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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

می
m-y-y

literal: present continuous marker; continuous-marker

SE rendered قتل (qtl)نفس (nfs)اقرار (iqrár)بر (br)ظلم (ẓlm)می (mí)نمايد (nmáyd)چنانچه (chnánchh) as “homicide, acknowledged, upon, cruelty, hath, Consider”

3 occurrences in corpus

آيه
áyh ʾ-y-y

literal: sign; signs; verse

SE rendered اقرار (iqrár)بر (br)ظلم (ẓlm)می (mí)نمايد (nmáyd)چنانچه (chnánchh)آيه (áyh)مذکور (mdhkúr)سی (sí)سنه (snh) as “acknowledged, upon, cruelty, hath, Consider, well-nigh thirty, years”

verse 57% sign 19% mighty 5% how 5% “smoke” 5% what 5% utterances 5%
مذکور
mdhkúr dh-k-r

literal: mention; mentioned

SE rendered بر (br)ظلم (ẓlm)می (mí)نمايد (nmáyd)چنانچه (chnánchh)آيه (áyh)مذکور (mdhkúr)سی (sí)سنه (snh) as “upon, cruelty, hath, Consider, well-nigh thirty, years”

اقلّ
iqll q-l-l

literal: less; little

SE rendered آيه (áyh)مذکور (mdhkúr)سی (sí)سنه (snh)اقلّ (iqll)بر (br)حسب (ḥsb)ظاهر (ẓáhr)بيت (bít)فرعون (frʿún) as “well-nigh thirty, years, eyes of the world, home, Pharaoh”

حسب
ḥsb ḥ-s-b

literal: according to; according

SE rendered سی (sí)سنه (snh)اقلّ (iqll)بر (br)حسب (ḥsb)ظاهر (ẓáhr)بيت (bít)فرعون (frʿún)تربيت (trbít)يافته (yáfth) as “well-nigh thirty, years, eyes of the world, home, Pharaoh, reared, been”

غذای
ghdháy gh-dh-w

literal: food; nourishment/food

SE rendered فرعون (frʿún)تربيت (trbít)يافته (yáfth)از (iz)طعام (ṭʿám)غذای (ghdháy)بزرگ (bzrg)يک (yk)مرتبه (mrtbh) as “Pharaoh, reared, been, table, nourished at”

food 80% sustained 20%
يک
yk y-k

literal: one; with/to-one; one-colored

SE rendered از (iz)طعام (ṭʿám)غذای (ghdháy)بزرگ (bzrg)يک (yk)مرتبه (mrtbh)از (iz)عباد (ʿbád)برگزيده (brgzídh) as “from among, table, nourished at, servants, chosen”

one 83% alike 17%
مرتبه
mrtbh r-t-b

literal: time

SE rendered طعام (ṭʿám)غذای (ghdháy)بزرگ (bzrg)يک (yk)مرتبه (mrtbh)از (iz)عباد (ʿbád)برگزيده (brgzídh) as “table, nourished at, from among, servants, chosen”

برگزيده
brgzídh g-z-y-n “chosen”

literal: chosen/selected

1 occurrence in corpus

کبری
kbrí k-b-r

literal: greatest; great; greater

SE rendered عباد (ʿbád)برگزيده (brgzídh)امر (imr)هدايت (hdáyt)کبری (kbrí)مأمور (mʾamúr)فرمود (frmúd) as “servants, chosen, of divine, guidance, entrusted, He”

most 22% embassy 22% abasement 11% supreme 11% high 11% exalted 11% gravest 11%
آنکه
ánkh ʾ-n

literal: that; indeed; that, to

SE rendered هدايت (hdáyt)کبری (kbrí)مأمور (mʾamúr)فرمود (frmúd)حال (ḥál)آنکه (ánkh)سلطان (slṭán)مقتدر (mqtdr)قادر (qádr)بر (br) as “guidance, entrusted, He, King, omnipotent, able”

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%
نباشد
nbáshd b-w-d “was”

literal: be; to be

SE rendered اسم (ism)عباد (ʿbád)معروف (mʿrúf)نباشد (nbáshd)سبب (sbb)وحشت (wḥsht) as “manslaughter, people, attributed unto Him, not be, causing, bewilderment”

bereft 50% unknown 50%
قلوب
qlúb q-l-b

literal: heart; hearts

SE rendered عباد (ʿbád)معروف (mʿrúf)نباشد (nbáshd)سبب (sbb)وحشت (wḥsht)قلوب (qlúb)علّت (ʿllt)احتراز (iḥtráz) as “people, attributed unto Him, not be, causing, bewilderment, aversion”

علّت
ʿllt ʿ-l-l

literal: cause; reason

SE rendered نباشد (nbáshd)سبب (sbb)وحشت (wḥsht)قلوب (qlúb)علّت (ʿllt)احتراز (iḥtráz) as “not be, causing, bewilderment, aversion”

cause 20% caused 13% motive 13% source 13% causeth 7% pretext 7% reason 7% essential 7% cannot 7% fix 7%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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