Gleanings — §657
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 657 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “grace”, “loving-kindness”, “loving” (46 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of all worlds”
SE expanded to “is still being”
This form usually rendered as “round”, “around”, “through” (36 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “arise” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “among”, “unto”, “face” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “servants”, “men”, “people” (293 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all them that serve Him”
This form usually rendered as “land”, “upon”, “piety” (59 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “dare”, “can” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “His holy name”
SE expanded to “grieve thine heart”
This form usually rendered as “refuse” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered امرش (imrsh), اعلای (iʿláy), ذکرش (dhkrsh), محزون (mḥzún), مباش (mbásh), از (iz), اینکه (iynkh), صاحب (ṣáḥb), علوم (ʿlúm), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), خطّ (khṭṭ) as “His Cause, to magnify, His holy name, grieve thine heart, are, human learning, to read or write”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered اعلای (iʿláy), ذکرش (dhkrsh), محزون (mḥzún), مباش (mbásh), از (iz), اینکه (iynkh), صاحب (ṣáḥb), علوم (ʿlúm), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), خطّ (khṭṭ), نیستی (nístí) as “to magnify, His holy name, grieve thine heart, are, human learning, to read or write, thy inability”
SE rendered اعلای (iʿláy), ذکرش (dhkrsh), محزون (mḥzún), مباش (mbásh), از (iz), اینکه (iynkh), صاحب (ṣáḥb), علوم (ʿlúm), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), خطّ (khṭṭ), نیستی (nístí), ابواب (ibúáb) as “to magnify, His holy name, grieve thine heart, are, human learning, to read or write, thy inability, doors”
10 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “one true God”
SE rendered قبضهٴ (qbḍhٴ), قدرت (qdrt), حقّ (ḥqq), بر (br), وجه (wjh), عباد (ʿbád), گشوده (gshúdh), میگشاید (mígsháyd), انشآءالله (insháʾállh) as “the mighty grasp, power, the one true God, opened, will continue to open, will”
This form usually rendered as “god”, “please” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ethereal”, “subtile”, “pure” (23 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “of thine heart”
This form usually rendered as “will”, “deprive”, “succeed” (95 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in such wise”
SE rendered نماید (nmáyd), بشأنی (bshʾaní), ثمرات (thmrát), دیار (díár), ظاهر (ẓáhr), مقتدر (mqtdr), بر (br) as “hath, in such wise, effects, manifested, hath power, over”
SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), مقتدر (mqtdr), بر (br), هر (hr), شیء (shíʾ), لهو (lhú), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), العزیز (al-ʿzíz) as “manifested, hath power, over, all things, He, verily, is, the Most Powerful, the All-Glorious”
This form usually rendered as “both”, “"he”, “fear” (43 occurrences)