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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §240

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 240 of 291.

Source (Persian)

چنانچه اليوم مشاهده می کنيد چه سخن های لغو که به آن جوهر بقا گفتهاند و چه نسبت ها و خطاها که به آن منبع و معدن عصمت دادهاند. با اينکه در کتاب الهی و لوح قدس صمدانی در جميع اوراق و کلمات، انذار فرموده مکذّبين و معرضين آيات منزله را و بشارت فرموده مقبلين آن را، با وجود اين چقدر اعتراضات که بر آيات منزله از سماوات قدسيّه بدعيّه نمودهاند. و حال آنکه چشم امکان چنين فضلی نديده و قوّه سمع اکوان چنين عنايتی نشنيده که آيات به مثابه غيث نيسانی از غمام رحمت رحمانی جاری و نازل شود. چه که انبيای اولوالعزم که عظمت قدر و رفعت مقامشان چون شمس واضح و لائح است مفتخر شدند هر کدام به کتابی که در دست هست و مشاهده شده وآيات آن احصا گشته و از اين غمام رحمت رحمانی اين قدر نازل شده که هنوز احدی احصا ننموده. چنانچه بيست مجلّد الآن به دست می آيد و چه مقدار که هنوز به دست نيامده و چه مقدار هم که تاراج شده و به دست مشرکين افتاده و معلوم نيست چه کردهاند.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

In like manner, thou observest in this day with what vile imputations they have assailed that Gem of Immortality, and what unspeakable transgressions they have heaped upon Him Who is the Source of purity. Although God hath throughout His Book and in His holy and immortal Tablet warned them that deny and repudiate the revealed verses, and hath announced His grace unto them that accept them, yet behold the unnumbered cavils they raised against those verses which have been sent down from the new heaven of God’s eternal holiness! This, notwithstanding the fact that no eye hath beheld so great an outpouring of bounty, nor hath any ear heard of such a revelation of lovingkindness. Such bounty and revelation have been made manifest, that the revealed verses seemed as vernal showers raining from the clouds of the mercy of the All-Bountiful. The Prophets “endowed with constancy,” whose loftiness and glory shine as the sun, were each honoured with a Book which all have seen, and the verses of which have been duly ascertained. Whereas the verses which have rained from this Cloud of divine mercy have been so abundant that none hath yet been able to estimate their number. A score of volumes are now available. How many still remain beyond our reach! How many have been plundered and have fallen into the hands of the enemy, the fate of which none knoweth.

Translation Notes

می
m-y-y

literal: present continuous marker; continuous-marker

SE rendered چنانچه (chnánchh)اليوم (al-yúm)مشاهده (msháhdh)می (mí)کنيد (kníd)چه (chh)سخن (skhn)های (háy)لغو (lghú) as “In like manner, this day, observest, hath, what vile imputations”

3 occurrences in corpus

سخن
skhn s-kh-n

literal: word; word/speech

SE rendered چنانچه (chnánchh)اليوم (al-yúm)مشاهده (msháhdh)می (mí)کنيد (kníd)چه (chh)سخن (skhn)های (háy)لغو (lghú)جوهر (júhr)بقا (bqá)گفتهاند (gfthánd) as “In like manner, this day, observest, hath, what vile imputations, Gem, Immortality, have assailed”

های
háy null

literal: and; that; in

SE rendered اليوم (al-yúm)مشاهده (msháhdh)می (mí)کنيد (kníd)چه (chh)سخن (skhn)های (háy)لغو (lghú)جوهر (júhr)بقا (bqá)گفتهاند (gfthánd) as “this day, observest, hath, what vile imputations, Gem, Immortality, have assailed”

لغو
lghú l-gh-w

literal: vain; word; vain, idle, useless

SE rendered اليوم (al-yúm)مشاهده (msháhdh)می (mí)کنيد (kníd)چه (chh)سخن (skhn)های (háy)لغو (lghú)جوهر (júhr)بقا (bqá)گفتهاند (gfthánd) as “this day, observest, hath, what vile imputations, Gem, Immortality, have assailed”

