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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §11

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 11 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و بعد جمال خليل کشف نقاب نمود و عَلَم هُدی مرتفع شد و اهل ارض را به نور تقی دعوت فرمود. هر چه مبالغه در نصيحت فرمود جز حسد ثمری نياورد و غير غفلت حاصلی نبخشيد إلّا الّذينَ هُم انقَطعُوا بکُلِّهِم إلی اللّه و عَرَجُوا بِجَنَاحی الإيقان إلی مَقامٍ جَعَلهُ اللّه عن الاِدراکِ مَرفوعاً. و تفصيل آن حضرت مشهور است که چه مقدار اعداء احاطه نمودند تا آنکه نار حسد و اعراض افروخته شد. و بعد از حکايت نار، آن سراج الهی را از بلد اخراج نمودند چنانچه در همه رسائل و کتب مذکور است.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Later, the beauty of the countenance of the Friend of God appeared from behind the veil, and another standard of divine guidance was hoisted. He invited the people of the earth to the light of righteousness. The more passionately He exhorted them, the fiercer waxed the envy and waywardness of the people, except those who wholly detached themselves from all save God, and ascended on the wings of certainty to the station which God hath exalted beyond the comprehension of men. It is well known what a host of enemies besieged Him, until at last the fires of envy and rebellion were kindled against Him. And after the episode of the fire came to pass, He, the lamp of God amongst men, was, as recorded in all books and chronicles, expelled from His city.

Translation Notes

کشف
kshf k-sh-f

literal: unveiling; uncover

SE rendered جمال (jmál), خليل (khlíl), کشف (kshf), نقاب (nqáb), نمود (nmúd), عَلَم (ʿalam), هُدی (hudí), مرتفع (mrtfʿ) as “beauty, Friend, veil, appeared, standard, divine guidance, hoisted”

dispel 10% made 10% uncovered 10% have 10% lifted 10% hath 10% appeared 10% discover 10% pierce 10% removal 10%
ثمری
thmrí th-m-r

literal: fruit; fruits; bear-fruit

SE rendered مبالغه (mbálghh), نصيحت (nṣíḥt), فرمود (frmúd), جز (jz), حسد (ḥsd), ثمری (thmrí), نياورد (níáwrd), غير (ghír), غفلت (ghflt) as “passionately, exhorted, envy, waywardness”

fruit 43% distinct 14% every 14% profit 14% fruits 14%
نياورد
níáwrd ʾ-w-r

literal: bring; to bring; bring-out/gather

SE rendered نصيحت (nṣíḥt), فرمود (frmúd), جز (jz), حسد (ḥsd), ثمری (thmrí), نياورد (níáwrd), غير (ghír), غفلت (ghflt), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí), نبخشيد (nbkhshíd) as “exhorted, envy, waywardness”

raised 50% would 50%
غير
ghír gh-y-r

literal: other; other than

SE rendered حسد (ḥsd), ثمری (thmrí), نياورد (níáwrd), غير (ghír), غفلت (ghflt), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí), نبخشيد (nbkhshíd), الّذينَ (adh-dhín) as “envy, waywardness, those”

others 19% other 19% without 10% all 10% except 10% unseemly 9% another 7% different 5% any 5% infinite 5%
حاصلی
ḥáṣlí ḥ-ṣ-l

literal: result

SE rendered حسد (ḥsd), ثمری (thmrí), نياورد (níáwrd), غير (ghír), غفلت (ghflt), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí), نبخشيد (nbkhshíd), الّذينَ (adh-dhín), انقَطعُوا (inqaṭʿúá) as “envy, waywardness, those, detached”

utterly 50% result 50%
نبخشيد
nbkhshíd bkhshídn

literal: grant; bestow; give

SE rendered غير (ghír), غفلت (ghflt), حاصلی (ḥáṣlí), نبخشيد (nbkhshíd), الّذينَ (adh-dhín), انقَطعُوا (inqaṭʿúá) as “waywardness, those, detached”

have 33% yielded 33% proved 33%
تفصيل
tfṣíl f-ṣ-l

literal: detail; separate; separated

SE rendered الاِدراکِ (ad-drák), مَرفوعاً (marfúʿáan), تفصيل (tfṣíl), حضرت (ḥḍrt), مشهور (mshhúr), چه (chh) as “comprehension, Him, well known, what”

مقدار
mqdár q-d-r

literal: power; powerful; amount

SE rendered حضرت (ḥḍrt), مشهور (mshhúr), چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), اعداء (iʿdáʾ), احاطه (iḥáṭh), نمودند (nmúdnd), آنکه (ánkh) as “Him, well known, what, enemies, besieged, at last”

افروخته
ifrúkhth ifrúkhtn → “kindling” Distinctive

literal: kindle; kindle/light; to kindle

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

kindling 40% feed 20% kindled 20% enough 20%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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