Gleanings — §685
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 685 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered بندگان (bndgán), از (iz), بدايع (bdáyʿ), جود (júd), فضلم (fḍlm), نفس (nfs) as “servants, wonders, munificence, bounty, souls”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bountiful”, “through” (35 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I have willed to”
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “source” (125 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “gather”, “ye”, “testify” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered مطّلع (mṭṭlʿ), شويد (shúyd), البتّه (al-btth), از (iz), جميع (jmíʿ), جهات (jhát), منقطع (mnqṭʿ), بمعرفت (bmʿrft), نفس (nfs) as “apprehend, ye, of a truth, all, rid yourselves of attachment, knowledge, selves”
SE expanded to “rid yourselves of attachment”
SE rendered نفس (nfs), نفس (nfs), معرفت (mʿrft), پی (pí), بريد (bríd), از (iz), دون (dún), مستغنی (mstghní) as “knowledge, comprehension, but, independent”
SE rendered نفس (nfs), معرفت (mʿrft), پی (pí), بريد (bríd), از (iz), دون (dún), مستغنی (mstghní) as “knowledge, comprehension, but, independent”
SE rendered نفس (nfs), معرفت (mʿrft), پی (pí), بريد (bríd), از (iz), دون (dún), مستغنی (mstghní), بينيد (bíníd), طمطام (ṭmṭám) as “knowledge, comprehension, but, independent, perceive, seas”
This form usually rendered as “perceive”, “behold” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “depths”, “ocean”, “seas” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “inner and outer eye”
SE rendered مکرمتم (mkrmtm), بچشم (bchshm), ظاهر (ẓáhr), باطن (báṭn), چون (chún), شمس (shms), مُشرقه (mushrqh), از (iz), اسم (ism) as “moving within, inner and outer eye, manifest, effulgent, Name”
SE rendered بچشم (bchshm), ظاهر (ẓáhr), باطن (báṭn), چون (chún), شمس (shms), مُشرقه (mushrqh), از (iz), اسم (ism), ابهئيّه (ibhʾíʾh), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “inner and outer eye, revelation, effulgent, Name”
SE rendered بچشم (bchshm), ظاهر (ẓáhr), باطن (báṭn), چون (chún), شمس (shms), مُشرقه (mushrqh), از (iz), اسم (ism), ابهئيّه (ibhʾíʾh), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “inner and outer eye, revelation, effulgent, Name”
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “shining” (140 occurrences)
SE rendered مُشرقه (mushrqh), از (iz), اسم (ism), ابهئيّه (ibhʾíʾh), ظاهر (ẓáhr), مشهود (mshhúd), بينيد (bíníd), مقام (mqám), امنع (imnʿ), اقدس (iqds) as “effulgent, Name, revelation, station, lofty”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (33 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “holy”, “kitáb-i-aqdas” (32 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “fancies”, “vanities” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered مقام (mqám), امنع (imnʿ), اقدس (iqds), بمشتهيات (bmshthíát), ظنون (ẓnún), هوی (húy), افکيّات (ifkíkát), وهم (whm), عمی (ʿmí) as “station, lofty, fancies, passions, insincerity, blindness of heart”
This form usually rendered as “insincerity” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered بمشتهيات (bmshthíát), ظنون (ẓnún), هوی (húy), افکيّات (ifkíkát), وهم (whm), عمی (ʿmí), ضايع (ḍáyʿ), مگذاريد (mgdháríd), مَثَل (mathal) as “fancies, passions, insincerity, blindness of heart, dim the luster, or stain, Suffer not”
SE expanded to “blindness of heart”
This form usually rendered as “perish” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered کمال (kmál), روح (rúḥ), ريحان (ríḥán), هواهای (húáháy), خوش (khúsh), سبحان (sbḥán), نهايت (nháyt), اطمينان (iṭmínán), طيران (ṭírán) as “full, force, joyous, the realms, divine, complete, confidence, soareth”
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “gracious”, “immeasurably” (94 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will”, “deprive”, “succeed” (95 occurrences)
SE rendered اطمينان (iṭmínán), طيران (ṭírán), نمايد (nmáyd), بگمان (bgmán), دانه (dánh), بآب (báb), گل (gl), ارض (irḍ), ميل (míl), نمايد (nmáyd) as “confidence, soareth, may, water, clay, earth, longingly”
SE rendered اطمينان (iṭmínán), طيران (ṭírán), نمايد (nmáyd), بگمان (bgmán), دانه (dánh), بآب (báb), گل (gl), ارض (irḍ), ميل (míl), نمايد (nmáyd) as “confidence, soareth, may, water, clay, earth, longingly”
5 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered بآب (báb), گل (gl), ارض (irḍ), ميل (míl), نمايد (nmáyd), بحرص (bḥrṣ), تمام (tmám), بآب (báb), تراب (tráb) as “water, clay, earth, longingly, all, dust”
This form usually rendered as “subjection”, “controlled” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered عاجز (ʿájz), مقهور (mqhúr), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمايد (nmáyd), چه (chh), اجنحه (ijnḥh), آلوده (álúdh), بآب (báb) as “impotent, Powerless, wings, sullied”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered اجنحه (ijnḥh), آلوده (álúdh), بآب (báb), گل (gl), قادر (qádr), بر (br), طيران (ṭírán), نبوده (nbúdh) as “wings, sullied, upon, are”
SE rendered گل (gl), قادر (qádr), بر (br), طيران (ṭírán), نبوده (nbúdh), نخواهد (nkhúáhd), وقت (wqt), طاير (ṭáyr), سماء (smáʾ) as “upon, are, bird, heavens”
SE rendered نبوده (nbúdh), نخواهد (nkhúáhd), وقت (wqt), طاير (ṭáyr), سماء (smáʾ), عاليه (ʿálíh), ساکن (sákn) as “are, bird, heavens, dwelling-place”
This form usually rendered as “abide”, “abiding”, “silenced” (23 occurrences)
SE rendered سماء (smáʾ), عاليه (ʿálíh), ساکن (sákn), ارض (irḍ), فانيه (fáníh), بيند (bínd), حال (ḥál), عباد (ʿbád), پرهای (prháy) as “heavens, dwelling-place, now, servants, wings”
SE rendered عاليه (ʿálíh), ساکن (sákn), ارض (irḍ), فانيه (fáníh), بيند (bínd), حال (ḥál), عباد (ʿbád), پرهای (prháy), بطين (bṭín) as “heavens, dwelling-place, now, servants, wings, clay”
5 occurrences in corpus
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered عرفان (ʿrfán), محروم (mḥrúm), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), نمانيد (nmáníd) as “knowledge, hindered”