Kitáb-i-Íqán — §168
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 168 of 291.
Source (Persian)
ای برادر، از اين بيانات شافيه کافيه وافيه اسرار خلق جديد و رجوع و بعث، بی حجاب و نقاب ظاهر و هويدا است. انشاءاللّه به تأييدات غيبيّه جامه کهنه را از جسم و جان دور کنی و به خلع جديده باقيه مفتخر گردی.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O brother, behold how the inner mysteries of “rebirth,” of “return,” and of “resurrection” have each, through these all-sufficing, these unanswerable, and conclusive utterances, been unveiled and unravelled before thine eyes. God grant that through His gracious and invisible assistance, thou mayest divest thy body and soul of the old garment, and array thyself with the new and imperishable attire.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: conducted Usfire-tabletFire §7: ColdnessgleaningsGWB §679: chilledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: inhaleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: unravel Thy mysterythe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Cast outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: snatched off Ourfire-tabletFire §38: the cold
utterances 41% sayings 17% statements 15% words 7% utterance 5% which 5% passages 2% conversation 2% revealing 2% hath 2%
This form usually rendered as “healer”, “all-sufficing” (3 occurrences)
healer 67% all-sufficing 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a balmgleaningsGWB §438: the remedykitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: sought deliverance from his illsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: healingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: all-sufficingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: Heal Thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my healingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: a healing medicine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §35: full measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: Is it not enough for themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: the Self-Sufficingthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: suffice theewill-and-testamentW&T §34: rested notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: sufficientgleaningsGWB §259: is insufficient
This form usually rendered as “irrefutable”, “full”, “conclusive” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: fidelityfire-tabletFire §18: TrustgleaningsGWB §419: of demonstrating to him their abiding loyaltykitab-i-ahdAhd §2: Fleetingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: diedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: who have fulfilled their pledgethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: that they may stand faithfulwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: satisfactiongleaningsGWB §357: is My mysterykitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: of my hearttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: that which they have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: the inner mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §42: beganepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: secret
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: a creaturefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §171: mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: the first creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: Thou didst call into beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: created
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: againgleaningsGWB §176: freshkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: freshestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and revivethe-hidden-wordsHW §117: striveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: supplant the Faith with a new religiongleaningsGWB §459: perpetratekitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: made new
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to turn asidegleaningsGWB §683: Retrace your stepskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: fell intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: I am carried backthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: repairwill-and-testamentW&T §16: unto whomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: to address theegleaningsGWB §729: to retract and repudiate such claim
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: raised upgleaningsGWB §465: the Raiser from the deadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: was made manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and the Quickenerwill-and-testamentW&T §9: shall have no pity on himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: they shall be raised againgleaningsGWB §176: spiritual resurrectionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “resurrection,”
SE rendered اسرار (isrár), خلق (khlq), جديد (jdíd), رجوع (rjúʿ), بعث، (bʿth،), بی (bí), حجاب (ḥjáb), نقاب (nqáb), ظاهر (ẓáhr), هويدا (húydá) as “mysteries, “rebirth,”, new, “return,”, “resurrection”, unveiled, unravelled”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: have shut themselves out as by a veilgleaningsGWB §44: that veil the eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: to veil their eyesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: may shut them outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou veil thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: Suffer not yourselves to be shut out as by a veil
SE rendered رجوع (rjúʿ), بعث، (bʿth،), بی (bí), حجاب (ḥjáb), نقاب (nqáb), ظاهر (ẓáhr), هويدا (húydá), انشاءاللّه (insháʾálllh) as ““return,”, “resurrection”, unveiled, unravelled, God grant”
SE rendered بعث، (bʿth،), بی (bí), حجاب (ḥjáb), نقاب (nqáb), ظاهر (ẓáhr), هويدا (húydá), انشاءاللّه (insháʾálllh), تأييدات (tʾayídát) as ““resurrection”, unveiled, unravelled, God grant, assistance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: their corrupt desiresfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §571: your evil and corrupt inclinationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: to my corrupt desirestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: and passionthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: idlewill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: strengthenedgleaningsGWB §101: We strengthenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: only can yieldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: to graciously aid methe-hidden-wordsHW §130: nor enterwill-and-testamentW&T §25: reinforceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: aid himgleaningsGWB §11: graciously assisted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath been obscuredgleaningsGWB §11: of things unseenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: inscrutableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: the seentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §409: of the invisible One
soothsayers 67% old 33%
SE rendered جامه (jámh), کهنه (khnh), از (iz), جسم (jsm), جان (ján), دور (dúr), کنی (kní), خلع (khlʿ), جديده (jdídh), باقيه (báqíh) as “garment, old, of, body, soul, divest, array, imperishable”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: they would arisegleaningsGWB §376: ye parekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: we may notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §664: exaltestthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Would ye but sanctifywill-and-testamentW&T §5: turnedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: He supplicateth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: a fresh attiregleaningsGWB §40: robekitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: attireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: attire meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: therefore pull offgleaningsGWB §99: with the robekitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: arrayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: with a fresh attire
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “immortal”, “eternal” (82 occurrences)
everlasting 27% immortal 20% eternal 10% incorruptible 8% imperishable 8% endure 6% eternity 6% abiding 6% last 4% yet 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: can there remainfire-tabletFire §30: hiddengleaningsGWB §634: unfading splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: survivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: Thine eternitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §132: immortal life
SE rendered دور (dúr), کنی (kní), خلع (khlʿ), جديده (jdídh), باقيه (báqíh), مفتخر (mftkhr) as “divest, array, imperishable”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: We glory thereingleaningsGWB §703: and priding themselves thereinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: distinctionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: and have been vaunting themselvesthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: should exalt himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: pridegleaningsGWB §99: are honoredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: honoured
SE rendered خلع (khlʿ), جديده (jdídh), باقيه (báqíh), مفتخر (mftkhr), گردی (grdí) as “array, imperishable”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: wouldst becomegleaningsGWB §550: cleansekitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: no such happenings can ever come to passthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: thou wouldst bewill-and-testamentW&T §3: was putepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: were revealedgleaningsGWB §361: were madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: would attain unto
