Kitáb-i-Íqán — §181
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 181 of 291.
Source (Persian)
بسيار تعجّب است که اين قوم در بعضی از مراتب که مطابق ميل و هوای ايشان است متمسّک به آيه منزله در فرقان و احاديث اولی الايقان می شوند و از بعضی که مغاير هوای ايشان است بالمرّه اعراض می نمايند."اَفَتُؤمِنُونَ بِبَعضِ الِکتَاب و تَکفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ. " ما لَکُم کيف تَحکُمُونَ ما لا تَشعُرُونَ؟ مثل آنکه در کتاب مبين، ربّ العالمين بعد از ذکر ختميّت فی قوله تعالی: "وَ لَکِنْ رَسُولَ اللّهِ وَ خَاتَمَ النّبيّينَ"، جميع ناس را به لقای خود وعده فرموده. چنانچه آيات مدلّه بر لقای آن مليک بقا در کتاب مذکور است و بعضی از قبل ذکر شده. و خدای واحد شاهد مقال است که هيچ امری اعظم از لقا و اصرح از آن در فرقان ذکر نيافته. فَهَنيئاً لِمَن فازَ بِهِ فی يَومٍ اَعْرَضَ عَنهُ اَکثَرُ النّاسِ کَما اَنتُم تَشهَدُونَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
How strange! These people with one hand cling to those verses of the Qur’án and those traditions of the people of certitude which they have found to accord with their inclinations and interests, and with the other reject those which are contrary to their selfish desires. “Believe ye then part of the Book, and deny part?” How could ye judge that which ye understand not? Even as the Lord of being hath in His unerring Book, after speaking of the “Seal” in His exalted utterance: “Muhammad is the Apostle of God and the Seal of the Prophets,” hath revealed unto all people the promise of “attainment unto the divine Presence.” To this attainment to the presence of the immortal King testify the verses of the Book, some of which We have already mentioned. The one true God is My witness! Nothing more exalted or more explicit than “attainment unto the divine Presence” hath been revealed in the Qur’án. Well is it with him that hath attained thereunto, in the day wherein most of the people, even as ye witness, have turned away therefrom.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “greatly”, “divers” (21 occurrences)
manifold 14% greatly 14% divers 14% how 14% great 7% numberless 7% unnumbered 7% frequently 7% exceedingly 7% cherish 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: How strangegleaningsGWB §523: strange, how very strange!kitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: marvellous surely isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: How marvelousthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: behold and wonderepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: strangegleaningsGWB §363: marvelouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: surprised
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: arisenfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §600: arise to aidkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: these pagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Self-Subsisting!tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
This form usually rendered as “some”, “certain”, “few” (100 occurrences)
SE rendered قوم (qúm), بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz), مراتب (mrátb), مطابق (mṭábq), ميل (míl), هوای (húáy) as “These people, part of, of, accord with, their inclinations, selfish desires”
conform 18% accordance 18% conforms 18% irrelevant 9% attested 9% accord 9% inconsistent 9% conformity 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: conformgleaningsGWB §362: conformskitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: as attested bywill-and-testamentW&T §13: the dustepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: spherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §96: in conformityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: in accordance withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: conform to their standards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: firmamentfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §227: by the least shadow of desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Inmost Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §175: corrupt inclinationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: spherethe-hidden-wordsHW §122: idlewill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: do I cleave tenaciouslygleaningsGWB §680: Set all thy hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: clingingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: holdingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: lay hold ongleaningsGWB §367: take yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: depend upon
SE rendered هوای (húáy), ايشان (iyshán), متمسّک (mtmssk), آيه (áyh), منزله (mnzlh), فرقان (frqán), احاديث (iḥádíth), اولی (iwlí), الايقان (al-áyqán) as “selfish desires, cling to, verses, Qur’án, traditions, the people, of certitude”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: hath sent downgleaningsGWB §288: My Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: homeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: Thou wilt send downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My home
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The talegleaningsGWB §311: the changes and chanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: sayingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: intimate conversationthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: handiworkwill-and-testamentW&T §35: happeningsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: such traditionsgleaningsGWB §375: contingent
This form usually rendered as “world”, “primal”, “first” (74 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: such as are endued withfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §451: familykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: he who is possessed ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: in this world andthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpret
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: certaintyfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §283: them that believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: have firm faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: havethe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: assurancegleaningsGWB §239: undoubted
