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Kitáb-i-'Ahd — §14

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 14 of 16.

Source (Persian)

بگو ای عباد اسباب نظم را سبب پريشانی منمائيد * و علّت اتّحاد را علّت اختلاف مسازيد * اميد آنکه اهل بهاء بکلمه مبارکه قل کلّ من عند اللّه ناظر باشند * و اينکلمه عليا بمثابه آبست از برای اطفاء نار ضغينه و بغضا که در قلوب و صدور مکنون و مخزون است * احزاب مختلفه از اين کلمه واحده بنور اتّحاد حقيقی فائز ميشوند * إنّه يقول الحقّ و يهدی السّبيل و هو المقتدر العزيز الجميل

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Say: O servants! Let not the means of order be made the cause of confusion and the instrument of union an occasion for discord. We fain would hope that the people of Bahá may be guided by the blessed words: ‘Say: all things are of God.' This exalted utterance is like unto water for quenching the fire of hate and enmity which smouldereth within the hearts and breasts of men. By this single utterance contending peoples and kindreds will attain the light of true unity. Verily He speaketh the truth and leadeth the way. He is the All-Powerful, the Exalted, the Gracious.

Translation Notes

پريشانی

literal: confusion

1 occurrence in corpus

مسازيد
msázíd s-ʾ-z

literal: make; make/construct; to make

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”

آنکه
ánkh ʾ-n

literal: that; indeed; that, to

SE rendered علّت (ʿllt)اختلاف (ikhtláf)مسازيد (msázíd)اميد (imíd)آنکه (ánkh)اهل (ihl)بهاء (bháʾ)بکلمه (bklmh)مبارکه (mbárkh)قل (ql) as “an occasion, discord, hope, people, Bahá, words, blessed, ‘Say”

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%
عليا
ʿlíá ʿ-l-w

literal: highest; upon; exalted

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”

most 40% exalted 21% upon 16% do 5% unto 4% over 3% against 2% around 2% inaccessible 2% all 2%
آبست
ábst ʾ-b “father’s” Distinctive

literal: water; father

This form usually rendered as “water” (1 occurrences)

father’s 33% water 33% waters 33%
از
iz ʾ-z “y t” Distinctive

literal: from

This form usually rendered as “amongst” (23 occurrences)

23 occurrences in corpus

برای
bráy b-r-y

literal: for

SE rendered اينکلمه (iynklmh)عليا (ʿlíá)بمثابه (bmthábh)آبست (ábst)از (iz)برای (bráy)اطفاء (iṭfáʾ)نار (nár)ضغينه (ḍghính)بغضا (bghḍá) as “This exalted utterance, like unto, water, by, quenching, fire, enmity, hate”

wherefore 50% light 50%
مخزون
mkhzún kh-z-n

literal: treasury; treasuries

SE rendered قلوب (qlúb)صدور (ṣdúr)مکنون (mknún)مخزون (mkhzún)احزاب (iḥzáb)مختلفه (mkhtlfh)از (iz) as “hearts, breasts, smouldereth, contending peoples, by”

ميشوند
míshúnd sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

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”

have 25% hath 15% made 14% may 10% would 7% become 7% should 7% will 7% can 5% could 3%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-'Ahd

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