Kitáb-i-Íqán — §237
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 237 of 291.
Source (Persian)
چنانچه اهل فرقان را می بينی که چگونه به مثل امم قبل به ذکر خاتم النّبيّين محتجب گشتهاند، با اينکه خود مقرّند بر اينکه "ما يَعْلَمُ تَأوِيلَهُ إلّا اللّهُ وَالرّاسِخُونَ فِی العِلمِ." بعد که راسخ در علوم و امّها ونفسها و ذاتها و جوهرها بيان می فرمايد که قدری مخالف هوای ايشان واقع می شود اين است که می شنوی که چه می گويند و چه می کنند. و نيست اينها مگر از رؤسای ناس در دين يعنی آنهائی که الهی بجز هوی اخذ نکردهاند و بغيرذهب مذهبی نيافتهاند و به حجبات علم محتجب گشتهاند و به ضلالت آن گمراه شدهاند. چنانچه به تصريح تمام ربّ الانام می فرمايد : اَفَرَاَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إلهَهُ هوَاهُ و اَضَلَّهُ اللّهُ عَلی عِلْمٍ و خَتَمَ عَلی سَمْعِهِ و قَلْبِهِ و جَعَلَ عَلی بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللّهِ اَفَلا تَذَکَّرُونَ." يعنی آيا ديدی آن غافل را که گرفت خدای خود خواهش های نفس خود را و اضلال کرد خدا او را بر علمی، و مهر نهاد بر گوش و دلش و گردانيد بر چشمش پرده، پس که هدايت می کند او را از بعد خدا؟ آيا پند نمی گيريد؟
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Even as thou dost witness how the people of the Qur’án, like unto the people of old, have allowed the words “Seal of the Prophets” to veil their eyes. And yet, they themselves testify to this verse: “None knoweth the interpretation thereof but God and they that are well-grounded in knowledge.” And when He Who is well-grounded in all knowledge, He Who is the Mother, the Soul, the Secret, and the Essence thereof, revealeth that which is the least contrary to their desire, they bitterly oppose Him and shamelessly deny Him. These thou hast already heard and witnessed. Such deeds and words have been solely instigated by leaders of religion, they that worship no God but their own desire, who bear allegiance to naught but gold, who are wrapt in the densest veils of learning, and who, enmeshed by its obscurities, are lost in the wilds of error. Even as the Lord of being hath explicitly declared: “What thinkest thou? He who hath made a God of his passions, and whom God causeth to err through a knowledge, and whose ears and whose heart He hath sealed up, and over whose sight He hath cast a veil—who, after his rejection by God, shall guide such a one? Will ye not then be warned?”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: its inhabitantsfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §299: the Concoursekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: that deserveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: and my kindredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: dwellers thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: children
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: “Behold yegleaningsGWB §429: perceivethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: withoutthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: that thou mayest beholdwill-and-testamentW&T §23: may find himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: it was noticedgleaningsGWB §669: No tie of direct intercoursekitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: they shall see
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: such as are like theegleaningsGWB §115: incomparablekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: unto the sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: one and the samethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the daysepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: as clear as
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: infire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §151: of Mankindkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: all the nationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: mention of HimgleaningsGWB §107: Voicekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: testifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: and have not ceased to extoltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: ProphetsgleaningsGWB §234: which His Prophetskitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: the Prophets”—thatgleaningsGWB §43: Manifestation of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: all the Prophets.”gleaningsGWB §454: of their Prophetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: all the ProphetsgleaningsGWB §40: Prophet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: curtainsgleaningsGWB §33: fail to apprehendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: shut me outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §150: thewill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: veils
This form usually rendered as “themselves”, “bear” (2 occurrences)
themselves 50% bear 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: testifiedgleaningsGWB §503: be ensuredkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: they bear witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: firmly establishedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: be solacedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: decide
