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Gleanings — §9

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 9 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

و بما ينبغی عامل اينست امری که اگر يک قطره در سبيلش کم شود صد هزار بحر مکافات آنرا مشاهده نمايد يعنی مالک شود بگو ای دوستان اين شأن عظيم را از دست مدهيد و از اين مقام بلند غافل مشويد عباد عالم بتصوّر موهوم چه مقدار جانها انفاق نموده و مينمايند و شما الحمد للّه بمقصود فائزيد و بموعود رسيده‌ايد باعانت حق جلّ جلاله اين مقام را حفظ نمائيد و بآنچه سبب و علّت ارتفاع امر است تمسّک جوئيد إنّه يأمرکم بالمعروف و بما يرتفع به مقام الإنسان فی الإمکان تعالی الرّحمن منزل هذا اللّوح البديع ...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Say: O ye lovers of the One true God! Strive, that ye may truly recognize and know Him, and observe befittingly His precepts. This is a Revelation, under which, if a man shed for its sake one drop of blood, myriads of oceans will be his recompense. Take heed, O friends, that ye forfeit not so inestimable a benefit, or disregard its transcendent station. Consider the multitude of lives that have been, and are still being, sacrificed in a world deluded by a mere phantom which the vain imaginations of its peoples have conceived. Render thanks unto God, inasmuch as ye have attained unto your heart’s Desire, and been united to Him Who is the Promise of all nations. Guard ye, with the aid of the one true Godexalted be His glory — the integrity of the station which ye have attained, and cleave to that which shall promote His Cause. He, verily, enjoineth on you what is right and conducive to the exaltation of man’s station. Glorified be the All-Merciful, the Revealer of this wondrous Tablet.

Translation Notes

اينست
iynst h-s-t “this”

literal: is; be; are

SE rendered ينبغی (ynbghí)عامل (ʿáml)اينست (iynst)امری (imrí)يک (yk)قطره (qṭrh)سبيلش (sbílsh) as “observe, befittingly, This, is a Revelation, a man, one drop, for its sake”

hath 33% have 20% am 10% still 7% existence 7% doth 7% meant 7% remaineth 3% deemed 3% reside 3%
صد
ṣd ṣ-d

literal: hundred

SE rendered يک (yk)قطره (qṭrh)سبيلش (sbílsh)کم (km)صد (ṣd)هزار (hzár)بحر (bḥr)مکافات (mkáfát)آنرا (ánrá)مشاهده (msháhdh) as “a man, one drop, for its sake, shed, myriads, oceans, recompense, his, truly recognize”

hundred 50% thousand 50%
مکافات
mkáfát k-f-ʾ “recompense”

literal: recompense

1 occurrence in corpus

آنرا
ánrá n-w-r “his”

literal: light; lights; luminous

SE rendered کم (km)صد (ṣd)هزار (hzár)بحر (bḥr)مکافات (mkáfát)آنرا (ánrá)مشاهده (msháhdh)نمايد (nmáyd) as “shed, myriads, oceans, recompense, his, truly recognize, will be”

يعنی
yʿní ʿ-n-y

literal: meaning

SE rendered بحر (bḥr)مکافات (mkáfát)آنرا (ánrá)مشاهده (msháhdh)نمايد (nmáyd)يعنی (yʿní)مالک (málk)بگو (bgú)دوستان (dústán) as “oceans, recompense, his, truly recognize, will be, Say, friends”

who 40% meant 40% meaneth 20%
مالک
málk m-l-k

literal: kingdom; king

SE rendered مکافات (mkáfát)آنرا (ánrá)مشاهده (msháhdh)نمايد (nmáyd)يعنی (yʿní)مالک (málk)بگو (bgú)دوستان (dústán)شأن (shʾan) as “recompense, his, truly recognize, will be, Say, friends, station”

از
iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered بگو (bgú)دوستان (dústán)شأن (shʾan)عظيم (ʿẓím)از (iz)دست (dst)مدهيد (mdhíd)از (iz)مقام (mqám)بلند (blnd) as “Say, friends, station, inestimable, forfeit not, transcendent”

