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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §186

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 186 of 291.

Source (Persian)

چنانچه شخصی در يومی نزد اين فقير بحر معانی حاضر بود و ذکری از علائم قيامت و حشر و نشر و حساب به ميان آمد و اصرار می نمود که حساب خلائق در ظهور بديع چگونه شد که احدی اطّلاع نيافته؟ بعد قدری از صور علميّه و شئونات حکميّه به قدر ادراک و فهم سامع القاء شد. و بعد ذکر شد که اين مدّت مگر تلاوت فرقان ننموده و آيه مبارکه را که می فرمايد: "فَيَومَئِذٍ لا يُسْاَلُ عَن ذَنْبِهِ إنسٌ و لا جَانٌّ " را نديده ايد و به مقصود ملتفت نشده ايد که معنی سؤال چنان نيست که ادراک نموده ايد بلکه سؤال به لسان و بيان نيست چنانچه همين آيه مشعر و مدلّ بر آن است؟ و بعد می فرمايد: "يُعْرَفُ المُجرِمُونَ بِسيِمَاهُمْ فَيُؤخَذُ بِالنَّواصِی وَ الاَقدَامِ ."

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And it came to pass that on a certain day a needy man came to visit this Soul, craving for the ocean of His knowledge. While conversing with him, mention was made concerning the signs of the Day of Judgment, Resurrection, Revival, and Reckoning. He urged Us to explain how, in this wondrous Dispensation, the peoples of the world were brought to a reckoning, when none were made aware of it. Thereupon, We imparted unto him, according to the measure of his capacity and understanding, certain truths of Science and ancient Wisdom. We then asked him saying: “Hast thou not read the Qur’án, and art thou not aware of this blessed verse: ‘On that day shall neither man nor spirit be asked of his sin?’ Dost thou not realize that by ‘asking’ is not meant asking by tongue or speech, even as the verse itself doth indicate and prove? For afterward it is said: ‘By their countenance shall the sinners be known, and they shall be seized by their forelocks and their feet.’”

Translation Notes

فقير
fqír f-q-r

literal: poor; poverty

SE rendered چنانچه (chnánchh), شخصی (shkhṣí), يومی (yúmí), نزد (nzd), فقير (fqír), بحر (bḥr), معانی (mʿání), حاضر (ḥáḍr), ذکری (dhkrí), از (iz) as “And it came to pass, a needy man, on a certain day, came to visit, the ocean, of His knowledge, craving, mention, of”

بديع
bdíʿ b-d-ʿ

literal: wondrous; wonders

SE rendered حساب (ḥsáb), خلائق (khláʾq), ظهور (ẓhúr), بديع (bdíʿ), چگونه (chgúnh), احدی (iḥdí), اطّلاع (iṭṭláʿ), نيافته؟ (níáfth؟) as “a reckoning, the peoples of the world, this wondrous Dispensation, how, none, aware, were made”

شئونات
shʾúnát sh-ʾ-n

literal: manner; affair; affairs

SE rendered قدری (qdrí), از (iz), صور (ṣúr), علميّه (ʿlmímh), شئونات (shʾúnát), حکميّه (ḥkmímh), قدر (qdr), ادراک (idrák), فهم (fhm) as “according to the measure, of, truths, of Science, ancient Wisdom, capacity, understanding”

مدّت
mddt m-d-d

literal: period

SE rendered القاء (al-qáʾ), ذکر (dhkr), مدّت (mddt), مگر (mgr), تلاوت (tláwt), فرقان (frqán), ننموده (nnmúdh), آيه (áyh) as “We imparted, asked him saying, read, the Qur’án, “Hast thou not, blessed verse”

period 29% remoteness 14% space 14% all 14% generations 14% throughout 14%
مبارکه
mbárkh b-r-k

literal: blessed; bless; blessing

SE rendered تلاوت (tláwt), فرقان (frqán), ننموده (nnmúdh), آيه (áyh), مبارکه (mbárkh), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd), فَيَومَئِذٍ (fayawmaʾidhin) as “read, the Qur’án, “Hast thou not, blessed verse, ‘On that day”

blessed 48% holy 18% sacred 13% blest 13% most 3% hallowed 3% ever-blest 1%
ايد
iyd ʾ-y-d

literal: support; come; strengthen

SE rendered إنسٌ (ʾinsun), جَانٌّ (jánnun), نديده (ndídh), ايد (iyd), مقصود (mqṣúd), ملتفت (mltft) as “man, spirit, and art thou not aware, by, not realize”

may 33% assist 33% aid 10% all-merciful 5% will 5% “seal.” 5% how 5% step 5%
مقصود
mqṣúd q-ṣ-d → “by”

literal: intended; purpose; desired

SE rendered جَانٌّ (jánnun), نديده (ndídh), ايد (iyd), مقصود (mqṣúd), ملتفت (mltft), نشده (nshdh), ايد (iyd), معنی (mʿní) as “spirit, and art thou not aware, by, not realize, by ‘asking’”

purpose 28% desire 26% meant 20% goal 5% meaning 4% desired 3% who 3% object 3% intended 3% thou 3%
نشده
nshdh shdn

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered نديده (ndídh), ايد (iyd), مقصود (mqṣúd), ملتفت (mltft), نشده (nshdh), ايد (iyd), معنی (mʿní), سؤال (sʾál), چنان (chnán), نيست (níst) as “and art thou not aware, by, not realize, by ‘asking’, is not meant”

hath 38% have 29% did 10% hast 5% never 5% failed 5% what 5% none 5%
چنان
chnán chnán

literal: so/such

SE rendered ملتفت (mltft), نشده (nshdh), ايد (iyd), معنی (mʿní), سؤال (sʾál), چنان (chnán), نيست (níst), ادراک (idrák), نموده (nmúdh) as “not realize, by ‘asking’, is not meant, they”

1 occurrence in corpus

بِسيِمَاهُمْ
bisyimáhum s-w-m → “third” Distinctive

literal: by-their-countenance; countenance; garlic

This form usually rendered as “‘by” (1 occurrences)

third 33% ‘by 33% countenance 33%
بِالنَّواصِی
biálnnawáṣí n-ṣ-w → “forelock”

literal: by-the-forelocks; forelock

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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