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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §125

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 125 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و اين مطلب در همه اعصار در حين ظهور مظاهر حقّ بوده.چنانچه عيسی می فرمايد: "لا بدّ لکُم بِاَن تُولَدوا مَرّةً اُخری." و در مقام ديگر می فرمايد : "مَن لَم يُولَد مِنَ الماء وَ الرُّوح لا يَقدرُ اَن يَدخُلَ مَلَکوتَ اللّه. المَولودُ مِنَ الجَسَدِ جَسَدٌ هُوَ وَ المَولُودُ مِن الرُّوحِ هُوَ رُوحٌ." که ترجمه آن اين است : نفسی که زنده نشده است از ماء معرفت الهی و روح قدسی عيسوی، قابل ورود و دخول در ملکوت ربّانی نيست زيرا هرچه از جسد ظاهر شد و تولّد يافت پس اوست جسد، و متولّد شده از روح که نفس عيسوی باشد پس اوست روح. خلاصه معنی آنکه هر عبادی که از روح و نفخه مظاهرقدسيّه در هر ظهور متولّد و زنده شدند بر آنها حکم حيات و بعث و ورود در جنّت محبّت الهيّه می شود و من دون آن حکم غير آن که موت و غفلت و ورود در نار کفر و غضب الهی است می شود. و در جميع کتب و الواح و صحائف، مردمی که از جام های لطيف معارف نچشيدهاند و به فيض روح القدس وقت قلوب ايشان فائز نشده، بر آنها حکم موت و نار و عدم بصر و قلب و سمع شده. چنانچه از قبل ذکر شده: "لَهم قُلُوبٌ لا يَفقَهُونَ بِهَا."

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Such things have come to pass in the days of every Manifestation of God. Even as Jesus said: “Ye must be born again.” Again He saith: “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” The purport of these words is that whosoever in every dispensation is born of the Spirit and is quickened by the breath of the Manifestation of Holiness, he verily is of those that have attained unto “life” and “resurrection” and have entered into the “paradise” of the love of God. And whosoever is not of them, is condemned to “death” and “deprivation,” to the “fire” of unbelief, and to the “wrath” of God. In all the scriptures, the books and chronicles, the sentence of death, of fire, of blindness, of want of understanding and hearing, hath been pronounced against those whose lips have tasted not the ethereal cup of true knowledge, and whose hearts have been deprived of the grace of the holy Spirit in their day. Even as it hath been previously recorded: “Hearts have they with which they understand not.”

Translation Notes

حين
ḥín ḥ-y-n

literal: time; time/moment

SE rendered مطلب (mṭlb)همه (hmh)اعصار (iʿṣár)حين (ḥín)ظهور (ẓhúr)مظاهر (mẓáhr)حقّ (ḥqq)بوده.چنانچه (búdh.chnánchh) as “things, every, the days, Manifestation, God”

moment 40% hour 14% time 12% day 7% when 7% continually 7% while 5% times 5% soon 2% late 2%
بوده.چنانچه
búdh.chnánchh b-w-d “is”

literal: be; is; to be

SE rendered اعصار (iʿṣár)حين (ḥín)ظهور (ẓhúr)مظاهر (mẓáhr)حقّ (ḥqq)بوده.چنانچه (búdh.chnánchh)عيسی (ʿísí)می (mí)فرمايد (frmáyd)بدّ (bdd)لکُم (lkum) as “the days, Manifestation, God, Jesus, said, “Ye”

hath 35% have 30% had 11% could 4% found 3% should 3% can 3% did 3% thus 3% must 3%
می
m-y-y

literal: present continuous marker; continuous-marker

SE rendered ظهور (ẓhúr)مظاهر (mẓáhr)حقّ (ḥqq)بوده.چنانچه (búdh.chnánchh)عيسی (ʿísí)می (mí)فرمايد (frmáyd)بدّ (bdd)لکُم (lkum) as “Manifestation, God, Jesus, said, “Ye”

3 occurrences in corpus

بدّ
bdd b-d-d

literal: bad; necessarily; necessary

SE rendered عيسی (ʿísí)می (mí)فرمايد (frmáyd)بدّ (bdd)لکُم (lkum)تُولَدوا (túladúá) as “Jesus, said, “Ye, be born”

must 43% evil 43% worse 14%
لکُم
lkum l-k-m ““ye”

literal: to you; for-you

2 occurrences in corpus

مَرّةً
marrhan m-r-r

literal: pass; passed

SE rendered بدّ (bdd)لکُم (lkum)تُولَدوا (túladúá)مَرّةً (marrhan)اُخری (ukhrí)مقام (mqám)ديگر (dígr) as ““Ye, be born, again.”, Again”

one 25% once 17% again 17% utterly 13% another 8% “again 4% subsequent 4% battles 4% passed 4% totally 4%
مقام
mqám q-w-m

literal: station; place

SE rendered تُولَدوا (túladúá)مَرّةً (marrhan)اُخری (ukhrí)مقام (mqám)ديگر (dígr)می (mí)فرمايد (frmáyd) as “be born, again.”, Again, saith”

station 55% connection 12% place 6% most 5% seat 5% such 5% spot 3% another 3% court 2% instance 2%
از
iz ʾ-z “of”

literal: from

SE rendered نفسی (nfsí)زنده (zndh)نشده (nshdh)از (iz)ماء (máʾ)معرفت (mʿrft)الهی (al-hí)روح (rúḥ)قدسی (qdsí) as “whosoever, is born, been, of, knowledge, the Spirit, Holiness”

