Gleanings — §708
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 708 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered شیخ (shíkh), فانی (fání), معنی (mʿní), فنای (fnáy), از (iz), نفس (nfs), بقای (bqáy) as “thou who, self-surrender, men, perpetual union”
SE rendered شیخ (shíkh), فانی (fání), معنی (mʿní), فنای (fnáy), از (iz), نفس (nfs), بقای (bqáy), بالله (bállh), آنست (ánst) as “thou who, self-surrender, men, perpetual union, God, is”
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “incorruptible”, “survival”, “perpetual” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “perceive”, “companion”, “presence” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “virtue”, “seeketh” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered جنب (jnb), ارادهٴ (irádhٴ), حقّ (ḥqq), فانی (fání), لاشیء (láshíʾ), محض (mḥḍ), مشاهده (msháhdh), نماید (nmáyd), مثلاً (mthláan) as “beside, Will, God, utter nothingness, wholly, regard, Whatsoever”
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “yourselves”, “show” (107 occurrences)
SE expanded to “on this, that thou”
This form usually rendered as “instance”, “like”, “even” (105 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “do”, “deal”, “strive” (9 occurrences)
SE rendered مثلاً (mthláan), حقّ (ḥqq), بفرماید (bfrmáyd), افعل (ifʿl), کذا (kdhá), بتمام (btmám), همّت (hmmt), شوق (shúq), جذب (jdhb), قیام (qíám) as “Whatsoever, Creator, commandeth, observe, utmost, diligently, joy, and eagerness, arise and”
This form usually rendered as “rapture”, “ecstasy”, “ecstasies” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “own” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “stocks”, “must”, “would” (41 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “spring”, “altereth”, “shall” (12 occurrences)
SE rendered ایّاهم (iyyáhm), قوم (qúm), صوموا (ṣúmúá), حبّاً (ḥbbáan), لجمالی (ljmálí), تعلّقه (tʿllqh), بالمیقات (bálmíqát), الحدود (al-ḥdúd) as “them, people, fast, My Beauty’s, limit to, its duration,’, no”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “worldly” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered تعلّقه (tʿllqh), بالمیقات (bálmíqát), الحدود (al-ḥdúd), فوعزّتک (fúʿzztk), یصومون (yṣúmún), یأکلون (yʾaklún) as “limit to, its duration,’, no, swear by, faithfully observe, abstain”
This form usually rendered as “share” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “yield” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered درست (drst), تفکّر (tfkkr), نمائید (nmáʾíd), بسلسبیل (bslsbíl), حیوان (ḥíwán), کلمات (klmát), مالک (málk), امکان (imkán), جاری (járí) as “Meditate, on, everlasting life, words, Lord, all mankind, flow”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “must”, “wash” (35 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “save”, “announce”, “proclaim” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “beginning”, “everlastingly” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “sanctified”, “immeasurably”, “purify” (20 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “supreme” (225 occurrences)
SE rendered اعظم (iʿẓm), از (iz), مقامات (mqámát), خواهد (khúáhd) as “transcendeth, and, station”