Gleanings — §471
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 471 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered لسان (lsán), صدق (ṣdq), منيع، (mníʿ،), أما (ʾamá), تذكّرت (tdhkkrt), بذكر (bdhkr), الله (al-lh) as “warning, Rememberest thou not, uttered, God’s”
SE rendered لسان (lsán), صدق (ṣdq), منيع، (mníʿ،), أما (ʾamá), تذكّرت (tdhkkrt), بذكر (bdhkr), الله (al-lh) as “warning, Rememberest thou not, uttered, God’s”
SE expanded to “that thou mayest be”
SE expanded to “have We created you”
This form usually rendered as “afflict” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “perfume” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “other”, “another”, “again” (17 occurrences)
SE rendered نعيدكم (nʿídkm), ومنها (wmnhá), نخرجكم (nkhrjkm), تارة (tárh), أخرى (ʾakhrى), وهذا (whdhá), قدّره (qddrh), الله (al-lh), لمن (lmn), الأرض (ar-rḍ) as “will We return you, and out of it, will We bring you forth, a second, time.”, This is, ordained, God, unto, earth”
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (159 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “abased”, “low”, “humbled” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “swell with pride”
SE expanded to “and before His loved ones”
SE rendered ويفتخر (wíftkhr), عليهم (ʿlíhm), ويكون (wíkún), غرور (ghrúr), عظيم (ʿẓím), ينبغي (ynbghí), لك (lk), ولأمثالك (wlʾamthálk), تبخعوا (tbkhʿúá) as “to proudly scorn, them, and be filled, disdainful arrogance, behooveth, thee, and those like thee, submit yourselves”
5 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “and those like thee”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “of the unity”
SE expanded to “to defer humbly”
SE rendered تبخعوا (tbkhʿúá), لمظاهر (lmẓáhr), التّوحيد (at-túḥíd), وتخفضوا (wtkhfḍúá), جناح (jnáḥ), الذّلّ (adh-dhll), للمؤمنين (llmʾmnín), الّذين (adh-dhín) as “submit yourselves, Manifestations, of the unity, to defer humbly, to the faithful, who”
SE expanded to “to the faithful”
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and have detached themselves”
This form usually rendered as “engross”, “dost” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “souls”, “others”, “which” (28 occurrences)
SE rendered تشتغل (tshtghl), أنفس (ʾanfs), العباد (al-ʿbád), ويبعدهم (wíbʿdhm), صراط (ṣráṭ), الله (al-lh), العزيز (al-ʿzíz) as “engross, men’s attention, and lead them astray, the path, of God, the All-Glorious”
This form usually rendered as “lead” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thus do We”
SE expanded to “shall profit you”