Kitáb-i-Íqán — §63

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 63 of 291.

Source (Persian)

چشم انصاف اگر باز شود از جميع اين بيانات مشهود می گردد که مُظهر همه اين امور و نتيجه همه اليوم ظاهر است. با اينکه امثال اين امور در اين ظهور واقع نشده با وجود اين متمسّک به ظنونات انفس مردوده شده، چه نسبت ها که دادهاند و چه بلايا که وارد آوردهاند که در ابداع شبه آن به ظهور نيامده.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

If the eye of justice be opened, it will readily recognize, in the light of that which hath been mentioned, that He, Who is the Cause and ultimate Purpose of all these things, is made manifest in this day. Though similar events have not occurred in this Dispensation, yet the people still cling to such vain imaginings as are cherished by the reprobate. How grievous the charges brought against Him! How severe the persecutions inflicted upon Him—charges and persecutions the like of which men have neither seen nor heard!

Translation Notes

چشم

ch-sh-m → “eye”

literal: eye; vision; sight

انصاف

n-ṣ-f → “justice”

literal: justice; fairness; equity

اگر

ʾ-g-r → “were they”

literal: although; even if; though; notwithstanding

باز

b-ʾ-z → “whence”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

شود

sh-w-d → “be”

literal: to come; to go; to arrive; came

از

literal: from

جميع

j-m-ʿ → “all”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

اين

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

بيانات

b-y-n → “utterance”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

مشهود

sh-h-d → “recognize” Distinctive

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

می

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

گردد

literal: become; to become; make

که

k-h → “that He, Who”

literal: that; who; who, that

مُظهر

ẓ-h-r → “Revelation” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

همه

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

امور

ʾ-m-r → “things”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

نتيجه

n-t-j → “ultimate Purpose”

literal: result; consequence; outcome; fruit

اليوم

y-w-m → “day”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

است.

b-w-d → “is”

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

با

literal: to; with; by

امثال

m-th-l → “similar” Distinctive

literal: like; example; parable; similitude

در

literal: in; in, at; radiant

واقع

w-q-ʿ → “occurred”

literal: to fall, to occur, to happen; incident, event

نشده

sh-d → “not”

literal: to become; to happen; to occur

وجود

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

متمسّک

m-s-k → “cling”

literal: musk; to seize; grip; to hold fast; to cling to; to grasp

به

b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

ظنونات

ẓ-n-n → “imaginings”

literal: fancy; supposition; vain imagination; idle conjecture

انفس

literal: self; soul; souls

مردوده

r-d-d → “reject”

literal: rejected; repudiated

چه

ch-h → “For”

literal: what; what/for; whatsoever, that which

نسبت

n-s-b → “charges”

literal: relation; relationship; connection; attribution; proportion

ها

literal: He; He is

دادهاند

d-ʾ-d → “of equity” Distinctive

literal: give; grant; bestow; award

بلايا

b-l-w → “tribulations”

literal: affliction; trial; calamity

وارد

w-r-d → “inflicted”

literal: to enter, to come, to befall, to arrive

آوردهاند

literal: wandering; vagabond; homeless

ابداع

literal: to create; most wondrous; excel

شبه

sh-b-h → “like”

literal: doubt; uncertainty; suspicion; resemblance; semblance

آن

ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

نيامده.

ʾ-m-d → “hope” Distinctive

literal: to come; to go; to arrive; came

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