Gleanings — §599

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 599 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

حقّ جلّ جلاله از برای ظهور جواهر معانی از معدن انسانی آمده. الیوم دین الله و مذهب الله آنکه مذاهب مختلفه و سبل متعدّده را سبب و علّت بغضا ننمائید این اصول و قوانین و راههای محکم متین از مطلع واحد ظاهر و از مشرق واحد مشرق و این اختلافات نظر بمصالح وقت و زمان و قرون و اعصار بوده ای اهل بهاء کمر همّت را محکم نمائید که شاید جدال و نزاع

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The Purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves. That the divers communions of the earth, and the manifold systems of religious belief, should never be allowed to foster the feelings of animosity among men, is, in this Day, of the essence of the Faith of God and His Religion. These principles and laws, these firmly established and mighty systems, have proceeded from one Source, and are the rays of one Light. That they differ one from another is to be attributed to the varying requirements of the ages in which they were promulgated.

Translation Notes

حقّ

ḥ-q-q → “God”

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

جلّ

j-l-l → “exalted”

literal: majesty; glory; exaltation; magnificence

از

ʾ-z → “from another is to be”

literal: from

برای

b-r-y

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

ظهور

ẓ-h-r → “revealing Himself” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

جواهر

j-w-h-r → “gems”

literal: jewel; essence; gem; substance

معانی

ʿ-n-y

literal: to concern; to mean; to turn away from; bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention; meaning; significance; inner sense

معدن

ʿ-d-n → “mine”

literal: mine; source; origin; repository

انسانی

ʾ-n-s → “men” Distinctive

literal: human; mankind; of humanity

آمده.

ʾ-m-d

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

الیوم

y-w-m → “this Day”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

دین

d-y-n → “Faith”

literal: religion; faith; creed; belief

الله

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

مذهب

dh-h-b → “Religion”

literal: religion; creed; doctrine; belief; sect

آنکه

ʾ-n → “That”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

سبل

s-b-l → “path”

literal: path; way; road; cause; means

متعدّده

ʿ-d-d → “capacity” Distinctive

literal: transgressor; aggressor; one who exceeds bounds; transgression; to transgress; to exceed bounds

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

سبب

s-b-b → “cause”

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

علّت

ʿ-l-l

literal: for us; to us

بغضا

b-gh-ḍ → “animosity”

literal: hatred; enmity; animosity

ننمائید

n-m-ʾ → “may” Distinctive

literal: to show; to display; to make; to render; to perform; display; show; emblem; reflection

این

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

اصول

ʾ-ṣ-l → “principles” Distinctive

literal: principles; foundations; rules; origins

قوانین

q-n-n → “laws”

literal: law; canon; principle

راههای

r-ʾ-h → “show Thy way” Distinctive

literal: paths; ways; roads; methods

محکم

ḥ-k-m → “wisdom” Distinctive

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom

متین

m-t-n → “mighty”

literal: strong; firm; solid; robust

مطلع

ṭ-l-ʿ → “Source” Distinctive

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

واحد

w-ḥ-d → “one”

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

مشرق

sh-r-q → “Light.” Distinctive

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

اختلافات

kh-l-f → “differ”

literal: opposing; contrary; conflicting

نظر

n-ẓ-r

literal: sight; view; spectacle; appearance

بمصالح

ṣ-l-ḥ → “requirements”

literal: peace; reconciliation

وقت

w-q-t

literal: time; occasion; moment; period

زمان

z-m-n → “earth” Distinctive

literal: time; age; era; period

قرون

q-r-n

literal: conjunction; union; coupling; association

اعصار

ʿ-ṣ-r

literal: age; era; century; period of time

بوده

b-w-d → “were promulgated” Distinctive

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

ای

ʾ-y-y

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

اهل

ʾ-h-l → “men” Distinctive

literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin

بهاء

b-h-w

literal: highest; most high; supreme

کمر

k-m-r

literal: loins; waist; to gird

همّت

h-m-m

literal: them (feminine or general); by them; through them

که

k-h → “that lie hidden within”

literal: that; who; who, that

شاید

sh-y-d

literal: perhaps, perchance, haply, maybe, possibly; to become; to be; to happen; to occur

جدال

j-d-l

literal: to argue; to dispute; to contend; argument

نزاع

n-z-ʿ

literal: to pull out; to deprive; to contest; to wrench away

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