Kitáb-i-Íqán — §283
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 283 of 291.
Source (Persian)
باری، تحيّر است از اين عباد که چگونه با اين اشارات واضحه لائحه از حقّ احتراز نمودهاند. مثلاً ذکر حزن و سجن و ابتلاء که بر آن خلاصه فطرت الهی وارد شد در اخبار قبل ذکر شده. فِی البِحار : "إنَّ فی قائِمِنا اَربَعَ علاماتٍ من اَرْبَعَةِ نَبيٍّ مُوسی و عيسی و يُوسُفَ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ. امّا العَلامَةُ مِن موسيَ الخَوفُ و الانتظار. وَ اَمّا العَلامَةُ مِن عيسی ما قالُوا فی حَقِّهِ. و العَلامَةُ مِن يُوسُفَ السِّجنُ وَ التَّقيَّةُ. وَ العَلامَةُ مِن مُحَمَّدٍ يَظْهَرُ بِآثارٍ مِثلِ القرآنِ. " با اين حديث به اين محکمی که جميع امورات را مطابق آنچه واقع شده ذکر فرمودهاند مع ذلک احدی متنبّه نشده و گمان ندارم که بعد هم متنبّه شوند إلّا مَن شاءَ رَبُّکَ. إنَّ اللّهَ مُسمعُ مَن يَشاءُ و ما اَنَا بِمُسمعِ مَن فِی القُبور.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
How strange! Notwithstanding these explicit and manifest references these people have shunned the Truth. For instance, mention of the sorrows, the imprisonment and afflictions inflicted upon that Essence of divine virtue hath been made in the former traditions. In the “Bihár” it is recorded: “In our Qá’im there shall be four signs from four Prophets, Moses, Jesus, Joseph, and Muhammad. The sign from Moses, is fear and expectation; from Jesus, that which was spoken of Him; from Joseph, imprisonment and dissimulation; from Muhammad, the revelation of a Book similar to the Qur’án.” Notwithstanding such a conclusive tradition, which in such unmistakable language hath foreshadowed the happenings of the present day, none hath been found to heed its prophecy, and methinks none will do so in the future, except him whom thy Lord willeth. “God indeed shall make whom He will to hearken, but We shall not make those who are in their graves to hearken.”
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “exalted”, “wonder”, “perplexity” (5 occurrences)
23 occurrences in corpus
suggestions 20% allusions 13% hints 13% evil 13% vain 7% blasphemous 7% implications 7% references 7% strivings 7% doubt 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §3: hintkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: and blasphemous whisperingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: evil suggestionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkgleaningsGWB §66: degree describekitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: unaided.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: hints
clear 26% evident 26% clearly 12% lucid 9% surest 6% manifest 6% unmistakable 6% reveal 3% unmistakably 3% incontestable 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: the Lawh-i-Fu’adgleaningsGWB §286: Nokitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: “Tabletprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: the light of Thy countenancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: one of Our TabletsgleaningsGWB §709: His Tablets
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: claimgleaningsGWB §2: the inmost essencekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: “Iprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: meritthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §27: He, the True Oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: truth
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “such”, “even” (142 occurrences)
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: chargesgleaningsGWB §256: will call to remembrancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: attribute unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Whose praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: told
sorrow 28% grief 17% sadness 11% sorrows 11% saddened 6% would 6% sadden 6% tribulation 6% despondency 6% anguish 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: Grieve Thoufire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §724: plunge into sorrowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: be put to grieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: griefsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: infinite sorrows
prison 53% most 19% prison-city 7% dungeon 5% imprisonment 5% prison-house 5% prisoner 2% prison-cell 2% afflictive 2% shut 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the prisongleaningsGWB §79: afflictive Prisonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: and deliverestwill-and-testamentW&T §4: that Prisonerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §448: My imprisonmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: hath been shut upwill-and-testamentW&T §8: imprisoned ones
afflictions 67% woes 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the tribulations I sufferfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §610: been searched out and testedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: woesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: woethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troubles
land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: set it freefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §212: of the devoutkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: set them freetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: souls of the sincere among Thy servants
This form usually rendered as “true”, “inner”, “souls” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: MakergleaningsGWB §405: soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: the Fashionertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: true FaithgleaningsGWB §128: by virtue of theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the mystic trumpetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy
traditions 38% prophecies 13% announced 6% warned 6% sayings 6% prophesied 6% foretold 6% chronicles 6% informed 6% tell 6%
SE rendered اخبار (ikhbár), ذکر (dhkr), البِحار (al-biḥár), قائِمِنا (qáʾiminá), اَربَعَ (arbaʿ) as “traditions, In, Qá’im, four”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: the Most Great Oceanfire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: seekingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: sea of despair and of hopelessness
people 28% station 26% arise 15% self-subsisting 8% connection 5% resurrection 4% steadfast 4% have 4% such 3% may 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: their stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §205: The glory of their stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: companyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: violentlytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
four 67% twenty-four 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: the peoples of the earthfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §412: of His knowledge reflectethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: whole creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: a ProphetgleaningsGWB §105: Prophets,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: inspired Prophettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: messagewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Prophetsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: AnnouncementgleaningsGWB §74: Thus warneth youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Prophets and chosen Ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: “PraisedgleaningsGWB §721: All-Praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: Glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised be GodgleaningsGWB §62: “Praise
SE rendered عيسی (ʿísí), يُوسُفَ (yúsuf), مُحَمَّدٍ (muḥammadin), امّا (immá), العَلامَةُ (al-ʿalámah), موسيَ (músy), الخَوفُ (al-khawf) as “Jesus, Joseph, Muhammad, sign, Moses, fear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: that whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: all elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: concerning that whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: of thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: whatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: suffered more grievously
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: fear notgleaningsGWB §499: dismaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: timidityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their fearthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: fearest thouepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: to them that aregleaningsGWB §70: Fear yeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: affrighted
This form usually rendered as “still”, “expectation” (4 occurrences)
still 50% expectation 50%
This form usually rendered as “said”, “say”, “have” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: replygleaningsGWB §503: they saykitab-i-iqanKIQ §235: are their sayingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: and proclaimtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
This form usually rendered as “uprightness”, “work”, “righteousness” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “may”, “shall”, “show” (76 occurrences)
may 18% shall 16% show 11% revealed 11% manifested 11% manifest 9% reveal 7% appear 7% make 5% proceedeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: hath manifested Mefire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §203: gone forthkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thou didst show forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE rendered مُحَمَّدٍ (muḥammadin), يَظْهَرُ (yaẓhar), بِآثارٍ (biáthárin), مِثلِ (mithl), القرآنِ (al-qrán) as “Muhammad, revelation, similar, Qur’án.””
