Kitáb-i-Íqán — §58
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 58 of 291.
Source (Persian)
حال تفکّر در فتنه های الهی و بدايع امتحان های او کن که نفسی که معروف است به قتل نفس و خود هم اقرار بر ظلم می نمايد چنانچه در آيه مذکور است و سی سنه اَو اقلّ هم بر حسب ظاهر در بيت فرعون تربيت يافته و از طعام و غذای او بزرگ شده، يک مرتبه او را از ما بين عباد برگزيده و به امر هدايت کبری مأمور فرمود. و حال آنکه آن سلطان مقتدر قادر بر آن بود که موسی را از قتل ممنوع فرمايد تا به اين اسم در بين عباد معروف نباشد که سبب وحشت قلوب شود و علّت احتراز نفوس گردد.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And now ponder in thy heart the commotion which God stirreth up. Reflect upon the strange and manifold trials with which He doth test His servants. Consider how He hath suddenly chosen from among His servants, and entrusted with the exalted mission of divine guidance Him Who was known as guilty of homicide, Who, Himself, had acknowledged His cruelty, and Who for well-nigh thirty years had, in the eyes of the world, been reared in the home of Pharaoh and been nourished at his table. Was not God, the omnipotent King, able to withhold the hand of Moses from murder, so that manslaughter should not be attributed unto Him, causing bewilderment and aversion among the people?
Translation Notes
آيه
literal: verse; sign; miracle; proof; sign, verse, miracle, token, indication; ayah; he; him; it
ظاهر
literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation
امر
literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order
