Kitáb-i-Íqán — §233
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 233 of 291.
Source (Persian)
باری، اين سخن به غايت لغو و غير مقبول است. همه از روی کبر و غرور گفته می شود که مردم را از رياض رضای الهی دور کنند و زمام آنها را محکم حفظ نمايند. با اينکه نزد حقّ اين عوام از علمای ايشان که از حقّ اعراض نمودهاند به غايت مقبول تر و پسنديده ترند. و فهم کلمات الهيّه و درک بيانات حمامات معنويّه هيچ دخلی به علم ظاهری ندارد. اين منوط به صفای قلب و تزکيه نفوس و فراغت روح است. چنانچه حال عبادی چند موجودند که حرفی از رسوم علم نديدهاند و بر رفرف علم جالسند و از سحاب فيض الهی رياض قلوبشان به گل های حکمت و لاله های معرفت تزيين يافته. فَطُوبی لِلمُخلِصينَ مِن اَنوارِ يَومٍ عَظيمٍ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Such contention is utterly fallacious and inadmissible. It is actuated solely by arrogance and pride. Its motive is to lead the people astray from the Ridván of divine good-pleasure and to tighten the reins of their authority over the people. And yet, in the sight of God, these common people are infinitely superior and exalted above their religious leaders who have turned away from the one true God. The understanding of His words and the comprehension of the utterances of the Birds of Heaven are in no wise dependent upon human learning. They depend solely upon purity of heart, chastity of soul, and freedom of spirit. This is evidenced by those who, today, though without a single letter of the accepted standards of learning, are occupying the loftiest seats of knowledge; and the garden of their hearts is adorned, through the showers of divine grace, with the roses of wisdom and the tulips of understanding. Well is it with the sincere in heart for their share of the light of a mighty Day!
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “briefly”, “now”, “meanwhile” (54 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “fallacious”, “vile”, “futility” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered باری، (bárí،), سخن (skhn), غايت (gháyt), لغو (lghú), غير (ghír), مقبول (mqbúl), همه (hmh), از (iz), روی (rúy), کبر (kbr) as “Such, contention, utterly, fallacious, inadmissible, actuated solely, by, arrogance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: any one elsefire-tabletFire §27: of Thine avenging wrathgleaningsGWB §311: can alterkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: changethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: unchangedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: who else except Thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: is not
This form usually rendered as “acceptable”, “rejected”, “regarded” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: repudiatefire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §417: is acceptablekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: time and againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: at the feet ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: set beforetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE rendered لغو (lghú), غير (ghír), مقبول (mqbúl), همه (hmh), از (iz), روی (rúy), کبر (kbr), غرور (ghrúr), گفته (gfth), می (mí), مردم (mrdm) as “fallacious, inadmissible, actuated solely, by, arrogance, pride, Its motive, is, the people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: grandeurgleaningsGWB §148: do ye swell with pridekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: wax disdainfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: transcendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: their pride
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath puffed me upgleaningsGWB §446: ornamentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: haughtinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: and who have been so deludedthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: PRIDE YOURSELVESwill-and-testamentW&T §17: every vainglorious oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: made thee proudgleaningsGWB §428: luminous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §252: would not desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: satisfiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §182: to please Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: thine ownwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: His good-pleasure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the things that are God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §26: O ye beloved of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: theseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: O Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “would”, “appreciate”, “witnessed” (39 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: the reinsgleaningsGWB §418: The instrumentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: restrain Ourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: that the reinstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: Unmoorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: reinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: the empireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: are the reins
This form usually rendered as “perspicuous”, “gird”, “binding” (49 occurrences)
perspicuous 17% gird 17% binding 13% weighty 13% mighty 9% firm 9% firmer 9% firmly-established 4% irrefutable 4% fortified 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: have they pronounced judgmentgleaningsGWB §10: by virtue of Our inscrutable decreekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: pronouncedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy governancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §25: regulations
protection 22% protect 19% guard 14% security 8% protected 8% preservation 8% watch 6% shield 6% safeguarding 6% about 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: protect megleaningsGWB §704: will protect himkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: secureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: attempt to savetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: watch over thee
This form usually rendered as “may”, “would”, “will” (165 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “eyes”, “unto”, “estimation” (34 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in the sight”
eyes 20% unto 15% estimation 10% visited 10% possession 10% sight 10% when 10% whenever 5% opinion 5% possesses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: visited herkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: In the eyes ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: in the eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: in My presencewill-and-testamentW&T §24: should they inflict aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: in the estimation ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: likenedthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Me
SE rendered محکم (mḥkm), حفظ (ḥfẓ), نمايند (nmáynd), اينکه (iynkh), نزد (nzd), حقّ (ḥqq), عوام (ʿúám), از (iz), علمای (ʿlmáy), ايشان (iyshán), از (iz), حقّ (ḥqq), اعراض (iʿráḍ), نمودهاند (nmúdhánd) as “tighten, And yet, in the sight, the one true God, from, their religious leaders, turned away”
SE expanded to “their religious leaders”
divines 52% leaders 16% learned 10% commentators 6% divine 5% learning 3% christian 3% distinguished 2% spiritual 2% among 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: know notfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §242: discerningkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: teachprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Teach themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
turn 15% turned 13% denial 13% opposition 13% repudiation 10% rejected 10% denials 8% faithlessness 8% hath 5% turning 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I have chosen to turn away therefromgleaningsGWB §461: pervertingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: cast behind their backsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: estrangementtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §58: hath turned awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: objections to
praiseworthy 50% exalted 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §406: the slightest allusionkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: writingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: speaketh to metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
recognize 50% comprehension 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: comprehendgleaningsGWB §44: acknowledgingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: fathomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: to unravel the mystery ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: attaingleaningsGWB §257: may atonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: abyss
utterances 41% sayings 17% statements 15% words 7% utterance 5% which 5% passages 2% conversation 2% revealing 2% hath 2%
SE expanded to “Birds of Heaven”
This form usually rendered as “mystic”, “spiritual”, “eternal” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: God’s loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §108: bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: hidden meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: thoughtsthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: by the gracewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
