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Gleanings — §13

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 13 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

احبّای الهی در هر مجمع و محفلی که جمع شوند بايد بقسمی خضوع و خشوع از هر يک در تسبيح و تقديس الهی ظاهر شود که ذرّات تراب آن محلّ شهادت دهند بخلوص آن جمع و جذبه بيانات روحانيّه آن انفس زکيّه ذرّات آن تراب را اخذ نمايد نه آنکه تراب بلسان حال ذکر نمايد إنّا أفضل منکم چه که در حمل مشقّات فلّاحين صابرم و بکلّ ذی روح اعطای فيض فيّاض که در من وديعه گذارده نموده و مينمايم مع همه اين مقامات عاليه و ظهورات لا تحصی که جميع ما يحتاج وجود از من ظاهر است باحدی فخر ننموده و نمينمايم و بکمال خضوع در زير قدم کلّ ساکنم ...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

They who are the beloved of God, in whatever place they gather and whomsoever they may meet, must evince, in their attitude towards God, and in the manner of their celebration of His praise and glory, such humility and submissiveness that every atom of the dust beneath their feet may attest the depth of their devotion. The conversation carried by these holy souls should be informed with such power that these same atoms of dust will be thrilled by its influence. They should conduct themselves in such manner that the earth upon which they tread may never be allowed to address to them such words as these: “I am to be preferred above you. For witness, how patient I am in bearing the burden which the husbandman layeth upon me. I am the instrument that continually imparteth unto all beings the blessings with which He Who is the Source of all grace hath entrusted me. Notwithstanding the honor conferred upon me, and the unnumbered evidences of my wealth — a wealth that supplieth the needs of all creation — behold the measure of my humility, witness with what absolute submissiveness I allow myself to be trodden beneath the feet of men.…”

Translation Notes

محفلی
mḥflí ḥ-f-l → “assembly” Distinctive

literal: assembly

This form usually rendered as “every”, “meeting” (3 occurrences)

every 50% meeting 50%
شوند
shúnd shdn

literal: become; to become

SE rendered هر (hr), مجمع (mjmʿ), محفلی (mḥflí), جمع (jmʿ), شوند (shúnd), بايد (báyd), بقسمی (bqsmí), خضوع (khḍúʿ), خشوع (khshúʿ), از (iz), هر (hr) as “their, they gather, whomsoever they may meet, must, such, humility, submissiveness, in”

may 25% will 15% would 10% should 10% made 10% must 10% mayest 5% might 5% again 5% commissioned 5%
بيانات
bíánát b-y-n → “with”

literal: utterance

SE rendered شهادت (shhádt), دهند (dhnd), بخلوص (bkhlúṣ), جمع (jmʿ), جذبه (jdhbh), بيانات (bíánát), روحانيّه (rúḥánính), انفس (infs), زکيّه (zkíkh), ذرّات (dhrrát) as “attest, their, devotion, informed, with, such, souls, holy, atoms”

اخذ
ikhdh ʾ-kh-dh

literal: take; taking; seize

SE rendered انفس (infs), زکيّه (zkíkh), ذرّات (dhrrát), تراب (tráb), اخذ (ikhdh), نمايد (nmáyd), نه (nh), آنکه (ánkh), تراب (tráb), بلسان (blsán), حال (ḥál) as “souls, holy, atoms, earth, never, the, address, may”

arrested 19% hath 15% seek 12% seized 8% have 8% seize 8% usurp 8% clung 8% receive 8% bewildered 8%
گذارده
gdhárdh gdhárdh

literal: place; placed

SE rendered فيض (fíḍ), فيّاض (fífáḍ), وديعه (wdíʿh), گذارده (gdhárdh), نموده (nmúdh), مينمايم (mínmáym), همه (hmh) as “blessings, Source, entrusted, honor”

2 occurrences in corpus

تحصی
tḥṣí ḥ-ṣ-y

literal: count; counted

SE rendered مقامات (mqámát), عاليه (ʿálíh), ظهورات (ẓhúrát), تحصی (tḥṣí), جميع (jmíʿ), يحتاج (yḥtáj), وجود (wjúd), از (iz) as “unnumbered, supplieth, needs, all, creation”

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