Kitáb-i-Íqán — §183
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 183 of 291.
Source (Persian)
سبحان اللّه، جهل و نادانی عباد به مقام و حدّی رسيده که به علم و اراده خود مقبل شده، از علم و اراده حقّ جلّ و عزّ معرض گشتهاند.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Gracious God! So great is the folly and perversity of the people, that they have turned their face toward their own thoughts and desires, and have turned their back upon the knowledge and will of God—hallowed and glorified be His name!
Translation Notes
glorified 66% gracious 20% immeasurably 3% great 2% praise 2% all-glorious 2% \‘glorified 1% glory 1% high 1% immensely 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §557: hymns of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: these grievous “veils of glory,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: Thee be praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: laudgleaningsGWB §620: the Glorified
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mine ignorancegleaningsGWB §703: depths of ignorancekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: foolish oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: ignorantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: his own ignorancethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: empty thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: foolishgleaningsGWB §155: ignorance
This form usually rendered as “ignorance”, “perversity” (4 occurrences)
ignorance 67% perversity 33%
SE rendered اللّه، (al-lh،), جهل (jhl), نادانی (nádání), عباد (ʿbád), مقام (mqám), حدّی (ḥddí), رسيده (rsídh), علم (ʿlm), اراده (irádh) as “God, folly, perversity, people, knowledge, will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sublime stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §159: constancykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: sojourned inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: bidden me to occupytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
SE rendered جهل (jhl), نادانی (nádání), عباد (ʿbád), مقام (mqám), حدّی (ḥddí), رسيده (rsídh), علم (ʿlm), اراده (irádh) as “folly, perversity, people, knowledge, will”
limitations 33% limits 11% bounds 11% limitation 9% precepts 9% limited 9% sharper 4% sharp 4% temporal 4% discernment 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: sharpgleaningsGWB §720: boundskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: discernmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: its confinestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: limits
SE rendered نادانی (nádání), عباد (ʿbád), مقام (mqám), حدّی (ḥddí), رسيده (rsídh), علم (ʿlm), اراده (irádh), مقبل (mqbl) as “perversity, people, knowledge, will, turned their face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: face of the earthfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §237: pleased to teachkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: tokensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: Aware as I amtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
will 41% purpose 9% desire 9% desired 6% purposed 6% determined 6% pleaseth 6% hath 6% determineth 6% wished 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: seekgleaningsGWB §468: intentionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: wishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §698: seekethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §8: the gracious willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: desired
SE expanded to “turned their face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: conversionfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §189: would have gladly kissedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: formerlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: with mine eyes liftedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
23 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the Sun of TruthgleaningsGWB §136: nokitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: God, the omnipotentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: against methe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §23: his realityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: in truth
SE rendered مقبل (mqbl), از (iz), علم (ʿlm), اراده (irádh), حقّ (ḥqq), جلّ (jll), عزّ (ʿzz), معرض (mʿrḍ) as “turned their face, upon, God—hallowed, glorified, turned their back”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: exalted begleaningsGWB §288: of Grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: exalted be HisgleaningsGWB §374: magnified be His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §86: transcendent majesty
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (190 occurrences)
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §624: whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: to look uponthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: blest
SE expanded to “turned their back”
turned 38% who 13% withdrawn 6% strayed 6% disbelieved 6% cast 6% repudiate 6% rejected 6% repudiated 6% faithful 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: protested againstgleaningsGWB §461: pervertingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: apostatizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §525: may inducetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: bywill-and-testamentW&T §17: oppose and protestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: withdrawn from
SE rendered اراده (irádh), حقّ (ḥqq), جلّ (jll), عزّ (ʿzz), معرض (mʿrḍ), گشتهاند (gshthánd) as “God—hallowed, glorified, turned their back”
