Gleanings — §32
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 32 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered كتاب (ktáb), الأسماء (as-smáʾ), تبارك (tbárk), مولى (múlى), الورى (al-wrى) as “Whose name, Sanctified, Lord, all mankind”
SE expanded to “have been made to vibrate”
SE expanded to “all the atoms”
SE expanded to “hath been moved to disclose”
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector
This form usually rendered as “help”, “omnipotent”, “supreme” (43 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the earth”
SE rendered الأرض (ar-rḍ), والسّماء (wálssmáʾ), بإسمه (bʾismh), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), العزيز (al-ʿzíz), المنيع (al-mníʿ) as “of the earth, the heavens, name, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, Most High”