Kitáb-i-Íqán — §139
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 139 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered همچه (hmchh), تصوّر (tṣúṣr), ننمائی (nnmáʾí), امور (imúr) as “Think, not, things”
This form usually rendered as “consideration”, “think”, “conceived” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered همچه (hmchh), تصوّر (tṣúṣr), ننمائی (nnmáʾí), امور (imúr), از (iz), شهادت (shhádt) as “Think, not, things, Husayn’s, martyrdom”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “come to pass”
SE rendered از (iz), شهادت (shhádt), حضرت (ḥḍrt), واقع (wáqʿ), چه (chh), ثمری (thmrí), برای (bráy), حضرت (ḥḍrt), مترتّب (mtrttb) as “Husayn’s, martyrdom, him, come to pass, glory, of no profit”
SE rendered حضرت (ḥḍrt), واقع (wáqʿ), چه (chh), ثمری (thmrí), برای (bráy), حضرت (ḥḍrt), مترتّب (mtrttb), زيرا (zírá) as “him, come to pass, glory, of no profit, For”
This form usually rendered as “profit” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered ثمری (thmrí), برای (bráy), حضرت (ḥḍrt), مترتّب (mtrttb), زيرا (zírá), حضرت (ḥḍrt), هميشه (hmíshh), حيّ (ḥíḥ) as “glory, Him, of no profit, For, immortal”
SE rendered مترتّب (mtrttb), زيرا (zírá), حضرت (ḥḍrt), هميشه (hmíshh), حيّ (ḥíḥ), حيات (ḥíát), الهی (al-hí) as “of no profit, For, Him, immortal, life, God”
This form usually rendered as “living”, “shame”, “abashed” (12 occurrences)
SE rendered حيات (ḥíát), الهی (al-hí), رفرف (rfrf), امتناع (imtnáʿ), قرب (qrb), سدره (sdrh), ارتفاع (irtfáʿ), وصل (wṣl), ساکن (sákn) as “life, God, retreats, Sadrih, exalted, reunion, abideth”
SE rendered حيات (ḥíát), الهی (al-hí), رفرف (rfrf), امتناع (imtnáʿ), قرب (qrb), سدره (sdrh), ارتفاع (irtfáʿ), وصل (wṣl), ساکن (sákn) as “life, God, retreats, Sadrih, exalted, reunion, abideth”
This form usually rendered as “tree”, “lote-tree”, “divine” (74 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “thereto”, “essence” (17 occurrences)
SE rendered مقام (mqám), انفاق (infáq), قائم (qáʾm), اند، (ind،), يعنی (yʿní), جان (ján), مال (mál), نفس (nfs), روح (rúḥ), همه (hmh) as “station, sacrifice, are, lives, substance, souls, spirit, all”
This form usually rendered as “path”, “gain”, “way” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “had”, “laid” (77 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “may”, “should”, “quench” (91 occurrences)
SE rendered دوست (dúst), انفاق (infáq), نموده (nmúdh), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), هيچ (hích), رتبه (rtbh), نزدشان (nzdshán), احبّ (iḥbb) as “Well-Beloved, They, will continue, offer, no, unto, dearly cherished”
5 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered احبّ (iḥbb), از (iz), مقام (mqám), نيست (níst), عاشقان (ʿáshqán), جز (jz), رضای (rḍáy), معشوق (mʿshúq), مطلبی (mṭlbí), ندارند (ndárnd) as “dearly cherished, lovers, good-pleasure, Beloved, desire, have”
This form usually rendered as “goal”, “other”, “anything” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “aim” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have” (4 occurrences)