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Gleanings — §641

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 641 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

گردد جمیع ناس از وضیع و شریف طالب این مقام بوده و هستند ولکن بعد از اشراق شمس حقیقت کلّ ممنوع و محتجب مگر نفوسی که بحبل عنایت حقّ متمسّک شده‌اند و منقطعاً عمّا سواه بشطر احدیّه توجّه نموده‌اند حمد کن مقصود امکان را که باین شراف

Shoghi Effendi Translation

All men, be they high or low, have sought and are still seeking so great an honor. All, however, have, as soon as the Sun of Truth shed its radiance upon the world, been deprived of its benefits, and have been shut out as by a veil from its glory, except them that have clung to the cord of the unfailing providence of the one true God, and have with complete detachment from all else but Him turned their faces towards His holy court.

Translation Notes

گردد
g-r-d

literal: become; to become; make

جمیع
j-m-ʿ → “All men”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

ناس
n-ʾ-s → “All men”

literal: companionship; fellowship; familiarity; to keep company

از
ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

وضیع
w-ḍ-ʿ → “low”

literal: lawgiver; one who establishes; founder

شریف
sh-r-f → “high”

literal: honor; nobility; eminence; to honor

طالب
ṭ-l-b → “sought and are still seeking” Distinctive

literal: seeker, one who seeks; those who seek

این
ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

مقام
q-w-m → “people” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

بوده
b-w-d → “have” Distinctive

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

هستند
h-s-t → “have” Distinctive

literal: to be; to exist

ولکن
l-k-n → “however”

literal: but; however; yet; nevertheless

بعد
b-ʿ-d → “after”

literal: after; behind; distance

اشراق
sh-r-q → “radiance”

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

شمس
sh-m-s → “Sun”

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

حقیقت
ḥ-q-q → “Truth”

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

کلّ
k-l-l → “All”

literal: for us; to us

ممنوع
m-n-ʿ → “deprived” Distinctive

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

محتجب
ḥ-j-b → “by a veil” Distinctive

literal: to veil oneself, to be veiled

مگر
m-g-r → “save through”

literal: matter; affair; thing

نفوسی
n-f-s → “them”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

که
k-h → “that”

literal: that; who; who, that

بحبل
ḥ-b-l → “cord”

literal: cord; rope; bond; connection

عنایت
ʿ-n-y → “unfailing providence” Distinctive

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

متمسّک
m-s-k → “clung” Distinctive

literal: musk; to seize; grip

شده‌اند
sh-d → “have” Distinctive

literal: become; turned into; has become; to become; to be

منقطعاً
q-ṭ-ʿ → “complete detachment” Distinctive

literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain

عمّا
ʿ-n → “from”

literal: with them; in their company

سواه
s-w-y → “all else but Him” Distinctive

literal: other than; other-than; besides

بشطر
sh-ṭ-r → “towards”

literal: side, direction; half; to split

احدیّه
ʾ-ḥ-d

literal: oneness; unity; absolute unicity; singleness of divine essence

توجّه
w-j-h → “turned”

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

نموده‌اند
n-m-w → “have”

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

حمد
ḥ-m-d

literal: praise; to praise

کن
k-w-n → “been”

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

مقصود
q-ṣ-d

literal: intention; purpose; aim; goal; to seek; to direct oneself

امکان
m-k-n

literal: establishment; confirmation; empowerment; firm settlement; place; possibility; being (negated as ‘non-being’)

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

باین
b-y-n

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

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