Kitáb-i-'Ahd — §16

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

Source (Persian)

* از ملکوت بيان مقصود عالميان نازلشد آنچه که سبب حيات عالم و نجات امم است * نصايح قلم اعلی را بگوش حقيقی اصغا نمائيد * إنّها خير لکم عمّا علی الأرض يشهد بذلک کتابي العزيز البديع

Shoghi Effendi Translation

That which is conducive to the regeneration of the world and the salvation of the peoples and kindreds of the earth hath been sent down from the heaven of the utterance of Him Who is the Desire of the world. Give ye a hearing ear to the counsels of the Pen of Glory. Better is this for you than all that is on the earth. Unto this beareth witness My glorious and wondrous Book.

Translation Notes

از

ʾ-z → “from the heaven of”

literal: from

ملکوت

m-l-k

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty

بيان

b-y-n → “utterance”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

مقصود

q-ṣ-d → “Desire”

literal: intention; purpose; aim; goal; to seek; to direct oneself

عالميان

ʿ-l-m → “of the world”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

نازلشد

n-z-l → “hath been sent down”

literal: to descend, to be revealed

آنچه

ʾ-n → “That which”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

که

k-h → “is” Distinctive

literal: that; who; who, that

سبب

s-b-b → “conducive to” Distinctive

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

حيات

ḥ-y-y → “life”

literal: life; vitality; living

نجات

n-j-w → “deliver”

literal: you (singular/plural pronoun)

امم

ʾ-m-m → “peoples and kindreds”

literal: mother; to lead; to head; matter; affair; people; nation; community; female servant; handmaiden; umma

است

b-w-d

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

نصايح

n-ṣ-ḥ → “counsels”

literal: counsel; advice; admonition

قلم

q-l-m → “Pen”

literal: pen; writing instrument

اعلی

ʿ-l-w → “of Glory” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

بگوش

g-w-sh → “hearing ear”

literal: ear; to hear, listen

حقيقی

ḥ-q-q

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

اصغا

ṣ-gh-w

literal: to listen, hear; to give ear

نمائيد

n-m-ʾ → “may” Distinctive

literal: to show, to display, to manifest, to exhibit; to manifest; to display; to show

إنّها

null → “this” Distinctive

literal: that, it; to be; indeed

خير

kh-y-r → “Better is”

literal: goodwill; benevolence; kindness; good; goodness; benefit; better; best

لکم

l-k-m → “for you”

literal: for you, to you, your (dative pronoun)

عمّا

ʿ-n → “from”

literal: with them; in their company

الأرض

ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

يشهد

sh-h-d → “beareth witness”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

بذلک

dh-l-k → “Unto this”

literal: that; this; it; by that

کتابي

k-t-b → “wondrous Book”

literal: book; scripture; writing

العزيز

ʿ-z-z → “glorious”

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

البديع

b-d-ʿ

literal: to create; most wondrous; excel

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