Kitáb-i-Íqán — §151
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 151 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered گويند (gúynd), تجلّی (tjllí), ثانی (thání), معبّر (mʿbbr) as “Revelation, “Secondary, interpreted”
This form usually rendered as “interpreted”, “compared” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “recognized”, “admittedly” (14 occurrences)
SE rendered مسلّماً (msllmáan), عالم (ʿálm), خلق (khlq), يعنی (yʿní), عالم (ʿálm), ظهور (ẓhúr), اوّليّه (iwwlílh), بروز (brúz) as “admittedly, realm, creation, that is, manifest, primal, manifestation”
This form usually rendered as “original” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “loved”, “chosen”, “holy” (17 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “source” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “greatest” (226 occurrences)
SE rendered اوليای (iwlíáy), اوست (iwst), چه (chh), اعظم (iʿẓm), اکبر (ikbr), از (iz), ايشان (iyshán), عوالم (ʿúálm), وجود (wjúd), موجود (mújúd) as “Ones, chosen, inasmuch as, mightier, than, they, world of, being, exist”
23 occurrences in corpus
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “did” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath come to”
This form usually rendered as “even”, “thus”, “thou” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered وجود (wjúd), موجود (mújúd), نگشته (ngshth), چنانچه (chnánchh), جميع (jmíʿ), بر (br), مطلب (mṭlb), مقرّ (mqrr), مذعن (mdhʿn), اند (ind) as “being, exist, hath come to, This truth, all, witness, thereto”
SE rendered نگشته (ngshth), چنانچه (chnánchh), جميع (jmíʿ), بر (br), مطلب (mṭlb), مقرّ (mqrr), مذعن (mdhʿn), اند (ind), ايشانند (iyshánnd) as “hath come to, This truth, all, witness, thereto, are”
SE rendered نگشته (ngshth), چنانچه (chnánchh), جميع (jmíʿ), بر (br), مطلب (mṭlb), مقرّ (mqrr), مذعن (mdhʿn), اند (ind), ايشانند (iyshánnd), محالّ (mḥáll) as “hath come to, This truth, all, witness, thereto, are, recipients”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “thereto”, “essence” (17 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all”, “complete”, “exterminated” (48 occurrences)
SE expanded to “truly and faithfully”
SE rendered ايشانند (iyshánnd), مرايائی (mráyáʾí), تمام (tmám), حکايت (ḥkáyt), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), جميع (jmíʿ), آنچه (ánchh), ايشان (iyshán) as “They are, mirrors, truly and faithfully, reflect, hath, Whatsoever, them”
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “may”, “should”, “quench” (91 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “truth”, “reality”, “truly” (32 occurrences)
SE rendered معرفت (mʿrft), مبدأ (mbdʾ), وصول (wṣúl), حاصل (ḥáṣl), نمی (nmí), مگر (mgr), معرفت (mʿrft), وصول (wṣúl) as “knowledge, Origin, attainment, are impossible, save through”
This form usually rendered as “light”, “splendors”, “lights” (168 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “established”, “firmly”, “confirmed” (47 occurrences)
SE expanded to “is made evident”
SE rendered جواهر (júáhr), مجرّده (mjrrdh), ثابت (thábt), می (mí), از (iz), برای (bráy), شمس (shms), حقيقت (ḥqíqt), باَنّه (báannh), الاَوَّلُ (al-áawwal) as “Essences, Detachment, is made evident, unto, Sun, Truth, that He, First”
SE rendered الاَوَّلُ (al-áawwal), لهذا (lhdhá), هر (hr), نفسی (nfsí), انوار (inúár), مضيئه (mḍíʾh) as “First, Therefore, whosoever, resplendent, light”
This form usually rendered as “aglow”, “resplendent” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered انوار (inúár), مضيئه (mḍíʾh), ممتنعه (mmtnʿh), شموس (shmús), مشرقه (mshrqh), لائحه (láʾḥh), هر (hr), ظهور (ẓhúr) as “resplendent, light, Luminaries, most excellent, Dispensation, Presence”
This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “manifest”, “brightly” (24 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “may”, “strengthened”, “hath” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “inflicted”, “befell”, “have” (92 occurrences)
SE rendered باقيه (báqíh), وارد (wárd), لقاء (lqáʾ), ميسّر (míssr), نشود (nshúd), برای (bráy), احدی (iḥdí), قيامت (qíámt) as “immortal, entered, presence, possible, none, Resurrection”
This form usually rendered as “moveth”, “elsewhere” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “exalted”, “most”, “noble” (21 occurrences)