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

hmchnín hmchnín → “likewise”

literal: likewise; likewise, similarly; similarly, likewise

likewise 62% like 14% similarly 7% also 5% furthermore 3% another 2% again 2% both 2% while 2% moreover 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: In like manner gleaningsGWB §122: similarly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: Furthermore epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: again gleaningsGWB §340: while kitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: as We have already mentioned epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: with gleaningsGWB §150: Both

فرمايد

frmáyd frmúdn → “saith”

literal: say; says

saith 40% hath 15% said 13% revealed 12% will 6% may 3% spoken 3% recorded 3% bestow 2% inflict 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: to bestow gleaningsGWB §441: saith:kitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: referred prayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: Thou didst the-hidden-wordsHW §93: I gave will-and-testamentW&T §6: by Him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: drawing gleaningsGWB §511: hath written

کَفَرُوا

kafarúá k-f-r → “those who”

literal: disbelieve; disbelieved; disbelief

have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Hast thou denied gleaningsGWB §262: repudiated kitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: iniquity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: have denied tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye deny epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: they deny gleaningsGWB §97: disbelieveth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: disbelieve

آلِهَتِنا

álihatiná ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: god; o god

god 85% lord 6% divine 4% god’s 2% almighty 1% divinity 1% righteousness 0% god’s 0% “god 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: God’s fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §168: of Heaven kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: his rejection by God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: Lord my God tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven

لِقائِهِ

liqáʾih l-q-y → “of”

literal: meeting; cast; meeting, encounter

SE rendered کَفَرُوا (kafarúá), بِآياتِ (biáyát), اللّه (al-lh), لِقائِهِ (liqáʾih), اولئِکَ (iwlʾik), يَئِسُوا (yaʾisúá) as “those who, believe not, in, of, God, or”

presence 24% attainment 14% attain 10% shall 10% behold 10% sow 10% sowed 10% attaining 5% convey 5% proclamation 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: of his own accord fire-tabletFire §1: of Thy Countenance gleaningsGWB §619: have We disclosed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: “attainment unto the Presence prayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: set forth before tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presence the-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on thee will-and-testamentW&T §17: sow the seeds of

يَئِسُوا

yaʾisúá y-ʾ-s → “or”

literal: despair; despairing; despaired

SE rendered اللّه (al-lh), لِقائِهِ (liqáʾih), اولئِکَ (iwlʾik), يَئِسُوا (yaʾisúá), رَحْمَتِی (raḥmatí), اولئِکَ (iwlʾik) as “in, of, shall despair, or, Him”

despair 50% deprive 10% shattered 10% shatter 10% hopeless 10% blighted 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: despair kitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: shattered every hope prayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: hopeless will-and-testamentW&T §5: blighted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: deprive himself prayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: shatter not my hopes prayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: of despair

رَحْمَتِی

raḥmatí r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: mercy; merciful

mercy 75% grace 13% blessing 6% blessings 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: to have mercy upon me fire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassion gleaningsGWB §548: eternal kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenly prayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy loving providence tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercy tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy

عَذَابٌ

ʿadhábun ʿ-dh-b → “chastisement”

literal: punishment; torment; tormented

chastisement 41% punishment 14% torment 14% tormented 5% terror 5% torments 5% grievous 5% divine 5% painful 5% death 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: punishment gleaningsGWB §683: with which I can chastise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: death prayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: woeful tribulation epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: afflictions gleaningsGWB §519: Divine chastisement kitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: suffering prayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: How plenteous

اَليمٌ

alímun ʾ-l-m → “and”

literal: painful; pain; hope

SE rendered اولئِکَ (iwlʾik), عَذَابٌ (ʿadhábun), اَليمٌ (alímun), همچنين (hmchnín), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd) as “shall despair, My mercy, and, a grievous chastisement, doth, await.””

grievous 33% painful 11% afflictive 11% whose 11% vexations 11% pains 11% hardships 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: grievous kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: painful prayers-and-meditationsP&M §299: him whose thoughts are fixed on Thee will-and-testamentW&T §36: hardships kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: afflictive will-and-testamentW&T §3: vexations will-and-testamentW&T §32: pains

