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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §261

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 261 of 291.

Source (Persian)

آيا صاحب اين بيان را می توان نسبت داد که درغير صراط الهی مشی می نمايد و يا به غير رضای او امری طلب نموده ؟ در همين آيه نسيم انقطاعی مکنون شده که اگر بوزد جميع هياکل وجود جان را انفاق نمايند و از روان در گذرند. حال ملاحظه نمائيد که چقدر ناس نسناساند و به غايت حق ّ ناسپاس که چشم از جميع اينها پوشيدهاند و به عقب مرداری چند که از بطنشان افغان مال مسلمانان می آيد می دوند. و با وجود اين چه نسبت های غير لائقه که به مطالع قدسيّه می دهند. کَذلِکَ نَذْکُرُ لَکَ ما اکْتَسَبَتْ اَيْدِی الّذينَ هُم کَفَروا و اَعْرَضُوا عَن لِقاء اللّه فی يَوم القِيامة وَ عَذَّبَهُم اللّهُ بِنارِ شِرکِهِم وَ اَعَدَّ لَهُم فِی الآخِرَةِ عَذاباً تَحتَرِقُ بِهِ اَجسادُهُم وَ اَروَاحُهُم ذلِکَ بِاَنَّهُم قالُوا إنَّ اللّهَ لَمْ يَکُنْ قادراً عَلی شَيْءٍ و کانَتْ يَدُهُ عَنِ الفَضلِ مَغلُولَةً.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Could the Revealer of such utterance be regarded as walking any way but the way of God, and as having yearned for aught else except His good-pleasure? In this very verse there lieth concealed a breath of detachment, which if it were to be breathed full upon the world, all beings would renounce their lives, and sacrifice their souls. Reflect upon the villainous behaviour of this generation, and witness their astounding ingratitude. Observe how they have closed their eyes to all this glory, and are abjectly pursuing those foul carcasses from whose bellies ascendeth the cry of the swallowed substance of the faithful. And yet, what unseemly calumnies they have hurled against those Daysprings of Holiness? Thus do We recount unto thee that which the hands of the infidels have wrought, they who, in the Day of Resurrection, have turned their face away from the divine Presence, whom God hath tormented with the fire of their own misbelief, and for whom He hath prepared in the world to come a chastisement which shall devour both their bodies and souls. For these have said: “God is powerless, and His hand of mercy is fettered.”

Translation Notes

می
m-y-y

literal: present continuous marker; continuous-marker

SE rendered آيا (áyá)صاحب (ṣáḥb)بيان (bíán)می (mí)توان (túán)نسبت (nsbt)داد (dád)درغير (drghír)صراط (ṣráṭ) as “Could, Revealer, utterance, regarded, any way but, the way”

3 occurrences in corpus

توان
túán t-w-n

literal: can; to be able; power

SE rendered آيا (áyá)صاحب (ṣáḥb)بيان (bíán)می (mí)توان (túán)نسبت (nsbt)داد (dád)درغير (drghír)صراط (ṣráṭ)الهی (al-hí) as “Could, Revealer, utterance, regarded, any way but, the way, God”

dare 33% claim 33% almighty 33%
داد
dád d-ʾ-d

literal: give; to give; given

SE rendered صاحب (ṣáḥb)بيان (bíán)می (mí)توان (túán)نسبت (nsbt)داد (dád)درغير (drghír)صراط (ṣráṭ)الهی (al-hí)مشی (mshí)می (mí)نمايد (nmáyd) as “Revealer, utterance, regarded, any way but, the way, God, walking”

hath 29% equity 14% have 14% applicable 14% imparted 14% had 14%
مشی
mshí m-sh-y

literal: walk; to walk; walking

SE rendered نسبت (nsbt)داد (dád)درغير (drghír)صراط (ṣráṭ)الهی (al-hí)مشی (mshí)می (mí)نمايد (nmáyd)غير (ghír)رضای (rḍáy) as “regarded, any way but, the way, God, walking, aught else, good-pleasure”

tread 40% walking 20% ways 20% walk 20%
امری
imrí ʾ-m-r

literal: command; cause

SE rendered نمايد (nmáyd)غير (ghír)رضای (rḍáy)امری (imrí)طلب (ṭlb)نموده (nmúdh)همين (hmín)آيه (áyh)نسيم (nsím) as “walking, aught else, good-pleasure, yearned, hath, this very, verse, breath”

وجود
wjúd w-j-d

literal: existence; existent

SE rendered بوزد (búzd)جميع (jmíʿ)هياکل (híákl)وجود (wjúd)جان (ján)انفاق (infáq)نمايند (nmáynd)از (iz)روان (rúán) as “breathed, all, beings, lives, renounce, hath, souls”

