Gleanings — §66
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 66 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
(من الواح ذبيح) قل الأمر يقول، الملك يومئذ لله. لسان القدرة يقول، السلطنة يومئذ لله
قل الأمر يقول الملك يومئذ لله لسان القدرة يقول السّلطنة يومئذ لله ورقاءُ العماء على غصن البقاء تغنّ العظمة للّه الواحد الجبّار حمامة الأمر ترنّ على أفنان الرّضوان الكرم يومئذ لله الواحد الغفّار ديك العرش في أجمة القدس يدلع بأنّ الغلبة يومئذ لله الفرد المقتدر القهّار قلب كلّ شيء في كلّ شيء ينادي العفو يومئذ للّه الأحد الفرد المهيمن السّتّار روح البهاء فوق الرأس مقام الّذي لن يشار بإشارة الممكنات ينطق تاللّه قد ظهر ساذج القدم ذو العظمة والإقتدار لا إله إلّا هو العزيز المقتدر المتعالي العليم المحيط البصير الخبير المهيمن النوّار
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this Day the Kingdom is God’s!” The Tongue of Power is calling: “On this Day all sovereignty is, in very deed, with God!” The Phoenix of the realms above crieth out from the immortal Branch: “The glory of all greatness belongeth to God, the Incomparable, the All-Compelling!” The Mystic Dove proclaimeth from its blissful bower, in the everlasting Paradise: “The source of all bounty is derived, in this Day, from God, the One, the Forgiving!” The Bird of the Throne warbleth its melody in its retreats of holiness: “Supreme ascendancy is to be attributed, this Day, to none except God, Him Who hath no peer nor equal, Who is the Most Powerful, the All-Subduing!” The inmost essence of all things voiceth in all things the testimony: “All forgiveness floweth, in this Day, from God, Him to Whom none can compare, with Whom no partners can be joined, the Sovereign Protector of all men, and the Concealer of their sins!” The Quintessence of Glory hath lifted up its voice above My head, and crieth from such heights as neither pen nor tongue can in any degree describe: “God is my witness! He, the Ancient of everlasting days is come, girded with majesty and power. There is none other God but Him, the All-Glorious, the Almighty, the All-Highest, the All-Wise, the All-Pervading, the All-Seeing, the All-Informed, the Sovereign Protector, the Source of eternal light!”
Translation Notes
الملك
literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership
البقاء
literal: remaining; everlasting; eternal; immortal; permanence; duration; continuance
الرّضوان
literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment
الكرم
literal: Carmel (Mount Carmel); vineyard, fruitful field; honor; generosity; nobility
المهيمن
literal: the Protector; the Overseer; the Guardian; inspiration; revelation; intuition
الممكنات
literal: establishment; confirmation; empowerment; firm settlement; place; possibility; being (negated as ‘non-being’)
