Gleanings — §660
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 660 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
لعمري سوف نطوي الدّنیا وما فیها ونبسط بساطًا آخَر إنّه کان علی کلّ شيء قدیرًا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By My Self! The day is approaching when We will have rolled up the world and all that is therein, and spread out a new order in its stead. He, verily, is powerful over all things.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “By My Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: the edificesgleaningsGWB §615: By Mine own Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and build upthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: By the righteousnessgleaningsGWB §367: the precious days of your livesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: had been built up
SE expanded to “have rolled up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: By the worldgleaningsGWB §115: however inconsiderablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: or lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: abasementthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: things belowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: worldgleaningsGWB §573: “the world”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: sordid
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: courtgleaningsGWB §307: shall rejoice with exceeding gladnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: unfoldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: precincts of the courtthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the domainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: gladnessgleaningsGWB §167: My couchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: realm
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: FinallygleaningsGWB §247: unto the rest of mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §182: and in the life beyondthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: At lengthgleaningsGWB §68: tone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thingsgleaningsGWB §669: Through His world-pervading Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: willeth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: No onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered آخَر (ákhar), شيء (shíʾ), قدیرًا (qdíran) as “in its stead, things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: through the powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §260: Powerful is Hekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: a littleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: through Thy strengthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: thy capacity
