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Will and Testament — §22

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 22 of 59.

Source (Persian)

و این مجمع ایادی در تحت ادارۀ ولیّ امر اللّه است که باید آنانرا دائماً بسعی و کوشش و جهد در نشر نفحات اللّه و هدایت من علی الأرض بگمارد زیرا بنور هدایت جمیع عوالم روشن گردد و دقیقه‌ئی در این امر مفروض بر کلّ نفوس فتور جائز نه تا عالم وجود جنّت ابهی گردد و روی زمین بهشت برین شود و نزاع و جدال امم و ملل و شعوب و قبائل و دول از میان برخیزد کلّ من علی الأرض ملّت واحده و جنس واحد و وطن واحد گردد و اگر اختلافی حاصل شود محکمۀ عمومی که شامل اعضا از جمیع دول و ملل است فصل دعوی کند و حکم قاطع نماید

Shoghi Effendi Translation

This body of the Hands of the Cause of God is under the direction of the Guardian of the Cause of God. He must continually urge them to strive and endeavour to the utmost of their ability to diffuse the sweet savours of God, and to guide all the peoples of the world, for it is the light of Divine Guidance that causeth all the universe to be illumined. To disregard, though it be for a moment, this absolute command which is binding upon everyone, is in no wise permitted, that the existent world may become even as the Abhá Paradise, that the surface of the earth may become heavenly, that contention and conflict amidst peoples, kindreds, nations and governments may disappear, that all the dwellers on earth may become one people and one race, that the world may become even as one home. Should differences arise, they shall be amicably and conclusively settled by the Supreme Tribunal, that shall include members from all the governments and peoples of the world.

Translation Notes

جهد
jhd j-h-d

literal: effort; striving; striver

SE rendered آنانرا (ánánrá), دائماً (dáʾmáan), بسعی (bsʿí), کوشش (kúshsh), جهد (jhd), نشر (nshr), نفحات (nfḥát), اللّه (al-lh), هدایت (hdáyt) as “them, continually, strive, endeavour, diffuse, sweet savours, God, guide”

strive 41% exert 24% energies 6% arise 6% efforts 6% striveth 6% endeavor 6% ways 6%
بگمارد
bgmárd gmáshtn → “exerted” Distinctive

literal: appointed; to appoint; appoint

This form usually rendered as “urge” (1 occurrences)

exerted 67% ordained 17% urge 17%
نفوس
nfús n-f-s

literal: soul; souls

SE rendered دقیقه‌ئی (dqíqh‌ʾí), امر (imr), مفروض (mfrúḍ), بر (br), نفوس (nfús), فتور (ftúr), جائز (jáʾz), نه (nh), عالم (ʿálm), وجود (wjúd) as “for a moment, absolute command, binding, upon, disregard, in no wise permitted, existent world, world”

souls 58% men 14% people 6% soul 6% beings 4% ones 3% every 3% heart 3% character 1% faithful 1%
فتور
ftúr f-t-r → “such” Distinctive

literal: laxity; slander; slanderer

This form usually rendered as “disregard” (1 occurrences)

زمین
zmín zmín

literal: earth; ground

SE rendered وجود (wjúd), جنّت (jnnt), ابهی (ibhí), گردد (grdd), روی (rúy), زمین (zmín), بهشت (bhsht), برین (brín), نزاع (nzáʿ), جدال (jdál) as “world, Paradise, Abhá, may become, surface of the earth, heavenly, contention, conflict”

earth 69% soil 8% dust 8% world 8% underground 8%
بهشت

literal: paradise

2 occurrences in corpus

برین
brín b-r-r → “upon”

literal: righteous; land; righteousness

SE rendered ابهی (ibhí), گردد (grdd), روی (rúy), زمین (zmín), بهشت (bhsht), برین (brín), نزاع (nzáʿ), جدال (jdál), امم (imm), ملل (mll) as “Abhá, may become, surface of the earth, heavenly, contention, conflict, peoples, nations and governments”

highest 50% exalted 50%
شعوب
shʿúb sh-ʿ-b

literal: branched; branch out, diverge; branched, diverged

SE rendered نزاع (nzáʿ), جدال (jdál), امم (imm), ملل (mll), شعوب (shʿúb), قبائل (qbáʾl), دول (dúl), از (iz), میان (míán), برخیزد (brkhízd) as “contention, conflict, peoples, nations and governments, kindreds, amidst, disappear”

branched 40% hath 20% grown 20% peoples 20%
حاصل
ḥáṣl ḥ-ṣ-l

literal: obtained; result; acquisition

SE rendered وطن (wṭn), واحد (wáḥd), گردد (grdd), اختلافی (ikhtláfí), حاصل (ḥáṣl), محکمۀ (mḥkmۀ), عمومی (ʿmúmí), شامل (sháml), اعضا (iʿḍá) as “home, one, may become, differences, Tribunal, Supreme, include, members”

attained 40% arise 20% having 10% achieved 10% impossible 10% attain 10%
دعوی
dʿúy d-ʿ-w

literal: claim

SE rendered از (iz), جمیع (jmíʿ), دول (dúl), ملل (mll), فصل (fṣl), دعوی (dʿúy), کند (knd), حکم (ḥkm), قاطع (qáṭʿ), نماید (nmáyd) as “from, all, governments, peoples, settled, conclusively, may”

wear 40% claim 40% claims 20%
کند
knd krdn

literal: do; to do; do/make

SE rendered جمیع (jmíʿ), دول (dúl), ملل (mll), فصل (fṣl), دعوی (dʿúy), کند (knd), حکم (ḥkm), قاطع (qáṭʿ), نماید (nmáyd) as “all, governments, peoples, settled, conclusively, may”

stocks 18% must 18% would 18% meditate 9% can 9% will 9% offer 9% hath 9%
قاطع
qáṭʿ q-ṭ-ʿ

literal: detachment; detached; severed

SE rendered ملل (mll), فصل (fṣl), دعوی (dʿúy), کند (knd), حکم (ḥkm), قاطع (qáṭʿ), نماید (nmáyd) as “peoples, settled, conclusively, may”

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