Gleanings — §555
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 555 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “holy”, “longing”, “delight” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “rapture”, “exultation” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered مجاهده (mjáhdh), ذوق (dhúq), شوق (shúq), عشق (ʿshq), وله (wlh), جذب (jdhb), حبّ (ḥbb), قلب (qlb), روشن (rúshn), نسیم (nsím) as “earnest striving, rapture, longing, fervid, ecstasy, love, seeker’s, kindled, breeze”
SE rendered قلب (qlb), روشن (rúshn), نسیم (nsím), محبّت (mḥbbt), از (iz), شطر (shṭr), احدیّه (iḥdídh), وزید (wzíd), ظلمت (ẓlmt), ضلالت (ḍlált), شک (shk) as “seeker’s, kindled, breeze, loving-kindness, wafted, His, darkness, error, doubts”
SE rendered روشن (rúshn), نسیم (nsím), محبّت (mḥbbt), از (iz), شطر (shṭr), احدیّه (iḥdídh), وزید (wzíd), ظلمت (ẓlmt), ضلالت (ḍlált), شک (shk), ریب (ríb), زایل (záyl) as “kindled, breeze, loving-kindness, wafted, His, darkness, error, doubts, misgivings, dispelled”
SE rendered نسیم (nsím), محبّت (mḥbbt), از (iz), شطر (shṭr), احدیّه (iḥdídh), وزید (wzíd), ظلمت (ẓlmt), ضلالت (ḍlált), شک (shk), ریب (ríb), زایل (záyl) as “breeze, loving-kindness, wafted, His, darkness, error, doubts, misgivings, dispelled”
This form usually rendered as “eliminate”, “deprive”, “dispelled” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will”, “leaveth”, “which” (25 occurrences)
SE expanded to “At that hour will”
This form usually rendered as “herald” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered روحانی (rúḥání), از (iz), مدینهٔ (mdính), الهی (al-hí), چون (chún), صبح (ṣbḥ), صادق (ṣádq), طالع (ṭálʿ), قلب (qlb), نفس (nfs), روح (rúḥ) as “Spirit, from, City, God, the, morn, shine, heart, soul, spirit”
SE rendered غفلت (ghflt), بیدار (bídár), نماید (nmáyd), عنایات (ʿnáyát), تأییدات (tʾayídát), روح (rúḥ), القدس (al-qds), صمدانی (ṣmdání), حیات (ḥíát), تازهٔ (tázh), جدید (jdíd) as “heedlessness, awaken, favors, Spirit, holy, everlasting, life, new”
SE rendered صمدانی (ṣmdání), حیات (ḥíát), تازهٔ (tázh), جدید (jdíd), مبذول (mbdhúl), دارد (dárd), بقسمی (bqsmí), صاحب (ṣáḥb), چشم (chshm), جدید (jdíd) as “everlasting, life, new, confer, such, find”
This form usually rendered as “every”, “revealer”, “person” (20 occurrences)
SE rendered گوش (gúsh), بدیع (bdíʿ), قلب (qlb), فؤاد (fʾád), تازه (tázh), میبیند (míbínd), رجوع (rjúʿ), بآیات (báyát), واضحهٔ (wáḍḥh), آفاقیّه (áfáqíqh) as “new, heart, mind, contemplate, signs, manifest, universe”
This form usually rendered as “return”, ““return””, “returned” (44 occurrences)
SE rendered وصول (wṣúl), بمراتب (bmrátb), عین (ʿín), الیقین (al-yqín), حقّ (ḥqq), الیقین (al-yqín), نور (núr), الیقین (al-yqín), جمیع (jmíʿ) as “leadeth, stations, absolute, certitude, all”
literal: observation; observe; observation, consideration
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “behold”, “observe” (153 occurrences)
SE rendered آثار (áthár), ظهور (ẓhúr), صمدانیّه (ṣmdánính), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), کند (knd) as “evidences, Manifestation, discover”