Kitáb-i-Íqán — §243

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 243 of 291.

Source (Persian)

مع ذلک آيا جائز است اين آيات بديعه که احاطه فرمود شرق و غرب را، از آن معرض شوند و خود را از اهل ايمان دانند؟ و يا آنکه مؤمن شوند مُنزل آيات را؟ به اين استدلال که خود فرموده مقرّين را از اهل ايمان محسوب نفرمايد؟ حاشا ثمّ حاشا که مقبلين و مقرّين آيات احديّه را از ابواب رحمت خود براند و متمسّکين به حجّت مثبته را تهديد فرمايد. إذ إنَّهُ مُثْبِتُ الْحقِّ بِآياتِهِ وَ مُحَقِّقُ الاَمرِ بِکلِماتِهِ وَ إنَّهُ لَهُوَ المُقتَدِرُ المُهَيمِنُ القَديرُ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

In view of this, is it fair for this people to repudiate these newly-revealed verses which have encompassed both the East and the West, and to regard themselves as the upholders of true belief? Should they not rather believe in Him Who hath revealed these verses? Considering the testimony which He Himself hath established, how could He fail to account as true believers them that have testified to its truth? Far be it from Him that He should turn away from the gates of His mercy them that have turned unto and embraced the truth of the divine verses, or that He should threaten those that have clung to His sure testimony! He verily establisheth the truth through His verses, and confirmeth His Revelation by His words. He verily is the Powerful, the Help in peril, the Almighty.

Translation Notes

مع

m-ʿ → “notwithstanding”

literal: with; together with; alongside

ذلک

dh-l-k → “this”

literal: abasement; humiliation; lowliness; to be abased

آيا

ʾ-y-y → “is” Distinctive

literal: does; is it that (interrogative particle); sign; verse; O! (vocative particle); him; them (object pronoun)

جائز

j-w-z → “transgressed” Distinctive

literal: permissible; allowed; possible; fair; lawful

است

b-w-d → “it” Distinctive

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

اين

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

بديعه

b-d-ʿ

literal: to create; most wondrous; excel

که

k-h → “which”

literal: that; who; who, that

احاطه

ḥ-w-ṭ → “have encompassed”

literal: to encompass, surround, envelop, embrace

فرمود

f-r-m → “He” Distinctive

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

شرق

sh-r-q → “East”

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

غرب

gh-r-b → “West”

literal: west; sunset; place of setting

را،

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

از

ʾ-z

literal: from

معرض

ʿ-r-ḍ → “repudiate” Distinctive

literal: to turn away; to avert; to abstain; heedless

شوند

sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

خود

kh-w-d → “their own”

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

اهل

ʾ-h-l → “people”

literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin

ايمان

ʾ-m-n → “true belief”

literal: to believe; to have faith; to be secure; trust; trustworthiness; covenant; deposit; believer, faithful

دانند؟

d-ʾ-n → “considered” Distinctive

literal: to know, deem, consider, suppose

يا

y-ʾ

literal: O; or

آنکه

ʾ-n → “to” Distinctive

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مؤمن

ʾ-m-n → “believe in” Distinctive

literal: to believe; to have faith; to be secure; trust; trustworthiness; covenant; deposit; believer, faithful

مُنزل

n-z-l → “hath revealed”

literal: to descend, to be revealed

به

b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

استدلال

d-l-l

literal: to argue; to demonstrate; proof

مقرّين

q-r-r → “that have testified”

literal: stability; firmness; establishment

محسوب

ḥ-s-b → “to account”

literal: according to; in accordance with; as regards

حاشا

ḥ-sh-w → “Far be it from”

literal: belly; entrails; inner part

ثمّ

th-m-m

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

مقبلين

q-b-l → “have turned unto” Distinctive

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

احديّه

ʾ-ḥ-d → “divine” Distinctive

literal: oneness; unity; absolute unicity; singleness of divine essence

ابواب

b-w-b → “gates” Distinctive

literal: door; gate; chapter; way; manner

رحمت

r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

براند

r-n-y → “turn away”

literal: to cast down; to overthrow; to uproot

متمسّکين

m-s-k → “have clung” Distinctive

literal: clinging; adherence; cling

حجّت

ḥ-j-j → “testimony”

literal: path, way; clear path

مثبته

th-b-t → “established”

literal: firm; steadfast; established; fixed

تهديد

h-d-d → “threaten”

literal: threat

إذ

ʾ-dh-dh

literal: when; since

إنَّهُ

ʾ-n-n → “verily” Distinctive

literal: I, verily; behold I

الْحقِّ

ḥ-q-q → “truth”

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

الاَمرِ

ʾ-m-r → “Revelation”

literal: mother; to lead; to head; matter; affair; people; nation; community; female servant; handmaiden; umma

بِکلِماتِهِ

k-l-l → “all” Distinctive

literal: words; utterances; locutions; word; utterance; speech; sayings; verses

لَهُوَ

h-w → “is the”

literal: to distract; to divert; to amuse

المُقتَدِرُ

q-d-r → “Powerful”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

المُهَيمِنُ

h-m-n → “Help in peril”

literal: the Protector; the Overseer; the Guardian

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