Kitáb-i-'Ahd — §3
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 3 of 16.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “purpose”, “desire”, “meant” (196 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “endured”, “borne” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “may”, “proclaim” (69 occurrences)
SE rendered اخماد (ikhmád), نار (nár), ضغينه (ḍghính), بغضا (bghḍá), شايد (sháyd), آفاق (áfáq), افئده (ifʾdh), اهل (ihl), عالم (ʿálm), بنور (bnúr), اتّفاق (ittfáq) as “quench, flame, hate, enmity, that the horizon, hearts, men, light, concord”
This form usually rendered as “world”, “whole”, “all” (52 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that the horizon”
This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (284 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “comforts”, “peace” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “god”, “truth”, “one” (436 occurrences)
SE rendered منوّر (mnúnr), گردد (grdd), بآسايش (básáysh), حقيقی (ḥqíqí), فائز (fáʾz), از (iz), افق (ifq), لوح (lúḥ), الهی (al-hí), نيّر (nínr) as “illumined, peace, From, dawning-place of the divine, Tablet, day-star”
SE rendered لوح (lúḥ), الهی (al-hí), نيّر (nínr), بيان (bíán), لائح (láʾḥ), مشرق (mshrq), بايد (báyd), ناظر (náẓr), باشند (báshnd) as “Tablet, day-star, utterance, shineth, behoveth, gaze”
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “fixed”, “thou” (63 occurrences)
SE rendered لائح (láʾḥ), مشرق (mshrq), بايد (báyd), ناظر (náẓr), باشند (báshnd), اهل (ihl), عالم (ʿálm), وصيّت (wṣíṣt) as “shineth, behoveth, gaze, peoples, world, exhort”
This form usually rendered as “admonished”, “thou”, “testaments” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “exhort” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “instrument”, “means” (158 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “exalt”, “exalted”, “exaltation” (36 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cleave”, “clung”, “cling” (82 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “known”, “what”, “well-known” (31 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “clung”, “hold” (27 occurrences)
SE rendered بذيل (bdhíl), معروف (mʿrúf), تشبّث (tshbbth), کنيد (kníd), براستی (brástí), ميگويم (mígúym), لسان (lsán) as “fast, adhere to, firmly, Verily, say, tongue”
SE rendered ذکر (dhkr), خير (khír), بگفتار (bgftár), زشت (zsht), ميالائيد (míáláʾíd), عَفَا (ʿafá), اللّهُ (al-lh) as “mentioning, good, unseemly, defile, forgiven, God”
This form usually rendered as “causeth” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “shun”, “avoid”, “refrain” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “most”, “abhá” (80 occurrences)
SE rendered مخزن (mkhzn), قلم (qlm), ابهی (ibhí), ظاهر (ẓáhr), امروز (imrúz), روزيست (rúzíst), بزرگ (bzrg), مبارک (mbárk), آنچه (ánchh), انسان (insán) as “treasury, Our Pen, Glory, streamed, this, and, blessed, that, man”
This form usually rendered as “hidden”, “lie”, “concealed” (64 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “shall”, “should”, “can” (38 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and steadfast in”
SE rendered بمثابه (bmthábh), آسمان (ásmán), لدی (ldí), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), مشهود (mshhúd), شمس (shms), قمر (qmr), سمع (smʿ), بصر (bṣr), انجم (injm) as “appeareth, firmament, eyes, All-Merciful, sun, moon, hearing, sight, stars”
SE expanded to “world of being”