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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §221

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 221 of 291.

Source (Persian)

چنانچه جميع ما يحتاج آن امّت از احکام دين و شريعت سيّد المرسلين در آن رضوان مبين موجود و معيّن گشته. و آن است حجّت باقيه برای اهلش بعد از نقطه فرقان زيرا مسلّم است حکم آن و محقّق الوقوع است امر آن. و جميع مأمور به اتّباع آن بودهاند تا ظهور بديع در سنه ستّين. و آن است که طالبان را به رضوان وصال می رساند و مجاهدان و مهاجران را به سرادق قرب فائز فرمايد. دليلی است محکم و حجّتی است اعظم. و غير آن را از روايات و کتب و احاديث اين فخر نه زيرا حديث و صاحبان حديث، وجود وقولشان به حکم کتاب ثابت و محقّق شده. و ديگر آنکه در احاديث اختلاف بسيار است و شبهه بی شمار.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

All the things that people required in connection with the Revelation of Muhammad and His laws were to be found revealed and manifest in that Ridván of resplendent glory. That Book constitutes an abiding testimony to its people after Muhammad, inasmuch as its decrees are indisputable, and its promise unfailing. All have been enjoined to follow the precepts of that Book until “the year sixty” —the year of the advent of God’s wondrous Manifestation. That Book is the Book which unfailingly leadeth the seeker unto the Ridván of the divine Presence, and causeth him that hath forsaken his country and is treading the seeker’s path to enter the Tabernacle of everlasting reunion. Its guidance can never err, its testimony no other testimony can excel. All other traditions, all other books and records, are bereft of such distinction, inasmuch as both the traditions and they that have spoken them are confirmed and proven solely by the text of that Book. Moreover, the traditions themselves grievously differ, and their obscurities are manifold.

Translation Notes

امّت
immt ʾ-m-m

literal: nations; before; nation

SE rendered چنانچه (chnánchh)جميع (jmíʿ)يحتاج (yḥtáj)امّت (immt)از (iz)احکام (iḥkám)دين (dín)شريعت (shríʿt) as “All the things, that people required, in connection with, laws, Revelation”

followers 50% people 50%
دين
dín d-y-n

literal: religion; religions

SE rendered يحتاج (yḥtáj)امّت (immt)از (iz)احکام (iḥkám)دين (dín)شريعت (shríʿt)سيّد (sísd)المرسلين (al-mrslín) as “that people required, in connection with, laws, Revelation, Muhammad”

سيّد
sísd s-y-d

literal: lord; master/lord

SE rendered از (iz)احکام (iḥkám)دين (dín)شريعت (shríʿt)سيّد (sísd)المرسلين (al-mrslín)رضوان (rḍúán)مبين (mbín) as “in connection with, laws, Revelation, Muhammad, Ridván, resplendent glory”

siyyid 29% lord 29% prince 14% cynosure 14% “prince 14%
برای
bráy b-r-y “to”

literal: for

SE rendered گشته (gshth)حجّت (ḥjjt)باقيه (báqíh)برای (bráy)اهلش (ihlsh)از (iz)نقطه (nqṭh)فرقان (frqán)زيرا (zírá) as “were, testimony, abiding, to, its people, Muhammad, inasmuch as”

wherefore 50% light 50%
فرقان
frqán f-r-q

literal: separation; criterion; difference

SE rendered باقيه (báqíh)برای (bráy)اهلش (ihlsh)از (iz)نقطه (nqṭh)فرقان (frqán)زيرا (zírá)مسلّم (msllm)حکم (ḥkm)محقّق (mḥqqq) as “abiding, to, its people, Muhammad, inasmuch as, decrees, God”

مسلّم
msllm s-l-m

literal: peace; submission; greeted

SE rendered اهلش (ihlsh)از (iz)نقطه (nqṭh)فرقان (frqán)زيرا (zírá)مسلّم (msllm)حکم (ḥkm)محقّق (mḥqqq)الوقوع (al-wqúʿ) as “its people, Muhammad, inasmuch as, decrees, God, unfailing”

ستّين
sttín s-t-y “praised”

literal: praise

2 occurrences in corpus

می
m-y-y

literal: present continuous marker; continuous-marker

SE rendered طالبان (ṭálbán)رضوان (rḍúán)وصال (wṣál)می (mí)رساند (rsánd)مجاهدان (mjáhdán)مهاجران (mhájrán) as “seeker, Ridván, reunion, leadeth, that hath forsaken”

3 occurrences in corpus

مجاهدان
mjáhdán j-h-d

literal: effort; striving; striver

SE rendered رضوان (rḍúán)وصال (wṣál)می (mí)رساند (rsánd)مجاهدان (mjáhdán)مهاجران (mhájrán)سرادق (srádq)قرب (qrb) as “Ridván, reunion, leadeth, that hath forsaken, Tabernacle, Presence”

strive 34% war 10% exert 7% strivers 7% utmost 7% efforts 7% true 7% wayfarers 7% maketh 7% earnest 7%
فائز
fáʾz f-w-z

literal: attain

SE rendered مهاجران (mhájrán)سرادق (srádq)قرب (qrb)فائز (fáʾz)فرمايد (frmáyd)دليلی (dlílí)محکم (mḥkm) as “that hath forsaken, Tabernacle, Presence, causeth, guidance”

اعظم
iʿẓm ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered دليلی (dlílí)محکم (mḥkm)حجّتی (ḥjjtí)اعظم (iʿẓm)غير (ghír)از (iz)روايات (rúáyát)کتب (ktb) as “guidance, testimony, other traditions, all other, books”

روايات
rúáyát r-w-y

literal: tradition

SE rendered غير (ghír)از (iz)روايات (rúáyát)کتب (ktb)احاديث (iḥádíth)فخر (fkhr) as “other traditions, all other, books, traditions, distinction”

نه
nh n-h-y

literal: end; ended; utmost

SE rendered کتب (ktb)احاديث (iḥádíth)فخر (fkhr)نه (nh)زيرا (zírá)حديث (ḥdíth)صاحبان (ṣáḥbán) as “books, traditions, distinction, inasmuch as, the traditions, they that”

end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
وقولشان
wqúlshán و ق-w-l “have”

literal: their saying, their speech

1 occurrence in corpus

آنکه
ánkh ʾ-n “that”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

SE rendered ثابت (thábt)محقّق (mḥqqq)ديگر (dígr)آنکه (ánkh)احاديث (iḥádíth)اختلاف (ikhtláf) as “confirmed, proven, other, differ”

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%
بسيار
bsíár b-s-r

literal: many

SE rendered ديگر (dígr)آنکه (ánkh)احاديث (iḥádíth)اختلاف (ikhtláf)بسيار (bsíár)شبهه (shbhh)بی (bí)شمار (shmár) as “other, differ, obscurities, are, manifold”

manifold 20% how 10% divers 10% unnumbered 10% frequently 10% cherish 10% many 10% old 10% meditate 10%
بی
b-y “are”

literal: without; is; to

5 occurrences in corpus

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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