Kitáb-i-Íqán — §239
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 239 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
literal: eternal; eternal, absolute; eternal, everlasting
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “celestial”, “eternal” (39 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “implication”, “symbolic”, “implications” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “repudiated”, “deny” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “disowned” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered فرموده (frmúdh), مکذّبين (mkdhdhbín), آيات (áyát), بيزاری (bízárí), جسته (jsth), منکرين (mnkrín), کلمات (klmát), قدسيّه (qdsísh) as “He hath, repudiated, the verses, disowned, denied, holy words”
SE rendered ناس (nás), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), از (iz), کوثر (kúthr), قرب (qrb), اعراض (iʿráḍ), استکبار (istkbár) as “people, Consider, from, the Kawthar, Presence, faithlessness, arrogance”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “turned”, “denial” (70 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “vainglory”, “conceit”, “disdainful” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “land”, “upon”, “piety” (59 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “divinely-inspired” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “benevolence”, “most”, “excellent” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “embodiments”, “tabernacles”, “temples” (21 occurrences)
SE rendered هياکل (híákl), عدم (ʿdm), عرصه (ʿrṣh), قِدَم (qidam), هدايت (hdáyt), می (mí), فرمود (frmúd), فقيران (fqírán), حقيقی (ḥqíqí) as “beings, evanescent, realm, immortality, guided, destitute”
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered فقيران (fqírán), حقيقی (ḥqíqí), شريعه (shríʿh), قدسيّه (qdsísh), غنا (ghná), دلالت (dlált), می (mí), نمود (nmúd), بعضی (bʿḍí), می (mí), گفتند (gftnd) as “destitute, river, sacred, wealth, hath, some, denounced”
SE rendered نمود (nmúd), بعضی (bʿḍí), می (mí), گفتند (gftnd), مردی (mrdí), افترا (iftrá), کننده (knndh), بر (br), پروردگار (prúrdgár) as “hath, some, denounced, calumniator, of, Lord”
This form usually rendered as “slanderer”, “calumniator”, “calumny” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “appreciate”, “lead”, “after” (41 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered ايمان (iymán), برخی (brkhí), نسبت (nsbt), جنون (jnún), می (mí), دادند (dádnd), امثال (imthál) as “belief,”, others, declared, lunatic”, the like”