Kitáb-i-Íqán — §24
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 24 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered بن (bn), مريم (mrím), رضوان (rḍúán), انجيل (injíl), الحان (al-ḥán), جليل (jlíl), علائم (ʿláʾm), ظهور (ẓhúr), فرموده (frmúdh) as “by, Jesus, Mary, in, of, majestic, Manifestation, He”
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “sublime”, “distinguished” (5 occurrences)
literal: world; knowledge; worlds
SE expanded to “in the Riḍván of the Gospel, revealing those signs”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “said”, “declared” (139 occurrences)
SE rendered سؤال (sʾál), نمودند (nmúdnd), از (iz), علامات (ʿlámát), ظهور (ẓhúr), جواب (júáb), فرمود (frmúd), لِلوَقتِ (lilwaqt) as “asked, concerning, signs, coming, said, “Immediately”
This form usually rendered as “days”, ““immediately” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “stars” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “shall” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered السَّماء (as-samáʾ), قُوّاةُ (qúqáh), الاَرضِ (ar-rḍ), تَرتجُّ.حينَئِذٍ (tartjju.ḥínaʾidhin), تَظهَرُ (taẓhar), عَلاماتُ (ʿalámát), ابنِ (ibn) as “heaven, power, earth, appear, sign, Son”
This form usually rendered as “come”, “came”, “hath” (59 occurrences)
SE rendered صَوتِ (ṣawt), السّافُورِ (as-sáfúr), العَظيمِ (al-ʿaẓím), انتهی (inthí), ترجمه (trjmh), بفارسی (bfársí) as “sound, trumpet, great, the purport, Persian”
This form usually rendered as “into” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “are to befall”
SE rendered تنگی (tngí), ابتلا (ibtlá), همه (hmh), مردم (mrdm), احاطه (iḥáṭh), می (mí), نمايد (nmáyd), شمس (shms), از (iz), افاضه (ifáḍh), ممنوع (mmnúʿ) as “oppression, afflictions, are to befall, mankind, He, will, sun, from, withheld”
SE rendered مردم (mrdm), احاطه (iḥáṭh), می (mí), نمايد (nmáyd), شمس (shms), از (iz), افاضه (ifáḍh), ممنوع (mmnúʿ), می (mí), يعنی (yʿní), تاريک (tárík) as “mankind, He, will, sun, from, withheld, darkened”
This form usually rendered as “strayed”, “withhold”, “forbidden” (38 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “giving” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered قمر (qmr), از (iz), اعطای (iʿṭáy), نور (núr), باز (báz), می (mí), ماند (mánd), ستاره (stárh), های (háy), سماء (smáʾ), بر (br) as “moon, from, giving, light, stars, heaven, upon”
SE rendered قمر (qmr), از (iz), اعطای (iʿṭáy), نور (núr), باز (báz), می (mí), ماند (mánd), ستاره (stárh), های (háy), سماء (smáʾ), بر (br), ارض (irḍ), نازل (názl) as “moon, from, giving, light, stars, heaven, upon, earth, fall”
SE rendered ستاره (stárh), های (háy), سماء (smáʾ), بر (br), ارض (irḍ), نازل (názl), می (mí), شوند (shúnd), ارکان (irkán), ارض (irḍ), متزلزل (mtzlzl) as “stars, heaven, upon, earth, fall, pillars, shaken”
This form usually rendered as “dismayed”, “wavering” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “world”, “notwithstanding”, “all” (123 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “abide”, “lived”, “abiding” (36 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “shall” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered ندبه (ndbh), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), می (mí), بينند (bínnd), خلايق (khláyq), جمال (jmál), احديّه (iḥdídh) as “lament, see, Beauty, divine”
SE rendered می (mí), آيد (áyd), از (iz), آسمان (ásmán), حالتی (ḥáltí), سوار (súár), بر (br), ابر (ibr), قوّت (qúqt) as “from, heaven, riding, upon, clouds, power”
This form usually rendered as “magnificence” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered بزرگی (bzrgí), بخششی (bkhshshí), بزرگ (bzrg), می (mí), فرستد (frstd), ملائکه (mláʾkh), های (háy), صدای (ṣdáy) as “grandeur, magnificence, angels, sound”
SE rendered سافور (sáfúr), عظيم (ʿẓím), انتهی (inthí), اسفار (isfár), ثلاثه (thláthh), ديگر (dígr), منسوب (mnsúb), لوقا (lúqá) as “trumpet, great, three, other, according, Luke”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “words”, “utterances”, “passages” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “distinction”, “differentiation”, “distinguished” (23 occurrences)
SE rendered مذکور (mdhkúr), ديگر (dígr), اوراق (iwráq), متعرّض (mtʿrrḍ), ذکر (dhkr), آنها (ánhá), نشديم (nshdím), اکتفا (iktfá), يکی (ykí) as “referred, no, pages, mention, them, confined, one”
This form usually rendered as “content”, “confined” (3 occurrences)