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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §144

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 144 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و ديگر آنکه روزی عيسی بن مريم را يهود احاطه نمودند و خواستند که آن حضرت اقرار فرمايد بر اينکه ادّعای مسيحی و پيغمبری نمودند تا حکم بر کفر آن حضرت نمايند و حدّ قتل بر او جاری سازند. تا آنکه آن خورشيد سماء معانی را در مجلس فيلاطس و قيافا که اعظم علمای آن عصر بود حاضر نمودند. و جميع علما در آن محضر حضور هم رساندند و جمع کثيری برای تماشا و استهزاء و اذيّت آن حضرت مجتمع شدند. و هرچه از آن حضرت استفسار نمودند که شايد اقرار بشنوند حضرت سکوت فرمودند و هيچ متعرّض جواب نشدند. تا آنکه ملعونی برخاست و آمد در مقابل آن حضرت و قسم داد آن حضرت را که آيا تو نگفتی که منم مسيح اللّه و منم ملک الملوک و منم صاحب کتاب و منم مخرّب يوم سبت؟ آن حضرت رأس مبارک را بلند نموده فرمودند: "اَما تَری بانَّ ابْنَ الإِنسانِ قَد جَلَسَ عَن يَمينِ القُدرَةِ وَالقُوّةِ؟" يعنی آيا نمی بينی که پسر انسان جالس بر يمين قدرت و قوّت الهی است؟ و حال آنکه بر حسب ظاهر هيچ اسباب قدرت نزد آن حضرت موجود نبود مگر قدرت باطنيّه که احاطه نموده بود کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض را. ديگر چه ذکر نمايم که بعد از اين قول بر آن حضرت چه وارد آمد و چگونه به او سلوک نمودند. بالاخره چنان در صدد ايذاء و قتل آن حضرت افتادند که به فلک چهارم فرار نمود.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Similarly, call thou to mind the day when the Jews, who had surrounded Jesus, Son of Mary, were pressing Him to confess His claim of being the Messiah and Prophet of God, so that they might declare Him an infidel and sentence Him to death. Then, they led Him away, He Who was the Day-star of the heaven of divine Revelation, unto Pilate and Caiaphas, who was the leading divine of that age. The chief priests were all assembled in the palace, also a multitude of people who had gathered to witness His sufferings, to deride and injure Him. Though they repeatedly questioned Him, hoping that He would confess His claim, yet Jesus held His peace and spake not. Finally, an accursed of God arose and, approaching Jesus, adjured Him saying: “Didst thou not claim to be the Divine Messiah? Didst thou not say, ‘I am the King of Kings, My word is the Word of God, and I am the breaker of the Sabbath day?’” Thereupon Jesus lifted up His head and said: “Beholdest thou not the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power and might?” These were His words, and yet consider how to outward seeming He was devoid of all power except that inner power which was of God and which had encompassed all that is in heaven and on earth. How can I relate all that befell Him after He spoke these words? How shall I describe their heinous behaviour towards Him? They at last heaped on His blessed Person such woes that He took His flight unto the fourth Heaven.

Translation Notes

ديگر
dígr dígr

literal: other; other, another; other/another

SE rendered ديگر (dígr), آنکه (ánkh), روزی (rúzí), عيسی (ʿísí), بن (bn), مريم (mrím) as “He, day, Jesus, Son, Mary”

another 31% other 15% moreover 15% different 13% yet 6% furthermore 6% again 4% else 4% now 4% following 2%
پيغمبری
píghmbrí píghmbr → “prophet”

literal: prophethood; messenger/prophet; prophet

حکم
ḥkm ḥ-k-m

literal: wisdom; judgment

SE rendered ادّعای (iddʿáy), مسيحی (msíḥí), پيغمبری (píghmbrí), نمودند (nmúdnd), حکم (ḥkm), بر (br), کفر (kfr), حضرت (ḥḍrt), نمايند (nmáynd) as “claim, Messiah, Prophet, they, to, infidel, Him, declare”

حدّ
ḥdd ḥ-d-d

literal: limit; limited; limits

SE rendered بر (br), کفر (kfr), حضرت (ḥḍrt), نمايند (nmáynd), حدّ (ḥdd), قتل (qtl), بر (br), جاری (járí), سازند (sáznd), آنکه (ánkh) as “to, infidel, Him, declare, death, sentence, He”

limitations 27% limits 20% any 7% grade 7% bounds 7% one 7% other 7% third 7% fourth 7% sentence 7%
جاری
járí j-r-y

literal: flowing; flow; to flow

SE rendered حضرت (ḥḍrt), نمايند (nmáynd), حدّ (ḥdd), قتل (qtl), بر (br), جاری (járí), سازند (sáznd), آنکه (ánkh), خورشيد (khúrshíd) as “Him, declare, death, to, sentence, He, Day-star”

flowed 15% streamed 15% hath 12% have 12% floweth 8% flow 8% rained 8% uttered 8% streaming 8% endowed 8%
رساندند
rsándnd r-s

literal: deliver; to cause to reach

SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ), علما (ʿlmá), محضر (mḥḍr), حضور (ḥḍúr), رساندند (rsándnd), جمع (jmʿ), کثيری (kthírí), برای (bráy), تماشا (tmáshá) as “all, Him, assembled, multitude, to, witness”

