Gleanings — §584

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 584 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

جبروت الأمر من لدن عزيز قدير و‌للّه خلف سُرادق القدس عباد يظهرن في الأرض و‌ينصرنّ هذا الأمر و‌لن يخافنّ من أحد ولو يحاربنّ معهم كلّ الخلائق أجمعين أولئك يقومنّ بين السّموات و‌الأرض و‌يذكرنّ اللّه بأعلی ندائهم و‌يدعون النّاس إلی صراط اللّه العزيز الحميد أن اقتدِ بهؤلاء و‌لا تخف من أحد و‌كن من الّذين لا يحزنهم ضوضاء النّاس في ‌سبيل بارئهم و‌لا يمنعهم لومة اللاّئمين اذهب بلوح اللّه و‌آثاره إ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

There lay concealed within the Holy Veil, and prepared for the service of God, a company of His chosen ones who shall be manifested unto men, who shall aid His Cause, who shall be afraid of no one, though the entire human race rise up and war against them. These are the ones who, before the gaze of the dwellers on earth and the denizens of heaven, shall arise and, shouting aloud, acclaim the name of the Almighty, and summon the children of men to the path of God, the All-Glorious, the All-Praised. Walk thou in their way, and let no one dismay thee. Be of them whom the tumult of the world, however much it may agitate them in the path of their Creator, can never sadden, whose purpose the blame of the blamer will never defeat.

Translation Notes

جبروت

j-b-r

literal: compelled; forced; constrained

الأمر

ʾ-m-r → “His Cause”

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

من

m-n → “from”

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

لدن

l-d-n → “by”

literal: from; on the part of; from before; near

عزيز

ʿ-z-z → “Almighty”

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

قدير

q-d-r

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

خلف

kh-l-f → “within the Holy Veil”

literal: opposing; contrary; conflicting

سُرادق

s-r-d-q → “within the Holy Veil” Distinctive

literal: pavilion; tabernacle; canopy; tent

القدس

q-d-s → “within the Holy Veil”

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

عباد

ʿ-b-d → “servants”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

يظهرن

ẓ-h-r → “shall be manifested”

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

في

f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

الأرض

ʾ-r-ḍ → “men” Distinctive

literal: earth; land; ground; country

و‌ينصرنّ

n-ṣ-r → “who shall aid”

literal: help; victory; helper

هذا

h-dh-ʾ

literal: this; that

و‌لن

l-n → “neither”

literal: will not (negation of future)

يخافنّ

kh-w-f → “who shall be afraid”

literal: fear; fearful; to fear

أحد

ʾ-ḥ-d → “of no one”

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

ولو

l-w → “If”

literal: were it not for; if not for; save for

يحاربنّ

ḥ-r-b → “rise up and war”

literal: fight; war; warfare

معهم

m-ʿ → “notwithstanding” Distinctive

literal: with them; in their company

كلّ

k-l-l → “entire human race” Distinctive

literal: for us; to us

الخلائق

kh-l-q → “Thy creatures” Distinctive

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

أجمعين

j-m-ʿ → “entire human race” Distinctive

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

أولئك

ʾ-w-l → “first” Distinctive

literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of

يقومنّ

q-w-m → “shall arise”

literal: station; people; place

بين

b-y-n → “before the gaze” Distinctive

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

السّموات

s-m-w → “the denizens of heaven”

literal: heaven; sky

و‌يذكرنّ

dh-k-r → “mention” Distinctive

literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned

اللّه

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

بأعلی

ʿ-l-w

literal: highest; most high; supreme

ندائهم

n-d-w

literal: call; voice; cry; summons

و‌يدعون

d-ʿ-w → “and summon”

literal: call, invocation, summons; to call, invite, summon

النّاس

n-ʾ-s → “the children of men”

literal: companionship; fellowship; familiarity; to keep company

إلی

ʾ-l-y → “to”

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

صراط

ṣ-r-ṭ → “path”

literal: path, way, straight path

الحميد

ḥ-m-d → “the All-Praised”

literal: praise; to praise

أن

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

اقتدِ

q-d-w → “Walk thou”

literal: follow; followed; following

بهؤلاء

h-ʾ-l → “these”

literal: these

و‌لا

w-l-y → “Lord” Distinctive

literal: no; not; negation particle

و‌كن

k-w-n → “Be of them”

literal: to be; existence

الّذين

l-dh-y → “which” Distinctive

literal: those who; the ones who (relative pronoun)

لا

l-ʾ → “or”

literal: no; not; negation particle

يحزنهم

ḥ-z-n → “sorrow”

literal: sorrow; grief; sadness; anguish

ضوضاء

ḍ-w-ḍ → “clamor” Distinctive

literal: noise, tumult, clamor

‌سبيل

s-b-l → “path”

literal: path; way; road; cause; means

بارئهم

b-r-ʾ → “Thy people” Distinctive

literal: high; exalted; upper; to adorn; to arrange; to prepare; banners; standards

يمنعهم

m-n-ʿ → “hinder”

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

لومة

l-w-m → “blame”

literal: blame; censure; to blame

اذهب

dh-h-b

literal: religion; creed; doctrine; belief; sect

بلوح

l-w-ḥ

literal: tablet; panel; divine decree; revelation

و‌آثاره

ʾ-th-r

literal: effect; trace; influence; imprint; sign; mark; vestige

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