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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §26

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 26 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و از اين عبارت گذشته، بيان ديگر در انجيل هست که می فرمايد: "اَلسَّماءُ وَالارضُ تَزولانِ وَلکِنْ کَلامی لا يزُولُ" که معنی آن به فارسی اين است که آسمان و زمين ممکن است که زائل و معدوم شوند امّا کلام من هرگز زائل نمی شود و هميشه باقی و ثابت ميانه ناس خواهد بود. و از اين راه است که اهل انجيل می گويند که حکم انجيل هرگز منسوخ نمی شود و هروقت و زمان که طلعت موعود با همه علامت ها ظاهر شود بايد شريعت مرتفعه در انجيل را محکم و ثابت نمايد تا در همه عالم دينی باقی نماند مگر اين دين. و اين فقره از مطالب محقّقه مسلّمه است نزد ايشان. و چنان اعتقاد کردهاند که اگر نفسی هم مبعوث شود به جميع علامات موعوده و بر خلاف حکم ظاهر در انجيل حکم نمايد البتّه اذعان نکنند و قبول ننمايند بلکه تکفير نمايند و استهزاء کنند. چنانچه در ظهور شمس محمّديّه مشهود شد. حال اگر معانی اين کلمات مُنزله در کتب را که جميع ناس از عدم بلوغ به آن، از غايت قصوی و سدره منتهی محجوب شدهاند از ظهورات احديّه در هر ظهور به تمام خضوع سؤال می نمودند البتّه به انوار شمس هدايت مهتدی می شدند و به اسرار علم و حکمت واقف می گشتند.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Beside this passage, there is yet another verse in the Gospel wherein He saith: “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away.” Thus it is that the adherents of Jesus maintained that the law of the Gospel shall never be annulled, and that whensoever the promised Beauty is made manifest and all the signs are revealed, He must needs re-affirm and establish the law proclaimed in the Gospel, so that there may remain in the world no faith but His faith. This is their fundamental belief. And their conviction is such that were a person to be made manifest with all the promised signs and to promulgate that which is contrary to the letter of the law of the Gospel, they must assuredly renounce him, refuse to submit to his law, declare him an infidel, and laugh him to scorn. This is proved by that which came to pass when the sun of the Muhammadan Revelation was revealed. Had they sought with a humble mind from the Manifestations of God in every Dispensation the true meaning of these words revealed in the sacred books—words the misapprehension of which hath caused men to be deprived of the recognition of the Sadratu’l-Muntahá, the ultimate Purpose—they surely would have been guided to the light of the Sun of Truth, and would have discovered the mysteries of divine knowledge and wisdom.

Translation Notes

فارسی
fársí f-r-s

literal: persian; contemplate; discerning

SE rendered يزُولُ (yzúl), معنی (mʿní), فارسی (fársí), آسمان (ásmán), زمين (zmín), ممکن (mmkn) as “pass away.”, meaning, shall”

knight 11% observed 11% discerning 11% who 11% ye 11% into 11% heroes 11% ponder 11% west 11%
آسمان
ásmán ásmán

literal: heaven; heaven, sky; heaven/sky

SE rendered معنی (mʿní), فارسی (fársí), آسمان (ásmán), زمين (zmín), ممکن (mmkn) as “meaning, shall”

زمين
zmín zmín

literal: earth; ground

SE rendered فارسی (fársí), آسمان (ásmán), زمين (zmín), ممکن (mmkn) as “shall”

earth 69% soil 8% dust 8% world 8% underground 8%
معدوم
mʿdúm ʿ-d-m → “from”

literal: non-existence; non-existent

SE rendered زمين (zmín), ممکن (mmkn), زائل (záʾl), معدوم (mʿdúm), شوند (shúnd), امّا (immá), کلام (klám), هرگز (hrgz) as “shall, and, never”

هميشه
hmíshh hmíshh

literal: always, continually

SE rendered هرگز (hrgz), زائل (záʾl), نمی (nmí), هميشه (hmíshh), باقی (báqí), ثابت (thábt), ميانه (míánh), ناس (nás), خواهد (khúáhd) as “never, in the, the adherents, shall”

all 40% continually 20% every 20% time 20%
اهل
ihl ʾ-h-l

literal: people; people/folk; people/inhabitants

SE rendered خواهد (khúáhd), از (iz), راه (ráh), اهل (ihl), انجيل (injíl), می (mí), گويند (gúynd), حکم (ḥkm) as “shall, Thus, Gospel, maintained, the law”

