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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §98

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 98 of 291.

Source (Persian)

اگر چه از بعضی حمقای ارض شنيده شد که انجيل سماوی در دست نصاری نيست و به آسمان رفته، ديگر غافل از اينکه از همين قول نسبت کمال ظلم و جبر برای حضرت باری جلّ و عزّ ثابت می شود. زيرا بعد از آنکه شمس جمال عيسی از ميان قوم غائب شد و به فلک چهارم ارتقاء فرمود و کتاب حقّ جلّ ذکره که اعظم برهان اوست ميان خلق او، آن هم غائب شود ديگر آن خلق از زمان عيسی تا زمان اشراق شمس محمّدی به چه متمسّک اند و به کدام امر مأمور؟ و ديگر چگونه مورد انتقام منتقم حقيقی می شوند و محلّ نزول عذاب و سياط سلطان معنوی می گردند ؟ از همه گذشته انقطاع فيض فيّاض و انسداد باب رحمت سلطان ايجاد لازم می آيد. فَنَعُوذُ بِاللّه عَمّا يَظُنُّ العبادُ فی حَقِّه، فَتَعالی عَمّا هُم يَعرفُونَ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

We have also heard a number of the foolish of the earth assert that the genuine text of the heavenly Gospel doth not exist amongst the Christians, that it hath ascended unto heaven. How grievously they have erred! How oblivious of the fact that such a statement imputeth the gravest injustice and tyranny to a gracious and loving Providence! How could God, when once the Day-star of the beauty of Jesus had disappeared from the sight of His people, and ascended unto the fourth heaven, cause His holy Book, His most great testimony amongst His creatures, to disappear also? What would be left to that people to cling to from the setting of the day-star of Jesus until the rise of the sun of the Muhammadan Dispensation? What law could be their stay and guide? How could such people be made the victims of the avenging wrath of God, the omnipotent Avenger? How could they be afflicted with the scourge of chastisement by the heavenly King? Above all, how could the flow of the grace of the All-Bountiful be stayed? How could the ocean of His tender mercies be stilled? We take refuge with God, from that which His creatures have fancied about Him! Exalted is He above their comprehension!

Translation Notes

حمقای
ḥmqáy ḥ-m-q → “foolish”

literal: fools

1 occurrence in corpus

دست
dst dst

literal: hand; hand, grasp

SE rendered شنيده (shnídh), انجيل (injíl), سماوی (smáwí), دست (dst), نصاری (nṣárí), نيست (níst), آسمان (ásmán), رفته، (rfth،) as “heard, Gospel, heavenly, Christians, doth not exist, heaven, hath ascended”

hand 38% hands 29% slumber 4% clutches 4% within 4% power 4% hath 4% forfeit 4% tyranny 4% grip 4%
ديگر
dígr dígr

literal: other; other, another; other/another

SE rendered نصاری (nṣárí), نيست (níst), آسمان (ásmán), رفته، (rfth،), ديگر (dígr), غافل (gháfl), از (iz), اينکه (iynkh), از (iz), همين (hmín), قول (qúl) as “Christians, doth not exist, heaven, hath ascended, oblivious, the fact that, such a, statement”

another 31% other 15% moreover 15% different 13% yet 6% furthermore 6% again 4% else 4% now 4% following 2%
عزّ
ʿzz ʿ-z-z

literal: mighty; glory; might

SE rendered جبر (jbr), برای (bráy), حضرت (ḥḍrt), باری (bárí), جلّ (jll), عزّ (ʿzz), ثابت (thábt), می (mí), زيرا (zírá) as “tyranny, to, Jesus, such, God, How could”

ثابت
thábt th-b-t

literal: established; establish; affirmation

SE rendered جبر (jbr), برای (bráy), حضرت (ḥḍrt), باری (bárí), جلّ (jll), عزّ (ʿzz), ثابت (thábt), می (mí), زيرا (zírá), از (iz), آنکه (ánkh), شمس (shms) as “tyranny, to, Jesus, such, God, How could, Day-star”

فلک
flk f-l-k

literal: ark

SE rendered عيسی (ʿísí), از (iz), ميان (míán), قوم (qúm), غائب (gháʾb), فلک (flk), چهارم (chhárm), ارتقاء (irtqáʾ), فرمود (frmúd), کتاب (ktáb) as “Jesus, the sight, people, disappeared, fourth, heaven,, cause, Book”

ark 55% mine 9% fourth 9% noon-tide 9% day-star 9% heaven 9%
اعظم
iʿẓm ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered فرمود (frmúd), کتاب (ktáb), حقّ (ḥqq), جلّ (jll), ذکره (dhkrh), اعظم (iʿẓm), برهان (brhán), اوست (iwst), ميان (míán), خلق (khlq) as “cause, Book, His most great testimony, about, have, amongst, creatures”

