Gleanings — §693

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 693 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

يا ملأ الأرض اعلموا أن أوامري سرج عنايتي بين عبادي ومفاتيح رحمتي لبريّتي كذلك نزّل الأمر من سمآء مشيّة ربّكم مالك الأديان لو يجد أحد حلاوة البيان الّذي ظهر من فم مشيّة الرّحمن لينفق ما عنده ولو يكون خزآئن الأرض كلّها ليثبت أمرا من أوامره المشرقة من أفق العناية والألطاف

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O ye peoples of the world! Know assuredly that My commandments are the lamps of My loving providence among My servants, and the keys of My mercy for My creatures. Thus hath it been sent down from the heaven of the Will of your Lord, the Lord of Revelation. Were any man to taste the sweetness of the words which the lips of the All-Merciful have willed to utter, he would, though the treasures of the earth be in his possession, renounce them one and all, that he might vindicate the truth of even one of His commandments, shining above the dayspring of His bountiful care and loving-kindness.

Translation Notes

يا

literal: O; or

ملأ

m-l-ʾ → “ye peoples” Distinctive

literal: assembly; multitude; chiefs; to fill; people of rank; fullness, assembly

الأرض

ʾ-r-ḍ → “world” Distinctive

literal: earth; land; ground; country

اعلموا

ʿ-l-m → “Know assuredly”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

أن

ʾ-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

أوامري

ʾ-m-r → “commandments”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

سرج

s-r-j → “lamps”

literal: lamp; light; illuminator

عنايتي

ʿ-n-y → “loving providence” Distinctive

literal: bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention

بين

b-y-n → “among”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

عبادي

ʿ-b-d → “servants”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

ومفاتيح

f-t-ḥ → “keys”

literal: open; opened; keys

رحمتي

r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

لبريّتي

b-r-y → “Briefly” Distinctive

literal: high; exalted; upper; to adorn; to arrange; to prepare; banners; standards

كذلك

dh-l-k → “Thus”

literal: thus; likewise; also

نزّل

n-z-l → “sent down”

literal: to descend, to be revealed

من

m-n → “from”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

سمآء

s-m-w → “heaven”

literal: heaven; sky

مشيّة

sh-y-ʾ → “Will”

literal: way; manner; gait; to walk

ربّكم

r-b-b → “Lord”

literal: Lord; Master; Sustainer; Cherisher

مالك

m-l-k → “Lord”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership

الأديان

d-y-n → “Faith”

literal: religion; faith; creed

لو

l-w → “If”

literal: if; would that; O that

يجد

w-j-d → “being” Distinctive

literal: existence; find; existent

أحد

ʾ-ḥ-d → “any man” Distinctive

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

حلاوة

ḥ-l-w → “sweetness”

literal: sweetest; most sweet; most pleasant

الّذي

l-dh-y → “which”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

ظهر

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

فم

f-m-m → “mouth”

literal: mouth

لينفق

n-f-q → “renounce”

literal: hypocrisy; sedition; discord; betrayal

ما

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

عنده

ʿ-n-d → “his possession” Distinctive

literal: obstinacy; opposition; enmity

يكون

k-w-n → “be”

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

خزآئن

kh-z-n → “treasures”

literal: to store, to treasure; storehouse, depository, treasury

كلّها

k-l-l → “one and all”

literal: all; every; whole; entirety; entire; completely

ليثبت

th-b-t → “established” Distinctive

literal: firm; steadfast; established; fixed

أمرا

ʾ-m-r → “Cause”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

المشرقة

sh-r-q → “shining”

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

أفق

ʾ-f-q → “dayspring” Distinctive

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

والألطاف

l-ṭ-f → “loving-kindness”

literal: the letter Ṭá; refers to Ṭihrán (also spelled Ṭehran)

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