Kitáb-i-Íqán — §20
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 20 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered ديده (dídh), بصيرت (bṣírt), معنوی (mʿnúy), مشاهده (msháhdh) as “discerning, observer, will”
This form usually rendered as “mystic”, “spiritual”, “eternal” (30 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
SE rendered الحقيقه (al-ḥqíqh), عهد (ʿhd), خاتم، (khátm،), کتاب (ktáb), عيسی (ʿísí), امر (imr) as “truth, Dispensation, Book, Jesus, Cause”
This form usually rendered as “qá’im”, “standing”, “have” (47 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “honor”, “great” (199 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “differed”, “discern”, “difference” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered نه (nh), کتابشان (ktábshán), غيريّتی (ghírírtí), ملحوظ (mlḥúẓ), زيرا (zírá), هر (hr), دو (dú), قائم (qáʾm) as “nor, writings, inasmuch, both, championed”
SE rendered زيرا (zírá), هر (hr), دو (dú), قائم (qáʾm), امراللّه (imrálllh), بودند (búdnd) as “inasmuch, both, championed, Cause, have”
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
SE rendered ذکر (dhkr), اللّه (al-lh), کتاب (ktáb), هر (hr), دو (dú), مُشعر (mushʿr), بر (br), اوامر (iwámr), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz) as “praise, God, Book, commandments”
SE rendered اوامر (iwámr), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz), جهت (jht), عيسی (ʿísí), فرمود (frmúd) as “commandments, Jesus, declared”
This form usually rendered as “instance”, “like”, “even” (105 occurrences)
SE rendered قبلم (qblm), صادق (ṣádq), بگويد (bgúyd), حدود (ḥdúd), يومی (yúmí), غير (ghír), آنم (ánm), صادق (ṣádq) as “yesterday,”, speak, other”
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “yourselves”, “show” (107 occurrences)
SE rendered گفته (gfth), يک (yk), شیءاند (shíʾánd), صحيح (ṣḥíḥ), صادق (ṣádq), گفته (gfth) as “said, one, correct, true”
SE rendered بينی (bíní), اينکه (iynkh), يک (yk), شیءاند (shíʾánd), وجود (wjúd), هر (hr), کدام (kdám), اسمی (ismí), ديگر (dígr) as “recognize, each, designation, different”
This form usually rendered as “another”, “other”, “moreover” (100 occurrences)
SE rendered هر (hr), کدام (kdám), اسمی (ismí), ديگر (dígr), خواصّی (khúáṣṣí), ديگر (dígr), رسمی (rsmí), ديگر (dígr), ملحوظ (mlḥúẓ), می (mí) as “each, designation, again”
SE rendered غير (ghír), نمی (nmí), همين (hmín), بيان (bíán) as “”
SE rendered همين (hmín), بيان (bíán), قاعده، (qáʿdh،), مقامات (mqámát), تفصيل (tfṣíl), فرق (frq) as “distinction”
SE rendered همين (hmín), بيان (bíán), قاعده، (qáʿdh،), مقامات (mqámát), تفصيل (tfṣíl), فرق (frq), اتّحاد (ittḥád) as “distinction, unity”
SE rendered صفات (ṣfát), مقامات (mqámát), جمع (jmʿ), فرق (frq), عارف (ʿárf), شوی (shúy), واقف (wáqf), گردی (grdí), جواب (júáb), مسأله (msʾalh) as “attributes, unity, distinction, answer, question”
SE rendered جمع (jmʿ), فرق (frq), عارف (ʿárf), شوی (shúy), واقف (wáqf), گردی (grdí), جواب (júáb), مسأله (msʾalh) as “unity, distinction, answer, question”
SE rendered جمع (jmʿ), فرق (frq), عارف (ʿárf), شوی (shúy), واقف (wáqf), گردی (grdí), جواب (júáb), مسأله (msʾalh) as “unity, distinction, answer, question”
SE rendered جمع (jmʿ), فرق (frq), عارف (ʿárf), شوی (shúy), واقف (wáqf), گردی (grdí), جواب (júáb), مسأله (msʾalh), موسوم (músúm) as “unity, distinction, answer, question, called”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “obtain”, “perceive” (13 occurrences)