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Gleanings — §439

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 439 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

مع آنکه بقبول اهل معرفت فائز است اگر از حدّ اعتدال تجاوز نماید سبب و علّت ضرّ گردد ... انشآءاللّه از همّت اولیا و حکمای ارض اهل عالم به ما ینفعهم آگاه شوند غفلت تا کی اعتساف تا کی انقلاب و اختلاف تا کی ... اریاح یأس از جمیع جهات در عبور و مرور است و انقلابات و اختلافات عالم یوماً فیوماً در تزاید است آثار هرج و مرج مشاهده میشود چه که اسبابی که حال موجود است بنظر موافق نمیآید از حقّ جلّ جلاله میطلبم که اهل ارض را آگاه نماید و عاقبت را بخیر منتهی فرماید و بآنچه سزاوار است مؤیّد دارد

Shoghi Effendi Translation

However much men of understanding may favorably regard them, they will, if carried to excess, exercise a pernicious influence upon men.… Please God, the peoples of the world may be led, as the result of the high endeavors exerted by their rulers and the wise and learned amongst men, to recognize their best interests. How long will humanity persist in its waywardness? How long will injustice continue? How long is chaos and confusion to reign amongst men? How long will discord agitate the face of society?… The winds of despair are, alas, blowing from every direction, and the strife that divideth and afflicteth the human race is daily increasing. The signs of impending convulsions and chaos can now be discerned, inasmuch as the prevailing order appeareth to be lamentably defective. I beseech God, exalted be His glory, that He may graciously awaken the peoples of the earth, may grant that the end of their conduct may be profitable unto them, and aid them to accomplish that which beseemeth their station.

Translation Notes

معرفت
mʿrft ʿ-r-f

literal: knowledge; know; knower

SE rendered آنکه (ánkh), بقبول (bqbúl), اهل (ihl), معرفت (mʿrft), فائز (fáʾz), از (iz), حدّ (ḥdd), اعتدال (iʿtdál) as “men of understanding may, regard them, carried, to excess”

فائز
fáʾz f-w-z

literal: attain

SE rendered آنکه (ánkh), بقبول (bqbúl), اهل (ihl), معرفت (mʿrft), فائز (fáʾz), از (iz), حدّ (ḥdd), اعتدال (iʿtdál) as “men of understanding may, regard them, carried, to excess”

تجاوز
tjáwz j-w-z

literal: transgression

SE rendered از (iz), حدّ (ḥdd), اعتدال (iʿtdál), تجاوز (tjáwz), نماید (nmáyd), سبب (sbb), علّت (ʿllt), ضرّ (ḍrr) as “carried, to excess, exercise a, pernicious influence upon men.…”

نماید
nmáyd nmúdn

literal: do; to do; show

SE rendered از (iz), حدّ (ḥdd), اعتدال (iʿtdál), تجاوز (tjáwz), نماید (nmáyd), سبب (sbb), علّت (ʿllt), ضرّ (ḍrr), گردد (grdd), انشآءاللّه (insháʾálllh) as “carried, to excess, exercise a, pernicious influence upon men.…, Please God”

will 35% may 19% must 13% would 9% can 7% cause 6% have 4% hath 4% protect 2% thou 2%
علّت
ʿllt ʿ-l-l

literal: cause; reason

SE rendered حدّ (ḥdd), اعتدال (iʿtdál), تجاوز (tjáwz), نماید (nmáyd), سبب (sbb), علّت (ʿllt), ضرّ (ḍrr), گردد (grdd), انشآءاللّه (insháʾálllh) as “carried, to excess, exercise a, pernicious influence upon men.…, Please God”

cause 23% motive 14% source 14% caused 9% instrument 9% reason 9% cannot 9% acted 5% what 5% causeth 5%
غفلت
ghflt gh-f-l

literal: heedless; heedlessness; neglect

SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), ینفعهم (ynfʿhm), آگاه (ágáh), شوند (shúnd), غفلت (ghflt), کی (kí), اعتساف (iʿtsáf) as “peoples of the world, recognize their best interests, may be led, How long will injustice continue”

