Kitáb-i-'Ahd — §2

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 2 of 16.

Source (Persian)

انظروا ثمّ اذکروا مَا أَنْزَلَهُ الرّحمن فی الفرقان ﴿ وَيْلٌ لِکُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ الَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالاً وَ عَدَّدَهُ ﴾ ثروت عالم را وفائی نه * آنچه را فنا اخذ نمايد و تغيير پذيرد لايق اعتنا نبوده و نيست مگر علی قدر معلوم * مقصود

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Earthly treasures We have not bequeathed, nor have We added such cares as they entail. By God! In earthly riches fear is hidden and peril is concealed. Consider ye and call to mind that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’án: ‘Woe betide every slanderer and defamer, him that layeth up riches and counteth them.' Fleeting are the riches of the world; all that perisheth and changeth is not, and hath never been, worthy of attention, except to a recognized measure

Translation Notes

انظروا

inẓrúá n-ẓ-r → “consider”

literal: look; looking

consider 33% regard 20% behold 13% “consider 7% “regard 7% look 7% keep 7% fix 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: whose eyes are fixed fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §133: choose to see kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: Most Sublime Vision kitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: discriminating prayers-and-meditationsP&M §299: turn tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh

اذکروا

idhkrúá dh-k-r → “mentioned” Distinctive

literal: mention; mentioned

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

mentioned 29% mention 18% recorded 12% referred 11% recount 6% remembrance 6% cite 5% praise 5% have 4% said 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: reference gleaningsGWB §322: have been made kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mind kitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: of every day the-hidden-wordsHW §143: remember will-and-testamentW&T §39: deliberate epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: observed gleaningsGWB §40: related

أَنْزَلَهُ

ʾanzalah n-z-l → “hath revealed”

literal: send down

send 53% hath 20% sent 10% rain 8% pour 4% revealed 2% caused 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: would fall gleaningsGWB §135: were being showered kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: revealed unto prayers-and-meditationsP&M §47: pour tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descend the-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with

الرّحمن

ar-rḥmn r-ḥ-m → “all-merciful”

literal: mercy; merciful; the Merciful

merciful 40% mercy 20% compassionate 20% all-merciful 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Merciful fire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassion gleaningsGWB §673: glory kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: blessing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: of mercy tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercy the-hidden-wordsHW §109: My tender grace

الفرقان

al-frqán f-r-q

literal: separation; criterion; difference

SE rendered أَنْزَلَهُ (ʾanzalah), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), الفرقان (al-frqán), وَيْلٌ (waylun), لِکُلِّ (likull), هُمَزَةٍ (humazahin) as “hath revealed, All-Merciful, ‘Woe, every, slanderer”

qur’án 67% bayán 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: immeasurable is the difference fire-tabletFire §1: of separation gleaningsGWB §113: maketh the slightest possible difference kitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: variation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: scattered them tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdom will-and-testamentW&T §7: disruption epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Qur’án

وَيْلٌ

waylun w-y-l → “‘woe”

literal: woe; woe, destruction; woe, calamity

woe 92% bewail 4% “woe 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Woe, then kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: bewail epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: and woe kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: “Woe epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: woe betide epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: woe epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: woe betide him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Woe betide thee

لِکُلِّ

likull k-l-l → “every”

literal: all; every; all, every

all 60% every 27% each 3% whole 3% whatsoever 1% unto 1% entire 1% everyone 1% whatever 1% one 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: all the Prophets gleaningsGWB §156: any veil kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyone kitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: by His words prayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: of every stammerer tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: be the-hidden-wordsHW §13: naught will-and-testamentW&T §36: with all the ardour

هُمَزَةٍ

humazahin h-m-z → “promptings” Distinctive

literal: slanderer

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

promptings 50% slanderer 50%

gleaningsGWB §590: promptings kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: slanderer

لُمَزَةٍ

lumazahin l-m-z → “defamer”

literal: defamer

1 occurrence in corpus

kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: defamer

جَمَعَ

jamaʿ j-m-ʿ → “all” Distinctive

literal: all; all, entire

This form usually rendered as “gather”, “unity”, “gathered” (30 occurrences)

gather 17% unity 17% gathered 8% great 8% number 8% laying 8% speech 8% collect 8% meet 8% rolled 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: several gleaningsGWB §124: cannot comprehend kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth up kitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: all their prayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: have united tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gathered the-hidden-wordsHW §122: thereof will-and-testamentW&T §23: to all

مَالاً

máláan m-w-l → “substance”

literal: property; wealth, property

substance 58% property 17% possessions 8% riches 8% sacrifice 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: possessions gleaningsGWB §406: the treasures kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: riches kitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: his possessions the-hidden-wordsHW §58: My wealth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: substance gleaningsGWB §361: property kitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: their substance

