Kitáb-i-Íqán — §155
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 155 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered رتبه (rtbh), از (iz), علائم (ʿláʾm), ظهور (ẓhúr), چنانچه (chnánchh), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd) as “station, of, signs, Day of Revelation, even as, is, said”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “Day of Revelation”
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “abased” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “wish”, “desire”, “intend” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “brought” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “imáms” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been witnessed”
This form usually rendered as “observe”, “beholding”, “because” (98 occurrences)
SE expanded to “owing to their”
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “turned”, “denial” (70 occurrences)
SE expanded to “rejection of the Truth”
SE rendered از (iz), علماء (ʿlmáʾ), نظر (nẓr), اعراض (iʿráḍ), اسفل (isfl), اراضی (iráḍí), جهل (jhl), ساکن (sákn), شدهاند (shdhánd), اساميشان (isámíshán), از (iz) as “from, the divines, owing to their, rejection of the Truth, the uttermost depths, of, ignorance, abide within, whose names”
SE rendered اعراض (iʿráḍ), اسفل (isfl), اراضی (iráḍí), جهل (jhl), ساکن (sákn), شدهاند (shdhánd), اساميشان (isámíshán), از (iz), دفتر (dftr), عالين (ʿálín) as “rejection of the Truth, the uttermost depths, of, ignorance, abide within, whose names, from, the scroll, glorious”
This form usually rendered as “scroll” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “turned”, “having” (42 occurrences)
SE expanded to “acceptance of the Faith”
This form usually rendered as “exaltation”, “exalt”, “exalted” (36 occurrences)
SE rendered اقبال، (iqbál،), اعلی (iʿlí), افق (ifq), علم (ʿlm), ارتفاع (irtfáʿ), جستند (jstnd), اسمشان (ismshán), الواح (al-wáḥ), علم (ʿlm) as “acceptance of the Faith, high, summit, divine, soared aloft, whose names, the Tablet”
SE expanded to “Pen of Power”
This form usually rendered as “graven”, “set”, “laid” (20 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have been inscribed”
SE rendered الواح (al-wáḥ), علم (ʿlm), قلم (qlm), قدرت (qdrt), ثبت (thbt), گشته (gshth), کذلک"يَمْحُوا (kdhlk"yamḥúá), اللّهُ (al-lh) as “the Tablet, divine, Pen of Power, have been inscribed, Thus, God”
This form usually rendered as “when”, “god”, “before” (161 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been said”
This form usually rendered as “search”, “seeking”, “eagerness” (53 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “found”, “hath” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “unseemly” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to be busied”
SE expanded to “hath been attained”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “people of the earth”
This form usually rendered as “flamelike” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered اَهلَ (ahl), الاَرضِ (ar-rḍ), فَتیً (fatyan), نارِيٌّ (náriyyun), يَرکُضُ (yarkuḍ), بَرِّيَّةِ (barrírah), الرُّوحِ (ar-rúḥ) as “people of the earth, this flamelike Youth, speedeth, the limitless profound, of the Spirit”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “mankind”, “cure” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the Spirit”
SE expanded to “heralding unto you the tidings”
This form usually rendered as “summoning” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of eternal holiness”
SE rendered اُفُقِ (ufuq), القُدسِ (al-quds), شَطرِ (shaṭr), العراقِ (al-ʿráq), حُجُباتِ (ḥujubát), النّور (an-núr) as “the day-spring, of eternal holiness, the land of ‘Iráq, the veils, splendour”
This form usually rendered as “light”, “illumine”, “radiance” (186 occurrences)
SE rendered العراقِ (al-ʿráq), حُجُباتِ (ḥujubát), النّور (an-núr), بِالسّترِ (biálsstr), مَشهُوداً (mashhúdáan) as “the land of ‘Iráq, the veils, splendour, shineth”