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Gleanings — §205

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 205 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

طوبی لهم و للّذین هاجروا الیک فی سبیل الله مالک هذا الیوم البدیع طوبی از برای نفوسی که بذکر و ثنای حقّ ناطقند و بخدمت امر مشغول ایشانند آن نفوسی که در کتب قبل مذکورند امیرالمؤمنین علیه بهائی در وصفشان فرموده طوباهم افضل من طوبانا قد نطق بالصّدق و انا من الشّاهدین اگرچه حال این مقامات مستور است ولکن ید قدرت البتّه مانع را بردارد و ظاهر فرماید آنچه را که سبب و علّت روشنی چشم عالم است

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O Land of Ṭá! Thou art still, through the grace of God, a center around which His beloved ones have gathered. Happy are they; happy every refugee that seeketh thy shelter, in his sufferings in the path of God, the Lord of this wondrous Day! Blessed are they that remember the one true God, that magnify His Name, and seek diligently to serve His Cause. It is to these men that the sacred Books of old have referred. On them hath the Commander of the Faithful lavished his praise, saying: “The blessedness awaiting them excelleth the blessedness we now enjoy.” He, verily, hath spoken the truth, and to this We now testify. The glory of their station, however, is as yet undisclosed. The Hand of Divine power will, assuredly, lift up the veil, and expose to the sight of men that which shall cheer and lighten the eye of the world.

Translation Notes

البدیع
al-bdíʿ b-d-ʿ

literal: wondrous; wonders

SE rendered سبیل (sbíl)الله (al-lh)مالک (málk)الیوم (al-yúm)البدیع (al-bdíʿ)طوبی (ṭúbí)از (iz)برای (bráy)نفوسی (nfúsí)بذکر (bdhkr) as “the path, of God, the Lord, wondrous Day, Blessed are they, these men, that remember”

از
iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered الله (al-lh)مالک (málk)الیوم (al-yúm)البدیع (al-bdíʿ)طوبی (ṭúbí)از (iz)برای (bráy)نفوسی (nfúsí)بذکر (bdhkr)ثنای (thnáy)حقّ (ḥqq) as “of God, the Lord, wondrous Day, Blessed are they, these men, that remember, that magnify His Name, the one true God”

23 occurrences in corpus

برای
bráy b-r-y

literal: for

SE rendered مالک (málk)الیوم (al-yúm)البدیع (al-bdíʿ)طوبی (ṭúbí)از (iz)برای (bráy)نفوسی (nfúsí)بذکر (bdhkr)ثنای (thnáy)حقّ (ḥqq)ناطقند (náṭqnd) as “the Lord, wondrous Day, Blessed are they, these men, that remember, that magnify His Name, the one true God, spoken”

wherefore 50% light 50%
مشغول
mshghúl sh-gh-l

literal: occupied; busy; occupy

SE rendered ثنای (thnáy)حقّ (ḥqq)ناطقند (náṭqnd)بخدمت (bkhdmt)امر (imr)مشغول (mshghúl)ایشانند (iyshánnd)نفوسی (nfúsí)کتب (ktb) as “that magnify His Name, the one true God, spoken, seek diligently to serve, His Cause, hath, men, the sacred Books”

علیه
ʿlíh ʿ-l-y

literal: upon; on; exalted

SE rendered کتب (ktb)مذکورند (mdhkúrnd)امیرالمؤمنین (imírálmʾmnín)علیه (ʿlíh)بهائی (bháʾí)وصفشان (wṣfshán)فرموده (frmúdh)طوباهم (ṭúbáhm) as “the sacred Books, have referred, Commander of the Faithful, lavished his praise, saying, “The blessedness awaiting them”

upon 40% against 18% hands 8% - 8% unto 8% over 8% above 5% hath 3% overshadoweth 3% body 3%
بهائی
bháʾí b-h-w

literal: glory

SE rendered مذکورند (mdhkúrnd)امیرالمؤمنین (imírálmʾmnín)علیه (ʿlíh)بهائی (bháʾí)وصفشان (wṣfshán)فرموده (frmúdh)طوباهم (ṭúbáhm)افضل (ifḍl) as “have referred, Commander of the Faithful, lavished his praise, saying, “The blessedness awaiting them, excelleth”

وصفشان
wṣfshán w-ṣ-f

literal: attributes; description; attribute

SE rendered امیرالمؤمنین (imírálmʾmnín)علیه (ʿlíh)بهائی (bháʾí)وصفشان (wṣfshán)فرموده (frmúdh)طوباهم (ṭúbáhm)افضل (ifḍl)طوبانا (ṭúbáná) as “Commander of the Faithful, lavished his praise, saying, “The blessedness awaiting them, excelleth, the blessedness we now enjoy.””

ولکن
wlkn l-k-n

literal: but, however; but/however

SE rendered اگرچه (igrchh)حال (ḥál)مقامات (mqámát)مستور (mstúr)ولکن (wlkn)ید (yd)قدرت (qdrt)البتّه (al-btth)مانع (mánʿ)بردارد (brdárd) as “however, around, The glory of their station, as yet undisclosed, The Hand, of Divine power, will, assuredly, the veil, lift up”

however 67% when 11% pursuance 11% yet 11%
علّت
ʿllt ʿ-l-l

literal: cause; reason

SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr)فرماید (frmáyd)آنچه (ánchh)سبب (sbb)علّت (ʿllt)روشنی (rúshní)چشم (chshm)عالم (ʿálm) as “expose, He, that which, shall cheer, lighten, the eye, of the world”

cause 20% caused 13% motive 13% source 13% causeth 7% pretext 7% reason 7% essential 7% cannot 7% fix 7%

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