, every understanding heart, liberty, true”

آگاه
ágáh ágáh

literal: aware; awareness; aware, knowing

SE rendered نفوس (nfús), عارفه (ʿárfh), بر (br), حرّیّت (ḥrrírt), حقیقی (ḥqíqí), آگاه (ágáh), شوند (shúnd), راحت (ráḥt) as “every understanding heart, liberty, true, undisturbed peace”

اندر
indr d-r-y

literal: know; sea; ocean

SE rendered حرّیّت (ḥrrírt), حقیقی (ḥqíqí), آگاه (ágáh), شوند (shúnd), راحت (ráḥt), اندر (indr), راحت (ráḥt), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمایند (nmáynd), آسایش (ásáysh) as “liberty, true, undisturbed peace, absolute composure”

know 54% ocean 14% cannot 7% knowing 4% tear 4% accomplishments 4% most 4% find 4% how 4% out 4%
آفتاب
áftáb áftáb

literal: sun

SE rendered ارض (irḍ), بانوار (bánúár), آفتاب (áftáb), مقام (mqám), منوّر (mnúnr), یصدق (yṣdq) as “earth, light, station, illumined, said”

sun 58% day-star 15% daystar 12% sunbeam 4% orb 4% luminaries 4% light 4%
یقال
yqál q-w-l

literal: said

SE rendered مقام (mqám), منوّر (mnúnr), یصدق (yṣdq), یقال (yqál), نَرَی (naray), عِوَجًا (ʿiwajan) as “station, illumined, said, see, hollows”

called 43% can 29% named 14% said 14%
عِوَجًا
ʿiwajan ʿ-w-j → “hollows”

literal: apex; crooked; crookedness

hollows 50% crooked 50%
أَمْتًا
ʾamtan ʾ-m-t → “rising”

literal: elevation

1 occurrence in corpus

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