Gleanings — §99
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 99 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered مظاهر (mẓáhr), حق (ḥq), دو (dú), مقام (mqám), مقرّر (mqrrr), يکی (ykí), مقام (mqám), صرف (ṣrf), تجريد (tjríd), جوهر (júhr) as “Manifestations, God, twofold, station, One, pure, abstraction, essential”
This form usually rendered as “essence”, “substance”, “gem-like” (30 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “name”, “through”, “most” (135 occurrences)
SE rendered مقام (mqám), بيک (bík), اسم (ism), رسم (rsm), موسوم (músúm), موصوف (múṣúf), نمائی (nmáʾí) as “respect, all, one, name, ascribe, and”
This form usually rendered as “called”, “known”, “bearers” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “characterized”, “embodiments”, “dost” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “mayest”, “show” (28 occurrences)
SE rendered اسم (ism), رسم (rsm), موسوم (músúm), موصوف (múṣúf), نمائی (nmáʾí), بأسی (bʾasí), نيست (níst), چنانچه (chnánchh), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd) as “one, name, ascribe, and, Even, revealed”
This form usually rendered as “saith”, “hath”, “will” (69 occurrences)
SE rendered فيض (fíḍ), فضل (fḍl), نامتناهی (námtnáhí), بشارت (bshárt), ميدهند (mídhnd), بخلع (bkhlʿ), نبوّت (nbúbt), فائزند (fáʾznd) as “grace, bounty, infinite, unto, all, with, prophethood”
This form usually rendered as “invested” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “glory”, “bounties” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered النَّبِيُّونَ (an-nabíbún), فَأَنَا (faʾaná), همچنين (hmchnín), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), منم (mnm), آدم (ádm) as ““I, Likewise, saith, Adam”
This form usually rendered as “countenance”, “beauty”, “presence” (20 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “superior”, “‘alí” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “eternal”, “immortal”, “everlasting” (41 occurrences)
SE rendered علميّه (ʿlmímh), ظاهر (ẓáhr), کتب (ktb), مذکور (mdhkúr), گشته (gshth), طلعات (ṭlʿát), مواقع (múáqʿ), حکم (ḥkm) as “knowledge, recorded, Scriptures, been, Countenances, recipients, Command”
This form usually rendered as “all”, “all.”” (2 occurrences)