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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §152

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 152 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و اين است معنی قيامت که در کلّ کتب مسطور و مذکور است و جميع بشارت داده شدهاند به آن يوم. حال ملاحظه فرمائيد که آيا يومی از اين يوم عزيزتر و بزرگ تر و معظّم تر تصوّر می شود که انسان چنين روز را از دست بگذارد و از فيوضات اين يوم که به مثابه ابر نيسان از قِبَل رحمان در جريان است خود را محروم نمايد؟ و بعد از آنکه به تمام دليل مدلّل شد که يومی اعظم از اين يوم و امری اعزّ از اين امر نه، چگونه می شود که انسان به حرف متوهّمين و ظانّين از چنين فضل اکبر مأيوس گردد؟ و بعد از همه اين دلائل محکمه متقنه که هيچ عاقلی را گريزی نه و هيچ عارفی را مفرّی نه آيا روايت مشهور را نشنيده اند که می فرمايد: "اذا قامَ القائِمُ قامَتِ القيامَة"؟ و همچنين أئمّه هدی و انوار لاتطفی "هَل يَنظُرُونَ إلّا اَن يَأتِيَهُمُ اللّهُ فِی ظُلَلٍ مِنَ الغَمامِ" را که مسلّماً از امورات محدثه درقيامت می دانند به حضرت قائم و ظهور او تفسير نمودهاند.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

This is the meaning of the “Day of Resurrection,” spoken of in all the scriptures, and announced unto all people. Reflect, can a more precious, a mightier, and more glorious day than this be conceived, so that man should willingly forego its grace, and deprive himself of its bounties, which like unto vernal showers are raining from the heaven of mercy upon all mankind? Having thus conclusively demonstrated that no day is greater than this Day, and no revelation more glorious than this Revelation, and having set forth all these weighty and infallible proofs which no understanding mind can question, and no man of learning overlook, how can man possibly, through the idle contention of the people of doubt and fancy, deprive himself of such a bountiful grace? Have they not heard the well-known tradition: “When the Qá’im riseth, that day is the Day of Resurrection?” In like manner, the Imáms, those unquenchable lights of divine guidance, have interpreted the verse: “What can such expect but that God should come down to them overshadowed with clouds,” —a sign which they have unquestionably regarded as one of the features of the Day of Resurrection—as referring to Qá’im and His manifestation.

Translation Notes

مذکور
mdhkúr dh-k-r

literal: mention; mentioned

SE rendered قيامت (qíámt)کتب (ktb)مسطور (msṭúr)مذکور (mdhkúr)جميع (jmíʿ)بشارت (bshárt)داده (dádh)شدهاند (shdhánd) as “of the “Day of Resurrection,”, scriptures, spoken, all, announced”

تر
tr t-r-r

literal: more (comparative suffix)

SE rendered يومی (yúmí)از (iz)يوم (yúm)عزيزتر (ʿzíztr)بزرگ (bzrg)تر (tr)معظّم (mʿẓẓm)تر (tr)تصوّر (tṣúṣr)می (mí)انسان (insán) as “day, than, Day, precious, mightier, glorious, conceived, man”

2 occurrences in corpus

می
m-y-y

literal: present continuous marker; continuous-marker

SE rendered عزيزتر (ʿzíztr)بزرگ (bzrg)تر (tr)معظّم (mʿẓẓm)تر (tr)تصوّر (tṣúṣr)می (mí)انسان (insán)چنين (chnín)روز (rúz)از (iz) as “precious, mightier, glorious, conceived, man, and, day, of”

3 occurrences in corpus

بگذارد
bgdhárd g-dh-r

literal: pass; place; passed

SE rendered انسان (insán)چنين (chnín)روز (rúz)از (iz)دست (dst)بگذارد (bgdhárd)از (iz)فيوضات (fíwḍát)يوم (yúm) as “man, and, day, of, forego, bounties, Day”

renounced 23% renounce 17% have 13% abandon 10% pass 10% leave 7% relinquish 7% forsake 7% past 3% before 3%
نيسان
nísán n-y-s “men” Distinctive

literal: people; is-not; nisan

This form usually rendered as “gracious”, “raining”, “goodly” (3 occurrences)

gracious 33% raining 33% goodly 33%
رحمان
rḥmán r-ḥ-m

literal: mercy; merciful; the Merciful

SE rendered مثابه (mthábh)ابر (ibr)نيسان (nísán)از (iz)رحمان (rḥmán)جريان (jríán)محروم (mḥrúm)نمايد؟ (nmáyd؟) as “like, showers, vernal, from, deprive”

