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Gleanings — §559

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 559 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

مکنون و در هر غرفه‌اش صد‌هزار حکمت مخزون و مجاهدین فی‌‌الله بعد از انقطاع از ماسوی چنان بآن مدینه انس گیرند که آنی از آن منفکّ نشوند دلائل قطعیّه را از سنبل آن محفل شنوند و براهین واضحه را از جمال گل و نوای بلبل اخذ نمایند و این مدینه در رأس هزار سنه او ازید او اقلّ تجدید شود و تزیین یابد...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

They that valiantly labor in quest of God, will, when once they have renounced all else but Him, be so attached and wedded unto that City, that a moment’s separation from it would to them be unthinkable. They will hearken unto infallible proofs from the Hyacinth of that assembly, and will receive the surest testimonies from the beauty of its Rose, and the melody of its Nightingale. Once in about a thousand years shall this City be renewed and readorned.…

Translation Notes

مکنون
k-n-n

literal: to do; to make; to perform

در
d-r-r

literal: in; in, at; radiant

هر
h-r

literal: whatever; all that; whatever thing

غرفه‌اش
gh-r-f

literal: chamber; room; elevated chamber

حکمت
ḥ-k-m

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom

مخزون
kh-z-n

literal: to store, to treasure; storehouse, depository, treasury

مجاهدین
j-h-d → “Strive” Distinctive

literal: effort; striving; exertion; endeavor

فی‌‌الله
f-y → “in” Distinctive

literal: in God, for God’s sake

بعد
b-ʿ-d → “when once” Distinctive

literal: after; behind; distance

از
ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

انقطاع
q-ṭ-ʿ → “renounced” Distinctive

literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain

ماسوی
s-w-y → “all else but Him”

literal: level; equal; straight; upon a throne; resting upon; toward; to; direction of; other than; besides; except

چنان
ch-n-ʾ → “be so”

literal: thus; in such manner; as

بآن
ʾ-n-n → “unto that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مدینه
m-d-n → “City”

literal: religion; faith; creed; belief

انس
ʾ-n-s

literal: familiar; intimate; companionship; to be acquainted with; companion; intimate friend; to be intimate with; to keep company; to console

گیرند
g-y-r → “abide ye” Distinctive

literal: to take; to seize; to grasp; to hold; to seek

که
k-h → “that a moment’s”

literal: that; who; who, that

آنی
ʾ-n-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

آن
ʾ-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

منفکّ
f-k-k → “opened the seal” Distinctive

literal: separated; detached; parted

نشوند
sh-d

literal: become; to become; became

دلائل
d-l-l → “proofs”

literal: to argue; to demonstrate; proof

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

سنبل
s-n-b-l → “Hyacinth”

literal: spike of grain; ear of corn; hyacinth

محفل
ḥ-f-l → “assembly”

literal: assembly, gathering, council, meeting

شنوند
sh-n-w → “hearken”

literal: most ugly; most abominable; most heinous

براهین
b-r-h → “testimonies”

literal: proof, evidence, demonstration, argument

واضحه
w-ḍ-ḥ → “surest” Distinctive

literal: clear; evident; manifest; obvious

جمال
j-m-l → “beauty”

literal: beauty; comeliness

گل
g-l → “Rose”

literal: rose-garden; garden of flowers

نوای
n-w-y → “melody”

literal: melody, song, voice, sound; vessel, container; utensil

بلبل
b-l-b-l → “Nightingale”

literal: confusion; mixture of languages; disorder

اخذ
ʾ-kh-dh → “arrested”

literal: to take; to seize; to affect; to grasp

نمایند
n-m-ʾ → “will” Distinctive

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

این
ʾ-y-n → “this”

literal: this; these

رأس
r-ʾ-s

literal: chief; leader; head; president; beginning

هزار
h-z-r → “thousand”

literal: thousand

سنه
s-n-h → “years”

literal: year; way; tradition; custom

او
h-w-w

literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song

ازید
z-y-d → “waxed greater and greater” Distinctive

literal: increase; excess; more; additional; to increase; to grow; to be added

اقلّ
q-l-l

literal: little; few; scanty; small in quantity

تجدید
j-d-d → “renewed”

literal: to demolish, destroy, tear down

شود
sh-w-d

literal: to come; to go; to arrive; came

تزیین
z-y-n → “readorned.…” Distinctive

literal: to adorn; ornament; beauty; adornment; embellishment; decoration

یابد...
y-ʾ-f-t

literal: find; to find, obtain; found

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