Gleanings — §341
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 341 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “This is the Day”
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “turned”, “fixed” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “keep their eyes directed”
This form usually rendered as “must”, “under” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered یظهر (yẓhr), باشند (báshnd), بعضی (bʿḍí), روایات (rúáyát), قبلیّه (qblílh), اصلی (iṣlí), نداشته (ndáshth), ندارد (ndárd) as “Manifestation, were, Certain traditions, bygone ages, foundations, no, whatever”
SE rendered باشند (báshnd), بعضی (bʿḍí), روایات (rúáyát), قبلیّه (qblílh), اصلی (iṣlí), نداشته (ndáshth), ندارد (ndárd), آنچه (ánchh), ملل (mll) as “were, Certain traditions, bygone ages, foundations, no, whatever, the notions, past generations”
This form usually rendered as “hide”, “susceptible”, “entertain” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “arisen”, “misconstrued”, “knoweth” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “mention”, “praise” (252 occurrences)
SE expanded to “for the most part”
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “even”, “thus”, “thou” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered اکثر (ikthr), بهوای (bhúáy), نفس (nfs), چنانچه (chnánchh), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمودهاید (nmúdháyd), آنچه (ánchh), دست (dst), ناس (nás) as “for the most part, the desires, a corrupt inclination, Thou dost witness how, hath, men”
This form usually rendered as “have” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered نمودهاید (nmúdháyd), آنچه (ánchh), دست (dst), ناس (nás), موجود (mújúd), از (iz), معانی (mʿání) as “hath, men, current, amongst, commentaries and interpretations”
This form usually rendered as “exist”, “extant”, “found” (50 occurrences)
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “meaning”, “inner”, “divine” (56 occurrences)
SE rendered ناس (nás), موجود (mújúd), از (iz), معانی (mʿání), تأویلات (tʾawílát), کلمات (klmát), الهیّه (al-híhh), اکثری (ikthrí), بغیر (bghír), حقّ (ḥqq) as “men, current, amongst, commentaries and interpretations, words, God, most, devoid of, truth”
This form usually rendered as “evident”, “known”, “object” (86 occurrences)
SE rendered خرق (khrq), حجاب (ḥjáb), بعضی (bʿḍí), معلوم (mʿlúm), واضح (wáḍḥ), تصدیق (tṣdíq), نمودند (nmúdnd), کلمهئی (klmhʾí) as “rent asunder, veils, some, exposed, acknowledged, they, any of the words”
SE expanded to “any of the words”
This form usually rendered as “could”, “never”, “hath” (12 occurrences)