Kitáb-i-Íqán — §14
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 14 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “ponder”, “reflect”, “consider” (11 occurrences)
SE rendered آخر (ákhr), تأمّل (tʾamml), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), سبب (sbb), افعال (ifʿál), چه (chh) as “Reflect, what, could have been, motive for such deeds, What”
SE expanded to “motive for such deeds”
This form usually rendered as “daysprings”, “dawning-places”, “exponents” (58 occurrences)
SE rendered قسم (qsm), طلعات (ṭlʿát), جمال (jmál), ذی (dhí), الجلال (al-jlál), سلوک (slúk), می (mí), نمودند؟ (nmúdnd؟), هر (hr) as “behaviour, beauty of, All-Glorious, such behaviour, hath, Whatever in days gone by”
SE expanded to “of the denial”
SE rendered سبب (sbb), اعراض (iʿráḍ), اغماض (ighmáḍ), عباد (ʿbád), حال (ḥál), سبب (sbb), اغفال (ighfál), عباد (ʿbád) as “to the perversity, of the denial, opposition, the people”
SE rendered اغماض (ighmáḍ), عباد (ʿbád), حال (ḥál), سبب (sbb), اغفال (ighfál), عباد (ʿbád) as “opposition, the people, to the perversity”
SE rendered عباد (ʿbád), بگوئيم (bgúʾím), حجج (ḥjj), الهيّه (al-híhh), کامل (káml), تمام (tmám), نبود (nbúd) as “the people, the testimony of Providence, God, was incomplete, all, are”
SE expanded to “testimony of Providence”
This form usually rendered as “perfect”, “full”, “all-powerful” (24 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that it hath therefore”
This form usually rendered as “open”, “openly” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered عباد (ʿbád), کفری (kfrí), صراح (ṣráḥ), لأجل (lʾajl), آنکه (ánkh), غايت (gháyt), از (iz), فيض (fíḍ), فيّاض (fífáḍ) as “of the people, blasphemy, open, from, from the grace, the All-Bountiful”
SE rendered صراح (ṣráḥ), لأجل (lʾajl), آنکه (ánkh), غايت (gháyt), از (iz), فيض (fíḍ), فيّاض (fífáḍ), دور (dúr), از (iz) as “open, from, from the grace, the All-Bountiful, How far”
SE expanded to “from the grace”
This form usually rendered as “mercy”, “mercies”, “grace” (80 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of His loving-kindness”
This form usually rendered as “plenteous” (4 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered ميان (míán), جميع (jmíʿ), عباد (ʿbád), برگزيند (brgzínd), برای (bráy), هدايت (hdáyt), خلق (khlq), حجّت (ḥjjt), کافيه (káfíh) as “from amongst, all men, single out, for the guidance, of His creatures, His divine testimony, the full measure”
SE expanded to “of His creatures”
SE rendered خلق (khlq), حجّت (ḥjjt), کافيه (káfíh), وافيه (wáfíh), عطا (ʿṭá), نفرمايد (nfrmáyd), خلق (khlq) as “His people, His divine testimony, the full measure”
SE rendered حجّت (ḥjjt), کافيه (káfíh), وافيه (wáfíh), عطا (ʿṭá), نفرمايد (nfrmáyd), خلق (khlq), از (iz) as “His divine testimony, the full measure, His people, of”
SE rendered خلق (khlq), از (iz), عدم (ʿdm), اقبال (iqbál), معذّب (mʿdhdhb), فرمايد (frmáyd), بلکه (blkh) as “His people, of, for having turned away, inflict severe retribution, Nay, the manifold bounties”
SE expanded to “for having turned away”
This form usually rendered as “tormented”, “inflict” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered معذّب (mʿdhdhb), فرمايد (frmáyd), بلکه (blkh), يزل (yzl), جود (júd), سلطان (slṭán), وجود (wjúd), بر (br), همه (hmh) as “inflict severe retribution, Nay, the manifold bounties, the Lord of all beings, all”
SE rendered معذّب (mʿdhdhb), فرمايد (frmáyd), بلکه (blkh), يزل (yzl), جود (júd), سلطان (slṭán), وجود (wjúd), بر (br), همه (hmh), ممکنات (mmknát) as “inflict severe retribution, Nay, the manifold bounties, the Lord of all beings, all”
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Lord of all beings”
SE rendered بلکه (blkh), يزل (yzl), جود (júd), سلطان (slṭán), وجود (wjúd), بر (br), همه (hmh), ممکنات (mmknát), ظهور (ẓhúr), مظاهر (mẓáhr) as “Nay, the manifold bounties, the Lord of all beings, all, the Manifestations”
SE rendered سلطان (slṭán), وجود (wjúd), بر (br), همه (hmh), ممکنات (mmknát), ظهور (ẓhúr), مظاهر (mẓáhr), نفس (nfs), احاطه (iḥáṭh) as “the Lord of all beings, all, the Manifestations, Essence, encompassed”
This form usually rendered as “rid”, “detached”, “wholly” (50 occurrences)
SE rendered آنکه (ánkh), امطار (imṭár), رحمت (rḥmt), از (iz), غمام (ghmám), عنايت (ʿnáyt), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), گردد (grdd), پس (ps), نيست (níst) as “the showers, of His loving-kindness, from, ceased to rain upon mankind, Consequently, can be”
