Kitáb-i-Íqán — §35
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 35 of 291.
Source (Persian)
و اين بر هر ذی بصری مشهود است که همچنان که نور ستاره محو می شود نزد اشراق شمس ظاهره، همين قسم شمس علم و حکمت و عرفان ظاهره نزد طلوع شمس حقيقت و آفتاب معنوی محو و تاريک می شود.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
It is evident and manifest unto every discerning observer that even as the light of the star fadeth before the effulgent splendour of the sun, so doth the luminary of earthly knowledge, of wisdom, and understanding vanish into nothingness when brought face to face with the resplendent glories of the Sun of Truth, the Day-star of divine enlightenment.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “land”, “upon”, “piety” (59 occurrences)
land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%
manifest 27% evident 18% visible 9% found 9% clear 9% witnessed 9% perspicuous 5% regarded 5% indubitable 5% discerned 5%
light 80% illumine 5% radiance 4% brightness 2% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glory 1% source 1% splendour 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: illuminatefire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning lightgleaningsGWB §425: of transcendent splendorkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: shining lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: the fragrance of His lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
This form usually rendered as “concealer”, “thou”, “stars” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: may concealfire-tabletFire §45: Thou ConcealergleaningsGWB §665: remain veiledkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: latentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: lie as yet unravelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: cloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: been hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: concealed
effaced 29% blot 21% destroy 13% blotted 13% dissipate 4% obliterated 4% abolish 4% completely 4% annulment 4% fadeth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: obliteratedgleaningsGWB §350: effacedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: annulmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: mutilateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: well nigh been banishedwill-and-testamentW&T §54: exterminateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: destroygleaningsGWB §697: be blotted out
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “unto”, “sight”, “have” (34 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “radiance”, “shining”, “shineth” (70 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: dayspring offire-tabletFire §14: Dawning PlacegleaningsGWB §286: His wondrous and inflexible Purposekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: didst shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: hath shone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the OrbgleaningsGWB §286: beholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: “sun”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun of TruthgleaningsGWB §484: as the sunkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: noon-tide sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the Daystar
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “appeared” (458 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: the Revelationfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §325: derivedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: obviousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: showeth forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
This form usually rendered as “two” (3 occurrences)
help 41% omnipotent 16% supreme 13% sovereign 9% ruler 6% transcendent 3% protector 3% transcendeth 3% pervadeth 3% self-same 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendentgleaningsGWB §32: the rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: overshadowestgleaningsGWB §609: the Help in Perilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: these twoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §53: the GuardiangleaningsGWB §706: pervadeth
SE rendered محو (mḥú), می (mí), نزد (nzd), اشراق (ishráq), شمس (shms), ظاهره، (ẓáhrh،), همين (hmín), قسم (qsm), شمس (shms), علم (ʿlm), حکمت (ḥkmt), عرفان (ʿrfán), ظاهره (ẓáhrh) as “fadeth, before, effulgent splendour, the luminary, of, so doth, knowledge, wisdom, understanding”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: unmistakable, and is knownfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §122: earthlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the leadersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: of Thy knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
knowledge 34% understanding 26% recognition 8% recognize 8% comprehension 7% know 6% recognizing 4% insight 3% wisdom 2% visualize 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: but knowgleaningsGWB §2: of perceptionkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: teachingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: those that have recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: fragrance of Thy praise
This form usually rendered as “rises”, “rise”, “revelation” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: dayspringsfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §40: countenance of Moseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: Him Who is the Revealertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
truth 69% reality 10% true 3% truth-seeker 3% sun 3% nature 3% essence 3% verities 3% significance 3% symbolic 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the trustgleaningsGWB §669: He iskitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: confirmethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: meritthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §38: is verily the Truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: truth
This form usually rendered as “spiritual”, “mystic”, “invisible” (20 occurrences)
SE rendered شمس (shms), حقيقت (ḥqíqt), آفتاب (áftáb), معنوی (mʿnúy), محو (mḥú), تاريک (tárík) as “Sun, Truth, Day-star, divine enlightenment, vanish”
