Kitáb-i-Íqán — §234

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 234 of 291.

Source (Persian)

و همچنين می فرمايد: "وَ الَّذينَ کَفَرُوا بِآياتِ اللّه وَ لِقائِهِ اولئِکَ يَئِسُوا مِنْ رَحْمَتِی وَ اولئِکَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَليمٌ." و همچنين می فرمايد : "وَ يَقُولُونَ اَئِنّا لَتَارکوا آلِهَتِنا لِشَاعِرٍ مَجنُونٍ." مضمون اين آيه واضح است. مشاهده فرمائيد که بعد از تنزيل آيات چه می گفتند: آيا ما ترک کننده ايم خدايان خود را برای شاعری مجنون ؟ که آن حضرت را شاعر می ناميدند و به آيات الهيّه سخريّه می نمودند و می گفتند: اين کلمات اساطير اوّلين است، يعنی کلماتی است که قبل گفته شده و محمّد آن کلمات را ترکيب نموده می گويد از خداست.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And likewise, He saith: “As for those who believe not in the verses of God, or that they shall ever meet Him, these of My mercy shall despair, and these doth a grievous chastisement await.” Also, “And they say, ‘Shall we then abandon our gods for a crazed poet?’” The implication of this verse is manifest. Behold what they observed after the verses were revealed. They called Him a poet, scoffed at the verses of God, and exclaimed saying: “These words of his are but tales of the Ancients!” By this they meant that those words which were spoken by the peoples of old Muhammad hath compiled and called them the Word of God.

Translation Notes

همچنين

hmchnín hmchnín → “likewise”

literal: likewise; likewise, similarly; similarly, likewise

likewise 62% like 14% similarly 7% also 5% furthermore 3% another 2% again 2% both 2% while 2% moreover 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Likewise gleaningsGWB §150: Both kitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: Moreover epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: again gleaningsGWB §122: similarly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: and epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: with gleaningsGWB §340: while

فرمايد

frmáyd frmúdn → “saith”

literal: say; says

saith 40% hath 15% said 13% revealed 12% will 6% may 3% spoken 3% recorded 3% bestow 2% inflict 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: will gleaningsGWB §625: His object is to kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: He saith:prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: is able to the-hidden-wordsHW §93: I gave will-and-testamentW&T §5: He layeth upon epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: is gleaningsGWB §107: whatsoever be their utterance

کَفَرُوا

kafarúá k-f-r → “those who”

literal: disbelieve; disbelieved; disbelief

have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: they deny gleaningsGWB §35: blasphemy kitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: iniquity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: have denied tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye deny epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: they were unbelievers gleaningsGWB §612: ye have rejected kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: believe not in

بِآياتِ

biáyát ʾ-y-y → “signs”

literal: sign; verse; signs

signs 50% verses 38% words 3% tokens 2% most 1% perspicuous 1% revealed 1% utterance 1% holy 1% clear 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His verses fire-tabletFire §26: utterance gleaningsGWB §96: of the signs of My Revelation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: His verses?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: and of Thine utterance tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by what the-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain thereto will-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse

آلِهَتِنا

álihatiná ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: god; o god

god 85% lord 6% divine 4% god’s 2% almighty 1% divinity 1% righteousness 0% god’s 0% “god 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: towards God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §64: God is Our witness kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: his rejection by God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: our God tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial

لِقائِهِ

liqáʾih l-q-y → “of”

literal: meeting; cast; meeting, encounter

SE rendered کَفَرُوا (kafarúá), بِآياتِ (biáyát), اللّه (al-lh), لِقائِهِ (liqáʾih), اولئِکَ (iwlʾik), يَئِسُوا (yaʾisúá) as “those who, believe not, in, of, God, or”

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 §140: delivered fire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine Presence gleaningsGWB §652: in My Presence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: must meet prayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: beloved tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presence the-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on thee will-and-testamentW&T §5: sowed the seeds

يَئِسُوا

yaʾisúá y-ʾ-s → “or”

literal: despair; despairing; despaired

SE rendered اللّه (al-lh), لِقائِهِ (liqáʾih), اولئِکَ (iwlʾik), يَئِسُوا (yaʾisúá), رَحْمَتِی (raḥmatí), اولئِکَ (iwlʾik) as “in, of, shall despair, or, Him”

despair 50% deprive 10% shattered 10% shatter 10% hopeless 10% blighted 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: despair kitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: deprive himself prayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: of despair will-and-testamentW&T §5: blighted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: shattered every hope prayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: hopeless prayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: shatter not my hopes

