Kitáb-i-Íqán — §43

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 43 of 291.

Source (Persian)

حال به چشم علم اليقين و جناحَی عين اليقين به صراط حقّ اليقين قدم گذار، "قل اللّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرهُم فِی خَوضهِم يَلعَبُونَ" تا از اصحابی محسوب شوی که می فرمايد: "إنَّ الَّذينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَااللّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيهِمُ المَلائِکَةُ." تا جميع اين اسرار را به بَصَر خود مشاهده فرمائی.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And now, with fixed gaze and steady wings enter thou the way of certitude and truth. “Say: It is God; then leave them to entertain themselves with their cavilings.” Thus, wilt thou be accounted of those companions of whom He saith: “They that say ‘Our Lord is God,’ and continue steadfast in His way, upon them, verily, shall the angels descend.” Then shalt thou witness all these mysteries with thine own eyes.

Translation Notes

حال

ḥ-w-l → “now”

literal: state; condition; circumstance

به

b-h → “with” Distinctive

literal: by it; by him; with it

چشم

ch-sh-m → “eyes”

literal: eye; vision; sight

علم

ʿ-l-m → “knowledge”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

اليقين

y-q-n → “certitude”

literal: certainty; certitude; conviction; faith

جناحَی

j-n-ḥ → “steady wings”

literal: wing; side; shelter; protection

عين

literal: eye; fountain; spring; essence; to appoint; to designate; to specify; to determine

صراط

ṣ-r-ṭ → “way” Distinctive

literal: path, way, straight path

حقّ

ḥ-q-q → “truth”

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

قدم

literal: ancientness; antiquity; foot; to come forward

گذار،

literal: to place, to put, to leave, to set, to pass

"قل

q-w-l → ““Say”

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

اللّهُ

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

ثُمَّ

th-m-m → “then”

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

ذَرهُم

dh-r → “leave”

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

فِی

f-y

literal: in; in-it; in it

خَوضهِم

kh-w-ḍ → “cavilings!””

literal: to wade; to engage in; to busy oneself

يَلعَبُونَ"

literal: play; play/sport; player

تا

t-y-y → “so that”

literal: so that/until

از

ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

اصحابی

ṣ-ḥ-b → “companions”

literal: possessor; those who have; companion; followers

محسوب

ḥ-s-b → “accounted”

literal: according to; in accordance with; as regards

شوی

sh-d-n → “be” Distinctive

literal: be; become

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

می

m-y-y → “will be made”

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

فرمايد:

f-r-m → “saith”

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

"إنَّ

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

الَّذينَ

l-dh-y → ““They that”

literal: those who; the ones who (relative pronoun)

رَبُّنَااللّهُ

r-b-b → “‘Our Lord is God,’”

literal: Lord; lord; divine

اسْتَقَامُوا

q-w-m → “continue steadfast” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

تَتَنَزَّلُ

literal: send down; descending; descend

عَلَيهِمُ

ʿ-l-y → “upon them”

literal: exalted; highest; supreme; most high; upon you; on; over; Ali (name); upon

المَلائِکَةُ."

m-l-k → “the angels descend.””

literal: kingdom; king; owner

جميع

j-m-ʿ → “all”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

اين

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

اسرار

s-r-r → “mysteries”

literal: throne; couch; seat of authority

را

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

بَصَر

b-ṣ-r → “eyes”

literal: sight; insight; discernment; spiritual perception

خود

kh-w-d → “own”

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

مشاهده

sh-h-d → “witness”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

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