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Gleanings — §688

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 688 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ای عباد اگر در اين ايّام مشهود و عالم موجود فی الجمله امور بر خلاف رضاء از جبروت قضا واقع شود دلتنگ مشويد که ايّام خوش رحمانی آيد و عالمهای قدس روحانی جلوه نمايد و شما را در جميع اين ايّام و عوالم قسمتی مقدّر و عيشی معيّن و رزقی مقرّر است البتّه بجميع آنها رسيده فائز گرديد …

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O My servants! Sorrow not if, in these days and on this earthly plane, things contrary to your wishes have been ordained and manifested by God, for days of blissful joy, of heavenly delight, are assuredly in store for you. Worlds, holy and spiritually glorious, will be unveiled to your eyes. You are destined by Him, in this world and hereafter, to partake of their benefits, to share in their joys, and to obtain a portion of their sustaining grace. To each and every one of them you will, no doubt, attain.

Translation Notes

ای
ʾ-y-y → “O”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

عباد
ʿ-b-d → “servants”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

اگر
ʾ-g-r → “were they”

literal: although; even if; though; notwithstanding

در
d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

اين
ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

ايّام
y-w-m → “days”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

مشهود
sh-h-d → “witness” Distinctive

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

موجود
w-j-d

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

فی
f-y

literal: in; in-it; in it

الجمله
j-m-l

literal: beauty; comeliness

امور
ʾ-m-r → “things”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

بر
b-r-r

literal: on; on, upon; upon

خلاف
kh-l-f → “contrary”

literal: opposing; contrary; conflicting

رضاء
r-ḍ-y → “good-pleasure” Distinctive

literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment

از
ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

جبروت
j-b-r

literal: compelled; forced; constrained

قضا
q-ḍ-y

literal: requirement; exigency; what demands or calls for

واقع
w-q-ʿ → “occurred”

literal: to fall, to occur, to happen; incident, event

شود
sh-w-d → “have been”

literal: to come; to go; to arrive; came

دلتنگ
d-l → “heart” Distinctive

literal: sorrowful; grieved; distressed

مشويد
sh-d-n

literal: become; to become; became

که
k-h → “for” Distinctive

literal: that; who; who, that

خوش
kh-w-sh → “sweet”

literal: self; own; personal

رحمانی
r-ḥ-m → “heavenly”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

آيد
ʾ-y-d → “aid” Distinctive

literal: come; support; may aid

عالمهای
ʿ-l-m → “Worlds”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

قدس
q-d-s → “holy”

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

روحانی
r-w-ḥ → “spiritually”

literal: to go; to depart; to rest; spirit; soul

جلوه
j-l-w → “revelation” Distinctive

literal: appearance; manifestation; display

نمايد
n-m-ʾ → “will” Distinctive

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

شما
sh-m-ʾ → “your eyes”

literal: you (plural); your

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

قسمتی
q-s-m → “portion”

literal: oath; division; kind; type

مقدّر
q-d-r → “destined”

literal: power; powerful; amount

عيشی
ʿ-y-sh → “joys”

literal: to live; to dwell; livelihood; living; sustenance

معيّن
ʿ-y-n

literal: eye; fountain; spring; essence; to appoint; to designate; to specify; to determine

رزقی
r-z-q → “partake” Distinctive

literal: sustenance; provision; to grant livelihood

مقرّر
q-r-r

literal: abode; place; established

است
b-w-d → “are”

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

البتّه
b-t-t → “assuredly”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

بجميع
j-m-ʿ → “each and every one”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

آنها
null → ““death””

literal: that, it; to be; indeed

رسيده
r-s-d → “reached”

literal: to send; dispatch; transmission

فائز
f-w-z

literal: benefit, profit, advantage; usefulness; bounty; effusion; grace

گرديد
g-r-d

literal: Persian verb گردیدن (to become/turn), not from Arabic ك-ر-د

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