Gleanings — §382
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 382 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered کن (kn), بر (br), اشراق (ishráq), فرموده (frmúdh), یعنی (yʿní) as “Consider, in like manner, the revelation of the light”
This form usually rendered as “radiance”, “shining”, “shineth” (70 occurrences)
SE expanded to “revelation of the light”
SE rendered کن (kn), بر (br), اشراق (ishráq), فرموده (frmúdh), یعنی (yʿní), آیهٴ (áyhٴ), توحید (túḥíd), الهی (al-hí) as “Consider, in like manner, the revelation of the light, the sign, His Unity, of God”
SE rendered کن (kn), بر (br), اشراق (ishráq), فرموده (frmúdh), یعنی (yʿní), آیهٴ (áyhٴ), توحید (túḥíd), الهی (al-hí), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “Consider, in like manner, the revelation of the light, the sign, His Unity, of God, manifesteth”
This form usually rendered as “even”, “thus”, “thou” (18 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “encompassed”, “obscured” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “souls”, “men”, “soul” (107 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “infidels”, “have”, “infidel” (4 occurrences)
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “proximity”, “nearness” (62 occurrences)
SE rendered قرب (qrb), لقا (lqá), محروم (mḥrúm), چنانچه (chnánchh), مشاهده (msháhdh), میشود (míshúd), جمیع (jmíʿ), ملل (mll), مختلفه (mkhtlfh), بوحدانیّت (búḥdánínt) as “draw near, be united with, Him, are deprived, Witness how, bear witness, the divers peoples, His unity”
This form usually rendered as “all”, “every”, “whole” (445 occurrences)
SE rendered چنانچه (chnánchh), مشاهده (msháhdh), میشود (míshúd), جمیع (jmíʿ), ملل (mll), مختلفه (mkhtlfh), بوحدانیّت (búḥdánínt), مقرّ (mqrr), بفردانیّت (bfrdánínt) as “Witness how, bear witness, the divers peoples, His unity, His oneness”
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “place” (96 occurrences)
SE rendered نفوس (nfús), نمیبود (nmíbúd), هرگز (hrgz), مقرّ (mqrr), باین (báyn), کلمهٴ (klmhٴ), مبارکهٔ (mbárkh), اله (al-h) as “they, would have, never, acknowledged, the truth of the words, God”
SE expanded to “truth of the words”
SE rendered معذلک (mʿdhlk), غافل (gháfl), بعیدند (bʿídnd), عندالله (ʿndállh), از (iz), موحّدین (múḥḥdín), محسوب (mḥsúb) as “And yet, erred, strayed, from, true believers, reckoned”
SE rendered بعیدند (bʿídnd), عندالله (ʿndállh), از (iz), موحّدین (múḥḥdín), محسوب (mḥsúb), نه (nh), چه (chh), سلطان (slṭán), مجلّی (mjllí), ادراک (idrák), ننمودهاند (nnmúdhánd) as “strayed, from, true believers, reckoned, Sovereign, Revealer, failed to recognize, may”
SE rendered از (iz), موحّدین (múḥḥdín), محسوب (mḥsúb), نه (nh), چه (chh), سلطان (slṭán), مجلّی (mjllí), ادراک (idrák), ننمودهاند (nnmúdhánd) as “from, true believers, reckoned, Sovereign, Revealer, failed to recognize, may”
literal: comprehension; perception; perception, understanding
This form usually rendered as “comprehend”, “apprehend”, “understanding” (88 occurrences)
SE expanded to “failed to recognize”
This form usually rendered as “didst”, “put”, “understood?”” (7 occurrences)