23 occurrences in corpus

دست
dst d-s-t

literal: hand; hands; to hand

SE rendered دوستان (dústán)شأن (shʾan)عظيم (ʿẓím)از (iz)دست (dst)مدهيد (mdhíd)از (iz)مقام (mqám)بلند (blnd)غافل (gháfl) as “friends, station, inestimable, forfeit not, transcendent, disregard”

hands 35% hand 31% into 8% allowed 4% clutches 4% claws 4% within 4% unto 4% grip 4% hands!” 4%
مشويد
mshúyd sh-d-n

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered مدهيد (mdhíd)از (iz)مقام (mqám)بلند (blnd)غافل (gháfl)مشويد (mshúyd)عباد (ʿbád)عالم (ʿálm)بتصوّر (btṣúṣr)موهوم (múhúm) as “forfeit not, station, transcendent, disregard, world, imaginations”

hath 26% have 21% should 16% begin 5% showered 5% shall 5% endeavor 5% reach 5% shine 5% ended 5%
عباد
ʿbád ʿ-b-d

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

SE rendered از (iz)مقام (mqám)بلند (blnd)غافل (gháfl)مشويد (mshúyd)عباد (ʿbád)عالم (ʿálm)بتصوّر (btṣúṣr)موهوم (múhúm)چه (chh)مقدار (mqdár) as “station, transcendent, disregard, world, imaginations, multitude”

servants 34% men 30% people 21% man 3% all 3% peoples 3% unto 2% who 2% serve 2% mankind 2%
بتصوّر
btṣúṣr ṣ-w-r

literal: conception

SE rendered بلند (blnd)غافل (gháfl)مشويد (mshúyd)عباد (ʿbád)عالم (ʿálm)بتصوّر (btṣúṣr)موهوم (múhúm)چه (chh)مقدار (mqdár)جانها (jánhá)انفاق (infáq) as “transcendent, disregard, world, imaginations, multitude, lives, sacrificed”

چه
chh ch-h

literal: what; what/for; whatsoever, that which

SE rendered عالم (ʿálm)بتصوّر (btṣúṣr)موهوم (múhúm)چه (chh)مقدار (mqdár)جانها (jánhá)انفاق (infáq)نموده (nmúdh)مينمايند (mínmáynd) as “world, imaginations, multitude, lives, sacrificed, have been, are still being”

what 50% whatsoever 50%
رسيده‌ايد
rsídh‌áyd r-s-y-d “united”

literal: reach; reached; arrive

5 occurrences in corpus

بآنچه

literal: by what

SE expanded to “that which shall promote His”

1 occurrence in corpus

سبب
sbb s-b-b

literal: cause; cause, reason; means

SE rendered حفظ (ḥfẓ)نمائيد (nmáʾíd)بآنچه (bánchh)سبب (sbb)علّت (ʿllt)ارتفاع (irtfáʿ)امر (imr)تمسّک (tmssk) as “Guard, may, that, exaltation, Cause, cleave”

cause 36% caused 15% means 13% conducive 10% reason 8% will 5% most 3% leadeth 3% result 3% instrument 3%
علّت
ʿllt ʿ-l-l

literal: cause; reason

SE rendered حفظ (ḥfẓ)نمائيد (nmáʾíd)بآنچه (bánchh)سبب (sbb)علّت (ʿllt)ارتفاع (irtfáʿ)امر (imr)تمسّک (tmssk) as “Guard, may, that, exaltation, Cause, cleave”

cause 20% caused 13% motive 13% source 13% causeth 7% pretext 7% reason 7% essential 7% cannot 7% fix 7%
جوئيد
júʾíd j-s-t

literal: seek; sought; to seek

SE rendered علّت (ʿllt)ارتفاع (irtfáʿ)امر (imr)تمسّک (tmssk)جوئيد (júʾíd)يأمرکم (yʾamrkm)بالمعروف (bálmʿrúf) as “exaltation, Cause, cleave, enjoineth, right”

الإمکان
al-ʾimkán m-k-n

literal: possibility; possible; possible things

SE rendered يرتفع (yrtfʿ)مقام (mqám)الإنسان (an-nsán)الإمکان (al-ʾimkán)تعالی (tʿálí)الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn)منزل (mnzl)اللّوح (al-lúḥ) as “station, man’s, Glorified, All-Merciful, Revealer, Tablet”

all 39% creation 16% entire 10% contingent 10% world 6% created 6% every 3% eye 3% man 3% placeless 3%

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