يَقُولُونَ

yaqúlún q-w-l → “say”

literal: say; saying

say 73% whose 9% will 9% mouths 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: hath also said gleaningsGWB §670: Know thou of a certainty kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speaketh kitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: mere pretension prayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: and to cry out tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made reply tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimed the-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel

لَتَارکوا

latárkúá t-r-k → “have” Distinctive

literal: abandon; leave/abandon

This form usually rendered as “abandon” (1 occurrences)

have 19% cast 14% abandoned 14% renounce 10% forsaken 10% thou 10% wilt 10% darkness 5% discarded 5% noted 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have forsaken fire-tabletFire §18: been forsaken gleaningsGWB §467: who forsook kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: would not leave prayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: wilt Thou abandon me the-hidden-wordsHW §55: forsake epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: cast away fire-tabletFire §2: been abandoned

لِشَاعِرٍ

lisháʿirin sh-ʿ-r

literal: hair; indicating; perceive

SE rendered اَئِنّا (aʾinná), لَتَارکوا (latárkúá), آلِهَتِنا (álihatiná), لِشَاعِرٍ (lisháʿirin), مَجنُونٍ (majnúnin), مضمون (mḍmún) as “they say, ‘Shall, abandon, our, gods for”

poet 29% know 14% crazed 14% oblivious 14% aware 14% unmindful 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: indicating gleaningsGWB §551: observe kitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: indicative of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: wisdom will-and-testamentW&T §5: a hair’s epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: hair gleaningsGWB §410: they cannot comprehend kitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: oblivious

مَجنُونٍ

majnúnin j-n-n → “paradise” Distinctive

literal: paradise

This form usually rendered as “possessed” (2 occurrences)

paradise 65% beloved 7% all 5% heavenly 4% heaven 4% lunatic 4% “paradise” 4% folly 4% possessed 2% garden 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: possessed gleaningsGWB §56: This is the Paradise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the heart prayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: all the delights of Paradise tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: the highest paradise the-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly home will-and-testamentW&T §36: with all my heart epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: heavenly

مضمون

mḍmún ḍ-m-n → “similar”

literal: meaning; content/meaning

similar 25% theme 13% such 13% purport 13% meaning 13% implication 13% text 13%

gleaningsGWB §151: this theme kitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: the meaning will-and-testamentW&T §7: text kitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: similar kitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: reference kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: The purport kitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: such as these kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: The implication

واضح

wáḍḥ w-ḍ-ḥ

literal: clear; clear, evident; clear/evident

SE rendered مَجنُونٍ (majnúnin), مضمون (mḍmún), آيه (áyh), واضح (wáḍḥ), مشاهده (msháhdh), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd) as “our, gods for, The, implication”

evident 27% clear 17% manifest 17% clearly 10% lucid 7% unmistakable 7% surest 5% luminous 5% exposed 2% sufficient 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: is unmistakable gleaningsGWB §41: that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: explicitly the-hidden-wordsHW §137: open epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: evident gleaningsGWB §341: been exposed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: incontestable epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: clearly attested

مشاهده

msháhdh sh-h-d → “the”

literal: witness; observation; witnessed

SE rendered مضمون (mḍmún), آيه (áyh), واضح (wáḍḥ), مشاهده (msháhdh), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), از (iz), تنزيل (tnzíl), آيات (áyát) as “gods for, The, implication, verse, is, manifest”

behold 31% witness 14% perceive 11% consider 9% found 8% beholding 6% will 6% witnessed 6% discover 5% beheld 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: seeming fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §247: observed kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: evinced prayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: shine tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found them the-hidden-wordsHW §136: openly manifest

