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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §249

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 249 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و جناب آقا سيّد يحيی که وحيد عصر و فريد زمان خود بودند و ملّا محمّد علی زنجانی و ملّا علی بسطامی و ملّا سعيد بارفروشی و ملّا نعمة اللّه مازندرانی و ملّا يوسف اردبيلی و ملّا مهدی خوئی و آقا سيّد حسين ترشيزی و ملّا مهدی کندی و برادر او ملّا باقر و ملّا عبد الخالق يزدی و ملّا علی برقانی و امثال آنها که قريب چهارصد نفر بودند که اسامی جميع در لوح محفوظ الهی ثبت شده.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Mullá Muhammad ‘Alíy-i-Zanjání Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Bastamí Mullá Sa’íd-i-Barfurúshí Mullá Ni’matu’lláh-i-Mázindarání Mullá Yúsúf-i-Ardibílí Mullá Mihdíy-i-Khú’í Siyyid Husayn-i-Turshízí Mullá Mihdíy-i-Kandí Mullá Báqir Mullá ‘Abdu’l-Kháliq-i-Yazdí Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Baraqání and others, well nigh four hundred in number, whose names are all inscribed upon the “Guarded Tablet” of God.

Translation Notes

جناب
j-n-b

literal: to avoid; to shun; to keep away from

آقا
ʾ-q-ʾ

literal: establishment; setting up; standing firm

سيّد
s-y-d → “Siyyid”

literal: master; lord; chief; my master

يحيی
ḥ-y-y → “life” Distinctive

literal: life; living; shame

که
k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

وحيد
w-ḥ-d

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

عصر
ʿ-ṣ-r

literal: age; era; century; period of time

فريد
f-r-d

literal: unique; singular; incomparable

زمان
z-m-n

literal: time; age; era; period

خود
kh-w-d

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

بودند
b-w-d → “are” Distinctive

literal: to be; to exist; to have been

ملّا
m-l-ʾ → “Concourse”

literal: assembly; multitude; chiefs; to fill; people of rank; fullness, assembly

محمّد
ḥ-m-d → “thanks”

literal: praise; Muhammad; praised

علی
ʿ-l-w → “exalted”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

زنجانی
z-n-j → “‘Alíy-i-Zanjání”

literal: chain; bonds

بسطامی
b-s-ṭ → “court”

literal: carpet; mat; carpet of realm; expanse; table; surface

سعيد
s-ʿ-d → “good”

literal: endeavor; effort; striving; exertion; endeavour

نعمة
n-ʿ-m → “favor”

literal: bliss; bounty; grace; comfort; felicity

اللّه
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

اردبيلی
ʾ-r-d → “will”

literal: will; Ardibili

مهدی
m-h-d → “couch”

literal: guidance; to guide; direction; leading rightly; this; this one

خوئی
kh-w-y → “His servants”

literal: Khui; self

حسين
ḥ-s-n

literal: best; Husayn; beautiful

ترشيزی
t-r-sh

literal: cutting; Turshizi

کندی
k-n-d → “plucked out”

literal: to do; to make; to act; to dig, excavate; slow

برادر
b-r-d

literal: brother

او
h-w-w

literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song

باقر
b-q-r → “of Aynu’l-Baqar”

literal: to split; to cleave; to explain in detail; the Splitter

عبد
ʿ-b-d → “servants”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

الخالق
kh-l-q → “Thy creatures” Distinctive

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

يزدی
y-z-d → “Divine”

literal: God; divine; divine, of God

برقانی
b-r-q → “splendors”

literal: lightning; flashes; flashes, lightning

امثال
m-th-l → “as” Distinctive

literal: like; example; parable; similitude

آنها
null

literal: that, it; to be; indeed

قريب
q-r-b → “well nigh”

literal: place of sacrifice; altar

نفر
n-f-r → “men”

literal: aversion; repugnance; to repel; to avoid

اسامی
s-m-w → “names”

literal: heaven; sky

جميع
j-m-ʿ → “all”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

در
d-r-r

literal: in; in, at; radiant

لوح
l-w-ḥ → “Tablet””

literal: tablet; panel; divine decree; revelation

محفوظ
ḥ-f-ẓ → ““Guarded”

literal: guardian; preserver; keeper

ثبت
th-b-t → “established” Distinctive

literal: firm; steadfast; established; fixed

شده.
sh-d

literal: to become; to be

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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