Kitáb-i-Íqán — §263
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 263 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “behold”, “reflect” (44 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “tree”, “lote-tree”, “divine” (74 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the Ridván”
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “all-glorious”, “kindness” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “youth” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “teach”, “teaching”, “disseminate” (22 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Cause of God”
SE rendered امراللّه (imrálllh), فرمود (frmúd), چقدراستقامت (chqdrástqámt), از (iz), جمال (jmál), احديّت (iḥdídt), ظاهر (ẓáhr), جميع (jmíʿ) as “the Cause of God, risen to, steadfastness, Beauty, of God, revealed, The whole world”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “king”, “unity”, “divine” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered احديّت (iḥdídt), ظاهر (ẓáhr), جميع (jmíʿ), الارض (ar-rḍ), بر (br), منعش (mnʿsh), اقدام (iqdám), نمودند (nmúdnd), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí) as “of God, revealed, The whole world, rose, to hinder, failed”
SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), جميع (jmíʿ), الارض (ar-rḍ), بر (br), منعش (mnʿsh), اقدام (iqdám), نمودند (nmúdnd), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí) as “revealed, The whole world, rose, to hinder, failed”
SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ), الارض (ar-rḍ), بر (br), منعش (mnʿsh), اقدام (iqdám), نمودند (nmúdnd), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí) as “The whole world, rose, to hinder, failed”
This form usually rendered as “feet”, “feet.’””, “rose” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “failed”, “result” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered اقدام (iqdám), نمودند (nmúdnd), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí), نبخشيد (nbkhshíd), آنچه (ánchh), ايذاء (iydháʾ), برآن (brán), سدره (sdrh), طوبی (ṭúbí) as “rose, to hinder, failed, persecution, on that, Sadrih, of Blessedness”
SE rendered اقدام (iqdám), نمودند (nmúdnd), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí), نبخشيد (nbkhshíd), آنچه (ánchh), ايذاء (iydháʾ), برآن (brán), سدره (sdrh), طوبی (ṭúbí), وارد (wárd) as “rose, to hinder, failed, persecution, on that, Sadrih, of Blessedness, inflicted”
SE rendered حاصلی (ḥáṣlí), نبخشيد (nbkhshíd), آنچه (ánchh), ايذاء (iydháʾ), برآن (brán), سدره (sdrh), طوبی (ṭúbí), وارد (wárd), می (mí), آوردند (áwrdnd), شوقش (shúqsh) as “failed, persecution, on that, Sadrih, of Blessedness, inflicted, fervour”
This form usually rendered as “will” (3 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered ايذاء (iydháʾ), برآن (brán), سدره (sdrh), طوبی (ṭúbí), وارد (wárd), می (mí), آوردند (áwrdnd), شوقش (shúqsh), بيشتر (bíshtr), نار (nár), حبّش (ḥbbsh), مشتعل (mshtʿl) as “persecution, on that, Sadrih, of Blessedness, inflicted, fervour, the more, flame, of His love, burned”
This form usually rendered as “fervour” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “striveth”, “greater”, “more” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of His love”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “even”, “thus”, “thou” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered مشتعل (mshtʿl), تر (tr), می (mí), چنانچه (chnánchh), فقرات (fqrát), واضح (wáḍḥ), احدی (iḥdí), انکار (inkár) as “burned, the brighter, , and, Behold, evident, none, disputeth”
SE rendered واضح (wáḍḥ), احدی (iḥdí), انکار (inkár), ندارد (ndárd), آنکه (ánkh), بالاخره (bálákhrh), جان (ján) as “evident, none, disputeth, Finally, soul”
This form usually rendered as “end”, “world”, “next” (61 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered بالاخره (bálákhrh), جان (ján), باخت (bákht), رفيق (rfíq), اعلی (iʿlí), شتافت (shtáft) as “Finally, soul, surrendered, and winged His flight”
SE rendered بالاخره (bálákhrh), جان (ján), باخت (bákht), رفيق (rfíq), اعلی (iʿlí), شتافت (shtáft) as “Finally, soul, surrendered, and winged His flight”
This form usually rendered as “impelled” (1 occurrences)