Gleanings — §684
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 684 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered حال (ḥál), عباد (ʿbád), از (iz), سراج (sráj), قدس (qds), منير (mnír), صمدانی (ṣmdání) as “servants, of, Deprive not yourselves, resplendent, Divine glory”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “lamp”, “shelter”, “niche” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (190 occurrences)
SE rendered منير (mnír), صمدانی (ṣmdání), مشکاة (mshkáh), عزّ (ʿzz), ربّانی (rbbání), مشتعل (mshtʿl), مضیء (mḍíʾ) as “resplendent, Divine glory, Lamp, shineth, Light”
This form usually rendered as “shine” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered مشتعل (mshtʿl), مضیء (mḍíʾ), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), ننمائيد (nnmáʾíd), سراج (sráj), حبّ (ḥbb), الهی (al-hí) as “shineth, Light, may, flame, love, God”
This form usually rendered as “do” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “shelter of your constancy”
SE rendered مشکاة (mshkáh), استقامت (istqámt), صدر (ṣdr), منير (mnír), بر (br), افروزيد (ifrúzíd), بزجاج (bzjáj), توکّل (túkkl), انقطاع (inqṭáʿ) as “shelter of your constancy, radiant, hearts, burn brightly, globe, trust, detachment”
This form usually rendered as “burn” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “onrushing”, “blowing”, “fierce” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “whisperings” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “such”, “even” (142 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “depths” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered احديّتم (iḥdídtm), مِثلِ (mithl), بحريست (bḥríst), قعر (qʿr), عمق (ʿmq), لئالی (lʾálí), لطيفه (lṭífh), منيره (mnírh), ازيد (izíd), از (iz) as “divinely ordained, an ocean, depths, pearls, surpassing luster, of”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered قعر (qʿr), عمق (ʿmq), لئالی (lʾálí), لطيفه (lṭífh), منيره (mnírh), ازيد (izíd), از (iz), احصاء (iḥṣáʾ), مستور (mstúr) as “depths, pearls, surpassing luster, of, innumerable, concealed”
SE rendered عمق (ʿmq), لئالی (lʾálí), لطيفه (lṭífh), منيره (mnírh), ازيد (izíd), از (iz), احصاء (iḥṣáʾ), مستور (mstúr), باشد (báshd), هر (hr), طالبی (ṭálbí) as “pearls, surpassing luster, of, innumerable, concealed, may be, every, seeker”
This form usually rendered as “comprehension” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered احصاء (iḥṣáʾ), مستور (mstúr), باشد (báshd), هر (hr), طالبی (ṭálbí), البتّه (al-btth), بايد (báyd), کمر (kmr), جهد (jhd), طلب (ṭlb), بسته (bsth), بشاطی (bsháṭí) as “innumerable, concealed, may be, every, seeker, should, strive, search, shores”
SE rendered باشد (báshd), هر (hr), طالبی (ṭálbí), البتّه (al-btth), بايد (báyd), کمر (kmr), جهد (jhd), طلب (ṭlb), بسته (bsth), بشاطی (bsháṭí), بحر (bḥr) as “may be, every, seeker, should, strive, search, shores, ocean”
SE rendered بايد (báyd), کمر (kmr), جهد (jhd), طلب (ṭlb), بسته (bsth), بشاطی (bsháṭí), بحر (bḥr) as “should, strive, search, shores, ocean”
SE rendered طلب (ṭlb), بسته (bsth), بشاطی (bsháṭí), بحر (bḥr), آيد (áyd), قسمت (qsmt), مقدّره (mqddrh), الواح (al-wáḥ), محتومه (mḥtúmh) as “search, shores, ocean, power, Tablets, irrevocable”
SE rendered بشاطی (bsháṭí), بحر (bḥr), آيد (áyd), قسمت (qsmt), مقدّره (mqddrh), الواح (al-wáḥ), محتومه (mḥtúmh), مکنونه (mknúnh) as “shores, ocean, power, Tablets, irrevocable, hidden”
This form usually rendered as “destined”, “ordainer”, “hath” (17 occurrences)
SE rendered مکنونه (mknúnh), قدر (qdr), طلبه (ṭlbh), جهده (jhdh), اخذ (ikhdh), نمايد (nmáyd), حال (ḥál), احدی (iḥdí), بشاطی (bsháṭí), قدسش (qdssh) as “hidden, to the, efforts he hath exerted, partake, no one be, shores, towards its”
This form usually rendered as “none”, “divine”, “any” (95 occurrences)
SE expanded to “no one be”
This form usually rendered as “direct”, “keep” (2 occurrences)
5 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered بحر (bḥr), لئالی (lʾálí), کم (km), نقصی (nqṣí), بر (br), وارد (wárd), آيد (áyd), فبئس (fbʾs), توهّمتم (túhhmtm) as “ocean, treasures, lessened, How vain, imaginations”
This form usually rendered as “life-vein” (1 occurrences)
SE usually renders this root as “vain”, “idle”, “imaginings”
This form usually rendered as “wretched” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “fathomless” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “astonishingly”, “admittedly” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “drew”, “hour” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered موّاج (múmáj), بسی (bsí), نزديک (nzdík), قريب (qríb), بلکه (blkh), اقرب (iqrb), از (iz), حبل (ḥbl), وريد (wríd), بآنی (bání) as “surging, astonishingly near, unto, closer to, of, life-vein, if”
SE rendered نزديک (nzdík), قريب (qríb), بلکه (blkh), اقرب (iqrb), از (iz), حبل (ḥbl), وريد (wríd), بآنی (bání), فيض (fíḍ), صمدانی (ṣmdání) as “unto, closer to, of, life-vein, if, favor, this God-given grace”
SE expanded to “favor, this God-given grace”
SE rendered وريد (wríd), بآنی (bání), فيض (fíḍ), صمدانی (ṣmdání), فضل (fḍl), سبحانی (sbḥání), جود (júd), رحمانی (rḥmání), کرم (krm), عزّ (ʿzz) as “life-vein, if, favor, this God-given grace, glorious bounty”
SE rendered بآنی (bání), فيض (fíḍ), صمدانی (ṣmdání), فضل (fḍl), سبحانی (sbḥání), جود (júd), رحمانی (rḥmání), کرم (krm), عزّ (ʿzz) as “if, favor, this God-given grace, glorious bounty”
SE rendered فيض (fíḍ), صمدانی (ṣmdání), فضل (fḍl), سبحانی (sbḥání), جود (júd), رحمانی (rḥmání), کرم (krm), عزّ (ʿzz), ابهائی (ibháʾí), واصل (wáṣl), شويد (shúyd) as “favor, this God-given grace, glorious bounty, reach and partake”
SE rendered فضل (fḍl), سبحانی (sbḥání), جود (júd), رحمانی (rḥmání), کرم (krm), عزّ (ʿzz), ابهائی (ibháʾí), واصل (wáṣl), شويد (shúyd) as “glorious bounty, reach and partake”
SE rendered جود (júd), رحمانی (rḥmání), کرم (krm), عزّ (ʿzz), ابهائی (ibháʾí), واصل (wáṣl), شويد (shúyd), فائز (fáʾz) as “glorious bounty, reach and partake, attain”
SE expanded to “reach and partake”
This form usually rendered as “gather”, “ye”, “testify” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered کرم (krm), عزّ (ʿzz), ابهائی (ibháʾí), واصل (wáṣl), شويد (shúyd), فائز (fáʾz), گرديد (grdíd) as “glorious bounty, reach and partake, attain”