Kitáb-i-Íqán — §258
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 258 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “shining” (140 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “method”, “each”, “one” (8 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “have”, “had”, “regarded” (49 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (241 occurrences)
SE rendered ذليل (dhlíl), سلطان (slṭán), رعيّت (rʿíʿt), وجود (wjúd), قيام (qíám), بر (br), امر (imr), فرمود (frmúd), چنانچه (chnánchh) as “abased, king, subject, arose, to, proclaimed, though”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “said”, “declared” (139 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “heard”, “perceive”, “hearken” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “attention”, “disdainfully”, “regardless” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “others”, “other”, “without” (150 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “swear”, “beareth”, “kinds” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “By the righteousness of”
This form usually rendered as “imagined”, “any”, “own” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “alone”, “straightway”, “immediately” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (364 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “divers” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “do”, “hurled”, “will” (24 occurrences)
SE rendered جا (já), دهی (dhí), باز (báz), جسارت (jsárt), بر (br), چنين (chnín), امر (imr), مهمّ (mhmm), ننمايد (nnmáyd), مگر (mgr), اذن (idhn), الهی (al-hí), باشد (báshd) as “crowded into, still, hesitate, upon, so awful, enterprise, only, permission, divine, was”
This form usually rendered as “adjoining”, “continually”, “linked” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered باشد (báshd), قلبش (qlbsh), متّصل (mttṣl), فيوضات (fíwḍát), رحمانی (rḥmání), نفسش (nfssh), مطمئنّ (mṭmʾnn), عنايات (ʿnáyát) as “was, heart, linked, grace, soul, assured, sustenance”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “endured”, “borne” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “would”, “appreciate”, “witnessed” (39 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “relationship”, “accused”, “ascribed” (60 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “gather”, “unity”, “speech” (30 occurrences)
SE rendered رياست (ríást), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), جمع (jmʿ), زخارف (zkhárf), دنيای (dníáy), فانيه (fáníh), امور (imúr), متعرّض (mtʿrrḍ), شدهاند؟ (shdhánd؟) as “leadership, revealed, acquisition, riches, earthly, was”
SE rendered زخارف (zkhárf), دنيای (dníáy), فانيه (fáníh), امور (imúr), متعرّض (mtʿrrḍ), شدهاند؟ (shdhánd؟) as “riches, earthly, was”