Kitáb-i-Íqán — §123
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 123 of 291.
Source (Persian)
بلکه مقصود از صور، صور محمّدی است که بر همه ممکنات دميده شد و قيامت، قيام آن حضرت بود بر امر الهی. و غافلين که در قبور اجساد مرده بودند همه را به خلعت جديده ايمانيّه مخلّع فرمود و به حيات تازه بديعه زنده نمود. اين است وقتی که آن جمال احديّه اراده فرمود که رمزی از اسرار بعث و حشر و جنّت و نار و قيامت اظهار فرمايد جبرئيل وحی اين آيه آورد : "فَسَيُنغِضُونَ إلَيکَ رُؤوسَهُمْ و يَقُولُونَ مَتَی هُوَ قُل عَسَی اَنْ يَکُونَ قَريباً." يعنی زود است اين گمراهان وادی ضلالت سرهای خود را از روی استهزا حرکت می دهند و می گويند چه زمان خواهد اين امور ظاهر شد؟ تو در جواب بگو که شايد اينکه نزديک باشد. تلويح همين يک آيه مردم را کافی است اگر به نظر دقيق ملاحظه نمايند.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Nay, by “trumpet” is meant the trumpet-call of Muhammad’s Revelation, which was sounded in the heart of the universe, and by “resurrection” is meant His own rise to proclaim the Cause of God. He bade the erring and wayward arise and speed out of the sepulchres of their bodies, arrayed them with the beauteous robe of faith, and quickened them with the breath of a new and wondrous life. Thus at the hour when Muhammad, that divine Beauty, purposed to unveil one of the mysteries hidden in the symbolic terms “resurrection,” “judgment,” “paradise,” and “hell,” Gabriel, the Voice of Inspiration, was heard saying: “Erelong will they wag their heads at Thee, and say, ‘When shall this be?’ Say: ‘Perchance it is nigh.’” The implications of this verse alone suffice the peoples of the world, were they to ponder it in their hearts.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: the intention of the writergleaningsGWB §370: hekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: idle contentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: have directed their steps towards Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §9: Reference he doth makeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: aim of
This form usually rendered as “all”, “entire”, “created” (73 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: its peoplesfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §521: the entire creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: allegianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: the lordship of all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §75: realm of the infinitewill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abode
This form usually rendered as “breathed”, “sounded” (4 occurrences)
majesty 44% honor 10% great 10% holiness 10% commander 7% who 5% excellency 3% unto 3% imam 3% embodiments 3%
SE expanded to “Cause of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: “By Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §374: of the revelation of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: O God!tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “erring and wayward”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: strayedgleaningsGWB §655: of them that trespass against Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: How obliviousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: who have strayed far from Thy paththe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: They that have gone astraygleaningsGWB §36: oblivious of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: sepulchreskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “tomb,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: sepulcherstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: gravesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: tombskitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: the graveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: their tombskitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: those who are in their graves
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to the bodygleaningsGWB §170: every human framekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the bodiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: dead corpsetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: her bodythe-hidden-wordsHW §120: framewill-and-testamentW&T §13: its mortal frameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My limbs
SE rendered غافلين (gháflín), قبور (qbúr), اجساد (ijsád), مرده (mrdh), بودند (búdnd), همه (hmh), خلعت (khlʿt), جديده (jdídh) as “erring and wayward, sepulchres, bodies, was, them, robe, new”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: deadgleaningsGWB §530: confoundkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: dead.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: doomed metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: gave up the spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: lifelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: him who is as one deadgleaningsGWB §465: the Slayer
This form usually rendered as “have”, “had”, “regarded” (49 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: it signifiethgleaningsGWB §172: Do notkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: it behovethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: could have been caused by no otherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: I hadthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: ye werewill-and-testamentW&T §27: have been at all timesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: never been
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: therefore pull offgleaningsGWB §116: the robekitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: arrayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: with a fresh attireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: a fresh attiregleaningsGWB §589: divest notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: distinctionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: attire me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: bear Him allegiancegleaningsGWB §446: securitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: beliefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: firmly believedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: abide thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: believer
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “said”, “declared” (139 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: have received nogleaningsGWB §303: it hath been writtenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: badeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §663: Sufferthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: have I givenwill-and-testamentW&T §14: follow the same exampleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: Who saithgleaningsGWB §35: withhold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: ashamedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §286: can instill new life intokitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: whom We have quickenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: sake of the regenerationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §23: endued with life
