Kitáb-i-Íqán — §225

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 225 of 291.

Source (Persian)

باری، بايد از امر مبرم الهی و از تقدير مقدّر صمدانی که در آيه ذکر يافت تجاوز ننمائيم و کتب بديعه را مصدّق شويم چه اگر تصديق اين کتب را ننمائيم تصديق اين آيه مبارکه نشده. چنانچه اين واضح است که هرکس تصديق فرقان ننمود فی الحقيقه مصدّق کتب قبل از فرقان هم نبوده. و اين معانی از ظاهر آيه مستفاد می شود. و اگر معانی مستوره آن ذکر شود و اسرار مکنونه آن بيان گردد البتّه زمان به آخر نرساند و کون حمل ننمايد. وَکانَ اللّهُ علی ما اَقُولُ شَهيداً.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

It is incumbent upon us not to depart from God’s irresistible injunction and fixed decree, as revealed in the above-mentioned verse. We should acknowledge the holy and wondrous Scriptures, for failing to do this we have failed to acknowledge the truth of this blessed verse. For it is evident that whoso hath failed to acknowledge the truth of the Qur’án hath in reality failed to acknowledge the truth of the preceding Scriptures. This is but the manifest implication of the verse. Were We to expound its inner meanings and unfold its hidden mysteries, eternity would never suffice to exhaust their import, nor would the universe be capable of hearing them! God verily testifieth to the truth of Our saying!

Translation Notes

باری،

b-r-y → “We”

literal: well; cistern; pit

بايد

b-y-d → “is incumbent” Distinctive

literal: by hand; with hands; eternal; perpetual; everlasting

از

ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

امر

ʾ-m-r → “injunction” Distinctive

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

مبرم

b-r-m → “irresistible”

literal: to bind firmly; compelling, irresistible, immovable

الهی

ʾ-l-h → “God’s”

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

تقدير

q-d-r → “decree”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

صمدانی

ṣ-m-d

literal: eternal, self-sufficient, divine, the Eternal

که

k-h → “that”

literal: that; who; who, that

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

آيه

ʾ-y-y → “verse”

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

ذکر

dh-k-r → “mention”

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

يافت

y-f-t → “have kept both” Distinctive

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

تجاوز

j-w-z → “transgressed”

literal: to transgress; to exceed; to overstep; to cross over

ننمائيم

n-m-ʾ → “not to”

literal: to show; to display; to make; to render; to perform; display; show; emblem; reflection

کتب

k-t-b → “Scriptures”

literal: book; scripture; writing

بديعه

b-d-ʿ → “wondrous”

literal: to create; most wondrous; excel

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

مصدّق

ṣ-d-q → “acknowledge”

literal: to confirm; to verify; to acknowledge; to testify to truth

شويم

sh-w → “be” Distinctive

literal: to become; to be

چه

ch-h → “for”

literal: what; what/for; whatsoever, that which

اگر

ʾ-g-r → “were they”

literal: although; even if; though; notwithstanding

اين

ʾ-y-n → “this”

literal: this; these

مبارکه

b-r-k → “blessed”

literal: blessed; auspicious; fruitful; blest; blessed word

نشده.

sh-d → “was” Distinctive

literal: to become; to be

چنانچه

ch-n-n → “For” Distinctive

literal: thus; in such manner; as

واضح

w-ḍ-ḥ → “evident”

literal: clear; evident; manifest; obvious

است

b-w-d → “is”

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

هرکس

h-r → “every” Distinctive

literal: whoever; anyone

فرقان

f-r-q → “Qur’án”

literal: unique; singular; incomparable

فی

f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

الحقيقه

ḥ-q-q → “reality”

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

قبل

q-b-l → “preceding” Distinctive

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

هم

h-m-m

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

معانی

ʿ-n-y → “loving-kindness” Distinctive

literal: to concern; to mean; to turn away from; bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention; meaning; significance; inner sense

ظاهر

ẓ-h-r → “manifest”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

مستفاد

f-y-d

literal: benefit, profit, advantage; usefulness; bounty; effusion; grace

می

m-y-y

literal: present continuous marker; continuous-marker

شود.

sh-w-d → “is”

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

مستوره

s-t-r → “hidden”

literal: to veil; to conceal; to cover; veil; covering

آن

ʾ-n → “its” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

اسرار

s-r-r → “mysteries”

literal: throne; couch; seat of authority

مکنونه

k-n-n → “hidden”

literal: to do; to make; to perform

بيان

b-y-n → “unfold” Distinctive

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

گردد

g-r-d

literal: become; to become; make

البتّه

b-t-t → “verily” Distinctive

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

زمان

z-m-n → “earth” Distinctive

literal: time; age; era; period

به

b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

آخر

ʾ-kh-r → “end”

literal: the hereafter, the next life, the world to come; last, latter; the next life, the hereafter; delay; postponement

نرساند

r-s-d → “reached” Distinctive

literal: to reach; to convey; to cause to arrive; to deliver

کون

k-w-n → “be”

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

حمل

ḥ-m-l → “bear” Distinctive

literal: to bear; to endure; to carry; to tolerate

وَکانَ

k-w-n

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

علی

ʿ-l-w

literal: highest; most high; supreme

ما

m-ʾ → “that”

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

اَقُولُ

q-w-l → “saying”

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

شَهيداً.

sh-h-d → “testifieth”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

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