Will and Testament — §13
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 13 of 59.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “stand” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered ثابتان (thábtán), بر (br), پیمان (pímán), طیر (ṭír), بال (bál), پر (pr), شکسته (shksth) as “ye that stand fast, in, the Covenant, bird, broken-winged”
SE rendered ثابتان (thábtán), بر (br), پیمان (pímán), طیر (ṭír), بال (bál), پر (pr), شکسته (shksth), مظلوم (mẓlúm), چون (chún), آهنگ (áhng) as “ye that stand fast, in, the Covenant, bird, broken-winged, wronged, When the hour cometh, taken its flight”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered ثابتان (thábtán), بر (br), پیمان (pímán), طیر (ṭír), بال (bál), پر (pr), شکسته (shksth), مظلوم (mẓlúm), چون (chún), آهنگ (áhng), ملأ (mlʾ) as “ye that stand fast, in, the Covenant, bird, broken-winged, wronged, When the hour cometh, taken its flight, the Celestial Concourse”
4 occurrences in corpus
1 occurrence in corpus
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered شکسته (shksth), مظلوم (mẓlúm), چون (chún), آهنگ (áhng), ملأ (mlʾ), اعلی (iʿlí), نماید (nmáyd), بجهان (bjhán), پنهان (pnhán), شتابد (shtábd) as “broken-winged, wronged, When the hour cometh, taken its flight, the Celestial Concourse, will, Realm of the Unseen, hastened”
SE rendered چون (chún), آهنگ (áhng), ملأ (mlʾ), اعلی (iʿlí), نماید (nmáyd), بجهان (bjhán), پنهان (pnhán), شتابد (shtábd), جسدش (jsdsh), اطباق (iṭbáq) as “When the hour cometh, taken its flight, the Celestial Concourse, will, Realm of the Unseen, hastened, its mortal frame, the dust”
This form usually rendered as “concealed”, “hide”, “hidden” (8 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “mortal” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “depths”, “dust” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ordained”, “made”, “agreed” (26 occurrences)
SE rendered شتابد (shtábd), جسدش (jsdsh), اطباق (iṭbáq), قرار (qrár), یابد (yábd), مفقود (mfqúd), گردد (grdd), باید (báyd), افنان (ifnán), ثابتۀ (thábtۀ) as “hastened, its mortal frame, the dust, rest, lost, hidden, it is incumbent upon, the Afnán, that are steadfast”
SE expanded to “it is incumbent upon”
SE rendered ثابتۀ (thábtۀ), راسخۀ (ráskhۀ), بر (br), میثاق (mítháq), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz), سدرۀ (sdrۀ), تقدیس (tqdís), روئیدهاند (rúʾídhánd) as “that are steadfast, steadfast, in, the Covenant, God, from, the Tree, Holiness, branched”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “branched” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), سدرۀ (sdrۀ), تقدیس (tqdís), روئیدهاند (rúʾídhánd), حضرات (ḥḍrát), ایادی (iyádí), امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), علیهم (ʿlíhm) as “from, the Tree, Holiness, branched, Hands, Cause, God, the glory of the”
SE rendered ایادی (iyádí), امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), علیهم (ʿlíhm), بهآء (bháʾ), اللّه (al-lh), جمیع (jmíʿ), یاران (yárán), دوستان (dústán) as “Hands, Cause, Lord, the glory of the, all the, friends, loved ones”
This form usually rendered as “unity”, “concord”, “fellowship” (28 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “advance”, “promote”, “promoting” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “transformed”, “turned” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “for a moment”
SE rendered جان (ján), قیام (qíám), نمایند (nmáynd), دقیقهئی (dqíqhʾí), آرام (árám), نگیرند (ngírnd), آنی (ání), استراحت (istráḥt), نکنند (nknnd), ممالک (mmálk) as “soul, arise, will, for a moment, rest, repose, every land”
SE rendered نمایند (nmáynd), دقیقهئی (dqíqhʾí), آرام (árám), نگیرند (ngírnd), آنی (ání), استراحت (istráḥt), نکنند (nknnd), ممالک (mmálk) as “will, for a moment, rest, repose, every land”
SE rendered آرام (árám), نگیرند (ngírnd), آنی (ání), استراحت (istráḥt), نکنند (nknnd), ممالک (mmálk), دیار (díár), منتشر (mntshr) as “rest, repose, every land, disperse”
This form usually rendered as “kingdoms”, “realms”, “provinces” (11 occurrences)
SE rendered استراحت (istráḥt), نکنند (nknnd), ممالک (mmálk), دیار (díár), منتشر (mntshr), شوند (shúnd), آوارۀ (áwárۀ), هر (hr) as “repose, every land, disperse, pass by, every”
SE rendered ممالک (mmálk), دیار (díár), منتشر (mntshr), شوند (shúnd), آوارۀ (áwárۀ), هر (hr), بلاد (blád), سرگشتۀ (srgshtۀ), هر (hr) as “every land, disperse, pass by, all, travel throughout”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered دیار (díár), منتشر (mntshr), شوند (shúnd), آوارۀ (áwárۀ), هر (hr), بلاد (blád), سرگشتۀ (srgshtۀ), هر (hr), اقلیم (iqlím) as “disperse, pass by, all, travel throughout, clime”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “clime” (1 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered نیاسایند (níásáynd), آنی (ání), آسوده (ásúdh), نگردند (ngrdnd), نفسی (nfsí), راحت (ráḥt), نجویند (njúynd) as “rest, spirit, have”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “have” (4 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to ““O Thou the Glory”
This form usually rendered as “raise” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “renown” (1 occurrences)
6 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “burn”, “kindle” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “radiance”, “shining”, “shineth” (70 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “vast” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “concourse” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “may be diffused”
SE rendered گردد (grdd), قلوب (qlúb), ربّانی (rbbání), نفوس (nfús), رحمانی (rḥmání), گردد (grdd) as “be made heavenly, hearts, Divine, souls”