Gleanings — §470
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 470 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “connive” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered إيّاك (ʾiyyák), تغمض (tghmḍ), عيناك (ʿínák), مواقع (múáqʿ), الإنصاف (an-nṣáf), وتوجّه (wtújjh), شطر (shṭr) as “Beware lest, connive at, injustice, Set thy, upon justice”
SE rendered تغمض (tghmḍ), عيناك (ʿínák), مواقع (múáqʿ), الإنصاف (an-nṣáf), وتوجّه (wtújjh), شطر (shṭr), العدل (al-ʿdl), بقلبك (bqlbk) as “connive at, injustice, Set thy, upon justice, heart”
This form usually rendered as “direction”, “towards”, “court” (92 occurrences)
SE rendered وتوجّه (wtújjh), شطر (shṭr), العدل (al-ʿdl), بقلبك (bqlbk), تبدّل (tbddl), أمر (ʾamr), الله (al-lh), وكن (wkn) as “Set thy, upon justice, heart, the Cause, of God, be”
SE rendered وتوجّه (wtújjh), شطر (shṭr), العدل (al-ʿdl), بقلبك (bqlbk), تبدّل (tbddl), أمر (ʾamr), الله (al-lh), وكن (wkn), نزّل (nzzl) as “Set thy, upon justice, heart, the Cause, of God, be, have been revealed”
SE rendered بقلبك (bqlbk), تبدّل (tbddl), أمر (ʾamr), الله (al-lh), وكن (wkn), نزّل (nzzl), الكتاب (al-ktáb), لمن (lmn), النّاظرين، (an-náẓrín،) as “heart, the Cause, of God, be, have been revealed, His Book, them whose, eyes are directed”
SE expanded to “have been revealed”
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “fix”, “seeing” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “eyes are directed”
SE expanded to “of thine evil desires”
SE expanded to “Ancient of Days”
SE expanded to “shalt most certainly return”
This form usually rendered as “remain”, “will”, “endureth” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
SE expanded to “which thou takest delight”
SE rendered التّراب (at-tráb), ولن (wln), يبقى (ybqى), نفسك (nfsk), تسرّ (tsrr), أيّامك (ʾayyámk), وهذا (whdhá), ظهر (ẓhr) as “dust, and shalt, perish, which thou takest delight, This is, glory hath spoken”
SE rendered يبقى (ybqى), نفسك (nfsk), تسرّ (tsrr), أيّامك (ʾayyámk), وهذا (whdhá), ظهر (ẓhr), لسان (lsán), صدق (ṣdq) as “perish, which thou takest delight, This is, glory hath spoken, Tongue of, truth and”
SE expanded to “glory hath spoken”
SE rendered وهذا (whdhá), ظهر (ẓhr), لسان (lsán), صدق (ṣdq), منيع، (mníʿ،) as “This is, glory hath spoken, Tongue of, truth and”