Kitáb-i-Íqán — §46
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 46 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “likewise”, “also”, “similarly” (52 occurrences)
SE expanded to “In like manner”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “clear”, “evident”, “clearly” (70 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “weighty”, “perspicuous”, “command” (20 occurrences)
SE rendered بيانات (bíánát), واضحه (wáḍḥh), محکمه (mḥkmh), متقنه (mtqnh), غير (ghír), متشابه (mtshábh), تفطّر (tfṭṭr), سماء (smáʾ), از (iz) as “statements, lucid, conclusive, powerful, unequivocal, “cleaving, heaven”—one, of”
This form usually rendered as “unequivocal” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “meditate”, “behold” (39 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “raised”, “established”, “have” (46 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “swear” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as ““cloven” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered میشود (míshúd), ظهور (ẓhúr), شکافته (shkáfth), می (mí), گردد، (grdd،), يعنی (yʿní), باطل (báṭl), منسوخ (mnsúkh), می (mí), شود.قسم (shúd.qsm) as “is, Revelation, “cloven asunder”, meant, superseded, annulled, I swear”
SE rendered منسوخ (mnsúkh), می (mí), شود.قسم (shúd.qsm), خدا (khdá), درست (drst), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), تفطّر (tfṭṭr), سماء (smáʾ) as “annulled, I swear, God, cloven asunder, heaven”
SE rendered شود.قسم (shúd.qsm), خدا (khdá), درست (drst), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), تفطّر (tfṭṭr), سماء (smáʾ), اعظم (iʿẓm) as “I swear, God, cloven asunder, heaven, mightier”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “greatest” (226 occurrences)
SE rendered تأمّل (tʾamml), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), دينی (díní), سال (sál), ها (há), مرتفع (mrtfʿ), باشد (báshd), جميع (jmíʿ), ظلّ (ẓll) as “Ponder, He, Revelation, years, established, being, all, shadow”
This form usually rendered as “may”, “self”, “dwelling” (49 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “shining” (140 occurrences)
SE rendered احکام (iḥkám), مشرقه (mshrqh), مدّت (mddt), ها (há), تربيت (trbít), يافته (yáfth), از (iz), آباء (ábáʾ) as “law, light, disciplined, of, fathers”
SE rendered احکام (iḥkám), مشرقه (mshrqh), مدّت (mddt), ها (há), تربيت (trbít), يافته (yáfth), از (iz), آباء (ábáʾ), اجداد (ijdád), جز (jz) as “law, light, disciplined, of, fathers, naught”
SE rendered تربيت (trbít), يافته (yáfth), از (iz), آباء (ábáʾ), اجداد (ijdád), جز (jz), ذکر (dhkr), نشنيده، (nshnídh،), قسمی (qsmí) as “disciplined, of, fathers, naught, recounted, such wise”
SE rendered از (iz), آباء (ábáʾ), اجداد (ijdád), جز (jz), ذکر (dhkr), نشنيده، (nshnídh،), قسمی (qsmí), چشم (chshm) as “of, fathers, naught, recounted, such wise, eye”
SE rendered نشنيده، (nshnídh،), قسمی (qsmí), چشم (chshm), ها (há), جز (jz), نفوذ (nfúdh), امرش (imrsh), ادراک (idrák), نکرده (nkrdh), گوش (gúsh) as “recounted, such wise, eye, naught, influence, beheld, hath, ear”
This form usually rendered as “act” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hearken”, “bear”, “acquainted” (25 occurrences)
SE rendered قوّت (qúqt), قدرت (qdrt), الهی (al-hí), تفريق (tfríq), نمايد (nmáyd), فصل (fṣl), کند (knd), بلکه (blkh), همه (hmh), نفی (nfí) as “power, God, cloven asunder, every, abolished”
SE rendered الهی (al-hí), تفريق (tfríq), نمايد (nmáyd), فصل (fṣl), کند (knd), بلکه (blkh), همه (hmh), نفی (nfí), فرمايد (frmáyd), حال (ḥál), فکر (fkr) as “God, cloven asunder, every, abolished, Reflect”
SE rendered همه (hmh), نفی (nfí), فرمايد (frmáyd), حال (ḥál), فکر (fkr), نما (nmá), اعظم (iʿẓm) as “every, abolished, Reflect, mightier”
SE rendered فکر (fkr), نما (nmá), اعظم (iʿẓm), آنچه (ánchh), همج (hmj), رعاع (rʿáʿ), گمان (gmán), نمودهاند (nmúdhánd), از (iz) as “Reflect, mightier, abject, foolish, imagined, have, of”