Gleanings — §461
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 461 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered وأنت (wʾant), سفير (sfír), تفكّر (tfkkr), نفسك (nfsk), أقلّ (ʾaqll), أنصف (ʾanṣf) as “and reflect, Minister, judgment, little, fair”
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “less”, “one”, “infinitesimal” (33 occurrences)
SE rendered نفسك (nfsk), أقلّ (ʾaqll), أنصف (ʾanṣf), ذاتك (dhátk), بأيّ (bʾayy), جرم (jrm), افتريت (iftrít), علينا (ʿlíná) as “judgment, little, fair, What, committed, slandered, Us”
This form usually rendered as “having” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “father’s” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “describe”, “remembered”, “remember” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “martyrdom”, “woes”, “grievous” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “assemblies”, “tribunals”, “occasions” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “can”, “would”, “could” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered المجالس (al-mjáls), يجد (yjd), الفرصة (al-frṣh), أحد (ʾaḥd), ليفتح (líftḥ), اللّسان (al-lsán), ويشتغل (wíshtghl) as “occasions, one, chance, the, making, of”
SE rendered المجالس (al-mjáls), يجد (yjd), الفرصة (al-frṣh), أحد (ʾaḥd), ليفتح (líftḥ), اللّسان (al-lsán), ويشتغل (wíshtghl) as “occasions, one, chance, the, making, of”
SE rendered يجد (yjd), الفرصة (al-frṣh), أحد (ʾaḥd), ليفتح (líftḥ), اللّسان (al-lsán), ويشتغل (wíshtghl), بالبيان (bálbíán), يعرف (yʿrf), مطالبه (mṭálbh) as “one, chance, the, making, of, known, views”
SE rendered ليفتح (líftḥ), اللّسان (al-lsán), ويشتغل (wíshtghl), بالبيان (bálbíán), يعرف (yʿrf), مطالبه (mṭálbh), عقائده (ʿqáʾdh) as “the, making, of, known, views, beliefs”
This form usually rendered as “themes”, “views”, “facts” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “others”, “other”, “without” (150 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “judgment”, “decreed” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “exalted”, “glorified”, “magnified” (50 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “meeteth”, “hand” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “am”, “thou”, “accuse” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “not a believer’.” “Thrust”
SE rendered مُؤْمِنًا﴾ (muʾminan﴾), تطرد (tṭrd), الّذين (adh-dhín), يدعون (ydʿún), ربّهم (rbbhm), بالغداة (bálghdáh), والعشيّ (wálʿshíh), يريدون (yrídún), وجهه (wjhh) as “not, those, cry, to, their, morn, and, craving”
This form usually rendered as “seek”, “craving”, “wish” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hast” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the Book of God”
This form usually rendered as “deemest” (1 occurrences)