2 occurrences in corpus

کثيری
kthírí k-th-r

literal: most; abundance; many

SE rendered محضر (mḥḍr), حضور (ḥḍúr), رساندند (rsándnd), جمع (jmʿ), کثيری (kthírí), برای (bráy), تماشا (tmáshá), استهزاء (isthzáʾ), اذيّت (idhíht) as “Him, assembled, multitude, to, witness, deride, injure”

great 33% vast 33% multitude 33%
تماشا
tmáshá t-m-sh → “witness”

literal: watching

1 occurrence in corpus

سکوت
skút s-k-t → “calm” Distinctive

literal: silent; silence

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

calm 67% held 33%
جواب
júáb j-w-b

literal: answer; answerer; answer, reply

SE rendered سکوت (skút), فرمودند (frmúdnd), هيچ (hích), متعرّض (mtʿrrḍ), جواب (júáb), نشدند (nshdnd), آنکه (ánkh), ملعونی (mlʿúní), برخاست (brkhást) as “held His peace, He, not, spake, was, accursed, arose”

answer 46% reply 17% replied 8% answered 4% make 4% replies 4% answering 4% made 4% answers 4% what 4%
مقابل
mqábl q-b-l

literal: before

SE rendered آنکه (ánkh), ملعونی (mlʿúní), برخاست (brkhást), آمد (ámd), مقابل (mqábl), حضرت (ḥḍrt), قسم (qsm), داد (dád), حضرت (ḥḍrt) as “He, accursed, arose, approaching, Him, adjured”

face 47% before 13% faced 13% upon 7% equalleth 7% feet 7% set 7%
داد
dád dádn

literal: give; to give; given

SE rendered آمد (ámd), مقابل (mqábl), حضرت (ḥḍrt), قسم (qsm), داد (dád), حضرت (ḥḍrt), آيا (áyá), تو (tú), نگفتی (ngftí) as “approaching, Him, adjured, Didst thou not claim, thou, say”

hath 33% have 13% laid 7% yielded 7% equity 7% broke 7% brought 7% imputest 7% made 7% justice 7%
سبت؟

literal: sabbath

3 occurrences in corpus

نمی
nmí n-h-y

literal: end; utmost; ended

SE rendered القُدرَةِ (al-qudrah), وَالقُوّةِ؟ (wálqúqhi؟), يعنی (yʿní), آيا (áyá), نمی (nmí), بينی (bíní), پسر (psr), انسان (insán), جالس (jáls), بر (br) as “power, might?”, words, on”

پسر
psr psr

literal: son; sons; children/sons

SE rendered وَالقُوّةِ؟ (wálqúqhi؟), يعنی (yʿní), آيا (áyá), نمی (nmí), بينی (bíní), پسر (psr), انسان (insán), جالس (jáls), بر (br), يمين (ymín), قدرت (qdrt) as “might?”, words, on, might”

son 91% essence 4% offspring 4%
حسب
ḥsb ḥ-s-b

literal: according; reckoned; reckoning

SE rendered الهی (al-hí), حال (ḥál), آنکه (ánkh), بر (br), حسب (ḥsb), ظاهر (ẓáhr), هيچ (hích), اسباب (isbáb), قدرت (qdrt), نزد (nzd) as “God, consider, to, outward, devoid of all, power, unto”

اسباب
isbáb s-b-b

literal: cause; cause, reason; causes

SE rendered حال (ḥál), آنکه (ánkh), بر (br), حسب (ḥsb), ظاهر (ẓáhr), هيچ (hích), اسباب (isbáb), قدرت (qdrt), نزد (nzd), حضرت (ḥḍrt), موجود (mújúd), نبود (nbúd) as “consider, to, outward, devoid of all, power, unto, being, was”

چنان
chnán chnán → “how”

literal: so/such

1 occurrence in corpus

صدد
ṣdd ṣ-d-d

literal: intent

SE rendered سلوک (slúk), نمودند (nmúdnd), بالاخره (bálákhrh), چنان (chnán), صدد (ṣdd), ايذاء (iydháʾ), قتل (qtl), حضرت (ḥḍrt), افتادند (iftádnd) as “behaviour, Finally, How, woes, heaped”

seeking 20% arisen 20% sought 20% engaged 20% intent 20%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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