Gleanings — §324
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 324 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “utterance” (52 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “trust” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “essence of man”
This form usually rendered as “recite”, “remember”, “consider” (58 occurrences)
SE rendered انفس (infs), انسانیّه (insánính), نمائید (nmáʾíd), مثلاً (mthláan), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نما (nmá), حرکت (ḥrkt) as “essence of man, Examine, behold, motion”
This form usually rendered as “follow”, “movement”, “motion” (18 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “calm”, “tranquility”, “serenity” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “without”, “except”, “others” (59 occurrences)
SE expanded to “whatever else is related”
SE rendered مشیّت (mshíht), دون (dún), همچنین (hmchnín), سمع (smʿ), بصر (bṣr), شمّ (shmm), نطق (nṭq) as “purpose, whatever else is related, hearing, sight, sense of smell, power of speech”
This form usually rendered as “sense” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered بصر (bṣr), شمّ (shmm), نطق (nṭq), مادون (mádún), از (iz), حواسّ (ḥúáss), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), باطنه (báṭnh), جمیع (jmíʿ), بوجود (bújúd) as “sight, sense of smell, power of speech, senses, physical, spiritual perceptions, all, existence”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “appeared” (458 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “inwardly”, “inner”, “invisible” (29 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all”, “creation”, “created” (67 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “deeds”, “acts”, “works” (30 occurrences)
SE rendered آثار (áthár), افعال (ifʿál), محجوب (mḥjúb), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), شوند (shúnd), بسی (bsí), واضح (wáḍḥ), معلوم (mʿlúm) as “evidences, activity, deprived, indubitably, clear, evident”
SE rendered افعال (ifʿál), محجوب (mḥjúb), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), شوند (shúnd), بسی (bsí), واضح (wáḍḥ), معلوم (mʿlúm) as “activity, deprived, indubitably, clear, evident”
This form usually rendered as “astonishingly”, “admittedly” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered بسی (bsí), واضح (wáḍḥ), معلوم (mʿlúm), اثر (ithr), جمیع (jmíʿ), اسباب (isbáb), مذکوره (mdhkúrh), منوط (mnúṭ) as “indubitably, clear, evident, each of these, instruments, aforementioned, depended”
This form usually rendered as “means”, “through”, “nothing” (33 occurrences)
SE rendered جمیع (jmíʿ), اسباب (isbáb), مذکوره (mdhkúrh), منوط (mnúṭ), مشروط (mshrúṭ), بوجود (bújúd), نفس (nfs), ناطقه (náṭqh), آیهٴ (áyhٴ), تجلّی (tjllí) as “each of these, instruments, aforementioned, depended, this rational faculty, a sign, revelation”
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “none”, “divine”, “any” (95 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Him Who is the”
SE expanded to “will ever continue to depend”