Gleanings160

Paragraph	Persian	Authorized	GPT5_
1	موحّد الیوم نفسیست که حقّ را مقدّس از اشباح و امثال ملاحظه نماید نه آنکه امثال و اشباح را حقّ داند مثلاً ملاحظه کن از صانع صنعی ظاهر میشود و از نقّاش نقشی حال اگر گفته شود این صنعت و نقش نفس صانع و نقّاش است هذا کذب وربّ العرش و الثّری بلکه مدلّند بر ظهور کمالیّهٴ صانع و نقّاش ای شیخ فانی معنی فنای از نفس و بقای بالله آنست که هر نفسی خود را در جنب ارادهٴ حقّ فانی و لاشیء محض مشاهده نماید (edit)	– CLX – He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him. He hath erred grievously who hath mistaken these comparisons and likenesses for God Himself. Consider the relation between the craftsman and his handiwork, between the painter and his painting. Can it ever be maintained that the work their hands have produced is the same as themselves? By Him Who is the Lord of the Throne above and of earth below! They can be regarded in no other light except as evidences that proclaim the excellence and perfection of their author. O S̱hayḵh, O thou who hast surrendered thy will to God! By self-surrender and perpetual union with God is meant that men should merge their will wholly in the Will of God, and regard their desires as utter nothingness beside His (edit)	The true unifier today is one who regards the Truth as sanctified above phantoms and likenesses, not one who deems likenesses and phantoms to be the Truth. For example, consider: from a maker a workmanship appears, and from a painter a design. Now if it be said that this workmanship and design are the very essence of the maker and the painter, this is a lie, by the Lord of the Throne and the dust; rather, they indicate the manifestation of the perfections of the maker and the painter. O perishing shaykh, the meaning of annihilation from self and subsistence in God is that every soul should behold itself, beside the will of the Truth, as annihilated and sheer nothingness. (edit)
2	مثلاً اگر حقّ بفرماید افعل کذا بتمام همّت و شوق و جذب قیام بر آن نماید نه آنکه از خود توهّمی کند و آن را حقّ داند در دعای صوم نازل و لو یخرج من فم ارادتک مخاطباً ایّاهم یا قوم صوموا حبّاً لجمالی و لا تعلّقه بالمیقات و الحدود فوعزّتک هم یصومون و لا یأکلون الی ان یموتون (edit)	Purpose. Whatsoever the Creator commandeth His creatures to observe, the same must they diligently, and with the utmost joy and eagerness, arise and fulfill. They should in no wise allow their fancy to obscure their judgment, neither should they regard their own imaginings as the voice of the Eternal. In the Prayer of Fasting We have revealed: “Should Thy Will decree that out of Thy mouth these words proceed and be addressed unto them, ‘Observe, for My Beauty’s sake, the fast, O people, and set no limit to its duration,’ I swear by the majesty of Thy glory, that every one of them will faithfully observe it, will abstain from whatsoever will violate Thy law, and will continue to do so until they yield up their souls unto (edit)	For example, if the Truth commands, “Do such-and-such,” he should rise to it with complete effort, longing, and inner attraction—not that he should imagine something of his own and take it to be the Truth. In the prayer of fasting it has been revealed: “And if it were to come forth from the mouth of Your will, addressing them: ‘O people, fast out of love for My beauty and do not attach it to appointed times and limits,’ then by Your might, they would fast and would not eat until they died.” (edit)
3	اینست معنی فنا در این مقام درست تفکّر نمائید تا بسلسبیل حیوان که در کلمات مالک امکان جاری و ساریست فائز شوید و شهادت دهید باینکه حقّ لم‌یزل منزّه از خلق بوده انّه لهو الفرد الباقی العلیم الخبیر این مقام اعظم از مقامات بوده و خواهد بود باید آن جناب به ما اراد الله قیام نمایند و ما اراد الله ما نزّل فی الألواح است (edit)	Thee.” In this consisteth the complete surrender of one’s will to the Will of God. Meditate on this, that thou mayest drink in the waters of everlasting life which flow through the words of the Lord of all mankind, and mayest testify that the one true God hath ever been immeasurably exalted above His creatures. He, verily, is the Incomparable, the Ever-Abiding, the Omniscient, the All-Wise. The station of absolute self-surrender transcendeth, and will ever remain exalted above, every other station. It behooveth thee to consecrate thyself to the Will of God. Whatsoever hath been revealed in His Tablets is but a reflection of His (edit)	This is the meaning of annihilation in this station; reflect correctly, so that you may attain to the salsabíl of life which flows and permeates in the words of the Master of Possibility, and bear witness to this: that the Eternal Truth has ever been sanctified above creation—verily He is the One, the Everlasting, the All-Knowing, the All-Aware. This station has been and will be the greatest of stations. That honored personage must arise according to what God has willed, and whatever God has willed is what has been sent down in the Tablets. (edit)
4	بقسمی که بهیچوجه از خود اراده و مشیّتی نداشته باشند اینست مقام توحید حقیقی از خدا بخواهید در این مقام ثابت باشید و ناس را بسلطان معلوم که بهیکل مخصوص ظاهر و بکلمات مخصوصه ناطقست هدایت کنید اینست جوهر ایمان و ایقان نفوسی که باوهام خود معتکف شده‌اند و اسم آن را باطن گذاشته‌اند فی‌الحقیقه عبدهٴ اصنامند کذلک شهد الرّحمن فی الألواح انّه لهو العلیم الحکیم (edit)	Will. So complete must be thy consecration, that every trace of worldly desire will be washed from thine heart. This is the meaning of true unity. Do thou beseech God to enable thee to remain steadfast in this path, and to aid thee to guide the peoples of the world to Him Who is the manifest and sovereign Ruler, Who hath revealed Himself in a distinct attire, Who giveth utterance to a Divine and specific Message. This is the essence of faith and certitude. They that are the worshipers of the idol which their imaginations have carved, and who call it Inner Reality, such men are in truth accounted among the heathen. To this hath the All-Merciful borne witness in His Tablets. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. (edit)	I swear that they should in no wise have any will or volition of their own. This is the station of true unity. Ask God that you may be steadfast in this station, and guide the people to the known Sovereign who is manifested in a specific form and speaks with specific words. This is the essence of faith and certitude. Those souls who have secluded themselves with their own vain imaginings and have called it the inner reality are in truth idol-worshippers. Thus hath the All-Merciful testified in the Tablets that He is indeed the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. (edit)
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