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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §138

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 138 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و همچنين ملاحظه نما، با اينکه به نهايت ذلّت آن حضرت شهيد شد و احدی نبود که آن حضرت را در ظاهر نصرت نمايد و يا غسل دهد و کفن نمايد مع ذلک حال چگونه از اطراف و اکناف بلاد چقدر از مردم که شدّ رحال می نمايند برای حضور در آن ارض که سر بر آن آستان بمالند. اين است غلبه و قدرت الهی و شوکت و عظمت ربّانی.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Furthermore, call to mind the shameful circumstances that have attended the martyrdom of Husayn. Reflect upon his loneliness, how, to outer seeming, none could be found to aid him, none to take up his body and bury it. And yet, behold how numerous, in this day, are those who from the uttermost corners of the earth don the garb of pilgrimage, seeking the site of his martyrdom, that there they may lay their heads upon the threshold of his shrine! Such is the ascendancy and power of God! Such is the glory of His dominion and majesty!

Translation Notes

همچنين
ch-n-n → “likewise”

literal: always; ever; forever; at all times; constantly

ملاحظه
l-ḥ-ẓ → “Consider”

literal: assembly; multitude; chiefs; to fill; people of rank; fullness, assembly

نما،
n-m-ʾ → “may” Distinctive

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

با
b-ʾ-ʾ

literal: to; with; by

به
b-h → “the” Distinctive

literal: by it; by him; with it

نهايت
n-h-y → “utmost”

literal: end, limit, utmost, extreme; final; the end, limit, utmost bound; Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing; end; limit; terminus

ذلّت
dh-l-l → “shameful circumstances”

literal: abasement; humiliation; lowliness; to be abased

آن
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

حضرت
ḥ-ḍ-r → “him”

literal: presence; majesty; His/Your Excellency

شهيد
sh-h-d → “martyrdom”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

شد
sh-d → “have attended” Distinctive

literal: to become; to be

احدی
ʾ-ḥ-d → “none”

literal: oneness; unity; absolute unicity; singleness of divine essence

نبود
b-w-d → “is” Distinctive

literal: to be; to exist; to remain

که
k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

در
d-r-r → “to” Distinctive

literal: in; in, at; radiant

ظاهر
ẓ-h-r → “outer seeming” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

نصرت
n-ṣ-r → “aid”

literal: aid, help, succor, victory, support

يا
y-ʾ

literal: O; or

غسل
gh-s-l → “washed” Distinctive

literal: to wash; to bathe

دهد
d-h

literal: to give; to grant; to yield

کفن
k-f-n → “bury”

literal: to shroud; burial shroud

مع
m-ʿ → “notwithstanding”

literal: with; together with; alongside

ذلک
dh-l-k

literal: that; thus; by-that

حال
ḥ-w-l → “now”

literal: state; condition; circumstance

چگونه
ch-g-n → “how”

literal: how; in what manner

از
ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

اطراف
ṭ-r-f → “eyes” Distinctive

literal: extremity; end; edge; outskirt; periphery

اکناف
k-n-f

literal: corners; sides

بلاد
b-l-d → “earth” Distinctive

literal: city; land; country

چقدر
ch-q-d → “How all-encompassing”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

مردم
m-r-d → “those” Distinctive

literal: rebellion; mutiny; revolt

رحال
r-ḥ-l → “don the garb of pilgrimage”

literal: saddle; stages

می
m-y-y

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

برای
b-r-y → “Briefly” Distinctive

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

ارض
ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

سر
s-r-r → “heads” Distinctive

literal: throne; couch; seat of authority

بر
b-r-r → “upon”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

آستان
ʾ-s-t → “is” Distinctive

literal: foundation; basis; groundwork; founder; establisher; to found; to establish; we have founded

بمالند.
m-ʾ-l → “substance” Distinctive

literal: rubbing; friction; polishing

اين
ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: that, the fact that, this (demonstrative particle)

غلبه
gh-l-b → “ascendancy”

literal: to overcome, overpower, vanquish, prevail

قدرت
q-d-r → “power”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

الهی
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

شوکت
sh-w-k → “majesty”

literal: majesty; glory; might; splendor

عظمت
ʿ-ẓ-m → “majesty”

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

ربّانی.
r-b-b

literal: education; upbringing; training; cultivation

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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