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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §133

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 133 of 291.

Source (Persian)

سؤالی می نمائيم از آن جناب که اگر مقصود از سلطنت، حکم ظاهر و غلبه و اقتدار ظاهر ملکی باشد که همه ناس مقهور شوند و به ظاهر مطيع و منقاد گردند تا دوستان مستريح و معزّز و دشمنان مخذول و منکوب شوند، پس در حقّ ربّ العزّه که مسلّماً سلطنت به اسم اوست و جميع به عظمت و شوکت او معترفند اين نوع از سلطنت صادق نمی آيد. چنانچه مشاهده می نمائی که اکثر ارض در تصرّف دشمنان اوست و جميع بر خلاف رضای او حرکت می نمايند و همه کافر و معرض و مدبرند از آنچه به آن امر فرموده و مقبل و فاعل اند آنچه را نهی نموده و دوستان او هميشه در دست دشمنان مبتلا و مقهورند.چنانچه همه اينها اظهر من الشّمس واضح است.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And now, ponder this in thine heart: Were sovereignty to mean earthly sovereignty and worldly dominion, were it to imply the subjection and external allegiance of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth—whereby His loved ones should be exalted and be made to live in peace, and His enemies be abased and tormented—such form of sovereignty would not be true of God Himself, the Source of all dominion, Whose majesty and power all things testify. For, dost thou not witness how the generality of mankind is under the sway of His enemies? Have they not all turned away from the path of His good-pleasure? Have they not done that which He hath forbidden, and left undone, nay repudiated and opposed, those things which He hath commanded? Have not His friends ever been the victims of the tyranny of His foes? All these things are more obvious than even the splendour of the noon-tide sun.

Translation Notes

حکم
ḥkm ḥ-k-m

literal: wisdom; judgment

SE rendered جناب (jnáb), مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), سلطنت، (slṭnt،), حکم (ḥkm), ظاهر (ẓáhr), غلبه (ghlbh), اقتدار (iqtdár), ظاهر (ẓáhr), ملکی (mlkí) as “thou, sovereignty, to mean, earthly sovereignty, external, dominion, worldly dominion”

اقتدار
iqtdár q-d-r

literal: power; powerful

SE rendered از (iz), سلطنت، (slṭnt،), حکم (ḥkm), ظاهر (ẓáhr), غلبه (ghlbh), اقتدار (iqtdár), ظاهر (ẓáhr), ملکی (mlkí), باشد (báshd), همه (hmh), ناس (nás) as “to mean, earthly sovereignty, external, dominion, worldly dominion, are, all, peoples and kindreds”

شوند
shúnd shdn

literal: become; to become

SE rendered ملکی (mlkí), باشد (báshd), همه (hmh), ناس (nás), مقهور (mqhúr), شوند (shúnd), ظاهر (ẓáhr), مطيع (mṭíʿ), منقاد (mnqád), گردند (grdnd) as “worldly dominion, are, all, peoples and kindreds, subjection, allegiance, were”

may 25% will 15% would 10% should 10% made 10% must 10% mayest 5% might 5% again 5% commissioned 5%
مطيع
mṭíʿ ṭ-w-ʿ

literal: obedience; obedient

SE rendered همه (hmh), ناس (nás), مقهور (mqhúr), شوند (shúnd), ظاهر (ẓáhr), مطيع (mṭíʿ), منقاد (mnqád), گردند (grdnd), دوستان (dústán), مستريح (mstríḥ) as “all, peoples and kindreds, subjection, allegiance, were, loved ones, live in peace”

devout 29% obedient 29% righteous 14% allegiance 14% show 14%
منقاد
mnqád q-w-d → “commander” Distinctive

literal: commander, leader; leader/commander

This form usually rendered as “subdued” (2 occurrences)

