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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §116

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 116 of 291.

Source (Persian)

در اين موقع يک آيه ذکر می نمايم که اگر چشم بصيرت باز کنی تا زنده هستی بر مظلومی آن حضرت نوحه و ندبه نمائی. و آن آيه در وقتی نازل شد که آن حضرت از شدّت بلايا و اعراض ناس، به غايت افسرده و دلتنگ بود، جبرئيل از سدرة المنتهای قرب نازل شد و اين آيه تلاوت نمود: "وَ إنْ کَانَ کَبُرَ عَلَيکَ إعرَاضُهُم فَاِنِ اسْتطَعْتَ اَن تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقاً فی الاَرضِ اَو سُلَّماً فی السَّماء. " که ترجمه آن اين است که اگر بزرگ است بر تو اعراض معرضين و سخت است بر تو ادبار منافقين و ايذای ايشان، پس اگر مستطيعی و می توانی، طلب کن نقبی در زير ارض يا نردبانی به سوی آسمان، که تلويح بيان اين است که چاره نيست و دست از تو بر نمی دارند مگر آنکه درزير زمين پنهان شوی و يا به آسمان فرار نمائی.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

We shall cite in this connection only one verse of that Book. Shouldst thou observe it with a discerning eye, thou wilt, all the remaining days of thy life, lament and bewail the injury of Muhammad, that wronged and oppressed Messenger of God. That verse was revealed at a time when Muhammad languished weary and sorrowful beneath the weight of the opposition of the people, and of their unceasing torture. In the midst of His agony, the Voice of Gabriel, calling from the Sadratu’l-Muntahá, was heard saying: “But if their opposition be grievous to Thee—if Thou canst, seek out an opening into the earth or a ladder into heaven.” The implication of this utterance is that His case had no remedy, that they would not withhold their hands from Him unless He should hide Himself beneath the depths of the earth, or take His flight unto heaven.

Translation Notes

باز
báz b-ʾ-z

literal: open

SE rendered ذکر (dhkr), می (mí), نمايم (nmáym), چشم (chshm), بصيرت (bṣírt), باز (báz), کنی (kní), زنده (zndh), هستی (hstí), بر (br), مظلومی (mẓlúmí) as “cite, eye, discerning, observe, life, injury”

impede 17% likewise 17% outstretched 17% opened 17% yet 17% open 17%
زنده
zndh z-n-d → “fetters” Distinctive

literal: alive; alive, living; prison

This form usually rendered as “reborn”, “quickening”, “quickened” (7 occurrences)

هستی
hstí hstí

literal: existence; be; existence/being

SE rendered چشم (chshm), بصيرت (bṣírt), باز (báz), کنی (kní), زنده (zndh), هستی (hstí), بر (br), مظلومی (mẓlúmí), حضرت (ḥḍrt), نوحه (núḥh), ندبه (ndbh) as “eye, discerning, observe, life, injury, that, lament, bewail”

life 22% existence 11% still 11% art 11% all-pervading 11% self-assertion 11% beings 11% what 11%
بلايا
bláyá b-l-w

literal: tribulation; affliction

SE rendered نازل (názl), حضرت (ḥḍrt), از (iz), شدّت (shddt), بلايا (bláyá), اعراض (iʿráḍ), ناس، (nás،), غايت (gháyt), افسرده (ifsrdh) as “revealed, Him, weight, opposition, people, unceasing torture, languished”

دلتنگ

literal: sad

1 occurrence in corpus

قرب
qrb q-r-b

literal: nearness; near; bring near

SE rendered جبرئيل (jbrʾíl), از (iz), سدرة (sdrh), المنتهای (al-mntháy), قرب (qrb), نازل (názl), آيه (áyh), تلاوت (tláwt), نمود (nmúd) as “Gabriel, from, Sadratu’l-Muntahá, calling, saying”

divine 20% proximity 14% nearness 14% presence 14% draw 9% near 9% above 6% inmost 6% reunion 6% hath 3%
اسْتطَعْتَ
istṭaʿt ṭ-w-ʿ

literal: obedience; obeyed; obedient

SE rendered إعرَاضُهُم (ʾiʿráḍuhum), اسْتطَعْتَ (istṭaʿt), تَبْتَغِيَ (tabtaghí), نَفَقاً (nafaqáan) as “opposition”

obey 35% obeyed 12% obedient 12% art 8% obedience 8% allegiance 8% devout 8% “obey 4% shall 4% ye 4%
ترجمه
trjmh t-r-j-m

literal: translation

SE rendered السَّماء (as-samáʾ), ترجمه (trjmh), بزرگ (bzrg), بر (br) as “heaven.”, grievous, to”

سخت
skht s-kh-t

literal: hard; hardship, difficulty; hardship/difficulty

SE rendered بزرگ (bzrg), بر (br), تو (tú), اعراض (iʿráḍ), معرضين (mʿrḍín), سخت (skht), بر (br), تو (tú), ادبار (idbár), منافقين (mnáfqín) as “grievous, to, thou”

نقبی
nqbí n-q-b → “veil” Distinctive

literal: veil; opening

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

veil 25% opening 25% unravelled 25% unveiled 25%
نمی
nmí n-h-y

literal: end; utmost; ended

SE rendered چاره (chárh), نيست (níst), دست (dst), از (iz), تو (tú), بر (br), نمی (nmí), دارند (dárnd), مگر (mgr), آنکه (ánkh), درزير (drzír), زمين (zmín), پنهان (pnhán) as “remedy, no, hands, from, Thou, not, withhold, unless, He, days, hide”

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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