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Gleanings — §668

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 668 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

قلب عالم از کلمهٴ الهیّه مشتعل است حیف است باین نار مشتعل نشوید انشآءالله امیدواریم که لیلهٴ مبارکه را لیلة الاتّحادیّه قرار دهید و کل با یکدیگر متّحد شوید و بطراز اخلاق حسنهٴ ممدوحه مزیّن گردید و همّتان این باشد که نفسی را از غرقاب فنا بشریعهٴ بقا هدایت نمائید و در میانهٴ عباد بقسمی رفتار کنید که آثار حقّ از شما ظاهر شود چه که شمائید اوّل وجود و اوّل عابدین و اوّل ساجدین و اوّل طائفین فوالّذی انطقنی بما اراد که اسماء شما در ملکوت اعلی مشهورتر است از ذکر شما در نزد شما گمان مکنید این سخن وهم است یا لیت انتم ترون ما یری ربّکم الرّحمن من علوّ شأنکم و عظمة قدرکم و سموّ مقامکم نسأل الله أن لا تمنعکم أنفسکم و أهوائکم عمّا قدّر لکم...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The Word of God hath set the heart of the world afire; how regrettable if ye fail to be enkindled with its flame! Please God, ye will regard this blessed night as the night of unity, will knit your souls together, and resolve to adorn yourselves with the ornament of a goodly and praiseworthy character. Let your principal concern be to rescue the fallen from the slough of impending extinction, and to help him embrace the ancient Faith of God. Your behavior towards your neighbor should be such as to manifest clearly the signs of the one true God, for ye are the first among men to be recreated by His Spirit, the first to adore and bow the knee before Him, the first to circle round His throne of glory. I swear by Him Who hath caused Me to reveal whatever hath pleased Him! Ye are better known to the inmates of the Kingdom on high than ye are known to your own selves. Think ye these words to be vain and empty? Would that ye had the power to perceive the things your Lord, the All-Merciful, doth see — things that attest the excellence of your rank, that bear witness to the greatness of your worth, that proclaim the sublimity of your station! God grant that your desires and unmortified passions may not hinder you from that which hath been ordained for you.

Translation Notes

نشوید
nshúyd shdn

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered حیف (ḥíf), باین (báyn), نار (nár), مشتعل (mshtʿl), نشوید (nshúyd), انشآءالله (insháʾállh), امیدواریم (imídúárím), لیلهٴ (lílhٴ) as “regrettable, flame, enkindled, Please, will, blessed”

have 34% hath 25% may 7% will 7% can 6% should 5% would 5% thou 4% become 3% mayest 3%
دهید
dhíd dádn

literal: give; to give; given

SE rendered مبارکه (mbárkh), لیلة (lílh), الاتّحادیّه (at-tḥádídh), قرار (qrár), دهید (dhíd), یکدیگر (ykdígr), متّحد (mttḥd) as “night, unity, regard, souls, knit”

save 20% announce 20% proclaim 20% wilt 20% judge 20%
ممدوحه
mmdúḥh m-d-ḥ → “and”

literal: praiseworthy

SE rendered بطراز (bṭráz), اخلاق (ikhláq), حسنهٴ (ḥsnhٴ), ممدوحه (mmdúḥh), مزیّن (mzízn), گردید (grdíd), همّتان (hmmtán), باشد (báshd) as “ornament, praiseworthy, goodly, and, adorn, principal, concern”

2 occurrences in corpus

گردید
grdíd gshtn

literal: become; became; to become

SE rendered اخلاق (ikhláq), حسنهٴ (ḥsnhٴ), ممدوحه (mmdúḥh), مزیّن (mzízn), گردید (grdíd), همّتان (hmmtán), باشد (báshd) as “praiseworthy, goodly, and, adorn, principal, concern”

let 20% thou 20% did 20% resulted 20% return 20%
بقا
bqá b-q-y

literal: eternity

SE rendered غرقاب (ghrqáb), فنا (fná), بشریعهٴ (bshríʿhٴ), بقا (bqá), هدایت (hdáyt), نمائید (nmáʾíd), میانهٴ (míánhٴ) as “slough, impending, Faith, to, towards”

نمائید
nmáʾíd nmúdn

literal: show

SE rendered غرقاب (ghrqáb), فنا (fná), بشریعهٴ (bshríʿhٴ), بقا (bqá), هدایت (hdáyt), نمائید (nmáʾíd), میانهٴ (míánhٴ) as “slough, impending, Faith, to, towards”

ye 37% yourselves 13% show 10% may 10% ponder 7% thou 7% have 7% confer 3% set 3% meditate 3%
بقسمی
bqsmí q-s-m

literal: manner; oath; oath, swear

SE rendered هدایت (hdáyt), نمائید (nmáʾíd), میانهٴ (míánhٴ), عباد (ʿbád), بقسمی (bqsmí), رفتار (rftár), کنید (kníd), آثار (áthár), حقّ (ḥqq) as “to, towards, signs, the”

such 52% much 11% how 7% great 7% potent 4% complete 4% heavily 4% like 4% form 4% know 4%
رفتار
rftár r-f-t

literal: behavior, to deal

SE rendered میانهٴ (míánhٴ), عباد (ʿbád), بقسمی (bqsmí), رفتار (rftár), کنید (kníd), آثار (áthár), حقّ (ḥqq), از (iz), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “towards, signs, the, manifest”

deal 25% through 25% manner 25% treatment 25%
کنید
kníd krdn

literal: do; to do; do/make

SE rendered میانهٴ (míánhٴ), عباد (ʿbád), بقسمی (bqsmí), رفتار (rftár), کنید (kníd), آثار (áthár), حقّ (ḥqq), از (iz), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “towards, signs, the, manifest”

do 18% ye 18% taste 9% impart 9% know 9% thou 9% would 9% yourselves 9% cast 9%
وجود
wjúd w-j-d

literal: existence; existent

SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), چه (chh), شمائید (shmáʾíd), اوّل (iwwl), وجود (wjúd), اوّل (iwwl), عابدین (ʿábdín), اوّل (iwwl), ساجدین (sájdín) as “manifest, are, first, to, bow”

world 17% notwithstanding 17% all 14% beings 11% creation 8% yet 8% mankind 8% existence 6% exist 6% souls 6%
ذکر
dhkr dh-k-r

literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned

SE rendered ملکوت (mlkút), اعلی (iʿlí), مشهورتر (mshhúrtr), از (iz), ذکر (dhkr), نزد (nzd), گمان (gmán) as “Kingdom, high, known, Think”

نزد
nzd zdn

literal: near; strike; near, with

SE rendered اعلی (iʿlí), مشهورتر (mshhúrtr), از (iz), ذکر (dhkr), نزد (nzd), گمان (gmán), مکنید (mkníd), سخن (skhn), وهم (whm) as “high, known, Think, words, vain”

eyes 20% unto 15% estimation 10% visited 10% possession 10% sight 10% when 10% whenever 5% opinion 5% possesses 5%
مکنید
mkníd k-n

literal: do; make; to do

SE rendered از (iz), ذکر (dhkr), نزد (nzd), گمان (gmán), مکنید (mkníd), سخن (skhn), وهم (whm), لیت (lít) as “known, Think, words, vain, Would”

“be 17% suffer 17% let 17% gird 17% reflect 17% neither 17%

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