Gleanings — §607
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 607 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered اعمال (iʿmál), افعال (ifʿál), حقّ (ḥqq), مشهود (mshhúd), ظاهر (ẓáhr), چنانچه (chnánchh) as “virtues and attributes, pertaining unto God, evident, manifest, and have been”
SE expanded to “pertaining unto God”
SE rendered جمیع (jmíʿ), کتب (ktb), سماویّه (smáwíwh), نازل (názl), مسطور (msṭúr), مثل (mthl), امانت (imánt), راستی (rástí), پاکی (pákí) as “all, Books, heavenly, mentioned and described, Among them are, trustworthiness, truthfulness, purity”
This form usually rendered as “purity” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered امانت (imánt), راستی (rástí), پاکی (pákí), قلب (qlb), ذکر (dhkr), حقّ (ḥqq), بردباری (brdbárí), رضای (rḍáy), قضی (qḍí) as “trustworthiness, truthfulness, purity, heart, God, forbearance, resignation, hath decreed”
This form usually rendered as “good-pleasure”, “good”, “pleasure” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “god”, “god’s”, “lord” (1314 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “things”, “affairs”, “such” (103 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “supreme” (225 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all-encompassing”, “most”, “worthier” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered اسبق (isbq), حقّ (ḥqq), مذکور (mdhkúr), دیگر (dígr), مابقی (mábqí), احکام (iḥkám), فروعیّه (frúʿíʿh), ظلّ (ẓll) as “most laudable, God, other, acts, secondary and subordinate, unto them.…”
This form usually rendered as “laws”, “precepts”, “law” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “secondary” (1 occurrences)