Kitáb-i-'Ahd — §9

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 9 of 16.

Source (Persian)

يا أغصانی در وجود قوّت عظيمه و قدرت کامله مکنون و مستور باو و جهت اتّحاد او ناظر باشيد نه باختلافات ظاهره از او *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O ye My Branches! A mighty force, a consummate power lieth concealed in the world of being. Fix your gaze upon it and upon its unifying influence, and not upon the differences which appear from it.

Translation Notes

أغصانی

ʾaghṣání gh-ṣ-n → “ye my branches”

literal: branch; branches

SE expanded to “ye My Branches”

branches 50% ye 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: boughs gleaningsGWB §66: the immortal Branch kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the Most Mighty Branch prayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: Thy Branches will-and-testamentW&T §19: one epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: Most Great Branch gleaningsGWB §235: have branched from My Tree kitab-i-ahdAhd §9: ye My Branches

وجود

wjúd w-j-d

literal: existence; existent

SE rendered أغصانی (ʾaghṣání), وجود (wjúd), قوّت (qúqt), عظيمه (ʿẓímh), قدرت (qdrt), کامله (kámlh), مکنون (mknún) as “ye My Branches, mighty force, consummate power, lieth, concealed”

world 17% all 13% creation 13% mankind 13% beings 9% existence 9% souls 9% notwithstanding 9% possessed 4% man’s 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: thou mayest perceive fire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathe gleaningsGWB §357: all created things kitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: of all beings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: I perceive tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they found the-hidden-wordsHW §14: that thou mayest find will-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found

قوّت

qúqt q-w-t → “power”

literal: power

power 25% celestial 13% barest 13% dying 13% mighty 13% authority 13% food 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: the barest means of subsistence gleaningsGWB §624: dying of hunger kitab-i-ahdAhd §9: mighty force kitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: power epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: celestial power kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: food kitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: authority and power

عظيمه

ʿẓímh ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: majesty gleaningsGWB §94: potency kitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: most excellent favour prayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: borne the-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnify will-and-testamentW&T §7: Crown epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of the Grandeur gleaningsGWB §717: The source of all majesty

قدرت

qdrt q-d-r → “consummate power”

literal: power; powerful

power 49% thou 18% might 8% decreed 5% didst 4% ordain 4% ordained 4% omnipotence 3% divine 2% have 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with Thy power fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §206: value kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: granted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: for a while prayers-and-meditationsP&M §129: by Thy power tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are not tablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might

کامله

kámlh k-m-l → “utmost” Distinctive

literal: perfection; complete; with perfection

This form usually rendered as “perfect”, “perfected”, “incomplete” (10 occurrences)

perfect 40% perfected 20% incomplete 20% pregnant 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: great gleaningsGWB §650: with a sore kitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: absolute the-hidden-wordsHW §152: full will-and-testamentW&T §23: perfections epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: to the utmost gleaningsGWB §391: most perfect kitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: pregnant

مکنون

mknún k-n-n → “concealed”

literal: hidden; concealed

concealed 40% hidden 27% hid 13% every 7% “hidden 7% smouldereth 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: “Hidden gleaningsGWB §677: which I have treasured kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smouldereth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: reflect epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: concealed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: every hidden thing epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: hidden epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hid

مستور

mstúr s-t-r

literal: hidden; concealed; veil

SE rendered قدرت (qdrt), کامله (kámlh), مکنون (mknún), مستور (mstúr), باو (báw), جهت (jht), اتّحاد (ittḥád), ناظر (náẓr), باشيد (báshíd) as “consummate power, lieth, concealed, upon it, upon its unifying influence, Fix your gaze”

hidden 43% concealed 26% hid 6% lie 6% veiled 6% hide 3% yet 3% whatsoever 3% unrevealed 3% enshrined 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: hidden fire-tabletFire §45: Thou Concealer gleaningsGWB §323: that whatsoever hath been recorded kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: latent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: stars prayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and concealest tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: been hidden epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: may conceal

باو

báw ʾ-w-w → “through”

literal: him; he; his

5 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: through Him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: His

جهت

jht j-h-t → “side”

literal: direction; reason; directions

side 33% other 33% hand 17% upon 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: side gleaningsGWB §550: incline kitab-i-ahdAhd §9: upon its unifying influence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: things epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: country gleaningsGWB §130: for this reason prayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: the habitation

اتّحاد

ittḥád w-ḥ-d

literal: unity

SE rendered کامله (kámlh), مکنون (mknún), مستور (mstúr), باو (báw), جهت (jht), اتّحاد (ittḥád), ناظر (náẓr), باشيد (báshíd), نه (nh), باختلافات (bákhtláfát) as “lieth, concealed, upon it, upon its unifying influence, Fix your gaze, not, differences”