Kitáb-i-Íqán — §48
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 48 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered همچنين (hmchnín), معنی (mʿní), تبديل (tbdíl), ارض (irḍ), ادراک (idrák), نما (nmá) as “meaning, “changing, earth.”, comprehend, endeavour to”
This form usually rendered as “transformation”, “bartered”, “converted” (34 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “showered”, “raining”, “bountiful” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered سماء (smáʾ), بر (br), قلوبی (qlúbí), نيسان (nísán), مکرمت (mkrmt), مبذول (mbdhúl), داشت،تبديل (dásht،tbdíl), اراضی (iráḍí) as ““heaven”, upon, hearts, raining, have fallen, earth”
SE rendered سماء (smáʾ), بر (br), قلوبی (qlúbí), نيسان (nísán), مکرمت (mkrmt), مبذول (mbdhúl), داشت،تبديل (dásht،tbdíl), اراضی (iráḍí), قلوب (qlúb) as ““heaven”, upon, hearts, raining, have fallen, earth”
literal: deter/prevent; had; to prevent/detain
This form usually rendered as “changed” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hyacinths”, “myrtles”, “blossoms” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered رياض (ríáḍ), قلوبشان (qlúbshán), انبات (inbát), چه (chh), شقايق (shqáyq), های (háy), حقايق (ḥqáyq), علم (ʿlm), وحکمت (wḥkmt) as “soil, hearts, produced, blossoms, true, knowledge, wisdom”
This form usually rendered as “realities”, “reality”, “essence” (23 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “breasts”, “hearts”, “men's” (19 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “yielded” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered روئيده (rúʾídh), ارض (irḍ), قلوبشان (qlúbshán), تبديل (tbdíl), نمی (nmí), چگونه (chgúnh), رجالی (rjálí), حرفی (ḥrfí), تعليم (tʿlím) as “yielded, earth, hearts, unchanged, how, souls, letter, taught”
This form usually rendered as “such” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “one”, “single”, “drop” (16 occurrences)
SE rendered چگونه (chgúnh), رجالی (rjálí), حرفی (ḥrfí), تعليم (tʿlím), نگرفتهاند (ngrfthánd), معلّم (mʿllm), نديدهاند (ndídhánd), هيچ (hích) as “how, souls, letter, taught, teacher, seen, no”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “without” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered معلّم (mʿllm), نديدهاند (ndídhánd), هيچ (hích), دبستانی (dbstání), قدم (qdm), نگذاشتهاند (ngdháshthánd), کلمات (klmát) as “teacher, seen, no, school, entered, words”
SE rendered نديدهاند (ndídhánd), هيچ (hích), دبستانی (dbstání), قدم (qdm), نگذاشتهاند (ngdháshthánd), کلمات (klmát), معارفی (mʿárfí) as “seen, no, school, entered, words, knowledge”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “may”, “would”, “will” (165 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “god”, “any” (139 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “moulded” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), آب (áb), حکمت (ḥkmt), لدنّی (ldnní), عجين (ʿjín), گشتهاند (gshthánd), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd) as “water, wisdom, divine, kneaded, said”
2 occurrences in corpus
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “obscured”, “foul”, “despondency” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “kindleth”, “increase”, “sprung” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered سرقت (srqt), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), بر (br), ديگران (dígrán), افتخار (iftkhár), می (mí), کنند (knnd) as “borrow, hath, pride, themselves therein”
This form usually rendered as “would”, “appreciate”, “witnessed” (39 occurrences)