Kitáb-i-Íqán — §177
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 177 of 291.
Source (Persian)
و با اينکه اين فقره هم معلوم و واضح است که در جميع احيان ظهور مظاهر قدسيّه، علمای عهد مردم را از سبيل حقّ منع می نمودند چنانچه در جميع کتب و صحف سماوی مذکور و مسطور است. و احدی از انبياء مبعوث نشد مگر آنکه محلّ بغض و انکار و ردّ و سبّ علماء گشت. قاتَلَهُم اللّهُ بِما فَعَلوا مِن قَبلُ وَمِن بَعدُ کانُوا يَفعَلُون. حال کدام سبحات جلال اعظم از اين هياکل ضلال است؟ واللّه کشف آن اعظم امور است و خرقش اکبر اعمال.وَفَّقَنَا اللَّهُ و إيّاکُم يا مَعْشَرَ الرّوحِ لَعَلَّکُم بِذلِکَ فی زَمَنِ المُستَغاثِ تُوَفّقُونَ و من لِقاءِاللّه فی ايّامِهِ لا تَحْتَجِبُون.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
It is clear and evident that whenever the Manifestations of Holiness were revealed, the divines of their day have hindered the people from attaining unto the way of truth. To this testify the records of all the scriptures and heavenly books. Not one Prophet of God was made manifest Who did not fall a victim to the relentless hate, to the denunciation, denial, and execration of the clerics of His day! Woe unto them for the iniquities their hands have formerly wrought! Woe unto them for that which they are now doing! What veils of glory more grievous than these embodiments of error! By the righteousness of God! to pierce such veils is the mightiest of all acts, and to rend them asunder the most meritorious of all deeds! May God assist us and assist you, O concourse of the Spirit! that perchance ye may in the time of His Manifestation be graciously aided to perform such deeds, and may in His days attain unto the Presence of God.
Translation Notes
SE rendered فقره (fqrh), معلوم (mʿlúm), واضح (wáḍḥ) as “”
poverty 36% poor 24% matter 8% destitution 8% subject 4% certain 4% particular 4% words 4% theme 4% plight 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: poorgleaningsGWB §148: these wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: poverty-strickenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: this poor and desolate creaturethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: My poorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: These passagesgleaningsGWB §408: those poorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the lack
divines 52% leaders 16% learned 10% commentators 6% divine 5% learning 3% christian 3% distinguished 2% spiritual 2% among 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: this worldfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §242: observerkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: that We might knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine omnisciencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE rendered فقره (fqrh), معلوم (mʿlúm), واضح (wáḍḥ), جميع (jmíʿ), احيان (iḥíán), ظهور (ẓhúr) as “all, revealed”
evident 27% clear 17% manifest 17% clearly 10% lucid 7% unmistakable 7% surest 5% luminous 5% exposed 2% sufficient 2%
all 80% every 9% whole 4% each 2% one 2% whatsoever 1% concourse 1% divers 1% entire 1% throughout 1%
SE rendered واضح (wáḍḥ), جميع (jmíʿ), احيان (iḥíán), ظهور (ẓhúr), مظاهر (mẓáhr), قدسيّه، (qdsísh،), علمای (ʿlmáy), عهد (ʿhd) as “all, revealed, Manifestations, Holiness, divines, day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: forthwithgleaningsGWB §139: whenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: swift as the twinkling of an eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: moment of my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: until the present daygleaningsGWB §163: continuallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: And thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: Wherefore
This form usually rendered as “revelation”, “manifestation”, “dispensation” (397 occurrences)
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: grossly misrepresentedfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §356: can be disclosedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: letterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: and by Them Who are the Dayspringstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I gave thee being
holiness 41% holy 30% sanctified 9% glory 5% sacred 4% heavenly 4% sanctity 2% sanctifying 2% manifestations 2% heaven 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: have sanctified themselvesgleaningsGWB §669: veiledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: Thy holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holywill-and-testamentW&T §18: detachment from all worldly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: Holy
covenant 40% dispensation 15% days 15% time 6% testament 6% age 6% covenanted 4% pledgeth 2% have 2% cycle 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy CovenantgleaningsGWB §122: agekitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: cycleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: covenant with them for methe-hidden-wordsHW §141: My covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §33: Thy Testamentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: the covenantgleaningsGWB §590: have covenanted
SE expanded to “have hindered the people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thy waygleaningsGWB §317: a means of admittancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: these two waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for the saketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: claimgleaningsGWB §122: reality of mankitab-i-ahdAhd §16: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: in factprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: theythe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §38: is verily the Truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: true
SE rendered علمای (ʿlmáy), عهد (ʿhd), مردم (mrdm), از (iz), سبيل (sbíl), حقّ (ḥqq), منع (mnʿ), می (mí), نمودند (nmúdnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), جميع (jmíʿ), کتب (ktb) as “divines, day, have hindered the people, from, way, truth, they, To this testify, all, books”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-HighestgleaningsGWB §685: mightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: mightiest and loftiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: denytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Debar not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Write downgleaningsGWB §510: have pledgedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: in His Booksthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and have written for theewill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Sacred Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: works
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: “BookgleaningsGWB §347: Sacred Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: chroniclesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: and the Booksepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: scripturesgleaningsGWB §583: bearing aloft a chalicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: holy booksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: and Thy Scriptures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §630: bykitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: in terms ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Thy treasured nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered چنانچه (chnánchh), جميع (jmíʿ), کتب (ktb), صحف (ṣḥf), سماوی (smáwí), مذکور (mdhkúr), مسطور (msṭúr), احدی (iḥdí), از (iz), انبياء (inbíáʾ) as “To this testify, all, books, scriptures, heavenly, records, Not one, of, Prophet of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: revealedgleaningsGWB §356: disclosedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: quotingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §436: shall remembertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “god”, “any” (139 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: any one of themgleaningsGWB §494: God’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: any oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: no mangleaningsGWB §97: divine unity
SE expanded to “Prophet of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §260: the ProphetgleaningsGWB §110: the Prophets of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: Manifestationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: and to This Announcementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: informethgleaningsGWB §75: the Great Announcementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: the Revelations of Moses and Muhammadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Thy Prophets
SE expanded to “was made manifest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: raised upgleaningsGWB §2: sent downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: sent forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: hath raised me upwill-and-testamentW&T §9: shall have no pity on himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: raise upgleaningsGWB §40: sent of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: invested
