Gleanings — §121
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 121 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “splendors”, “effulgent”, “effulgences” (16 occurrences)
SE rendered تجلّیات (tjllíát), انوار (inúár), صبح (ṣbḥ), هدایت (hdáyt), اشراقات (ishráqát), انوار (inúár), شمس (shms), عنایت (ʿnáyt), حقیقت (ḥqíqt) as “radiance, these, Daystar, Source, bounty, reality”
This form usually rendered as “loving-kindness”, “grace”, “loving” (74 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hidden”, “lie”, “concealed” (64 occurrences)
SE rendered عنایت (ʿnáyt), حقیقت (ḥqíqt), انسان (insán), مستور (mstúr), محجوبست (mḥjúbst), چنانچه (chnánchh), شعله (shʿlh), اشعّه (ishʿʿh), انوار (inúár) as “bounty, reality, man, latent, even, flame, rays, light”
6 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered حقیقت (ḥqíqt), شمع (shmʿ), سراج (sráj), مستور (mstúr), تابش (tábsh), رخشش (rkhshsh), آفتاب (áftáb), جهانتاب (jhántáb), مرایا (mráyá) as “candle, lamp, hidden, sun, mirror”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered مستور (mstúr), تابش (tábsh), رخشش (rkhshsh), آفتاب (áftáb), جهانتاب (jhántáb), مرایا (mráyá), مجالی (mjálí), از (iz), زنگ (zng) as “hidden, sun, mirror, dross”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered آفتاب (áftáb), جهانتاب (jhántáb), مرایا (mráyá), مجالی (mjálí), از (iz), زنگ (zng), غبار (ghbár), شئونات (shʾúnát), بشری (bshrí) as “sun, mirror, dross, dust, worldly”
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “changes”, “tokens” (37 occurrences)
SE rendered زنگ (zng), غبار (ghbár), شئونات (shʾúnát), بشری (bshrí), تیره (tírh), مظلم (mẓlm), گشته (gshth), مخفی (mkhfí), مهجور (mhjúr), حال (ḥál) as “dross, dust, worldly, obscured, be”
SE rendered غبار (ghbár), شئونات (shʾúnát), بشری (bshrí), تیره (tírh), مظلم (mẓlm), گشته (gshth), مخفی (mkhfí), مهجور (mhjúr), حال (ḥál), شمع (shmʿ) as “dust, worldly, obscured, be, candle”
SE rendered شئونات (shʾúnát), بشری (bshrí), تیره (tírh), مظلم (mẓlm), گشته (gshth), مخفی (mkhfí), مهجور (mhjúr), حال (ḥál), شمع (shmʿ) as “worldly, obscured, be, candle”
SE rendered شئونات (shʾúnát), بشری (bshrí), تیره (tírh), مظلم (mẓlm), گشته (gshth), مخفی (mkhfí), مهجور (mhjúr), حال (ḥál), شمع (shmʿ), سراج (sráj) as “worldly, obscured, be, candle, lamp”
SE rendered گشته (gshth), مخفی (mkhfí), مهجور (mhjúr), حال (ḥál), شمع (shmʿ), سراج (sráj), افروزندهئی (ifrúzndhʾí) as “be, candle, lamp, lighted”
SE rendered شمع (shmʿ), سراج (sráj), افروزندهئی (ifrúzndhʾí), باید (báyd), مرایا (mráyá), مجالی (mjálí), صیقلدهندهئی (ṣíqldhndhʾí) as “candle, lamp, lighted, mirror, free”
This form usually rendered as “free” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered مرایا (mráyá), مجالی (mjálí), صیقلدهندهئی (ṣíqldhndhʾí), شاید (sháyd), واضح (wáḍḥ), ناری (nárí), مشتعل (mshtʿl) as “mirror, free, clear, fire, kindled”
SE rendered واضح (wáḍḥ), ناری (nárí), مشتعل (mshtʿl), ظاهر (ẓáhr), نشود (nshúd), هرگز (hrgz), سراج (sráj), نیفروزد (nífrúzd) as “clear, fire, kindled, never, lamp, ignited”
SE rendered ناری (nárí), مشتعل (mshtʿl), ظاهر (ẓáhr), نشود (nshúd), هرگز (hrgz), سراج (sráj), نیفروزد (nífrúzd), آیینه (áyính) as “fire, kindled, never, lamp, ignited, mirror”
This form usually rendered as “mirror” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered زنگ (zng), غبار (ghbár), ممتاز (mmtáz), نگردد (ngrdd), صورت (ṣúrt), مثال (mthál), تجلّی (tjllí), اشراق (ishráq), شمس (shms) as “dross, image, its, sun”
SE rendered اشراق (ishráq), شمس (shms), بیامس (bíáms), منطبع (mnṭbʿ) as “its, sun, represent”