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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §102

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 102 of 291.

Source (Persian)

البابُ المذکورُ فی بَيانِ اَنَّ شمسَ الحقيقةِ وَ مظهَرَ نفسِ اللّهِ لَيَکُونَنَّ سُلطاناً عَلی مَن فِی السَّمواتِ و الاَرضِ و إن لَنْ يُطيعَهُ اَحدٌمن اهلِ الاَرضِ و غَنيّاً عن کُلِّ مَنْ فِی المُلکِ و إن لَم يَکُنْ عِندَهُ دينار. کَذلِکَ نُظهِرُ لَکَ من اسرارِ الاَمرِ و نُلقی عَلَيکَ مِن جواهِرِالحکمَةِ لِتَطيرَنَّ بِجَناحَی الاِنقطاعِ فِی الهَواء الَّذی کانَ عَنِ الاَبصارِ مَستوراً.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Verily He Who is the Day-star of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty over all that is in heaven and on earth, though no man be found on earth to obey Him. He verily is independent of all earthly dominion, though He be utterly destitute. Thus We reveal unto thee the mysteries of the Cause of God, and bestow upon thee the gems of divine wisdom, that haply thou mayest soar on the wings of renunciation to those heights that are veiled from the eyes of men.

Translation Notes

البابُ
b-w-b

literal: door; gate; chapter; way; manner

المذکورُ
dh-k-r

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

فِی
f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

بَيانِ
b-y-n

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

اَنَّ
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

شمسَ
sh-m-s → “Day-star” Distinctive

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

الحقيقةِ
ḥ-q-q → “Truth”

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

مظهَرَ
ẓ-h-r → “Revealer”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

نفسِ
n-f-s → “Supreme Being” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

اللّهِ
ʾ-l-h → “God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

لَيَکُونَنَّ
k-w-n → “be”

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

سُلطاناً
s-l-ṭ → “sovereignty”

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

عَلی
ʿ-l-w → “over” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

مَن
m-n → “all that” Distinctive

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

السَّمواتِ
s-m-w → “heaven”

literal: heaven; sky

الاَرضِ
ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

لَنْ
l-n → “no” Distinctive

literal: will not (negation of future)

يُطيعَهُ
ṭ-w-ʿ → “obey”

literal: obedience; obeyed; obedient

اَحدٌمن
ʾ-ḥ-d → “man be”

literal: anyone; one; oneness

اهلِ
ʾ-h-l → “men” Distinctive

literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin

غَنيّاً
gh-n-y → “independent” Distinctive

literal: to be independent of; to be in no need of; to dispense with; rich; wealthy; needless

عن
ʿ-n → “of”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

کُلِّ
k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

المُلکِ
m-l-k → “dominion”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership

لَم
l-y-s

literal: to reproach; blame; censure

عِندَهُ
ʿ-n-d

literal: obstinacy; opposition; enmity

دينار.
d-y-n → “religions” Distinctive

literal: religion; religions; religion, faith

کَذلِکَ
dh-l-k → “Thus”

literal: thus; likewise; also

لَکَ
l → “His is”

literal: for us; to us

اسرارِ
s-r-r → “mysteries”

literal: throne; couch; seat of authority

الاَمرِ
ʾ-m-r → “Cause”

literal: mother; to lead; to head; matter; affair; people; nation; community; female servant; handmaiden; umma

نُلقی
l-q-y → “Presence” Distinctive

literal: meeting; cast; meeting, encounter

عَلَيکَ
ʿ-l-y → “upon thee”

literal: upon; on; exalted

جواهِرِالحکمَةِ
j-w-h-r → “gems of divine wisdom”

literal: essence; essences; jewel

لِتَطيرَنَّ
ṭ-y-r → “soar”

literal: bird; fly; flight

بِجَناحَی
j-n-ḥ → “wings”

literal: wing; side; shelter; protection

الاِنقطاعِ
q-ṭ-ʿ → “renunciation”

literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain

الهَواء
h-w-ʾ → “the atmosphere”

literal: air; atmosphere; void

الَّذی
l-dh-y → “that are” Distinctive

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

الاَبصارِ
b-ṣ-r → “eyes”

literal: sight; insight; discernment; spiritual perception

مَستوراً.
s-t-r → “veiled” Distinctive

literal: to veil; to conceal; to cover; veil; covering

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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