Kitáb-i-Íqán — §65
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 65 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (364 occurrences)
SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), هستی (hstí), جميع (jmíʿ), عنايات (ʿnáyát), حامله (ḥámlh), گشته، (gshth،), کی (kí) as “universe, have, with, bounties, pregnant, the hour”
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “grace”, “bounty” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “enable”, “cleanse”, “sanctify” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “world” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered اثر (ithr), عنايت (ʿnáyt), غيبی (ghíbí), خاکدان (khákdán), ترابی (trábí), ظاهر (ẓáhr), تشنگان (tshngán), از (iz), پا (pá) as “effects, gifts, unseen, world, manifest, languishing and sore athirst, lost”
SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), تشنگان (tshngán), از (iz), پا (pá), افتاده (iftádh), کوثر (kúthr), زلال (zlál), محبوب (mḥbúb), رساند (rsánd) as “manifest, languishing and sore athirst, lost, Kawthar, of their, Well-Beloved, attain”
literal: nothingness; non-existence; non-existence, destruction
SE expanded to “nothingness, will enter the”
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “proximity”, “nearness” (61 occurrences)
SE rendered سرادق (srádq), قرب (qrb), هستی (hstí), معشوق (mʿshúq), فائز (fáʾz), گرداند (grdánd), ارض (irḍ), قلوب (qlúb) as “tabernacle, of life,, heart’s desire, attain, reunion, of whose, heart”
This form usually rendered as “spring” (1 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “tree”, “lote-tree”, “burning” (78 occurrences)
SE expanded to “blaze of the Bush”
This form usually rendered as “burned”, “kindled”, “burneth” (21 occurrences)
SE rendered آب (áb), های (háy), بيان (bíán), افسرده (ifsrdh), گردد (grdd), اتمام (itmám), پذيرد (pdhírd), عطش (ʿṭsh), حوت (ḥút), بحور (bḥúr) as “waters, of holy, utterance, quench, never, thirst, Leviathan’s burning, Oceans”
SE rendered بيان (bíán), افسرده (ifsrdh), گردد (grdd), اتمام (itmám), پذيرد (pdhírd), عطش (ʿṭsh), حوت (ḥút), بحور (bḥúr), ننشاند (nnshánd) as “utterance, quench, never, thirst, Leviathan’s burning, Oceans, allay”
This form usually rendered as “leviathan’s”, “leviathan” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “can” (1 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered سمندر (smndr), ناری (nárí), جز (jz), نار (nár), روی (rúy), يار (yár), مقرّ (mqrr), نگزيند (ngzínd), پس (ps), برادر، (brádr،), سراج (sráj) as “Phoenix, fire, glow of, countenance, the Well-Beloved, abide, Therefore, brother, lamp”
This form usually rendered as “inmost” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “kindle” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “strive”, “thou”, “endeavour” (38 occurrences)
SE rendered مشرکه (mshrkh), خاموش (khámúsh), نکند (nknd), از (iz), نور (núr), باز (báz), ندارد (ndárd), کَذلِکَ (kadhlik) as “infidel, extinguish, flame, dim, Thus”
This form usually rendered as “light”, “radiance”, “illumine” (185 occurrences)
SE rendered خاموش (khámúsh), نکند (nknd), از (iz), نور (núr), باز (báz), ندارد (ndárd), کَذلِکَ (kadhlik), نَوَّرنا (nawwarná), اُفُقَ (ufuq) as “extinguish, flame, dim, Thus, illuminated, heavens”
This form usually rendered as “horizon”, “dayspring”, “above” (195 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “heart”, “stilled”, “will” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered لِيطمَئنَّ (líṭmaʾnn), قَلبُکَ (qalbuk), تَکُونَ (takún), الَّذين (adh-dhín), طارُوا (ṭárúá), بِاَجْنِحَةِ (biáajniḥah) as “find peace, heart, be, those, soared, wings”
This form usually rendered as “atmosphere”, “heights”, “immensity” (37 occurrences)