Kitáb-i-Íqán — §41

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 41 of 291.

Source (Persian)

باری، اين است مقصود از تلويحات کلمات مظاهر الهی. پس اطلاق شمس و قمر در اين مراتب بر اين مقامات مذکوره به آيات نازله و اخبار وارده محقّق و ثابت شد. اين است که مقصود از ذکر تاريکی شمس و قمر و سقوط انجم، ضلالت علماء و نسخ شدن احکام مرتفعه در شريعت است که مظهر آن ظهور به اين تلويحات اخبار می دهد. و جز ابرار را از اين کأس نصيبی نيست و جز اخيار را قسمتی نه. "إنَّ الاَبرَارَ يَشرَبُونَ مِن کأسٍ کَانَ مِزَاجُها کافُوراً."

Shoghi Effendi Translation

This is the purpose underlying the symbolic words of the Manifestations of God. Consequently, the application of the terms “sun” and “moon” to the things already mentioned hath been demonstrated and justified by the text of the sacred verses and the recorded traditions. Hence, it is clear and manifest that by the words “the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven” is intended the waywardness of the divines, and the annulment of laws firmly established by divine Revelation, all of which, in symbolic language, have been foreshadowed by the Manifestation of God. None except the righteous shall partake of this cup, none but the godly can share therein. “The righteous shall drink of a cup tempered at the camphor fountain.”

Translation Notes

باری،

b-r-y

literal: well; cistern; pit

اين

ʾ-y-n → “This”

literal: this; these

است

b-w-d → “is”

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

مقصود

q-ṣ-d → “purpose”

literal: intention; purpose; aim; goal; to seek; to direct oneself

از

ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

تلويحات

l-w-ḥ → “Tablet” Distinctive

literal: tablet; panel; divine decree; revelation

کلمات

k-l-m → “words”

literal: words; utterances; locutions; word; utterance; speech; sayings; verses

مظاهر

ẓ-h-r → “Manifestations”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

الهی.

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

پس

p-s → “From”

literal: then; then, therefore; therefore

اطلاق

ṭ-l-q → “applied”

literal: divorce; release; freeing

شمس

sh-m-s → ““sun””

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

قمر

q-m-r → ““moon””

literal: moon

در

d-r-r → “to” Distinctive

literal: in; in, at; radiant

مراتب

r-t-b → “things”

literal: rank; station; degree; time; instance

مقامات

q-w-m

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

مذکوره

dh-k-r → “mentioned”

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

به

b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

آيات

ʾ-y-y → “verses”

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

نازله

n-z-l

literal: to descend, to be revealed

اخبار

kh-b-r → “traditions”

literal: news; inform; informed

وارده

w-r-d → “hath befallen” Distinctive

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

محقّق

ḥ-q-q → “truth” Distinctive

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

ثابت

th-b-t → “established”

literal: firm; steadfast; established; fixed

شد.

sh-d → “hath been”

literal: to become; to be

که

k-h → “that”

literal: that; who; who, that

ذکر

dh-k-r → “mention”

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

تاريکی

ẓ-l-m → “darkened”

literal: wrongedness, oppression, meekness; state of being wronged or oppressed

سقوط

s-q-ṭ → “fallen”

literal: dropping; omitting; falsifying; interpolating

انجم،

n-j-m → “stars”

literal: star

ضلالت

ḍ-l-l → “waywardness” Distinctive

literal: error; straying; misguidance; delusion; falsehood

علماء

ʿ-l-m → “divines”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

نسخ

n-s-kh → “annulment”

literal: abrogator; repealer; one who abrogates or abrogates the law

شدن

sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

احکام

ḥ-k-m → “laws”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom

مرتفعه

r-f-ʿ → “firmly established”

literal: to be raised, elevated, exalted, lifted up

شريعت

sh-r-ʿ → “Revelation” Distinctive

literal: law; legislation; religious law; canon; ordinance

می

m-y-y → “will be made”

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

دهد.

d-h → “imputed” Distinctive

literal: to give; to grant; to yield

جز

j-z → “apart from”

literal: except

ابرار

b-r-r → “righteous”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

کأس

k-ʾ-s → “cup”

literal: cup; chalice; goblet

نصيبی

n-ṣ-b → “partake”

literal: share; portion; lot; fate

اخيار

kh-y-r → “good” Distinctive

literal: good; better; choose

قسمتی

q-s-m → “share”

literal: oath; division; kind; type

نه.

n-h-y

literal: end; ended; utmost

"إنَّ

ʾ-n → ““The”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

يَشرَبُونَ

sh-r-b → “drink”

literal: to drink; to imbibe

مِن

m-n → “of”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

کَانَ

k-w-n

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

مِزَاجُها

m-z-j → “temperaments” Distinctive

literal: temperament; disposition; constitution; complexion

کافُوراً."

k-f-r → “infidels” Distinctive

literal: disbelief; disbelieve; unbelief

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