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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §61

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 61 of 291.

Source (Persian)

حال مشاهده فرمائيد که چقدر امور مظاهر ظهور مغاير نفس و هوای عباد از سلطان ايجاد ظاهر می شود. و چون بر اين جواهر اسرار مطّلع شوی به مقصود آ نگار اطّلاع يابی و اقوال و افعال آن مليک با اقتدار را مثل هم ملاحظه نمائی به قسمی که آنچه در افعال او مشاهده شود در کلمات او هم ملاحظه گردد و هرچه در کلمات او ملاحظه گردد در افعال او به نظر آيد. اين است که اين افعال و اقوال در ظاهر نقمتاند برای فجّار و در باطن رحمت اند برای ابرار. اگر به ديده قلب ملاحظه رود کلمات مُنزَله از سماء مشيّت با امور مُظهره از ملکوت قدرت يک شیء مشاهده شود و بر يک قسم ادراک گردد چنانچه مذکور شد.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Behold how contrary are the ways of the Manifestations of God, as ordained by the King of creation, to the ways and desires of men! As thou comest to comprehend the essence of these divine mysteries, thou wilt grasp the purpose of God, the divine Charmer, the Best-Beloved. Thou wilt regard the words and the deeds of that almighty Sovereign as one and the same; in such wise that whatsoever thou dost behold in His deeds, the same wilt thou find in His sayings, and whatsoever thou dost read in His sayings, that wilt thou recognize in His deeds. Thus it is that outwardly such deeds and words are the fire of vengeance unto the wicked, and inwardly the waters of mercy unto the righteous. Were the eye of the heart to open, it would surely perceive that the words revealed from the heaven of the will of God are at one with, and the same as, the deeds that have emanated from the Kingdom of divine power.

Translation Notes

فرمائيد
frmáʾíd frmúdn

literal: say

SE rendered حال (ḥál), مشاهده (msháhdh), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), چقدر (chqdr), امور (imúr), مظاهر (mẓáhr), ظهور (ẓhúr) as “Behold, behold, contrary, ways, Manifestations”

مغاير
mgháyr gh-y-r

literal: other; other than; change

SE rendered چقدر (chqdr), امور (imúr), مظاهر (mẓáhr), ظهور (ẓhúr), مغاير (mgháyr), نفس (nfs), هوای (húáy), عباد (ʿbád), از (iz), سلطان (slṭán) as “contrary, ways, Manifestations, desires, men, King”

contrary 50% conflict 17% any 17% runneth 17%
نفس
nfs n-f-s

literal: self; soul; souls

SE rendered چقدر (chqdr), امور (imúr), مظاهر (mẓáhr), ظهور (ẓhúr), مغاير (mgháyr), نفس (nfs), هوای (húáy), عباد (ʿbád), از (iz), سلطان (slṭán), ايجاد (iyjád) as “contrary, ways, Manifestations, desires, men, King, creation”

own 19% self 19% soul 17% himself 16% evil 8% corrupt 5% one 5% souls 4% breath 4% man 3%
مثل
mthl m-th-l

literal: like; likeness; example

SE rendered افعال (ifʿál), مليک (mlík), اقتدار (iqtdár), مثل (mthl), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نمائی (nmáʾí), قسمی (qsmí) as “deeds, Sovereign, almighty, regard, such wise”

instance 18% like 14% even 12% consider 12% such 10% same 10% equal 8% what 8% one 6% peerless 2%
نمائی
nmáʾí nmúdn

literal: do; to do; show

SE rendered اقتدار (iqtdár), مثل (mthl), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نمائی (nmáʾí), قسمی (qsmí), آنچه (ánchh), افعال (ifʿál) as “almighty, regard, such wise, whatsoever, deeds”

thou 43% mayest 13% show 9% wert 9% thee 4% take 4% dost 4% exchangest 4% wash 4% wilt 4%
آيد
áyd ʾ-y-d

literal: support; come; strengthen

SE rendered ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), گردد (grdd), افعال (ifʿál), نظر (nẓr), آيد (áyd), افعال (ifʿál), اقوال (iqúál) as “read, deeds, recognize, words”

may 33% assist 33% aid 10% all-merciful 5% will 5% “seal.” 5% how 5% step 5%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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