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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §210

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 210 of 291.

Source (Persian)

تفکّر در آيه مبارکه نموده تا معنی "وَ لا رَطْبٍ وَلا يَابِسٍ إلّا فی کِتَابٍ مُبينٍ" درست در لوح قلب ثبت شود. با وجود اين جمعی معتقد او شده و از موسی علم و عدل اعراض نموده به سامريّ جهل تمسّک جستهاند و از شمس معانی که در سماء لايزالی الهی مُشرق است معرض گشتهاند و کَأنْ لم يَکُن انگاشتهاند.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Ponder the blessed verse, so that the meaning of the words: “There is neither a thing green nor sere but it is noted in the unerring Book,” may be imprinted upon the tablet of thy heart. Notwithstanding, a multitude bear him allegiance. They have rejected the Moses of knowledge and justice, and clung to the Samírí of ignorance. They have turned away their eyes from the Day-star of truth which shineth in the divine and everlasting heaven, and have utterly ignored its splendour.

Translation Notes

تفکّر
f-k-r → “Ponder”

literal: thoughts; ideas; fancies; opinions; to think; to reflect; to contemplate

در
d-r-r

literal: in; in, at; radiant

آيه
ʾ-y-y → “the” Distinctive

literal: verse; sign; miracle; proof; sign, verse, miracle, token, indication; ayah; he; him; it

مبارکه
b-r-k → “blessed”

literal: blessed; auspicious; fruitful

نموده
n-m-ود → “They” Distinctive

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

تا
t-y-y → “so”

literal: so that/until

معنی
ʿ-n-y → “meaning”

literal: meaning; sense; significance

"وَ
w-w-w

literal: and; quotation mark

لا
l-ʾ

literal: no; not; negation particle

رَطْبٍ
r-ṭ-b → “green”

literal: moisture; dampness; humidity

وَلا
w-l-y

literal: friend; lord; guardian

يَابِسٍ
y-b-s → “sere”

literal: to wither; dry up; desiccate

إلّا
ʾ-kh-r

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

فی
f-y

literal: in; in-it; in it

کِتَابٍ
k-t-b → “Book,””

literal: book; scripture; writing

مُبينٍ"
b-y-n → “utterance” Distinctive

literal: between; utterance; clear

درست
d-r-s → “schools” Distinctive

literal: correctness; straightness; uprightness; rectitude

لوح
l-w-ḥ → “tablet”

literal: tablet; panel; divine decree; revelation

قلب
q-l-b → “heart”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

ثبت
th-b-t → “established” Distinctive

literal: firm; steadfast; established; fixed

شود.
sh-w-d

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

با
b-ʾ-ʾ

literal: to; with; by

وجود
w-j-d → “being”

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

اين
ʾ-y-n

literal: this; these

جمعی
j-m-ʿ → “multitude” Distinctive

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

معتقد
ʿ-q-d → “belief” Distinctive

literal: contract; covenant; knot; to tie; to contract; to conclude

او
h-w-w

literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song

شده
sh-d

literal: to become; to be

از
ʾ-z

literal: from

علم
ʿ-l-m → “knowledge”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

عدل
ʿ-d-l → “justice”

literal: justice; equity

اعراض
ʿ-r-ḍ → “rejected” Distinctive

literal: to turn away; to avert; to abstain; heedless

به
b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

جهل
j-h-l → “ignorance”

literal: ignorant; foolish; the ignorant ones

تمسّک
m-s-k → “clung”

literal: musk; to seize; grip

جستهاند
j-s-t

literal: to seek; to cling; to grasp; to strive

شمس
sh-m-s → “Day-star” Distinctive

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

که
k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

سماء
s-m-w → “heaven”

literal: heaven; sky

لايزالی
z-w-l → “everlasting”

literal: to pass away; to vanish; to disappear; to cease

الهی
ʾ-l-h → “divine”

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

مُشرق
sh-r-q → “shineth” Distinctive

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

است
b-w-d

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

گشتهاند
g-sh-t

literal: become; became; to become

کَأنْ
k-w-n

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

لم
l-y-s

literal: to reproach; blame; censure

انگاشتهاند.
n-g-r → “imagine” Distinctive

literal: England; English

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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