Kitáb-i-Íqán — §15
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 15 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “moments”, “times”, “time” (8 occurrences)
SE rendered همه (hmh), اوقات (iwqát), سبب (sbb), صدّ (ṣdd), عباد (ʿbád), منع (mnʿ), ايشان (iyshán), از (iz), شاطی (sháṭí), بحر (bḥr), احديّه (iḥdídh), علمای (ʿlmáy) as “age, cause, hindered, people, their, from, shores, eternal, Leaders”
SE rendered صدّ (ṣdd), عباد (ʿbád), منع (mnʿ), ايشان (iyshán), از (iz), شاطی (sháṭí), بحر (bḥr), احديّه (iḥdídh), علمای (ʿlmáy), عصر (ʿṣr), بودهاند (búdhánd) as “hindered, people, their, from, shores, eternal, Leaders, have”
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “god”, “any” (139 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “some”, “certain”, “few” (100 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “look”, “see” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “lack”, “evanescent”, “nothingness” (47 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “suffered” (152 occurrences)
SE rendered همه (hmh), انبياء (inbíáʾ), اذن (idhn), اجازه (ijázh), علمای (ʿlmáy), عصر (ʿṣr), سلسبيل (slsbíl), شهادت (shhádt) as “every, Prophet, sanction, authority, chalice, sacrifice”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
SE rendered شهادت (shhádt), نوشيدند (núshídnd), اعلی (iʿlí), افق (ifq), عزّت (ʿzzt), پرواز (prúáz), نمودند (nmúdnd), چه (chh), ظلم (ẓlm) as “sacrifice, drunk, heights, the, glory, flight, winged, What, cruelties”
This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “darkness”, “oppression” (97 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “kings”, “rulers”, “sovereigns” (28 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “limited”, “petty-mindedness”, “petty-minded” (21 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “mortal”, “transient”, “perisheth” (51 occurrences)
SE rendered ايّام (iyyám), محدوده (mḥdúdh), فانيه (fáníh), قانع (qánʿ), شدند (shdnd), از (iz), ملک (mlk), يفنی (yfní), باز (báz), ماندند (mándnd) as “transitory, they, themselves, sovereignty, everlasting, deprived”
This form usually rendered as “beauty”, “ancient”, “ornament” (151 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), مشاهده (msháhdh), انوار (inúár), جمال (jmál), محبوب (mḥbúb), بی (bí), نصيب (nṣíb), نمودند (nmúdnd), گوش (gúsh), از (iz), بدائع (bdáʾʿ) as “hearken, beheld, light, countenance, Well-Beloved, not, the, ears, sweet”
SE rendered از (iz), مشاهده (msháhdh), انوار (inúár), جمال (jmál), محبوب (mḥbúb), بی (bí), نصيب (nṣíb), نمودند (nmúdnd), گوش (gúsh), از (iz), بدائع (bdáʾʿ), نغمات (nghmát) as “hearken, beheld, light, countenance, Well-Beloved, not, the, ears, sweet, melodies”
SE rendered از (iz), بدائع (bdáʾʿ), نغمات (nghmát), ورقاء (wrqáʾ), مقصود (mqṣúd), محروم (mḥrúm), ساختند (sákhtnd), جميع (jmíʿ) as “hearken, sweet, melodies, Bird, Desire, all”
SE rendered بدائع (bdáʾʿ), نغمات (nghmát), ورقاء (wrqáʾ), مقصود (mqṣúd), محروم (mḥrúm), ساختند (sákhtnd), جميع (jmíʿ), کتب (ktb) as “sweet, melodies, Bird, Desire, all, books”
This form usually rendered as “times”, “conditions”, “circumstances” (43 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hide” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered تعلمُونَ (tʿlmún), مقام (mqám), دیگر (dígr), میفرماید (mífrmáyd), قل (ql), اهل (ihl), الکتاب (al-ktáb), تصدّون (tṣddún), سبیل (sbíl) as “wittingly, He, “Say, saith, people, Book, repel, from”
SE expanded to “from the way of”
This form usually rendered as “every”, “renown”, “art” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “implieth”, “gathered”, “derived” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered اخبار (ikhbár), مستفاد (mstfád), میشود (míshúd), لو (lú), بطرف (bṭrf), اللّه (al-lh), تنظرون (tnẓrún) as “traditions, recorded, to, were, God, observe”