کی
kí k-w

literal: street

SE rendered ینفعهم (ynfʿhm), آگاه (ágáh), شوند (shúnd), غفلت (ghflt), کی (kí), اعتساف (iʿtsáf) as “recognize their best interests, may be led, How long will injustice continue”

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اختلاف
ikhtláf kh-l-f

literal: different; difference

SE rendered اعتساف (iʿtsáf), کی (kí), انقلاب (inqláb), اختلاف (ikhtláf), کی (kí), اریاح (iríáḥ), یأس (yʾas), از (iz), جمیع (jmíʿ) as “How long will injustice continue, The winds, of despair, from every”

جهات
jhát j-h-t

literal: direction; directions

SE rendered اریاح (iríáḥ), یأس (yʾas), از (iz), جمیع (jmíʿ), جهات (jhát), عبور (ʿbúr), مرور (mrúr), انقلابات (inqlábát) as “The winds, of despair, from every, strife that”

عبور
ʿbúr ʿ-b-r

literal: expression; tear; interpretation

SE rendered اریاح (iríáḥ), یأس (yʾas), از (iz), جمیع (jmíʿ), جهات (jhát), عبور (ʿbúr), مرور (mrúr), انقلابات (inqlábát) as “The winds, of despair, from every, strife that”

crossed 25% crossing.” 25% path 25% blowing 25%
مرور
mrúr m-r-r

literal: pass; time; passed

SE rendered یأس (yʾas), از (iz), جمیع (jmíʿ), جهات (jhát), عبور (ʿbúr), مرور (mrúr), انقلابات (inqlábát) as “of despair, from every, strife that”

wafted 60% blowing 20% bloweth 20%
تزاید
tzáyd z-y-d

literal: increase; increased

SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), یوماً (yúmáan), فیوماً (fíwmáan), تزاید (tzáyd), آثار (áthár), هرج (hrj), مرج (mrj), مشاهده (msháhdh), میشود (míshúd) as “human race, daily increasing, The signs, impending convulsions, can now be discerned”

مرج
mrj m-r-j

literal: confusion; confusion/disorder; meadow

SE rendered یوماً (yúmáan), فیوماً (fíwmáan), تزاید (tzáyd), آثار (áthár), هرج (hrj), مرج (mrj), مشاهده (msháhdh), میشود (míshúd), چه (chh), اسبابی (isbábí) as “daily increasing, The signs, impending convulsions, can now be discerned, prevailing order”

meadow 33% confusion 33% chaos 33%
حال
ḥál ḥ-w-l

literal: now; state

SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh), میشود (míshúd), چه (chh), اسبابی (isbábí), حال (ḥál), موجود (mújúd), بنظر (bnẓr), موافق (múáfq), نمیآید (nmíáyd) as “can now be discerned, prevailing order, appeareth to”

موجود
mújúd w-j-d

literal: existence; existent

SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh), میشود (míshúd), چه (chh), اسبابی (isbábí), حال (ḥál), موجود (mújúd), بنظر (bnẓr), موافق (múáfq), نمیآید (nmíáyd), از (iz), حقّ (ḥqq) as “can now be discerned, prevailing order, appeareth to, God”

منتهی
mnthí n-h-y

literal: end; utmost; ended

SE rendered آگاه (ágáh), نماید (nmáyd), عاقبت (ʿáqbt), بخیر (bkhír), منتهی (mnthí), فرماید (frmáyd), بآنچه (bánchh) as “graciously awaken the, the end, be profitable, may grant, accomplish that”

سزاوار
száwár s-z-w

literal: worthy

SE rendered بخیر (bkhír), منتهی (mnthí), فرماید (frmáyd), بآنچه (bánchh), سزاوار (száwár), مؤیّد (mʾíʾd), دارد (dárd) as “be profitable, may grant, accomplish that, aid them, them, and”

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