Kitáb-i-Íqán — §90
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 90 of 291.
Source (Persian)
سبحان اللّه، با وجود اقرار به اين حديث، علمائی که در مسائل شرعيّه هنوز در ظنّ و شکّ اند چگونه در غوامض مسائل اصول الهيّه و جواهر اسرار کلمات قدسيّه اظهار علم می نمايند و می گويند فلان حديث که از علائم ظهور قائم است هنوز ظاهر نشده با اينکه رائحه معانی احاديث را ابداً ادراک ننمودهاند و غافل از اينکه جميع علامات ظاهر شد و صراط امر کشيده گشت و المُؤمِنُونَ کَالبَرقِ عَلَيه يَمرُّون و هُم لِظُهُورِ العلامَةِ يَنتَظِرون، قُلْ يا مَلأ الجُهّالِ فَانتَظِرُوا کما کانَ الّذينَ مِنْ قَبلِکُم لَمِنَ المُنتَظرينَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Great God! Notwithstanding their acceptance of the truth of this tradition, these divines who are still doubtful of, and dispute about, the theological obscurities of their faith, yet claim to be the exponents of the subtleties of the law of God, and the expounders of the essential mysteries of His holy Word. They confidently assert that such traditions as indicate the advent of the expected Qá’im have not yet been fulfilled, whilst they themselves have failed to inhale the fragrance of the meaning of these traditions, and are still oblivious of the fact that all the signs foretold have come to pass, that the way of God’s holy Cause hath been revealed, and the concourse of the faithful, swift as lightning, are, even now, passing upon that way, whilst these foolish divines wait expecting to witness the signs foretold. Say, O ye foolish ones! Wait ye even as those before you are waiting!
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “gracious”, “all-glorious” (104 occurrences)
glorified 60% gracious 18% all-glorious 10% immeasurably 3% great 2% praise 2% \‘glorified 1% who 1% glory 1% god 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: celebrateth the praise offire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §557: ancientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Praise be to Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: give praise to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Our possessionfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §253: disregard and neglectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: methinkstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
This form usually rendered as “acknowledged”, “confess”, “recognize” (23 occurrences)
acknowledged 18% confess 18% recognize 12% acceptance 12% recognition 12% credence 6% recognized 6% testified 6% worthy 6% acknowledgment 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: acceptancegleaningsGWB §51: hath establishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: acceptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: firmly establishedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: destinedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: hidden
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: such traditionsgleaningsGWB §372: utteranceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: to tell outthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: handiworkwill-and-testamentW&T §35: happeningsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: traditionsgleaningsGWB §436: changes and chances
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Who knowethfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §254: His knowledge embracethkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: Whose knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “truths”, “intricacies”, “problems” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: askethgleaningsGWB §668: grantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §179: entreatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Thee
This form usually rendered as “revelation”, “imposed” (5 occurrences)
revelation 67% imposed 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We have prescribedgleaningsGWB §50: We have, then, called into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: Law.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §684: Let him, then, repeatwill-and-testamentW&T §25: The legislative bodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: rivergleaningsGWB §44: imposed by their Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: followers thereof
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: imaginingsfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §644: imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: bear in mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: all idle fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is thy fancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Thinkest thou
This form usually rendered as “obscurities” (1 occurrences)
opposition 18% ignore 9% connive 9% disdainful 9% repudiation 9% abstruse 9% blindness 9% obscurities 9% regard 9% turned 9%
SE rendered شکّ (shkk), اند (ind), چگونه (chgúnh), غوامض (ghúámḍ), مسائل (msáʾl), اصول (iṣúl), الهيّه (al-híhh), جواهر (júáhr), اسرار (isrár), کلمات (klmát) as “dispute, are, claim, obscurities, subtleties, God, mysteries, Word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: at eventidegleaningsGWB §356: to the Rootkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: falseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: stemsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: at evengleaningsGWB §345: whollykitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: the very rootepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the statutes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: headsgleaningsGWB §305: innermost realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the mysteries of truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: whose secretstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §42: darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My mysteries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: unto Him Who conversed upon mefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §123: passageskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: Moses, He Who held converse withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: with such a callingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
holiness 41% holy 30% sanctified 9% glory 5% sacred 4% heavenly 4% sanctity 2% sanctifying 2% manifestations 2% heaven 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: exalted abovegleaningsGWB §328: apart from, and immeasurably exalted abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: were deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: and hast caused them to be detachedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My holinesswill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: the Holy City
