Kitáb-i-Íqán — §128
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 128 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered هرگز (hrgz), هيچ (hích), عهد (ʿhd), عصر (ʿṣr), جز (jz), حيات (ḥíát), بعث (bʿth) as “every, age, no other but, “life,””
SE rendered هرگز (hrgz), هيچ (hích), عهد (ʿhd), عصر (ʿṣr), جز (jz), حيات (ḥíát), بعث (bʿth), حشر (ḥshr), حقيقی (ḥqíqí) as “every, age, no other but, “life,”, “resurrection,”, spiritual”
SE rendered هيچ (hích), عهد (ʿhd), عصر (ʿṣr), جز (jz), حيات (ḥíát), بعث (bʿth), حشر (ḥshr), حقيقی (ḥqíqí), مقصود (mqṣúd), انبياء (inbíáʾ) as “age, no other but, “life,”, “resurrection,”, spiritual, purpose, Prophets”
This form usually rendered as “conceive”, “ponder”, “contemplate” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “dispel”, “made”, “uncovered” (15 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “things”, “affairs”, “such” (103 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as ““grave”, “tomb” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “tomb”, “grave”, ““tomb” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “fire”, “flame”, “flames” (87 occurrences)
SE rendered جنّت (jnnt), نار (nár), چه (chh), ليکن (líkn), چه (chh), چاره (chárh), جميع (jmíʿ), ناس (nás), لحد (lḥd), نفس (nfs), محجوب (mḥjúb) as ““paradise”, “hell.”, oh! how, all, people, tomb, self, imprisoned”
This form usually rendered as “veiled”, “deprived”, “shut” (21 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “lie” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered محجوب (mḥjúb), قبر (qbr), هوی (húy), مدفونند (mdfúnnd), خلاصه (khláṣh), قدری (qdrí), از (iz), زلال (zlál), معرفت (mʿrft), الهی (al-hí) as “imprisoned, worldly desire, buried, in, dewdrop of the crystal waters, knowledge, divine”
SE expanded to “dewdrop of the crystal waters”
This form usually rendered as “partake”, “partaken”, “nourish” (15 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “must”, “wash” (35 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “know”, “neither”, “thou” (9 occurrences)
SE rendered حيات (ḥíát), جسد (jsd), زيرا (zírá), حيات (ḥíát), جسد (jsd), همه (hmh), ناس (nás), حيوانات (ḥíwánát), شريکند (shríknd) as “life, flesh, For, men, animals, common”
This form usually rendered as “common”, “property” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered حيوانات (ḥíwánát), شريکند (shríknd), ليکن (líkn), حيات (ḥíát), مخصوص (mkhṣúṣ), صاحبان (ṣáḥbán), افئده (ifʾdh), منيره (mnírh) as “animals, common, life, heart, pure”
SE rendered ليکن (líkn), حيات (ḥíát), مخصوص (mkhṣúṣ), صاحبان (ṣáḥbán), افئده (ifʾdh), منيره (mnírh), از (iz), بحر (bḥr), ايمان (iymán) as “life, heart, pure, ocean, faith”
This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “radiant”, “illumined” (60 occurrences)
SE rendered مرزوق (mrzúq), حيات (ḥíát), موت (mút), از (iz), عقب (ʿqb), نباشد (nbáshd), بقا (bqá) as “partaken, life, death, knoweth, existence”
This form usually rendered as “immortal”, “immortality”, “eternity” (33 occurrences)
SE rendered موت (mút), از (iz), عقب (ʿqb), نباشد (nbáshd), بقا (bqá), فنا (fná), از (iz), پی (pí), نيايد (níáyd), چنانچه (chnánchh), فرمودهاند (frmúdhánd) as “death, knoweth, existence, come, Even as, hath been said”
SE rendered نباشد (nbáshd), بقا (bqá), فنا (fná), از (iz), پی (pí), نيايد (níáyd), چنانچه (chnánchh), فرمودهاند (frmúdhánd), المؤمِنُ (al-mʾmin) as “knoweth, existence, come, Even as, hath been said, believer”
This form usually rendered as “only”, “should”, “enter” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been said”
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “made” (461 occurrences)
SE rendered حيات (ḥíát), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), جسدی (jsdí), باشد (báshd), مشاهده (msháhdh), می (mí), موت (mút), اخذ (ikhdh) as ““life”, earthly, life, be meant, death, overtake”
This form usually rendered as “arrested”, “hath”, “seek” (81 occurrences)