Kitáb-i-Íqán — §116
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 116 of 291.
Source (Persian)
در اين موقع يک آيه ذکر می نمايم که اگر چشم بصيرت باز کنی تا زنده هستی بر مظلومی آن حضرت نوحه و ندبه نمائی. و آن آيه در وقتی نازل شد که آن حضرت از شدّت بلايا و اعراض ناس، به غايت افسرده و دلتنگ بود، جبرئيل از سدرة المنتهای قرب نازل شد و اين آيه تلاوت نمود: "وَ إنْ کَانَ کَبُرَ عَلَيکَ إعرَاضُهُم فَاِنِ اسْتطَعْتَ اَن تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقاً فی الاَرضِ اَو سُلَّماً فی السَّماء. " که ترجمه آن اين است که اگر بزرگ است بر تو اعراض معرضين و سخت است بر تو ادبار منافقين و ايذای ايشان، پس اگر مستطيعی و می توانی، طلب کن نقبی در زير ارض يا نردبانی به سوی آسمان، که تلويح بيان اين است که چاره نيست و دست از تو بر نمی دارند مگر آنکه درزير زمين پنهان شوی و يا به آسمان فرار نمائی.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We shall cite in this connection only one verse of that Book. Shouldst thou observe it with a discerning eye, thou wilt, all the remaining days of thy life, lament and bewail the injury of Muhammad, that wronged and oppressed Messenger of God. That verse was revealed at a time when Muhammad languished weary and sorrowful beneath the weight of the opposition of the people, and of their unceasing torture. In the midst of His agony, the Voice of Gabriel, calling from the Sadratu’l-Muntahá, was heard saying: “But if their opposition be grievous to Thee—if Thou canst, seek out an opening into the earth or a ladder into heaven.” The implication of this utterance is that His case had no remedy, that they would not withhold their hands from Him unless He should hide Himself beneath the depths of the earth, or take His flight unto heaven.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “connection” (1 occurrences)
fell 17% have 17% come 13% occurred 10% hath 10% recipients 10% brought 7% repositories 7% exponents 7% actually 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: fellgleaningsGWB §99: are the recipientskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: inevitableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: fallen prostratetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: their abodethe-hidden-wordsHW §148: situatewill-and-testamentW&T §39: have causedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: was
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §628: and all the signs of the universekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: of utterancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §6: the Holy Writings
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: quotegleaningsGWB §192: to associate itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: Concern yourselvesgleaningsGWB §110: hastkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Givekitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: are repeatingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: didst becomewill-and-testamentW&T §5: revivedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: are
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: carefullygleaningsGWB §325: the power of visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: understanding heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §599: mine eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: outward eyesgleaningsGWB §31: or heart
SE rendered ذکر (dhkr), می (mí), نمايم (nmáym), چشم (chshm), بصيرت (bṣírt), باز (báz), کنی (kní), زنده (zndh), هستی (hstí), بر (br), مظلومی (mẓlúmí) as “cite, eye, discerning, observe, life, injury”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “pondering”, “shouldst” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “reborn”, “quickening”, “quickened” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered چشم (chshm), بصيرت (bṣírt), باز (báz), کنی (kní), زنده (zndh), هستی (hstí), بر (br), مظلومی (mẓlúmí), حضرت (ḥḍrt), نوحه (núḥh), ندبه (ndbh) as “eye, discerning, observe, life, injury, that, lament, bewail”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: injusticefire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §419: wronged, this oppressedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: tyranny!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: of wrongful doersthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §5: deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: oppression
majesty 44% honor 10% great 10% holiness 10% commander 7% who 5% excellency 3% unto 3% imam 3% embodiments 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: countenancegleaningsGWB §482: theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: led Him awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §67: towards Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: in the holy presencewill-and-testamentW&T §38: “His Holinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: Most ExaltedgleaningsGWB §259: when attaining
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: to sighfire-tabletFire §47: Dost Thou wailgleaningsGWB §271: to cry out and be sore pained with griefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: prayerfully exhortedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: spent in lamentationwill-and-testamentW&T §5: lamentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: hath provoked the lamentationsfire-tabletFire §47: shall I wail
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: abasethgleaningsGWB §295: have caused My Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: the abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: Send down, thentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: for that which perisheth
This form usually rendered as “excessive”, “plight”, “assiduous” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered نازل (názl), حضرت (ḥḍrt), از (iz), شدّت (shddt), بلايا (bláyá), اعراض (iʿráḍ), ناس، (nás،), غايت (gháyt), افسرده (ifsrdh) as “revealed, Him, weight, opposition, people, unceasing torture, languished”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: overwhelmedfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §67: have so sorely afflictedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: persecutionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: or that the woes I sufferthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the tribulations I suffer
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “turned”, “denial” (70 occurrences)
turn 15% turned 13% denial 13% opposition 13% repudiation 10% rejected 10% denials 8% faithlessness 8% hath 5% turning 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: I turned away from TheegleaningsGWB §97: turneth awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: rejectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: have turned backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: hath also turned awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: denials
This form usually rendered as “tree”, “lote-tree”, “burning” (78 occurrences)
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: BushgleaningsGWB §175: the Burning Bushkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: the Sadratu’lprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Divine Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §399: Sadratu’l-Muntahá
SE rendered جبرئيل (jbrʾíl), از (iz), سدرة (sdrh), المنتهای (al-mntháy), قرب (qrb), نازل (názl), آيه (áyh), تلاوت (tláwt), نمود (nmúd) as “Gabriel, from, Sadratu’l-Muntahá, calling, saying”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §548: draw nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: nigh.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: near access to Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
SE rendered نازل (názl), آيه (áyh), تلاوت (tláwt), نمود (nmúd) as “calling, saying”
