Gleanings — §582

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 582 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بمنظر اللّه الأكبر هذا المقرّ المقدّس المنير وإن وجدت نفسك وحيدًا لا تحزن فاكف بربّك ثمّ استأنس به و‌كن من الشّاكرين بلّغ أمر مولاك إلی كلّ من في السّموات و‌الأرض إن وجدت مقبلا فاظهر عليه لئالئ حكمة اللّه ربّك فيما ألقاك الرّوح و‌كن من المقبلين وإن وجدت معرضًا

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Be not grieved if thou performest it thyself alone. Let God be all-sufficient for thee. Commune intimately with His Spirit, and be thou of the thankful. Proclaim the Cause of thy Lord unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth. Should any man respond to thy call, lay bare before him the pearls of the wisdom of the Lord, thy God, which His Spirit hath sent down unto thee, and be thou of them that truly believe. And should anyone reject thine offer, turn thou away from him, and put thy trust and confidence in the Lord, thy God, the Lord of all worlds.

Translation Notes

بمنظر

literal: sight; view; spectacle; appearance

اللّه

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

الأكبر

literal: great; grand; mighty; large; greatness; majesty; sovereignty; arrogance

هذا

literal: this; that

المقرّ

literal: matter; affair; thing

المقدّس

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

المنير

literal: light; illumination

وإن

ʾ-n-n → “if thou performest it” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

وجدت

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

نفسك

n-f-s → “thyself”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

وحيدًا

w-ḥ-d → “alone”

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

لا

l-ʾ → “not”

literal: no; not; negation particle

تحزن

ḥ-z-n → “grieved”

literal: sorrow; grief; sadness; anguish; to grieve; to sorrow; to be sad

فاكف

k-f-y → “suffice” Distinctive

literal: to stop; restrain; abstain from

بربّك

r-b-b → “Lord”

literal: divine; of God; lordly

ثمّ

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

استأنس

ʾ-n-s → “Commune intimately” Distinctive

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

به

b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

و‌كن

k-w-n → “be thou”

literal: to be; existence

من

m-n → “of the thankful”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

الشّاكرين

literal: thank; thankful; thanks

بلّغ

b-l-gh → “Proclaim”

literal: to reach; to attain; to deliver; to proclaim

أمر

ʾ-m-r → “Cause”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

مولاك

w-l-y → “Lord”

literal: guardian; protector; friend; ally; lord; helper; first; primary; original

إلی

ʾ-l-y → “towards”

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

كلّ

k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

في

f-y → “in”

literal: in a day; during a day; one day after another

السّموات

s-m-w → “heavens”

literal: heaven; sky

و‌الأرض

ʾ-r-ḍ → “and on the earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

إن

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مقبلا

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

فاظهر

ẓ-h-r → “lay bare” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

عليه

ʿ-l-y → “before him” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

لئالئ

l-ʾ-l → “pearls”

literal: night; darkness

حكمة

ḥ-k-m → “wisdom”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom

ألقاك

l-q-y → “sent down unto thee”

literal: to cast, throw, utter; to impart

الرّوح

literal: to go; to depart; to rest; spirit; soul

معرضًا

literal: to turn away; to avert; to abstain; heedless

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