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,””
5 occurrences in corpus
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)
SE rendered قدری (qdrí), تعقّل (tʿqql), همين (hmín), بيان (bíán), حضرت، (ḥḍrt،), کشف (kshf), جميع (jmíʿ), امور (imúr) as “a while, ponder, this, utterance, ‘Alí, discover, all, mysteries”
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “muhammad”, “honor” (240 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “made”, “conceal”, “pierce” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “things”, “affairs”, “events” (50 occurrences)
SE rendered بيان (bíán), حضرت، (ḥḍrt،), کشف (kshf), جميع (jmíʿ), امور (imúr), می (mí), مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), لحد (lḥd), قبر (qbr), وصراط (wṣráṭ) as “utterance, ‘Alí, discover, all, mysteries, in, “grave,”, “tomb,”, “sirat,””
3 occurrences in corpus
23 occurrences in corpus
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 لحد (lḥd), قبر (qbr), وصراط (wṣráṭ), جنّت (jnnt), نار (nár), چه (chh), ليکن (líkn), چه (chh), چاره (chárh), جميع (jmíʿ) as ““grave,”, “tomb,”, “sirat,”, “paradise”, “hell.”, oh! how, all”
This form usually rendered as “oh!”, “pearls” (6 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”
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 “gather”, “ye”, “testify” (18 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “realize” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered دانيد (dáníd), حيات (ḥíát), حقيقی (ḥqíqí), حيات (ḥíát), قلب (qlb), نه (nh), حيات (ḥíát), جسد (jsd), زيرا (zírá), حيات (ḥíát), جسد (jsd) as “realize, life, true, heart, not, flesh, For”
SE rendered حيات (ḥíát), قلب (qlb), نه (nh), حيات (ḥíát), جسد (jsd), زيرا (zírá), حيات (ḥíát), جسد (jsd), همه (hmh), ناس (nás), حيوانات (ḥíwánát) as “life, heart, not, flesh, For, men, animals”
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 “beasts” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “common” (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”, “luminous”, “radiant” (61 occurrences)
SE rendered مرزوق (mrzúq), حيات (ḥíát), موت (mút), از (iz), عقب (ʿqb), نباشد (nbáshd), بقا (bqá) as “partaken, life, death, knoweth, existence”
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 “exist”, “manifest”, “attain” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been said”
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “appeared” (458 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”, “seize”, “hath” (29 occurrences)