Kitáb-i-Íqán — §127
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 127 of 291.
Source (Persian)
و همچنين دو نفر از اهل کوفه خدمت حضرت امير آمدند. يکی را بيتی بود که اراده بيع آن داشت و ديگری مشتری بود. و قرار بر آن داده بودند که به اطّلاع آن حضرت اين مبايعه وقوع يابد و قباله مسطور گردد. آن مظهر امر الهی به کاتب فرمودند که بنويس: "قَدِ اشْترَی مَيِّتٌ عَن مَيِّتٍ بَيتاً مَحدُوداً بِحدودٍ اَربَعةٍ، حدٌّ إلَی القَبْرِ وَ حَدٌّ إلَی اللَّحْدِ وَ حَدٌّ إلی الصِّراط، و حدٌّ إمّا إلَی الجَنَّةِ و إمّا إلی النّارِ." حال اگر اين دو نفر از صور حيات علوی زنده شده بودند و از قبر غفلت به محبّت آن حضرت مبعوث گشته بودند البتّه اطلاق موت بر ايشان نمی شد.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
In like manner, two of the people of Kúfih went to ‘Alí, the Commander of the Faithful. One owned a house and wished to sell it; the other was to be the purchaser. They had agreed that this transaction should be effected and the contract be written with the knowledge of ‘Alí. He, the exponent of the law of God, addressing the scribe, said: “Write thou: ‘A dead man hath bought from another dead man a house. That house is bounded by four limits. One extendeth toward the tomb, the other to the vault of the grave, the third to the Sirát, the fourth to either Paradise or hell.’” Reflect, had these two souls been quickened by the trumpet-call of ‘Alí, had they risen from the grave of error by the power of his love, the judgment of death would certainly not have been pronounced against them.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “likewise”, “also”, “similarly” (52 occurrences)
SE rendered همچنين (hmchnín), دو (dú), نفر (nfr), از (iz), اهل (ihl), کوفه (kúfh), خدمت (khdmt), حضرت (ḥḍrt), امير (imír) as “like manner,, two, of, the people, Kúfih, went, ‘Alí, the Commander of the Faithful”
23 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dwellers of the habitations of holinessgleaningsGWB §220: thekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: that deserveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy kindredthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: among the dwellers of Thy realm
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: servegleaningsGWB §656: serve Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: in the serviceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: arise to servewill-and-testamentW&T §19: important servicesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: of My servantsgleaningsGWB §419: servingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: servant
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “muhammad”, “honor” (240 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: thegleaningsGWB §492: as befitteth thy stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: Muhammadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: to appearthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holywill-and-testamentW&T §38: “His Holinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: honorgleaningsGWB §271: behold
SE expanded to “Commander of the Faithful”
cause 55% revelation 13% things 12% faith 5% command 3% commandments 3% bidding 3% affairs 2% bidden 2% authority 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: badegleaningsGWB §331: ordainethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: proclaimingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and Thy commandmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Causeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: as bidden bygleaningsGWB §241: own devices
SE rendered از (iz), اهل (ihl), کوفه (kúfh), خدمت (khdmt), حضرت (ḥḍrt), امير (imír), آمدند (ámdnd), يکی (ykí), بيتی (bítí), اراده (irádh), بيع (bíʿ) as “of, the people, Kúfih, went, ‘Alí, the Commander of the Faithful, One, a house, wished, sell”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: not been mentionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: fain would hopethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: hath reachedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the hopeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: that have appearedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: provedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: We fain would hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: approaching
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto Thy unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §103: onenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: fused and blendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: of unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: homegleaningsGWB §680: habitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: my homewill-and-testamentW&T §47: conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: a housegleaningsGWB §545: housesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: the Frequented Fanewill-and-testamentW&T §38: this House
This form usually rendered as “will”, “purpose”, “desire” (66 occurrences)
will 41% purpose 9% desire 9% desired 6% purposed 6% determined 6% pleaseth 6% hath 6% determineth 6% wished 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: desirethgleaningsGWB §668: pleasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: attachedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: and purposetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §8: the gracious willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy will
hath 67% manifested 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: hath beengleaningsGWB §649: have I been ablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: did notwill-and-testamentW&T §38: hath in no wiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: exertgleaningsGWB §709: will be washed fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: neverwill-and-testamentW&T §38: doth he bear
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: ofwill-and-testamentW&T §54: another wayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: anotherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Furthermoreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: differentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the other
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: It was agreedgleaningsGWB §30: hath been madekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: acceptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §417: to bear witness totablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: made the seatthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: Solacedwill-and-testamentW&T §32: fathomless
This form usually rendered as “land”, “upon”, “piety” (59 occurrences)
land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%
SE rendered ديگری (dígrí), مشتری (mshtrí), قرار (qrár), بر (br), داده (dádh), بودند (búdnd), اطّلاع (iṭṭláʿ), حضرت (ḥḍrt) as “the other, the purchaser, agreed, ‘Alí”
SE rendered مشتری (mshtrí), قرار (qrár), بر (br), داده (dádh), بودند (búdnd), اطّلاع (iṭṭláʿ), حضرت (ḥḍrt) as “the purchaser, agreed, ‘Alí”
SE rendered قرار (qrár), بر (br), داده (dádh), بودند (búdnd), اطّلاع (iṭṭláʿ), حضرت (ḥḍrt), مبايعه (mbáyʿh), وقوع (wqúʿ), يابد (yábd) as “agreed, ‘Alí, transaction, should be effected”
failed 23% aware 15% news 8% informing 8% becoming 8% all 8% ignorance 8% comprehended 8% continue 8% comprehending 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dawning-places of Thy gracefire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §549: graspedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §488: and the Dawning-Placetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
This form usually rendered as “transaction”, ““exchangest” (2 occurrences)
transaction 50% “exchangest 50%
This form usually rendered as “arose”, “should” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: episodegleaningsGWB §83: thing that mustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: take placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: beholdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: gazedthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: situatewill-and-testamentW&T §30: certain partsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: involved
This form usually rendered as “should”, “may” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “contract” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: inscribedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: of his are but talesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: linethe-hidden-wordsHW §94: most holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: recordedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: spokenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: hath been set downthe-hidden-wordsHW §124: lines
