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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §259

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 259 of 291.

Source (Persian)

سبحان اللّه، در اوّل از کتب خود که آن را قيّوم اسماء ناميده و اوّل و اعظم و اکبر جميع کتب است اخبار از شهادت خود می دهند و در مقامی اين آيه را ذکر فرمودهاند: "يا بَقيَّةَاللّهِ، قَدْ فَدَيْتُ بِکُلّی لَکَ و رَضِيْتُ السَّبَّ فی سَبيلِکَ و ما تَمَنَّيْتُ إلّا القَتْلَ فی مَحبَّتِکَ وَ کَفَی باللّه العَلِيِّ مُعْتَصِماً قَديماً."

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Gracious God! In His Book, which He hath entitled “Qayyúmu’l-Asmá,”—the first, the greatest and mightiest of all books—He prophesied His own martyrdom. In it is this passage: “O thou Remnant of God! I have sacrificed myself wholly for Thee; I have accepted curses for Thy sake; and have yearned for naught but martyrdom in the path of Thy love. Sufficient Witness unto me is God, the Exalted, the Protector, the Ancient of Days!”

Translation Notes

سبحان
s-b-ḥ → “Gracious”

literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted

اللّه،
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

در
d-r-r → “In”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

اوّل
ʾ-w-l → “first, the”

literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of

از
ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

کتب
k-t-b → “Book”

literal: book; scripture; writing

خود
kh-w-d → “His” Distinctive

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

که
k-h → “which”

literal: that; who; who, that

آن
ʾ-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

قيّوم
q-w-m → “people” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; resurrection; uprising; establishment

اسماء
s-m-w → ““Qayyúmu’l-Asmá,”—the” Distinctive

literal: name

ناميده
n-ʾ-m → “name”

literal: to show, to display, to manifest, to exhibit; to manifest; to display; to show

اعظم
ʿ-ẓ-m → “greatest” Distinctive

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

اکبر
k-b-r → “grandeur” Distinctive

literal: great; grand; mighty; large

جميع
j-m-ʿ → “all”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

است
b-w-d → “is”

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

اخبار
kh-b-r → “prophesied” Distinctive

literal: news; inform; informed

شهادت
sh-h-d → “martyrdom”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

می
m-y-y

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

دهند
d-h

literal: to give; to provide; to yield; to grant; to bestow

اين
ʾ-y-n → “this”

literal: this; these

آيه
ʾ-y-y → “signs”

literal: verse; sign; miracle; proof; sign, verse, miracle, token, indication; ayah; he; him; it

ذکر
dh-k-r

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

فرمودهاند:
f-r-m → “He” Distinctive

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

بَقيَّةَاللّهِ،
b-q-y → “eternal” Distinctive

literal: remaining; permanence; remain

قَدْ
q-d → “We have been”

literal: verily; indeed; certainly (particle of emphasis)

فَدَيْتُ
f-d-y → “sacrificed”

literal: to sacrifice; to ransom; to redeem; to sacrifice oneself for

بِکُلّی
k-l-l → “wholly”

literal: all; every; whole; entirety; entire; completely

لَکَ
l → “His is”

literal: for; for you; for him

رَضِيْتُ
r-ḍ-y → “accepted”

literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment

السَّبَّ
s-b-b → “cause” Distinctive

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

فی
f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

سَبيلِکَ
s-b-l → “Thy sake” Distinctive

literal: path; way; road; cause; means

ما
m-ʾ → “that”

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

تَمَنَّيْتُ
m-n-y → “\‘Wish ye, then” Distinctive

literal: wish/desire; desire; wish

إلّا
ʾ-kh-r → “but” Distinctive

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

القَتْلَ
q-t-l → “death”

literal: slayer; killer; murderer

مَحبَّتِکَ
ḥ-b-b → “Thy love”

literal: love; affection

کَفَی
k-f-y → “Sufficient”

literal: to be content; to suffice; to be satisfied; to be satisfied with

العَلِيِّ
ʿ-l-w → “Exalted”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

مُعْتَصِماً
ʿ-ṣ-m → “protection” Distinctive

literal: protection; infallibility; protector

قَديماً."
q-d-m → “Ancient of Days!””

literal: ancient; step; eternity

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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