SE rendered فرقان (frqán), احاديث (iḥádíth), اولی (iwlí), الايقان (al-áyqán), می (mí), شوند (shúnd), از (iz), بعضی (bʿḍí), مغاير (mgháyr), هوای (húáy), ايشان (iyshán) as “Qur’án, traditions, the people, of certitude, of, contrary to, their”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: have becomegleaningsGWB §559: would to them be unthinkablekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: not beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: forththe-hidden-wordsHW §147: Shouldst thouwill-and-testamentW&T §53: aroseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: affirm
SE rendered مغاير (mgháyr), هوای (húáy), ايشان (iyshán), بالمرّه (bálmrrh), اعراض (iʿráḍ), می (mí), نمايند."اَفَتُؤمِنُونَ (nmáynd."áafatuʾminún) as “contrary to, their, reject those, “Believe ye then”
one 24% again 21% once 14% utterly 10% another 10% subsequent 7% “again 3% following 3% later 3% revelation 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Following thisgleaningsGWB §227: aloof askitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: passedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: was waftedthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: followepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: they meetgleaningsGWB §163: In a later agekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: were being wafted
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “turned”, “denial” (70 occurrences)
turn 15% turned 13% denial 13% opposition 13% repudiation 10% rejected 10% denials 8% faithlessness 8% hath 5% turning 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: they that have turned asidegleaningsGWB §181: have objectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: apostatizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: have turned back from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: hath also turned awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §58: hath turned awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: disputed
This form usually rendered as ““believe” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: have made togleaningsGWB §334: reflectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: “Believe ye thenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: not yourselvesgleaningsGWB §687: showepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: mayest be ablegleaningsGWB §108: WitnessgleaningsGWB §384: thou mayest
book 87% holy 3% tablet 2% words 2% sacred 2% books 1% scriptures 1% own 1% writing 1% kitáb-i-íqán 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy BookgleaningsGWB §395: His sacred scrollkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: thisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: and write downthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thou didst revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: works
disbelieve 50% deny 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: O ye unbelievers!gleaningsGWB §614: have rejectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: believed notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: disownedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §572: refused to acknowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: infidels!”
SE expanded to “How could ye judge”
SE rendered کيف (kíf), تَحکُمُونَ (taḥkumún), تَشعُرُونَ؟ (tashʿurúna؟), مثل (mthl), آنکه (ánkh) as “How could ye judge, ye understand not, Even as”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: hath He decreedgleaningsGWB §44: pronouncekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Messageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: in Thy beheststablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to the government
SE expanded to “ye understand not”
hair 19% understand 12% consciousness 12% indicative 12% expressive 8% poet 8% revealed 8% perceive 8% failed 8% observe 8%
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “palpable”, “resplendent” (88 occurrences)
manifest 30% palpable 12% resplendent 9% expounder 9% luminous 9% evident 7% lucid 7% perspicuous 7% clear 5% plainly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Our LordgleaningsGWB §152: heavenlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: O Thou Who art the Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Lord
This form usually rendered as “worlds”, “all”, “world” (214 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: of the earthfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §107: domainkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: is evidentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of Thy manifold knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: for Thy glorificationgleaningsGWB §251: warnkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: sing their praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: Whose remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
This form usually rendered as “words”, “saith”, “through” (83 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: hath addressed Me sayinggleaningsGWB §312: have testifiedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: sayethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: He hath saidtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: all-gloriousfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §78: Farkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Exalted is He aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: ascendedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §95: transmittedgleaningsGWB §456: holy menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: And He shall sendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: the Prophetstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: of the Messengersthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: transferredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the Apostle of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: with Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §628: the sovereign Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: ProphetgleaningsGWB §105: Prophets,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: each of the Prophets of Godwill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Prophetsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: TellgleaningsGWB §25: the Prophetskitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Prophets of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Announcement
all 80% every 9% whole 4% each 2% one 2% whatsoever 1% concourse 1% divers 1% entire 1% throughout 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §41: amongst the peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: all the peoples and kindreds of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankindgleaningsGWB §123: mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: generation
