Kitáb-i-Íqán — §139

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 139 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و همچه تصوّر ننمائی که اين امور بعد از شهادت آن حضرت واقع شده و چه ثمری برای آن حضرت مترتّب است زيرا که آن حضرت هميشه حيّ است به حيات الهی و در رفرف امتناع قرب و سدره ارتفاع وصل ساکن. و اين جواهر وجود در مقام انفاق کلّ قائم اند، يعنی جان و مال و نفس و روح همه را در راه دوست انفاق نموده و می نمايند و هيچ رتبه ای نزدشان احبّ از اين مقام نيست. عاشقان جز رضای معشوق مطلبی ندارند و جز لقای محبوب منظوری نجويند.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Think not that because these things have come to pass after Husayn’s martyrdom, therefore all this glory hath been of no profit unto him. For that holy soul is immortal, liveth the life of God, and abideth within the retreats of celestial glory upon the Sadrih of heavenly reunion. These Essences of being are the shining Exemplars of sacrifice. They have offered, and will continue to offer up their lives, their substance, their souls, their spirit, their all, in the path of the Well-Beloved. By them, no station, however exalted, could be more dearly cherished. For lovers have no desire but the good-pleasure of their Beloved, and have no aim except reunion with Him.

Translation Notes

تصوّر

ṣ-w-r → “trumpet-call” Distinctive

literal: to imagine; to conceive; to suppose

ننمائی

n-m-y → “not”

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

که

k-h → “that because”

literal: that; who; who, that

اين

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

امور

ʾ-m-r → “things”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

بعد

b-ʿ-d → “after”

literal: after; behind; distance

از

ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

شهادت

sh-h-d → “martyrdom”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

آن

ʾ-n → “that holy”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

حضرت

ḥ-ḍ-r → “His Majesty”

literal: presence; majesty; His/Your Excellency

واقع

w-q-ʿ → “come to pass”

literal: to fall, to occur, to happen; incident, event

شده

sh-d

literal: to become; to be

چه

ch-h

literal: what; what/for; whatsoever, that which

ثمری

th-m-r → “fruit”

literal: fruit; the fruit

برای

b-r-y

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

مترتّب

r-t-b → “station” Distinctive

literal: rank; station; degree; time; instance

است

b-w-d → “hath” Distinctive

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

زيرا

z-y-r → “For”

literal: because; since; for; inasmuch as

هميشه

h-m-sh

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

حيّ

ḥ-y-y → “life” Distinctive

literal: life; vitality; living

به

b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

الهی

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

رفرف

r-f-r → “retreats”

literal: twinkling; blinking; moment

امتناع

m-n-ʿ

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

قرب

q-r-b

literal: place of sacrifice; altar

سدره

s-d-r → “Sadrih” Distinctive

literal: lote-tree; divine tree

ارتفاع

r-f-ʿ → “exalted”

literal: to be raised, elevated, exalted, lifted up

وصل

w-ṣ-l → “reunion”

literal: reunion; union; meeting; connection

ساکن.

s-k-n → “abideth”

literal: stillness, rest, quietude, tranquility

جواهر

j-w-h-r → “Essences”

literal: jewel; essence; gem; substance

وجود

w-j-d → “being”

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

مقام

q-w-m → “station”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

انفاق

n-f-q → “sacrificed”

literal: hypocrisy; sedition; discord; betrayal

کلّ

k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

يعنی

ʿ-n-y

literal: that is; meaning; i.e.

جان

j-ʾ-n → “lives”

literal: soul; life; spirit; self

مال

m-w-l → “substance”

literal: hope; wish; desire; aspiration

نفس

n-f-s → “souls”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

روح

r-w-ḥ → “spirit”

literal: to go; to depart; to rest; spirit; soul

همه

h-m-h → “all”

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

راه

r-h → “guide” Distinctive

literal: way; path; road

دوست

d-w-s-t → “Well-Beloved”

literal: friend; beloved; to befriend

نموده

n-m-ود → “They” Distinctive

literal: do; to do; do/make

می

m-y-y → “will be made”

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

نمايند

n-m-ʾ → “may”

literal: do; show; make

هيچ

h-y-ch → “no”

literal: nothing; any; not a single

ای

ʾ-y-y

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

نزدشان

n-z-d → “unto”

literal: near; beside; with; in the presence of

احبّ

ḥ-b-b → “dearly cherished”

literal: love; affection

عاشقان

ʿ-sh-q → “lovers”

literal: love, passion, ardor

جز

j-z

literal: except

رضای

r-ḍ-y → “good-pleasure”

literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment

مطلبی

ṭ-l-b → “theme” Distinctive

literal: seeker, one who seeks; those who seek

ندارند

d-ʾ-sh-t → “have”

literal: cycle; dispensation; age; turn; round

لقای

l-q-y → “presence”

literal: opposite; facing; in front of; towards

منظوری

n-ẓ-r → “Consider” Distinctive

literal: intention; purpose; aim; goal; to seek; to direct oneself

نجويند.

j-w-y → “take fast hold” Distinctive

literal: to save; to deliver; to escape

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