Gleanings — §544

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 544 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

نفس ینبغي أن یختار لنفسه ما لا یتصرّف فیه غیره ویکون معه في کلّ الأحوال تالله إنّه لحبّ الله لو أنتم من

Shoghi Effendi Translation

For every one of you his paramount duty is to choose for himself that on which no other may infringe and none usurp from him. Such a thing — and to this the Almighty is My witness — is the love of God, could ye but perceive it.

Translation Notes

نفس

nfs n-f-s → “every one of you” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; souls

This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)

SE expanded to “every one of you”

own 23% self 20% soul 18% himself 15% evil 6% souls 5% life 4% man 3% corrupt 3% passions 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: Not one single soul gleaningsGWB §135: His own Self kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: sordid machinations prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and to glorify Thine Essence tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soul will-and-testamentW&T §25: believers

ینبغي

ynbghí n-b-gh → “behooveth”

literal: befit; befits

behooveth 38% beseemeth 21% befitteth 10% becometh 7% meet 7% aid 3% behoove 3% adequately 3% all 3% well 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: aid gleaningsGWB §620: becometh kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meet prayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemeth gleaningsGWB §570: it beseem kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemly prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: of

یتصرّف

ytṣrrf ṣ-r-f → “lay” Distinctive

literal: pure; disposal; assayer

This form usually rendered as “infringe” (2 occurrences)

lay 15% pure 15% treatment 10% spent 10% absolute 10% utter 10% essence 10% assayers 10% divine 5% establishing 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: establishing His ascendency gleaningsGWB §279: spent in kitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: sway prayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: pure the-hidden-wordsHW §100: Assayer will-and-testamentW&T §27: be expended for epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: lay hands on gleaningsGWB §106: utter

غیره

ghírh gh-y-r → “others”

literal: other; other than

others 32% without 14% any 9% reason 9% like 9% another 9% things 5% all 5% except 5% thought 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: any one except gleaningsGWB §114: unique kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: changeth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: another the-hidden-wordsHW §107: BEFRIENDED will-and-testamentW&T §39: changed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: all else gleaningsGWB §650: runneth counter to

ویکون

wíkún k-w-n → “such a thing” Distinctive

literal: be; was; to be

This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (69 occurrences)

SE expanded to “Such a thing”

will 32% future 16% may 11% should 11% had 5% serve 5% entirely 5% could 5% filled 5% future.” 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: is fire-tabletFire §35: universe gleaningsGWB §474: induce him kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: should prayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: the same tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combine tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitate tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath

معه

mʿh m-ʿ

literal: with; with/notwithstanding

SE rendered یتصرّف (ytṣrrf), غیره (ghírh), ویکون (wíkún), معه (mʿh), الأحوال (al-ʾaḥúál), تالله (tállh), لحبّ (lḥbb) as “infringe, other, Such a thing, the love”

notwithstanding 43% yet 21% although 7% though 7% besides 7% view 7% nevertheless 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: with it gleaningsGWB §150: though kitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: yet epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Me gleaningsGWB §311: With them kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: And yet epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: notwithstanding gleaningsGWB §265: are associated with thee

الأحوال

al-ʾaḥúál ḥ-w-l

literal: state

SE rendered غیره (ghírh), ویکون (wíkún), معه (mʿh), الأحوال (al-ʾaḥúál), تالله (tállh), لحبّ (lḥbb), الله (al-lh), لو (lú) as “other, Such a thing, the love, of God, could”