Gleanings — §555
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 555 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered لنهدینّهم (lnhdínnhm), سبلنا (sblná), مستبشر (mstbshr), خواهد (khúáhd), چون (chún) as “will, Only when”
SE rendered سبلنا (sblná), مستبشر (mstbshr), خواهد (khúáhd), چون (chún), سراج (sráj) as “will, Only when, the lamp”
This form usually rendered as “rapture”, “longing”, “ecstatic” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered چون (chún), سراج (sráj), طلب (ṭlb), مجاهده (mjáhdh), ذوق (dhúq), شوق (shúq), عشق (ʿshq), وله (wlh), جذب (jdhb), حبّ (ḥbb) as “Only when, the lamp, of search, earnest striving, of longing desire, passionate devotion, rapture, and ecstasy, , of, of fervid love”
SE expanded to “rapture, and ecstasy”
This form usually rendered as “rapture”, “ecstasies”, “blissful” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of fervid love”
SE rendered قلب (qlb), روشن (rúshn), نسیم (nsím), محبّت (mḥbbt), از (iz), شطر (shṭr), احدیّه (iḥdídh), وزید (wzíd), ظلمت (ẓlmt), ضلالت (ḍlált), شک (shk) as “the seeker’s heart, is kindled, the breeze, His loving-kindness, Divine, is wafted, the darkness, of error, of doubts”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered قلب (qlb), روشن (rúshn), نسیم (nsím), محبّت (mḥbbt), از (iz), شطر (shṭr), احدیّه (iḥdídh), وزید (wzíd), ظلمت (ẓlmt), ضلالت (ḍlált), شک (shk) as “the seeker’s heart, is kindled, the breeze, His loving-kindness, Divine, is wafted, the darkness, of error, of doubts”
SE rendered انوار (inúár), علم (ʿlm), یقین (yqín), همهٔ (hmh), ارکان (irkán), وجود (wjúd), احاطه (iḥáṭh), نماید (nmáyd), حین (ḥín) as “the lights, of knowledge, and certitude, all, his being, envelop, will, At that hour”
SE expanded to “At that hour”
SE expanded to “of the Spirit”
SE expanded to “from the City”
SE expanded to “resplendent as the morn”
This form usually rendered as “true”, “sincere”, “faithful” (54 occurrences)
SE expanded to “through the trumpet-blast”
This form usually rendered as “awake”, “quickened”, “awaken” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered غفلت (ghflt), بیدار (bídár), نماید (nmáyd), عنایات (ʿnáyát), تأییدات (tʾayídát), روح (rúḥ), القدس (al-qds), صمدانی (ṣmdání), حیات (ḥíát), تازهٔ (tázh), جدید (jdíd) as “of heedlessness, will awaken, will, the manifold favors, the holy and everlasting Spirit, everlasting, new life”
SE expanded to “the holy and everlasting Spirit”
SE rendered صمدانی (ṣmdání), حیات (ḥíát), تازهٔ (tázh), جدید (jdíd), مبذول (mbdhúl), دارد (dárd), بقسمی (bqsmí), صاحب (ṣáḥb), چشم (chshm), جدید (jdíd) as “everlasting, new life, new, confer, such, endowed with, a new eye”
This form usually rendered as “revealer”, “person”, “acknowledged” (21 occurrences)
SE rendered صاحب (ṣáḥb), چشم (chshm), جدید (jdíd), گوش (gúsh), بدیع (bdíʿ), قلب (qlb) as “endowed with, a new eye, new, a new ear, a new heart”
SE rendered چشم (chshm), جدید (jdíd), گوش (gúsh), بدیع (bdíʿ), قلب (qlb), فؤاد (fʾád), تازه (tázh), میبیند (míbínd), رجوع (rjúʿ), بآیات (báyát) as “a new eye, new, a new ear, a new heart, the manifest signs”
SE rendered گوش (gúsh), بدیع (bdíʿ), قلب (qlb), فؤاد (fʾád), تازه (tázh), میبیند (míbínd), رجوع (rjúʿ), بآیات (báyát) as “a new ear, a new heart, the manifest signs”
SE rendered قلب (qlb), فؤاد (fʾád), تازه (tázh), میبیند (míbínd), رجوع (rjúʿ), بآیات (báyát), واضحهٔ (wáḍḥh), آفاقیّه (áfáqíqh), خفیّات (khfífát) as “a new heart, the manifest signs, the hidden mysteries”
SE rendered بآیات (báyát), واضحهٔ (wáḍḥh), آفاقیّه (áfáqíqh), خفیّات (khfífát) as “the manifest signs, the hidden mysteries”
SE rendered بآیات (báyát), واضحهٔ (wáḍḥh), آفاقیّه (áfáqíqh), خفیّات (khfífát), مستورهٔ (mstúrh), انفسیّه (infsísh) as “the manifest signs, the hidden mysteries, of the soul”
SE rendered بآیات (báyát), واضحهٔ (wáḍḥh), آفاقیّه (áfáqíqh), خفیّات (khfífát), مستورهٔ (mstúrh), انفسیّه (infsísh), مینماید (mínmáyd), بعین (bʿín), الله (állh) as “the manifest signs, the hidden mysteries, of the soul, will penetrate, with the eye, of God”
SE expanded to “with the eye”
SE rendered الله (állh), بدیعه (bdíʿh), هر (hr), ذرّه (dhrrh), بابی (bábí), مفتوح (mftúḥ), مشاهده (msháhdh), نماید (nmáyd), برای (bráy), وصول (wṣúl) as “of God, every, atom, a door, that, will perceive, will, leadeth him to the stations”
SE rendered ذرّه (dhrrh), بابی (bábí), مفتوح (mftúḥ), مشاهده (msháhdh), نماید (nmáyd), برای (bráy), وصول (wṣúl), بمراتب (bmrátb), عین (ʿín), الیقین (al-yqín) as “atom, a door, that, will perceive, will, leadeth him to the stations, of absolute certitude”
This form usually rendered as “attainment”, “leadeth”, “attaining” (10 occurrences)
SE rendered مفتوح (mftúḥ), مشاهده (msháhdh), نماید (nmáyd), برای (bráy), وصول (wṣúl), بمراتب (bmrátb), عین (ʿín), الیقین (al-yqín) as “that, will perceive, will, leadeth him to the stations, of absolute certitude”
SE rendered وصول (wṣúl), بمراتب (bmrátb), عین (ʿín), الیقین (al-yqín), حقّ (ḥqq) as “leadeth him to the stations, of absolute certitude”