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Gleanings — §622

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 622 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بعضی اموال ناس را حلال دانسته و حکم کتاب را سهل شمرده علیهم دائرة السّوء و عذاب الله المقتدر القدیر قسم بآفتاب افق تقدیس که اگر جمیع عالم از ذهب و فضّه شود نفسی که فی‌الحقیقه بملکوت ایمان ارتقا جسته ابداً بآن توجّه ننماید تا چه رسد باخذ آن و این مقام بلسان عربی احلی و لغات فصحی از قبل نازل لعمر الله اگر نفسی حلاوت آن را بیابد ابداً بغیر ما اذن الله عمل ننماید و بغیر دوست ناظر نشود فنای عالم را بعین بصیرت مشاهده نماید و قلبش بعالم بقا متّصل گردد بگو ای

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe on the integrity of the substance of their neighbor, and have made light of the injunction of God as prescribed in His Book. Evil fall upon them, and the chastisement of God, the All-Powerful, the Almighty, afflict them! By Him Who shineth above the Dayspring of sanctity! If the whole earth were to be converted into silver and gold, no man who can be said to have truly ascended into the heaven of faith and certitude would deign to regard it, much less to seize and keep it. We have formerly referred to this subject in passages revealed in the Arabic tongue, in a language of exquisite beauty. God is Our witness! Whoever hath tasted the sweetness of those words will never consent to transgress the bounds which God hath fixed, neither will he turn his gaze towards anyone except his Well-Beloved. Such a man will, with his inner eye, readily recognize how altogether vain and fleeting are the things of this world, and will set his affections on things above.

Translation Notes

بآفتاب
báftáb sh-m-s

literal: sun; suns; the sun

SE rendered عذاب (ʿdháb)الله (al-lh)المقتدر (al-mqtdr)القدیر (al-qdír)قسم (qsm)بآفتاب (báftáb)افق (ifq)تقدیس (tqdís)جمیع (jmíʿ)عالم (ʿálm) as “chastisement, God, All-Powerful, Almighty, By, Dayspring, sanctity, whole, earth”

daystar 75% sun 25%
از
iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered افق (ifq)تقدیس (tqdís)جمیع (jmíʿ)عالم (ʿálm)از (iz)ذهب (dhhb)فضّه (fḍḍh)نفسی (nfsí)فی‌الحقیقه (fí‌álḥqíqh) as “Dayspring, sanctity, whole, earth, gold, silver, man, truly”

23 occurrences in corpus

جسته
jsth j-s-t

literal: seek; sought; to seek

SE rendered فی‌الحقیقه (fí‌álḥqíqh)بملکوت (bmlkút)ایمان (iymán)ارتقا (irtqá)جسته (jsth)ابداً (ibdáan)توجّه (tújjh)ننماید (nnmáyd) as “truly, heaven, faith, ascended, no, regard, will”

ascended 20% clinging 20% cling 20% turned 20% moses 20%
چه
chh ch-h

literal: what; what/for; whatsoever, that which

SE rendered ابداً (ibdáan)توجّه (tújjh)ننماید (nnmáyd)چه (chh)رسد (rsd)باخذ (bákhdh)مقام (mqám)بلسان (blsán) as “no, regard, will, much less, seize, subject, tongue”

what 50% whatsoever 50%
فصحی
fṣḥí f-ṣ-ḥ

literal: eloquent; most eloquent; eloquent-ones

SE rendered مقام (mqám)بلسان (blsán)عربی (ʿrbí)احلی (iḥlí)لغات (lghát)فصحی (fṣḥí)از (iz)نازل (názl)لعمر (lʿmr)الله (al-lh) as “subject, tongue, Arabic, beauty, language, revealed, God”

most 50% clear 50%
لعمر
lʿmr ʿ-m-r

literal: life; by my life; by the life

SE rendered احلی (iḥlí)لغات (lghát)فصحی (fṣḥí)از (iz)نازل (názl)لعمر (lʿmr)الله (al-lh)نفسی (nfsí)حلاوت (ḥláwt) as “beauty, language, revealed, God, man, sweetness”

righteousness 31% swear 23% life 14% god 14% declining 3% years 3% age 3% days 3% “as 3% lives 3%
عمل
ʿml ʿ-m-l

literal: deed; deeds; work

SE rendered بیابد (bíábd)ابداً (ibdáan)بغیر (bghír)اذن (idhn)الله (al-lh)عمل (ʿml)ننماید (nnmáyd)بغیر (bghír)دوست (dúst)ناظر (náẓr)نشود (nshúd) as “tasted, never, except, fixed, God, transgress, Well-Beloved, gaze, turn”

act 26% conduct 13% deeds 13% work 9% acted 9% observe 9% deed 9% discharge 4% perpetrated 4% done 4%
بقا
bqá b-q-y

literal: remaining; permanence; remain

SE rendered بعین (bʿín)بصیرت (bṣírt)مشاهده (msháhdh)نماید (nmáyd)قلبش (qlbsh)بعالم (bʿálm)بقا (bqá)متّصل (mttṣl)گردد (grdd) as “eye, recognize, affections, things above, set”

متّصل
mttṣl w-ṣ-l

literal: and; union; reach

SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh)نماید (nmáyd)قلبش (qlbsh)بعالم (bʿálm)بقا (bqá)متّصل (mttṣl)گردد (grdd) as “recognize, affections, things above, set”

بگو
bgú g-w-y

literal: say; to say

SE rendered قلبش (qlbsh)بعالم (bʿálm)بقا (bqá)متّصل (mttṣl)گردد (grdd)بگو (bgú) as “affections, things above, set”

say 36% maintain 18% methinks 14% called 7% said 7% regardest 4% did 4% speaketh 4% what 4% declare 4%

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