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “may”, “proclaim” (69 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “may”, “would”, “will” (165 occurrences)
SE rendered اظهار (iẓhár), علم (ʿlm), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), می (mí), گويند (gúynd), فلان (flán), حديث (ḥdíth), از (iz), علائم (ʿláʾm), ظهور (ẓhúr) as “assert, divines, hath, such, traditions, indicate, signs, advent”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: With these wordsgleaningsGWB §325: to contendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: They confidently assertthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: Cry aloudwill-and-testamentW&T §7: deemedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: hath saidgleaningsGWB §431: lift up your voiceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: hath spoken
qá’im 50% standing 11% have 11% arise 7% agitated 4% “the 4% who 4% viceregent 4% self-subsisting 4% representative 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: a placefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §256: a peoplekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: Day of Resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §813: with such steadfastnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
meaning 21% inner 19% divine 13% mystic 11% understanding 9% mysteries 6% truth 6% spirit 6% ma’ani 4% revelation 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: meaningfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §341: commentarieskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Thy tender merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: by My favorwill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
SE rendered اينکه (iynkh), رائحه (ráʾḥh), معانی (mʿání), احاديث (iḥádíth), ابداً (ibdáan), ادراک (idrák), ننمودهاند (nnmúdhánd), غافل (gháfl) as “that, fragrance, meaning, traditions, to inhale, oblivious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: nevergleaningsGWB §288: incorruptiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: unhesitatinglytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: all eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §34: evermorewill-and-testamentW&T §3: perpetualepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the Ever-Abiding
comprehend 25% understanding 22% apprehend 16% grasp 9% comprehension 8% recognize 5% understood 5% perceive 4% fathom 4% apprehending 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: compensategleaningsGWB §548: mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: distinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: abyssepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: recognizegleaningsGWB §201: comprehensionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: discernmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: to fathom
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: would not observe HimgleaningsGWB §542: that are gone astraykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: and my heedlessnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: for my waywardnessgleaningsGWB §373: is ignorant
all 80% every 9% whole 4% each 2% one 2% whatsoever 1% concourse 1% divers 1% entire 1% throughout 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thou hast laid upgleaningsGWB §25: will gather togetherkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: together withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Thy manifoldthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: ye will allwill-and-testamentW&T §32: flockepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: gather all men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §317: into His straight Pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “sirat,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Thy straight Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: WaygleaningsGWB §594: a guiding light unto the feetepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: Straight PathgleaningsGWB §464: the path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: faithgleaningsGWB §247: unto them that believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: their allegianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §561: who hath believedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: confidewill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: Trustees
This form usually rendered as “swift” (1 occurrences)
splendors 29% flash 12% swiftness 12% brightness 12% telegraph 6% telegraphed 6% lightning 6% swift 6% effulgence 6% even 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: telegraphedgleaningsGWB §552: the swiftness of lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: swift as lightningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: brightnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: Even as the swiftness of lightningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: telegraphgleaningsGWB §675: lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: swiftness of lightning
This form usually rendered as “come”, “meet”, “will” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: againgleaningsGWB §531: subsequentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: were being waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: vanisheththe-hidden-wordsHW §105: wafted over theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: “Again I saygleaningsGWB §163: In a later agekitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: passing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: exclaimgleaningsGWB §568: through the operation of My Willkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: “Then saidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: and may, at every moment, proclaimtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the foolishgleaningsGWB §552: none knowethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: ignorantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: though ignorantthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: O YE THAT ARE FOOLISHwill-and-testamentW&T §5: foolish areepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: foolishgleaningsGWB §221: those very persons who, though so foolish
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: Beforefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §129: godlykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: acknowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: I have turned myselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
