Kitáb-i-Íqán — §9
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 9 of 291.
Source (Persian)
و بعد از نوح جمال هود از مَشرق ابداع مُشرق شد و قريب هفتصد سنه اَو ازيد به اختلاف اقوال، مردم را به رضوان قرب ذی الجلال دعوت نمود. و چه مقدار بلايا که به مثل غيث هاطل بر آن حضرت باريد تا آنکه کثرت دعوت سبب کثرت اعراض شد و شدّت اهتمام علّت شدّت اغماض گرديد. "وَ لا يَزيدُ الکَافِرينَ کُفْرُهُم إلّا خَسَاراً. "
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And after Noah the light of the countenance of Húd shone forth above the horizon of creation. For well-nigh seven hundred years, according to the sayings of men, He exhorted the people to turn their faces and draw nearer unto the Ridván of the divine presence. What showers of afflictions rained upon Him, until at last His adjurations bore the fruit of increased rebelliousness, and His assiduous endeavours resulted in the wilful blindness of His people. “And their unbelief shall only increase for the unbelievers their own perdition.”
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “beauty”, “ancient”, “ornament” (151 occurrences)
SE expanded to “light of the countenance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His beautygleaningsGWB §295: wondrouskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: briefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: the beauty of Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the beauty of His countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §4: His
dayspring 37% dawning-place 17% shining 13% shineth 10% east 8% who 4% resplendent 3% source 3% shone 2% rays 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Dawning-Placefire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §57: ye who are the embodimentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: arisingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: Him Who is the Dayspring oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §103: At many a dawnwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: in the whole universegleaningsGWB §39: Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: originalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: out of Thy marveloustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: MakersgleaningsGWB §116: The wonders
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: are nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §573: give you a safe approachkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: well-nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: for such of Thy creatures as enjoy near access to Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: each yeargleaningsGWB §176: twenty yearskitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: “the yearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: the present yearthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: for long yearswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the breastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: yearsgleaningsGWB §44: for generations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: waxed greater and greatergleaningsGWB §254: will add untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: outweighedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: freshwill-and-testamentW&T §52: still moreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: The more grievousgleaningsGWB §536: profit Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: more
SE rendered قريب (qríb), هفتصد (hftṣd), سنه (snh), ازيد (izíd), اختلاف (ikhtláf), اقوال، (iqúál،), مردم (mrdm), رضوان (rḍúán), قرب (qrb) as “well-nigh, seven hundred, years, sayings, men, Ridván, nearer”
discord 23% differences 19% difference 12% strife 12% contention 8% dissensions 8% dissension 8% divergencies 4% diversities 4% differed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: differentgleaningsGWB §316: variationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: away from the path ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: dividedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: hath opposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: such as create dissensiongleaningsGWB §440: differencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: beneath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: hath saidgleaningsGWB §572: professing their faithkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: with His wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: and to cry outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
paradise 46% garden 15% tabernacle 8% heaven 8% peerless 4% good-pleasure 4% most 4% everlasting 4% unto 4% celestial 4%
gleaningsGWB §287: the good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of divine favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: Thy pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §129: towards His paradisegleaningsGWB §66: everlasting Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: acquiescence to His willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: the heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the celestial paradise
SE rendered اقوال، (iqúál،), مردم (mrdm), رضوان (rḍúán), قرب (qrb), ذی (dhí), الجلال (al-jlál), دعوت (dʿút), نمود (nmúd), چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár) as “sayings, men, Ridván, nearer, divine presence, exhorted, What”
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “all-glorious”, “majesty” (65 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: highly honoredgleaningsGWB §374: magnified be His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: honorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: exalted be HisgleaningsGWB §27: exalted characterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: majestic powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: Thy greatness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: invokethgleaningsGWB §603: beseech Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: shall summonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: and have been calling on themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: these idle claimantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: I call theewill-and-testamentW&T §36: call upon Thee