از
iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered هياکل (híákl)وجود (wjúd)جان (ján)انفاق (infáq)نمايند (nmáynd)از (iz)روان (rúán)گذرند (gdhrnd)حال (ḥál)ملاحظه (mláḥẓh)نمائيد (nmáʾíd) as “beings, lives, renounce, hath, souls, Reflect, do”

23 occurrences in corpus

گذرند
gdhrnd g-dh-r

literal: pass; place; passed

SE rendered انفاق (infáq)نمايند (nmáynd)از (iz)روان (rúán)گذرند (gdhrnd)حال (ḥál)ملاحظه (mláḥẓh)نمائيد (nmáʾíd)چقدر (chqdr)ناس (nás) as “renounce, hath, souls, Reflect, do, how, generation”

renounced 23% renounce 17% have 13% abandon 10% pass 10% leave 7% relinquish 7% forsake 7% past 3% before 3%
حال
ḥál ḥ-w-l

literal: state; now

SE rendered نمايند (nmáynd)از (iz)روان (rúán)گذرند (gdhrnd)حال (ḥál)ملاحظه (mláḥẓh)نمائيد (nmáʾíd)چقدر (chqdr)ناس (nás)نسناساند (nsnásánd) as “hath, souls, Reflect, do, how, generation, villainous”

now 57% consider 11% present 8% reflect 5% behold 5% state 4% how 3% today 3% what 3% ponder 3%
نسناساند
nsnásánd n-s-n-s “villainous”

literal: are inhuman/beastly

1 occurrence in corpus

غايت
gháyt gh-y-t “highest”

literal: extreme, utmost; extreme; utmost, end

5 occurrences in corpus

حق
ḥq ḥ-q-q

literal: truth; true; right

SE rendered چقدر (chqdr)ناس (nás)نسناساند (nsnásánd)غايت (gháyt)حق (ḥq)ناسپاس (náspás)چشم (chshm)از (iz)جميع (jmíʿ)اينها (iynhá) as “how, generation, villainous, abjectly, ingratitude, eyes, all, those”

truth 50% god 14% true 10% one 9% eternal 7% through 3% right 2% righteousness 2% unto 1% who 1%
عقب
ʿqb ʿ-q-b

literal: height

SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ)اينها (iynhá)پوشيدهاند (púshídhánd)عقب (ʿqb)مرداری (mrdárí)چند (chnd)از (iz)بطنشان (bṭnshán)افغان (ifghán) as “all, those, closed, foul carcasses, bellies, cry”

followed 33% awaiteth 33% height 17% hill 17%
چند
chnd ch-n-d

literal: some; several; how many, several

SE rendered اينها (iynhá)پوشيدهاند (púshídhánd)عقب (ʿqb)مرداری (mrdárí)چند (chnd)از (iz)بطنشان (bṭnshán)افغان (ifghán)مال (mál)مسلمانان (mslmánán) as “those, closed, foul carcasses, bellies, cry, substance, faithful”

thousands 20% who 20% number 20% certain 20% few 20%
دوند
dúnd d-w-d “best-beloved” Distinctive

literal: smoke; friend; run

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

های
háy null

literal: and; that; in

SE rendered دوند (dúnd)وجود (wjúd)چه (chh)نسبت (nsbt)های (háy)غير (ghír)لائقه (láʾqh)مطالع (mṭálʿ)قدسيّه (qdsísh) as “pursuing, what, calumnies, unseemly, Daysprings, Holiness”

لائقه
láʾqh l-y-q

literal: worthy; befit; befits

SE rendered وجود (wjúd)چه (chh)نسبت (nsbt)های (háy)غير (ghír)لائقه (láʾqh)مطالع (mṭálʿ)قدسيّه (qdsísh)می (mí)دهند (dhnd) as “what, calumnies, unseemly, Daysprings, Holiness, hurled”

worthy 40% beseemeth 20% fit 10% entirely 10% unworthy 10% best 10%
لَکَ
lak l “thee”

literal: for; for you; for him

5 occurrences in corpus

يَکُنْ
yakun k-w-n “is”

literal: be; was; to be

SE rendered قالُوا (qálúá)اللّهَ (al-lh)يَکُنْ (yakun)قادراً (qádráan)شَيْءٍ (shayʾin) as “said, “God, is, powerless”

hath 17% none 17% never 8% regarded 8% inherent 8% can 8% reside 8% held 8% there 8% whose 8%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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