Gleanings — §365
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 365 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Book of God”
SE rendered کتاب (ktáb), الهی (al-hí), ظاهر (ẓáhr), کلمه (klmh), ناطق (náṭq), ولکن (wlkn), نفوسی (nfúsí) as “Book of God, wide open, Word, is summoning, and, These few”
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “made” (461 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “uttered” (53 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “men”, “who”, “one” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “holding”, “cling”, “cleaving” (56 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “motive”, “source” (59 occurrences)
SE expanded to “instruments for its promotion”
SE rendered باو (báw), متمسّک (mtmssk), سبب (sbb), علّت (ʿllt), انتشار (intshár), گردند (grdnd), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمیشود (nmíshúd), قلیل (qlíl) as “mankind unto Him, cleave to, Cause, instruments for its promotion, to become, been found, willing”
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
SE rendered علّت (ʿllt), انتشار (intshár), گردند (grdnd), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمیشود (nmíshúd), قلیل (qlíl), قلیل (qlíl), اکسیر (iksír), احمر (iḥmr) as “instruments for its promotion, to become, been found, willing, Elixir”
This form usually rendered as “few”, “little”, “how” (21 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “of the world”
SE rendered نحاس (nḥás), عالم (ʿálm), دریاق (dríáq), اکبر (ikbr), از (iz), برای (bráy), صحّت (ṣḥḥt), بنیآدم (bníádm), حیات (ḥíát) as “dross, of the world, infallible remedy, for all the ills, children of men, life”
This form usually rendered as “healing”, “effect”, “infallible” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “children” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “accepted”, “acceptance”, “accept” (32 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “more”, “how” (24 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)