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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §65

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 65 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و عالم هستی به جميع اين عنايات حامله گشته، تا کی اثر اين عنايت غيبی در خاکدان ترابی ظاهر شود و تشنگان از پا افتاده را به کوثر زلال محبوب رساند و گمگشتگان صحرای بُعد و نيستی را به سرادق قرب و هستی معشوق فائز گرداند و در ارض قلوب که اين حبّه های قدس انبات نمايد و از رياض نفوس که شقايق های حقايق غيبی بشکفد. باری، نه چنان سدره عشق در سينای حبّ مشتعل شده که به آب های بيان افسرده گردد و يا اتمام پذيرد. عطش اين حوت را بحور ننشاند و اين سمندر ناری جز در نار روی يار مقرّ نگزيند. پس ای برادر، سراج روح را در مشکات قلب به دُهن حکمت بر افروز و به زجاج عقل حفظش نما تا نَفَس های انفس مشرکه آن را خاموش نکند و از نور باز ندارد. کَذلِکَ نَوَّرنا اُفُقَ سَماءِ البَيانِ مِن اَنوارِ شُموس الحِکْمَةِ وَ العِرفانِ لِيطمَئنَّ بها قَلبُکَ وَ تَکُونَ مِن الَّذين طارُوا بِاَجْنِحَةِ الإيقانِ فِی هَواء مَحَبّةِ رَبِّهِم الرَّحمن.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The universe is pregnant with these manifold bounties, awaiting the hour when the effects of Its unseen gifts will be made manifest in this world, when the languishing and sore athirst will attain the living Kawthar of their Well-Beloved, and the erring wanderer, lost in the wilds of remoteness and nothingness, will enter the tabernacle of life, and attain reunion with his heart’s desire. In the soil of whose heart will these holy seeds germinate? From the garden of whose soul will the blossoms of the invisible realities spring forth? Verily, I say, so fierce is the blaze of the Bush of love, burning in the Sinai of the heart, that the streaming waters of holy utterance can never quench its flame. Oceans can never allay this Leviathan’s burning thirst, and this Phoenix of the undying fire can abide nowhere save in the glow of the countenance of the Well-Beloved. Therefore, O brother! kindle with the oil of wisdom the lamp of the spirit within the innermost chamber of thy heart, and guard it with the globe of understanding, that the breath of the infidel may extinguish not its flame nor dim its brightness. Thus have We illuminated the heavens of utterance with the splendours of the Sun of divine wisdom and understanding, that thy heart may find peace, that thou mayest be of those who, on the wings of certitude, have soared unto the heaven of the love of their Lord, the All-Merciful.

Translation Notes

جميع
jmíʿ j-m-ʿ → “with”

literal: all; all, entire

SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), هستی (hstí), جميع (jmíʿ), عنايات (ʿnáyát), حامله (ḥámlh), گشته، (gshth،), کی (kí) as “universe, have, with, bounties, pregnant, the hour”

all 80% every 9% whole 4% each 2% one 2% whatsoever 1% concourse 1% divers 1% entire 1% throughout 1%
کی
kí k-w → “unto”

literal: street

1 occurrence in corpus

ترابی
trábí t-r-b

literal: dust; dust, earth; dust/earth

SE rendered اثر (ithr), عنايت (ʿnáyt), غيبی (ghíbí), خاکدان (khákdán), ترابی (trábí), ظاهر (ẓáhr), تشنگان (tshngán), از (iz), پا (pá) as “effects, gifts, unseen, world, manifest, languishing and sore athirst, lost”

dust 29% pertaining 14% dwell 14% world 14% now 14% dust-heap 14%
پا

literal: foot

1 occurrence in corpus

افتاده
iftádh iftádn

literal: fall; fallen

SE rendered ظاهر (ẓáhr), تشنگان (tshngán), از (iz), پا (pá), افتاده (iftádh), کوثر (kúthr), زلال (zlál), محبوب (mḥbúb), رساند (rsánd) as “manifest, languishing and sore athirst, lost, Kawthar, of their, Well-Beloved, attain”

fallen 33% have 33% lay 17% seized 17%
گمگشتگان

literal: lost wanderer; the lost ones; wanderers

erring 67% languish 33%
فائز
fáʾz f-w-z

literal: attain

SE rendered سرادق (srádq), قرب (qrb), هستی (hstí), معشوق (mʿshúq), فائز (fáʾz), گرداند (grdánd), ارض (irḍ), قلوب (qlúb) as “tabernacle, of life,, heart’s desire, attain, reunion, of whose, heart”

