56:39-40:Note
56:40 and a good many of later times. Note: In contrast with "the foremost", who have always been "drawn close unto God" - and of whom there are less and less as time goes on (see 56:14đǞ) - there will always be many of those who attain to righteousness after initial stumbling and sinning (see 56:27đ)(as). (Google translate no guarantee: "āϏāϰ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ" āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤে, āϝাāϰা āϏāϰ্āĻŦāĻĻা "āĻāĻļ্āĻŦāϰেāϰ āύিāĻāĻāĻŦāϰ্āϤী" āĻšāϝ়েāĻে - āĻāĻŦং āϏāĻŽāϝ়েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏাāĻĨে āϝাāĻĻেāϰ āϏংāĻ্āϝা āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻŽ āĻšāĻ্āĻে (āĻĻেāĻুāύ 56:14đǞ) - āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ
āύেāĻ āϞোāĻ āĻĨাāĻāĻŦে āϝাāϰা āϧাāϰ্āĻŽিāĻāϤা āĻ
āϰ্āĻāύ āĻāϰāĻŦে। āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ āĻšোঁāĻāĻ āĻাāĻāϝ়া āĻāĻŦং āĻĒাāĻĒ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻĒāϰে (āĻĻেāĻুāύ 56:27đ) ⬇️⬇️ 56:14đǞ but [only] a few of later times. Note. The above stress on the "many" and the "few" contains an allusion to the progressive diminution, in the historical sense, of the element of excellence in men s faith and ethical achievements. (See verses 56:39-40) . 56:27đ NOW AS FOR those who have attained to righteousness - what of those who have attained ...