Kitáb-i-Íqán — §77
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 77 of 291.
Source (Persian)
پس بايد صدر را از جميع آنچه شنيده شده پاک نمود و قلب را از همه تعلّقات مقدّس فرمود تا محلّ ادراک الهامات غيبی شود و خزينه اسرار علوم ربّانی گردد. اين است که می فرمايد: "السّالکُ فِی النَّهجِ البَيضاء والرُّکنِ الحَمراء لَن يَصِلَ إلی مَقامِ وَطَنِهِ إلّا بالکفِّ الصِّفر عَمّا فی ايدی النّاسِ." اين است شرط سالک. درست تفکّر و تعقّل فرموده تا بی حجاب بر مقصود کتاب واقف شوی.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The heart must needs therefore be cleansed from the idle sayings of men, and sanctified from every earthly affection, so that it may discover the hidden meaning of divine inspiration, and become the treasury of the mysteries of divine knowledge. Thus hath it been said: “He that treadeth the snow-white Path, and followeth in the footsteps of the Crimson Pillar, shall never attain unto his abode unless his hands are empty of those worldly things cherished by men.” This is the prime requisite of whosoever treadeth this path. Ponder thereon, that, with eyes unveiled, thou mayest perceive the truth of these words.
Translation Notes
غيبی
literal: the unseen; the invisible; the hidden; the unknowable; stranger; foreign; alien; separated