SE rendered نمود (nmúd), کَبُرَ (kabur), عَلَيکَ (ʿalayk), إعرَاضُهُم (ʾiʿráḍuhum) as “saying, opposition”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: the grievousnessgleaningsGWB §204: How piteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: most resplendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §7: gravest
SE rendered إعرَاضُهُم (ʾiʿráḍuhum), اسْتطَعْتَ (istṭaʿt), تَبْتَغِيَ (tabtaghí), نَفَقاً (nafaqáan) as “opposition”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: ye cannotgleaningsGWB §541: allegiancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: they will not obeyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: art to be obeyedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: never shall be ablethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: canstwill-and-testamentW&T §7: obedientepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: “Willingly
SE rendered تَبْتَغِيَ (tabtaghí), نَفَقاً (nafaqáan), الاَرضِ (ar-rḍ) as “earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: the things which beseemed themgleaningsGWB §235: behoovethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: seek outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: in their eagerness to partakethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou wouldst attainwill-and-testamentW&T §48: as it is meet and seemlygleaningsGWB §643: corrupt inclinationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: unchaste
SE rendered نَفَقاً (nafaqáan), الاَرضِ (ar-rḍ), سُلَّماً (sullamáan) as “earth”
sacrificed 17% malice 17% sedition 17% generous 8% have 8% bestow 8% discord 8% offered 6% hath 6% maliciously 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: We offered upfire-tabletFire §34: of seditiongleaningsGWB §178: malicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: an openingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: hast yieldedthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: thou mayest drawwill-and-testamentW&T §10: their maliceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: malicious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: In those regionsfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §202: worldlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: this earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: world
SE rendered الاَرضِ (ar-rḍ), سُلَّماً (sullamáan), السَّماء (as-samáʾ) as “earth, heaven.””
salutations 91% ladder 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: the peacegleaningsGWB §457: them that have resigned themselves to Him (Muslims)kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Surrendering Our will to Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: under Thy protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §6: deliveringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: salutationsgleaningsGWB §372: attestedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: submissive
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: namedfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §97: the realms abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: and the heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered السَّماء (as-samáʾ), ترجمه (trjmh), بزرگ (bzrg), بر (br) as “heaven.”, grievous, to”
SE rendered بزرگ (bzrg), بر (br), تو (tú), اعراض (iʿráḍ), معرضين (mʿrḍín), سخت (skht), بر (br), تو (tú), ادبار (idbár), منافقين (mnáfqín) as “grievous, to, thou”
SE rendered سخت (skht), بر (br), تو (tú), ادبار (idbár), منافقين (mnáfqín) as “thou”
schemes 17% take 11% ordereth 11% ordainer 11% advance 11% reject 11% providence 11% ruler 6% incompetent 6% machinations 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: incompetentgleaningsGWB §362: selfishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: rejectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: Thy providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: reflectwill-and-testamentW&T §9: subtletyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: orderethgleaningsGWB §163: are continually plotting to instill
SE rendered تو (tú), ادبار (idbár), منافقين (mnáfqín), ايذای (iydháy) as “thou”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: beseechethgleaningsGWB §552: questkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: in their quest ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: is my goalthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: his desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: its contentsgleaningsGWB §684: the eagerness of his searchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: ask for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: thou hastgleaningsGWB §620: and are trulykitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: in His own Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: Behold metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Veiled
This form usually rendered as “opening” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: My TabletsgleaningsGWB §21: hath been lifted upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: booksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: hath shone forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: illuminedgleaningsGWB §198: Scriptures
utterance 63% words 9% speech 5% language 4% tongue 4% divine 4% such 3% utterances 3% explanation 3% bayán 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My wondrous utterancefire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §174: through the revelation of these wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: ustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolutethe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdom
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: of slumbergleaningsGWB §191: powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: in their graspthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: in the talons ofwill-and-testamentW&T §51: the handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: in the handsgleaningsGWB §168: within the clawskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: our reach
SE rendered چاره (chárh), نيست (níst), دست (dst), از (iz), تو (tú), بر (br), نمی (nmí), دارند (dárnd), مگر (mgr), آنکه (ánkh), درزير (drzír), زمين (zmín), پنهان (pnhán) as “remedy, no, hands, from, Thou, not, withhold, unless, He, days, hide”
beyond 19% infinite 17% end 17% utmost 15% ended 8% highest 8% forbiddeth 6% until 4% immeasurable 4% divine 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: immeasurablefire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §318: forbiddethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: forbiddestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: the profoundest thinkerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: boundless
This form usually rendered as “withhold”, “therein”, “cleave” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: FlingestgleaningsGWB §316: can, in no wise, be said to have beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: Dost thou not possessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: not deterredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: keepwill-and-testamentW&T §42: hath even takenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: do We havegleaningsGWB §709: be washed from thine heart
This form usually rendered as “mayest”, “wilt”, “thou” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: thou wouldst fleegleaningsGWB §138: would flee in consternationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: And I fledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: fleethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: fled awaygleaningsGWB §152: fliethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: overlookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: desert
