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Kitáb-i-'Ahd — §8

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 8 of 16.

Source (Persian)

مظاهر حکم و مطالع امر که بطراز عدل و انصاف مزيّنند بر کل اعانت آن نفوس لازم * طوبی للأمراء و العلماء فی البهآء أولئک أمنائی بين عبادي و مشارق أحکامي بين خلقی * عليهم بهائی و رحمتي و فضلي الّذي احاط الوجود * در کتاب اقدس در اين مقام نازلشده آنچه که از آفاق کلماتش انوار بخشش الهی لامع و ساطع و مشرق است *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command who are adorned with the ornament of equity and justice. Blessed are the rulers and the learned among the people of Bahá. They are My trustees among My servants and the manifestations of My commandments amidst My people. Upon them rest My glory, My blessings and My grace which have pervaded the world of being. In this connection the utterances revealed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas are such that from the horizon of their words the light of divine grace shineth luminous and resplendent

Translation Notes

مظاهر
ẓ-h-r → “daysprings of authority and sources” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

مطالع
ṭ-l-ʿ

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

امر
ʾ-m-r → “command” Distinctive

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

که
k-h → “which”

literal: that; who; who, that

بطراز
ṭ-r-z → “with the ornament”

literal: ornament; adornment; embroidery; stripe

عدل
ʿ-d-l → “equity” Distinctive

literal: justice; equity

انصاف
n-ṣ-f → “justice”

literal: justice; fairness; equity

مزيّنند
z-y-n → “adorned”

literal: to adorn; ornament; beauty; adornment; embellishment; decoration

بر
b-r-r

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

کل
k-l-l → “everyone”

literal: for us; to us

اعانت
ʿ-w-n → “aid”

literal: help; aid; helper; supporter

آن
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

نفوس
n-f-s → “those” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

لازم
l-z-m → “incumbent upon”

literal: necessary, incumbent, obligatory, essential

طوبی
ṭ-w-b → “Blessed”

literal: happiness; blessedness; felicity

للأمراء
ʾ-m-r → “rulers”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

العلماء
ʿ-l-m → “learned”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

فی
f-y → “In”

literal: in; in-it; in it

البهآء
b-h-w → “the All-Glorious” Distinctive

literal: splendor; glory; magnificence; Bahá (Proper Name in Bahá’í texts)

أولئک
ʾ-w-l → “first” Distinctive

literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of

أمنائی
ʾ-m-n → “trustees”

literal: to believe; to have faith; to be secure

بين
b-y-n → “among My”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

عبادي
ʿ-b-d → “servants”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

مشارق
sh-r-q → “manifestations”

literal: honor; nobility; eminence; to honor

أحکامي
ḥ-k-m → “commandments”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom; firm; solid; strengthened

خلقی
kh-l-q → “people”

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

عليهم
ʿ-l-y → “Upon them”

literal: exalted; highest; supreme; most high; upon you; on; over; Ali (name); upon

رحمتي
r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

فضلي
f-ḍ-l → “grace” Distinctive

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

الّذي
l-dh-y → “which”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

احاط
ḥ-w-ṭ → “pervaded” Distinctive

literal: to encompass, surround, envelop, embrace

الوجود
w-j-d → “the world of being”

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

در
d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

کتاب
k-t-b → “Book”

literal: book; scripture; writing

اقدس
q-d-s

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

اين
ʾ-y-n → “this”

literal: this; these

مقام
q-w-m → “connection”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

نازلشده
n-z-l → “revealed”

literal: to descend, to be revealed

از
ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

آفاق
ʾ-f-q → “horizon” Distinctive

literal: horizons; regions; quarters; skylines

کلماتش
k-l-m → “words”

literal: words; utterances; locutions; word; utterance; speech; sayings; verses

انوار
n-w-r → “light”

literal: light; illumination

بخشش
b-kh-sh → “grace”

literal: to grant; to give; to forgive; to bestow

الهی
ʾ-l-h → “divine”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

لامع
l-m-ʿ → “luminous”

literal: shining; radiant; gleaming

ساطع
s-ṭ-ʿ → “glowing”

literal: shining; radiant; splendid; emanating

است
b-w-d

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

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-'Ahd

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