Kitáb-i-Íqán — §273
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 273 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “can”, “fail”, “would” (24 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “full” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “words”, “saith”, “through” (83 occurrences)
SE rendered تمام (tmám), امور (imúr), امر (imr), محتاج (mḥtáj), سوای (súáy), امر (imr), مخلوق (mkhlúq) as “all, things, command, of, save, created”
This form usually rendered as “exist”, “extant”, “found” (50 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have their being”
This form usually rendered as “source” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “palpable”, “resplendent” (88 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “invisible”, “unseen”, “unknowable” (83 occurrences)
literal: eternal; eternal, absolute; eternal, everlasting
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “eternal”, “celestial” (39 occurrences)
SE rendered غيب (ghíb), صمدانی (ṣmdání), چنانچه (chnánchh), بحار (bḥár), الانوار (an-núár), و"عوالم (w"ʿúálm), ينبوع (ynbúʿ), از (iz), صادق (ṣádq) as “hidden, ancient, Thus, “Biháru’l-Anvar,”, “Aválím,”, “Yanbú’”, Sádiq”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “said”, “declared” (139 occurrences)
SE expanded to “twenty and seven”
SE rendered فرمود (frmúd), العِلْمُ (al-ʿilm), سَبْعَةٌ (sabʿahun), عِشرُونَ (ʿishrún), حَرفاً (ḥarfáan), فَجَميعُ (fajamíʿ) as “spoke, “Knowledge, twenty and seven, letters, All”
SE rendered حَرفاً (ḥarfáan), فَجَميعُ (fajamíʿ), جاءَت (jáʾat), الرُّسُلُ (ar-rusul), حَرفانِ (ḥarfán) as “letters, All, Prophets, two letters”
SE rendered يَعرِفِ (yaʿrif), النّاسُ (an-nás), اليَومَ (al-yawm), غَيرَ (ghayr), الْحَرفَينِ (al-ḥarfayn), فإذا (fʾidhá), قامَ (qám) as “known, man, more than, letters, when, arise”
This form usually rendered as “others”, “other”, “without” (150 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “draw”, “"begone”, “emerge” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “five” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “now”, “present”, “therefore” (178 occurrences)
SE rendered علم (ʿlm), بيست (bíst), هفت (hft), حرف (ḥrf), معيّن (mʿíʿn), فرموده (frmúdh), جميع (jmíʿ), انبياء (inbíáʾ), از (iz) as “Knowledge, twenty, seven, letters, declared, all, Prophets, from”
SE rendered از (iz), بيان (bíán), قدر (qdr), رتبه (rtbh), حضرت (ḥḍrt), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), فرما (frmá), قدرش (qdrsh), اعظم (iʿẓm) as “from, utterance, rank, station, Behold, revealed, great”
This form usually rendered as “ponder”, “thyself”, “endeavour” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “appreciate”, “knowledge”, “aware” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “would”, “appreciate”, “witnessed” (39 occurrences)
SE rendered ميزان (mízán), می (mí), کنند، (knnd،), مطابق (mṭábq), نيايد (níáyd), ردّ (rdd), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), تَحْسَبُ (taḥsab) as “measure, made, conform, reject, will, Thinkest”
This form usually rendered as “thinkest” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “like” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “stray” (2 occurrences)