Kitáb-i-Íqán — §225
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 225 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered باری، (bárí،), بايد (báyd), از (iz), امر (imr), مبرم (mbrm), الهی (al-hí), از (iz), تقدير (tqdír), مقدّر (mqddr) as “We, is incumbent, from, injunction, irresistible, God’s, decree, fixed”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (258 occurrences)
SE rendered مبرم (mbrm), الهی (al-hí), از (iz), تقدير (tqdír), مقدّر (mqddr), صمدانی (ṣmdání), آيه (áyh), ذکر (dhkr), يافت (yáft), تجاوز (tjáwz) as “irresistible, God’s, decree, fixed, verse, revealed, depart”
This form usually rendered as “entered”, “found”, “last” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “submit” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered ننمائيم (nnmáʾím), کتب (ktb), بديعه (bdíʿh), مصدّق (mṣddq), شويم (shúym), چه (chh), تصديق (tṣdíq), کتب (ktb), ننمائيم (nnmáʾím) as “hath, Scriptures, wondrous, acknowledge, should, for”
This form usually rendered as “occurred”, “never”, “did” (22 occurrences)
SE rendered تصديق (tṣdíq), آيه (áyh), مبارکه (mbárkh), نشده (nshdh), چنانچه (chnánchh), واضح (wáḍḥ), هرکس (hrks), تصديق (tṣdíq) as “acknowledge, verse, blessed, failed, For, evident, whoso”
This form usually rendered as “whosoever” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “meaning”, “inner”, “divine” (56 occurrences)
SE rendered معانی (mʿání), از (iz), ظاهر (ẓáhr), آيه (áyh), مستفاد (mstfád), می (mí), معانی (mʿání), مستوره (mstúrh) as “meanings, manifest, verse, inner”
SE rendered معانی (mʿání), از (iz), ظاهر (ẓáhr), آيه (áyh), مستفاد (mstfád), می (mí), معانی (mʿání), مستوره (mstúrh) as “meanings, manifest, verse, inner”
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “utterance”, “bayán”, “words” (68 occurrences)
SE rendered اسرار (isrár), مکنونه (mknúnh), بيان (bíán), گردد (grdd), البتّه (al-btth), زمان (zmán), آخر (ákhr), نرساند (nrsánd) as “mysteries, hidden, unfold, verily, eternity, would never, suffice”
This form usually rendered as “assuredly”, “doubt”, “unfailingly” (28 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “suffice” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “world” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered آخر (ákhr), نرساند (nrsánd), کون (kún), حمل (ḥml), ننمايد (nnmáyd), وَکانَ (wakán), اللّهُ (al-lh), اَقُولُ (aqúl), شَهيداً (shahídáan) as “would never, suffice, universe, hearing, be, God, saying, testifieth”
This form usually rendered as “witness”, “suffered”, “beareth” (29 occurrences)