SE rendered ايمانيّه (iymánính), مخلّع (mkhllʿ), فرمود (frmúd), حيات (ḥíát), تازه (tázh), بديعه (bdíʿh), زنده (zndh), نمود (nmúd) as “faith, arrayed, bade, life, wondrous”
wondrous 65% new 14% badi 4% beauteous 4% how 2% marvelous 2% newly-revealed 2% marvellous 2% loveliest 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the universegleaningsGWB §116: The wonderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: strange and manifoldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: through the incomparable tokenstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: BadigleaningsGWB §557: wonders of
SE rendered فرمود (frmúd), حيات (ḥíát), تازه (tázh), بديعه (bdíʿh), زنده (zndh), نمود (nmúd), وقتی (wqtí) as “bade, life, wondrous, at the hour”
SE rendered حيات (ḥíát), تازه (tázh), بديعه (bdíʿh), زنده (zndh), نمود (nmúd), وقتی (wqtí), جمال (jmál) as “life, wondrous, at the hour, Beauty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: hath producedgleaningsGWB §192: I would have, under no circumstances, consentedkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Givekitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: they have utterly failedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: can voicethe-hidden-wordsHW §135: dothwill-and-testamentW&T §52: sowedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: he never again referred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Among othersgleaningsGWB §669: readilykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: my Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: a more glorious thingwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: unto onegleaningsGWB §485: another’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: His Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: thattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: any one of themgleaningsGWB §669: human mind
will 44% purpose 11% desired 6% purposed 6% hath 6% determined 6% pleaseth 6% determineth 6% desire 6% wished 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Fain would theygleaningsGWB §222: have strivenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: Iprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: and purposethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §38: meant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: We askedgleaningsGWB §300: as a result of your own volition
This form usually rendered as “single” (2 occurrences)
mysteries 18% allusions 9% symbolic 9% secret 9% symbols 9% single 9% impenetrable 9% revelation 9% treasured 9% mystery 9%
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: secretprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the Treasured Symbolthe-hidden-wordsHW §117: mysterykitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: allusionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: and an impenetrable Mysterykitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: symbolicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: and the revelation of Thine enshrined mysterykitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: a single sign
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Mine innergleaningsGWB §247: innerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: escapeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: and to lay bare Thy mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §18: the secret essenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: secret
This form usually rendered as ““resurrection””, “spiritual”, “hath” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: raise upgleaningsGWB §176: spiritual resurrectionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: sent forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: and were begottenwill-and-testamentW&T §9: shall have no pity on himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: raised upgleaningsGWB §502: send downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: arise
resurrection 23% judgment 15% will 8% gathering 8% all 8% have 8% raising 8% “judgment 8% “resurrection 8% gathered 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Have I been assembled with othersgleaningsGWB §506: shall gather togetherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and gatherest togetherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: been gathered togethergleaningsGWB §75: have been gathered togetherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: of resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §411: and cause him to be gathered
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: ParadisegleaningsGWB §292: madnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “paradise,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: all the delights of Paradisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: the highest paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly homewill-and-testamentW&T §36: with all my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Garden
This form usually rendered as “fire”, “flame”, “flames” (87 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “may”, “proclaim” (69 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: make manifestfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §358: manifested Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the literal interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: to show forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: to appear
وحی
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
SE expanded to “Voice of Inspiration”
revelation 90% voice 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: is revealedgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: of Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: shall be revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §368: this high endowmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: His Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: of Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
