Kitáb-i-Íqán — §66
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 66 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “concerning His words”
SE rendered الإنسانِ (an-nsán), السَّماء (as-samáʾ), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd), از (iz), کسوف (ksúf), شمس (shms), معارف (mʿárf), الهيّه (al-híhh) as “man, heaven.”, eclipsed, sun, teachings, heavenly”
This form usually rendered as “god”, “divine”, “lord” (900 occurrences)
literal: eclipse, sink; lunar-eclipse; sinking/collapsing
This form usually rendered as “obscured” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered مثبته (mthbth), خسوف (khsúf), قمر (qmr), علم (ʿlm), مربّی (mrbbí), عباد (ʿbád), انعدام (inʿdám), اعلام (iʿlám), هدايت (hdáyt) as “divinely-established, obscured, moon, knowledge—the, educator, reversed, standards, guidance”
This form usually rendered as “decomposition”, “reversed”, “utter” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “prosperity”, “felicity” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “darkness”, “sinned”, “darkened” (15 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “amity”, “well-being”, “things” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hour draweth nigh”
This form usually rendered as “enforced”, “fast”, “flow” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “greatness”, “dominion” (31 occurrences)
SE rendered بر (br), بحر (bḥr), عظمت، (ʿẓmt،), آسمان (ásmán), نجمی (njmí), بر (br), حسب (ḥsb), ظاهر (ẓáhr), پيدا (pídá), می (mí), مبشّر (mbshshr) as “upon, sea, glory, heaven, star, appear, heralding”
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
literal: likewise; likewise, similarly; similarly, likewise
SE expanded to “In like manner”
This form usually rendered as “meaning”, “meant”, “significance” (42 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “consummate”, “clearest”, “surest” (12 occurrences)
SE rendered فجر (fjr), اقوم (iqúm), اکرم (ikrm), دو (dú), علامت (ʿlámt), سماء (smáʾ), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), سماء (smáʾ), باطنه (báṭnh) as “break, true, exalted, signs, heaven, visible, invisible”
SE rendered ظهور (ẓhúr), هر (hr), نبيّ (nbíb), ظاهر (ẓáhr), گشته (gshth), چنانچه (chnánchh), شنيدهاند (shnídhánd) as “Revelation, each, Prophets, announced, have been, as is commonly believed”