Kitáb-i-'Ahd — §14
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 14 of 16.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “motive”, “source” (59 occurrences)
SE rendered علّت (ʿllt), اتّحاد (ittḥád), علّت (ʿllt), اختلاف (ikhtláf), مسازيد (msázíd), اميد (imíd), آنکه (ánkh), اهل (ihl), بهاء (bháʾ), بکلمه (bklmh) as “an occasion, union, discord, hope, people, Bahá, words”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “fixed”, “thou” (63 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will”, “behoveth”, “let” (20 occurrences)
SE rendered اللّه (al-lh), ناظر (náẓr), باشند (báshnd), اينکلمه (iynklmh), عليا (ʿlíá), بمثابه (bmthábh), آبست (ábst), از (iz), برای (bráy), اطفاء (iṭfáʾ), نار (nár) as “God, guided, are, This exalted utterance, like unto, water, by, quenching, fire”
SE rendered قلوب (qlúb), صدور (ṣdúr), مکنون (mknún), مخزون (mkhzún), احزاب (iḥzáb), مختلفه (mkhtlfh), از (iz) as “hearts, breasts, smouldereth, contending peoples, by”
SE rendered بنور (bnúr), اتّحاد (ittḥád), حقيقی (ḥqíqí), فائز (fáʾz), ميشوند (míshúnd), يقول (yqúl), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), يهدی (yhdí) as “light, unity, true, attain, speaketh, truth, leadeth”
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (241 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “beneficent”, “beauteous”, “seemly” (13 occurrences)