Kitáb-i-Íqán — §140
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 140 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered ديگر (dígr), بخواهم (bkhúáhm), رشحی (rshḥí), از (iz), اسرار (isrár), شهادت (shhádt) as “Should We wish, glimmer, of, mysteries, martyrdom”
This form usually rendered as “should” (1 occurrences)
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “recount”, “will”, “relate” (11 occurrences)
SE rendered ثمرهای (thmrháy), ذکر (dhkr), نمايم (nmáym), البتّه (al-btth), الواح (al-wáḥ), کفايت (kfáyt), نکند (nknd) as “fruits, reveal, to impart unto thee, pages, suffice, could never”
This form usually rendered as “could” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “meaning”, “well-nigh” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “suffice” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that, God willing”
SE expanded to “Our hope is”
This form usually rendered as “may” (1 occurrences)
5 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered عنايت (ʿnáyt), از (iz), عرفان (ʿrfán), شیء (shíʾ), بی (bí), نياز (níáz), گرديم (grdím), حال (ḥál), نفسی (nfsí), مشهود (mshhúd) as “providence, of, knowledge, things, independent, be made, souls, descried”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered شیء (shíʾ), بی (bí), نياز (níáz), گرديم (grdím), حال (ḥál), نفسی (nfsí), مشهود (mshhúd), نگشت (ngsht), مقام (mqám) as “things, independent, be made, souls, descried, station”
SE rendered گرديم (grdím), حال (ḥál), نفسی (nfsí), مشهود (mshhúd), نگشت (ngsht), مقام (mqám), فائز (fáʾz), آيد (áyd), مگر (mgr) as “be made, souls, descried, station, attained, but”
SE rendered مشهود (mshhúd), نگشت (ngsht), مقام (mqám), فائز (fáʾz), آيد (áyd), مگر (mgr), معدودی (mʿdúdí), قليل (qlíl), هيچ (hích), معروف (mʿrúf) as “descried, station, attained, but, handful, none, renown”
SE rendered مقام (mqám), فائز (fáʾz), آيد (áyd), مگر (mgr), معدودی (mʿdúdí), قليل (qlíl), هيچ (hích), معروف (mʿrúf), نيستند (nístnd) as “station, attained, but, handful, none, renown, destitute of all”
SE rendered مقام (mqám), فائز (fáʾz), آيد (áyd), مگر (mgr), معدودی (mʿdúdí), قليل (qlíl), هيچ (hích), معروف (mʿrúf), نيستند (nístnd) as “station, attained, but, handful, none, renown, destitute of all”
5 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “destitute” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered قضای (qḍáy), الهی (al-hí), چه (chh), اقتضا (iqtḍá), نمايد (nmáyd), ازخلف (izkhlf), سرادق (srádq), امضا (imḍá), چه (chh), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “Judgment, God, what, ordain, disclose, Tabernacle, decree, reveal”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “In such wise”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “Cause of God”
This form usually rendered as “send”, “entrusted”, “reveal” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “haply” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “repositories”, “recipients”, “some” (16 occurrences)
SE expanded to “thou mayest attain”
SE expanded to “partake of the”
literal: to know, to consider, to deem; know
This form usually rendered as “know” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered شموس (shmús), عظمت (ʿẓmt), چه (chh), بر (br), نقطه (nqṭh), تراب (tráb), جالس (jáls), باشند (báshnd), بر (br), عرش (ʿrsh), اعظم (iʿẓm) as “Luminaries, majesty, upon, dust, seated, are, seat, of glory”
This form usually rendered as “must”, “under” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered تراب (tráb), جالس (jáls), باشند (báshnd), بر (br), عرش (ʿrsh), اعظم (iʿẓm), ساکن (sákn), اند (ind), فلسی (flsí), نزدشان (nzdshán) as “dust, seated, are, upon, seat, of glory, is, unto”
SE rendered بر (br), عرش (ʿrsh), اعظم (iʿẓm), ساکن (sákn), اند (ind), فلسی (flsí), نزدشان (nzdshán), موجود (mújúd), نباشد (nbáshd), بر (br) as “in, seat, of glory, is, are, unto, bereft of”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered نزدشان (nzdshán), موجود (mújúd), نباشد (nbáshd), بر (br), رفرف (rfrf), غنا (ghná), طائراند (ṭáʾránd), حينی (ḥíní) as “unto, bereft of, in, riches, they soar”
SE rendered نباشد (nbáshd), بر (br), رفرف (rfrf), غنا (ghná), طائراند (ṭáʾránd), حينی (ḥíní), دست (dst), دشمنان (dshmnán), مبتلايند (mbtláynd), بر (br) as “bereft of, on, riches, they soar, grip, enemy, sore tried”
SE rendered بر (br), يمين (ymín), قدرت (qdrt), غلبه (ghlbh), ساکن (sákn), کمال (kmál), ذلّت (dhllt), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), بر (br), عرش (ʿrsh), عزّت (ʿzzt) as “in, right hand, power, celestial, abasement, glory”
SE rendered ذلّت (dhllt), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), بر (br), عرش (ʿrsh), عزّت (ʿzzt), صمدانی (ṣmdání), جالس (jáls), متّکأ (mttkʾ), نهايت (nháyt), عجز (ʿjz) as “abasement, in, glory, darkness, helplessness”
SE rendered بر (br), عرش (ʿrsh), عزّت (ʿzzt), صمدانی (ṣmdání), جالس (jáls), متّکأ (mttkʾ), نهايت (nháyt), عجز (ʿjz) as “in, glory, darkness, helplessness”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered نهايت (nháyt), عجز (ʿjz), ظاهری (ẓáhrí), بر (br), کرسيّ (krsís), سلطنت (slṭnt), اقتدار (iqtdár), قائم (qáʾm) as “darkness, helplessness, sovereignty, showered”