Kitáb-i-Íqán — §3
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 3 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “fixed”, “thou” (63 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “days”, “day”, “daytime” (148 occurrences)
SE rendered ناظر (náẓr), ايّام (iyyám), شويد (shúyd), چقدر (chqdr), مردم (mrdm), از (iz), اعالی (iʿálí), ادانی (idání) as “Consider, the past, How many, both, high, low”
SE expanded to “at all times”
This form usually rendered as “embodiments”, “temples”, “beings” (36 occurrences)
SE rendered منتظر (mntẓr), ظهورات (ẓhúrát), احديّه (iḥdídh), هياکل (híákl), قدسيّه (qdsísh), بودهاند (búdhánd), قسمی (qsmí), جميع (jmíʿ) as “yearningly awaited, Manifestations, of God, sanctified persons, have, all”
SE rendered هياکل (híákl), قدسيّه (qdsísh), بودهاند (búdhánd), قسمی (qsmí), جميع (jmíʿ), اوقات (iwqát), اوان (iwán) as “sanctified persons, have, all, often, frequently”
This form usually rendered as “times”, “always” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ), اوقات (iwqát), اوان (iwán), مترصّد (mtrṣṣd), منتظر (mntẓr), بودند (búdnd), ودعاها (wdʿáhá) as “all, often, frequently, expected, have they, prayed”
SE rendered منتظر (mntẓr), بودند (búdnd), ودعاها (wdʿáhá), تضرّع (tḍrrʿ), ها (há), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), شايد (sháyd), نسيم (nsím) as “expected, have they, prayed, did, hath, breeze”
SE rendered ودعاها (wdʿáhá), تضرّع (tḍrrʿ), ها (há), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), شايد (sháyd), نسيم (nsím), رحمت (rḥmt), الهيّه (al-híhh), وزيدن (wzídn), آيد (áyd) as “prayed, did, hath, breeze, mercy, divine, blow, might”
This form usually rendered as “invisible”, “unseen”, “unknowable” (83 occurrences)
SE rendered جمال (jmál), موعود (múʿúd), از (iz), سرادق (srádq), غيب (ghíb), عرصه (ʿrṣh), ظهورقدم (ẓhúrqdm), گذارد (gdhárd), چون (chún), ابواب (ibúáb) as “Beauty, promised, from, veil, concealment, step forth, whensoever, portals”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered از (iz), سرادق (srádq), غيب (ghíb), عرصه (ʿrṣh), ظهورقدم (ẓhúrqdm), گذارد (gdhárd), چون (chún), ابواب (ibúáb), عنايت (ʿnáyt), مفتوح (mftúḥ) as “from, veil, concealment, step forth, whensoever, portals, grace, open”
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “glory”, “bounties” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “divine”, ““attainment” (36 occurrences)
SE rendered تکذيب (tkdhíb), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), از (iz), لقاء (lqáʾ), عين (ʿín), لقاءاللّه (lqáʾálllh), احترازمی (iḥtrázmí) as “denied, they, from, face—the, face of God Himself, turned away”
literal: avoidance; avoidance, abstaining; avoidance, abstention
SE rendered لقاءاللّه (lqáʾálllh), احترازمی (iḥtrázmí), جستند (jstnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), تفصيل (tfṣíl), جميع (jmíʿ), کتب (ktb) as “face of God Himself, turned away, Refer, every, Book”
SE rendered احترازمی (iḥtrázmí), جستند (jstnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), تفصيل (tfṣíl), جميع (jmíʿ), کتب (ktb), سماويّه (smáwíwh), مذکور (mdhkúr), ومسطور (wmsṭúr) as “turned away, Refer, every, Book, sacred, been recorded”