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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §12

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 12 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و بعد زمان او منقضی شد تا نوبت به موسی رسيد و آن حضرت به عصای امر و بيضای معرفت از فاران محبّت الهيّه با ثعبان قدرت و شوکت صمدانيّه از سينای نور به عرصه ظهور ظاهر شد و جميع من فی الملک را به ملکوت بقا و اثمار شجره وفا دعوت نمود. و شنيده شد که فرعون و ملأ او چه اعتراض ها نمودند و چه مقدار احجار ظنونات از انفس مشرکه بر آن شجره طيّبه وارد آمد. تا به حدّی که فرعون و ملأ او همّت گماشتند که آن نار سدره ربّانيّه را از ماء تکذيب و اعراض افسرده و مخمود نمايند. و غافل از اينکه نار حکمت الهيّه از آب عنصری افسرده نشود و سراج قدرت ربّانيّه از بادهای مخالف خاموشی نپذيرد. بلکه در اين مقام ماء سبب اشتعال شود و باد علّت حفظ لَو انتُم بِالبَصَرِ الحَديد تَنظُرُون وَفی رِضَی اللّهِ تَسلُکُونَ. و چه بيانی خوش فرمود مؤمن آل فرعون چنانچه حکايت او را ربّ العزّه برای حبيب خود می فرمايد: "و قَالَ رَجُلٌ مُؤمِنٌ مِن آلِ فِرعَونَ يَکتُمُ إيمَانَهُ اَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلاً اَن يَقُولَ رَبِّی اللّهُ وَ قَد جَاءَکُم بِالبيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّکُمْ و إن يَکُ کَاذباً فَعَلَيهِ کَذِبُهُ و إن يَکُ صَادِقاً يُصِبکُمْ بَعضُ الّذی يَعِدُکُم إنّ اللّه لا يَهْدِی مَن هُوَ مُسرِفٌ کذّابٌ." و بالاخره امر به جائی کشيد که همين مؤمن را به نهايت عذاب شهيد نمودند. اَلا لعنةُاللّه عَلی القَوم الظّالِمينَ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And when His day was ended, there came the turn of Moses. Armed with the rod of celestial dominion, adorned with the white hand of divine knowledge, and proceeding from the Párán of the love of God, and wielding the serpent of power and everlasting majesty, He shone forth from the Sinai of light upon the world. He summoned all the peoples and kindreds of the earth to the kingdom of eternity, and invited them to partake of the fruit of the tree of faithfulness. Surely you are aware of the fierce opposition of Pharaoh and his people, and of the stones of idle fancy which the hands of infidels cast upon that blessed Tree. So much so that Pharaoh and his people finally arose and exerted their utmost endeavor to extinguish with the waters of falsehood and denial the fire of that sacred Tree, oblivious of the truth that no earthly water can quench the flame of divine wisdom, nor mortal blasts extinguish the lamp of everlasting dominion. Nay, rather, such water cannot but intensify the burning of the flame, and such blasts cannot but ensure the preservation of the lamp, were ye to observe with the eye of discernment, and walk in the way of God’s holy will and pleasure. How well hath a believer of the kindred of Pharaoh, whose story is recounted by the All-Glorious in His Book revealed unto His beloved One, observed: “And a man of the family of Pharaoh who was a believer and concealed his faith said: ‘Will ye slay a man because he saith my Lord is God, when He hath already come to you with signs from your Lord? If he be a liar, on him will be his lie, but if he be a man of truth, part of what he threateneth will fall upon you. In truth God guideth not him who is a transgressor, a liar.’” Finally, so great was their iniquity that this self-same believer was put to a shameful death. “The curse of God be upon the people of tyranny.”

Translation Notes

رسيد
rsíd rsídn

literal: reach; to reach

SE rendered منقضی (mnqḍí), نوبت (núbt), موسی (músí), رسيد (rsíd), حضرت (ḥḍrt), عصای (ʿṣáy), امر (imr), بيضای (bíḍáy) as “was, came, turn, him, rod, of celestial dominion, white hand”

reached 19% come 13% hath 13% there 13% now 13% inflicted 6% waxed 6% have 6% attained 6% armed 6%
ثعبان
thʿbán th-ʿ-b → “serpent”

literal: serpent; serpent/snake

3 occurrences in corpus

صمدانيّه
ṣmdánính ṣ-m-d

literal: eternal; eternal, absolute; eternal, everlasting

SE rendered الهيّه (al-híhh), ثعبان (thʿbán), قدرت (qdrt), شوکت (shúkt), صمدانيّه (ṣmdánính), از (iz), سينای (sínáy), نور (núr), عرصه (ʿrṣh), ظهور (ẓhúr) as “of God, serpent, power, everlasting majesty, from, Sinai, of light, world, revealed”

