Gleanings — §127
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 127 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), آفرینش (áfrínsh), عرفان (ʿrfán), حقّ (ḥqq), لقای (lqáy) as “purpose of, creating, know his, Creator, attain His Presence”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “world” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “understanding”, “recognition” (144 occurrences)
SE expanded to “attain His Presence”
SE rendered لقای (lqáy), خواهد (khúáhd), چنانچه (chnánchh), جمیع (jmíʿ), کتب (ktb), الهیّه (al-híhh), صحف (ṣḥf) as “attain His Presence, will ever, all, heavenly Books, God in, Scriptures”
This form usually rendered as “weighty” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered الهیّه (al-híhh), صحف (ṣḥf), متقنهٴ (mtqnhٴ), ربّانیّه (rbbánính), غیر (ghír), حجاب (ḥjáb), مطلب (mṭlb), احلی (iḥlí), مقصود (mqṣúd) as “God in, Scriptures, weighty, divinely revealed, aim, most excellent, objective”
SE rendered صحف (ṣḥf), متقنهٴ (mtqnhٴ), ربّانیّه (rbbánính), غیر (ghír), حجاب (ḥjáb), مطلب (mṭlb), احلی (iḥlí), مقصود (mqṣúd), اعلی (iʿlí) as “Scriptures, weighty, divinely revealed, aim, most excellent, objective, supreme”
This form usually rendered as “theme”, “argument”, “truth” (24 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (286 occurrences)
SE rendered مطلب (mṭlb), احلی (iḥlí), مقصود (mqṣúd), اعلی (iʿlí), مذکور (mdhkúr), واضحست (wáḍḥst), هر (hr), نفسی (nfsí), صبح (ṣbḥ) as “aim, most excellent, objective, supreme, unequivocally bear witness, Whoso, man, Dayspring”
This form usually rendered as “unequivocally” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
SE rendered هر (hr), نفسی (nfsí), صبح (ṣbḥ), هدایت (hdáyt), فجر (fjr), احدیّت (iḥdídt), فائز (fáʾz), بمقام (bmqám), قرب (qrb) as “Whoso, man, Dayspring, guidance, Divine, recognized, His holy court, drawn nigh”
This form usually rendered as “attain”, “attained”, “attainest” (88 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
SE expanded to “His holy court”
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “proximity”, “nearness” (62 occurrences)
SE rendered اصل (iṣl), جنّت (jnnt), اعلی (iʿlí), الجنانست (al-jnánst), فائز (fáʾz), گردید (grdíd), بمقام (bmqám), قاب (qáb), قوسین (qúsín), ورای (wráy) as “the real, Paradise, loftiest, mansions of heaven, attained, station, distance, of two bows,”, beyond”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered قاب (qáb), قوسین (qúsín), ورای (wráy), سدرهٴ (sdrhٴ), منتهی (mnthí), وارد (wárd), والّا (wállá) as “distance, of two bows,”, beyond, Sadratu’l-Muntahá, entered, Whoso”
This form usually rendered as “inflicted”, “befell”, “have” (92 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “anyone” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered وارد (wárd), والّا (wállá), امکنهٴ (imknhٴ), اصل (iṣl), نار (nár), حقیقت (ḥqíqt), نفی (nfí) as “entered, Whoso, essence, fire, God, nothingness”
SE rendered اصل (iṣl), نار (nár), حقیقت (ḥqíqt), نفی (nfí), ساکن (sákn), خواهد (khúáhd), اگرچه (igrchh) as “essence, fire, God, nothingness, will, though”
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “appeared” (458 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “exalted”, “lofty”, “loftiest” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “may”, “self”, “dwelling” (49 occurrences)
SE rendered رفیعه (rfíʿh), اعراش (iʿrásh), منیعه (mníʿh), جالس (jáls), باشد (báshd), بلی (blí) as “loftiest, throne, exalted, established, are”
SE rendered اعراش (iʿrásh), منیعه (mníʿh), جالس (jáls), باشد (báshd), بلی (blí), سماء (smáʾ) as “throne, exalted, established, are”
SE rendered جالس (jáls), باشد (báshd), بلی (blí), سماء (smáʾ), حقیقت (ḥqíqt), قادر (qádr) as “established, are”