Gleanings — §406
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 406 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “occupied” (1 occurrences)
5 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “far”, “remoteness”, “gone” (22 occurrences)
SE rendered ناظرند (náẓrnd), بغایت (bgháyt), بعید (bʿíd), مشاهده (msháhdh), میشوند (míshúnd), اکثر (ikthr), احیان (iḥíán), ساحت (sáḥt) as “are occupied, very great, gulf, separateth, Many a, time, the court”
This form usually rendered as “would” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “generality”, “people” (26 occurrences)
SE rendered اکثر (ikthr), احیان (iḥíán), ساحت (sáḥt), رحمن (rḥmn), بحسب (bḥsb), ظاهر (ẓáhr), زخارفی (zkhárfí), نبوده (nbúdh), طائفین (ṭáʾfín) as “Many a, time, the court, the All-Merciful, to, outward seeming, so denuded, been, they who lived”
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “appeared” (458 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “denuded” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “they who lived”
This form usually rendered as “round”, “around”, “through” (36 occurrences)
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “radiance”, “shining”, “shineth” (70 occurrences)
SE expanded to “nor even to make”
SE expanded to “of the Most High”
SE rendered قلم (qlm), اعلی (iʿlí), ذکر (dhkr), دنیا (dníá), کلمهئی (klmhʾí), مدلّ (mdll), بر (br), باشد (báshd), اشراق (ishráq) as “the Pen, of the Most High, refer, this world, pertain, been willing to, nor even to make”
This form usually rendered as “indicate”, “indicateth”, “bear” (19 occurrences)
SE rendered ذکر (dhkr), دنیا (dníá), کلمهئی (klmhʾí), مدلّ (mdll), بر (br), باشد (báshd), اشراق (ishráq), ننموده (nnmúdh), هر (hr), نفسی (nfsí) as “refer, this world, pertain, been willing to, nor even to make, hath, any time, any gift”
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
SE rendered اشراق (ishráq), ننموده (nnmúdh), هر (hr), نفسی (nfsí), موفّق (múffq), بساحت (bsáḥt), اقدس (iqds), هدیّهئی (hdídhʾí) as “nor even to make, hath, any time, any gift, gift”
SE rendered هر (hr), نفسی (nfsí), موفّق (múffq), بساحت (bsáḥt), اقدس (iqds), هدیّهئی (hdídhʾí), ارسال (irsál), نمود (nmúd), نظر (nẓr), بفضل (bfḍl) as “any time, any gift, gift, hath, as a token, of His grace”
SE rendered بساحت (bsáḥt), اقدس (iqds), هدیّهئی (hdídhʾí), ارسال (irsál), نمود (nmúd), نظر (nẓr), بفضل (bfḍl), قبول (qbúl) as “gift, hath, as a token, of His grace, was accepted”
SE expanded to “of His grace”
SE rendered نمود (nmúd), نظر (nẓr), بفضل (bfḍl), قبول (qbúl), آنکه (ánkh), جمیع (jmíʿ), اموال (imúál), ارض (irḍ), بخواهیم (bkhúáhím) as “hath, as a token, of His grace, was accepted, all, the treasures, of the earth, please”
SE expanded to “of the earth”
This form usually rendered as “ask” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “treatment”, “establishing”, “appropriate” (12 occurrences)
SE rendered تصرّف (tṣrrf), نمائیم (nmáʾím), احدی (iḥdí), مجال (mjál), بم (bm), نبوده (nbúdh), نخواهد (nkhúáhd), هیچ (hích), فعلی (fʿlí) as “appropriate, to none, the right, any, act”
1 occurrence in corpus
5 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “in the name”
SE expanded to “one true God”
SE rendered نبوده (nbúdh), نیست (níst), باسم (básm), حقّ (ḥqq), مابین (mábín), ناس (nás), تکدّی (tkddí), بر (br), جناب (jnáb) as “impossible, in the name, the one true God, the riches, soliciting, Him”
1 occurrence in corpus