This form usually rendered as “brought”, “hath”, “into” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: returned to see UsgleaningsGWB §116: intokitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: was heard sayingthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: hath madewill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: been entirely deniedgleaningsGWB §41: inflictkitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: have inflicted upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: mine headgleaningsGWB §428: the fountain-headkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: they that have occupied the seats of authoritytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy headepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: headgleaningsGWB §163: my headkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: chief
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “I saidgleaningsGWB §135: I testifykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: their sayingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: Thy wordtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered مَتَی (matay), قُل (qul), عَسَی (ʿasay), يَکُونَ (yakún), قَريباً (qaríbáan), يعنی (yʿní), زود (zúd) as “‘When, Say, ‘Perchance, is, nigh.’”, “Erelong”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: is notgleaningsGWB §216: remain directedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: in His own Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: that I may betablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Veiled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: they who are nigh unto Godfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §646: them who have drawn nigh unto Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: well-favouredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: near access to Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
This form usually rendered as “premature”, “day” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered قَريباً (qaríbáan), يعنی (yʿní), زود (zúd), گمراهان (gmráhán), وادی (wádí), ضلالت (ḍlált), سرهای (srháy) as “nigh.’”, “Erelong, they”
SE rendered زود (zúd), گمراهان (gmráhán), وادی (wádí), ضلالت (ḍlált), سرهای (srháy) as ““Erelong, they”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: we shall have lain hiddengleaningsGWB §691: gone astraykitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: they stray even furtherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waywardthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: canst thou go astrayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: failuregleaningsGWB §47: frowardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: waywardness
SE rendered از (iz), روی (rúy), استهزا (isthzá), حرکت (ḥrkt), می (mí), دهند (dhnd), می (mí) as “will”
SE rendered از (iz), روی (rúy), استهزا (isthzá), حرکت (ḥrkt), می (mí), دهند (dhnd), می (mí) as “will”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered از (iz), روی (rúy), استهزا (isthzá), حرکت (ḥrkt), می (mí), دهند (dhnd), می (mí) as “will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: stirring upfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §537: have raisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: Thou didst liftthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: MOVING FORM OFwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: through the motion
SE rendered از (iz), روی (rúy), استهزا (isthzá), حرکت (ḥrkt), می (mí), دهند (dhnd), می (mí), گويند (gúynd), چه (chh), زمان (zmán), خواهد (khúáhd) as “will, shall”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: broughtgleaningsGWB §140: hath servedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: were denounced asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: bearthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: preferwill-and-testamentW&T §40: renderepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: not deliveredgleaningsGWB §501: they impute
SE rendered می (mí), گويند (gúynd), چه (chh), زمان (zmán), خواهد (khúáhd), امور (imúr) as “will, shall, Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: have saidgleaningsGWB §707: maintainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: exclaimed saying:the-hidden-wordsHW §139: Cry aloudwill-and-testamentW&T §7: deemedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: have spoken that whichgleaningsGWB §552: promisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: accused
SE rendered می (mí), گويند (gúynd), چه (chh), زمان (zmán), خواهد (khúáhd), امور (imúr), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “will, shall, Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: refusegleaningsGWB §191: norkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: will continue for everthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: I have not desired for youwill-and-testamentW&T §42: attemptedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: will clinggleaningsGWB §340: shallkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: were pressing Him
SE rendered خواهد (khúáhd), امور (imúr), ظاهر (ẓáhr), تو (tú), جواب (júáb), بگو (bgú), شايد (sháyd), اينکه (iynkh) as “shall, Revelation, it”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: answerer tofire-tabletFire §4: AnswerergleaningsGWB §166: make replykitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: answersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §488: heeded Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: hearkenedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: refutedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: and We answered thee
SE rendered تو (tú), جواب (júáb), بگو (bgú), شايد (sháyd), اينکه (iynkh), نزديک (nzdík), باشد (báshd), تلويح (tlúyḥ), همين (hmín) as “it, implications, this”
SE rendered اينکه (iynkh), نزديک (nzdík), باشد (báshd), تلويح (tlúyḥ), همين (hmín), يک (yk), آيه (áyh), مردم (mrdm) as “it, implications, this, one, peoples of the world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy TabletsgleaningsGWB §539: hath been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: lucidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: therefore manifestedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: communicationsgleaningsGWB §423: My
SE expanded to “peoples of the world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: sufficientgleaningsGWB §259: is insufficientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the full measureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §820: it would sufficethe-hidden-wordsHW §18: Be thou contentwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Not contentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §465: sufficiently
SE rendered مردم (mrdm), کافی (káfí), نظر (nẓr) as “peoples of the world, suffice”
SE rendered مردم (mrdm), کافی (káfí), نظر (nẓr), دقيق (dqíq) as “peoples of the world, suffice”
SE rendered کافی (káfí), نظر (nẓr), دقيق (dqíq), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh) as “suffice”