23 occurrences in corpus

قابل

literal: before; acceptance; approach

SE rendered معرفت (mʿrft)الهی (al-hí)روح (rúḥ)قدسی (qdsí)عيسوی، (ʿísúy،)قابل (qábl)ورود (wrúd)دخول (dkhúl) as “knowledge, the Spirit, Holiness”

worthy 26% unworthy 21% such 11% made 11% fit 11% able 5% celebrateth 5% may 5% wholly 5%
ربّانی
rbbání r-b-b

literal: Lord; lord; divine

SE rendered ملکوت (mlkút)ربّانی (rbbání)نيست (níst)زيرا (zírá)هرچه (hrchh)از (iz)جسد (jsd)ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “every, of, Manifestation”

زيرا
zírá z-y-r

literal: under

SE rendered ملکوت (mlkút)ربّانی (rbbání)نيست (níst)زيرا (zírá)هرچه (hrchh)از (iz)جسد (jsd)ظاهر (ẓáhr)تولّد (túlld) as “every, of, Manifestation, is born”

inasmuch 71% beneath 14% under 14%
يافت
yáft y-f-t

literal: found

SE rendered هرچه (hrchh)از (iz)جسد (jsd)ظاهر (ẓáhr)تولّد (túlld)يافت (yáft)پس (ps)اوست (iwst)جسد، (jsd،)متولّد (mtúlld)از (iz) as “every, of, Manifestation, is born, hath”

entered 25% found 25% last 25% have 25%
پس
ps p-s

literal: then; then, therefore; therefore

SE rendered از (iz)جسد (jsd)ظاهر (ẓáhr)تولّد (túlld)يافت (yáft)پس (ps)اوست (iwst)جسد، (jsd،)متولّد (mtúlld)از (iz) as “of, Manifestation, is born, hath”

wherefore 50% purge 50%
خلاصه
khláṣh kh-l-ṣ

literal: sincere; pure; sincere ones

SE rendered اوست (iwst)روح (rúḥ)خلاصه (khláṣh)معنی (mʿní)آنکه (ánkh)هر (hr)عبادی (ʿbádí)از (iz) as “have, He, of”

wholly 32% sincere 19% devoted 10% deliver 9% pure 6% who 6% essence 6% faithful 6% true 4% set 3%
معنی
mʿní ʿ-n-y

literal: meaning; meanings

SE rendered اوست (iwst)روح (rúḥ)خلاصه (khláṣh)معنی (mʿní)آنکه (ánkh)هر (hr)عبادی (ʿbádí)از (iz) as “have, He, of”

عبادی
ʿbádí ʿ-b-d

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

SE rendered اوست (iwst)روح (rúḥ)خلاصه (khláṣh)معنی (mʿní)آنکه (ánkh)هر (hr)عبادی (ʿbádí)از (iz)روح (rúḥ)نفخه (nfkhh) as “have, He, of, breath”

servants 50% people 20% men 10% who 10% others 10%
بر
br b-r-r

literal: on; on, upon; upon

SE rendered هر (hr)ظهور (ẓhúr)متولّد (mtúlld)زنده (zndh)شدند (shdnd)بر (br)آنها (ánhá)حکم (ḥkm)حيات (ḥíát)بعث (bʿth)ورود (wrúd) as “dispensation, is quickened, them, “life”, “resurrection”, entered into”

land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%
دون
dún d-w-n “of”

literal: besides; without

SE rendered جنّت (jnnt)محبّت (mḥbbt)الهيّه (al-híhh)می (mí)دون (dún)حکم (ḥkm)غير (ghír)موت (mút)غفلت (ghflt) as ““paradise”, the love, God, of, “death”, “deprivation,””

without 31% except 10% others 10% all 10% none 7% else 7% through 7% nothing 7% withheld 7% comprehension 3%
غير
ghír gh-y-r

literal: other; other than

SE rendered الهيّه (al-híhh)می (mí)دون (dún)حکم (ḥkm)غير (ghír)موت (mút)غفلت (ghflt)ورود (wrúd) as “God, of, “death”, “deprivation,””

other 28% without 11% another 11% none 11% any 8% others 8% different 6% unseemly 6% else 6% anyone 6%
وقت
wqt w-q-t

literal: time; appointed time; times

SE rendered نچشيدهاند (nchshídhánd)فيض (fíḍ)روح (rúḥ)القدس (al-qds)وقت (wqt)قلوب (qlúb)ايشان (iyshán)فائز (fáʾz) as “tasted not, grace, holy Spirit, hearts, been deprived”

time 38% hour 25% ages 6% moment 6% days 6% age 6% what 6% chance 6%
ايشان
iyshán ʾ-y-sh

literal: they; they, them; they/them

SE rendered فيض (fíḍ)روح (rúḥ)القدس (al-qds)وقت (wqt)قلوب (qlúb)ايشان (iyshán)فائز (fáʾz)نشده، (nshdh،)بر (br)آنها (ánhá)حکم (ḥkm)موت (mút) as “grace, holy Spirit, hearts, been deprived, the sentence, death”

3 occurrences in corpus

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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