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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §146

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 146 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و به قدم يقين در صراط حقّ اليقين قدم گذاريم که لعلّ نسيم رضا از رياض قبول الهی بوزد و اين فانيان را به ملکوت جاودانی رساند و عارف شوی بر معانی سلطنت و امثال آن که در اخبار و آيات ذکر يافته. و ديگر آنکه بر آن جناب محقّق و معلوم بوده آنچه را که يهود و نصاری به آن تمسّک جستهاند و بر جمال محمّدی اعتراض می نمودند بعينه در اين زمان اصحاب فرقان به همان تشبّث نموده و بر نقطه بيان، روح من فی ملکوت الامر فداه اعتراض می نمايند. اين بی خردان را مشاهده فرما که حرف يهودان را اليوم می گويند و شاعر نيستند. فنعم ما نُزّل مِن قَبْلُ فی شأنهم: "ذَرْهُمْ فِی خَوْضِهِم يَلعَبُونَ." " لَعَمْرُ کَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِی سَکرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ."

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Thus with steadfast steps we may tread the Path of certitude, that perchance the breeze that bloweth from the meads of the good-pleasure of God may waft upon us the sweet savours of divine acceptance, and cause us, vanishing mortals that we are, to attain unto the Kingdom of everlasting glory. Then wilt thou comprehend the inner meaning of sovereignty and the like, spoken of in the traditions and scriptures. Furthermore, it is already evident and known unto thee that those things to which the Jews and the Christians have clung, and the cavilings which they heaped upon the Beauty of Muhammad, the same have in this day been upheld by the people of the Qur’án, and been witnessed in their denunciations of the “Point of the Bayán”—may the souls of all that dwell within the kingdom of divine Revelations be a sacrifice unto Him! Behold their folly: they utter the self-same words, uttered by the Jews of old, and know it not! How well and true are His words concerning them: “Leave them to entertain themselves with their cavilings!” “As Thou livest, O Muhammad! they are seized by the frenzy of their vain fancies.”

Translation Notes

گذاريم
gdhárím gdhárím → “tread”

literal: to-place/tread

2 occurrences in corpus

رضا
rḍá r-ḍ-y → “from”

literal: pleasure

SE rendered گذاريم (gdhárím), لعلّ (lʿll), نسيم (nsím), رضا (rḍá), از (iz), رياض (ríáḍ), قبول (qbúl), الهی (al-hí), بوزد (búzd) as “tread, perchance, breeze, from, meads, acceptance, of God, may waft”

شوی
shúy shdn

literal: become; to become

SE rendered ملکوت (mlkút), جاودانی (jáwdání), رساند (rsánd), عارف (ʿárf), شوی (shúy), بر (br), معانی (mʿání), سلطنت (slṭnt), امثال (imthál) as “the Kingdom, everlasting, attain, comprehend, upon, inner meaning, sovereignty”

mayest 27% wilt 27% thou 20% wert 7% become 7% may 7% shouldst 7%
امثال
imthál m-th-l

literal: like; likeness

SE rendered عارف (ʿárf), شوی (shúy), بر (br), معانی (mʿání), سلطنت (slṭnt), امثال (imthál), اخبار (ikhbár), آيات (áyát), ذکر (dhkr) as “comprehend, upon, inner meaning, sovereignty, traditions, scriptures, spoken of”

يافته
yáfth yáftn

literal: found

SE rendered اخبار (ikhbár), آيات (áyát), ذکر (dhkr), يافته (yáfth), ديگر (dígr), آنکه (ánkh), بر (br), جناب (jnáb), محقّق (mḥqqq) as “traditions, scriptures, spoken of, upon, thee, evident”

ديگر
dígr dígr

literal: other; other, another; other/another

SE rendered اخبار (ikhbár), آيات (áyát), ذکر (dhkr), يافته (yáfth), ديگر (dígr), آنکه (ánkh), بر (br), جناب (jnáb), محقّق (mḥqqq), معلوم (mʿlúm) as “traditions, scriptures, spoken of, upon, thee, evident, known”

another 31% other 15% moreover 15% different 13% yet 6% furthermore 6% again 4% else 4% now 4% following 2%
جستهاند
jsthánd jstn

literal: seek; sought; to seek

SE rendered يهود (yhúd), نصاری (nṣárí), تمسّک (tmssk), جستهاند (jsthánd), بر (br), جمال (jmál), محمّدی (mḥmmdí), اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), می (mí) as “Jews, Christians, clung, Beauty, Muhammad, cavilings, which they”

have 38% conceived 13% foolishly 13% cleave 13% cling 13% allow 13%
بی
bí b-y

literal: without; is

SE rendered فداه (fdáh), اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), می (mí), نمايند (nmáynd), بی (bí), خردان (khrdán), مشاهده (msháhdh), فرما (frmá), حرف (ḥrf) as “sacrifice, denunciations, may, folly, Behold, words”

فرما
frmá f-r-m

literal: say; command; to say

SE rendered نمايند (nmáynd), بی (bí), خردان (khrdán), مشاهده (msháhdh), فرما (frmá), حرف (ḥrf), يهودان (yhúdán) as “may, folly, Behold, words, the Jews”

ponder 25% thyself 25% endeavour 25% strive 25%
اليوم
al-yúm y-w-m

literal: day; days; today

SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh), فرما (frmá), حرف (ḥrf), يهودان (yhúdán), اليوم (al-yúm), می (mí), گويند (gúynd), شاعر (sháʿr), نيستند (nístnd), فنعم (fnʿm) as “Behold, words, the Jews, utter, know, not, How well and true”

day 88% today 3% one 2% every 2% now 2% days 1% each 1% yesterday 1% following 0% great 0%
نُزّل
nuzzl n-z-l

literal: send down; descending; descend

SE rendered گويند (gúynd), شاعر (sháʿr), نيستند (nístnd), فنعم (fnʿm), نُزّل (nuzzl), شأنهم (shʾanhm), ذَرْهُمْ (dharhum) as “utter, know, not, How well and true, concerning, “Leave”

ذَرْهُمْ
dharhum dh-r → ““leave”

literal: leave

2 occurrences in corpus

يَلعَبُونَ
yalʿabún l-ʿ-b

literal: play; play/sport; player

SE rendered ذَرْهُمْ (dharhum), خَوْضِهِم (khawḍihim), يَلعَبُونَ (yalʿabún), لَعَمْرُ (laʿamr), إِنَّهُمْ (ʾinnahum) as ““Leave, cavilings!”, “As Thou livest, they”

disporting 40% pastime 20% play 20% have 20%
يَعْمَهُونَ
yaʿmahún ʿ-m-h

literal: blind (in spiritual sense); to be blind; wander-blindly

SE rendered إِنَّهُمْ (ʾinnahum), لَفِی (lafí), سَکرَتِهِمْ (sakratihim), يَعْمَهُونَ (yaʿmahún) as “they, within, frenzy”

blind 50% seized 50%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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