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Gleanings — §340

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 340 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بسی معلوم و واضح است که کل بعد از موت مطّلع بافعال و اعمال خود خواهند شد قسم بآفتاب افق اقتدار که اهل حقّ را در آن حین فرحی دست دهد که ذکر آن ممکن نه و هم‌چنین اصحاب ضلال را خوف و اضطراب و وحشتی رو نماید که فوق آن متصوّر نه نیکوست حال نفسی که رحیق لطیف باقی ایمان را از ید عنایت و الطاف مالک ادیان گرفت و آشامید…

Shoghi Effendi Translation

It is clear and evident that all men shall, after their physical death, estimate the worth of their deeds, and realize all that their hands have wrought. I swear by the Daystar that shineth above the horizon of Divine power! They that are the followers of the one true God shall, the moment they depart out of this life, experience such joy and gladness as would be impossible to describe, while they that live in error shall be seized with such fear and trembling, and shall be filled with such consternation, as nothing can exceed. Well is it with him that hath quaffed the choice and incorruptible wine of faith through the gracious favor and the manifold bounties of Him Who is the Lord of all Faiths.…

Translation Notes

اعمال
iʿmál ʿ-m-l

literal: deed; deeds; work

SE rendered از (iz)موت (mút)مطّلع (mṭṭlʿ)بافعال (báfʿál)اعمال (iʿmál)خواهند (khúáhnd)قسم (qsm)بآفتاب (báftáb)افق (ifq) as “their, physical death, deeds, shall, swear, Daystar, horizon”

deeds 44% doings 13% acts 8% works 8% all 8% behavior 4% deed 4% words 4% men’s 4% man’s 2%
اهل
ihl ʾ-h-l

literal: people; people, folk; people/inhabitants

SE rendered خواهند (khúáhnd)قسم (qsm)بآفتاب (báftáb)افق (ifq)اقتدار (iqtdár)اهل (ihl)حقّ (ḥqq)حین (ḥín)فرحی (frḥí)دست (dst)دهد (dhd) as “shall, swear, Daystar, horizon, Divine power, one true God, such joy, hands have wrought, experience”

حین
ḥín ḥ-y-n

literal: time; time/moment

SE rendered اقتدار (iqtdár)اهل (ihl)حقّ (ḥqq)حین (ḥín)فرحی (frḥí)دست (dst)دهد (dhd)ذکر (dhkr) as “Divine power, one true God, such joy, hands have wrought, experience, describe”

moment 40% hour 14% time 12% day 7% when 7% continually 7% while 5% times 5% soon 2% late 2%
ممکن
mmkn m-k-n

literal: possibility; possible; possible things

SE rendered حین (ḥín)فرحی (frḥí)دست (dst)دهد (dhd)ذکر (dhkr)ممکن (mmkn)نه (nh)هم‌چنین (hm‌chnín)اصحاب (iṣḥáb)ضلال (ḍlál) as “such joy, hands have wrought, experience, describe, while, followers, error”

contingent 50% one 50%
نه
nh n-h-y

literal: end; ended; utmost

SE rendered فرحی (frḥí)دست (dst)دهد (dhd)ذکر (dhkr)ممکن (mmkn)نه (nh)هم‌چنین (hm‌chnín)اصحاب (iṣḥáb)ضلال (ḍlál)خوف (khúf) as “such joy, hands have wrought, experience, describe, while, followers, error, such fear”

end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
متصوّر
mtṣúṣr ṣ-w-r

literal: form; trumpet; conception

SE rendered وحشتی (wḥshtí)رو (rú)نماید (nmáyd)متصوّر (mtṣúṣr)نه (nh)نیکوست (níkúst)حال (ḥál)نفسی (nfsí)رحیق (rḥíq) as “consternation, be filled, Well is it, him, the choice”

imagine 50% can 50%
نیکوست
níkúst n-y-k “well is it”

literal: good; good, beautiful

SE expanded to “Well is it”

well 67% blessed 33%
حال
ḥál ḥ-w-l

literal: state; now

SE rendered متصوّر (mtṣúṣr)نه (nh)نیکوست (níkúst)حال (ḥál)نفسی (nfsí)رحیق (rḥíq)لطیف (lṭíf)باقی (báqí)ایمان (iymán) as “Well is it, him, the choice, incorruptible, faith”

now 57% consider 11% present 8% reflect 5% behold 5% state 4% how 3% today 3% what 3% ponder 3%
ید
yd y-d-y

literal: hand; hands; by-hand

SE rendered رحیق (rḥíq)لطیف (lṭíf)باقی (báqí)ایمان (iymán)از (iz)ید (yd)عنایت (ʿnáyt)الطاف (aṭ-ṭáf)مالک (málk)ادیان (idíán)گرفت (grft) as “the choice, incorruptible, faith, through the, gracious favor, the manifold bounties, Him Who is the Lord, all Faiths.…, hath quaffed”

hand 61% hands 21% allowed 4% right 4% all 4% care 4% whose 4%
آشامید…
áshámíd… sh-r-b

literal: drink; to drink

SE rendered الطاف (aṭ-ṭáf)مالک (málk)ادیان (idíán)گرفت (grft)آشامید… (áshámíd…) as “the manifold bounties, Him Who is the Lord, all Faiths.…, hath quaffed”

drunk 50% drink 50%

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