عَدَّدَهُ

ʿaddadah ʿ-d-d → “and counteth them”

literal: numbered; number; capacity

SE expanded to “and counteth them”

few 25% capacity 25% number 10% counteth 10% reckon 5% manifold 5% several 5% “prepare 5% immeasurable 5% multiplicity 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: “Prepare gleaningsGWB §119: capacity kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: and counteth them kitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: handful prayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: years will-and-testamentW&T §7: slanderous epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: a number of years gleaningsGWB §99: of number

ثروت

thrút th-r-w → “riches”

literal: wealth; prosperity; wealth/riches

riches 44% wealth 22% prosperity 11% affluence 11% vast 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: wealth gleaningsGWB §363: riches kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: the riches epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: prosperity gleaningsGWB §717: vast its wealth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: for the prosperity epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: affluence

عالم

ʿálm ʿ-l-m → “of the world”

literal: world; knowledge; worlds

SE expanded to “of the world”

world 68% earth 8% mankind 7% realm 4% men 3% whole 2% all 2% all-knowing 2% knoweth 2% dwell 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: of the worlds fire-tabletFire §49: all the worlds gleaningsGWB §356: in human learning kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: science prayers-and-meditationsP&M §663: world of Thy worlds tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught thee the-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples

وفائی

wfáʾí w-f-y

literal: faithfulness; fidelity; fulfill

SE rendered عَدَّدَهُ (ʿaddadah), ثروت (thrút), عالم (ʿálm), وفائی (wfáʾí), نه (nh), آنچه (ánchh), فنا (fná), اخذ (ikhdh), نمايد (nmáyd) as “and counteth them, the riches, of the world, not, all that, perisheth”

faithfulness 36% fidelity 28% hast 8% will 4% preserver 4% trust 4% secure 4% abiding 4% repay 4% died 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: will pay fire-tabletFire §18: of Thy faithfulness gleaningsGWB §168: of faithfulness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: he doth not fulfil prayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: have fulfilled their pledge tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: Wherein the-hidden-wordsHW §1: unto the righteous will-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness

آنچه

ánchh ʾ-n → “have”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: verily kitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: these the-hidden-wordsHW §120: moment epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: in truth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: Although epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: a moment’s epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: \‘They

فنا

fná f-n-y → “perisheth” Distinctive

literal: perish; perishing

This form usually rendered as “extinction”, “death”, “transient” (11 occurrences)

extinction 29% death 29% transient 14% poverty 14% utter 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: yours perisheth gleaningsGWB §112: His nothingness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: dead prayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: the door tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal graves the-hidden-wordsHW §88: that must die epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: shall perish gleaningsGWB §119: extinction

اخذ

ikhdh ʾ-kh-dh

literal: take; taking; seizing

SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), وفائی (wfáʾí), نه (nh), آنچه (ánchh), فنا (fná), اخذ (ikhdh), نمايد (nmáyd), تغيير (tghíyr), پذيرد (pdhírd), لايق (láyq), اعتنا (iʿtná) as “of the world, not, all that, perisheth, changeth, worthy, attention”

arrested 28% seize 17% hath 11% seek 11% inebriated 6% assumption 6% seized 6% rescued 6% overwhelmed 6% apprehended 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Hold gleaningsGWB §649: befalling kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Grasp kitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: worship prayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: were encompassed will-and-testamentW&T §5: regarded him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: to seize thee gleaningsGWB §395: appoint

نمايد

nmáyd n-m-ʾ

literal: do; show; make

SE rendered نه (nh), آنچه (ánchh), فنا (fná), اخذ (ikhdh), نمايد (nmáyd), تغيير (tghíyr), پذيرد (pdhírd), لايق (láyq), اعتنا (iʿtná) as “not, all that, perisheth, changeth, worthy, attention”

will 21% deprive 14% succeed 14% enable 7% thou 7% peruse 7% cling 7% unfold 7% filled 7% found 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: had gleaningsGWB §410: hath sustained kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Give kitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: testify prayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §151: made will-and-testamentW&T §28: do not epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: He maketh

تغيير

tghíyr gh-y-r → “other” Distinctive

literal: other; other than; change

This form usually rendered as “transformation”, “alter”, “changed” (10 occurrences)

transformation 33% alter 17% changed 17% annulment 17% changes 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: another fire-tabletFire §27: purity gleaningsGWB §77: can avert kitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: other traditions, all other prayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: any save Thyself the-hidden-wordsHW §16: all save Me will-and-testamentW&T §2: all things epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: but

پذيرد

pdhírd p-dh-r

literal: accept; to accept

SE rendered آنچه (ánchh), فنا (fná), اخذ (ikhdh), نمايد (nmáyd), تغيير (tghíyr), پذيرد (pdhírd), لايق (láyq), اعتنا (iʿtná), نبوده (nbúdh), نيست (níst), مگر (mgr) as “all that, perisheth, changeth, worthy, attention, hath never been, is not, except”