Kitáb-i-Íqán — §240
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 240 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “do”, “ye”, “taste” (25 occurrences)
SE rendered چنانچه (chnánchh), اليوم (al-yúm), مشاهده (msháhdh), می (mí), کنيد (kníd), چه (chh), سخن (skhn), های (háy), لغو (lghú), جوهر (júhr), بقا (bqá), گفتهاند (gfthánd) as “In like manner, this day, observest, hath, what vile imputations, Gem, Immortality, have assailed”
SE rendered اليوم (al-yúm), مشاهده (msháhdh), می (mí), کنيد (kníd), چه (chh), سخن (skhn), های (háy), لغو (lghú), جوهر (júhr), بقا (bqá), گفتهاند (gfthánd) as “this day, observest, hath, what vile imputations, Gem, Immortality, have assailed”
SE rendered جوهر (júhr), بقا (bqá), گفتهاند (gfthánd), چه (chh), نسبت (nsbt), ها (há), خطاها (khṭáhá), منبع (mnbʿ) as “Gem, Immortality, have assailed, what unspeakable transgressions, Source”
SE rendered بقا (bqá), گفتهاند (gfthánd), چه (chh), نسبت (nsbt), ها (há), خطاها (khṭáhá), منبع (mnbʿ), معدن (mʿdn), عصمت (ʿṣmt) as “Immortality, have assailed, what unspeakable transgressions, Source, purity”
SE rendered منبع (mnbʿ), معدن (mʿdn), عصمت (ʿṣmt), دادهاند (dádhánd) as “Source, purity, have heaped”
This form usually rendered as “dishonor”, “honor”, “inviolable” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “holy and immortal”
This form usually rendered as “all”, “every”, “whole” (445 occurrences)
SE rendered الهی (al-hí), لوح (lúḥ), قدس (qds), صمدانی (ṣmdání), جميع (jmíʿ), اوراق (iwráq), کلمات، (klmát،), انذار (indhár), فرموده (frmúdh), مکذّبين (mkdhdhbín) as “God, Tablet, holy and immortal, eternal, throughout, warned, them, that deny and repudiate”
SE rendered قدس (qds), صمدانی (ṣmdání), جميع (jmíʿ), اوراق (iwráq), کلمات، (klmát،), انذار (indhár), فرموده (frmúdh), مکذّبين (mkdhdhbín) as “holy and immortal, eternal, throughout, warned, them, that deny and repudiate”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “said”, “declared” (139 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “deny” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “revealer”, “revealed”, “who” (51 occurrences)
SE expanded to “been sent down”
This form usually rendered as “set”, “faithful”, “turn” (22 occurrences)
SE expanded to “them that accept”
This form usually rendered as “world”, “notwithstanding”, “all” (123 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “induced” (65 occurrences)
SE rendered نمودهاند (nmúdhánd), حال (ḥál), آنکه (ánkh), چشم (chshm), امکان (imkán), چنين (chnín), فضلی (fḍlí), نديده (ndídh), قوّه (qúqh), سمع (smʿ) as “they raised, This, notwithstanding, eye, such, so great an outpouring, hath beheld, hath any, ear”
This form usually rendered as “greater”, “such”, “bounty” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “so great an outpouring”
This form usually rendered as “all”, “creation”, “earth” (22 occurrences)
SE rendered چنين (chnín), عنايتی (ʿnáytí), نشنيده (nshnídh), آيات (áyát), مثابه (mthábh), غيث (ghíth), نيسانی (nísání), از (iz), غمام (ghmám), رحمت (rḥmt), رحمانی (rḥmání) as “such, lovingkindness, heard, revealed verses, as, showers, vernal, from, clouds, mercy of the All-Bountiful”
SE expanded to “mercy of the All-Bountiful”
This form usually rendered as “flowed”, “streamed”, “hath” (48 occurrences)
literal: determination, constancy; possessors of constancy; resolution
SE expanded to ““endowed with constancy,””
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “greatness”, “dominion” (31 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “raised”, “grandeur”, “hoisted” (11 occurrences)
SE rendered اولوالعزم (iwlúálʿzm), عظمت (ʿẓmt), قدر (qdr), رفعت (rfʿt), مقامشان (mqámshán), چون (chún), شمس (shms), واضح (wáḍḥ), لائح (láʾḥ), مفتخر (mftkhr) as ““endowed with constancy,”, glory, loftiness, sun, shine, honoured”
SE rendered رفعت (rfʿt), مقامشان (mqámshán), چون (chún), شمس (shms), واضح (wáḍḥ), لائح (láʾḥ), مفتخر (mftkhr), شدند (shdnd) as “loftiness, sun, shine, honoured, were each”
SE rendered شمس (shms), واضح (wáḍḥ), لائح (láʾḥ), مفتخر (mftkhr), شدند (shdnd), هر (hr), کدام (kdám), کتابی (ktábí), دست (dst), هست (hst) as “sun, shine, honoured, were each, Book, are”
SE rendered هست (hst), مشاهده (msháhdh), وآيات (wáyát), احصا (iḥṣá), گشته (gshth), از (iz), غمام (ghmám), رحمت (rḥmt) as “are, verses, from, Cloud, mercy”
SE rendered وآيات (wáyát), احصا (iḥṣá), گشته (gshth), از (iz), غمام (ghmám), رحمت (rḥmt) as “verses, from, Cloud, mercy”
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “god”, “any” (139 occurrences)
SE rendered بيست (bíst), مجلّد (mjlld), الآن (an-n), دست (dst), می (mí), آيد (áyd), چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), هنوز (hnúz), دست (dst), نيامده (níámdh) as “A score, volumes, now, How many, have, still, remain beyond our reach”
This form usually rendered as “mentioned”, “did”, “neither” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “evident”, “known”, “clear” (86 occurrences)