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Gleanings — §532

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 532 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بها فویل لکم یا ملأ الغافلین أظننتم في أنفسکم بأنّکم مکسف الشّمس وضیائها لا فونفسي لن تقدرنّ ولن تستطیعنّ ولو یجتمع علیها أنتم وما دونکم عمّا خلق بین السّموات والأرضین خافوا عن الله ولا تبطلوا أعمالکم ثمّ اسمعوا کلمات الله ولا تکوننّ من المحتجبین قل تالله إنّي لن أرید لنفسي شیئا بل أرید نصر الله وأمره وکفی بنفسه علی ما أقول شهید وأنتم لو تطهّرنّ أبصارکم لتشهدنّ فعلي شهیدا علی قولي ثمّ قولي دلیلاً علی فعلي عمت عیونکم أَمَا رأیتم قدرة الله وسلطن

Shoghi Effendi Translation

What! Believe ye in your hearts that ye possess the power to extinguish the radiance of the Sun, or to eclipse its splendor? Nay, by My life! Ye will never and can never achieve your purpose, though ye summon to your aid all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth. Walk ye in the fear of God, and render not your works vain. Incline your ears to His words, and be not of them that are shut out as by a veil from Him. Say: God is My witness! I have wished nothing whatever for Myself. What I have wished is the victory of God and the triumph of His Cause. He is Himself a sufficient witness between you and Me. Were ye to cleanse your eyes, ye would readily perceive how My deeds testify to the truth of My words, how My words are a guide to My deeds.

Translation Notes

لکم
lkm l-k-m

literal: to you; for-you

SE rendered فویل (fúyl)لکم (lkm)ملأ (mlʾ)الغافلین (al-gháflín)أظننتم (ʾaẓnntm) as “Believe ye”

2 occurrences in corpus

ملأ
mlʾ m-l-ʾ

literal: assembly/people; concourse

SE rendered فویل (fúyl)لکم (lkm)ملأ (mlʾ)الغافلین (al-gháflín)أظننتم (ʾaẓnntm)أنفسکم (ʾanfskm)بأنّکم (bʾannkm) as “Believe ye, that ye possess”

الغافلین
al-gháflín gh-f-l

literal: heedless; heedlessness

SE rendered فویل (fúyl)لکم (lkm)ملأ (mlʾ)الغافلین (al-gháflín)أظننتم (ʾaẓnntm)أنفسکم (ʾanfskm)بأنّکم (bʾannkm)مکسف (mksf) as “Believe ye, that ye possess, extinguish”

مکسف

literal: eclipse/extinguish

1 occurrence in corpus

ولن

literal: will not

2 occurrences in corpus

تستطیعنّ
tstṭíʿnn ṭ-w-ʿ

literal: obedience; obeyed; obedient

SE rendered فونفسي (fúnfsí)تقدرنّ (tqdrnn)ولن (wln)تستطیعنّ (tstṭíʿnn)ولو (wlú)یجتمع (yjtmʿ)علیها (ʿlíhá) as “by My life, achieve, and can never, though, ye summon, to your aid”

دونکم
dúnkm d-w-n

literal: besides; below; without

SE rendered ولو (wlú)یجتمع (yjtmʿ)علیها (ʿlíhá)دونکم (dúnkm)خلق (khlq)السّموات (as-smúát)والأرضین (wálʾarḍín) as “though, ye summon, to your aid, is in, the heavens, on the earth”

all 22% except 17% any 14% without 12% thee 8% aught 6% save 6% others 5% besides 5% beside 5%
خلق

literal: creation; create; created

SE rendered یجتمع (yjtmʿ)علیها (ʿlíhá)دونکم (dúnkm)خلق (khlq)السّموات (as-smúát)والأرضین (wálʾarḍín)خافوا (kháfúá) as “ye summon, to your aid, is in, the heavens, on the earth, Walk ye in the”

creation 31% creatures 16% hath 14% created 12% men 9% people 7% mankind 4% world 3% called 2% made 2%
أعمالکم
ʾaʿmálkm ʿ-m-l

literal: deed; deeds; work

SE rendered خافوا (kháfúá)الله (al-lh)تبطلوا (tbṭlúá)أعمالکم (ʾaʿmálkm)اسمعوا (ismʿúá)کلمات (klmát)الله (al-lh) as “Walk ye in the, your works vain, Incline your ears, His words”

works 33% all 11% acts 11% ye 11% troubling 11% actions 11% deeds 11%
تکوننّ
tkúnnn k-w-n

literal: be; to be

SE rendered اسمعوا (ismʿúá)کلمات (klmát)الله (al-lh)تکوننّ (tkúnnn)المحتجبین (al-mḥtjbín)قل (ql)تالله (tállh)إنّي (ʾinní) as “Incline your ears, His words, are shut out, Say, God is My witness, I”

ye 33% numbered 20% may 13% claim 7% accounted 7% remain 7% pursue 7% art 7%
وأنتم

literal: you

SE expanded to “between you and Me”

1 occurrence in corpus

عمت
ʿmt ʿ-m-y

literal: blind; blindness; cloud

SE rendered قولي (qúlí)دلیلاً (dlíláan)فعلي (fʿlí)عمت (ʿmt)عیونکم (ʿíwnkm)أَمَا (ʾamá)رأیتم (rʾaytm)قدرة (qdrh) as “My words, are a guide, My deeds, power”

when 50% dimmed 50%
عیونکم
ʿíwnkm ʿ-y-n

literal: eye; eyes

SE rendered قولي (qúlí)دلیلاً (dlíláan)فعلي (fʿlí)عمت (ʿmt)عیونکم (ʿíwnkm)أَمَا (ʾamá)رأیتم (rʾaytm)قدرة (qdrh) as “My words, are a guide, My deeds, power”

eyes 75% own 25%
أَمَا
ʾamá m-ʾ “that”

literal: what; what, that which

SE rendered دلیلاً (dlíláan)فعلي (fʿlí)عمت (ʿmt)عیونکم (ʿíwnkm)أَمَا (ʾamá)رأیتم (rʾaytm)قدرة (qdrh) as “are a guide, My deeds, power”

things 29% concerning 14% which 14% all 14% what 14% suffered 14%
رأیتم
rʾaytm r-ʾ-y

literal: see; to see; see/behold

SE rendered فعلي (fʿlí)عمت (ʿmt)عیونکم (ʿíwnkm)أَمَا (ʾamá)رأیتم (rʾaytm)قدرة (qdrh) as “My deeds, power”

thou 47% seest 11% behold 10% see 9% beholdest 7% may 4% regard 3% beheld 3% recognize 3% seen 2%

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