Kitáb-i-Íqán — §281
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 281 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “They that have”
This form usually rendered as “selfish”, “life” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “selfish”, “self”, “imaginings” (14 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “proof”, “evidence”, “testimony” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered برهان (brhán), حجّت (ḥjjt), جميع (jmíʿ), مشعر (mshʿr), بر (br), امر (imr), بديع (bdíʿ), ظهور (ẓhúr), منيع (mníʿ) as “testimonies, evidences, attest, that, Revelation, wondrous, transcendent”
SE rendered شمس (shms), فلک (flk), چهارم (chhárm), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمايند (nmáynd), حال (ḥál), اعراض (iʿráḍ), خلق (khlq), از (iz), جمال (jmál), الهی (al-hí) as “sun, glory, noon-tide, will behold, rejected, the people, the Beauty, of God”
SE rendered فلک (flk), چهارم (chhárm), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمايند (nmáynd), حال (ḥál), اعراض (iʿráḍ), خلق (khlq), از (iz), جمال (jmál), الهی (al-hí) as “glory, noon-tide, will behold, rejected, the people, the Beauty, of God”
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “turned”, “denial” (70 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
literal: observation; observe; observation, consideration
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “behold”, “observe” (153 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “conceive”, “hath”, “sayest” (49 occurrences)
SE rendered همه (hmh), آيات (áyát), متقنه (mtqnh), اشارات (ishárát), محکمه (mḥkmh), ثقل (thql), اکبر (ikbr), وديعه (wdíʿh), ربّانيّه (rbbánính) as “all, consummate verses, , these, unmistakable allusions, “Most weighty, Trust, of God”
SE rendered متقنه (mtqnh), اشارات (ishárát), محکمه (mḥkmh), ثقل (thql), اکبر (ikbr), وديعه (wdíʿh), ربّانيّه (rbbánính) as “, these, unmistakable allusions, “Most weighty, Trust, of God”
This form usually rendered as “holding”, “cling”, “cleaving” (56 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have held fast”
This form usually rendered as “soft-flowing”, “pure” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), آنها (ánhá), از (iz), سلسال (slsál), خمر (khmr), ذی (dhí), الجلال (al-jlál), زلال (zlál), بی (bí), زوال (zúál), جمال (jmál) as “letter, their, wine, the All-Glorious, waters, incorruptible, immortal Beauty”
SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), آنها (ánhá), از (iz), سلسال (slsál), خمر (khmr), ذی (dhí), الجلال (al-jlál), زلال (zlál), بی (bí), زوال (zúál), جمال (jmál) as “letter, their, wine, the All-Glorious, waters, incorruptible, immortal Beauty”
SE rendered جمال (jmál), لايزال (láyzál), محروم (mḥrúm), مأيوس (mʾayús), ماندهاند (mándhánd) as “immortal Beauty, deprived, shattered every hope”