Kitáb-i-Íqán — §167
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 167 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “potency of the Divine Elixir”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “ancient”, “eternity”, “everlasting” (106 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “placeless”, “unto”, “habitation” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “limited”, “petty-mindedness”, “petty-minded” (21 occurrences)
SE rendered محدود (mḥdúd), لامکان (lámkán), الهی (al-hí), واصل (wáṣl), شوند (shúnd), جهدی (jhdí), بايد (báyd), اکسير (iksír) as “limitations, Placeless, reach, utmost, behooveth, Elixir”
This form usually rendered as “must”, “should”, “incumbent” (35 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “shining” (140 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “attain”, “cause”, “causing” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “shining”, “luminous” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “enable”, “cleanse”, “sanctify” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “far”, “remoteness”, “immeasurable” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “proximity”, “nearness” (61 occurrences)
SE rendered چشمه (chshmh), قرب (qrb), يقين (yqín), دلالت (dlált), کند (knd), هياکل (híákl), فانيه (fáníh), رضوان (rḍúán), باقی (báqí) as “well-spring, Presence, certitude, guideth, souls, mortal, Ridván, immortality”
This form usually rendered as “honoured”, “honored”, “hath” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “saith”, “hath”, “said” (170 occurrences)
SE rendered باقی (báqí), مشرّف (mshrrf), فرمايد (frmáyd), حال (ḥál), حقّ (ḥqq), ذهب (dhhb), حکم (ḥkm), نحاسی (nḥásí) as “immortality, honour of acceptance, conferreth, Now, gold, be thought, copper”
This form usually rendered as “wisdom”, “law”, “commandment” (182 occurrences)
SE rendered حقّ (ḥqq), ذهب (dhhb), حکم (ḥkm), نحاسی (nḥásí), صادق (ṣádq), می (mí), آيد (áyd), حقّ (ḥqq), عباد (ʿbád), حکم (ḥkm) as “gold, be thought, copper, people”
SE rendered ذهب (dhhb), حکم (ḥkm), نحاسی (nḥásí), صادق (ṣádq), می (mí), آيد (áyd), حقّ (ḥqq), عباد (ʿbád), حکم (ḥkm), عباد (ʿbád) as “gold, be thought, copper, the same”