Gleanings — §34
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 34 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “fixed”, “thou” (63 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “days”, “day”, “daytime” (148 occurrences)
SE rendered ناظر (náẓr), بايّام (báyyám), شويد (shúyd), چقدر (chqdr), مردم (mrdm), از (iz), اعالی (iʿálí), ادانی (idání) as “Consider, the past, How many, both, high, low”
SE rendered ناظر (náẓr), بايّام (báyyám), شويد (shúyd), چقدر (chqdr), مردم (mrdm), از (iz), اعالی (iʿálí), ادانی (idání), هميشه (hmíshh) as “Consider, the past, How many, both, high, low, at all times”
SE expanded to “at all times”
SE expanded to “advent of the Manifestations”
This form usually rendered as “embodiments”, “temples”, “beings” (36 occurrences)
SE rendered منتظر (mntẓr), ظهورات (ẓhúrát), احديّه (iḥdídh), هياکل (híákl), قدسيّه (qdsísh), بودهاند (búdhánd) as “yearningly awaited, advent of the Manifestations, of God, sanctified persons, have”
SE rendered هياکل (híákl), قدسيّه (qdsísh), بودهاند (búdhánd), بقسمی (bqsmí), جميع (jmíʿ), اوقات (iwqát), اوان (iwán) as “sanctified persons, have, frequently”
SE rendered بودهاند (búdhánd), بقسمی (bqsmí), جميع (jmíʿ), اوقات (iwqát), اوان (iwán), مترصّد (mtrṣṣd), منتظر (mntẓr), بودند (búdnd) as “have, frequently, expected, have they”
This form usually rendered as “times”, “always” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered اوان (iwán), مترصّد (mtrṣṣd), منتظر (mntẓr), بودند (búdnd), دعاها (dʿáhá) as “frequently, expected, have they, prayed”
This form usually rendered as “deluded”, “what”, “sought” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered دعاها (dʿáhá), تضرّعها (tḍrrʿhá), مينمودند (mínmúdnd), شايد (sháyd), نسيم (nsím), رحمت (rḥmt), الهيّه (al-híhh), بوزيدن (búzídn), آيد (áyd) as “prayed, they, have, that, the breeze, mercy, Divine, might blow”
SE rendered شايد (sháyd), نسيم (nsím), رحمت (rḥmt), الهيّه (al-híhh), بوزيدن (búzídn), آيد (áyd), جمال (jmál), موعود (múʿúd), از (iz), سرادق (srádq), غيب (ghíb) as “that, the breeze, mercy, Divine, might blow, promised Beauty, from behind, the veil, of concealment”
SE rendered رحمت (rḥmt), الهيّه (al-híhh), بوزيدن (búzídn), آيد (áyd), جمال (jmál), موعود (múʿúd), از (iz), سرادق (srádq), غيب (ghíb), بعرصه (bʿrṣh), ظهور (ẓhúr), قدم (qdm) as “mercy, Divine, might blow, promised Beauty, from behind, the veil, of concealment, made manifest, step forth”
This form usually rendered as “invisible”, “unseen”, “unknowable” (83 occurrences)
SE rendered جمال (jmál), موعود (múʿúd), از (iz), سرادق (srádq), غيب (ghíb), بعرصه (bʿrṣh), ظهور (ẓhúr), قدم (qdm), گذارد (gdhárd), چون (chún), ابواب (ibúáb) as “promised Beauty, from behind, the veil, of concealment, made manifest, step forth, whensoever, the portals”
This form usually rendered as “ancient”, “eternity”, “everlasting” (106 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), سرادق (srádq), غيب (ghíb), بعرصه (bʿrṣh), ظهور (ẓhúr), قدم (qdm), گذارد (gdhárd), چون (chún), ابواب (ibúáb), عنايت (ʿnáyt), مفتوح (mftúḥ) as “from behind, the veil, of concealment, made manifest, step forth, whensoever, the portals, of grace, did open”
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “raised”, “have”, “rising” (46 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “attainment”, “attain” (30 occurrences)
SE rendered لقای (lqáy), عين (ʿín), لقاء (lqáʾ), اللّه (al-lh), احتراز (iḥtráz) as “His face, the face, of God”
SE rendered عين (ʿín), لقاء (lqáʾ), اللّه (al-lh), احتراز (iḥtráz), ميجستند (míjstnd) as “the face, of God”