This form usually rendered as “dependent” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: made UsgleaningsGWB §461: I have frequentedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: dependent uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: let me gain admissionthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: enter thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §42: partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: entereth thereingleaningsGWB §671: and shall hasten to the shelter of
This form usually rendered as “earthly”, “outer”, “visible” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: of His Revelationfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §52: hath laid bare before youkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thou didst manifesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: guise
This form usually rendered as “can”, “hath”, “never” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: acquiringgleaningsGWB §116: hath investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: not deterredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: wouldstwill-and-testamentW&T §5: did he neglect to grievously inflict upon meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: outgleaningsGWB §440: hath, ever since the early days of His life, cherished none
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: dependeth upongleaningsGWB §324: dependedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: dependent uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: conditionedgleaningsGWB §338: must depend uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: dependentgleaningsGWB §613: conditioned uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: depend solely upon
chosen 69% attributes 9% purity 4% whom 4% sincerity 2% clear 2% messengers 2% every 2% prophets 2% crystal 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: the heartsgleaningsGWB §228: agitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: in their heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: and whose eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: troublous
This form usually rendered as “chastity” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: WhoevergleaningsGWB §357: their own selves.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: is exercised byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: of eviltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: name
detached 20% freed 20% free 13% rid 7% wholly 7% relieved 7% undispelled 7% sanctified 7% deliver 7% shed 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: rid of all attachmentgleaningsGWB §722: emptied and deliveredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: be freedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: freeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: detachedgleaningsGWB §447: were to shed its light upon menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: freedomthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: joyfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §594: a breath of lifekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of Spiritsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: moving spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §46: thou mayest repose
This form usually rendered as “now”, “present”, “therefore” (178 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: Now is the momentgleaningsGWB §125: hinderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: as yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: in such a statetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §8: Now at this moment
This form usually rendered as “servants”, “people”, “men” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “live”, “evidenced”, “found” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: created thingsfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §706: they would, of a certainty, attain untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: his whole beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: I perceivetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §150: thingswill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: statementsgleaningsGWB §549: a dropkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: by corrupting the textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: and pervertedthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: the second letterwill-and-testamentW&T §41: falsifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: wordsgleaningsGWB §168: whilst the second letter was pronounced
This form usually rendered as “customs”, “accepted”, “rules” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: have neither metgleaningsGWB §111: inexperiencedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: they shall seethe-hidden-wordsHW §116: will come to thee no morewill-and-testamentW&T §23: may find himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: clear tokengleaningsGWB §429: perceivethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: have gathered
This form usually rendered as “occupying”, “occupy”, “established” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: assemblygleaningsGWB §563: associatingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: enshrinedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: seat methe-hidden-wordsHW §134: companionshipwill-and-testamentW&T §25: this bodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: of AssembliesgleaningsGWB §180: disputations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §627: from the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the cloudsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §117: showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: veil
grace 66% flow 5% bounty 5% outpouring 5% overflowing 5% merciful 3% stream 3% blessings 3% bountiful 3% favor 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: liberal effusionsgleaningsGWB §13: He Who is the Source of all gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: potency of their graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: the outpouringswill-and-testamentW&T §17: unerringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §657: manifold gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: the divine bounties
3 occurrences in corpus
knowledge 47% understanding 27% comprehension 6% know 4% true 4% recognition 4% grasp 2% fathom 2% leading 2% standard 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: understandinggleaningsGWB §219: faithfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: to know Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: recognize metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: Divine knowledge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: decked withfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §719: have deckedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: re-adornedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: Thou didst beautifythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: beseemeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: obtaingleaningsGWB §310: could be detectedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: inhaledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: have foundprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: may be ledthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: unless they obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §14: notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: mayest fathom
SE expanded to “Well is it”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Well is itgleaningsGWB §51: “Great is thy blessednesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: Great is the blessedness of himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Happy aregleaningsGWB §700: Happy is the manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Great is his blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Blessed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: are wholly devoted to Theefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §159: deliverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: with the sincere in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: all them who are devoted to Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purestwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: such as are devoted
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: of all lightfire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §440: shine uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: of unfading splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: of the glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: in those daysgleaningsGWB §210: the former dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: my daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: in this day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: highly-honoredgleaningsGWB §694: of My omnipotent glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: greatness of Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §7: atrociousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Azim
