Kitáb-i-Íqán — §13
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 13 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered حال (ḥál), قدری (qdrí), امورات (imúrát), تأمّل (tʾamml), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd) as “And, now, these, things, He”
This form usually rendered as “while”, “awhile”, “little” (42 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “things”, “events”, “deeds” (20 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ponder”, “reflect”, “consider” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “conceive”, “hath”, “sayest” (49 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “differences”, “differ”, “divergent” (16 occurrences)
SE expanded to “contention and conflict”
SE rendered هر (hr), ظهور (ẓhúr), حقّی (ḥqqí), امکان (imkán), از (iz), افق (ifq), لامکان (lámkán), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “every, Manifestation, true, advent”
SE rendered هر (hr), ظهور (ẓhúr), حقّی (ḥqqí), امکان (imkán), از (iz), افق (ifq), لامکان (lámkán), ظاهر (ẓáhr), می (mí), گونه (gúnh) as “every, Manifestation, true, advent, such”
This form usually rendered as “mischief”, “sedition”, “dissension” (23 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “tumult” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “agitation”, “chaos”, “upheaval” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered اغتشاش (ightshásh), ظلم (ẓlm), انقلاب (inqláb), اطراف (iṭráf), عالم (ʿálm), ظاهر (ẓáhr), هويدا (húydá), می (mí), گشت؟ (gsht؟) as “tumult, tyranny, upheaval, world, hath been, manifest, accompanied by”
This form usually rendered as “released”, “evident”, “appeared” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “moment”, “time”, “hour” (118 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “tidings”, “announced”, “herald” (20 occurrences)
SE rendered حين (ḥín), ظهور (ẓhúr), مردم (mrdm), بشارت (bshárt), می (mí), دادند (dádnd), نبيّ (nbíb), علامتی (ʿlámtí) as “whenever, the peoples, foretold, Prophet, signs”
SE rendered علامتی (ʿlámtí), از (iz), برای (bráy), ظهور (ẓhúr), ذکر (dhkr), می (mí), فرمودند (frmúdnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), همه (hmh), کتب (ktb) as “signs, as, all, books”
This form usually rendered as “search”, “eagerness”, “seeking” (53 occurrences)
SE rendered کتب (ktb), مسطور (msṭúr), وجود (wjúd), طلب (ṭlb), انتظار (intẓár), ناس (nás), مظاهر (mẓáhr), قدسيّه (qdsísh) as “books, records, being, expectation, men in their quest, Manifestations, Holiness”
SE expanded to “men in their quest”
4 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered چرا (chrá), بايد (báyd), گونه (gúnh), امور (imúr), عالم (ʿálm), رو (rú), دهد (dhd), جميع (jmíʿ), انبياء (inbíáʾ), اصفياء (iṣfíáʾ) as “Why, should, such, acts, all, Prophets, chosen Ones”
This form usually rendered as “oppression”, “tyranny” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cruelty” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “may”, “would”, “will” (165 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “do”, “having”, “ye” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “accusing” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered تَقتُلُونَ (taqtulún), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd), هر (hr), زمان (zmán), عهد (ʿhd), آمد (ámd) as “slaying, Dispensation, coming”
SE rendered آمد (ámd), سوی (súy), رسولی (rsúlí), از (iz), جانب (jánb) as “coming”
SE rendered آمد (ámd), سوی (súy), رسولی (rsúlí), از (iz), جانب (jánb), پروردگار (prúrdgár) as “coming”
SE rendered نشديد (nshdíd), گروهی (grúhí), از (iz), انبياء (inbíáʾ), تکذيب (tkdhíb) as “impostors”
SE rendered گروهی (grúhí), از (iz), انبياء (inbíáʾ), تکذيب (tkdhíb) as “impostors”
This form usually rendered as “others.”” (2 occurrences)