Kitáb-i-Íqán — §41
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 41 of 291.
Source (Persian)
باری، اين است مقصود از تلويحات کلمات مظاهر الهی. پس اطلاق شمس و قمر در اين مراتب بر اين مقامات مذکوره به آيات نازله و اخبار وارده محقّق و ثابت شد. اين است که مقصود از ذکر تاريکی شمس و قمر و سقوط انجم، ضلالت علماء و نسخ شدن احکام مرتفعه در شريعت است که مظهر آن ظهور به اين تلويحات اخبار می دهد. و جز ابرار را از اين کأس نصيبی نيست و جز اخيار را قسمتی نه. "إنَّ الاَبرَارَ يَشرَبُونَ مِن کأسٍ کَانَ مِزَاجُها کافُوراً."
Shoghi Effendi Translation
This is the purpose underlying the symbolic words of the Manifestations of God. Consequently, the application of the terms “sun” and “moon” to the things already mentioned hath been demonstrated and justified by the text of the sacred verses and the recorded traditions. Hence, it is clear and manifest that by the words “the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven” is intended the waywardness of the divines, and the annulment of laws firmly established by divine Revelation, all of which, in symbolic language, have been foreshadowed by the Manifestation of God. None except the righteous shall partake of this cup, none but the godly can share therein. “The righteous shall drink of a cup tempered at the camphor fountain.”
Translation Notes
SE rendered باری، (bárí،), مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), تلويحات (tlúyḥát) as “purpose, underlying, the symbolic”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: BrieflygleaningsGWB §591: menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: What morewill-and-testamentW&T §11: In shortepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Concerning himgleaningsGWB §694: creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: Be that as it mayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: In brief
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: resplendentgleaningsGWB §424: the holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: symbolic languageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: risentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: communicationsgleaningsGWB §598: clear
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sayingsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §292: with his ownkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: madeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: through yet another wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
manifestations 67% exponents 11% manifestation 5% who 4% embodiments 4% emblems 3% through 3% symbols 2% revealers 2% person 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: bright and friendlygleaningsGWB §466: he release Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: appliedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: Separationwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Great DividinggleaningsGWB §37: divorcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: it is none the lessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: rid me of my bondage
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: sungleaningsGWB §121: Daystarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: this sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: of the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the sunsgleaningsGWB §670: the Daystar of Truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: the luminaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: and the Luminary
SE rendered شمس (shms), قمر (qmr), مراتب (mrátb), بر (br), مقامات (mqámát), مذکوره (mdhkúrh), آيات (áyát), نازله (názlh), اخبار (ikhbár) as ““sun”, “moon”, things, mentioned, verses, traditions”
station 29% stations 14% exalted 10% mission 10% mysteries 10% essential 10% concerning 5% ranks 5% significance 5% honor 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: rose upfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §338: Such a statekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: keep me steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: citegleaningsGWB §149: rememberingkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: which if mentionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: praisestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §135: the signs and tokenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: His verses?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: Thy tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
SE rendered مقامات (mqámát), مذکوره (mdhkúrh), آيات (áyát), نازله (názlh), اخبار (ikhbár), وارده (wárdh), محقّق (mḥqqq), ثابت (thábt) as “mentioned, verses, traditions, recorded, demonstrated, justified”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: We revealedgleaningsGWB §452: as recorded inkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: was formerly revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: Thou wilt send downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
traditions 42% prophecies 11% have 11% prophesying 5% announced 5% sayings 5% prophesied 5% foretold 5% chronicles 5% informed 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Who is informed of allgleaningsGWB §318: harbingerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: have been foreshadowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thou didst announce unto ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: have been laid upthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: Tellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: “I announcegleaningsGWB §718: instructeth
This form usually rendered as “inflicted”, “befell”, “have” (92 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: subjectedgleaningsGWB §462: We receivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: was inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: unitewill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Upon Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §711: guidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: have come to pass
This form usually rendered as “evident”, “proven”, “recognized” (25 occurrences)
evident 31% proven 13% recognized 13% absolute 6% hath 6% beyond 6% manifest 6% inevitable 6% confined 6% definitely 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: unjustlygleaningsGWB §113: true meaningkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: incontrovertibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thou hast confirmedthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: clearepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: truth-seeker
established 27% firmly 19% confirmed 12% steadfast 12% establish 8% firm 8% incontestable 4% indisputably 4% immovable 4% establisheth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: be demonstratedgleaningsGWB §321: establishethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: confirmethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: the immutabilitythe-hidden-wordsHW §5: fill thy soulwill-and-testamentW&T §9: supportedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: indisputably established
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: fallenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: fallprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: have caused to fallwill-and-testamentW&T §11: hath grievously fallenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have fallenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: shall fallwill-and-testamentW&T §41: fallen creaturewill-and-testamentW&T §6: falsifying
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: misleadergleaningsGWB §128: perversekitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: misleadethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waywardthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: canst thou go astrayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: failuregleaningsGWB §47: frowardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: waywardness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: of divinesfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §174: wholekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: of Qur’ánicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: endued with understandingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE rendered سقوط (sqúṭ), انجم، (injm،), ضلالت (ḍlált), علماء (ʿlmáʾ), نسخ (nskh), شدن (shdn), احکام (iḥkám), مرتفعه (mrtfʿh), شريعت (shríʿt) as “fall, stars, waywardness, divines, annulment, laws, firmly established, Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: may recognizegleaningsGWB §122: They are commissionedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: they have beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: ever revealthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: hastwill-and-testamentW&T §13: must achieveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: would never
This form usually rendered as “raised”, “have”, “rising” (46 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “law”, “faith”, “dispensation” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the LawgleaningsGWB §148: the truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: divine Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §270: Divine Lawwill-and-testamentW&T §25: The legislative bodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: lawgivergleaningsGWB §44: imposed by their Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: of former Dispensations
This form usually rendered as “incline”, “may”, “occurred” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: landgleaningsGWB §201: righteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: he is piousthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: exaltedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: The landgleaningsGWB §482: and of the upright in heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: pietythe-hidden-wordsHW §92: IN THE HIGHEST PARADISE
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: portiongleaningsGWB §235: been hoistedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: his favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: hath been lifted upthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: deprive themwill-and-testamentW&T §23: their share and portionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: raisedgleaningsGWB §157: upon
This form usually rendered as “righteous”, “pious”, “godly” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: choosestgleaningsGWB §592: Unrestrainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: retired and lived inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §509: justwill-and-testamentW&T §8: be the well-wishersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: chosengleaningsGWB §663: thou wouldst choose
This form usually rendered as “portion”, “can” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: drink yegleaningsGWB §62: and drinketh his fillkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: Give her to quaffthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: with them that drinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: Drink your fillgleaningsGWB §89: are they that quaff it
This form usually rendered as “tempered” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “fragrance” (1 occurrences)
have 19% infidels 14% disbelieved 12% infidel 12% repudiated 12% unbelief 9% who 7% unbelievers 5% denied 5% believe 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §272: betray not thy faith in Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: misbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §735: all disbelievedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: impietygleaningsGWB §260: reject His truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: believe not in