SE rendered آنکه (ánkh), امطار (imṭár), رحمت (rḥmt), از (iz), غمام (ghmám), عنايت (ʿnáyt), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), گردد (grdd), پس (ps), نيست (níst) as “the showers, of His loving-kindness, from, ceased to rain upon mankind, Consequently, can be”
literal: prevent; prevented; prevention
This form usually rendered as “strayed”, “withhold”, “forbidden” (38 occurrences)
SE expanded to “ceased to rain upon mankind”
SE expanded to “such unseemly acts”
This form usually rendered as “attributed”, “impending” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered محدوده (mḥdúdh), وادی (wádí), کبر (kbr), غرور (ghrúr), حرکت (ḥrkt), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), صحراهای (ṣḥráháy) as “petty-mindedness, the valley, arrogance, pride, tread, the wilds”
SE rendered نمايند (nmáynd), صحراهای (ṣḥráháy), سير (sír), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), ظنونات (ẓnúnát) as “walk, the wilds, ways of their idle fancy”
SE expanded to “ways of their idle fancy”
SE expanded to “leaders of their faith”
This form usually rendered as “must”, “familiar.”, “uttered” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “follow the dictates”
SE rendered تأسّی (tʾassí), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), لهذا (lhdhá), غير (ghír), از (iz), اعراض (iʿráḍ), امری (imrí), ندارند (ndárnd), جز (jz), اغماض (ighmáḍ) as “follow the dictates, of, mere opposition, ignore the”
SE rendered از (iz), اعراض (iʿráḍ), امری (imrí), ندارند (ndárnd), جز (jz), اغماض (ighmáḍ), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí) as “of, mere opposition, ignore the, found”
This form usually rendered as “utterly”, “result” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered اغماض (ighmáḍ), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí), نخواهند (nkhúáhnd), معلوم (mʿlúm), نزد (nzd) as “ignore the, found, is evident and manifest, Unto every discerning observer”
SE expanded to “Unto every discerning observer”
SE rendered معلوم (mʿlúm), نزد (nzd), هر (hr), ذی (dhí), بصری (bṣrí), عباد (ʿbád), ظهور (ẓhúr), هر (hr), يک (yk) as “is evident and manifest, Unto every discerning observer, each, these people, one”
SE rendered عباد (ʿbád), ظهور (ẓhúr), هر (hr), يک (yk), از (iz), مظاهرشمس (mẓáhrshms), حقيقت (ḥqíqt), چشم (chshm), گوش (gúsh), قلب (qlb), از (iz) as “these people, each, one, from, Truth, their eyes, their ears, their hearts”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “comprehend”, “understanding”, “apprehend” (142 occurrences)
SE rendered ديده (dídh), شنيده (shnídh), ادراک (idrák), نموده (nmúdh), پاک (pák), مقدّس (mqdds), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), البتّه (al-btth), از (iz) as “had seen, felt, they, sanctified, surely, of”
SE expanded to “deprived of beholding”
SE rendered نمودند (nmúdnd), البتّه (al-btth), از (iz), جمال (jmál), الهی (al-hí), محروم (mḥrúm), نمی (nmí), ماندند (mándnd), از (iz), حرم (ḥrm) as “they, surely, of, the beauty, God, deprived of beholding, the habitations”
SE rendered البتّه (al-btth), از (iz), جمال (jmál), الهی (al-hí), محروم (mḥrúm), نمی (nmí), ماندند (mándnd), از (iz), حرم (ḥrm), قرب (qrb), وصال (wṣál), مطالع (mṭálʿ) as “surely, of, the beauty, God, deprived of beholding, the habitations, the Manifestations”
SE rendered الهی (al-hí), محروم (mḥrúm), نمی (nmí), ماندند (mándnd), از (iz), حرم (ḥrm), قرب (qrb), وصال (wṣál), مطالع (mṭálʿ), قدسيّه (qdsísh), ممنوع (mmnúʿ) as “God, deprived of beholding, of, the habitations, the Manifestations, of glory, withhold”
SE rendered از (iz), حرم (ḥrm), قرب (qrb), وصال (wṣál), مطالع (mṭálʿ), قدسيّه (qdsísh), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), نمی (nmí), گشتند (gshtnd) as “of, the habitations, the Manifestations, of glory, withhold, have been”
SE expanded to “standard of their own knowledge”
SE rendered از (iz), علمای (ʿlmáy), شنيده (shnídh), بودند (búdnd), ميزان (mízán), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), عقول (ʿqúl), ضعيفه (ḍʿífh) as “of, the leaders, gleaned from, having weighed, their limited understanding”
SE expanded to “their limited understanding”
SE expanded to “their limited understanding”
SE expanded to “at variance with”
SE rendered عقول (ʿqúl), ضعيفه (ḍʿífh), آنها (ánhá), موافق (múáfq), نمی (nmí), آمد (ámd), لهذا (lhdhá), از (iz), گونه (gúnh), امور (imúr) as “their limited understanding, at variance with, of, such, such unseemly acts”
SE rendered از (iz), گونه (gúnh), امور (imúr), غير (ghír), مرضيّه (mrḍíḍh), از (iz), ايشان (iyshán), عالم (ʿálm), ظهور (ẓhúr) as “of, such, such unseemly acts, they, to perpetrate”