منکوب

literal: afflicted, tormented

1 occurrence in corpus

حقّ
ḥqq ḥ-q-q → “of”

literal: truth; true; right

SE rendered دشمنان (dshmnán), مخذول (mkhdhúl), منکوب (mnkúb), شوند، (shúnd،), پس (ps), حقّ (ḥqq), ربّ (rbb), العزّه (al-ʿzzh), مسلّماً (msllmáan), سلطنت (slṭnt) as “enemies, abased, tormented—such, of, God, sovereignty”

god 29% truth 29% one 20% true 8% who 6% through 3% eternal 3% right 1% unto 1% righteousness 1%
مسلّماً
msllmáan s-l-m

literal: peace; submission; greeted

SE rendered حقّ (ḥqq), ربّ (rbb), العزّه (al-ʿzzh), مسلّماً (msllmáan), سلطنت (slṭnt), اسم (ism), اوست (iwst), جميع (jmíʿ) as “of, God, sovereignty, hath, all”

اسم
ism s-m-w

literal: name; names

SE rendered سلطنت (slṭnt), اسم (ism), اوست (iwst), جميع (jmíʿ), عظمت (ʿẓmt), شوکت (shúkt) as “sovereignty, hath, all, majesty, power”

name 77% through 4% most 3% names 3% title 3% any 2% named 2% one 2% person 2% whose 2%
نمی
nmí n-h-y → “not”

literal: end; utmost; ended

SE rendered معترفند (mʿtrfnd), نوع (núʿ), از (iz), سلطنت (slṭnt), صادق (ṣádq), نمی (nmí), آيد (áyd), چنانچه (chnánchh), مشاهده (msháhdh) as “testify, form, true, not, For, witness”

آيد
áyd ʾ-y-d

literal: support; come; strengthen

SE rendered نوع (núʿ), از (iz), سلطنت (slṭnt), صادق (ṣádq), نمی (nmí), آيد (áyd), چنانچه (chnánchh), مشاهده (msháhdh) as “form, true, not, For, witness”

may 33% assist 33% aid 10% all-merciful 5% will 5% “seal.” 5% how 5% step 5%
حرکت
ḥrkt ḥ-r-k

literal: movement; move; movement, motion

SE rendered اوست (iwst), جميع (jmíʿ), بر (br), خلاف (khláf), رضای (rḍáy), حرکت (ḥrkt), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), همه (hmh), کافر (káfr) as “His, all, turned away, good-pleasure, repudiated”

مدبرند
mdbrnd d-b-r

literal: management; scheme; arrange

SE rendered همه (hmh), کافر (káfr), معرض (mʿrḍ), مدبرند (mdbrnd), از (iz), آنچه (ánchh), امر (imr), فرموده (frmúdh) as “all, repudiated, from, He, things, commanded”

مقبل
mqbl q-b-l

literal: before; acceptance; approach

SE rendered از (iz), آنچه (ánchh), امر (imr), فرموده (frmúdh), مقبل (mqbl), فاعل (fáʿl), اند (ind), آنچه (ánchh), نهی (nhí), نموده (nmúdh) as “from, He, things, commanded, done, forbidden, they”

turn 23% face 14% turning 9% turned 9% seeker 9% set 9% caused 9% have 9% eyes 5% believing 5%
اند
ind b-w-d → “are”

literal: be; are; is

SE rendered امر (imr), فرموده (frmúdh), مقبل (mqbl), فاعل (fáʿl), اند (ind), آنچه (ánchh), نهی (nhí), نموده (nmúdh), دوستان (dústán) as “things, commanded, done, He, forbidden, they, friends”

have 25% thereto 25% accounted 25% essence 25%
مقهورند.چنانچه
mqhúrnd.chnánchh mqhúrndchnánchh

literal: subjugated

SE rendered هميشه (hmíshh), دست (dst), دشمنان (dshmnán), مبتلا (mbtlá), مقهورند.چنانچه (mqhúrnd.chnánchh), همه (hmh), اينها (iynhá), اظهر (iẓhr), الشّمس (ash-shms) as “ever, the, foes, victims, these, obvious, noon-tide sun”

1 occurrence in corpus

واضح
wáḍḥ w-ḍ-ḥ

literal: clear; clear, evident; clear/evident

SE rendered همه (hmh), اينها (iynhá), اظهر (iẓhr), الشّمس (ash-shms), واضح (wáḍḥ) as “these, obvious, noon-tide sun”

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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