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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §22

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 22 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و اين مظلوم يک فقره آن را ذکر می نمايم و نعمت های مکنونه سدره مخزونه را لوجه اللّه بر عباداللّه مبذول می دارم تا هياکل فانيه از اثمار باقيه محروم نمانند که شايد به رشحی از انهار بی زوال حضرت ذی الجلال که در دار السّلام بغداد جاری شده فائز شوند بی آنکه اجر و مزدی طلب نمايم. "إنَّما نُطعِمُکُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللّهِ لا نُرِيدُ مِنْکُمْ جَزَاءً و لا شُکُوراً." و اين طعامی است که ارواح و افئده منيره به او حيات باقيه يابند و اين همان مائده ای است که می فرمايد: "رَبَّنا اَنْزلْ عَلَينَا مَائِدةً مِنَ السَّماء." و اين مائده هرگز از اهلش مقطوع نشود و نفاد نجويد و در کلّ حين از شجره فضل می رويد و از سماوات رحمت و عدل نازل می شود.چنانچه فرموده است: "مَثَلاً کَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً کَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ اَصلُهَا ثَابِتٌ و فَرعُهَا فِی السَّمَاء تُؤتی اُکُلَها کُلَّ حِينٍ."

Shoghi Effendi Translation

This wronged One will cite but one of these instances, thus conferring upon mankind, for the sake of God, such bounties as are yet concealed within the treasury of the hidden and sacred Tree, that haply mortal men may not remain deprived of their share of the immortal fruit, and attain to a dewdrop of the waters of everlasting life which, from Baghdád, the “Abode of Peace,” are being vouchsafed unto all mankind. We ask for neither meed nor reward. “We nourish your souls for the sake of God; we seek from you neither recompense nor thanks.” This is the food that conferreth everlasting life upon the pure in heart and the illumined in spirit. This is the bread of which it is said: “Lord, send down upon us Thy bread from heaven.” This bread shall never be withheld from them that deserve it, nor can it ever be exhausted. It groweth everlastingly from the tree of grace; it descendeth at all seasons from the heavens of justice and mercy. Even as He saith: “Seest thou not to what God likeneth a good word? To a good tree; its root firmly fixed, and its branches reaching unto heaven: yielding its fruit in all seasons.”

Translation Notes

می
m-y-y “will”

literal: present continuous marker; continuous-marker

3 occurrences in corpus

های
háy null

literal: and; that; in

SE rendered فقره (fqrh)ذکر (dhkr)می (mí)نمايم (nmáym)نعمت (nʿmt)های (háy)مکنونه (mknúnh)سدره (sdrh)مخزونه (mkhzúnh)لوجه (lújh) as “instances, cite, will, bounties, concealed, Tree, hidden, for the sake”

دارم
dárm d-ʾ-sh-t

literal: have; had; to have

SE rendered اللّه (al-lh)بر (br)عباداللّه (ʿbádálllh)مبذول (mbdhúl)می (mí)دارم (dárm)هياکل (híákl)فانيه (fáníh)از (iz)اثمار (ithmár)باقيه (báqíh) as “God, upon mankind, mankind, conferring, We, mortal men, may, fruit, immortal, deprived”

نمانند
nmánnd m-ʾ-n “not”

literal: remain; remained; to remain

SE rendered فانيه (fáníh)از (iz)اثمار (ithmár)باقيه (báqíh)محروم (mḥrúm)نمانند (nmánnd)شايد (sháyd)رشحی (rshḥí)از (iz) as “may, of the waters, immortal, deprived, remain, not, dewdrop”

remain 21% have 21% leaveth 7% postponed 7% left 7% strayed 7% failed 7% deprived 7% linger 7% endure 7%
شايد
sháyd sh-y-d

literal: perhaps; befits, is fitting; worthy, befitting

SE rendered اثمار (ithmár)باقيه (báqíh)محروم (mḥrúm)نمانند (nmánnd)شايد (sháyd)رشحی (rshḥí)از (iz)انهار (inhár)بی (bí)زوال (zúál) as “immortal, deprived, remain, not, dewdrop, of the waters, everlasting”

haply 50% perchance 50%
انهار
inhár n-h-r

literal: rivers; river

SE rendered نمانند (nmánnd)شايد (sháyd)رشحی (rshḥí)از (iz)انهار (inhár)بی (bí)زوال (zúál)حضرت (ḥḍrt)ذی (dhí)الجلال (al-jlál) as “not, dewdrop, of the waters, everlasting”

