Kitáb-i-Íqán — §245
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 245 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “discourses” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “books”, “scrolls”, “bearing” (9 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), آيات (áyát), خطب (khṭb), صحائف (ṣḥáʾf), مناجات (mnáját), بی (bí), آنکه (ánkh), تعليم (tʿlím), اخذ (ikhdh), نموده (nmúdh) as “from, verses, discourses, epistles, none, of which, learning, seek, have been”
This form usually rendered as “taught”, “teaching”, “education” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “protest”, “denial”, “objections” (40 occurrences)
SE expanded to “justify those that reject”
SE expanded to “potency of their grace”
SE rendered توان (túán), اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), نمود (nmúd), از (iz), فيض (fíḍ), اکبر (ikbr), محروم (mḥrúm), جواب (júáb) as “could, justify those that reject, hath, of, potency of their grace, What answer”
SE rendered اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), نمود (nmúd), از (iz), فيض (fíḍ), اکبر (ikbr), محروم (mḥrúm), جواب (júáb), چه (chh), خواهند (khúáhnd), گفت (gft) as “justify those that reject, hath, of, potency of their grace, What answer, give”
SE rendered فيض (fíḍ), اکبر (ikbr), محروم (mḥrúm), جواب (júáb), چه (chh), خواهند (khúáhnd), گفت (gft), از (iz), عروج (ʿrúj), روح (rúḥ), از (iz), جسد (jsd) as “potency of their grace, What answer, give, from, hath ascended, soul, its gloomy temple”
SE rendered گفت (gft), از (iz), عروج (ʿrúj), روح (rúḥ), از (iz), جسد (jsd), ظلمانی؟ (ẓlmání؟), آيا (áyá), متمسّک (mtmssk), می (mí), شوند (shúnd), فلان (flán) as “give, from, hath ascended, soul, its gloomy temple, Could, have clung, such”
This form usually rendered as “holding”, “cling”, “cleaving” (56 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), جسد (jsd), ظلمانی؟ (ẓlmání؟), آيا (áyá), متمسّک (mtmssk), می (mí), شوند (shúnd), فلان (flán), حديث (ḥdíth), تمسّک (tmssk), جستيم (jstím) as “from, its gloomy temple, Could, have clung, such, certain tradition, have”
This form usually rendered as “meaning”, “meant”, “significance” (42 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifestation”, “revealer”, “who” (112 occurrences)
SE rendered چون (chún), معنی (mʿní), ظاهر (ẓáhr), نيافتيم (níáftím), لهذا (lhdhá), بر (br), مظهر (mẓhr), امر (imr), اعتراض (iʿtráḍ) as “the literal fulfilment, therefore, the Embodiments, of divine Revelation, raised such cavils”
SE expanded to “of divine Revelation”
This form usually rendered as “become”, “may”, “wouldst” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), شرائع (shráʾʿ), حقّ (ḥqq), دور (dúr), گشتيم؟ (gshtím؟), آيا (áyá), نشنيده (nshnídh), ايد (iyd), از (iz), جمله (jmlh), علّت (ʿllt), اينکه (iynkh) as “of, the law, of God?”, kept remote, Hast thou not heard, reasons, why”
SE rendered شرائع (shráʾʿ), حقّ (ḥqq), دور (dúr), گشتيم؟ (gshtím؟), آيا (áyá), نشنيده (nshnídh), ايد (iyd), از (iz), جمله (jmlh), علّت (ʿllt), اينکه (iynkh), بعضی (bʿḍí) as “the law, of God?”, kept remote, Hast thou not heard, of, reasons, why, certain”
SE rendered آيا (áyá), نشنيده (nshnídh), ايد (iyd), از (iz), جمله (jmlh), علّت (ʿllt), اينکه (iynkh), بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz), انبياء (inbíáʾ) as “Hast thou not heard, of, reasons, why, certain, Prophets”
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “motive”, “source” (59 occurrences)
SE rendered علّت (ʿllt), اينکه (iynkh), بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz), انبياء (inbíáʾ), اولو (iwlú), العزم (al-ʿzm), بودند (búdnd), نزول (nzúl), کتاب (ktáb), بر (br) as “reasons, why, certain, of, Prophets, “endowed with constancy”, have been designated, revelation, Book, unto”
literal: determination, constancy; possessors of constancy; resolution
SE expanded to ““endowed with constancy””
SE expanded to “have been designated”
SE rendered نزول (nzúl), کتاب (ktáb), بر (br), آنها؟ (ánhá؟), مسلّم (msllm), وجود (wjúd), چگونه (chgúnh) as “revelation, Book, unto, them, How”
