Gleanings — §562

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 562 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

که از اعلی افق عالم اشراق نموده حزب الله جز عمار و اصلاح عالم و تهذیب امم مقصودی نداشته و ندارند با جمیع ناس بصدق و صفا بوده‌اند ظاهرشان عین باطن و باطن نفس ظاهر حقیقت امر پوشیده و پنهان نه امام وجوه ظاهر و هویدا نفس اعمال گواه این مقال امروز هر صاحب بصری انوار صبح ظهور را

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The Daystar of Truth that shineth in its meridian splendor beareth Us witness! They who are the people of God have no ambition except to revive the world, to ennoble its life, and regenerate its peoples. Truthfulness and goodwill have, at all times, marked their relations with all men. Their outward conduct is but a reflection of their inward life, and their inward life a mirror of their outward conduct. No veil hideth or obscureth the verities on which their Faith is established. Before the eyes of all men these verities have been laid bare, and can be unmistakably recognized. Their very acts attest the truth of these words.

Translation Notes

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

از

ʾ-z

literal: from

اعلی

ʿ-l-w

literal: highest; most high; supreme

افق

ʾ-f-q

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

عالم

ʿ-l-m → “world”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

اشراق

sh-r-q → “shineth in its meridian splendor” Distinctive

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

نموده

n-m-ود → “They” Distinctive

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

حزب

ḥ-z-b → “people”

literal: party; people; community

الله

ʾ-l-h → “of God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

جز

j-z → “apart from”

literal: except

عمار

ʿ-m-r → “life” Distinctive

literal: life; age; duration; by the life of (oath)

اصلاح

ṣ-l-ḥ → “betterment”

literal: peace; reconciliation

تهذیب

h-dh-b → “edify”

literal: refinement; polishing; edification; edifying; cultivation

امم

ʾ-m-m → “its peoples”

literal: mother; to lead; to head; matter; affair; people; nation; community; female servant; handmaiden; umma

مقصودی

q-ṣ-d → “purpose”

literal: intention; purpose; aim; goal; to seek; to direct oneself

نداشته

d-ʾ-sh-t → “no”

literal: to have; to possess; to hold

با

b-ʾ-ʾ

literal: to; with; by

جمیع

j-m-ʿ → “with all”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

ناس

n-ʾ-s → “men”

literal: companionship; fellowship; familiarity; to keep company

بصدق

ṣ-d-q → “Truthfulness”

literal: to confirm; to verify; to acknowledge; to testify to truth

صفا

ṣ-f-w → “Thy chosen ones” Distinctive

literal: pure one; chosen one; selected one; elite; purity; clarity; sincerity; pure; sincere

بوده‌اند

b-w-d → “have, at all times, marked” Distinctive

literal: to be; to exist; to have been

ظاهرشان

ẓ-h-r → “Their outward conduct”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation

عین

ʿ-y-n → “eyes”

literal: eye; fountain; spring; essence; to appoint; to designate; to specify; to determine

باطن

b-ṭ-n → “their inward life” Distinctive

literal: inner; hidden; inward; esoteric

نفس

n-f-s

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

حقیقت

ḥ-q-q → “verities” Distinctive

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just