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: shining and luminous tokensgleaningsGWB §408: preferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: sink deepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: writingsgleaningsGWB §380: signkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: hidden virtuesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: all past traces
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: PerusegleaningsGWB §85: Read itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: To be recitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Chant itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: readgleaningsGWB §85: Read ye its versestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the one who chantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: recited
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: traditionsgleaningsGWB §436: changes and chanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: increaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: to tell outthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: handiworkwill-and-testamentW&T §42: happeningsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: tale of the SacrificegleaningsGWB §122: transient
SE rendered حديث (ḥdíth), محکمی (mḥkmí), جميع (jmíʿ), امورات (imúrát) as “tradition, conclusive, happenings”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: Gather ye aroundgleaningsGWB §548: each daykitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: unitetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: can My way accordwill-and-testamentW&T §23: to all
This form usually rendered as “events”, “deeds”, “aims” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: eventsgleaningsGWB §285: biddingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: decreedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: through His Causetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §22: absolute commandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: affairsgleaningsGWB §493: recorded
SE rendered محکمی (mḥkmí), جميع (jmíʿ), امورات (imúrát), مطابق (mṭábq), آنچه (ánchh), واقع (wáqʿ), ذکر (dhkr), فرمودهاند (frmúdhánd) as “conclusive, happenings, hath foreshadowed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: in accordance withgleaningsGWB §362: conforms withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: sphere?”will-and-testamentW&T §13: the dustepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: depths of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: irrelevantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: conformkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: conforms with their
SE rendered محکمی (mḥkmí), جميع (jmíʿ), امورات (imúrát), مطابق (mṭábq), آنچه (ánchh), واقع (wáqʿ), ذکر (dhkr), فرمودهاند (frmúdhánd) as “conclusive, happenings, hath foreshadowed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: in truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: Althoughthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: He, verilykitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Either thou or someone elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: that Heepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: verily
SE rendered امورات (imúrát), مطابق (mṭábq), آنچه (ánchh), واقع (wáqʿ), ذکر (dhkr), فرمودهاند (frmúdhánd), احدی (iḥdí) as “happenings, hath foreshadowed, none”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: have happenedgleaningsGWB §44: brought aboutkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: habitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: in gazingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: retreatsthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: situatewill-and-testamentW&T §36: hath fallenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: actually took
This form usually rendered as “eyes”, “give”, “heed” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: awakeninggleaningsGWB §257: may realizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: give heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: stirred me upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: awakenedgleaningsGWB §278: to wakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: been wakened
This form usually rendered as “occurred”, “never”, “did” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: regardedgleaningsGWB §140: made himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: was condemnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: ever revealthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: defiledwill-and-testamentW&T §15: suffered glorious martyrdomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: feltgleaningsGWB §389: hath conferred
This form usually rendered as “doth” (2 occurrences)
hath 35% have 18% exert 6% contemplated 6% beyond 6% fortunes 6% cherished 6% impede 6% will 6% manifested 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: hath beengleaningsGWB §437: of its fortuneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: neverwill-and-testamentW&T §25: hath at his ownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: have nogleaningsGWB §440: cherished none otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: entertainedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: hath in no wise
SE rendered گمان (gmán), ندارم (ndárm), متنبّه (mtnbbh), شوند (shúnd), شاءَ (sháʾ), رَبُّکَ (rabbuk) as “methinks, hath, willeth, Lord”
This form usually rendered as “wisheth”, “willing”, “pleased” (25 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §709: of His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: willesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy Will
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §163: onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: Lordship
This form usually rendered as “make” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: hearfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §591: to hear its accentskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: that inclineth his earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: to hearkentablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: sepulchreskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: their sepulchresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: sepulcherstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: their tombskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “tomb,”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: tombskitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: the grave
