Kitáb-i-Íqán — §85
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 85 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “standards of divine power”
SE rendered اعلام (iʿlám), قدرت (qdrt), الهی (al-hí), همه (hmh), بلاد (blád), مرتفع (mrtfʿ), بينی (bíní), آثار (áthár), غلبه (ghlbh), سلطنت (slṭnt) as “standards of divine power, all regions, unfurled throughout, thine eyes will behold, the signs, triumphant might, sovereignty”
This form usually rendered as “raised”, “have”, “rising” (46 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “recognize”, “cease” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “thine eyes will behold”
SE rendered غلبه (ghlbh), سلطنت (slṭnt), جميع (jmíʿ), ديار (díár), ظاهر (ẓáhr), مشاهده (msháhdh) as “triumphant might, sovereignty, every land, manifest, in”
SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ), ديار (díár), ظاهر (ẓáhr), مشاهده (msháhdh), فرمائی (frmáʾí), باری، (bárí،), اکثر (ikthr), علماء (ʿlmáʾ), چون (chún) as “every land, manifest, in, most of, the divines, As”
SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), مشاهده (msháhdh), فرمائی (frmáʾí), باری، (bárí،), اکثر (ikthr), علماء (ʿlmáʾ), چون (chún) as “manifest, in, most of, the divines, As”
SE expanded to “failed to apprehend”
This form usually rendered as “may”, “would”, “will” (165 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Day of Resurrection”
This form usually rendered as “discover”, “established”, “acquainted” (13 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), مقصود (mqṣúd), قيامت (qíámt), واقف (wáqf), نشدهاند (nshdhánd), لهذا (lhdhá), جميع (jmíʿ), قيامت (qíámt), موهوم (múhúm) as “the meaning of, the significance, the Day of Resurrection, have not grasped, therefore, these verses, idle and faulty conception”
SE expanded to “idle and faulty conception”
SE rendered واحد (wáḥd), شاهد (sháhd), قدری (qdrí), بصيرت (bṣírt), باشد (báshd), از (iz), تلويح (tlúyḥ), همين (hmín), دو (dú), آيه (áyh) as “one true, My witness, Little perception, is required, the symbolic language of, these two, verses all”
SE expanded to “symbolic language of”
SE rendered قدری (qdrí), بصيرت (bṣírt), باشد (báshd), از (iz), تلويح (tlúyḥ), همين (hmín), دو (dú), آيه (áyh), جميع (jmíʿ), مطالب (mṭálb), مقصود (mqṣúd) as “Little perception, is required, the symbolic language of, these two, verses all, that We, have purposed”
This form usually rendered as “themes”, “views”, “facts” (10 occurrences)
SE rendered ادراک (idrák), می (mí), صبح (ṣbḥ), منير (mnír), ايقان (iyqán), عنايت (ʿnáyt), رحمان (rḥmán), واصل (wáṣl) as “to enable them to, resplendent morn, of certitude, grace of, the All-Merciful, to attain”
SE rendered ايقان (iyqán), عنايت (ʿnáyt), رحمان (rḥmán), واصل (wáṣl), می (mí), گردند (grdnd), کَذلِکَ (kadhlik), تَغَنُّ (taghann), عَلَيکَ (ʿalayk) as “of certitude, grace of, the All-Merciful, to attain, Such, the strains, upon”
This form usually rendered as “crieth”, “poureth”, “chanteth” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered تَغَنُّ (taghann), عَلَيکَ (ʿalayk), حَمامَةُ (ḥamámah), البَقاءِ (al-baqáʾ), اَفنانِ (afnán), سِدرَةِ (sidrah), البهاء (al-bháʾ) as “the strains, upon, immortal Bird, the Sadrih, of Bahá”
SE rendered حَمامَةُ (ḥamámah), البَقاءِ (al-baqáʾ), اَفنانِ (afnán), سِدرَةِ (sidrah), البهاء (al-bháʾ), لَعَلَّ (laʿall), تکُونَنَّ (tkúnann) as “immortal Bird, the Sadrih, of Bahá, that, thou mayest”
SE expanded to “by the permission of”