Kitáb-i-'Ahd — §1
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 1 of 16.
Source (Persian)
اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنيا خالی است و لکن در خزائن توکّل و تفويض از برای ورّاث ميراث مرغوب لا عدل له گذاشتيم *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation We have bequeathed to Our heirs an excellent and priceless heritage
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “horizon”, “dayspring”, “above” (195 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Realm of Glory”
SE rendered افق (ifq), اعلی (iʿlí), از (iz), زخرف (zkhrf), دنيا (dníá), خالی (khálí), لکن (lkn) as “the Realm of Glory, vanities, the world, none, yet”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: glorified befire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §617: Exalted then be Hekitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Exalted is He aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: above alltablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
vanities 33% riches 21% treasures 13% foolish 8% embellishments 4% wealth 4% corruptible 4% things 4% ornaments 4% all 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your treasuresgleaningsGWB §572: and the vanities thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: to such foolish thoughtsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the treasuresgleaningsGWB §70: the vanities of thiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: idleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: treasuresgleaningsGWB §406: the riches of this world
This form usually rendered as “treasuries”, “treasures”, “all” (20 occurrences)
treasuries 40% treasures 15% all 10% within 10% stronghold 5% treasury 5% out 5% repositories 5% storehouses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: all the treasuresgleaningsGWB §32: lay concealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: depositoriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: Well-Guardedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: I have preserved itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: treasurygleaningsGWB §52: hidden and treasured
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: reliancegleaningsGWB §473: those ministerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: resign themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: I have placed my whole confidencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustwill-and-testamentW&T §25: representepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: placed My trust
This form usually rendered as “heirs” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “excellent” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered برای (bráy), ورّاث (wrráth), ميراث (míráth), مرغوب (mrghúb), عدل (ʿdl), گذاشتيم (gdháshtím) as “to, heirs, excellent, bequeathed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: Be unjust to no mangleaningsGWB §643: to observe justicekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: equityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: of those who judge equitablythe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §28: the just sovereignepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy justicegleaningsGWB §20: richer than
1 occurrence in corpus
