Kitáb-i-Íqán — §227

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 227 of 291.

Source (Persian)

ای رفيق، بايد از امر الهی نگذريم و به آنچه حجّت خود قرار فرموده راضی شويم و سر بنهيم. خلاصه، حجّت و برهان اين آيه مُنزله اعظم ازآن است که اين عليل تواند اقامه دليل نمايد واللّهُ يَقولُ الحَقَّ وَهُوَ يَهدِی السَّبيلَ وهُوَ القاهِرُ فَوقَ عِبادِهِ و هُوَالعَزيزُ الجَميلُ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O friend! It behooveth us not to waive the injunction of God, but rather acquiesce and submit to that which He hath ordained as His divine Testimony. This verse is too weighty and pregnant an utterance for this afflicted soul to demonstrate and expound. God speaketh the truth and leadeth the way. He, verily, is supreme over all His people; He is the Mighty, the Beneficent.

Translation Notes

ای

ʾ-y-y → “O”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

رفيق،

r-f-q → “unto the Supreme”

literal: companion; friend; associate; the Exalted Companion

بايد

b-y-d → “must”

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

از

literal: from

امر

ʾ-m-r → “injunction” Distinctive

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

الهی

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

نگذريم

g-dh-r → “renounced” Distinctive

literal: pass; place; passed

به

b-h → “to”

literal: by it; by him; with it

آنچه

ʾ-n → “that which”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

حجّت

ḥ-j-j → “Testimony”

literal: path, way; clear path

خود

kh-w-d → “their own”

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

قرار

q-r-r → “hath ordained”

literal: stability; firmness; establishment

فرموده

f-r-m → “He” Distinctive

literal: to say; to decree; to ordain; to command

راضی

r-ḍ-y → “good-pleasure” Distinctive

literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment

شويم

sh-w → “be” Distinctive

literal: to become; to be

سر

literal: throne; couch; seat of authority

بنهيم.

n-h

literal: place; no/not; place, put

خلاصه،

literal: sincere; devoted; pure one

برهان

literal: proof, evidence, demonstration, argument

اين

ʾ-y-n → “This”

literal: this; these

آيه

ʾ-y-y → “verse”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

مُنزله

literal: to descend, to be revealed

اعظم

ʿ-ẓ-m → “too weighty” Distinctive

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

است

b-w-d → “is”

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

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

عليل

ʿ-l-l → “afflicted”

literal: cause; reason; illness; defect

تواند

literal: to be able, can; power, strength

اقامه

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

دليل

literal: to argue; to demonstrate; proof

نمايد

n-m-ʾ → “may”

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

يَقولُ

q-w-l → “speaketh” Distinctive

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

الحَقَّ

ḥ-q-q → “truth”

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

وَهُوَ

h-w → “and” Distinctive

literal: He; He is

يَهدِی

h-d-y → “guidance” Distinctive

literal: guidance; guide; guided

السَّبيلَ

s-b-l → “way”

literal: path; way; road; method

القاهِرُ

q-h-r → “supreme”

literal: to overpower; to vanquish; wrath; might; force; compulsion; overwhelming

فَوقَ

f-w-q → “over”

literal: above; over; beyond

عِبادِهِ

ʿ-b-d → “people”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

هُوَالعَزيزُ

ʿ-z-z → “Mighty”

literal: glory; mighty; might

الجَميلُ.

j-m-l → “Beneficent”

literal: beauty; comeliness

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