Gleanings — §633

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 633 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

أن یا إسمي طوبی لک بما رکبت علی فلک البهآء وکنت سایرًا في بحر الکبریآء بسلطاني الأعلی الأعلی وکنت من الفائزین من إصبع الله مکتوبًا وشربت کأس الحیوان من هذا الغلام الّذي یطوف في حوله مظاهر السّبحان ویستبرکنّ بلقائه مطالع الرّحمن في کلّ أصیل وبکورًا عزًّا

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Blessed art thou, O My name, inasmuch as thou hast entered Mine Ark, and art speeding, through the power of My sovereign and most exalted might, on the ocean of grandeur, and art numbered with My favored ones whose names the Finger of God hath inscribed. Thou hast quaffed the cup which is life indeed from the hands of this Youth, around Whom revolve the Manifestations of the All-Glorious, and the brightness of Whose presence they Who are the Daysprings of Mercy extol in the day time and in the night season.

Translation Notes

أن

literal: that; those; he; she; it

یا

literal: O; or

إسمي

s-m-w → “My name”

literal: heaven; sky

طوبی

ṭ-w-b → “Blessed”

literal: happiness; blessedness; felicity

لک

l → “His is”

literal: for us; to us

بما

m-ʾ → “that” Distinctive

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

رکبت

r-k-b → “perpetrated” Distinctive

literal: to ride; to commit; to undertake; composition; combination; structure

علی

ʿ-l-w → “on” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

فلک

f-l-k → “Mine Ark”

literal: ship; ark; orbit; sphere; heaven

البهآء

literal: splendor; glory; magnificence; Bahá (Proper Name in Bahá’í texts)

وکنت

k-w-n → “art speeding” Distinctive

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

سایرًا

literal: captive; prisoner; captivity

في

f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

بحر

b-ḥ-r → “ocean”

literal: sea; ocean

الکبریآء

k-b-r → “grandeur”

literal: greatest; greater; grandeur

بسلطاني

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

من

m-n → “with” Distinctive

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

الفائزین

f-w-z → “attain”

literal: to attain; to gain; to succeed; to win

إصبع

ṣ-b-ʿ → “Finger”

literal: finger; digit

الله

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

مکتوبًا

k-t-b → “inscribed”

literal: book; scripture; writing

وشربت

sh-r-b → “hast quaffed”

literal: to drink; to imbibe

کأس

k-ʾ-s → “cup”

literal: cup; chalice; goblet

الحیوان

ḥ-y-w → “life”

literal: life; living being; animal

هذا

h-dh-ʾ → “this”

literal: this; that

الغلام

gh-l-m → “Youth”

literal: youth; boy; servant; the Youth (Bahá’u’lláh)

الّذي

l-dh-y → “which”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

یطوف

ṭ-w-f → “circle”

literal: flood, deluge, tempest

حوله

ḥ-w-l → “around”

literal: states; conditions; circumstances; situations; affairs

مظاهر

ẓ-h-r → “Manifestations”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

السّبحان

s-b-ḥ → “the All-Glorious” Distinctive

literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted; dawn; daybreak; morning

ویستبرکنّ

literal: blessed; auspicious; fruitful; blest; blessed word

بلقائه

l-q-y → “presence”

literal: opposite; facing; in front of; towards

مطالع

ṭ-l-ʿ → “Daysprings”

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

الرّحمن

r-ḥ-m → “Mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

کلّ

k-l-l → “day time” Distinctive

literal: for us; to us

أصیل

literal: evening; afternoon; noble; ancient; nightfall; genesis

وبکورًا

b-k-r → “at morn”

literal: repetition; repeatedly; time and again; pulley; virgin; early morning

عزًّا

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

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