Gleanings — §395
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 395 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “perish” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “extinguish”, “suffer”, “become” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered نسایم (nsáym), سحرگاهان (sḥrgáhán), شمائید (shmáʾíd), میاه (míáh), جاریه (járíh), حیات (ḥíát), معلّق (mʿllq), بآنست (bánst) as “the breeze, at the break of day, are, the soft-flowing waters, the very life, must depend, man”
This form usually rendered as “dependent”, “suspended”, “impending” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “perceive” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “book”, “kitáb-i-íqán”, “tablet” (110 occurrences)
SE expanded to “His sacred scroll”
This form usually rendered as “gather”, “ye”, “testify” (18 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “mischief”, “sedition”, “dissension” (23 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “may”, “thou”, “repugnant” (9 occurrences)
SE rendered شأن (shʾan), انسان (insán), نبوده (nbúdh), نیست (níst), جمیع (jmíʿ), همّت (hmmt), تبلیغ (tblígh), امر (imr), الهی (al-hí), مصروف (mṣrúf) as “his station, man, your energies, propagation, the Faith, of God, Center”
This form usually rendered as “dedicate”, “center” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “tree”, “keep” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “anyone” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Whoso is unable”
This form usually rendered as “seized”, “establish” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “who” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “mightiest” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “crushed into dust”
6 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “mountains”, “mountain-top”, “peaks” (17 occurrences)
literal: thunderstruck; swooned; to be thunderstruck, seized with commotion
SE expanded to “every soul to be dumbfounded”
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered مقام (mqám), یوم (yúm), ظاهر (ẓáhr), آنی (ání), از (iz), بصدهزار (bṣdhzár), جان (ján), طالب (ṭálb), آمل (áml) as “greatness, Day, be revealed, in its fullness, of, myriad lives, longing to partake”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), آنی (ání), از (iz), بصدهزار (bṣdhzár), جان (ján), طالب (ṭálb), آمل (áml), شوند (shúnd), چه (chh), رسد (rsd), بارض (bárḍ) as “be revealed, in its fullness, of, myriad lives, longing to partake, how much more, this world”
SE rendered جان (ján), طالب (ṭálb), آمل (áml), شوند (shúnd), چه (chh), رسد (rsd), بارض (bárḍ), زخارف (zkhárf) as “myriad lives, longing to partake, how much more, this world, corruptible treasures”
SE expanded to “how much more”
This form usually rendered as “earth”, “land”, “mankind” (69 occurrences)
SE rendered بارض (bárḍ), زخارف (zkhárf), جمیع (jmíʿ), امور (imúr), بحکمت (bḥkmt) as “this world, corruptible treasures”