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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §236

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 236 of 291.

Source (Persian)

اين است که بعد از اين انکارها و اعتراضات که مذکور شد گفتند: بعد از موسی و عيسی، موافق کتب نبايد نبيّ مستقلّ که ناسخ شريعت باشد مبعوث شود. بايد شخصی بيايد که مکمّل شريعت قبل باشد. اين آيه مبارکه که مشعر بر جميع مطالب الهيّه و مُدلّ بر عدم انقطاع فيوضات رحمانيّه است نازل شد: "وَ لَقَدْ جَائَکُمْ يُوسُفُ مِنْ قَبْلُ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ فی شَکٍّ مِمَّا جائَکُمْ به حَتّی إذَا هَلَکَ قُلتُمْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللّهُ مِنْ بَعدِهِ رَسُولاً کَذلِکَ يُضِلُّ اللّهُ مَن هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُرْتَابٌ." و به تحقيق آمد شما را يوسف از پيش با بيّنه ها، پس پيوسته بوديد در شکّ از آنچه آمد شما را به آن، تا چون هلاک شد گفتيد مبعوث نمی گرداند خدا بعد از او رسولی را، و همچنين اضلال می کند خدا کسی را که اوست اسراف کننده و شکّ آورنده به پروردگار خود. پس، از اين آيه ادراک فرمائيد و يقين کنيد که در هر عصر امم آن عهد به آيه ای از کتاب تمسّک جسته از اين گونه حرف های مزخرف می گفتند که ديگر نبيّ نبايد در ابداع بيايد. مثل آنکه آيه انجيل را که مذکور شده، علمای آن استدلال به آن نمودند که هرگز حکم انجيل مرتفع نمی شود و پيغمبری مستقلّ مبعوث نگردد الّا برای اثبات شريعت انجيل. و اکثری از ملل مبتلا به اين مرض روحی شدهاند.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

After the denials and denunciations which they uttered, and unto which We have referred, they protested saying: “No independent Prophet, according to our Scriptures, should arise after Moses and Jesus to abolish the Law of divine Revelation. Nay, he that is to be made manifest must needs fulfil the Law.” Thereupon this verse, indicative of all the divine themes, and testifying to the truth that the flow of the grace of the All-Merciful can never cease, was revealed: “And Joseph came to you aforetime with clear tokens, but ye ceased not to doubt of the message with which He came to you, until, when He died, ye said, ‘God will by no means raise up a Messenger after Him.’ Thus God misleadeth him who is the transgressor the doubter.” Therefore, understand from this verse and know of a certainty that the people in every age, clinging to a verse of the Book, have uttered such vain and absurd sayings, contending that no Prophet should again be made manifest to the world. Even as the Christian divines who, holding fast to the verse of the Gospel to which We have already referred, have sought to explain that the law of the Gospel shall at no time be annulled, and that no independent Prophet shall again be made manifest, unless He confirmeth the law of the Gospel. Most of the people have become afflicted with the same spiritual disease.

Translation Notes

مبارکه
mbárkh b-r-k

literal: blessed; bless; blessing

SE rendered مکمّل (mkmml), شريعت (shríʿt), باشد (báshd), آيه (áyh), مبارکه (mbárkh), مشعر (mshʿr), بر (br), جميع (jmíʿ), مطالب (mṭálb), الهيّه (al-híhh) as “fulfil, the Law.”, Thereupon, verse, indicative, all, themes, divine”

blessed 48% holy 18% sacred 13% blest 13% most 3% hallowed 3% ever-blest 1%
زِلْتُمْ
ziltum z-w-l

literal: cease; to cease; ceased

SE rendered بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ (biálbayyinát), زِلْتُمْ (ziltum), شَکٍّ (shakkin), جائَکُمْ (jáʾakum) as “clear tokens, came”

قُلتُمْ
qultum q-w-l

literal: say; said; saying

SE rendered جائَکُمْ (jáʾakum), هَلَکَ (halak), قُلتُمْ (qultum), يَبْعَثَ (yabʿath), اللّهُ (al-lh) as “came, died, raise up, ‘God”

say 46% said 14% words 11% saith 10% have 6% hath 4% saying 3% word 2% sayings 2% made 2%
پيش
písh písh

literal: before

SE rendered تحقيق (tḥqíq), آمد (ámd), يوسف (yúsf), از (iz), پيش (písh) as “truth, came”

2 occurrences in corpus

پيوسته
píwsth píwsth

literal: continuously

SE rendered بيّنه (bíbnh), ها، (há،), پس (ps), پيوسته (píwsth), بوديد (búdíd), شکّ (shkk), از (iz), آنچه (ánchh), آمد (ámd) as “doubt, He”

