Kitáb-i-Íqán — §262

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 262 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و استقامت بر امر حجّتی است بزرگ و برهانی است عظيم. چنانچه خاتم انبياء فرمودند: " شَيَّبَتْنِی الآيَتَين " يعنی پير نمود مرا دو آيه که هر دو مشعر بر استقامت بر امر الهی است. چنانچه می فرمايد: "فَاسْتَقِمْ کما اُمِرْتَ."

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Steadfastness in the Faith is a sure testimony, and a glorious evidence of the truth. Even as the “Seal of the Prophets” hath said: “Two verses have made Me old.” Both these verses are indicative of constancy in the Cause of God. Even as He saith: “Be thou steadfast as thou hast been bidden.”

Translation Notes

استقامت

istqámt q-w-m → “steadfastness”

literal: station; people; place

constancy 35% steadfastness 35% fixed 6% shelter 6% firm 6% unswerving 6% strengthen 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: place fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §615: ye rebelled kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your station kitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: of the “Day of Resurrection,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §201: Thy transcendent tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spot tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station

بر

br b-r-r → “in the”

literal: on; on, upon; upon

SE rendered استقامت (istqámt), بر (br), امر (imr), حجّتی (ḥjjtí), بزرگ (bzrg), برهانی (brhání) as “Steadfastness, in the, Faith, testimony, sure, glorious evidence”

land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: wilderness gleaningsGWB §201: righteous kitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: voiced by the-hidden-wordsHW §133: the righteous will-and-testamentW&T §25: in epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: to gleaningsGWB §11: Beseech ye kitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: unto

حجّتی

ḥjjtí ḥ-j-j → “testimony”

literal: proof, testimony

testimony 63% sure 13% other 13% evidence 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: testimonies gleaningsGWB §77: Their proofs kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: abiding testimony prayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: a Testimony the-hidden-wordsHW §160: argument will-and-testamentW&T §1: His Straight and Luminous Path epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His Proof gleaningsGWB §585: the testimony

بزرگ

bzrg b-z-r-g → “great”

literal: great; greatness; great/big

great 25% mighty 13% exalted 13% lofty 13% mightier 13% magnificence 13% sure 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mighty gleaningsGWB §417: exalteth their station kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: Lofty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: magnificence epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: high dignitaries gleaningsGWB §336: the greatness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: glory gleaningsGWB §141: very foundation

برهانی

brhání b-r-h → “glorious evidence” Distinctive

literal: proof; proof, evidence; evidence

This form usually rendered as “witness”, “luminous”, “proof” (4 occurrences)

witness 25% luminous 25% proof 25% irrefutable 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: proof gleaningsGWB §140: nakedness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: infallible proof prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy testimonies will-and-testamentW&T §53: by conclusive proofs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: tokens gleaningsGWB §109: proofs kitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: luminous evidence

عظيم

ʿẓím ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered حجّتی (ḥjjtí), بزرگ (bzrg), برهانی (brhání), عظيم (ʿẓím), چنانچه (chnánchh), خاتم (khátm), انبياء (inbíáʾ), فرمودند (frmúdnd) as “testimony, sure, glorious evidence, Even as, “Seal, Prophets”, said”

great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: greatest gleaningsGWB §511: the Great Powers kitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: more grievous prayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: moldering bone the-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-glorious will-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguished epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: swear by the greatness of Thy majesty gleaningsGWB §411: Most Great Name

چنانچه

chnánchh ch-n-n → “even as”

literal: as

even 50% thus 17% thou 8% truth 8% when 8% since 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: also gleaningsGWB §340: while kitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: when epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Likewise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: a grievous chastisement epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: at another kitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: is also kitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: In like manner

خاتم

khátm kh-t-m → ““seal”

literal: seal; sealed; end

seal 56% “seal 20% end 8% ring 4% ‘seal 4% sealed 4% last 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the Seal gleaningsGWB §114: Prophetic Cycle kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: conclude prayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and been closed the-hidden-wordsHW §141: sealed with My seal will-and-testamentW&T §10: my end epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: but a ring gleaningsGWB §65: With these words He concludeth

انبياء

inbíáʾ n-b-ʾ → “prophets””

literal: prophet; prophets

prophets 89% prophet 5% prophets” 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: informeth gleaningsGWB §95: these Prophets kitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: behaviour of the Prophets prayers-and-meditationsP&M §77: of Thy Prophets epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: Mighty Announcement gleaningsGWB §453: the Apostle kitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: the Prophets”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: Prophet

فرمودند

frmúdnd f-r-m → “said”

literal: say; command; says

said 38% have 13% acquiesced 6% made 6% remarked 6% answering 6% uttered 6% sacrificed 6% enjoining 6% spoke 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: have received gleaningsGWB §418: entrusted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: implication prayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: deprive it not the-hidden-wordsHW §93: I gave will-and-testamentW&T §6: by Him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: having raised up gleaningsGWB §333: disobedience

شَيَّبَتْنِی

shayyabatní sh-y-b → “made”

literal: made-old

1 occurrence in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §262: made Me old.”

الآيَتَين

al-áyatayn ʾ-y-h → “verse” Distinctive

literal: verse; verses; sign, verse

This form usually rendered as ““two” (1 occurrences)

verse 20% passage 20% “two 20% sign 20% verses 20%

gleaningsGWB §176: verse kitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: passage will-and-testamentW&T §3: the verses kitab-i-iqanKIQ §262: “Two verses kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: sign

يعنی

yʿní ʿ-n-y

literal: meaning

SE rendered شَيَّبَتْنِی (shayyabatní), الآيَتَين (al-áyatayn), يعنی (yʿní), پير (pír), نمود (nmúd), مرا (mrá), دو (dú), آيه (áyh), هر (hr) as “made Me old.”, “Two verses, hath, verses, Both”

who 40% meant 40% meaneth 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: consideration gleaningsGWB §674: celestial kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: attention kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: who the-hidden-wordsHW §75: spirit epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: My loving-kindness gleaningsGWB §672: of unfading splendor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: lovingkindness

پير

pír p-y-r

literal: old

SE rendered شَيَّبَتْنِی (shayyabatní), الآيَتَين (al-áyatayn), يعنی (yʿní), پير (pír), نمود (nmúd), مرا (mrá), دو (dú), آيه (áyh), هر (hr), دو (dú), مشعر (mshʿr) as “made Me old.”, “Two verses, hath, verses, Both, indicative”

1 occurrence in corpus

مرا

mrá m-n

literal: from; who; from/of

SE rendered شَيَّبَتْنِی (shayyabatní), الآيَتَين (al-áyatayn), يعنی (yʿní), پير (pír), نمود (nmúd), مرا (mrá), دو (dú), آيه (áyh), هر (hr), دو (dú), مشعر (mshʿr), بر (br), استقامت (istqámt) as “made Me old.”, “Two verses, hath, verses, Both, indicative, in the, constancy”

whosoever 20% above 14% all 14% others 11% who 9% such 9% man 6% amongst 6% whoso 6% unto 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: who fire-tabletFire §45: with hate gleaningsGWB §211: of them kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: unto kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: are prayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: the will-and-testamentW&T §35: over epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: by Him

دو

dú d-w

literal: two

SE rendered الآيَتَين (al-áyatayn), يعنی (yʿní), پير (pír), نمود (nmúd), مرا (mrá), دو (dú), آيه (áyh), هر (hr), دو (dú), مشعر (mshʿr), بر (br), استقامت (istqámt) as ““Two verses, hath, verses, Both, indicative, in the, constancy”