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Gleanings — §599

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 599 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

حقّ جلّ جلاله از برای ظهور جواهر معانی از معدن انسانی آمده. الیوم دین الله و مذهب الله آنکه مذاهب مختلفه و سبل متعدّده را سبب و علّت بغضا ننمائید این اصول و قوانین و راههای محکم متین از مطلع واحد ظاهر و از مشرق واحد مشرق و این اختلافات نظر بمصالح وقت و زمان و قرون و اعصار بوده

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The Purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves. That the divers communions of the earth, and the manifold systems of religious belief, should never be allowed to foster the feelings of animosity among men, is, in this Day, of the essence of the Faith of God and His Religion. These principles and laws, these firmly established and mighty systems, have proceeded from one Source, and are the rays of one Light. That they differ one from another is to be attributed to the varying requirements of the ages in which they were promulgated.

Translation Notes

معانی
mʿání ʿ-n-y

literal: meaning; meanings

SE rendered ظهور (ẓhúr), جواهر (júáhr), معانی (mʿání), از (iz), معدن (mʿdn), انسانی (insání), آمده (ámdh), الیوم (al-yúm) as “in revealing, gems, mine, their true, is, this Day”

سبل
sbl s-b-l

literal: path; way; path/way

SE rendered مذهب (mdhhb), الله (al-lh), آنکه (ánkh), مذاهب (mdháhb), مختلفه (mkhtlfh), سبل (sbl), متعدّده (mtʿdddh), سبب (sbb), علّت (ʿllt), بغضا (bghḍá) as “Religion, divers communions, manifold systems, the, foster the, animosity”

ways 27% path 20% systems 13% way 13% paths 13% course 7% footsteps 7%
متعدّده
mtʿdddh ʿ-d-d → “the”

literal: numbered; capacity; number

SE rendered مذاهب (mdháhb), مختلفه (mkhtlfh), سبل (sbl), متعدّده (mtʿdddh), سبب (sbb), علّت (ʿllt), بغضا (bghḍá), ننمائید (nnmáʾíd) as “divers communions, manifold systems, the, foster the, animosity, should never be allowed”

manifold 50% several 25% have 25%
علّت
ʿllt ʿ-l-l

literal: cause; reason

SE rendered مختلفه (mkhtlfh), سبل (sbl), متعدّده (mtʿdddh), سبب (sbb), علّت (ʿllt), بغضا (bghḍá), ننمائید (nnmáʾíd), اصول (iṣúl), قوانین (qúánín) as “manifold systems, the, foster the, animosity, should never be allowed, principles, laws”

cause 23% motive 14% source 14% caused 9% instrument 9% reason 9% cannot 9% acted 5% what 5% causeth 5%
زمان
zmán z-m-n

literal: time; time, era; time, age

SE rendered اختلافات (ikhtláfát), نظر (nẓr), بمصالح (bmṣálḥ), وقت (wqt), زمان (zmán), قرون (qrún), اعصار (iʿṣár) as “differ, to be attributed, requirements, ages”

days 20% time 20% day 20% age 12% whenever 8% countless 4% life 4% cycle 4% when 4% faith 4%
قرون
qrún q-r-n

literal: century; century, age; centuries

SE rendered اختلافات (ikhtláfát), نظر (nẓr), بمصالح (bmṣálḥ), وقت (wqt), زمان (zmán), قرون (qrún), اعصار (iʿṣár) as “differ, to be attributed, requirements, ages”

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