Kitáb-i-Íqán — §234

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 234 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و همچنين می فرمايد: "وَ الَّذينَ کَفَرُوا بِآياتِ اللّه وَ لِقائِهِ اولئِکَ يَئِسُوا مِنْ رَحْمَتِی وَ اولئِکَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَليمٌ." و همچنين می فرمايد : "وَ يَقُولُونَ اَئِنّا لَتَارکوا آلِهَتِنا لِشَاعِرٍ مَجنُونٍ." مضمون اين آيه واضح است. مشاهده فرمائيد که بعد از تنزيل آيات چه می گفتند: آيا ما ترک کننده ايم خدايان خود را برای شاعری مجنون ؟ که آن حضرت را شاعر می ناميدند و به آيات الهيّه سخريّه می نمودند و می گفتند: اين کلمات اساطير اوّلين است، يعنی کلماتی است که قبل گفته شده و محمّد آن کلمات را ترکيب نموده می گويد از خداست.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And likewise, He saith: “As for those who believe not in the verses of God, or that they shall ever meet Him, these of My mercy shall despair, and these doth a grievous chastisement await.” Also, “And they say, ‘Shall we then abandon our gods for a crazed poet?’” The implication of this verse is manifest. Behold what they observed after the verses were revealed. They called Him a poet, scoffed at the verses of God, and exclaimed saying: “These words of his are but tales of the Ancients!” By this they meant that those words which were spoken by the peoples of old Muhammad hath compiled and called them the Word of God.

Translation Notes

همچنين

ch-n-n → “likewise”

literal: always; ever; forever; at all times; constantly

می

m-y-y → “will be made”

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

فرمايد:

f-r-m → “saith”

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

"وَ

w-w-w → “and”

literal: and; quotation mark

الَّذينَ

l-dh-y → “for” Distinctive

literal: those who; the ones who (relative pronoun)

کَفَرُوا

k-f-r → “repudiated”

literal: to disbelieve, reject; unbelief, ingratitude; to deny, to disbelieve, to reject

بِآياتِ

ʾ-y-y → “signs”

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

اللّه

ʾ-l-h → “in”

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

لِقائِهِ

l-q-y → “of” Distinctive

literal: opposite; facing; in front of; towards

اولئِکَ

ʾ-w-l → “first” Distinctive

literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of

يَئِسُوا

y-ʾ-s → “or” Distinctive

literal: despair; to despair; hopeless; to lose hope; hopelessness

مِنْ

m-n → “that they shall ever meet” Distinctive

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

رَحْمَتِی

r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

لَهُمْ

l-h-m → “of” Distinctive

literal: inspiration; divine inspiration; revelation

عَذَابٌ

ʿ-dh-b → “chastisement”

literal: torment, punishment, chastisement

اَليمٌ."

ʾ-l-m → “and”

literal: painful; hope; hoping

يَقُولُونَ

q-w-l → “Say”

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

اَئِنّا

ʾ-n-n → “they say”

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

لَتَارکوا

t-r-k → “darkness” Distinctive

literal: to leave; to abandon; to forsake

لِشَاعِرٍ

sh-ʿ-r

literal: hair

مَجنُونٍ."

j-n-n → “Paradise” Distinctive

literal: garden; paradise; heaven

مضمون

ḍ-m-n → “purport”

literal: content; substance; to contain; to imply

اين

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

واضح

w-ḍ-ḥ

literal: clear; evident; manifest; obvious

است

b-w-d → “that” Distinctive

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

مشاهده

sh-h-d → “The” Distinctive

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

که

k-h → “of” Distinctive

literal: that; who; who, that

بعد

b-ʿ-d → “this” Distinctive

literal: after; behind; distance

از

ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

تنزيل

n-z-l → “is” Distinctive

literal: to descend, to be revealed

چه

ch-h

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

گفتند:

g-f-t → “said” Distinctive

literal: utterance; speech; word; discourse

ما

m-ʾ → “that”

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

ترک

t-r-k → “renounce”

literal: to leave; to abandon; to forsake

کننده

k-r-d → “made” Distinctive

literal: to do; to make; to perform

ايم

h-s-t

literal: days; times; periods; epochs; sign; gesture; indication; hint

خدايان

kh-d-y → “verses”

literal: God; divine; deity

خود

kh-w-d → “their own”

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

را

r-ʾ-ʾ → “revealed”

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

برای

b-r-y

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

آن

ʾ-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

حضرت

ḥ-ḍ-r → “His Majesty”

literal: presence; majesty; His/Your Excellency

ناميدند

n-ʾ-m → “name” Distinctive

literal: name; call; named

به

b-h → “and” Distinctive

literal: by it; by him; with it

سخريّه

s-kh-r → “subdue” Distinctive

literal: to subdue, subject, render submissive; to harness

نمودند

n-m-ود → “hath” Distinctive

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

کلمات

k-l-m

literal: words; utterances; locutions

اساطير

s-ṭ-r → “recorded” Distinctive

literal: written; line; written/recorded

يعنی

ʿ-n-y → “By this they meant”

literal: that is; meaning; i.e.

کلماتی

k-l-m

literal: words; utterances; locutions

قبل

q-b-l → “those words which were spoken”

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

شده

sh-d → “by” Distinctive

literal: to become; to be

محمّد

ḥ-m-d → “thanks”

literal: praise; Muhammad; praised

ترکيب

r-k-b → “committed” Distinctive

literal: commit; commission; mount

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