Will and Testament — §34
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 34 of 59.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “waxed”, “grievous” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thereupon”, “wherefore”, “unto” (75 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE usually renders this root as “revelation”, “manifestation”, “manifestations”
This form usually rendered as “refuse”, “crush” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered قاموا (qámúá), قصم (qṣm), ظهری (ẓhrí), کسر (ksr), ازری (izrí), بظلم (bẓlm), یطاق (yṭáq), نشروا (nshrúá), اوراق (iwráq) as “rose, overpower, revealed, crush, scattered, scrolls of”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “wrought the most glaring cruelty”
SE rendered قصم (qṣm), ظهری (ẓhrí), کسر (ksr), ازری (izrí), بظلم (bẓlm), یطاق (yṭáq), نشروا (nshrúá), اوراق (iwráq), الشّبهات (ash-shbhát), افتروا (iftrúá) as “overpower, revealed, crush, scattered, scrolls of, doubt, hurled”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “diffused”, “scattered” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hurled” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “dared” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as ““corruption””, ““perverting””, “corruption” (18 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “converted”, “barter”, “turned” (34 occurrences)
SE rendered الکتاب (al-ktáb), تبدیل (tbdíl), فصل (fṣl), الخطاب (al-khṭáb), تبعیض (tbʿíḍ), آثار (áthár), قلمک (qlmk), الأعلی (al-ʾaʿlí), تلصیق (tlṣíq) as “Book, fraudulently alter, decisive Holy Text, He, Pen, All-Glorious, insert”
SE rendered تبدیل (tbdíl), فصل (fṣl), الخطاب (al-khṭáb), تبعیض (tbʿíḍ), آثار (áthár), قلمک (qlmk), الأعلی (al-ʾaʿlí), تلصیق (tlṣíq), کتبته (ktbth) as “fraudulently alter, decisive Holy Text, He, Pen, All-Glorious, insert, Thou didst reveal”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (286 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered قلمک (qlmk), الأعلی (al-ʾaʿlí), تلصیق (tlṣíq), کتبته (ktbth), بحقّ (bḥqq), اوّل (iwwl), ظالم (ẓálm), ظلمک (ẓlmk), انکرک (inkrk), کفر (kfr) as “Pen, All-Glorious, insert, Thou didst reveal, for, the one, wrought the most glaring cruelty, disbelieved in Thee, denied Thy wondrous Signs”
This form usually rendered as “first”, “beginning”, “early” (50 occurrences)
SE expanded to “disbelieved in Thee”
literal: disbelieve; disbelieved; disbeliever
This form usually rendered as “unbelief”, “repudiated”, “misbelief” (24 occurrences)
SE expanded to “denied Thy wondrous Signs”
SE rendered اوّل (iwwl), ظالم (ẓálm), ظلمک (ẓlmk), انکرک (inkrk), کفر (kfr), بآیاتک (báyátk), الکبری (al-kbrí), انزلته (inzlth), بحقّ (bḥqq), عبدک (ʿbdk) as “the one, wrought the most glaring cruelty, disbelieved in Thee, denied Thy wondrous Signs, Thou didst reveal, for, servant”
SE rendered ظالم (ẓálm), ظلمک (ẓlmk), انکرک (inkrk), کفر (kfr), بآیاتک (báyátk), الکبری (al-kbrí), انزلته (inzlth), بحقّ (bḥqq), عبدک (ʿbdk), المظلوم (al-mẓlúm) as “wrought the most glaring cruelty, disbelieved in Thee, denied Thy wondrous Signs, Thou didst reveal, for, servant, wronged”
SE expanded to “Thou didst reveal”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “the souls of men”
This form usually rendered as “breathe” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “breasts”, “dilated”, “shining” (19 occurrences)
SE rendered النّاس (an-nás), یوسوس (yúsús), صدور (ṣdúr), اهل (ihl), الاخلاص (al-ákhláṣ), کما (kmá), اقرّ (iqrr), اعترف (iʿtrf), زعیمهم (zʿímhm) as “the souls of men, breathe, the hearts, devoted, as, testify, confessing, chief”
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “acknowledged”, “acknowledge”, “testifieth” (15 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “confessed”, “recognized” (26 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “"hath”, “know”, “think” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “greatest” (226 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “strove” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “stir up sedition”
This form usually rendered as “human”, “perverse”, “stubbornness” (4 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered ازدرآء (izdráʾ), الحکومة (al-ḥkúmh), بهذا (bhdhá), القطر (al-qṭr), سائر (sáʾr), الجهات (al-jhát), نسبوا (nsbúá) as “scorn and, government, of this land, elsewhere”
This form usually rendered as “moveth”, “elsewhere” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered الحکومة (al-ḥkúmh), بهذا (bhdhá), القطر (al-qṭr), سائر (sáʾr), الجهات (al-jhát), نسبوا (nsbúá), الفساد (al-fsád), ملؤوا (mlʾúá) as “government, of this land, elsewhere, sower of sedition, filling”
SE rendered بهذا (bhdhá), القطر (al-qṭr), سائر (sáʾr), الجهات (al-jhát), نسبوا (nsbúá), الفساد (al-fsád), ملؤوا (mlʾúá), الآذان (adh-dhán) as “of this land, elsewhere, sower of sedition, filling, the minds”
This form usually rendered as “filling” (1 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “alarmed” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “conceive”, “suspicion” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “elements”, “personality”, “nobility” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “became”, “aroused”, “can” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “kindled” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “misery”, “anguish” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hearts”, “souls”, “heart” (132 occurrences)
SE rendered الأحزان (al-ʾaḥzán), القلوب (al-qlúb), تزلزلت (tzlzlt), تفرّقت (tfrrqt), ارکان (irkán), الأوراق (al-ʾawráq), المقدّسة (al-mqddsh), سالت (sált) as “sorrow, the breasts, convulsed and shaken, Leaves, Holy, rained”
SE rendered القلوب (al-qlúb), تزلزلت (tzlzlt), تفرّقت (tfrrqt), ارکان (irkán), الأوراق (al-ʾawráq), المقدّسة (al-mqddsh), سالت (sált), اعینهنّ (iʿínhnn) as “the breasts, convulsed and shaken, Leaves, Holy, rained, eyes”
This form usually rendered as “question” (3 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered الزّفرات (az-zfrát), احترقت (iḥtrqt), احشائهنّ (iḥsháʾhnn), بنار (bnár), الحسرات (al-ḥsrát), حزناً (ḥznáan), عبدک (ʿbdk), المظلوم (al-mẓlúm) as “sighs, burned, nay, bewailed, servant, wronged”
2 occurrences in corpus