Kitáb-i-Íqán — §266

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 266 of 291.

Source (Persian)

باری، در جميع اين وقايع حادثه و حکايات وارده تفکّر فرمائيد تا بر عظمت امر و بزرگی آن مطّلع گرديد تا به عنايت رحمان، روح اطمينان در وجود دميده شود و بر سرير ايقان مستريح و جالس شويد. خدای واحد شاهد است که اگر فی الجمله تفکّر نمائيد علاوه بر همه اين مطالب مقرّره و دلائل مذکوره، همين ردّ و سبّ و لعن اهل ارض بر اين فوارس ميدان تسليم و انقطاع اعظم دليل و اکبر حجّت برحقّيّت ايشان است. و در هر آن که تفکّر در اعتراضات جميع مردم از علماء و فضلاء و جهّال فرمائی در اين امر محکم تر و راسخ تر و ثابت تر می شوی. زيرا که جميع آنچه واقع شده، از قبل معادن علم لدنّی و مواقع احکام ازلی خبر دادهاند.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Do thou ponder these momentous happenings in thy heart, so that thou mayest apprehend the greatness of this Revelation, and perceive its stupendous glory. Then shall the spirit of faith, through the grace of the Merciful, be breathed into thy being, and thou shalt be established and abide upon the seat of certitude. The one God is My witness! Wert thou to ponder a while, thou wilt recognize that, apart from all these established truths and above-mentioned evidences, the repudiation, cursing, and execration, pronounced by the people of the earth, are in themselves the mightiest proof and the surest testimony of the truth of these heroes of the field of resignation and detachment. Whenever thou dost meditate upon the cavils uttered by all the people, be they divines, learned or ignorant, the firmer and the more steadfast wilt thou grow in the Faith. For whatsoever hath come to pass, hath been prophesied by them who are the Mines of divine knowledge, and Recipients of God’s eternal law.

Translation Notes

باری،

b-r-y

literal: well; cistern; pit

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

جميع

j-m-ʿ → “these momentous” Distinctive

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

اين

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

وقايع

w-q-ʿ → “occurred” Distinctive

literal: to protect, safeguard, shield

حادثه

ḥ-d-th

literal: events, occurrences, accidents, changes and chances

حکايات

ḥ-k-y

literal: story; incident; indicative, testifying

وارده

w-r-d

literal: to enter, to come, to befall, to arrive

تفکّر

f-k-r → “ponder”

literal: thoughts; ideas; fancies; opinions; to think; to reflect; to contemplate

فرمائيد

f-r-m → “saith” Distinctive

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

تا

t-y-y → “so that”

literal: so that/until

بر

b-r-r → “of this” Distinctive

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

عظمت

ʿ-ẓ-m → “greatness”

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

امر

ʾ-m-r → “Revelation”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

بزرگی

b-z-r-g → “great”

literal: great; large; important; grandeur

آن

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مطّلع

ṭ-l-ʿ → “apprehend” Distinctive

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

گرديد

g-r-d → “become” Distinctive

literal: Persian verb گردیدن (to become/turn), not from Arabic ك-ر-د

به

b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

عنايت

ʿ-n-y → “grace”

literal: to concern; to mean; to turn away from; bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention; meaning; significance; inner sense

رحمان،

r-ḥ-m → “Merciful”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

روح

r-w-ḥ → “spirit”

literal: to go; to depart; to rest; spirit; soul

اطمينان

ṭ-m-n → “confidence”

literal: to be at peace; to be reassured; to settle down

وجود

w-j-d → “being”

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

دميده

d-m-y → “blood” Distinctive

literal: breath; moment; instant

سرير

s-r-r → “seat”

literal: throne; couch; seat of authority

ايقان

y-q-n → “certitude”

literal: certainty; certitude; conviction; faith

جالس

j-l-s

literal: council; assembly; gathering; session

شويد.

sh-w-d → “be” Distinctive

literal: to come; to go; to arrive; came

خدای

kh-d-ʾ → “God”

literal: God; divine; deity

واحد

w-ḥ-d → “one”

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

شاهد

sh-h-d → “witness”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

است

b-w-d → “is”

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

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

اگر

ʾ-g-r → “were they”

literal: although; even if; though; notwithstanding

فی

f-y

literal: in; in-it; in it

الجمله

j-m-l → “Beauty” Distinctive

literal: beauty; comeliness

نمائيد

n-m-ʾ → “thou wilt recognize” Distinctive

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

علاوه

ʿ-l-w → “exalted” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

همه

h-m-h

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

مطالب

ṭ-l-b → “truths” Distinctive

literal: seeker, one who seeks; those who seek

مقرّره

q-r-r → “established” Distinctive

literal: abode; place; established

دلائل

d-l-l → “evidences”

literal: to argue; to demonstrate; proof

مذکوره،

dh-k-r → “above-mentioned”

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

همين

h-m-n → “Help in Peril” Distinctive

literal: the same; that very

ردّ

r-d-d → “reject”

literal: rejected; repudiated

سبّ

s-b-b → “cause” Distinctive

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

لعن

l-ʿ-n → “accursed”

literal: to curse; to revile; curse

اهل

ʾ-h-l → “people”

literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin

ارض

ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country

فوارس

f-r-s → “send” Distinctive

literal: Persian; Persia

ميدان

m-y-d → “Table” Distinctive

literal: field; arena; space

تسليم

s-l-m → “resignation”

literal: resignation; submission; surrender; submissiveness

انقطاع

q-ṭ-ʿ → “detachment”

literal: to be severed; to be cut off; to detach oneself; to abstain

اکبر

k-b-r → “surest”

literal: great; grand; mighty; large

حجّت

ḥ-j-j → “testimony”

literal: path, way; clear path

برحقّيّت

ḥ-q-q → “of the truth”

literal: truth; true; right

ايشان

ʾ-y-sh

literal: that; it (object pronoun with suffix)

هر

h-r

literal: whatever; all that; whatever thing

اعتراضات

ʿ-r-ḍ → “cavils”

literal: objection, protest, denial; cavil

مردم

m-r-d → “people”

literal: rebellion; mutiny; revolt

از

ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

علماء

ʿ-l-m → “divines”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

فضلاء

f-ḍ-l → “grace” Distinctive

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

جهّال

j-h-l → “ignorant” Distinctive

literal: ignorant; foolish; the ignorant ones

محکم

ḥ-k-m → “wisdom” Distinctive

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom

تر

t-r-r → “more”

literal: more (comparative suffix)

راسخ

r-s-kh → “steadfast”

literal: steadfast; firm; firmly rooted; established

ثابت

th-b-t

literal: firm; steadfast; established; fixed

می

m-y-y

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

شوی.

sh-d-n → “hath been” Distinctive

literal: be; become

زيرا

z-y-r → “For”

literal: because; since; for; inasmuch as

شده،

sh-d → “hath been”

literal: to become; to be

قبل

q-b-l

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

معادن

ʿ-d-n → “Mines”

literal: mine; source; origin; repository

لدنّی

l-d-n → “by” Distinctive

literal: from; on the part of; from before; near

ازلی

ʾ-z-l

literal: eternity; pre-eternity; without beginning; eternal; everlasting; from eternity

خبر

kh-b-r → “prophesied” Distinctive

literal: all-knowing; aware; well-informed; omniscient

دادهاند.

d-ʾ-d

literal: give; grant; bestow; award

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