Kitáb-i-Íqán — §143
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 143 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered سلطنت (slṭnt), قدرت (qdrt), مادون (mádún), نزد (nzd), همج (hmj), رعاع (rʿáʿ), معتبر (mʿtbr) as “dominion, power, the like, vain, foolish, are set,—all”
This form usually rendered as “worth”, “set”, “authoritative” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “fade” (1 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered اللّهُ (al-lh), الغَنِيُّ (al-ghanín), پس (ps), مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), غنا، (ghná،), غنای (ghnáy), از (iz), سوی (súy), از (iz) as “God, the Rich, therefore, is meant, by, ‘riches’, independence, but God”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “else”, “remembrance”, “aught” (10 occurrences)