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: Know of a truthfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §96: All-Informedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: these learningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: Thy wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §544: and to this the Almighty is My witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the Lord of their livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
steadfast 42% well-grounded 16% steadfastness 5% immovable 5% firmly 5% stood 5% who 5% whose 5% wedded 5% constancy 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: steadfastnessgleaningsGWB §331: of them that are steadfastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: constancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the steadfastgleaningsGWB §26: steadfastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: the firmergleaningsGWB §606: of them whose minds are firmly fixed and grounded in Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: and they that are well-grounded
This form usually rendered as “own”, “herself”, “essence” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: such mengleaningsGWB §287: in every one of youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: to themselvestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: of men
This form usually rendered as “secret” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered علوم (ʿlúm), امّها (immhá), ونفسها (wnfshá), ذاتها (dháthá), جوهرها (júhrhá), بيان (bíán), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd), قدری (qdrí), مخالف (mkhálf) as “knowledge, Mother, Soul, Essence, revealeth, least, contrary”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: jewelgleaningsGWB §19: the greatestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: those Gems of knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: gem-likethe-hidden-wordsHW §149: temperedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: GemsgleaningsGWB §603: a jewelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Quintessence of truth
This form usually rendered as “utterance”, “words”, “speech” (130 occurrences)
utterance 63% words 9% speech 5% language 4% tongue 4% divine 4% such 3% utterances 3% explanation 3% bayán 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: involvedfire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §632: that embracethkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: From that which hath been saidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §383: before all who are intablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolutethe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdom
This form usually rendered as “saith”, “hath”, “said” (170 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “while”, “awhile”, “little” (42 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: such as create dissensiongleaningsGWB §44: opposerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §289: the signs of dissension appeared amongst themwill-and-testamentW&T §17: not obeyedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: beyondgleaningsGWB §415: dissensionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: beneath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §41: manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: to those heightsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: in the atmospheretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: and passionthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
SE rendered قدری (qdrí), مخالف (mkhálf), هوای (húáy), ايشان (iyshán), واقع (wáqʿ), می (mí), می (mí), شنوی (shnúy) as “least, contrary, desire, the, heard”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: episodegleaningsGWB §44: brought aboutkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: witnessedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: have fallentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: fell uponthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: situatewill-and-testamentW&T §19: must be givenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: was
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: hast heardgleaningsGWB §35: gleanedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: are now observingthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: thou mayest hearkenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: hearest stillgleaningsGWB §366: Incline your earskitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: Have they not heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: Give ear unto this
SE rendered می (mí), شنوی (shnúy), چه (chh), می (mí), گويند (gúynd) as “heard”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: I declaregleaningsGWB §40: voicingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: Didst thou not claimthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: Cry aloudwill-and-testamentW&T §17: will not openly declareepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: I saygleaningsGWB §325: to contendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: to say
SE rendered رؤسای (rʾsáy), ناس (nás), دين (dín), يعنی (yʿní), آنهائی (ánháʾí), الهی (al-hí) as “leaders, religion, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §467: of his fellowmenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: most of the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: othersgleaningsGWB §73: the human heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: unto men.”
