How Shoghi Effendi Translated
A bidirectional concordance exploring the translation choices of Shoghi Effendi. Every English word and Arabic/Persian root, cross-linked with examples from the source texts.
3,081
Arabic/Persian roots
22,870+
English renderings
105,552
examples
11
works
Featured: Words with Multiple Arabic/Persian Origins
glory 51 roots
of 397 men 50 roots
of 315 people 45 roots
of 554 god 41 roots
of 2191 soul 37 roots
of 257 world 36 roots
of 551 thing 35 roots
of 257 man 33 roots
of 211 revelation 31 roots
of 470 other 31 roots
of 107 word 30 roots
of 366 truth 30 roots
of 226 time 30 roots
of 112 divine 29 roots
of 277 life 29 roots
of 176
of 397 men 50 roots
of 315 people 45 roots
of 554 god 41 roots
of 2191 soul 37 roots
of 257 world 36 roots
of 551 thing 35 roots
of 257 man 33 roots
of 211 revelation 31 roots
of 470 other 31 roots
of 107 word 30 roots
of 366 truth 30 roots
of 226 time 30 roots
of 112 divine 29 roots
of 277 life 29 roots
of 176
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Top Roots by Frequency
— () function word 7140 · 0 en
ء- ل- ه (ʾ-l-h) god; divine; o god 2771 · 133 en
ظ- ه- ر (ẓ-h-r) manifestation; manifest; appear 1737 · 608 en
ع- ل- م (ʿ-l-m) world; knowledge; worlds 1710 · 359 en
fa:نمودن (nmúdn) do; to do; show 1275 · 508 en
ء- م- ر (ʾ-m-r) command; matter; cause 1267 · 326 en
ق- د- ر (q-d-r) power; powerful; amount 1173 · 334 en
ن- ف- س (n-f-s) self; soul; souls 1131 · 272 en
س- م- و (s-m-w) name; heaven; names 1106 · 135 en
ك- ل- ل (k-l-l) all; every; all, every 1062 · 194 en
ق- و- م (q-w-m) station; people; place 1060 · 390 en
(name) () proper name 966 · 0 en
ذ- ك- ر (dh-k-r) mention; remembrance; mentioned 919 · 417 en
ر- ب- ب (r-b-b) lord; divine; lordship 881 · 81 en
ب- ي- ن (b-y-n) between; utterance; clear 803 · 279 en
ح- ب- ب (ḥ-b-b) love; beloved; beloved ones 758 · 176 en
ك- و- ن (k-w-n) be; was; to be 755 · 356 en
ع- ل- و (ʿ-l-w) highest; exalted; high 733 · 161 en
ع- ر- ف (ʿ-r-f) knowledge; know; knower 716 · 306 en
ح- ق- ق (ḥ-q-q) truth; true; right 702 · 165 en
ع- ب- د (ʿ-b-d) servants; servant; servant/slave 685 · 103 en
ع- ز- ز (ʿ-z-z) mighty; glory; might 674 · 129 en
م- ل- ك (m-l-k) kingdom; king; owner 665 · 140 en
ش- ه- د (sh-h-d) witness; observation; witnessed 656 · 238 en
fa:شدن (shdn) become; to become; became 642 · 208 en
ء- ر- ض (ʾ-r-ḍ) earth; land; earth, land 612 · 62 en
ح- ك- م (ḥ-k-m) wisdom; wise; judgment 609 · 186 en
ش- ي- ء (sh-y-ʾ) thing; will; things 608 · 136 en
ق- ب- ل (q-b-l) before; acceptance; approach 600 · 305 en
ن- و- ر (n-w-r) light; lights; luminous 592 · 116 en
Data sourced from the Jafar concordance database — 105,552 occurrences across 11 works.