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Gleanings — §712

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 712 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

برخیزند مثل اریاح باش در امر فالق الأصباح چنانچه مشاهده مینمائی که اریاح نظر بمأموریّت خود بر خراب و معمور مرور مینماید نه از معمور مسرور و نه از خراب محزون و نظر بمأموریّت خود داشته و دارد احبّاء حقّ هم باید ناظر باصل امر باشند و بتبلیغ آن مشغول شوند للّه بگویند و بشنوند هر نفسی اقبال نمود آن حسنه باو راجع و هر نفسی که اعراض نمود جزای آن باو واصل و در حین خروج نیّر آفاق از

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Be unrestrained as the wind, while carrying the Message of Him Who hath caused the Dawn of Divine Guidance to break. Consider, how the wind, faithful to that which God hath ordained, bloweth upon all the regions of the earth, be they inhabited or desolate. Neither the sight of desolation, nor the evidences of prosperity, can either pain or please it. It bloweth in every direction, as bidden by its Creator. So should be every one that claimeth to be a lover of the one true God. It behooveth him to fix his gaze upon the fundamentals of His Faith, and to labor diligently for its propagation. Wholly for the sake of God he should proclaim His Message, and with that same spirit accept whatever response his words may evoke in his hearer. He who shall accept and believe, shall receive his reward; and he who shall turn away, shall receive none other than his own punishment.

Translation Notes

باش
básh b-w-d

literal: be; is; to be

SE rendered برخیزند (brkhíznd)مثل (mthl)اریاح (iríáḥ)باش (básh)امر (imr)فالق (fálq)الأصباح (aṣ-ṣbáḥ)چنانچه (chnánchh) as “Be unrestrained, Consider, the wind, the Message, the Dawn, how”

hath 35% have 30% had 11% could 4% found 3% should 3% can 3% did 3% thus 3% must 3%
فالق
fálq f-l-q

literal: cleaver; cleaver, splitter; split

SE rendered برخیزند (brkhíznd)مثل (mthl)اریاح (iríáḥ)باش (básh)امر (imr)فالق (fálq)الأصباح (aṣ-ṣbáḥ)چنانچه (chnánchh)مشاهده (msháhdh)مینمائی (mínmáʾí) as “Be unrestrained, Consider, the wind, the Message, the Dawn, how, may”

who 50% clove 50%
مشاهده
msháhdh sh-h-d

literal: witness; observation; witnessed

SE rendered امر (imr)فالق (fálq)الأصباح (aṣ-ṣbáḥ)چنانچه (chnánchh)مشاهده (msháhdh)مینمائی (mínmáʾí)اریاح (iríáḥ)نظر (nẓr) as “the Message, the Dawn, how, may, the wind, sight”

بمأموریّت
bmʾamúrírt ʾ-m-r “cause”

literal: command; matter; cause

SE rendered مینمائی (mínmáʾí)اریاح (iríáḥ)نظر (nẓr)بمأموریّت (bmʾamúrírt)بر (br)خراب (khráb)معمور (mʿmúr) as “may, the wind, sight, bloweth upon, or desolate, inhabited”

مرور
mrúr m-r-r

literal: pass; time; passed

SE rendered بر (br)خراب (khráb)معمور (mʿmúr)مرور (mrúr)مینماید (mínmáyd)نه (nh)از (iz)معمور (mʿmúr)مسرور (msrúr) as “bloweth upon, or desolate, prosperity, hath, or please”

one 19% wafted 19% once 13% again 13% passed 13% utterly 9% another 6% “again 3% couch 3% come 3%
نه
nh n-h-y

literal: end; ended; utmost

SE rendered بر (br)خراب (khráb)معمور (mʿmúr)مرور (mrúr)مینماید (mínmáyd)نه (nh)از (iz)معمور (mʿmúr)مسرور (msrúr)نه (nh)از (iz)خراب (khráb) as “bloweth upon, of desolation, prosperity, hath, or please”

end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
از
iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered خراب (khráb)معمور (mʿmúr)مرور (mrúr)مینماید (mínmáyd)نه (nh)از (iz)معمور (mʿmúr)مسرور (msrúr)نه (nh)از (iz)خراب (khráb)محزون (mḥzún) as “of desolation, prosperity, hath, or please, either pain”

23 occurrences in corpus

داشته
dáshth d-sh-t

literal: have; to have; had

SE rendered محزون (mḥzún)نظر (nẓr)بمأموریّت (bmʾamúrírt)داشته (dáshth)دارد (dárd)احبّاء (iḥbbáʾ)حقّ (ḥqq)باید (báyd) as “either pain, fix his gaze, lover, the one true God, So should be”

hath 18% without 9% absent 9% having 9% neither 9% do 9% cherish 9% pride 9% have 9% withheld 9%
دارد
dárd d-ʾ-r

literal: have; to have; possessor

SE rendered نظر (nẓr)بمأموریّت (bmʾamúrírt)داشته (dáshth)دارد (dárd)احبّاء (iḥbbáʾ)حقّ (ḥqq)باید (báyd)ناظر (náẓr)باصل (báṣl) as “fix his gaze, lover, the one true God, So should be, upon the fundamentals”

carry 33% dispatch 33% seek 33%
مشغول
mshghúl sh-gh-l

literal: occupied; busy; occupy

SE rendered باصل (báṣl)امر (imr)باشند (báshnd)بتبلیغ (btblígh)مشغول (mshghúl)شوند (shúnd)للّه (lllh)بگویند (bgúynd) as “upon the fundamentals, of His Faith, propagation, God, should proclaim”

شوند
shúnd sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered امر (imr)باشند (báshnd)بتبلیغ (btblígh)مشغول (mshghúl)شوند (shúnd)للّه (lllh)بگویند (bgúynd)بشنوند (bshnúnd)هر (hr)نفسی (nfsí) as “of His Faith, propagation, God, should proclaim, every one”

again 14% would 14% feed 14% unraveling 14% will 14% therein 14% intervening 14%
بشنوند
bshnúnd sh-n-w

literal: hear; to hear; heard

SE rendered للّه (lllh)بگویند (bgúynd)بشنوند (bshnúnd)هر (hr)نفسی (nfsí)اقبال (iqbál)نمود (nmúd)حسنه (ḥsnh) as “God, should proclaim, every one, shall accept, hath, receive his reward”

hearken 40% discover 20% hear 20% receive 20%
هر
hr h-r

literal: every; every/each; each

SE rendered للّه (lllh)بگویند (bgúynd)بشنوند (bshnúnd)هر (hr)نفسی (nfsí)اقبال (iqbál)نمود (nmúd)حسنه (ḥsnh)باو (báw) as “God, should proclaim, every one, shall accept, hath, receive his reward, Him”

راجع
rájʿ r-j-ʿ

literal: return; returning; to return

SE rendered نفسی (nfsí)اقبال (iqbál)نمود (nmúd)حسنه (ḥsnh)باو (báw)راجع (rájʿ)هر (hr)نفسی (nfsí)اعراض (iʿráḍ) as “he who, shall accept, hath, receive his reward, Him, shall turn away”

applicable 25% return 19% sink 13% turned 6% went 6% resume 6% leave 6% turneth 6% repair 6% offered 6%
جزای
jzáy j-z-y

literal: reward; retribution; recompense, reward

SE rendered نفسی (nfsí)اعراض (iʿráḍ)نمود (nmúd)جزای (jzáy)باو (báw) as “he who, shall turn away, him”

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