رَحْمَتِی

raḥmatí r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: mercy; merciful

mercy 75% grace 13% blessing 6% blessings 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Him Who is the God of mercy fire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassion gleaningsGWB §40: mercies kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §67: of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: Thy grace tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercy tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy

عَذَابٌ

ʿadhábun ʿ-dh-b → “chastisement”

literal: punishment; torment; tormented

chastisement 41% punishment 14% torment 14% tormented 5% terror 5% torments 5% grievous 5% divine 5% painful 5% death 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: terror gleaningsGWB §433: grievous afflictions kitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: suffering prayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: a cooling draught epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: tormented gleaningsGWB §242: persecution kitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: death prayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: chastise

اَليمٌ

alímun ʾ-l-m → “and”

literal: painful; pain; hope

SE rendered اولئِکَ (iwlʾik), عَذَابٌ (ʿadhábun), اَليمٌ (alímun), همچنين (hmchnín), می (mí), فرمايد (frmáyd) as “shall despair, My mercy, and, a grievous chastisement, doth, await.””

grievous 33% painful 11% afflictive 11% whose 11% vexations 11% pains 11% hardships 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: grievous kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: painful prayers-and-meditationsP&M §299: him whose thoughts are fixed on Thee will-and-testamentW&T §32: pains kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: afflictive will-and-testamentW&T §36: hardships will-and-testamentW&T §3: vexations

يَقُولُونَ

yaqúlún q-w-l → “say”

literal: say; saying

say 73% whose 9% will 9% mouths 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: words gleaningsGWB §213: these words kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speaketh kitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: the saying:prayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: let him say tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made reply tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimed the-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly

لَتَارکوا

latárkúá t-r-k → “have” Distinctive

literal: abandon; leave/abandon

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

have 19% cast 14% abandoned 14% renounce 10% forsaken 10% thou 10% wilt 10% darkness 5% discarded 5% noted 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have put away fire-tabletFire §18: been forsaken gleaningsGWB §467: who forsook kitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: leave prayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: Thou hast abandoned me the-hidden-wordsHW §20: hast thou forsaken Me epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: cast away fire-tabletFire §2: been abandoned

لِشَاعِرٍ

lisháʿirin sh-ʿ-r

literal: hair; indicating; perceive

SE rendered اَئِنّا (aʾinná), لَتَارکوا (latárkúá), آلِهَتِنا (álihatiná), لِشَاعِرٍ (lisháʿirin), مَجنُونٍ (majnúnin), مضمون (mḍmún) as “they say, ‘Shall, abandon, our, gods for”

poet 29% know 14% crazed 14% oblivious 14% aware 14% unmindful 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: indicating gleaningsGWB §616: shake off their slumber kitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: indicative of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every hair of my head will-and-testamentW&T §5: a hair’s epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand not gleaningsGWB §566: may be roused from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: oblivious

مَجنُونٍ

majnúnin j-n-n → “paradise” Distinctive

literal: paradise

This form usually rendered as “possessed” (2 occurrences)

paradise 65% beloved 7% all 5% heavenly 4% heaven 4% lunatic 4% “paradise” 4% folly 4% possessed 2% garden 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: possessed gleaningsGWB §56: the Paradise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “paradise,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: this Paradise tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: the highest paradise the-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly home will-and-testamentW&T §36: with all my heart epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Garden

مضمون

mḍmún ḍ-m-n → “similar”

literal: meaning; content/meaning

similar 25% theme 13% such 13% purport 13% meaning 13% implication 13% text 13%

gleaningsGWB §151: this theme kitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: reference will-and-testamentW&T §7: text kitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: similar kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Similar statements kitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: the meaning kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: The implication kitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: such as these

واضح

wáḍḥ w-ḍ-ḥ

literal: clear; clear, evident; clear/evident

SE rendered مَجنُونٍ (majnúnin), مضمون (mḍmún), آيه (áyh), واضح (wáḍḥ), مشاهده (msháhdh), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd) as “our, gods for, The, implication”

evident 27% clear 17% manifest 17% clearly 10% lucid 7% unmistakable 7% surest 5% luminous 5% exposed 2% sufficient 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: is unmistakable gleaningsGWB §397: sufficient kitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: the the-hidden-wordsHW §137: open epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: so manifest gleaningsGWB §91: is evident kitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: clearly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: evident

مشاهده

msháhdh sh-h-d → “the”

literal: witness; observation; witnessed

SE rendered مضمون (mḍmún), آيه (áyh), واضح (wáḍḥ), مشاهده (msháhdh), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), از (iz), تنزيل (tnzíl), آيات (áyát) as “gods for, The, implication, verse, is, manifest”

behold 31% witness 14% perceive 11% consider 9% found 8% beholding 6% will 6% witnessed 6% discover 5% beheld 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: testify fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §125: Thou dost witness kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sacrifice prayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: testified to tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witness the-hidden-wordsHW §3: see

