Kitáb-i-Íqán — §156

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 156 of 291.

Source (Persian)

ای دوست من، اگر قدری در سماوات معانی فرقان طيران فرمائی و در ارض معرفت الهی که در آن مبسوط گشته تفرّج نمائی بسيار از ابواب علوم بر وجه آن جناب مفتوح شود و خواهيد يقين نمود بر اينکه جميع اين امور که اليوم اين عباد را منع می نمايد از ورود در شاطی بحر ازلی بعينها در ظهور نقطه فرقان هم مردم آن عصر را منع نموده از اقرار به آن شمس و اذعان به آن. و همچنين بر اسرار رجعت و بعثت مطّلع شوی و به اعلی غُرف يقين و اطمينان مقرّ يابی.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O my friend, were the bird of thy mind to explore the heavens of the Revelation of the Qur’án, were it to contemplate the realm of divine knowledge unfolded therein, thou wouldst assuredly find unnumbered doors of knowledge set open before thee. Thou wouldst certainly recognize that all these things which have in this day hindered this people from attaining the shores of the ocean of eternal grace, the same things in the Muhammadan Dispensation prevented the people of that age from recognizing that divine Luminary, and from testifying to His truth. Thou wilt also apprehend the mysteries of “return” and “revelation,” and wilt securely abide within the loftiest chambers of certitude and assurance.

Translation Notes

ای

ʾ-y-y → “O”

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

دوست

d-w-s-t → “friend”

literal: friend; beloved; to befriend

من،

m-n → “my” Distinctive

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

اگر

ʾ-g-r → “were they”

literal: although; even if; though; notwithstanding

قدری

q-d-r

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

سماوات

s-m-w → “heavens”

literal: heaven; sky

معانی

ʿ-n-y → “grace” Distinctive

literal: obstinacy; opposition; enmity

فرقان

f-r-q → “Qur’án”

literal: unique; singular; incomparable

طيران

ṭ-y-r → “soar”

literal: bird; birds; flying creature

فرمائی

f-r-m

literal: to say; to decree; to ordain; to command

ارض

ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

معرفت

ʿ-r-f → “knowledge”

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

الهی

ʾ-l-h → “divine”

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

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

آن

ʾ-n → “therein”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مبسوط

b-s-ṭ → “unfolded”

literal: carpet; mat; carpet of realm; expanse; table; surface

گشته

g-sh-t → “were”

literal: become; became; to become

تفرّج

f-r-j → “joy” Distinctive

literal: relief/deliverance; relieve; joy/relief

بسيار

b-s-r → “SON” Distinctive

literal: much; many; very; greatly

از

ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

ابواب

b-w-b → “doors”

literal: door; gate; chapter; way; manner

علوم

ʿ-l-m → “knowledge”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

بر

b-r-r

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

وجه

w-j-h → “face”

literal: face; countenance; direction; aspect

جناب

j-n-b → “thou”

literal: to avoid; to shun; to keep away from

مفتوح

f-t-ḥ → “open”

literal: opening; opening up; conquests; revelations; disclosure

شود

sh-w-d → “be”

literal: to come; to go; to arrive; came

خواهيد

kh-w-h → “will”

literal: to want; to wish; will (future auxiliary); brother; sibling

يقين

y-q-n → “His” Distinctive

literal: certainty; certitude; conviction; faith

نمود

n-m-ʾ → “recognize” Distinctive

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

اينکه

ʾ-y-n → “that” Distinctive

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

جميع

j-m-ʿ → “all”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

امور

ʾ-m-r → “things”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

اليوم

y-w-m → “day”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

عباد

ʿ-b-d → “people”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

منع

m-n-ʿ → “hindered”

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

می

m-y-y

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

ورود

w-r-d → “attaining” Distinctive

literal: to enter, to come, to befall, to arrive

شاطی

sh-ṭ-ʾ → “shores”

literal: fitting; suitable; becoming

بحر

b-ḥ-r → “ocean”

literal: sea; ocean

ازلی

ʾ-z-l → “eternal”

literal: eternity; pre-eternity; without beginning; eternal; everlasting; from eternity

بعينها

ʿ-y-n → “eyes” Distinctive

literal: eye; fountain; spring; essence

ظهور

ẓ-h-r → “Dispensation” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

نقطه

n-q-ṭ

literal: point; dot; spot; region; area

هم

h-m-m

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

مردم

m-r-d → “people”

literal: rebellion; mutiny; revolt

عصر

ʿ-ṣ-r → “age”

literal: age; era; century; period of time

نموده

n-m-ود

literal: do; to do; do/make

اقرار

q-r-r → “acknowledged”

literal: stability; firmness; establishment

به

b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

شمس

sh-m-s → “Luminary” Distinctive

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

اذعان

dh-ʿ-n → “acknowledged His truth” Distinctive

literal: assent; acknowledgment; admission

همچنين

ch-n-n → “also” Distinctive

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

اسرار

s-r-r → “mysteries”

literal: throne; couch; seat of authority

رجعت

r-j-ʿ → ““return””

literal: return; reference; place of return; resort

بعثت

b-ʿ-th → ““revelation,””

literal: to send; to raise up; to dispatch

مطّلع

ṭ-l-ʿ → “apprehend” Distinctive

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

شوی

sh-d-n

literal: be; become

اعلی

ʿ-l-w → “loftiest” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

غُرف

gh-r-f → “chambers”

literal: chamber; room; elevated chamber

اطمينان

ṭ-m-n → “assurance”

literal: to be at peace; to be reassured; to settle down

يابی.

y-ʾ-b

literal: find; rare; perceive/find

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