نسبت
nsbt n-s-b

literal: attribution; relation; attributed

SE rendered جوهر (júhr)بقا (bqá)گفتهاند (gfthánd)چه (chh)نسبت (nsbt)ها (há)خطاها (khṭáhá)منبع (mnbʿ) as “Gem, Immortality, have assailed, what unspeakable transgressions, Source”

ها
w-j-h

literal: face; attention; turning

SE rendered جوهر (júhr)بقا (bqá)گفتهاند (gfthánd)چه (chh)نسبت (nsbt)ها (há)خطاها (khṭáhá)منبع (mnbʿ) as “Gem, Immortality, have assailed, what unspeakable transgressions, Source”

face 35% faces 12% countenance 10% set 10% sake 9% turn 8% turning 7% turned 4% setting 3% have 2%
خطاها
khṭáhá kh-ṭ-ʾ

literal: error; error, sin; error, transgression

SE rendered بقا (bqá)گفتهاند (gfthánd)چه (chh)نسبت (nsbt)ها (há)خطاها (khṭáhá)منبع (mnbʿ)معدن (mʿdn)عصمت (ʿṣmt) as “Immortality, have assailed, what unspeakable transgressions, Source, purity”

trespasses 50% path 50%
معدن
mʿdn ʿ-d-n

literal: mine, source; mine

SE rendered منبع (mnbʿ)معدن (mʿdn)عصمت (ʿṣmt)دادهاند (dádhánd) as “Source, purity, have heaped”

mine 86% tablets 14%
اينکه
iynkh ʾ-y-n “this”

literal: this; where; these

SE rendered منبع (mnbʿ)معدن (mʿdn)عصمت (ʿṣmt)دادهاند (dádhánd)اينکه (iynkh)کتاب (ktáb)الهی (al-hí)لوح (lúḥ)قدس (qds)صمدانی (ṣmdání) as “Source, purity, have heaped, Book, God, Tablet, holy and immortal, eternal”

اوراق
iwráq w-r-q

literal: leaf; leaves

SE rendered الهی (al-hí)لوح (lúḥ)قدس (qds)صمدانی (ṣmdání)جميع (jmíʿ)اوراق (iwráq)کلمات، (klmát،)انذار (indhár)فرموده (frmúdh)مکذّبين (mkdhdhbín) as “God, Tablet, holy and immortal, eternal, throughout, warned, them, that deny and repudiate”

کلمات،
klmát، k-l-m

literal: word; words

SE rendered قدس (qds)صمدانی (ṣmdání)جميع (jmíʿ)اوراق (iwráq)کلمات، (klmát،)انذار (indhár)فرموده (frmúdh)مکذّبين (mkdhdhbín) as “holy and immortal, eternal, throughout, warned, them, that deny and repudiate”

words 63% utterances 10% word 10% utterance 4% terms 4% sayings 2% which 2% mysteries 2% vain 2% holy 2%
از

literal: from

SE rendered چقدر (chqdr)اعتراضات (iʿtráḍát)بر (br)آيات (áyát)منزله (mnzlh)از (iz)سماوات (smáwát)قدسيّه (qdsísh)بدعيّه (bdʿíʿh)نمودهاند (nmúdhánd) as “the unnumbered, cavils, against, verses, been sent down, from, heaven, holiness, new, they raised”

23 occurrences in corpus

آنکه
ánkh ʾ-n “that”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

SE rendered قدسيّه (qdsísh)بدعيّه (bdʿíʿh)نمودهاند (nmúdhánd)حال (ḥál)آنکه (ánkh)چشم (chshm)امکان (imkán)چنين (chnín)فضلی (fḍlí)نديده (ndídh) as “holiness, new, they raised, This, notwithstanding, eye, such, so great an outpouring, hath beheld”