تنزيل

tnzíl n-z-l → “is”

literal: descending; descend

SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), از (iz), تنزيل (tnzíl), آيات (áyát), چه (chh), می (mí), گفتند (gftnd), آيا (áyá), ترک (trk) as “The, implication, verse, is, manifest, Behold, what, observed”

revelation 33% descend 17% revealing 17% descended 17% revealed 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: would fall gleaningsGWB §90: for having sent down unto thee kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: been perpetrated prayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: Thou hast sent down tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descend the-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with

گفتند

gftnd gftn → “what” Distinctive

literal: say; to say; said

This form usually rendered as “said”, “exclaimed”, “saying” (21 occurrences)

said 14% exclaimed 14% saying 14% protested 14% cried 7% affirmed 7% say 7% what 7% uttered 7% denounced 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: saying gleaningsGWB §118: how can I confess kitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: protest the-hidden-wordsHW §139: Cry aloud will-and-testamentW&T §7: deemed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: stated gleaningsGWB §707: maintained kitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: Didst thou not claim

کننده

knndh k-r-d → “voiced” Distinctive

literal: do; doer; to do

This form usually rendered as “one” (6 occurrences)

voiced 14% suffer 14% content 14% one 14% make 14% loose 14% forgotten 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: voiced gleaningsGWB §677: suffer not kitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: the one that withholdeth the-hidden-wordsHW §107: not epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: be kitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: content the-hidden-wordsHW §107: Make the-hidden-wordsHW §93: forgotten

ايم

iym h-s-t

literal: are; be; is

SE rendered می (mí), گفتند (gftnd), آيا (áyá), ترک (trk), کننده (knndh), ايم (iym), خدايان (khdáyán), برای (bráy), شاعری (sháʿrí), مجنون (mjnún) as “Behold, what, observed, after, the verses, They”

am 18% still 9% into 9% ye 9% source 9% existence 9% hath 9% destitute 9% have 9% neither 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: It is gleaningsGWB §126: hath ever been kitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: destitute of all epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: are gleaningsGWB §93: They are kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: have already epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: is gleaningsGWB §100: am

خدايان

khdáyán kh-d-y → “god”

literal: god; gods

god 75% word 25%

gleaningsGWB §363: God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: the Word of God

حضرت

ḥḍrt ḥ-ḍ-r → “majesty”

literal: presence/holiness

majesty 44% honor 10% great 10% holiness 10% commander 7% who 5% excellency 3% unto 3% imam 3% embodiments 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: standeth gleaningsGWB §462: in the presence of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: unto him prayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: have, at Thy bidding, met the-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holy will-and-testamentW&T §8: to the presence epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: He (Moses)gleaningsGWB §347: He

ناميدند

námídnd n-ʾ-m → “called”

literal: call

called 30% named 20% designated 10% surnamed 10% letter 10% given 10% laid 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: were called gleaningsGWB §142: letter kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: called epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: surnamed gleaningsGWB §37: laid claim to the station of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: They called epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: designated gleaningsGWB §346: was given the name

سخريّه

skhrírh s-kh-r → “thou” Distinctive

literal: mockery; subdue; to mock

This form usually rendered as “derided”, “scoffed”, “scorn” (4 occurrences)

derided 33% scoffed 33% scorn 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: Subdue gleaningsGWB §670: be empowered to subdue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: scoff prayers-and-meditationsP&M §476: that shall subject unto itself epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: imposed laws gleaningsGWB §580: can subdue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: scoffed at prayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: Thou didst subdue

نمودند

nmúdnd nmúdn → “have”

literal: do; to do; show

have 45% hath 11% suffered 8% sought 8% spoke 5% caused 5% arose 5% put 5% winged 5% arrested 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: have debarred gleaningsGWB §395: let him kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: We exhort kitab-i-iqanKIQ §96: their imaginings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §648: wilt the-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst neglect will-and-testamentW&T §28: do not epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: Meditate

کلمات

klmát k-l-m

literal: word; words

SE rendered نمودند (nmúdnd), می (mí), گفتند (gftnd), کلمات (klmát), اساطير (isáṭír), اوّلين (iwwlín), يعنی (yʿní) as “exclaimed, saying, of his are but tales, of the Ancients!”, By this they meant”