Kitáb-i-Íqán — §211
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 211 of 291.
Source (Persian)
باری ای برادر من، لئالی علم ربّانی جز از معدن الهی بدست نيايد و رائحه ريحان معنوی جز از گلزار حقيقی استشمام نشود و گل های علوم احديّه جز از مدينه قلوب صافيه نرويد. "و البَلَدُ الطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُ بِإذْنِ رَبِّهِ وَ الَّذی خَبُثَ لا يَخرُجُ إلّا نَکِداً ."
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O my brother! A divine Mine only can yield the gems of divine knowledge, and the fragrance of the mystic Flower can be inhaled only in the ideal Garden, and the lilies of ancient wisdom can blossom nowhere except in the city of a stainless heart. “In a rich soil, its plants spring forth abundantly by permission of its Lord, and in that soil which is bad, they spring forth but scantily.”
Translation Notes
SE rendered باری (bárí), برادر (brádr), لئالی (lʾálí), علم (ʿlm) as “brother, gems, knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: in the night-seasongleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night seasonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: by nightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a night
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: and sciencesfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §413: Object of all knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: be knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: Thou art awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §30: Lord thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: divinely-learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: 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 §111: Lords
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: uttered by Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §531: By the righteousness of the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE rendered علم (ʿlm), ربّانی (rbbání), جز (jz), از (iz), معدن (mʿdn), الهی (al-hí), بدست (bdst), نيايد (níáyd), رائحه (ráʾḥh), ريحان (ríḥán), معنوی (mʿnúy), جز (jz) as “knowledge, only, Mine, divine, yield, fragrance, mystic”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: bygleaningsGWB §312: unto theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: into the graspwill-and-testamentW&T §54: openedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: by his own handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: handwill-and-testamentW&T §9: into alien handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: into the hands
This form usually rendered as “only”, “should”, “enter” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: reinforcinggleaningsGWB §698: strengthenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: will beholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §670: Assist themthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: approachwill-and-testamentW&T §26: Give them Thy graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: to assist themgleaningsGWB §154: the quickening power
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Our soulsfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §176: of the Divine Spiritkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: and rapturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §71: fragrances
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: His loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §40: eternalkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: outpouring of Its graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: Thy lovethe-hidden-wordsHW §68: by My favorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: unto GodgleaningsGWB §449: Who is the Eternal Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: truth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have thereby deservedthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §27: He, the True Oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: unto that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §570: a mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: thattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: no mangleaningsGWB §682: My divine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: citadelsgleaningsGWB §555: from the Citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: In these citiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: Tabernacletablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: of its citieswill-and-testamentW&T §3: to the Great Cityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: unto the citiesgleaningsGWB §230: native city
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: the heartsgleaningsGWB §662: his heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: to any heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: all his affectionstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: souls
This form usually rendered as “crystal”, “sanctified”, “stainless” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: purityfire-tabletFire §27: and puritygleaningsGWB §477: having chosen theekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: chosenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: immaculateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: Thy transcendent attributesthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: choicestwill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Ones
This form usually rendered as “can” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “sacred”, “city”, “soil” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: in every citygleaningsGWB §515: your citieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: every cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: of citiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: neighborwill-and-testamentW&T §13: all regionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: all that dwell on earthgleaningsGWB §525: and dominions
This form usually rendered as “goodly”, “pure”, “human” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: gain easegleaningsGWB §598: righteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: sweetnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: fragrantthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: a pure heartwill-and-testamentW&T §29: Well is it withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: of the human heartgleaningsGWB §172: pure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: “BegonegleaningsGWB §466: departed outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: spring forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: have set outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: drawn forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §17: cast him outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: foreign
gleaningsGWB §312: bringeth forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: germinateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: caused to spring forththe-hidden-wordsHW §108: spring upwill-and-testamentW&T §16: branchedgleaningsGWB §82: tender herbskitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: plantsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §516: The plants that have sprung forth
leave 31% ear 24% permission 21% attentive 3% ordained 3% will 3% acceptance 3% bounds 3% sanction 3% any 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: by My leavegleaningsGWB §486: by the leavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: by the permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: permittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the ear of mangleaningsGWB §619: his ear
This form usually rendered as “bad” (1 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
