Kitáb-i-Íqán — §275
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 275 of 291.
Source (Persian)
و ديگر ملاحظه فرمائيد چگونه جميع اين امور وارده و افعال نازله در احاديث قبل ذکر شده. چنانچه در "روضه کافی" در بيان زوراء می فرمايد: "وَ فِی رَوضَةِ الکافی عَن مُعاويَة بن وَهَب عَن اَبی عَبداللّه قال : اَتَعرِفُ الزَّوْراءَ ؟ قُلْتُ : جُعِلْتُ فِداکَ، يَقُولونَ إنَّها بَغدادُ. قال لا، ثُمَّ قالَ: دَخَلْتَ الرَّيَّ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قالَ اَتَيْتَ سُوقَ الدَّوابِّ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ رَأَيتَ جَبَلَ الاَسوَدَ عَن يَمينِ الطَّريق ؟ تِلکَ الزَّوراء. يُقتَلُ فيها ثَمانُونَ رَجُلاً مِن وُلْدِ فُلانٍ کُلُّهُمْ يَصلَحُ الخِلافَةَ. قُلتُ: مَن يَقتُلُهُمْ ؟ قالَ: يَقتُلُهُم اَولادُ العَجَم."
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Moreover, observe how these things that have come to pass, and the acts which have been perpetrated, have all been mentioned in former traditions. Even as it hath been recorded in the “Rawdíy-i-Káfí,” concerning “Zawrá.” In the “Rawdíy-i-Káfí” it is related of Mu’áviyih, son of Vahháb, that Abú-‘Abdi’lláh hath spoken: “Knowest thou Zawrá?” I said: “May my life be a sacrifice unto thee! They say it is Baghdád.” “Nay,” he answered. And then added: “Hast thou entered the city of Rayy?”, to which I made reply: “Yea, I have entered it.” Whereupon, He enquired: “Didst thou visit the cattle-market?” “Yea,” I answered. He said: “Hast thou seen the black mountain on the right hand side of the road? The same is Zawrá. There shall eighty men, of the children of certain ones, be slain, all of whom are worthy to be called caliphs.” “Who will slay them?” I asked. He made reply: “The children of Persia!”
Translation Notes
ذکر
literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations
بيان
literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment
کُلُّهُمْ
literal: all; every; whole; entirety; entire; completely
