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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §280

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 280 of 291.

Source (Persian)

ديگر قلم عاجز است از ذکر آنچه بعد از رجوع ملاحظه شد. حال دو سنه می گذرد که اعداء در اهلاک اين عبد فانی به نهايت سعی و اهتمام دارند چنانچه جميع مطّلع شدهاند. مع ذلک نفسی از احباب نصرت ننموده و به هيچ وجه اعانتی منظور نداشته. بلکه از عوض نصر، حزن ها که متوالی و متواتر قولاً و فعلاً مثل غيث هاطل وارد می شود. و اين عبد در کمال رضا جان بر کف حاضرم که شايد از عنايت الهی و فضل سبحانی اين حرف مذکور مشهور، در سبيل نقطه و کلمه عليا فدا شود و جان در بازد. و اگر اين خيال نبود فَوَالَّذی نَطَقَ الرُّوحُ بِاَمرِه، آنی در اين بلد توقّف نمی نمودم وَکَفی بِاللّهِ شَهيداً. اَختِمُ القَولَ بلا حَولَ وَ لا قُوَّةَ إلّا بِاللّهِ وَ إنّاللِّهِ و إنّا اِليهِ راجِعُون.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

What pen can recount the things We beheld upon Our return! Two years have elapsed during which Our enemies have ceaselessly and assiduously contrived to exterminate Us, whereunto all witness. Nevertheless, none amongst the faithful hath risen to render Us any assistance, nor did any one feel inclined to help in Our deliverance. Nay, instead of assisting Us, what showers of continuous sorrows, their words and deeds have caused to rain upon Our soul! Amidst them all, We stand, life in hand, wholly resigned to His will; that perchance, through God’s loving kindness and His grace, this revealed and manifest Letter may lay down His life as a sacrifice in the path of the Primal Point, the most exalted Word. By Him at Whose bidding the Spirit hath spoken, but for this yearning of Our soul, We would not, for one moment, have tarried any longer in this city. “Sufficient Witness is God unto Us.” We conclude Our argument with the words: “There is no power nor strength but in God alone.” “We are God’s, and to Him shall we return.”

Translation Notes

ديگر
dígr dígr

literal: other; other, another; other/another

SE rendered ديگر (dígr), قلم (qlm), عاجز (ʿájz), از (iz), ذکر (dhkr), آنچه (ánchh) as “pen, can, amongst, recount, the things”

another 31% other 15% moreover 15% different 13% yet 6% furthermore 6% again 4% else 4% now 4% following 2%
ملاحظه
mláḥẓh l-ḥ-ẓ

literal: observation; observe; observation, consideration

SE rendered از (iz), ذکر (dhkr), آنچه (ánchh), از (iz), رجوع (rjúʿ), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), حال (ḥál), دو (dú), سنه (snh), می (mí), گذرد (gdhrd) as “upon, recount, the things, Our return, Two, years, have elapsed”

فانی
fání f-n-y

literal: mortal; perishing

SE rendered اعداء (iʿdáʾ), اهلاک (ihlák), عبد (ʿbd), فانی (fání), نهايت (nháyt), سعی (sʿí), اهتمام (ihtmám), دارند (dárnd) as “enemies, exterminate, We, ceaselessly and assiduously, contrived”

اهتمام
ihtmám h-m-m

literal: endeavor

SE rendered عبد (ʿbd), فانی (fání), نهايت (nháyt), سعی (sʿí), اهتمام (ihtmám), دارند (dárnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), جميع (jmíʿ), مطّلع (mṭṭlʿ) as “We, ceaselessly and assiduously, contrived, whereunto, all, witness”

utmost 18% exert 14% endeavor 14% grief 11% all 11% striven 7% sorrowful 7% resolve 7% soul 7% concern 4%
شدهاند
shdhánd shdn

literal: become; to become

SE rendered دارند (dárnd), چنانچه (chnánchh), جميع (jmíʿ), مطّلع (mṭṭlʿ), شدهاند (shdhánd), نفسی (nfsí), از (iz), احباب (iḥbáb), نصرت (nṣrt) as “contrived, whereunto, all, witness, soul, faithful, risen”

have 30% had 20% become 10% created 10% has 10% proceeded 10% hath 10%
وجه
wjh w-j-h

literal: face; turning

SE rendered احباب (iḥbáb), نصرت (nṣrt), ننموده (nnmúdh), هيچ (hích), وجه (wjh), اعانتی (iʿántí), منظور (mnẓúr), نداشته (ndáshth), بلکه (blkh) as “faithful, risen, will, any, assistance, feel inclined, hath, Nay”

