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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §205

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 205 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و اليوم متغمّسان بحر علوم صمدانی و ساکنان فُلک حکمت ربّانی مردم را از تحصيل اين علوم نهی می فرمايند و صدور منيرشان بحمداللّه منزّه از اين اشارات است و مقدّس از اين حجبات. حجاب اکبر را که می فرمايد : "اَلْعِلمُ حِجابُ الاَکبَر " به نار محبّت يار سوختيم و خيمه ديگر برافراختيم و به اين افتخار می نمائيم که الحمدللّه سبحات جلال را به نار جمال محبوب سوختيم و جز مقصود در قلب و دل جا نداديم نه به علمی جز علم به او متمسّکيم و نه به معلومی جز تجلّی انوار او متشبّث.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

In this day, they that are submerged beneath the ocean of ancient Knowledge, and dwell within the ark of divine wisdom, forbid the people such idle pursuits. Their shining breasts are, praise be to God, sanctified from every trace of such learning, and are exalted above such grievous veils. We have consumed this densest of all veils, with the fire of the love of the Beloved—the veil referred to in the saying: “The most grievous of all veils is the veil of knowledge.” Upon its ashes, We have reared the tabernacle of divine knowledge. We have, praise be to God, burned the “veils of glory” with the fire of the beauty of the Best-Beloved. We have driven from the human heart all else but Him Who is the Desire of the world, and glory therein. We cleave to no knowledge but His Knowledge, and set our hearts on naught save the effulgent glories of His light.

Translation Notes

صمدانی
ṣmdání ṣ-m-d

literal: eternal; eternal, absolute; eternal, everlasting

SE rendered اليوم (al-yúm), متغمّسان (mtghmmsán), بحر (bḥr), علوم (ʿlúm), صمدانی (ṣmdání), ساکنان (sáknán), فُلک (fulk), حکمت (ḥkmt), ربّانی (rbbání) as “In this day, they that are submerged, the ocean, ancient Knowledge, dwell within, the ark, divine wisdom, divine”

اشارات
ishárát sh-y-r

literal: allusions; allusion

SE rendered منيرشان (mnírshán), بحمداللّه (bḥmdálllh), منزّه (mnzzh), از (iz), اشارات (ishárát), مقدّس (mqdds), از (iz), حجبات (ḥjbát) as “Their, praise be to God, sanctified, above, exalted, grievous veils”

اکبر
ikbr k-b-r

literal: greatest; greater; great

SE rendered مقدّس (mqdds), از (iz), حجبات (ḥjbát), حجاب (ḥjáb), اکبر (ikbr), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd), اَلْعِلمُ (alʿilm) as “exalted, above, grievous veils, this densest of all veils, referred to in the saying, knowledge.””

most 38% greater 15% great 13% greatest 5% mighty 5% transcendent 5% greet 5% more 5% surest 5% supreme 5%
ديگر
dígr dígr

literal: other; other, another; other/another

SE rendered نار (nár), محبّت (mḥbbt), يار (yár), سوختيم (súkhtím), خيمه (khímh), ديگر (dígr), برافراختيم (bráfrákhtím), افتخار (iftkhár) as “the fire, the love, the Beloved—the, have consumed, the tabernacle, have reared, glory therein”

another 31% other 15% moreover 15% different 13% yet 6% furthermore 6% again 4% else 4% now 4% following 2%
برافراختيم
bráfrákhtím f-r-kh → “raised” Distinctive

literal: raise; raise, hoist; raised/hoisted

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

raised 50% have 25% waving 25%
نمائيم
nmáʾím nmúdn

literal: do; to do

SE rendered برافراختيم (bráfrákhtím), افتخار (iftkhár), می (mí), نمائيم (nmáʾím), الحمدللّه (al-ḥmdlllh), سبحات (sbḥát), جلال (jlál) as “have reared, glory therein, praise be to God, the “veils, of glory””

abolish 13% do 13% wing 13% again 13% might 13% should 13% may 13% offer 13%
دل
dl dl

literal: heart

SE rendered محبوب (mḥbúb), سوختيم (súkhtím), جز (jz), مقصود (mqṣúd), قلب (qlb), دل (dl), جا (já), نداديم (ndádím), نه (nh), علمی (ʿlmí), جز (jz), علم (ʿlm) as “the Best-Beloved, burned, but, the Desire, the human heart, have driven, no, knowledge, His Knowledge”

heart 38% soul 19% affections 19% hearts 14% cling 5% joyously 5%
جا
já j-y-ʾ

literal: come; came; to come

SE rendered سوختيم (súkhtím), جز (jz), مقصود (mqṣúd), قلب (qlb), دل (dl), جا (já), نداديم (ndádím), نه (nh), علمی (ʿlmí), جز (jz), علم (ʿlm) as “burned, but, the Desire, the human heart, have driven, no, knowledge, His Knowledge”

came 23% hath 23% come 14% am 11% cometh 9% reached 6% strike 6% have 3% time 3% sent 3%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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