SE rendered بر (br), آنها؟ (ánhá؟), مسلّم (msllm), وجود (wjúd), چگونه (chgúnh), جائز (jáʾz), بر (br), صاحب (ṣáḥb) as “unto, them, How, Revealer and Author”
SE rendered چگونه (chgúnh), جائز (jáʾz), بر (br), صاحب (ṣáḥb), کتب (ktb), چندين (chndín) as “How, Revealer and Author, volumes of verses, so many”
SE expanded to “Revealer and Author”
SE rendered بر (br), صاحب (ṣáḥb), کتب (ktb), چندين (chndín), مجلّدات (mjlldát), از (iz), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “Revealer and Author, volumes of verses, so many, of”
SE rendered چندين (chndín), مجلّدات (mjlldát), از (iz), ظاهر (ẓáhr), حرف (ḥrf), های (háy), فلان (flán), از (iz), روی (rúy), جهل (jhl) as “so many, of, him, Face, foolishly”
SE rendered فلان (flán), از (iz), روی (rúy), جهل (jhl), بعضی (bʿḍí), کلمات (klmát), برای (bráy), القای (al-qáy), شبهه (shbhh), قلوب (qlúb), جمع (jmʿ) as “him, of, Face, foolishly, sown the seeds of doubt, hearts, All”
literal: meeting; cast; meeting, encounter
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “attainment”, “attain” (30 occurrences)
SE expanded to “sown the seeds of doubt”
SE rendered روی (rúy), جهل (jhl), بعضی (bʿḍí), کلمات (klmát), برای (bráy), القای (al-qáy), شبهه (shbhh), قلوب (qlúb), جمع (jmʿ), نموده (nmúdh), شيطان (shíṭán) as “Face, foolishly, sown the seeds of doubt, hearts, All, they, Satan-like”
This form usually rendered as “gather”, “unity”, “speech” (30 occurrences)
SE rendered قلوب (qlúb), جمع (jmʿ), نموده (nmúdh), شيطان (shíṭán), عصر (ʿṣr), برای (bráy), اغفال (ighfál), عباد (ʿbád), اضلال (iḍlál) as “hearts, All, they, Satan-like, perdition, men, error”
This form usually rendered as “perversity”, “ignoring”, “perdition” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “astray”, “perverse”, “misleadeth” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered اغفال (ighfál), عباد (ʿbád), اضلال (iḍlál), البلاد، (al-blád،), پيروی (pírúy), نمايند (nmáynd), از (iz), خورشيد (khúrshíd) as “perdition, men, error, follow, of, Sun”
SE rendered الهی (al-hí), بی (bí), بهره (bhrh), گردند؟ (grdnd؟), از (iz), همه (hmh), مراتب (mrátb), گذشته، (gdhshth،), آيا (áyá), از (iz) as “divine, bounty, deprive them, of, Aside from, if”
SE rendered بهره (bhrh), گردند؟ (grdnd؟), از (iz), همه (hmh), مراتب (mrátb), گذشته، (gdhshth،), آيا (áyá), از (iz), نَفَس (nafas), قدسی (qdsí) as “bounty, deprive them, of, Aside from, if, , such, holy”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “past”, “ended” (23 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “all-merciful”, “heavenly” (25 occurrences)
literal: avoidance; avoidance, abstaining; avoidance, abstention
This form usually rendered as “repudiated”, “refrain”, “turn” (16 occurrences)
SE expanded to “shun and reject”
This form usually rendered as “men” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered رحمانی (rḥmání), احتراز (iḥtráz), جويند (júynd), ادبار (idbár), نمايند (nmáynd), نمی (nmí), دانم (dánm), تمسّک (tmssk) as “Breath, shun and reject, have, cling”
SE rendered احتراز (iḥtráz), جويند (júynd), ادبار (idbár), نمايند (nmáynd), نمی (nmí), دانم (dánm), تمسّک (tmssk), جويند (júynd) as “shun and reject, have, cling”
SE rendered احتراز (iḥtráz), جويند (júynd), ادبار (idbár), نمايند (nmáynd), نمی (nmí), دانم (dánm), تمسّک (tmssk), جويند (júynd), کدام (kdám) as “shun and reject, have, cling, whose”
SE rendered کدام (kdám), وجه (wjh), اقبال (iqbál), کنند؟ (knnd؟), بلی، (blí،), لِکُلٍّ (likullin), وِجْهَةٌ (wijhahun) as “whose, face, turn, Yea, quarter of the Heavens”
SE rendered کدام (kdám), وجه (wjh), اقبال (iqbál), کنند؟ (knnd؟), بلی، (blí،), لِکُلٍّ (likullin), وِجْهَةٌ (wijhahun) as “whose, face, turn, Yea, quarter of the Heavens”
SE rendered وِجْهَةٌ (wijhahun), مُوَلّيها (múallíhá), فَقَد (faqad), هَدَيناکَ (hadaynák), السَّبيلَينِ (as-sabílayn) as “quarter of the Heavens, have shown, two ways”
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered السَّبيلَينِ (as-sabílayn), هذَينِ (hdhayn), المِنْهَجَينِ، (al-minhajayni،), امشِ (imsh), تَختارُ (takhtár) as “two ways, walk, choosest”
This form usually rendered as “words”, “saith”, “through” (83 occurrences)