SE expanded to ““attainment unto the divine”
presence 24% attainment 14% attain 10% shall 10% behold 10% sow 10% sowed 10% attaining 5% convey 5% proclamation 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Judgmentfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §619: have We disclosedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: the Presence of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §363: gift of Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the promisegleaningsGWB §26: promiseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: threatenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Thou didst promiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thy pledgegleaningsGWB §9: to Him Who is the Promise of all nationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the promised Oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: the Pledge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: saidgleaningsGWB §378: shed its radiancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: explainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §663: Sufferthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: have I givenwill-and-testamentW&T §24: towards themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: cause them togleaningsGWB §122: To this testifieth
This form usually rendered as “indicate”, “indicateth”, “expressive” (19 occurrences)
indicate 20% indicateth 13% expressive 13% bear 13% pertain 7% unmistakably 7% testify 7% prove 7% testifying 7% indicative 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: in His TestimoniesgleaningsGWB §707: evidences that proclaimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: argumentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: whatever iswill-and-testamentW&T §6: supportedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: seekgleaningsGWB §556: revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: tokens
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: landgleaningsGWB §69: the Sovereign Lord ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: the kingdom oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: or themselves
SE rendered آيات (áyát), مدلّه (mdllh), بر (br), لقای (lqáy), مليک (mlík), بقا (bqá), کتاب (ktáb), مذکور (mdhkúr), بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz) as “verses, testify, attainment to the presence, immortal King, Book, some of, of”
immortal 28% immortality 28% eternity 17% eternal 14% incorruptible 3% unfading 3% existence 3% everlasting 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: everlastingly endurefire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §607: All otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Remnant of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: while the rest have been permitted to survivetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: for everlasting life
one 74% any 6% single 4% same 4% vahid 2% another 2% each 2% indivisible 2% one.” 2% successively 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of such as have acknowledged Thy unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §246: exceptkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of divine Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: of Thy onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: the martyrsfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §364: denunciationskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: clear and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: have apprehendedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr
SE rendered واحد (wáḥd), شاهد (sháhd), مقال (mqál), هيچ (hích), امری (imrí), اعظم (iʿẓm), از (iz), لقا (lqá), اصرح (iṣrḥ), از (iz) as “one true, witness, Nothing, more exalted, of, “attainment unto the divine, explicit”
cause 39% nothing 11% command 11% revelation 9% mission 7% every 5% chief 5% whatsoever 5% any 5% thing 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: by His commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §153: The Cause associated with His Namekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: prone totablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: in no wise
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “supreme” (225 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: greatestgleaningsGWB §79: afflictivekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: graveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the Most Great
This form usually rendered as “more” (2 occurrences)
explicitly 33% explicit 17% more 11% open 6% testifieth 6% how 6% unmistakable 6% any 6% openly 6% clear 6%
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “made”, “brought” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: Wert thou to perceivegleaningsGWB §310: could be detectedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: inhaledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: they findprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: may be ledthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: unless they obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §19: carriedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: We have kept
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: they may attain untogleaningsGWB §30: which hath been honoredkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: is enabled to achievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: salvationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: have gazedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath showeredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: have attained
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: this daygleaningsGWB §548: Days ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: Thy Daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: day of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the living watersgleaningsGWB §406: Many akitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: numerousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: a multitudetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a river of lifewill-and-testamentW&T §38: by a majorityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: vastgleaningsGWB §111: the greater part of
