Kitáb-i-Íqán — §250
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 250 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “place” (96 occurrences)
SE expanded to “acknowledged His truth”
This form usually rendered as “wherefore”, “light” (11 occurrences)
SE rendered مقرّ (mqrr), مذعن (mdhʿn), گشتند (gshtnd), برای (bráy), شمس (shms), ظهور (ẓhúr), قسمی (qsmí), اکثری (ikthrí), از (iz), مال (mál) as “confessed and, acknowledged His truth, by the light of, Sun, Such was their faith, most of them, their substance”
SE expanded to “Such was their faith”
SE expanded to “most of them”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered مال (mál), عيال (ʿíál), گذشتند (gdhshtnd), رضای (rḍáy), ذی (dhí), الجلال (al-jlál), پيوستند (píwstnd), از (iz), سر (sr), جان (ján) as “their substance, kindred, renounced, the good-pleasure, of the All-Glorious, cleaved, their lives”
SE expanded to “of the All-Glorious”
This form usually rendered as “cleaved” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered جان (ján), برای (bráy), جانان (jánán), برخاستند (brkhástnd), انفاق (infáq), نمودند (nmúdnd), جميع (jmíʿ) as “their lives, for, their Well-Beloved, surrendered, They, their all”
SE rendered انفاق (infáq), نمودند (nmúdnd), جميع (jmíʿ), آنچه (ánchh), مرزوق (mrzúq), گشته (gshth), بودند (búdnd), قسمی (qsmí), سينه (sính) as “surrendered, They, their all, . Their, breasts”
SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ), آنچه (ánchh), مرزوق (mrzúq), گشته (gshth), بودند (búdnd), قسمی (qsmí), سينه (sính), هاشان (háshán), محلّ (mḥll) as “their all, . Their, breasts, their, targets”
SE expanded to “of the infidel”
This form usually rendered as “leaveth”, “linger”, “cannot” (16 occurrences)
SE rendered سنان (snán), مشرکين (mshrkín), چنانچه (chnánchh), ارضی (irḍí), نماند (nmánd), مگر (mgr), آنکه (ánkh), از (iz), دم (dm), ارواح (irúáḥ), مجرّده (mjrrdh) as “spears, of the infidel, land, remained, which did not, blood, of detachment”
SE rendered ارضی (irḍí), نماند (nmánd), مگر (mgr), آنکه (ánkh), از (iz), دم (dm), ارواح (irúáḥ), مجرّده (mjrrdh), آشاميد (áshámíd), سيفی (sífí) as “land, remained, which did not, blood, of detachment, drink, sword”
This form usually rendered as “bruise” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “proof”, “evidence”, “testimony” (36 occurrences)
SE rendered گردن (grdn), هاشان (háshán), ممسوح (mmsúḥ), گشت (gsht), دليل (dlíl), بر (br), صدق (ṣdq), قولشان (qúlshán), فعلشان (fʿlshán), بس (bs), آيا (áyá), شهادت (shhádt) as “necks, their, bruise, testify, to, truth, words, deeds, alone, Doth not, testimony”
SE rendered بس (bs), آيا (áyá), شهادت (shhádt), نفوس (nfús), قدسيّه (qdsísh), طريق (ṭríq), جان (ján), راه (ráh) as “alone, Doth not, testimony, souls, their lives, for their”
SE rendered نفوس (nfús), قدسيّه (qdsísh), طريق (ṭríq), جان (ján), راه (ráh), دوست (dúst), دادند (dádnd), همه (hmh) as “souls, their lives, for their, Beloved, offer up, the whole world”
This form usually rendered as “path”, “gain”, “way” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “delivered”, “regarded”, “offer” (15 occurrences)
SE rendered جان (ján), راه (ráh), دوست (dúst), دادند (dádnd), همه (hmh), عالم (ʿálm), از (iz), ايثار (iythár), دل (dl), جانشان (jánshán), متحيّر (mtḥíḥr) as “their lives, for their, Beloved, offer up, the whole world, at, sacrifice, marvelled”
SE rendered دوست (dúst), دادند (dádnd), همه (hmh), عالم (ʿálm), از (iz), ايثار (iythár), دل (dl), جانشان (jánshán), متحيّر (mtḥíḥr), گشتند (gshtnd), کفايت (kfáyt) as “Beloved, offer up, the whole world, at, sacrifice, marvelled, suffice”
SE rendered همه (hmh), عالم (ʿálm), از (iz), ايثار (iythár), دل (dl), جانشان (jánshán), متحيّر (mtḥíḥr), گشتند (gshtnd), کفايت (kfáyt) as “the whole world, at, sacrifice, marvelled, suffice”
SE rendered متحيّر (mtḥíḥr), گشتند (gshtnd), کفايت (kfáyt), نمی (nmí), کند (knd), برای (bráy), عبادی (ʿbádí), هستند، (hstnd،) as “marvelled, suffice, the people of, have”
This form usually rendered as “ordered”, “done”, “acted” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “reside”, ““there” (25 occurrences)
SE rendered عبادی (ʿbádí), هستند، (hstnd،), انکار (inkár), بعضی (bʿḍí), عباد (ʿbád), دين (dín), درهمی (drhmí), دادند (dádnd) as “the people of, have, faithlessness, those who, faith, a trifle, betrayed”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered درهمی (drhmí), دادند (dádnd), بقا (bqá), فنا (fná), تبديل (tbdíl), نمودند (nmúdnd), کوثر (kúthr), قرب (qrb) as “a trifle, betrayed, immortality, bartered, Kawthar, of the divine Presence”
SE expanded to “of the divine Presence”
SE rendered کوثر (kúthr), قرب (qrb), چشمه (chshmh), های (háy), شور (shúr), معاوضه (mʿáwḍh), کردند (krdnd), بجز (bjz), اخذ (ikhdh) as “Kawthar, of the divine Presence, salty springs, gave up, usurp”
SE rendered کوثر (kúthr), قرب (qrb), چشمه (chshmh), های (háy), شور (shúr), معاوضه (mʿáwḍh), کردند (krdnd), بجز (bjz), اخذ (ikhdh), اموال (imúál) as “Kawthar, of the divine Presence, salty springs, gave up, usurp, the property”
SE rendered کوثر (kúthr), قرب (qrb), چشمه (chshmh), های (háy), شور (shúr), معاوضه (mʿáwḍh), کردند (krdnd), بجز (bjz), اخذ (ikhdh), اموال (imúál), ناس (nás) as “Kawthar, of the divine Presence, salty springs, gave up, usurp, the property, others”
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered چشمه (chshmh), های (háy), شور (shúr), معاوضه (mʿáwḍh), کردند (krdnd), بجز (bjz), اخذ (ikhdh), اموال (imúál), ناس (nás), مرادی (mrádí), نجويند؟ (njúynd؟) as “salty springs, gave up, usurp, the property, others, one aim in life, have”
This form usually rendered as “aim”, “one” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have” (4 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered زخارف (zkhárf), دنيا (dníá), مشغول (mshghúl), شدهاند (shdhánd), از (iz), ربّ (rbb), اعلی (iʿlí), دور (dúr) as “the vanities, world, busied, Lord, Most High, strayed far from”
SE expanded to “strayed far from”