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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: It is nowgleaningsGWB §724: the conductkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: hath come intablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §8: Now at this moment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: knowethfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §304: the worlds of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: that We might knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: the universetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: certitudefire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §160: Know of a certaintykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: steadfastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: of confidencethe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: that thou mayest be well assuredgleaningsGWB §291: them that have truly recognized and believed
SE rendered چشم (chshm), علم (ʿlm), اليقين (al-yqín), جناحَی (jnáḥay), عين (ʿín), اليقين (al-yqín), صراط (ṣráṭ), حقّ (ḥqq) as “gaze, fixed, certitude, steady wings, way, truth”
eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: consignedgleaningsGWB §410: mine eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: From Our eyesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waterstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §594: a guiding light unto the feetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “sirat,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Thy straight Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: PathgleaningsGWB §317: into His straight Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: Straight PathgleaningsGWB §85: is verily the Straight Path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: InevitablegleaningsGWB §189: deservedkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the inmost Realityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: worthythe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Celestialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: proven
SE rendered صراط (ṣráṭ), حقّ (ḥqq), اليقين (al-yqín), قدم (qdm) as “way, truth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: Eternalfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §281: the wingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: their feet.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: of eternitytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §122: your footstepswill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
SE rendered صراط (ṣráṭ), حقّ (ḥqq), اليقين (al-yqín), قدم (qdm), گذار، (gdhár،) as “way, truth”
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: towards Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §539: By the righteousness of the Almighty!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered ذَرهُم (dharhum), خَوضهِم (khawḍhim), يَلعَبُونَ (yalʿabún), از (iz), اصحابی (iṣḥábí), محسوب (mḥsúb), شوی (shúy), می (mí) as “leave, entertain themselves with their cavilings.”, of, companions, accounted, be, wilt”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: playinggleaningsGWB §506: with your pastimes and fancieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: to entertain themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: have jestedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thou disportest thyselfgleaningsGWB §82: disporting themselvesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: pastimegleaningsGWB §78: are disporting themselves
companions 58% people 8% followers 6% who 5% companionship 5% every 5% revealer 5% person 3% disciples 3% associates 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: unto those for whom they were intendedgleaningsGWB §151: they who prided themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: men ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: His companionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: comforterthe-hidden-wordsHW §135: enter into fellowship withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: acknowledged exponentgleaningsGWB §76: people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: through whose hands it had passedgleaningsGWB §461: deemestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: is accountedthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: countedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: taketh countgleaningsGWB §695: Think notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: seemingthe-hidden-wordsHW §134: infernal
SE rendered از (iz), اصحابی (iṣḥábí), محسوب (mḥsúb), شوی (shúy), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd), الَّذينَ (adh-dhín) as “of, companions, accounted, be, wilt, saith, “They that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: may recognizegleaningsGWB §669: have come to existkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: be madeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: ever revealthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: Shouldst thouwill-and-testamentW&T §13: must achieveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: affirm
SE expanded to “‘Our Lord is God,’”
lord 86% god 5% divine 3% lords 2% divinity 1% lordship 1% sovereignty 1% educator 1% holy 1% enlightener 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: \‘LordgleaningsGWB §376: the Lord, my Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: ‘Our Lord is God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: God
This form usually rendered as “have”, “attained”, “stood” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: ranksfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §118: consummatekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: to make us steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
SE rendered اسْتَقَامُوا (istaqámúá), تَتَنَزَّلُ (tatanazzal), عَلَيهِمُ (ʿalayhim), المَلائِکَةُ (al-maláʾikah) as “continue steadfast, upon them, the angels descend.””
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: descendgleaningsGWB §295: have caused My Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: descendingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: to send downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
SE expanded to “the angels descend.””
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Who layeth lowgleaningsGWB §129: worldlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: my Possessortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §145: My sacred realmwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the different countries
all 80% every 9% whole 4% each 2% one 2% whatsoever 1% concourse 1% divers 1% entire 1% throughout 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: exulteth with joygleaningsGWB §247: innerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of the mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: of my hearttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: the gladnesswill-and-testamentW&T §42: darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Mine inner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: deathfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §364: these martyrskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: put to a shameful deathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: Thou hast testifiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
