Kitáb-i-Íqán — §147
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 147 of 291.
Source (Persian)
چون غيب ازلی و ساذج هويّه، شمس محمّدی را از افق علم و معانی مشرق فرمود از جمله اعتراضات علمای يهود آن بود که بعد از موسی نبّی مبعوث نشود. بلی، طلعتی در کتاب مذکور است که بايد ظاهر شود و ترويج ملّت و مذهب او را نمايد تا شريعه شريعت مذکوره در تورات همه ارض را احاطه نمايد. اين است که از لسان آن ماندگان وادی بُعد و ضلالت، سلطان احديّت می فرمايد: "وَقَالَتِ اليَهُودُ يَدُ اللّهِ مَغلُولَةٌ. غُلَّتْ اَيديِهِمْ وَ لُعِنُوا بِما قالُوا بَلْ يَداهُ مَبْسُوطَتانِ." ترجمه آن اين است که گفتند يهودان دست خدا بسته شده. بسته باد دست های خود ايشان و ملعون شدند به آنچه افترا بستند. بلکه دست های قدرت الهی هميشه باز و مهيمن است، "يَدُاللّهِ فَوْقَ اَيْديهِمْ."
Shoghi Effendi Translation
When the Unseen, the Eternal, the divine Essence, caused the Day-star of Muhammad to rise above the horizon of knowledge, among the cavils which the Jewish divines raised against Him was that after Moses no Prophet should be sent of God. Yea, mention hath been made in the scriptures of a Soul Who must needs be made manifest and Who will advance the Faith, and promote the interests of the people, of Moses, so that the Law of the Mosaic Dispensation may encompass the whole earth. Thus hath the King of eternal glory referred in His Book to the words uttered by those wanderers in the vale of remoteness and error: “‘The hand of God,’ say the Jews, ‘is chained up.’ Chained up be their own hands! And for that which they have said, they were accursed. Nay, outstretched are both His hands!” “The hand of God is above their hands.”
Translation Notes
او
literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song
