Kitáb-i-Íqán — §3
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 3 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “turned”, “fixed” (63 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “days”, “day”, “time” (121 occurrences)
SE rendered ناظر (náẓr), ايّام (iyyám), شويد (shúyd), چقدر (chqdr), مردم (mrdm), از (iz), اعالی (iʿálí), ادانی (idání) as “Consider, the past, How many, both, high, low”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “none”, “divine”, “any” (95 occurrences)
SE rendered منتظر (mntẓr), ظهورات (ẓhúrát), احديّه (iḥdídh), هياکل (híákl), قدسيّه (qdsísh), بودهاند (búdhánd), قسمی (qsmí), جميع (jmíʿ) as “yearningly awaited, Manifestations, of God, sanctified persons, have, all”
SE rendered هياکل (híákl), قدسيّه (qdsísh), بودهاند (búdhánd), قسمی (qsmí), جميع (jmíʿ), اوقات (iwqát), اوان (iwán) as “sanctified persons, have, all, often, frequently”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ), اوقات (iwqát), اوان (iwán), مترصّد (mtrṣṣd), منتظر (mntẓr), بودند (búdnd), ودعاها (wdʿáhá) as “all, often, frequently, expected, have they, prayed”
SE rendered منتظر (mntẓr), بودند (búdnd), ودعاها (wdʿáhá), تضرّع (tḍrrʿ), ها (há), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), شايد (sháyd), نسيم (nsím) as “expected, have they, prayed, did, hath, breeze”
4 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered منتظر (mntẓr), بودند (búdnd), ودعاها (wdʿáhá), تضرّع (tḍrrʿ), ها (há), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), شايد (sháyd), نسيم (nsím), رحمت (rḥmt) as “expected, have they, prayed, did, hath, breeze, mercy”
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “illumined”, “have”, “arrested” (50 occurrences)
SE rendered ودعاها (wdʿáhá), تضرّع (tḍrrʿ), ها (há), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), شايد (sháyd), نسيم (nsím), رحمت (rḥmt), الهيّه (al-híhh), وزيدن (wzídn), آيد (áyd) as “prayed, did, hath, breeze, mercy, divine, blow, might”
This form usually rendered as “invisible”, “unseen”, “visible” (70 occurrences)
SE rendered جمال (jmál), موعود (múʿúd), از (iz), سرادق (srádq), غيب (ghíb), عرصه (ʿrṣh), ظهورقدم (ẓhúrqdm), گذارد (gdhárd), چون (chún), ابواب (ibúáb) as “Beauty, promised, from, veil, concealment, step forth, whensoever, portals”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered از (iz), سرادق (srádq), غيب (ghíb), عرصه (ʿrṣh), ظهورقدم (ẓhúrqdm), گذارد (gdhárd), چون (chún), ابواب (ibúáb), عنايت (ʿnáyt), مفتوح (mftúḥ) as “from, veil, concealment, step forth, whensoever, portals, grace, open”
This form usually rendered as “shine”, “thou”, “did” (17 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “bounties”, “divine”, “gift” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “sun”, “daystar”, “day-star” (241 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “presence”, ““attainment”, “long” (26 occurrences)
SE rendered تکذيب (tkdhíb), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), از (iz), لقاء (lqáʾ), عين (ʿín), لقاءاللّه (lqáʾálllh), احترازمی (iḥtrázmí) as “denied, they, from, face—the, face of God Himself, turned away”
literal: avoidance; avoidance, repudiation; to guard against
This form usually rendered as “turned” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered لقاءاللّه (lqáʾálllh), احترازمی (iḥtrázmí), جستند (jstnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), تفصيل (tfṣíl), جميع (jmíʿ), کتب (ktb) as “face of God Himself, turned away, Refer, every, Book”
This form usually rendered as “even”, “thus”, “thou” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered احترازمی (iḥtrázmí), جستند (jstnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), تفصيل (tfṣíl), جميع (jmíʿ), کتب (ktb), سماويّه (smáwíwh), مذکور (mdhkúr), ومسطور (wmsṭúr) as “turned away, Refer, every, Book, sacred, been recorded”