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%
امکان
imkán m-k-n

literal: possibility; possible; possible things

SE rendered نمودهاند (nmúdhánd)حال (ḥál)آنکه (ánkh)چشم (chshm)امکان (imkán)چنين (chnín)فضلی (fḍlí)نديده (ndídh)قوّه (qúqh)سمع (smʿ) as “they raised, This, notwithstanding, eye, such, so great an outpouring, hath beheld, hath any, ear”

all 39% creation 16% entire 10% contingent 10% world 6% created 6% every 3% eye 3% man 3% placeless 3%
مثابه
mthábh m-th-l “as”

literal: like; likeness

SE rendered چنين (chnín)عنايتی (ʿnáytí)نشنيده (nshnídh)آيات (áyát)مثابه (mthábh)غيث (ghíth)نيسانی (nísání)از (iz)غمام (ghmám)رحمت (rḥmt)رحمانی (rḥmání) as “such, lovingkindness, heard, revealed verses, as, showers, vernal, from, clouds, mercy of the All-Bountiful”

even 33% clear 33% like 33%
غيث

literal: rain; rain/abundance

showers 75% rain 25%
اولوالعزم

literal: resolution; possessors of constancy; determination, constancy

SE expanded to ““endowed with constancy,””

مقامشان
mqámshán q-w-m

literal: station; people; place

SE rendered اولوالعزم (iwlúálʿzm)عظمت (ʿẓmt)قدر (qdr)رفعت (rfʿt)مقامشان (mqámshán)چون (chún)شمس (shms)واضح (wáḍḥ)لائح (láʾḥ)مفتخر (mftkhr) as ““endowed with constancy,”, glory, loftiness, sun, shine, honoured”

چون
chún ch-w-n

literal: when; as

SE rendered عظمت (ʿẓmt)قدر (qdr)رفعت (rfʿt)مقامشان (mqámshán)چون (chún)شمس (shms)واضح (wáḍḥ)لائح (láʾḥ)مفتخر (mftkhr)شدند (shdnd) as “glory, loftiness, sun, shine, honoured, were each”

“when 20% inasmuch 20% soon 20% “inasmuch 20% even 20%
واضح
wáḍḥ w-ḍ-ḥ

literal: clear; clear, evident; clear/evident

SE rendered رفعت (rfʿt)مقامشان (mqámshán)چون (chún)شمس (shms)واضح (wáḍḥ)لائح (láʾḥ)مفتخر (mftkhr)شدند (shdnd) as “loftiness, sun, shine, honoured, were each”

هر
hr h-r

literal: every; every/each; each

SE rendered شمس (shms)واضح (wáḍḥ)لائح (láʾḥ)مفتخر (mftkhr)شدند (shdnd)هر (hr)کدام (kdám)کتابی (ktábí)دست (dst)هست (hst) as “sun, shine, honoured, were each, Book, are”

کدام
kdám k-d-m

literal: which

SE rendered لائح (láʾḥ)مفتخر (mftkhr)شدند (shdnd)هر (hr)کدام (kdám)کتابی (ktábí)دست (dst)هست (hst) as “shine, honoured, were each, Book, are”

3 occurrences in corpus

احصا
iḥṣá ḥ-ṣ-y

literal: counted; enumeration; enumeration/counting

SE rendered هست (hst)مشاهده (msháhdh)وآيات (wáyát)احصا (iḥṣá)گشته (gshth)از (iz)غمام (ghmám)رحمت (rḥmt) as “are, verses, from, Cloud, mercy”

گشته
gshth g-sh-t

literal: become; became; to become

SE rendered وآيات (wáyát)احصا (iḥṣá)گشته (gshth)از (iz)غمام (ghmám)رحمت (rḥmt) as “verses, from, Cloud, mercy”

hath 24% made 18% returned 12% have 12% attained 6% forsook 6% manifested 6% illumined 6% opened 6% risen 6%
هنوز
hnúz h-n-w “still”

literal: still; still, yet

still 67% yet 33%
بيست

literal: twenty

1 occurrence in corpus

آيد
áyd ʾ-y-d

literal: may aid

SE rendered بيست (bíst)مجلّد (mjlld)الآن (an-n)دست (dst)می (mí)آيد (áyd)چه (chh)مقدار (mqdár)هنوز (hnúz)دست (dst)نيامده (níámdh) as “A score, volumes, now, How many, have, still, remain beyond our reach”

assist 50% may 17% aid 17% “seal.” 17%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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