Kitáb-i-Íqán — §89
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 89 of 291.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “dispensation”, “every” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ages”, “centuries”, “cycles” (15 occurrences)
SE rendered همه (hmh), اعهاد (iʿhád), اعصار (iʿṣár), گونه (gúnh), اعتراضات (iʿtráḍát), اختلافات (ikhtláfát) as “every, age, century, objections, differences”
SE rendered اعتراضات (iʿtráḍát), اختلافات (ikhtláfát), ميان (míán), مردم (mrdm), هميشه (hmíshh) as “objections, differences, people, always”
SE rendered ميان (míán), مردم (mrdm), هميشه (hmíshh), ايّام (iyyám), مشغول (mshghúl), زخارف (zkhárf), قول (qúl), می (mí), شدند (shdnd) as “people, always, busied, specious discourses, said, have been”
This form usually rendered as “words”, “saith”, “through” (83 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “made” (461 occurrences)
SE rendered فلان (flán), علامت (ʿlámt), ظاهر (ẓáhr), نشد (nshd), فلان (flán), برهان (brhán), باهر (báhr), نيامد (níámd), مرض (mrḍ) as “that, sign, appeared?”, hath not, evident, ills”
This form usually rendered as “revealed”, “do”, “disclosed” (12 occurrences)
SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), نشد (nshd), فلان (flán), برهان (brhán), باهر (báhr), نيامد (níámd), مرض (mrḍ), ها (há), عارض (ʿárḍ), نمی (nmí), مگر (mgr) as “appeared?”, hath not, that, evident, ills, befell, only”
This form usually rendered as “sickness”, “illness”, “malady” (9 occurrences)
SE rendered باهر (báhr), نيامد (níámd), مرض (mrḍ), ها (há), عارض (ʿárḍ), نمی (nmí), مگر (mgr), آنکه (ánkh), تمسّک (tmssk), علمای (ʿlmáy) as “evident, ills, befell, only, he, clung, divines”
SE expanded to “Essences of Detachment”
This form usually rendered as “observe”, “eye”, “because” (97 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “deep”, “deeply”, “immersion” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “changes”, “tokens” (37 occurrences)
SE rendered نظر (nẓr), استغراق (istghráq), شئونات (shʾúnát), نفسيّه (nfsísh), اشتغال (ishtghál), امورات (imúrát) as “regarded, immersion, selfish desires, pursuit, transitory and sordid things”
SE expanded to “transitory and sordid things”
SE rendered اشتغال (ishtghál), امورات (imúrát), دنيّه (dnính), فانيه، (fáníh،), شموس (shmús), باقيه (báqíh) as “pursuit, transitory and sordid things, divine Luminaries, as being”
SE rendered اشتغال (ishtghál), امورات (imúrát), دنيّه (dnính), فانيه، (fáníh،), شموس (shmús), باقيه (báqíh), مخالف (mkhálf), علم (ʿlm) as “pursuit, transitory and sordid things, divine Luminaries, as being, opposed, knowledge”
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “immortal”, “eternal” (82 occurrences)
SE rendered معارض (mʿárḍ), جهد (jhd), اجتهاد (ijthád), می (mí), ديدند (dídnd), معانی (mʿání), کلمات (klmát), الهيّه (al-híhh), احاديث (iḥádíth) as “opponents, ways, judgments, Word, God, sayings and traditions”
SE rendered جهد (jhd), اجتهاد (ijthád), می (mí), ديدند (dídnd), معانی (mʿání), کلمات (klmát), الهيّه (al-híhh), احاديث (iḥádíth) as “ways, judgments, Word, God, sayings and traditions”
SE expanded to “sayings and traditions”
SE rendered کلمات (klmát), الهيّه (al-híhh), احاديث (iḥádíth), اخبار (ikhbár), حروفات (ḥrúfát), احديّه (iḥdídh), بر (br), سبيل (sbíl) as “Word, God, sayings and traditions, Letters, Unity, ways”
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “god”, “any” (139 occurrences)
SE rendered سبيل (sbíl), ظاهر (ẓáhr), ادراک (idrák), معنی (mʿní), بيان (bíán), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), لهذا (lhdhá), جميع (jmíʿ), ناس (nás) as “ways, literally, understanding, expounded, therefore, all, people”
This form usually rendered as “showered”, “raining”, “bountiful” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered نيسان (nísán), فضل (fḍl), رحمت (rḥmt), ايزدی (iyzdí), مأيوس (mʾayús), مهجور (mhjúr), نمودند (nmúdnd), اينکه (iynkh) as “bountiful showers, grace, mercies, God, deprived”
SE rendered فضل (fḍl), رحمت (rḥmt), ايزدی (iyzdí), مأيوس (mʾayús), مهجور (mhjúr), نمودند (nmúdnd), اينکه (iynkh), مذعن (mdhʿn) as “grace, mercies, God, deprived, witness”
This form usually rendered as “themselves”, “bear” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered مقرّند (mqrrnd), حديث (ḥdíth), مشهور (mshhúr), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd), حَديثُنا (ḥadíthuná), صَعبٌ (ṣaʿbun) as “admit, tradition, well-known, Word, abstruse, bewilderingly abstruse.””
This form usually rendered as “again”, “abide” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “king”, “sovereign” (118 occurrences)
SE expanded to “favorite of heaven”
SE rendered يَحتَمِلُه (yaḥtamiluh), مَلَکٌ (malakun), مُقَرَّبٌ (muqarrabun), نَبِيٌّ (nabiyyun), مُرسَلٌ (mursalun) as “bear, favorite of heaven, inspired Prophet, sent”
This form usually rendered as “continually”, “messengers” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered نَبِيٌّ (nabiyyun), مُرسَلٌ (mursalun), عَبدٌ (ʿabdun), امتَحَن (imtaḥan), اللّهُ (al-lh), قَلبَه (qalbah), للايمان (lláymán) as “inspired Prophet, sent, tested, God, faith”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “proved” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered عَبدٌ (ʿabdun), امتَحَن (imtaḥan), اللّهُ (al-lh), قَلبَه (qalbah), للايمان (lláymán), مسلّم (msllm), نزد (nzd) as “tested, God, faith”
This form usually rendered as “safety”, “proof”, “under” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered للايمان (lláymán), مسلّم (msllm), نزد (nzd), ايشان (iyshán), هيچ (hích), يک (yk), از (iz) as “faith, These leaders, none”
SE rendered ايشان (iyshán), هيچ (hích), يک (yk), از (iz), ثلاثه (thláthh), حقّ (ḥqq), ايشان (iyshán), صادق (ṣádq) as “them, none, three, God, applicable”
SE rendered هرگز (hrgz), از (iz), امتحانات (imtḥánát), الهی (al-hí), سالم (sálm), نماندند (nmándnd), ظهور (ẓhúr), محکّ (mḥkk), الهی (al-hí) as “at no time, tests, divine, proof, Touchstone”
SE rendered محکّ (mḥkk), الهی (al-hí), جز (jz), غِشّ (ghishsh), چيزی (chízí), از (iz), ايشان (iyshán), ظهور (ẓhúr), نرسيد (nrsíd) as “Touchstone, divine, they, shown, naught but dross”
This form usually rendered as “might”, “ceased”, “reached” (8 occurrences)