Will and Testament — §7
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 7 of 59.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “thousands”, “who”, “number” (6 occurrences)
4 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “unity”, “concord”, “fellowship” (28 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “number”, “many”, “great” (31 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ordinance”, “convene”, “raise” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “delivered”, “regarded”, “offer” (15 occurrences)
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered ترتیب (trtíb), دادند (dádnd), از (iz), افترا (iftrá), بهتان (bhtán), چیزی (chízí), باقی (báqí), نگذاشتند (ngdháshtnd), عبدالبهآء (ʿbdálbháʾ), نعوذاً (nʿúdháan), باللّه (bálllh) as “prepared, of, calumny, slander, charges, among many, the Lord forbid”
SE rendered از (iz), افترا (iftrá), بهتان (bhtán), چیزی (chízí), باقی (báqí), نگذاشتند (ngdháshtnd), عبدالبهآء (ʿbdálbháʾ), نعوذاً (nʿúdháan), باللّه (bálllh) as “of, calumny, slander, charges, among many, the Lord forbid”
4 occurrences in corpus
SE usually renders this root as “servants”, “servant”, “men”
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “ill-wisher” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered عظمی (ʿẓmí), گفتند (gftnd), از (iz), قبیل (qbíl), مفتریات (mftríát), عدیدۀ (ʿdídۀ) as “Crown, deemed, of, calumnies, slanderous”
This form usually rendered as “slanderous” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), قبیل (qbíl), مفتریات (mftríát), عدیدۀ (ʿdídۀ), شدیده (shdídh), بسیار (bsíár), حکومت (ḥkúmt), شهریاریرا (shhríárírá), سبب (sbb) as “of, calumnies, slanderous, Government, so”
SE rendered قبیل (qbíl), مفتریات (mftríát), عدیدۀ (ʿdídۀ), شدیده (shdídh), بسیار (bsíár), حکومت (ḥkúmt), شهریاریرا (shhríárírá), سبب (sbb), تشویش (tshúysh) as “calumnies, slanderous, Government, so, perturbed”
SE rendered حکومت (ḥkúmt), شهریاریرا (shhríárírá), سبب (sbb), تشویش (tshúysh), افکار (ifkár), گشتند (gshtnd), نهایت (nháyt), هیئت (híʾt) as “Government, so, perturbed, minds, at last, a Committee”
This form usually rendered as “perturbed” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered سبب (sbb), تشویش (tshúysh), افکار (ifkár), گشتند (gshtnd), نهایت (nháyt), هیئت (híʾt), تفتیش (tftísh), از (iz), مرکز (mrkz) as “so, perturbed, minds, at last, a Committee, Investigation, from, the seat”
4 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “justice and equity”
This form usually rendered as “imperial” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ordered”, “done”, “acted” (16 occurrences)
SE rendered نهایت (nháyt), اعتساف (iʿtsáf), تفتیش (tftísh), کردند (krdnd), یعنی (yʿní), بدخواهان (bdkhúáhán), حقّ (ḥqq), هیئت (híʾt), احاطه (iḥáṭh) as “the most, injustice, investigations, proceeded, ill-wishers, One True God, Committee, surrounded”
This form usually rendered as “ill-wishers” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “One True God”
This form usually rendered as “encompassed”, “hath”, “envelop” (75 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “illumined”, “have”, “arrested” (50 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “innumerable”, “wax”, “fully” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered لائحه (láʾḥh), بلکه (blkh), زیاده (zíádh), شرح (shrḥ), تفصیل (tfṣíl), دادند (dádnd), آنان (ánán), نیز (níz), مندون (mndún), تحقیق (tḥqíq) as “document, enlarged, explained, they, God”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered زیاده (zíádh), شرح (shrḥ), تفصیل (tfṣíl), دادند (dádnd), آنان (ánán), نیز (níz), مندون (mndún), تحقیق (tḥqíq), تصدیق (tṣdíq), کردند (krdnd) as “enlarged, explained, they, God, acquiesced”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered شرح (shrḥ), تفصیل (tfṣíl), دادند (dádnd), آنان (ánán), نیز (níz), مندون (mndún), تحقیق (tḥqíq), تصدیق (tṣdíq), کردند (krdnd) as “explained, they, God, acquiesced”
This form usually rendered as “acknowledge”, “acknowledged”, “faith” (28 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “divine”, “science” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered باجتماع (bájtmáʿ), زیر (zír), علم (ʿlm), دعوت (dʿút), نمود (nmúd), تأسیس (tʾasís), سلطنت (slṭnt), جدیده (jdídh), کرده (krdh) as “together, under, summoned, established, sovereignty, new”
This form usually rendered as “mount” (2 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “please”, “god” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “land” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered نموده (nmúdh), جمیع (jmíʿ), اهالی (ihálí), اینصفحات (iynṣfḥát), تابع (tábʿ), مطیع (mṭíʿ), کرده (krdh), دین (dín), اسلام (islám) as “They, all, peoples, land, obedient, made, Faith, Islám”
This form usually rendered as “devout”, “sinner”, “believer” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “‘islám” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “following” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “covenanted” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered تفریق (tfríq), نموده (nmúdh), مسیحیان (msíḥíán), عقد (ʿqd), پیوند (píwnd), نموده (nmúdh), معاذاللّه (mʿádhálllh), قصد (qṣd) as “disruption, had, the following of Christ, covenanted, purposed”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “direct”, “goal”, “hastened” (19 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “breach” (1 occurrences)
4 occurrences in corpus