Gleanings — §63
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 63 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “on the wings”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “made”, “act” (33 occurrences)
SE rendered وَاسْتَقَامُوا (wástaqámúá), الأَمْرِ (al-ʾamr), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), مَنَعَتْهُمْ (manaʿathum), أَوْهَامُ (ʾawhám) as “attained, His Cause, have succeeded in deflecting, vain imaginations”
literal: prevent; prevented; prevention
SE expanded to “have succeeded in deflecting”
SE expanded to “of the learned”
SE expanded to “multitude of the hosts”
This form usually rendered as “world”, “whole”, “everywhere” (23 occurrences)
SE rendered جُنُودُ (junúd), الآفَاقِ، (al-áfáqi،), قَوْمِ (qawm), هَلْ (hal), مِنْكُمْ (minkum), أَحَدٍ (ʾaḥadin), يَدَعُ (yadaʿ) as “the multitude of the hosts, of the earth, O people, among you, will renounce”
This form usually rendered as “amongst” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered قَوْمِ (qawm), هَلْ (hal), مِنْكُمْ (minkum), أَحَدٍ (ʾaḥadin), يَدَعُ (yadaʿ), الْوَرَى (al-wará), مُقْبِلاً (muqbiláan) as “O people, among you, will renounce, the world, draw nigh”
This form usually rendered as “all”, “mankind”, “men” (19 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “set”, “fixed”, “face” (40 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of all names”
SE expanded to “will cast away”
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
SE expanded to “through the power”
SE expanded to “all created things”
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (258 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath bidden him observe”
SE rendered الْقُوَّةِ (al-qúqah), أُمِرَ (ʾumir), لَدَى (ladá), اللهِ (al-lh), عَالِمُ (ʿálim), السِّرِّ (as-sirr), وَالأَجْهَارِ، (wálʾajhári،) as “to the things, hath bidden him observe, God, the Knower, of the unseen, and of the seen”
This form usually rendered as “mystery”, “secret”, “secretly” (57 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “seen”, “openly” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “been sent down”
This form usually rendered as “rich” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “said”, “hath”, “saith” (92 occurrences)
SE expanded to ““Lauded art Thou”
5 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered لِمَنْ (liman), أَقْبَلَ (ʾaqbal), وَقَالَ (waqál), لَكَ (lak), الْحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd), مَحْبُوبَ (maḥbúb), الْعَالَمِينَ (al-ʿálamín) as “by him, hath believed, exclaimed, “Lauded art Thou, Beloved, of all worlds”