تنزيل

tnzíl n-z-l → “is”

literal: descending; descend

SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh), فرمائيد (frmáʾíd), از (iz), تنزيل (tnzíl), آيات (áyát), چه (chh), می (mí), گفتند (gftnd), آيا (áyá), ترک (trk) as “The, implication, verse, is, manifest, Behold, what, observed”

revelation 33% descend 17% revealing 17% descended 17% revealed 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: revealing gleaningsGWB §630: to rain down kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: as unfolded by these utterances prayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: the Inflictor tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descend the-hidden-wordsHW §113: for that which perisheth

گفتند

gftnd gftn → “what” Distinctive

literal: say; to say; said

This form usually rendered as “said”, “exclaimed”, “saying” (21 occurrences)

said 14% exclaimed 14% saying 14% protested 14% cried 7% affirmed 7% say 7% what 7% uttered 7% denounced 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: stated gleaningsGWB §118: how can I confess kitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: their contention the-hidden-wordsHW §139: Cry aloud will-and-testamentW&T §17: will not openly declare epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: they have said gleaningsGWB §191: murmur against kitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: uttered

کننده

knndh k-r-d → “voiced” Distinctive

literal: do; doer; to do

This form usually rendered as “one” (6 occurrences)

voiced 14% suffer 14% content 14% one 14% make 14% loose 14% forgotten 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: voiced gleaningsGWB §677: suffer not kitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: the one that withholdeth the-hidden-wordsHW §107: Make epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: be kitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: content the-hidden-wordsHW §93: forgotten the-hidden-wordsHW §107: not

ايم

iym h-s-t

literal: are; be; is

SE rendered می (mí), گفتند (gftnd), آيا (áyá), ترک (trk), کننده (knndh), ايم (iym), خدايان (khdáyán), برای (bráy), شاعری (sháʿrí), مجنون (mjnún) as “Behold, what, observed, after, the verses, They”

am 18% still 9% into 9% ye 9% source 9% existence 9% hath 9% destitute 9% have 9% neither 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: is gleaningsGWB §100: am kitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: are they epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: existence gleaningsGWB §126: hath ever been kitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: He is epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: into the world of being gleaningsGWB §93: They are

خدايان

khdáyán kh-d-y → “god”

literal: god; gods

god 75% word 25%

gleaningsGWB §363: God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: the Word of God

حضرت

ḥḍrt ḥ-ḍ-r → “majesty”

literal: presence/holiness

majesty 44% honor 10% great 10% holiness 10% commander 7% who 5% excellency 3% unto 3% imam 3% embodiments 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: Majesty gleaningsGWB §41: Him kitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: God, Himself prayers-and-meditationsP&M §148: Thy loftiness the-hidden-wordsHW §93: gathered will-and-testamentW&T §17: His Holiness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: those gleaningsGWB §492: thy station

ناميدند

námídnd n-ʾ-m → “called”

literal: call

called 30% named 20% designated 10% surnamed 10% letter 10% given 10% laid 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: surnamed gleaningsGWB §346: was given the name kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: They called epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: designated gleaningsGWB §142: letter kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: called epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: were called gleaningsGWB §37: laid claim to the station of

سخريّه

skhrírh s-kh-r → “thou” Distinctive

literal: mockery; subdue; to mock

This form usually rendered as “derided”, “scoffed”, “scorn” (4 occurrences)

derided 33% scoffed 33% scorn 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast subjected gleaningsGWB §580: can subdue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: subdued prayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: hast subdued epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: imposed laws gleaningsGWB §670: be empowered to subdue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: derided prayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: Thou didst subdue

نمودند

nmúdnd nmúdn → “have”

literal: do; to do; show

have 45% hath 11% suffered 8% sought 8% spoke 5% caused 5% arose 5% put 5% winged 5% arrested 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: ye gleaningsGWB §191: It behooveth you to kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Give kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: been upheld prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: can cause the-hidden-wordsHW §75: seekest to attain will-and-testamentW&T §56: offer epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: hesitated

کلمات

klmát k-l-m

literal: word; words

SE rendered نمودند (nmúdnd), می (mí), گفتند (gftnd), کلمات (klmát), اساطير (isáṭír), اوّلين (iwwlín), يعنی (yʿní) as “exclaimed, saying, of his are but tales, of the Ancients!”, By this they meant”