Kitáb-i-Íqán — §255
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 255 of 291.
Source (Persian)
يَا ابْنَ الإنسانِ، قد مَضَی عَلَيکَ اَيّامٌ و اشتَغَلْتَ فيهَا بمَا تَهْوی بِهِ نَفْسُکَ مِنَ الظُّنُونِ وَ الاَوهامِ. إلی مَتَی تَکُونُ راقِداً عَلَی بساطِکَ؟ فَارْفَعْ رأسَکَ عَنِ النَّومِ. فَإنَّ الشَّمسَ قَدِ ارتَفَعَتْ فِی وَسَطِ الزَّوالِ، لَعَلَّ تُشرِقُ عَلَيکَ باَنوارِ الجَمالِ.والسّلام.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
“O Son of Man! Many a day hath passed over thee whilst thou hast busied thyself with thy fancies and idle imaginings. How long art thou to slumber on thy bed? Lift up thine head from slumber, for the Sun hath risen to the zenith; haply it may shine upon thee with the light of beauty.”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: Ibn-i-Mas’udgleaningsGWB §453: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: Baní-Háshimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: their childrenthe-hidden-wordsHW §123: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Our sonsgleaningsGWB §424: ye proud ones
SE rendered ابْنَ (ibn), الإنسانِ، (an-nsáni،), مَضَی (maḍay), عَلَيکَ (ʿalayk), اَيّامٌ (ayyámun) as “Son, of, hath, over, Many a day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §441: No two menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §337: communeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: enjoyed intimate communionthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: joyful tidings of reunion
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “passed” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: passedgleaningsGWB §250: far spentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: decreegleaningsGWB §248: your chance is well-nighkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: past tenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: irrevocable purposegleaningsGWB §244: shall roll away
This form usually rendered as “thee”, “upon”, “tribulation” (15 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Many a day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: day andgleaningsGWB §27: Day.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: dost witness todayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: the Ayyám-i-Há (the Dayswill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: in this daygleaningsGWB §627: in the daytimekitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: today
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: engaged in spreadinggleaningsGWB §471: engrosskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: commune with Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: be occupiedthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: delightwill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: busiedgleaningsGWB §697: “Address yourselves
SE rendered اشتَغَلْتَ (ishtaghalt), تَهْوی (tahwí), نَفْسُکَ (nafsuk), الظُّنُونِ (aẓ-ẓunún) as “hast busied, thyself, fancies”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: desiresfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §155: waywardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: ancient gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: yearningthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: mere impulse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: vain imaginingsfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §448: thou hast imaginedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: from vain imaginingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: thinktablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is thy fancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: deemed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: superstitiousfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §710: imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people of doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
SE expanded to “art thou to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: all that hath beenfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §633: art numberedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: hadsttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: all that lay asleepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: off the slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: bedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: suffer me to sleepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: fast asleepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §494: have slumbered
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: and gladnessgleaningsGWB §279: pomp and glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and this lowlythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the domainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: court of Thy mercygleaningsGWB §167: My couchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: mercies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: raised upfire-tabletFire §47: hast causedgleaningsGWB §410: was spread abroad onkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: soared aloftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §851: glorificationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: that I may rise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: thine headgleaningsGWB §163: I be beheadedthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy headepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the mountain-topgleaningsGWB §719: their headsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: headgleaningsGWB §594: diademepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: top
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: little sleepgleaningsGWB §278: fast asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: the sleepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: to sleepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: he that liethgleaningsGWB §305: sleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: sleepingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: my sleep
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun-like MirrorsgleaningsGWB §43: that Daystarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Day-StargleaningsGWB §309: of the sunkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the Sun of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: Day-Stars
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: meridiangleaningsGWB §469: to induce thee to intercedekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: our all.”the-hidden-wordsHW §63: to the zenithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: the midmostgleaningsGWB §307: due tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: the zenithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: middle
SE rendered ارتَفَعَتْ (irtafaʿat), وَسَطِ (wasaṭ), الزَّوالِ، (az-zawáli،), لَعَلَّ (laʿall), تُشرِقُ (tushriq), عَلَيکَ (ʿalayk) as “risen, the zenith, haply, shine, upon thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: glorygleaningsGWB §387: throughout eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: unchangeableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: Thou wertthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: Imperishablewill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: declineth notgleaningsGWB §605: hath always ordained
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: in the night seasonfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §670: shedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the Day-springsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: were shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the dawn
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: enlightenedfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §504: shed illuminationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: and my Lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
beauty 85% countenance 3% ancient 3% among 2% glory 2% beneficent 1% beauteous 1% ornament 1% seemly 1% promised 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: by the BeautygleaningsGWB §34: promised Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: of beauty.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of Thinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Abhá Beauty