گويند
gúynd gftn

literal: say; to say

SE rendered راه (ráh), اهل (ihl), انجيل (injíl), می (mí), گويند (gúynd), حکم (ḥkm), انجيل (injíl), هرگز (hrgz), منسوخ (mnsúkh), نمی (nmí) as “Thus, Gospel, maintained, the law, annulled, be”

maintain 36% make 7% utter 7% voicing 7% should 7% say 7% saying 7% maintained 7% uphold 7% speak 7%
زمان
zmán z-m-n

literal: time; time, era; time, age

SE rendered منسوخ (mnsúkh), نمی (nmí), هروقت (hrúqt), زمان (zmán), طلعت (ṭlʿt), موعود (múʿúd), همه (hmh), علامت (ʿlámt) as “annulled, be, whensoever, promised Beauty, all, signs”

days 20% time 20% day 20% age 12% whenever 8% countless 4% life 4% cycle 4% when 4% faith 4%
مرتفعه
mrtfʿh r-f-ʿ

literal: raise; raised; elevation

SE rendered علامت (ʿlámt), ها (há), ظاهر (ẓáhr), بايد (báyd), شريعت (shríʿt), مرتفعه (mrtfʿh), انجيل (injíl), محکم (mḥkm), ثابت (thábt), نمايد (nmáyd) as “signs, made manifest, must needs, law proclaimed, Gospel, establish, may”

raised 24% have 10% rising 10% stilled 10% did 10% hoisted 10% established 10% elevated 10% wept 5% break 5%
چنان
chnán chnán → “such”

literal: so/such

1 occurrence in corpus

اعتقاد
iʿtqád ʿ-q-d → “to”

literal: belief; beliefs; beliefs/doctrines

SE rendered مسلّمه (msllmh), نزد (nzd), ايشان (iyshán), چنان (chnán), اعتقاد (iʿtqád), کردهاند (krdhánd), نفسی (nfsí), مبعوث (mbʿúth) as “submit, their fundamental, their, such, to, hath, person, made manifest”

قبول
qbúl q-b-l

literal: acceptance

SE rendered نمايد (nmáyd), البتّه (al-btth), اذعان (idhʿán), نکنند (nknnd), قبول (qbúl), ننمايند (nnmáynd), بلکه (blkh), تکفير (tkfír) as “promulgate, assuredly, renounce, they, declare, infidel”

حال
ḥál ḥ-w-l

literal: now; state

SE rendered ظهور (ẓhúr), شمس (shms), محمّديّه (mḥmmdídh), مشهود (mshhúd), حال (ḥál), معانی (mʿání), کلمات (klmát), مُنزله (munzlh) as “Revelation, sun of, Muhammadan, proved, words, revealed”

بلوغ
blúgh b-l-gh → “from”

literal: attainment

SE rendered کتب (ktb), جميع (jmíʿ), ناس (nás), از (iz), عدم (ʿdm), بلوغ (blúgh), از (iz), غايت (gháyt), قصوی (qṣúy), سدره (sdrh), منتهی (mnthí) as “books—words, a, men, mind, from, ultimate, Sadratu’l-Muntahá”

خضوع
khḍúʿ kh-ḍ-ʿ

literal: humility; humble; submissive

SE rendered احديّه (iḥdídh), هر (hr), ظهور (ẓhúr), تمام (tmám), خضوع (khḍúʿ), سؤال (sʾál), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), البتّه (al-btth), انوار (inúár) as “divine, every, Dispensation, humble, sought, they, surely, light of”

گشتند
gshtnd gshtn

literal: became

SE rendered اسرار (isrár), علم (ʿlm), حکمت (ḥkmt), واقف (wáqf), می (mí), گشتند (gshtnd) as “mysteries, knowledge, wisdom, discovered”

remained 20% have 20% would 20% became 20% perturbed 20%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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