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: placegleaningsGWB §40: thou shouldstkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: mayest becomeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: forththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: shall in no wisewill-and-testamentW&T §42: obtainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: will be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: The dungeongleaningsGWB §95: Dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: victimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: my homethe-hidden-wordsHW §78: Whitherwill-and-testamentW&T §39: a certain placeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Lawful is itgleaningsGWB §13: beneath their feet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: perverse hatergleaningsGWB §67: and the maliciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of their hatethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: Him whom I abhorwill-and-testamentW&T §35: their rancourepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: enmitygleaningsGWB §175: enmity and hatredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of hate
denial 21% denied 17% repudiated 13% reject 13% deny 8% faithlessness 8% rejected 8% order 4% question 4% deniest 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: them that have denied HimgleaningsGWB §572: and repudiated His truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: those that repudiateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: who have repudiatedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: disbelieveth in himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: ye deny Me notgleaningsGWB §79: such as have repudiated His truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: repudiation
reject 33% refuting 13% refute 7% refutation 7% assail 7% have 7% defend 7% against 7% denounce 7% denunciation 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: refutinggleaningsGWB §493: reprehensiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: reprobateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: wilt Thou turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §6: confutedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: refutegleaningsGWB §244: none can put backkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: denounce Him to their followers
This form usually rendered as “blaspheme”, “vilified”, “curse” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “woe” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “By the righteousness of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: is God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §549: divinely appointedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “have”, “doings”, “act” (8 occurrences)
SE rendered فَعَلوا (faʿalúá), وَمِن (wamin), کانُوا (kánúá), يَفعَلُون (yafʿalún), حال (ḥál), کدام (kdám), سبحات (sbḥát) as “wrought, deeds, now, doing! What, veils”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: It isgleaningsGWB §448: Thou art indeed ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: that grasptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: your inmost being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: roundgleaningsGWB §125: hinderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: Whatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §739: through the power of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §21: their manners
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: celebrateth the praise offire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §190: Glory bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: Magnifiedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: be His glorygleaningsGWB §374: magnified be His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: of vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: glorified begleaningsGWB §288: of Grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: however great their nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: dominion
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “supreme” (225 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the greatness of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §292: of Grandeurkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: of heavenly majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §310: is immensethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: dire
SE rendered کدام (kdám), سبحات (sbḥát), جلال (jlál), اعظم (iʿẓm), از (iz), هياکل (híákl), ضلال (ḍlál), واللّه (wálllh), کشف (kshf) as “doing! What, veils, glory, more grievous, than, of error, God, pierce”
embodiments 22% temples 15% beings 15% manifestations 11% persons 11% tabernacles 7% bodies 7% inmost 4% noble 4% temple 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: have gone astraygleaningsGWB §77: those that led them astraykitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: waywardnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waywardthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: canst thou go astrayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: errorgleaningsGWB §594: the erringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: those who erred
This form usually rendered as “dispel”, “made”, “uncovered” (15 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “things”, “affairs”, “such” (103 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: Our decreefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §470: under any conditionkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: these very thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: and bidden metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: in no wise
rend 33% tear 19% rent 14% whole 5% have 5% miracles 5% having 5% completely 5% vehemently 5% cleave 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: miraclesgleaningsGWB §341: rent asunderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: to rend them asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: Tear asunderepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: tear awaygleaningsGWB §610: and for having rent asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: to be rent asunderepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the whole creation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: LessergleaningsGWB §234: and greet and magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: ye swell with prideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: magnifying it intablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §7: gravest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: That which was donegleaningsGWB §188: Deal with Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: works.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: may carry outtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: by your deedswill-and-testamentW&T §39: bear upon daily transactionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: thine acts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: leaders of religiongleaningsGWB §311: will seek its companionshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: intercourseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: twenty-the-hidden-wordsHW §145: to commune with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §43: companyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: Our fellow-prisonersgleaningsGWB §719: Members of
SE expanded to “of the Spirit”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: of the heartfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §676: beingskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: moving spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §34: thou mayest live in peace
SE expanded to “time of His Manifestation”
This form usually rendered as “manifestation” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “graciously” (1 occurrences)
aid 28% assist 14% graciously 12% thou 9% concord 9% may 9% unity 7% unanimously 5% fellowship 4% unitedly 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: and fellowshipgleaningsGWB §178: understandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: leagued themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: Assist Thouthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §53: helpepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: assistgleaningsGWB §72: may fulfill
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: this Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §67: We reveal to theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: Attainment unto such presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: set forth beforetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §17: sow the seeds of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Not long agogleaningsGWB §649: the Day whereonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: at a timetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: their time
This form usually rendered as “veiling” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: shut out as by a veil fromgleaningsGWB §635: that are veiled from Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: have been hinderedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: may shut them outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou veil thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: veils