face 60% countenance 17% faces 7% turn 3% before 3% whose 2% presence 2% eyes 2% character 2% vision 2%
عوض
ʿúḍ ʿ-w-ḍ → “gave” Distinctive

literal: instead

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

gave 67% instead 33%
متواتر
mtúátr w-t-r

literal: continuous

SE rendered عوض (ʿúḍ), نصر، (nṣr،), حزن (ḥzn), ها (há), متوالی (mtúálí), متواتر (mtúátr), قولاً (qúláan), فعلاً (fʿláan), مثل (mthl), غيث (ghíth), هاطل (háṭl) as “instead, of assisting, sorrows, continuous, their words, and deeds, showers, to rain”

مثل
mthl m-th-l

literal: like; likeness; example

SE rendered متوالی (mtúálí), متواتر (mtúátr), قولاً (qúláan), فعلاً (fʿláan), مثل (mthl), غيث (ghíth), هاطل (háṭl), وارد (wárd), می (mí) as “continuous, their words, and deeds, showers, to rain”

instance 18% like 14% even 12% consider 12% such 10% same 10% equal 8% what 8% one 6% peerless 2%
وارد
wárd w-r-d

literal: entering; came upon

SE rendered قولاً (qúláan), فعلاً (fʿláan), مثل (mthl), غيث (ghíth), هاطل (háṭl), وارد (wárd), می (mí), عبد (ʿbd), کمال (kmál), رضا (rḍá) as “their words, and deeds, showers, to rain, wholly, resigned”

inflicted 25% befell 10% have 10% enter 10% hath 8% inflict 8% attain 8% came 6% entered 6% befallen 6%
کف
kf k-f-f

literal: hand; palm, hand

SE rendered کمال (kmál), رضا (rḍá), جان (ján), بر (br), کف (kf), حاضرم (ḥáḍrm), شايد (sháyd), از (iz), عنايت (ʿnáyt), الهی (al-hí) as “wholly, resigned, life in hand, upon, We stand, perchance, loving kindness, God”

hands 33% hand 17% grasp 17% hollow 17% before 17%
سبحانی
sbḥání s-b-ḥ

literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise

SE rendered شايد (sháyd), از (iz), عنايت (ʿnáyt), الهی (al-hí), فضل (fḍl), سبحانی (sbḥání), حرف (ḥrf), مذکور (mdhkúr), مشهور، (mshhúr،), سبيل (sbíl) as “perchance, loving kindness, God, grace, Letter, revealed and manifest, path”

divine 46% ancient 15% god 15% all-glorious 8% kindness 8% high 8%
بازد
bázd b-dh-l

literal: bestowed; expended; granted

SE rendered کلمه (klmh), عليا (ʿlíá), فدا (fdá), جان (ján), بازد (bázd), خيال (khíál), نبود (nbúd), فَوَالَّذی (fawálladhí) as “Word, exalted, sacrifice, His life, yearning, but for, By Him”

نبود
nbúd búdn → “but for”

literal: be; to be

SE rendered جان (ján), بازد (bázd), خيال (khíál), نبود (nbúd), فَوَالَّذی (fawálladhí), نَطَقَ (naṭaq), الرُّوحُ (ar-rúḥ) as “His life, yearning, but for, By Him, hath spoken, Spirit”

hath 30% have 22% had 15% can 7% could 7% remained 4% never 4% accounted 4% evident 4% neither 4%
بلا
blá b-l-w

literal: affliction; trial

SE rendered شَهيداً (shahídáan), اَختِمُ (akhtim), القَولَ (al-qawl), بلا (blá), حَولَ (ḥawl), قُوَّةَ (qúqah), بِاللّهِ (biálllh) as “God, conclude, Our argument with the words, no power, in God”

afflictions 20% anguish 20% woe 20% trial 20% one 20%
قُوَّةَ
qúqah q-w-y

literal: strength; power; strong

SE rendered القَولَ (al-qawl), بلا (blá), حَولَ (ḥawl), قُوَّةَ (qúqah), بِاللّهِ (biálllh), إنّاللِّهِ (ʾinnálllih) as “Our argument with the words, no power, in God, God’s”

power 27% strength 19% through 15% might 12% strengthen 8% energy 4% strong 4% powers 4% into 4% vitality 4%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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