SE rendered مبايعه (mbáyʿh), وقوع (wqúʿ), يابد (yábd), قباله (qbálh), مسطور (msṭúr), گردد (grdd), مظهر (mẓhr), امر (imr), الهی (al-hí), کاتب (kátb) as “transaction, should be effected, the contract, written, exponent, the law, God, the scribe”
This form usually rendered as “manifestation”, “revealer”, “who” (111 occurrences)
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: hath revealedfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §425: hath been broughtkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: revealersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: and didst through Him uncovertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the realm of Divinityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §10: His
This form usually rendered as “scribe” (1 occurrences)
book 57% books 18% scriptures 11% heavenly 3% sacred 2% records 2% word 2% kitáb-i-aqdas 1% mother 1% lucid 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Mother BookgleaningsGWB §26: Scriptureskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: wondrous Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: the sacred Bookwill-and-testamentW&T §42: the Holy Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Book of GodgleaningsGWB §288: heavenly Bookskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Book
said 38% have 13% acquiesced 6% made 6% remarked 6% answering 6% uttered 6% sacrificed 6% enjoining 6% spoke 6%
This form usually rendered as ““write” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: as one deadgleaningsGWB §587: expiredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: dead.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §363: to dietablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: gave up the spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: dieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: dead antgleaningsGWB §340: physical death
This form usually rendered as “limited”, “confined”, “infinite” (21 occurrences)
limited 25% confined 8% infinite 8% petty-mindedness 8% petty-minded 8% bounded 8% transitory 8% immeasurable 8% limitation 8% limitations 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: keengleaningsGWB §253: the boundskitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: chainsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: and preceptstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: confined
SE rendered بَيتاً (baytáan), مَحدُوداً (maḥdúdáan), بِحدودٍ (biḥdúdin), اَربَعةٍ، (arbaʿhin،), حدٌّ (ḥddun), القَبْرِ (al-qabr), حَدٌّ (ḥaddun) as “a house, bounded, by four limits, the other, the tomb”
four 67% twenty-four 33%
This form usually rendered as “tomb”, “grave”, ““tomb” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: their tombskitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: the tombprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: sepulcherstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: tombskitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: speed outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: sepulchreskitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: graves
This form usually rendered as “vault” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: WaygleaningsGWB §85: the Straightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: the right way.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Thy straightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: this StraightgleaningsGWB §572: the straight and glorious Pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “sirat,”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: straight Path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: of thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: suffered more grievouslyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: concerning that whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: all elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: that whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: the things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: held to be possessedgleaningsGWB §55: gardenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: ourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §102: the Belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §44: with all your heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: ParadisegleaningsGWB §56: the Paradise
This form usually rendered as “fire”, “flame”, “flames” (87 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “now”, “consider”, “present” (178 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: under all circumstancesgleaningsGWB §113: their acts and mannerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: the stateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: statetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: whilst
SE expanded to “by the trumpet-call”
trumpet 31% trumpet-call 25% bugle 6% others 6% most 6% through 6% truths 6% trumpet-blast 6% mystic 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: reportgleaningsGWB §368: Under such conditionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: the trumpet-blastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: Fashionerwill-and-testamentW&T §17: in the garbepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of othersgleaningsGWB §368: considerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: truths
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: quickenfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §279: your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: and the Quickenertablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
SE rendered دو (dú), نفر (nfr), از (iz), صور (ṣúr), حيات (ḥíát), علوی (ʿlúy), زنده (zndh), بودند (búdnd), از (iz), قبر (qbr), غفلت (ghflt) as “souls, from, by the trumpet-call, quickened, the grave, error”
This form usually rendered as “reborn”, “born”, “quickened” (7 occurrences)
heedlessness 35% waywardness 26% negligence 18% evil 3% erred 3% human 3% “deprivation 3% error 3% wayward 3% neglect 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: the heedlessgleaningsGWB §542: that are gone astraykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: wayward thoughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: so grievouslythe-hidden-wordsHW §79: most negligentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: who hast gone astraygleaningsGWB §81: the heedless ones
love 70% loving-kindness 9% utmost 5% kindliness 2% affection 2% fellowship 2% hearts 2% lovers 2% loving 2% love?” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: For the love of Godfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §555: His loving-kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §330: those that love Himtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: raise upgleaningsGWB §502: God will assuredly send downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: “revelation,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §407: Ignitewill-and-testamentW&T §53: inspiredgleaningsGWB §560: will make manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: hath been conferredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: my Quickener
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “made”, “returned” (82 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §103: applicablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: the slightestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: Judgment Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: Unmoorwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Great DividinggleaningsGWB §37: divorcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: applicationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: rid me of my bondage
SE rendered البتّه (al-btth), اطلاق (iṭláq), موت (mút), بر (br), ايشان (iyshán), نمی (nmí) as “certainly, would, death, against them, pronounced”
3 occurrences in corpus
end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: endfire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §134: everlastingly succeedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: “End that knoweth no end.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: utmost limittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
