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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §266

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 266 of 291.

Source (Persian)

باری، در جميع اين وقايع حادثه و حکايات وارده تفکّر فرمائيد تا بر عظمت امر و بزرگی آن مطّلع گرديد تا به عنايت رحمان، روح اطمينان در وجود دميده شود و بر سرير ايقان مستريح و جالس شويد. خدای واحد شاهد است که اگر فی الجمله تفکّر نمائيد علاوه بر همه اين مطالب مقرّره و دلائل مذکوره، همين ردّ و سبّ و لعن اهل ارض بر اين فوارس ميدان تسليم و انقطاع اعظم دليل و اکبر حجّت برحقّيّت ايشان است. و در هر آن که تفکّر در اعتراضات جميع مردم از علماء و فضلاء و جهّال فرمائی در اين امر محکم تر و راسخ تر و ثابت تر می شوی. زيرا که جميع آنچه واقع شده، از قبل معادن علم لدنّی و مواقع احکام ازلی خبر دادهاند.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Do thou ponder these momentous happenings in thy heart, so that thou mayest apprehend the greatness of this Revelation, and perceive its stupendous glory. Then shall the spirit of faith, through the grace of the Merciful, be breathed into thy being, and thou shalt be established and abide upon the seat of certitude. The one God is My witness! Wert thou to ponder a while, thou wilt recognize that, apart from all these established truths and above-mentioned evidences, the repudiation, cursing, and execration, pronounced by the people of the earth, are in themselves the mightiest proof and the surest testimony of the truth of these heroes of the field of resignation and detachment. Whenever thou dost meditate upon the cavils uttered by all the people, be they divines, learned or ignorant, the firmer and the more steadfast wilt thou grow in the Faith. For whatsoever hath come to pass, hath been prophesied by them who are the Mines of divine knowledge, and Recipients of God’s eternal law.

Translation Notes

حادثه
ḥádthh ḥ-d-th

literal: tradition; traditions; tradition, hadith

SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ)وقايع (wqáyʿ)حادثه (ḥádthh)حکايات (ḥkáyát)وارده (wárdh)تفکّر (tfkkr)فرمائيد (frmáʾíd) as “these momentous, happenings, ponder, Do thou”

حکايات
ḥkáyát ḥ-k-y

literal: story; incident; indicative, testifying

SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ)وقايع (wqáyʿ)حادثه (ḥádthh)حکايات (ḥkáyát)وارده (wárdh)تفکّر (tfkkr)فرمائيد (frmáʾíd)بر (br) as “these momentous, happenings, ponder, Do thou, of this”

story 33% attempt 11% testify 11% reflected 11% speak 11% accounts 11% incidents 11%
وارده
wárdh w-r-d

literal: entering

SE rendered جميع (jmíʿ)وقايع (wqáyʿ)حادثه (ḥádthh)حکايات (ḥkáyát)وارده (wárdh)تفکّر (tfkkr)فرمائيد (frmáʾíd)بر (br)عظمت (ʿẓmt)امر (imr) as “these momentous, happenings, ponder, Do thou, of this, greatness, Revelation”

inflicted 24% befell 16% have 11% enter 11% hath 9% befallen 9% attain 7% came 4% befalleth 4% entered 4%
جالس
jáls j-l-s

literal: sitting; sitting, seated

SE rendered بر (br)سرير (srír)ايقان (iyqán)مستريح (mstríḥ)جالس (jáls)شويد (shúyd)خدای (khdáy)واحد (wáḥd)شاهد (sháhd) as “upon the, seat, certitude, established and abide, thou shalt, God, The one, witness”

خدای
khdáy kh-d-ʾ “god”

literal: God

3 occurrences in corpus

همه
hmh h-m-h

literal: all; every/all

SE rendered الجمله (al-jmlh)تفکّر (tfkkr)نمائيد (nmáʾíd)علاوه (ʿláwh)بر (br)همه (hmh)مطالب (mṭálb)مقرّره (mqrrrh)دلائل (dláʾl)مذکوره، (mdhkúrh،) as “a while, ponder, thou wilt recognize, apart from, all these, truths, established, evidences, above-mentioned”

all 63% every 16% each 5% whole 5% actuated 5% such 5%
ايشان
iyshán ʾ-y-sh

literal: they; they, them; they/them

SE rendered دليل (dlíl)اکبر (ikbr)حجّت (ḥjjt)برحقّيّت (brḥqqíqt)ايشان (iyshán)هر (hr)تفکّر (tfkkr) as “proof, surest, testimony, of the truth, meditate”

3 occurrences in corpus

هر
hr h-r

literal: every; every/each; each

SE rendered حجّت (ḥjjt)برحقّيّت (brḥqqíqt)ايشان (iyshán)هر (hr)تفکّر (tfkkr)اعتراضات (iʿtráḍát)جميع (jmíʿ) as “testimony, of the truth, meditate, cavils, all the”

تر

literal: more (comparative suffix)

2 occurrences in corpus

ثابت
thábt th-b-t

literal: established; establish; affirmation

SE rendered امر (imr)محکم (mḥkm)تر (tr)راسخ (ráskh)تر (tr)ثابت (thábt)تر (tr)می (mí)شوی (shúy)زيرا (zírá)جميع (jmíʿ) as “firmer, more, steadfast, thou grow, For, whatsoever”

می
m-y-y

literal: present continuous marker; continuous-marker

SE rendered محکم (mḥkm)تر (tr)راسخ (ráskh)تر (tr)ثابت (thábt)تر (tr)می (mí)شوی (shúy)زيرا (zírá)جميع (jmíʿ)آنچه (ánchh)واقع (wáqʿ) as “firmer, more, steadfast, thou grow, For, whatsoever, hath come to pass”

3 occurrences in corpus

زيرا
zírá z-y-r “for”

literal: under

SE rendered راسخ (ráskh)تر (tr)ثابت (thábt)تر (tr)می (mí)شوی (shúy)زيرا (zírá)جميع (jmíʿ)آنچه (ánchh)واقع (wáqʿ)از (iz) as “steadfast, thou grow, For, whatsoever, hath come to pass, by”

inasmuch 71% beneath 14% under 14%
آنچه
ánchh ʾ-n “to”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

SE rendered شوی (shúy)زيرا (zírá)جميع (jmíʿ)آنچه (ánchh)واقع (wáqʿ)از (iz)معادن (mʿádn)علم (ʿlm) as “thou grow, For, whatsoever, hath come to pass, by, Mines, divine knowledge”

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%
ازلی
izlí ʾ-z-l

literal: eternal; eternity; eternal, primordial

SE rendered معادن (mʿádn)علم (ʿlm)لدنّی (ldnní)مواقع (múáqʿ)احکام (iḥkám)ازلی (izlí)خبر (khbr) as “Mines, divine knowledge, who, Recipients, eternal law, prophesied”

دادهاند
dádhánd d-ʾ-d

literal: give; to give; given

SE rendered لدنّی (ldnní)مواقع (múáqʿ)احکام (iḥkám)ازلی (izlí)خبر (khbr)دادهاند (dádhánd) as “who, Recipients, eternal law, prophesied”

laid 25% have 25% brought 25% hath 25%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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