جريان
jríán j-r-y

literal: flowing; flow; to flow

SE rendered ابر (ibr)نيسان (nísán)از (iz)رحمان (rḥmán)جريان (jríán)محروم (mḥrúm)نمايد؟ (nmáyd؟) as “showers, vernal, from, deprive”

flow 33% enforced 33% running 33%
آنکه
ánkh ʾ-n “that”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

SE rendered محروم (mḥrúm)نمايد؟ (nmáyd؟)از (iz)آنکه (ánkh)تمام (tmám)دليل (dlíl)مدلّل (mdlll)يومی (yúmí) as “deprive, of, all, proofs, day”

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%
نه،
nh، n-h-y “and”

literal: end; ended; utmost

SE rendered امری (imrí)اعزّ (iʿzz)از (iz)امر (imr)نه، (nh،)چگونه (chgúnh)می (mí)انسان (insán)حرف (ḥrf) as “revelation, more glorious, than, Revelation, how, man, contention”

end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
مأيوس
mʾayús y-ʾ-s “despair” Distinctive

literal: despair; despaired; despairing

This form usually rendered as “deprive”, “shattered” (2 occurrences)

گردد؟
grdd؟ g-r-d

literal: become; to become

SE rendered ظانّين (ẓánnín)از (iz)چنين (chnín)فضل (fḍl)اکبر (ikbr)مأيوس (mʾayús)گردد؟ (grdd؟)از (iz)همه (hmh)دلائل (dláʾl)محکمه (mḥkmh) as “fancy, of, such, grace, bountiful, deprive himself, these, weighty and infallible”

may 31% made 13% become 13% end 6% arise 6% set 6% shake 6% station 6% disclosed 6% exert 6%
متقنه
mtqnh t-q-n

literal: firm; firm, weighty; weighty

SE rendered از (iz)همه (hmh)دلائل (dláʾl)محکمه (mḥkmh)متقنه (mtqnh)هيچ (hích)عاقلی (ʿáqlí)گريزی (grízí)نه (nh) as “of, these, weighty and infallible, understanding, mind, question, and”

هيچ
hích h-y-ch “any”

literal: any

5 occurrences in corpus

اند
ind b-w-d “is”

literal: be; is; to be

SE rendered آيا (áyá)روايت (rúáyt)مشهور (mshhúr)نشنيده (nshnídh)اند (ind)می (mí)فرمايد (frmáyd)قامَ (qám)القائِمُ (al-qáʾim) as “Have, tradition, well-known, heard, riseth, Qá’im”

have 25% thereto 25% essence 25% dwell 25%
لاتطفی
látṭfí ṭ-f-ʾ “put” Distinctive

literal: extinguishing; unextinguished

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

put 67% unquenchable 33%
هَل
hal h-l “people” Distinctive

literal: people

This form usually rendered as “"hath”, “know”, “think” (3 occurrences)

“hath 33% know 33% think 33%
يَأتِيَهُمُ
yaʾatíahum ʾ-t-y “given” Distinctive

literal: give; comes

This form usually rendered as “come”, “cometh” (2 occurrences)

come 50% cometh 50%
الغَمامِ
al-ghamám gh-m-m

literal: clouds; cloud; cloud, clouds

SE rendered اللّهُ (al-lh)ظُلَلٍ (ẓulalin)الغَمامِ (al-ghamám)مسلّماً (msllmáan)از (iz)امورات (imúrát) as “God, clouds,”, unquestionably, of, features of the”

محدثه
mḥdthh ḥ-d-th

literal: tradition; traditions; tradition, hadith

SE rendered مسلّماً (msllmáan)از (iz)امورات (imúrát)محدثه (mḥdthh)درقيامت (drqíámt)می (mí)دانند (dánnd)حضرت (ḥḍrt)قائم (qáʾm) as “unquestionably, of, features of the, Day of Resurrection—as, regarded, Qá’im”

حضرت
ḥḍrt ḥ-ḍ-r

literal: presence, majesty

SE rendered درقيامت (drqíámt)می (mí)دانند (dánnd)حضرت (ḥḍrt)قائم (qáʾm)ظهور (ẓhúr)تفسير (tfsír)نمودهاند (nmúdhánd) as “Day of Resurrection—as, regarded, Qá’im, His, referring to, interpreted”

majesty 37% muhammad 16% honor 9% great 9% holiness 7% commander 6% who 4% jesus 4% ‘alí 4% imam 3%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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