Kitáb-i-Íqán — §30
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 30 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered حال (ḥál), مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), ضيق (ḍíq), همچو (hmchú), ادراک (idrák), نمايند (nmáynd) as “Were, this “oppression”, (which literally meaneth pressure), interpreted, will”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered حال (ḥál), مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), ضيق (ḍíq), همچو (hmchú), ادراک (idrák), نمايند (nmáynd), عالم (ʿálm), ضيق (ḍíq) as “Were, this “oppression”, (which literally meaneth pressure), interpreted, will, the earth”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “may”, “should”, “quench” (91 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “events”, “deeds”, “aims” (10 occurrences)
SE rendered رساند (rsánd), امورات (imúrát), ديگر (dígr), خيال (khíál), توهّم (túhhm), نمايند (nmáynd) as “contracted, similar calamities, men’s idle fancy, conceive, will”
This form usually rendered as “conceive”, “suspicion” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “clear and manifest”
This form usually rendered as “maintain”, “utter”, “voicing” (15 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath not been made”
SE rendered گويند (gúynd), شرط (shrṭ), ظهور (ẓhúr), نيافته (níáfth), چنانچه (chnánchh), گفتهاند (gfthánd), می (mí), گويند (gúynd), باری، (bárí،) as “their contention, pre-requisite of divine revelation, manifest, hath not been made, Such hath been and, still is, Whereas”
SE expanded to “Such hath been and”
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered معارف (mʿárf), الهيّه (al-híhh), ادراک (idrák), کلمات (klmát), ربّانيّه (rbbánính), ايّام (iyyám), غروب (ghrúb), شمس (shms) as “the want of capacity, knowledge, apprehend, the Word, set, the Day-star”
SE rendered کلمات (klmát), ربّانيّه (rbbánính), ايّام (iyyám), غروب (ghrúb), شمس (shms), مرايای (mráyáy), عباد (ʿbád) as “the Word, set, the Day-star, the mirrors, mankind”
This form usually rendered as “servants”, “men”, “people” (293 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hardship” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “lead” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered توجّه (tújjh), نمايند (nmáynd), چنانچه (chnánchh), مذکور (mdhkúr), کَذلکَ (kadhlk), نُعَلِّمُکَ (nuʿallimuk) as “to turn, hath, Thus, We instruct”
This form usually rendered as “true”, “interpretation”, “falsely” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “send”, “entrusted”, “reveal” (6 occurrences)
literal: rising-place; dawning-place; countenance
SE expanded to “haply thou mayest comprehend”
SE rendered لِتَطَّلِعَ (litaṭṭaliʿ), المَقصودُ (al-maqṣúd), تَکُونَ (takún), الّذينَ (adh-dhín), شَرِبُوا (sharibúá) as “haply thou mayest comprehend, the meaning, be of, quaffed”
SE rendered المَقصودُ (al-maqṣúd), تَکُونَ (takún), الّذينَ (adh-dhín), شَرِبُوا (sharibúá), کَأسِ (kaʾas), العلمِ (al-ʿlm) as “the meaning, be of, quaffed, the cup, divine knowledge”
SE rendered کَأسِ (kaʾas), العلمِ (al-ʿlm), العِرفان (al-ʿirfán), قوله (qúlh) as “the cup, divine knowledge, understanding”
SE rendered العلمِ (al-ʿlm), العِرفان (al-ʿirfán), قوله (qúlh), تُظلَمُ (tuẓlam) as “divine knowledge, understanding”
SE rendered وَالقَمَرُ (wálqamar), يُعطی (yuʿṭí), ضَوءَهُ (ḍawʾah) as “light”
SE rendered يُعطی (yuʿṭí), ضَوءَهُ (ḍawʾah) as “light”
SE rendered ضَوءَهُ (ḍawʾah), الکَواکبُ (al-kawákb) as “light”
SE rendered ضَوءَهُ (ḍawʾah), الکَواکبُ (al-kawákb), تَتَساقَطُ (tatasáqaṭ) as “light”