بشکفد
bshkfd sh-k-f → “hath” Distinctive

literal: bloom; split

This form usually rendered as “spring” (1 occurrences)

hath 33% rent 33% spring 33%
چنان

literal: so/such

1 occurrence in corpus

اتمام
itmám t-m-m

literal: complete; all; completed

SE rendered آب (áb), های (háy), بيان (bíán), افسرده (ifsrdh), گردد (grdd), اتمام (itmám), پذيرد (pdhírd), عطش (ʿṭsh), حوت (ḥút), بحور (bḥúr) as “waters, of holy, utterance, quench, never, thirst, Leviathan’s burning, Oceans”

all 28% perfect 17% fulfilled 11% complete 8% utmost 8% mightiest 6% come 6% fully 6% whole 6% hath 6%
پذيرد
pdhírd pdhírftn

literal: accept; to accept; to-accept

SE rendered بيان (bíán), افسرده (ifsrdh), گردد (grdd), اتمام (itmám), پذيرد (pdhírd), عطش (ʿṭsh), حوت (ḥút), بحور (bḥúr), ننشاند (nnshánd) as “utterance, quench, never, thirst, Leviathan’s burning, Oceans, allay”

accept 40% have 20% accepted 20% changeth 20%
حوت
ḥút ḥ-w-t → “fishes” Distinctive

literal: fish; whale, leviathan

This form usually rendered as “leviathan’s”, “leviathan” (2 occurrences)

ننشاند
nnshánd n-sh-n → “signs” Distinctive

literal: sign

This form usually rendered as “can” (1 occurrences)

signs 50% can 50%
سمندر

literal: phoenix

1 occurrence in corpus

مقرّ
mqrr q-r-r

literal: abode; place; established

SE rendered سمندر (smndr), ناری (nárí), جز (jz), نار (nár), روی (rúy), يار (yár), مقرّ (mqrr), نگزيند (ngzínd), پس (ps), برادر، (brádr،), سراج (sráj) as “Phoenix, fire, glow of, countenance, the Well-Beloved, abide, Therefore, brother, lamp”

نگزيند
ngzínd ngzínd → “abide”

literal: choose

1 occurrence in corpus

افروز
ifrúz f-r-w-z → “mayest” Distinctive

literal: kindle

This form usually rendered as “kindle” (1 occurrences)

mayest 50% kindle 50%
نکند
nknd krdn

literal: do; to do

SE rendered مشرکه (mshrkh), خاموش (khámúsh), نکند (nknd), از (iz), نور (núr), باز (báz), ندارد (ndárd), کَذلِکَ (kadhlik) as “infidel, extinguish, flame, dim, Thus”

will 25% could 25% doth 25% may 25%
ندارد
ndárd dáshtn

literal: have; to have; had

SE rendered خاموش (khámúsh), نکند (nknd), از (iz), نور (núr), باز (báz), ندارد (ndárd), کَذلِکَ (kadhlik), نَوَّرنا (nawwarná), اُفُقَ (ufuq) as “extinguish, flame, dim, Thus, illuminated, heavens”

can 18% hath 18% never 18% will 9% should 9% disputeth 9% dim 9% deterred 9%
تَکُونَ
takún k-w-n → “be”

literal: be; to be

SE rendered لِيطمَئنَّ (líṭmaʾnn), قَلبُکَ (qalbuk), تَکُونَ (takún), الَّذين (adh-dhín), طارُوا (ṭárúá), بِاَجْنِحَةِ (biáajniḥah) as “find peace, heart, be, those, soared, wings”

thou 40% remain 15% wilt 15% art 8% become 6% haply 4% might 4% abide 4% numbered 2% believed 2%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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