انفس
infs n-f-s

literal: soul; souls

SE rendered چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), احجار (iḥjár), ظنونات (ẓnúnát), از (iz), انفس (infs), مشرکه (mshrkh), بر (br), شجره (shjrh), طيّبه (ṭíṭbh), وارد (wárd) as “So much, stones, idle fancy, with, infidels, upon, Tree, blessed, cast”

آمد
ámd ámdn

literal: come; came; to come

SE rendered مشرکه (mshrkh), بر (br), شجره (shjrh), طيّبه (ṭíṭbh), وارد (wárd), آمد (ámd), حدّی (ḥddí), فرعون (frʿún), ملأ (mlʾ) as “infidels, upon, Tree, blessed, cast, Pharaoh, his people”

came 21% come 16% hath 16% turned 11% now 11% appeared 5% befallen 5% arose 5% approaching 5% made 5%
گماشتند
gmáshtnd gmáshtn

literal: appointed; to appoint; appoint

SE rendered فرعون (frʿún), ملأ (mlʾ), همّت (hmmt), گماشتند (gmáshtnd), نار (nár), سدره (sdrh), ربّانيّه (rbbánính), از (iz) as “Pharaoh, his people, exerted their utmost endeavor, fire, that sacred, with”

exerted 67% ordained 17% urge 17%
مخمود
mkhmúd kh-m-d

literal: extinguish; extinguished; extinguishing

SE rendered از (iz), ماء (máʾ), تکذيب (tkdhíb), اعراض (iʿráḍ), افسرده (ifsrdh), مخمود (mkhmúd), نمايند (nmáynd), غافل (gháfl), از (iz), اينکه (iynkh), نار (nár) as “with, the waters, falsehood and denial, extinguish, will, oblivious, that, flame”

نشود
nshúd shdn

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered الهيّه (al-híhh), از (iz), آب (áb), عنصری (ʿnṣrí), افسرده (ifsrdh), نشود (nshúd), سراج (sráj), قدرت (qdrt), ربّانيّه (rbbánính), از (iz), بادهای (bádháy) as “God, with, water, earthly, quench, lamp, everlasting dominion, such blasts”

can 25% should 19% will 13% remain 6% may 6% would 6% unattainable 6% neither 6% hath 6% dismayed 6%
نپذيرد
npdhírd pdhírftn

literal: accept; to accept; to-accept

SE rendered بادهای (bádháy), مخالف (mkhálf), خاموشی (khámúshí), نپذيرد (npdhírd), بلکه (blkh), مقام (mqám), ماء (máʾ), سبب (sbb) as “such blasts, blasts, extinguish, Nay, water, cannot but”

accept 40% have 20% accepted 20% changeth 20%
باد
bád bád

literal: wind

SE rendered ماء (máʾ), سبب (sbb), اشتعال (ishtʿál), باد (bád), علّت (ʿllt), حفظ (ḥfẓ), لَو (law), بِالبَصَرِ (biálbaṣar) as “water, cannot but, intensify the burning, ensure the preservation, If, the eye”

breeze 25% blasts 25% such 25% wind 25%
علّت
ʿllt ʿ-l-l

literal: cause; reason

SE rendered ماء (máʾ), سبب (sbb), اشتعال (ishtʿál), باد (bád), علّت (ʿllt), حفظ (ḥfẓ), لَو (law), بِالبَصَرِ (biálbaṣar), الحَديد (al-ḥadíd) as “water, cannot but, intensify the burning, ensure the preservation, If, the eye, discernment”

cause 23% motive 14% source 14% caused 9% instrument 9% reason 9% cannot 9% acted 5% what 5% causeth 5%
يَکتُمُ
yaktum k-t-m → “hidden” Distinctive

literal: concealment; conceal; hidden, concealed

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

hidden 33% concealed 33% hide 33%
جائی
jáʾí j-y-y

literal: place

SE rendered کذّابٌ (kdhdhábun), بالاخره (bálákhrh), امر (imr), جائی (jáʾí), کشيد (kshíd), همين (hmín), مؤمن (mʾmn), نهايت (nháyt) as “liar.’”, Finally, iniquity, this self-same, believer, shameful”

another 50% passage 50%
کشيد
kshíd kshídn

literal: drawn; draw

SE rendered کذّابٌ (kdhdhábun), بالاخره (bálákhrh), امر (imr), جائی (jáʾí), کشيد (kshíd), همين (hmín), مؤمن (mʾmn), نهايت (nháyt) as “liar.’”, Finally, iniquity, this self-same, believer, shameful”

great 25% brought 25% drawn 25% revealed 25%
عذاب
ʿdháb ʿ-dh-b

literal: punishment; torment; tormented

SE rendered همين (hmín), مؤمن (mʾmn), نهايت (nháyt), عذاب (ʿdháb), شهيد (shhíd), نمودند (nmúdnd), لعنةُاللّه (lʿnhuálllh) as “this self-same, believer, shameful, death, was put, “The curse”

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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