Kitáb-i-Íqán — §179
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 179 of 291.
Source (Persian)
و همچنين نغمه جمال ازلی، حسين بن عليّ را ادراک نما که به سلمان می فرمايد که مضمون آن اين است: بودم با الف آدم که فاصله هر آدم به آدم بعد خمسين الف سنه بود و با هر يک ولايت پدرم را عرض نمودم. و تفصيلی ذکر می فرمايد تا آنکه می فرمايد: الف مرّه جهاد نمودم در سبيل الهی که اصغر و کوچک تر ازهمه مثل غزوه خيبر بود که پدرم با کفّار محاربه و مجادله نمود. حال اسرار ختم و رجع و لا اوّليّت و لا آخريّت صنع، همه را از اين دو روايت ادراک فرما.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Likewise, strive thou to comprehend the meaning of the melody of that eternal beauty, Husayn, son of ‘Alí, who, addressing Salmán, spoke words such as these: “I was with a thousand Adams, the interval between each and the next Adam was fifty thousand years, and to each one of these I declared the Successorship conferred upon my father.” He then recounteth certain details, until he saith: “I have fought one thousand battles in the path of God, the least and most insignificant of which was like the battle of Khaybar, in which battle my father fought and contended against the infidels.” Endeavour now to apprehend from these two traditions the mysteries of “end,” “return,” and “creation without beginning or end.”
Translation Notes
الف
literal: word; expression; utterance; to reconcile; to compose; to compile; to unite
فاصله
literal: detail; distinction; differentiation; to detail; to separate
کوچک
literal: small, little, insignificant; small; little; diminished
کفّار
literal: to disbelieve, reject; unbelief, ingratitude; to deny, to disbelieve, to reject
روايت
literal: narration; tradition; fragrance; to grow; to spring forth; to sprout
