How Shoghi Effendi Translated
A bidirectional concordance exploring the translation choices of Shoghi Effendi. Every English word and Arabic/Persian root, cross-linked with examples from the source texts.
4,035
Arabic/Persian roots
19,062+
English renderings
105,869
examples
11
works
Featured: Words with Multiple Arabic/Persian Origins
glory 67 roots
of 344 god 66 roots
of 1863 men 56 roots
of 256 people 55 roots
of 419 world 48 roots
of 344 revelation 40 roots
of 406 things 40 roots
of 203 man 39 roots
of 178 exalted 33 roots
of 220 heaven 32 roots
of 334 creation 31 roots
of 156 life 31 roots
of 142 peoples 31 roots
of 111 recognize 31 roots
of 74 signs 30 roots
of 201
of 344 god 66 roots
of 1863 men 56 roots
of 256 people 55 roots
of 419 world 48 roots
of 344 revelation 40 roots
of 406 things 40 roots
of 203 man 39 roots
of 178 exalted 33 roots
of 220 heaven 32 roots
of 334 creation 31 roots
of 156 life 31 roots
of 142 peoples 31 roots
of 111 recognize 31 roots
of 74 signs 30 roots
of 201
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Top Roots by Frequency
ظ- ه- ر (ẓ-h-r) manifestation; manifest; appear 1726 · 489 en
ع- ل- م (ʿ-l-m) world; knowledge; worlds 1718 · 313 en
ا- ل- ه (ʾ-l-h) God; divine; god 1381 · 98 en
ق- د- ر (q-d-r) power; powerful; amount 1177 · 276 en
ن- ف- س (n-f-s) self; soul; souls 1133 · 265 en
س- م- و (s-m-w) name; heaven; names 1124 · 126 en
ق- و- م (q-w-m) station; people; place 1066 · 317 en
ع- ل- و (ʿ-l-w) highest; upon; exalted 999 · 215 en
ب- و- د (b-w-d) be; is; to be 968 · 172 en
ك- ل- ل (k-l-l) all; every; all, every 956 · 177 en
ر- ب- ب (r-b-b) Lord; lord; divine 890 · 90 en
ك- و- ن (k-w-n) be; was; to be 818 · 283 en
و- و- و (w-w-w) and; quotation mark 816 · 404 en
ح- ب- ب (ḥ-b-b) love; beloved; beloved ones 764 · 154 en
ع- ر- ف (ʿ-r-f) knowledge; know; knower 720 · 230 en
ب- ي- ن (b-y-n) between; utterance; clear 707 · 195 en
ح- ق- ق (ḥ-q-q) truth; true; right 705 · 148 en
ع- ب- د (ʿ-b-d) servants; servant; servant/slave 688 · 94 en
ع- ز- ز (ʿ-z-z) glory; mighty; might 678 · 129 en
ذ- ك- ر (dh-k-r) mention; remembrance; mentioned 672 · 228 en
ش- ه- د (sh-h-d) witness; observation; witnessed 672 · 210 en
أ- م- ر (ʾ-m-r) command; matter; cause 624 · 141 en
ق- و- ل (q-w-l) say; said; saying 603 · 155 en
ن- و- ر (n-w-r) light; lights; luminous 596 · 114 en
ج- م- ع (j-m-ʿ) all; all, entire; group 593 · 167 en
ق- ب- ل (q-b-l) before; acceptance; approach 585 · 246 en
ف- ر- م (f-r-m) say; command; says 581 · 164 en
ر- ح- م (r-ḥ-m) mercy; merciful; the Merciful 580 · 83 en
م- ل- ك (m-l-k) kingdom; king; owner 575 · 115 en
ن- م- ا (n-m-ʾ) do; show; make 574 · 164 en
Data sourced from the Jafar concordance database — 105,869 occurrences across 11 works.