1 occurrence in corpus

بوديد
búdíd búdn

literal: be; to be; been

SE rendered بيّنه (bíbnh), ها، (há،), پس (ps), پيوسته (píwsth), بوديد (búdíd), شکّ (shkk), از (iz), آنچه (ánchh), آمد (ámd) as “doubt, He”

hath 38% have 35% had 11% can 4% remained 3% could 3% found 2% promulgated 2% hast 2% regarded 2%
خدا
khdá khdá

literal: god

SE rendered گفتيد (gftíd), مبعوث (mbʿúth), نمی (nmí), گرداند (grdánd), خدا (khdá), از (iz), رسولی (rsúlí), همچنين (hmchnín) as “said, become, Even as”

god 95% god’s 5%
آورنده
áwrndh ʾ-w-r

literal: bring; to bring; bring-out/gather

SE rendered اوست (iwst), اسراف (isráf), کننده (knndh), شکّ (shkk), آورنده (áwrndh), پروردگار (prúrdgár), پس، (ps،), از (iz) as “have, made, Therefore”

refuse 11% raised 11% would 11% produce 11% give 11% believed 11% breathe 11% hath 11% gather 11%
پروردگار
prúrdgár prúrdgár

literal: lord; lord, nurturer; lord/nurturer

SE rendered کننده (knndh), شکّ (shkk), آورنده (áwrndh), پروردگار (prúrdgár), پس، (ps،), از (iz), آيه (áyh), ادراک (idrák) as “made, Therefore, verse, understand”

lord 36% providence 18% almighty 9% who 9% creator 9% god 9% divine 9%
هر
hr h-r

literal: every; each; every/each

SE rendered ادراک (idrák), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), يقين (yqín), کنيد (kníd), هر (hr), عصر (ʿṣr), امم (imm), عهد (ʿhd), آيه (áyh) as “understand, He, know of a certainty, age, people, verse”

عهد
ʿhd ʿ-h-d

literal: covenant; age

SE rendered يقين (yqín), کنيد (kníd), هر (hr), عصر (ʿṣr), امم (imm), عهد (ʿhd), آيه (áyh), از (iz), کتاب (ktáb), تمسّک (tmssk) as “know of a certainty, age, people, verse, Book, clinging”

جسته
jsth jstn

literal: seek; sought; to seek

SE rendered آيه (áyh), از (iz), کتاب (ktáb), تمسّک (tmssk), جسته (jsth), از (iz), گونه (gúnh), حرف (ḥrf), های (háy), مزخرف (mzkhrf) as “verse, Book, clinging, such, vain”

turned 29% cling 14% hath 14% following 14% asked 14% plotted 14%
گونه
gúnh gúnh → “such”

literal: kind; kind, type; manner

such 86% so-called 14%
حرف
ḥrf ḥ-r-f

literal: letter; word

SE rendered کتاب (ktáb), تمسّک (tmssk), جسته (jsth), از (iz), گونه (gúnh), حرف (ḥrf), های (háy), مزخرف (mzkhrf), می (mí), گفتند (gftnd), ديگر (dígr) as “Book, clinging, such, vain, uttered, again”

ابداع
ibdáʿ b-d-ʿ

literal: creation

SE rendered گفتند (gftnd), ديگر (dígr), نبيّ (nbíb), نبايد (nbáyd), ابداع (ibdáʿ), بيايد (bíáyd), مثل (mthl), آنکه (ánkh), آيه (áyh), انجيل (injíl) as “uttered, again, Prophet, should, He, verse, Gospel”

creation 25% entire 25% created 13% whole 8% all 8% world 4% universe 4% eye 4% uttermost 4% east 4%
مثل
mthl m-th-l

literal: like; likeness; example

SE rendered نبيّ (nbíb), نبايد (nbáyd), ابداع (ibdáʿ), بيايد (bíáyd), مثل (mthl), آنکه (ánkh), آيه (áyh), انجيل (injíl), مذکور (mdhkúr) as “Prophet, should, He, verse, Gospel, already referred”

instance 18% like 14% even 12% consider 12% such 10% same 10% equal 8% what 8% one 6% peerless 2%
پيغمبری
píghmbrí píghmbr → “prophet”

literal: prophethood; messenger/prophet; prophet

شدهاند
shdhánd shdn

literal: become; to become

SE rendered ملل (mll), مبتلا (mbtlá), مرض (mrḍ), روحی (rúḥí), شدهاند (shdhánd) as “people, afflicted, spiritual”

have 30% had 20% become 10% created 10% has 10% proceeded 10% hath 10%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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