Kitáb-i-Íqán — §280
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 280 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered ديگر (dígr), قلم (qlm), عاجز (ʿájz), از (iz), ذکر (dhkr), آنچه (ánchh) as “pen, can, amongst, recount, the things”
This form usually rendered as “incapable”, “fail”, “impotent” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), ذکر (dhkr), آنچه (ánchh), از (iz), رجوع (rjúʿ), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), حال (ḥál), دو (dú), سنه (snh), می (mí), گذرد (gdhrd) as “upon, recount, the things, Our return, Two, years, have elapsed”
This form usually rendered as “round”, “around”, “through” (36 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “raised”, “pass”, “may” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “exterminate” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered اعداء (iʿdáʾ), اهلاک (ihlák), عبد (ʿbd), فانی (fání), نهايت (nháyt), سعی (sʿí), اهتمام (ihtmám), دارند (dárnd) as “enemies, exterminate, We, ceaselessly and assiduously, contrived”
This form usually rendered as “would” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “not, for one moment, have”
SE rendered عبد (ʿbd), فانی (fání), نهايت (nháyt), سعی (sʿí), اهتمام (ihtmám), دارند (dárnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), جميع (jmíʿ), مطّلع (mṭṭlʿ) as “We, ceaselessly and assiduously, contrived, whereunto, all, witness”
This form usually rendered as “withhold”, “therein”, “cleave” (11 occurrences)
SE rendered دارند (dárnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), جميع (jmíʿ), مطّلع (mṭṭlʿ), شدهاند (shdhánd), نفسی (nfsí), از (iz), احباب (iḥbáb), نصرت (nṣrt) as “contrived, whereunto, all, witness, soul, faithful, risen”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “never”, “failed” (40 occurrences)
SE rendered احباب (iḥbáb), نصرت (nṣrt), ننموده (nnmúdh), هيچ (hích), وجه (wjh), اعانتی (iʿántí), منظور (mnẓúr), نداشته (ndáshth), بلکه (blkh) as “faithful, risen, will, any, assistance, feel inclined, hath, Nay”
This form usually rendered as “help” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “show”, “observed”, “end” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “instead” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered عوض (ʿúḍ), نصر، (nṣr،), حزن (ḥzn), ها (há), متوالی (mtúálí), متواتر (mtúátr), قولاً (qúláan), فعلاً (fʿláan), مثل (mthl), غيث (ghíth), هاطل (háṭl) as “instead, of assisting, sorrows, continuous, their words, and deeds, showers, to rain”
SE rendered متوالی (mtúálí), متواتر (mtúátr), قولاً (qúláan), فعلاً (fʿláan), مثل (mthl), غيث (ghíth), هاطل (háṭl), وارد (wárd), می (mí) as “continuous, their words, and deeds, showers, to rain”
SE rendered قولاً (qúláan), فعلاً (fʿláan), مثل (mthl), غيث (ghíth), هاطل (háṭl), وارد (wárd), می (mí), عبد (ʿbd), کمال (kmál), رضا (rḍá) as “their words, and deeds, showers, to rain, wholly, resigned”
SE expanded to “life in hand”
SE rendered کمال (kmál), رضا (rḍá), جان (ján), بر (br), کف (kf), حاضرم (ḥáḍrm), شايد (sháyd), از (iz), عنايت (ʿnáyt), الهی (al-hí) as “wholly, resigned, life in hand, upon, We stand, perchance, loving kindness, God”
SE rendered شايد (sháyd), از (iz), عنايت (ʿnáyt), الهی (al-hí), فضل (fḍl), سبحانی (sbḥání), حرف (ḥrf), مذکور (mdhkúr), مشهور، (mshhúr،), سبيل (sbíl) as “perchance, loving kindness, God, grace, Letter, revealed and manifest, path”
SE rendered کلمه (klmh), عليا (ʿlíá), فدا (fdá), جان (ján), بازد (bázd), خيال (khíál), نبود (nbúd), فَوَالَّذی (fawálladhí) as “Word, exalted, sacrifice, His life, yearning, but for, By Him”
This form usually rendered as “imagined”, “any”, “own” (11 occurrences)
SE rendered جان (ján), بازد (bázd), خيال (khíál), نبود (nbúd), فَوَالَّذی (fawálladhí), نَطَقَ (naṭaq), الرُّوحُ (ar-rúḥ) as “His life, yearning, but for, By Him, hath spoken, Spirit”
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
SE expanded to “at Whose bidding”
This form usually rendered as “witness”, “martyrdom”, “beareth” (29 occurrences)
SE rendered شَهيداً (shahídáan), اَختِمُ (akhtim), القَولَ (al-qawl), بلا (blá), حَولَ (ḥawl), قُوَّةَ (qúqah), بِاللّهِ (biálllh) as “God, conclude, Our argument with the words, no power, in God”
SE rendered القَولَ (al-qawl), بلا (blá), حَولَ (ḥawl), قُوَّةَ (qúqah), بِاللّهِ (biálllh), إنّاللِّهِ (ʾinnálllih) as “Our argument with the words, no power, in God, God’s”