اند

literal: be; are; is

SE rendered اشراق (ishráq), شمس (shms), محمّدی (mḥmmdí), چه (chh), متمسّک (mtmssk), اند (ind), کدام (kdám), امر (imr), مأمور؟ (mʾamúr؟) as “rise, sun, Muhammadan Dispensation, What law, cling to, which, guide”

have 25% thereto 25% accounted 25% essence 25%
شوند
shúnd shdn

literal: become; to become

SE rendered مورد (múrd), انتقام (intqám), منتقم (mntqm), حقيقی (ḥqíqí), می (mí), شوند (shúnd), محلّ (mḥll), نزول (nzúl), عذاب (ʿdháb), سياط (síáṭ), سلطان (slṭán) as “victims, avenging, Avenger, God, the omnipotent, afflicted, chastisement, scourge, heavenly King”

may 25% will 15% would 10% should 10% made 10% must 10% mayest 5% might 5% again 5% commissioned 5%
نزول
nzúl n-z-l

literal: descending; descend

SE rendered منتقم (mntqm), حقيقی (ḥqíqí), می (mí), شوند (shúnd), محلّ (mḥll), نزول (nzúl), عذاب (ʿdháb), سياط (síáṭ), سلطان (slṭán) as “Avenger, God, the omnipotent, afflicted, chastisement, scourge, heavenly King”

revelation 40% revealed 20% descent 20% heard 10% sent 10%
معنوی
mʿnúy ʿ-n-y

literal: meaning; care; meanings

SE rendered محلّ (mḥll), نزول (nzúl), عذاب (ʿdháb), سياط (síáṭ), سلطان (slṭán), معنوی (mʿnúy), می (mí), گردند (grdnd), از (iz), همه (hmh), گذشته (gdhshth), انقطاع (inqṭáʿ) as “afflicted, chastisement, scourge, heavenly King, Above all, flow”

گردند
grdnd gshtn

literal: become; to become

SE rendered عذاب (ʿdháb), سياط (síáṭ), سلطان (slṭán), معنوی (mʿnúy), می (mí), گردند (grdnd), از (iz), همه (hmh), گذشته (gdhshth), انقطاع (inqṭáʿ), فيض (fíḍ) as “chastisement, scourge, heavenly King, Above all, flow, grace”

become 38% may 25% wouldst 13% will 13% themselves 13%
گذشته
gdhshth gdhshtn

literal: pass; to pass; passed

SE rendered سلطان (slṭán), معنوی (mʿnúy), می (mí), گردند (grdnd), از (iz), همه (hmh), گذشته (gdhshth), انقطاع (inqṭáʿ), فيض (fíḍ), فيّاض (fífáḍ), انسداد (insdád) as “heavenly King, Above all, flow, grace, All-Bountiful, ocean”

have 21% past 14% ended 14% aside 7% renounced 7% before 7% passed 7% furthermore 7% beside 7% passing 7%
باب
báb b-w-b

literal: door; doors; door, gate

SE rendered انقطاع (inqṭáʿ), فيض (fíḍ), فيّاض (fífáḍ), انسداد (insdád), باب (báb), رحمت (rḥmt) as “flow, grace, All-Bountiful, ocean, mercies”

ايجاد
iyjád w-j-d

literal: existence; find; existent

SE rendered فيّاض (fífáḍ), انسداد (insdád), باب (báb), رحمت (rḥmt), سلطان (slṭán), ايجاد (iyjád), لازم (lázm), می (mí), آيد (áyd), فَنَعُوذُ (fanaʿúdh), بِاللّه (biálllh) as “All-Bountiful, ocean, mercies, We take refuge, with God”

creation 83% created 17%
لازم
lázm l-z-m

literal: necessary; necessary, incumbent; necessary, required

SE rendered انسداد (insdád), باب (báb), رحمت (rḥmt), سلطان (slṭán), ايجاد (iyjád), لازم (lázm), می (mí), آيد (áyd), فَنَعُوذُ (fanaʿúdh), بِاللّه (biálllh) as “ocean, mercies, We take refuge, with God”

آيد
áyd ʾ-y-d

literal: support; come; strengthen

SE rendered رحمت (rḥmt), سلطان (slṭán), ايجاد (iyjád), لازم (lázm), می (mí), آيد (áyd), فَنَعُوذُ (fanaʿúdh), بِاللّه (biálllh), يَظُنُّ (yaẓunn) as “mercies, We take refuge, with God, fancied”

may 33% assist 33% aid 10% all-merciful 5% will 5% “seal.” 5% how 5% step 5%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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