SE rendered رضوان (rḍúán), قرب (qrb), ذی (dhí), الجلال (al-jlál), دعوت (dʿút), نمود (nmúd), چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), بلايا (bláyá) as “Ridván, nearer, divine presence, exhorted, What, afflictions”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: to remaingleaningsGWB §679: that ye maykitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Givekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: must needs overtake itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: is notthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: didst becomewill-and-testamentW&T §6: advancedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: hesitated
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: the afflictionsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §410: have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: the sufferings they bearthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: afflictions
SE rendered چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), بلايا (bláyá), مثل (mthl), غيث (ghíth), هاطل (háṭl), بر (br), حضرت (ḥḍrt), باريد (báríd) as “What, afflictions, showers, rained, upon, Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: Thou art even asgleaningsGWB §359: like ourselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: these thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: similitudesthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: matchlesswill-and-testamentW&T §15: in their footstepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: they that resemble thee
majesty 44% honor 10% great 10% holiness 10% commander 7% who 5% excellency 3% unto 3% imam 3% embodiments 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: unto thegleaningsGWB §466: thyself to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: We standprayers-and-meditationsP&M §148: Thy loftinessthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: gatheredwill-and-testamentW&T §7: His Majesty’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: thougleaningsGWB §271: No sooner did she behold
SE rendered غيث (ghíth), هاطل (háṭl), بر (br), حضرت (ḥḍrt), باريد (báríd), آنکه (ánkh), کثرت (kthrt), دعوت (dʿút), سبب (sbb), کثرت (kthrt) as “showers, rained, upon, Him, at last, increased, adjurations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: he soughtfire-tabletFire §38: the coldgleaningsGWB §205: will, assuredly, lift upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the chillprayers-and-meditationsP&M §620: Thy balmthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: his brotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: escorted Usfire-tabletFire §7: Coldness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: majoritygleaningsGWB §99: of pluralitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: how manyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: the Rivertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a river of lifewill-and-testamentW&T §38: by a majorityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: vastgleaningsGWB §62: waters of everlasting life
SE rendered حضرت (ḥḍrt), باريد (báríd), آنکه (ánkh), کثرت (kthrt), دعوت (dʿút), سبب (sbb), کثرت (kthrt), اعراض (iʿráḍ), شدّت (shddt), اهتمام (ihtmám) as “Him, at last, increased, adjurations, rebelliousness, assiduous”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: is conducivegleaningsGWB §174: hath ledkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: effective meanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: led toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: secretwill-and-testamentW&T §17: that he mayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: that which will insure
turn 15% turned 13% denial 13% opposition 13% repudiation 10% rejected 10% denials 8% faithlessness 8% hath 5% turning 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: do not protestgleaningsGWB §295: contend notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: rejectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: have turned back from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: denials
SE rendered دعوت (dʿút), سبب (sbb), کثرت (kthrt), اعراض (iʿráḍ), شدّت (shddt), اهتمام (ihtmám), علّت (ʿllt), شدّت (shddt), اغماض (ighmáḍ) as “adjurations, increased, rebelliousness, assiduous, wilful blindness”
This form usually rendered as “endeavours” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: vigorfire-tabletFire §13: AnguishgleaningsGWB §36: their utmost endeavorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: the utmost endeavourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: my griefthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: endeavorswill-and-testamentW&T §54: vigour, exertionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: endeavor
SE rendered کثرت (kthrt), اعراض (iʿráḍ), شدّت (shddt), اهتمام (ihtmám), علّت (ʿllt), شدّت (shddt), اغماض (ighmáḍ), گرديد (grdíd) as “increased, rebelliousness, assiduous, wilful blindness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: What could have causedgleaningsGWB §300: the reasonkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: the instrumentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: as the criterionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §620: and sicknessthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: illsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: the sourcegleaningsGWB §171: are responsible for
SE rendered اهتمام (ihtmám), علّت (ʿllt), شدّت (shddt), اغماض (ighmáḍ), گرديد (grdíd), يَزيدُ (yazíd), الکَافِرينَ (al-káfirín) as “assiduous, wilful blindness, increase, unbelievers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §359: who believed notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: misbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: and repudiatetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Hast thou deniedgleaningsGWB §262: repudiatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: infidels!”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: ruingleaningsGWB §195: those who perishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: in grievous losswill-and-testamentW&T §54: grew hopelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: perishedgleaningsGWB §621: of the lostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: their own perditionwill-and-testamentW&T §54: grievous loss