faith 62% religion 19% true 4% reckoning 2% holy 2% muḥammadan 2% muhammadan 2% revelation 2% dispensation 2% cause 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: them that acknowledgegleaningsGWB §636: are the citieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: a divine Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: of all religionswill-and-testamentW&T §3: True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: your religiongleaningsGWB §364: holy Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the Faith of God
This form usually rendered as “arrested”, “hath”, “seek” (81 occurrences)
SE rendered اخذ (ikhdh), نکردهاند (nkrdhánd), بغيرذهب (bghírdhhb), مذهبی (mdhhbí), نيافتهاند (níáfthánd), حجبات (ḥjbát), علم (ʿlm), محتجب (mḥtjb), گشتهاند (gshthánd) as “bear, gold, veils, learning, wrapt”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: We have keptgleaningsGWB §549: hath graspedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: inhaledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: entered intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: may be ledthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: understandwill-and-testamentW&T §39: havingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: can fathom
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: misleadergleaningsGWB §128: waywardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: they stray even furtherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waywardthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: canst thou go astrayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: errorgleaningsGWB §128: perversekitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: waywardness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: hath not, however, beengleaningsGWB §411: tokitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: it hath beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: forththe-hidden-wordsHW §144: be laidwill-and-testamentW&T §15: they sufferedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: may be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: explicitlygleaningsGWB §35: openkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: by his explicit statementswill-and-testamentW&T §4: clearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: in unmistakable termswill-and-testamentW&T §5: His explicit wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: more manifestwill-and-testamentW&T §39: Explicit
all 39% utmost 13% complete 9% whole 9% every 9% exterminated 4% energetically 4% assiduously 4% ended 4% completed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: unfinishedgleaningsGWB §260: fulfilled.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: truly and faithfullyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: be perfectedthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: fully vouchsafedwill-and-testamentW&T §6: more completeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: energeticallygleaningsGWB §228: is come
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: before the LordgleaningsGWB §669: of the Lord, their Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: His realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: my Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of all menfire-tabletFire §24: the peoplegleaningsGWB §696: amongst menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: of all mankindepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: of the worldgleaningsGWB §148: the rest of mankindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: people
This form usually rendered as ““what” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: We behold itfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §356: that thou mayest findkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Mirrors reflecting the sun ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: Thou dost perceivethe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou seest me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: We have enabled thee to hearfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §110: knownkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: suffer me to hearkentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him give earwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine heartgleaningsGWB §228: agitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: want of understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: the apprehension oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: hearts
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “made”, “act” (33 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: reckonfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §577: and numberedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: make metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: eyes togleaningsGWB §325: this facultykitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose sightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: man of insighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: thy very sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: insightgleaningsGWB §505: thy sight
This form usually rendered as “veil” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: guidegleaningsGWB §472: Who showeth theekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: leadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: shall be offered as presentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: Thy guidanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: directeth your stepsgleaningsGWB §291: by the Lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: the guide
SE rendered تَذَکَّرُونَ (tadhakkarún), يعنی (yʿní), آيا (áyá), ديدی (dídí), غافل (gháfl) as “warned?”, thinkest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the waywardgleaningsGWB §373: is ignorantkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “deprivation,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §191: to be forgetfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: wholly unawaregleaningsGWB §655: to the trespasses
SE rendered آيا (áyá), ديدی (dídí), غافل (gháfl), گرفت (grft) as “thinkest”
SE rendered آيا (áyá), ديدی (dídí), غافل (gháfl), گرفت (grft), خدای (khdáy) as “thinkest”
SE rendered خواهش (khúáhsh), های (háy), نفس (nfs), اضلال (iḍlál), کرد (krd) as “causeth”
SE rendered کرد (krd), خدا (khdá), بر (br), علمی، (ʿlmí،) as “causeth”
SE rendered کرد (krd), خدا (khdá), بر (br), علمی، (ʿlmí،), مهر (mhr) as “causeth”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered کرد (krd), خدا (khdá), بر (br), علمی، (ʿlmí،), مهر (mhr), نهاد (nhád) as “causeth”
SE rendered مهر (mhr), نهاد (nhád), بر (br), گوش (gúsh) as “”
SE rendered مهر (mhr), نهاد (nhád), بر (br), گوش (gúsh), دلش (dlsh) as “”
SE rendered مهر (mhr), نهاد (nhád), بر (br), گوش (gúsh), دلش (dlsh), گردانيد (grdáníd) as “”
1 occurrence in corpus
beyond 19% infinite 17% end 17% utmost 15% ended 8% highest 8% forbiddeth 6% until 4% immeasurable 4% divine 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: beyond which there is no passingfire-tabletFire §29: DivinegleaningsGWB §537: even untokitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: the uttermostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: and that the highesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: boundless
