Gleanings — §440
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 440 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Set your faces”
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “yourselves”, “show” (107 occurrences)
SE rendered باتّحاد (báttḥád), توجّه (tújjh), نمائید (nmáʾíd), بنور (bnúr), اتّفاق (ittfáq), منوّر (mnúnr), گردید (grdíd), لوجه (lújh), الله (al-lh) as “towards unity, Set your faces, will, let, shine upon, for the sake, God”
This form usually rendered as “let”, “thou”, “did” (18 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “together”, “dwelling-place”, “dwelling” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “attend”, “ready”, “met” (17 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “must”, “wash” (35 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Gather ye together”
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “instrument”, “means” (158 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “resolve”, “set” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered اعظم (iʿẓm), فائز (fáʾz), گردند (grdnd), یک (yk), مدینه (mdính), وارد (wárd), شوند (shúnd), بر (br), یک (yk), سریر (srír), جالس (jáls) as “great, envelop, become, one, city, of one, throne, occupants”
This form usually rendered as “first”, “beginning”, “hath” (119 occurrences)
SE rendered مظلوم (mẓlúm), از (iz), اوّل (iwwl), ایّام (iyyám), حین (ḥín), مقصودی (mqṣúdí), جز (jz), آنچه (ánchh), ذکر (dhkr), نداشته (ndáshth) as “wronged One, since, the early, days, desire, except, this, cherished none other”
SE rendered ایّام (iyyám), حین (ḥín), مقصودی (mqṣúdí), جز (jz), آنچه (ánchh), ذکر (dhkr), نداشته (ndáshth), ندارد (ndárd), شکّی (shkkí), نیست (níst) as “days, desire, except, this, cherished none other, entertain no wish, no doubt, are”
This form usually rendered as “horizon”, “dayspring”, “above” (195 occurrences)
SE rendered بافق (báfq), اعلی (iʿlí), متوجّهند (mtújjhnd), بامر (bámr), حقّ (ḥqq), عامل (ʿáml), نظر (nẓr), بمقتضیات (bmqtḍíát), عصر (ʿṣr), اوامر (iwámr) as “Source, one heavenly, God, the varying requirements, age, ordinances”
SE rendered اعلی (iʿlí), متوجّهند (mtújjhnd), بامر (bámr), حقّ (ḥqq), عامل (ʿáml), نظر (nẓr), بمقتضیات (bmqtḍíát), عصر (ʿṣr), اوامر (iwámr) as “one heavenly, God, the varying requirements, age, ordinances”
SE rendered بمقتضیات (bmqtḍíát), عصر (ʿṣr), اوامر (iwámr), احکام (iḥkám), مختلف (mkhtlf), ولکن (wlkn), الله (al-lh) as “the varying requirements, age, ordinances, difference, God”
This form usually rendered as “hostile”, “human”, “perverse” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “made” (461 occurrences)
SE expanded to “your vain imaginings”
This form usually rendered as “scatter”, “shatter” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “book”, “holy”, “tablet” (168 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “such” (339 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “sublime”, “lofty”, “loftiest” (9 occurrences)