streams 38% rivers 25% river 13% waters 13% crystal 13%
بی

literal: without; is; to

5 occurrences in corpus

حضرت
ḥḍrt ḥ-ḍ-r

literal: presence, majesty

SE rendered رشحی (rshḥí)از (iz)انهار (inhár)بی (bí)زوال (zúál)حضرت (ḥḍrt)ذی (dhí)الجلال (al-jlál)دار (dár)السّلام (as-slám) as “dewdrop, of the waters, everlasting, “Abode, Peace,””

majesty 37% muhammad 16% honor 9% great 9% holiness 7% commander 6% who 4% jesus 4% ‘alí 4% imam 3%
ذی
dhí dh-w-y

literal: possessor; possessor of; possessor/owner

SE rendered رشحی (rshḥí)از (iz)انهار (inhár)بی (bí)زوال (zúál)حضرت (ḥḍrt)ذی (dhí)الجلال (al-jlál)دار (dár)السّلام (as-slám)بغداد (bghdád) as “dewdrop, of the waters, everlasting, “Abode, Peace,”, Baghdád”

man 17% beings 17% word 17% discerning 17% any 17% one 17%
الجلال
al-jlál j-l-l

literal: exalted; glory; majesty

SE rendered رشحی (rshḥí)از (iz)انهار (inhár)بی (bí)زوال (zúál)حضرت (ḥḍrt)ذی (dhí)الجلال (al-jlál)دار (dár)السّلام (as-slám)بغداد (bghdád)جاری (járí) as “dewdrop, of the waters, everlasting, “Abode, Peace,”, Baghdád, vouchsafed”

شوند
shúnd sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered السّلام (as-slám)بغداد (bghdád)جاری (járí)فائز (fáʾz)شوند (shúnd)بی (bí)آنکه (ánkh)اجر (ijr)مزدی (mzdí)طلب (ṭlb) as “Peace,”, Baghdád, vouchsafed, attain, neither, He, meed nor reward, ask for”

again 14% would 14% feed 14% unraveling 14% will 14% therein 14% intervening 14%
مزدی
mzdí m-z-d

literal: wage

SE rendered فائز (fáʾz)شوند (shúnd)بی (bí)آنکه (ánkh)اجر (ijr)مزدی (mzdí)طلب (ṭlb)نمايم (nmáym)إنَّما (ʾinnamá)نُطعِمُکُمْ (nuṭʿimukum) as “attain, neither, He, meed nor reward, ask for, “We, nourish”

1 occurrence in corpus

يابند
yábnd y-ʾ-b

literal: find; to find; finds

SE rendered افئده (ifʾdh)منيره (mnírh)حيات (ḥíát)باقيه (báqíh)يابند (yábnd)همان (hmán)مائده (máʾdh)می (mí) as “pure in heart, illumined, life, everlasting, all, bread, said”

may 50% find 50%
نفاد

literal: exhaustion; exhaustion, depletion

نجويد
njúyd j-s-t

literal: seek; sought; to seek

SE rendered از (iz)اهلش (ihlsh)مقطوع (mqṭúʿ)نشود (nshúd)نفاد (nfád)نجويد (njúyd)حين (ḥín)از (iz)شجره (shjrh)فضل (fḍl)می (mí) as “from, that deserve, withheld, exhausted, tree, grace, It”

حين
ḥín ḥ-y-n

literal: time; time/moment

SE rendered نفاد (nfád)نجويد (njúyd)حين (ḥín)از (iz)شجره (shjrh)فضل (fḍl)می (mí)رويد (rúyd)از (iz)سماوات (smáwát) as “exhausted, from, tree, grace, It, groweth, heavens”

moment 40% hour 14% time 12% day 7% when 7% continually 7% while 5% times 5% soon 2% late 2%
مَثَلاً
mathaláan m-th-l

literal: like; likeness; example

SE rendered می (mí)شود.چنانچه (shúd.chnánchh)فرموده (frmúdh)مَثَلاً (mathaláan)کَلِمَةً (kalimahan)طَيِّبَةً (ṭayyibahan)کَشَجَرَةٍ (kashajarahin) as “it, saith, word, good, tree”

consider 20% such 15% even 15% like 11% same 9% instance 9% similar 7% what 6% equal 4% likened 4%
تُؤتی
tuʾtí ʾ-t-y

literal: come; to come; bring

SE rendered فَرعُهَا (farʿuhá)السَّمَاء (as-samáʾ)تُؤتی (tuʾtí)اُکُلَها (ukulahá) as “branches, heaven”

come 38% brought 13% present 13% gave 13% visit 13% should 13%
اُکُلَها
ukulahá ʾ-k-l

literal: eat; to eat; fruit, food

SE rendered فَرعُهَا (farʿuhá)السَّمَاء (as-samáʾ)تُؤتی (tuʾtí)اُکُلَها (ukulahá) as “branches, heaven”

4 occurrences in corpus

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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