Kitáb-i-Íqán — §109
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 109 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered باری، (bárí،), از (iz), بيانات (bíánát), معلوم (mʿlúm) as “From, that, hath been said, evident”
This form usually rendered as “utterances”, “sayings”, “statements” (50 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been said”
This form usually rendered as “still”, ““there” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “such”, “much”, “how” (45 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “saith”, “hath”, “said” (170 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “any”, “all”, “aught” (36 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “seeth”, “which” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “immortal”, “immortality”, “eternity” (33 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “thou”, “found” (14 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “therefore”, “shineth” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “embodiments”, “temples”, “beings” (36 occurrences)
SE rendered الأزَلِ (az-zal), فَيَلوحُ (fayalúḥ), هَياکِل (hayákil), التّوحيدِ (at-túḥíd), آثارُه (átháruh), انسان (insán), اشرف (ishrf) as “of eternity, penetrated, its waves, Man, noblest”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “excelled”, “other” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “better”, “most”, “excelleth” (14 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “kindliness”, “lovingkindness” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered قدس (qds), ايشان (iyshán), معدوم (mʿdúm), صرف (ṣrf), مفقود (mfqúd), بحت (bḥt), اند (ind), بلکه (blkh), منزّه (mnzzh), ذکر (dhkr), ايشان (iyshán) as “holy, their, nothingness, utter, thing forgotten, fade into, Human tongue can never befittingly sing, praise”
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)