Gleanings — §622
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 622 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
بعضی اموال ناس را حلال دانسته و حکم کتاب را سهل شمرده علیهم دائرة السّوء و عذاب الله المقتدر القدیر قسم بآفتاب افق تقدیس که اگر جمیع عالم از ذهب و فضّه شود نفسی که فیالحقیقه بملکوت ایمان ارتقا جسته ابداً بآن توجّه ننماید تا چه رسد باخذ آن و این مقام بلسان عربی احلی و لغات فصحی از قبل نازل لعمر الله اگر نفسی حلاوت آن را بیابد ابداً بغیر ما اذن الله عمل ننماید و بغیر دوست ناظر نشود فنای عالم را بعین بصیرت مشاهده نماید و قلبش بعالم بقا متّصل گردد بگو ای
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe on the integrity of the substance of their neighbor, and have made light of the injunction of God as prescribed in His Book. Evil fall upon them, and the chastisement of God, the All-Powerful, the Almighty, afflict them! By Him Who shineth above the Dayspring of sanctity! If the whole earth were to be converted into silver and gold, no man who can be said to have truly ascended into the heaven of faith and certitude would deign to regard it, much less to seize and keep it. We have formerly referred to this subject in passages revealed in the Arabic tongue, in a language of exquisite beauty. God is Our witness! Whoever hath tasted the sweetness of those words will never consent to transgress the bounds which God hath fixed, neither will he turn his gaze towards anyone except his Well-Beloved. Such a man will, with his inner eye, readily recognize how altogether vain and fleeting are the things of this world, and will set his affections on things above.
Translation Notes
علیهم
literal: exalted; highest; supreme; most high; upon you; on; over; Ali (name); upon
فنای
literal: annihilation; perishing; extinction; cessation; the threshold
