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Kitáb-i-Íqán — §99

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 99 of 291.

Source (Persian)

ای عزيز، در اين صبح ازلی که انوار "اللّهُ نُورُ السَّمواتِ وَ الأرض" عالم را احاطه نموده و سرادق عصمت و حفظ " وَ يَأبَی اللّهُ إلّا أن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ " مرتفع گشته و يد قدرت بيَدِهِ مَلَکُوتُ کُلِّ شَيْءٍ " مبسوط و قائم شده کمر همّت را محکم بايد بست که شايد به عنايت و مکرمت الهی در مدينه قدسيّه "إنّا للّه" وارد شويم تا به مواقع عزّ "اليه راجعون" مقرّ يابيم. انشاءاللّه بايد چشم دل را از اشارات آب و گل پاک نمود تا ادراک مراتب مالانهايه عرفان نمائيد و حقّ را اظهر از آن بينيد که در اثبات وجودش به دليلی محتاج شويد و يا به حجّتی تمسّک جوئيد.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Dear friend! Now when the light of God’s everlasting Morn is breaking; when the radiance of His holy words: “God is the light of the heavens and of the earth” is shedding illumination upon all mankind; when the inviolability of His tabernacle is being proclaimed by His sacred utterance: “God hath willed to perfect His light;” and the Hand of omnipotence, bearing His testimony: “In His grasp He holdeth the kingdom of all things,” is being outstretched unto all the peoples and kindreds of the earth; it behooveth us to gird up the loins of endeavour, that haply, by the grace and bounty of God, we may enter the celestial City: “Verily, we are God’s,” and abide within the exalted habitation: “And unto Him we do return.” It is incumbent upon thee, by the permission of God, to cleanse the eye of thine heart from the things of the world, that thou mayest realize the infinitude of divine knowledge, and mayest behold Truth so clearly that thou wilt need no proof to demonstrate His reality, nor any evidence to bear witness unto His testimony.

Translation Notes

حفظ
ḥfẓ ḥ-f-ẓ

literal: protection; protect; preserve

SE rendered احاطه (iḥáṭh)نموده (nmúdh)سرادق (srádq)عصمت (ʿṣmt)حفظ (ḥfẓ)يَأبَی (yaʾabay)اللّهُ (al-lh) as “shedding illumination, hath, tabernacle, inviolability, willed, “God”

گشته
gshth g-sh-t

literal: become; became; to become

SE rendered يُتِمَّ (yutimm)نُورَهُ (núrah)مرتفع (mrtfʿ)گشته (gshth)يد (yd)قدرت (qdrt)بيَدِهِ (byadih)مَلَکُوتُ (malakút) as “perfect, light;”, proclaimed, Hand, omnipotence, In His grasp, kingdom”

hath 24% made 18% returned 12% have 12% attained 6% forsook 6% manifested 6% illumined 6% opened 6% risen 6%
محکم
mḥkm ḥ-k-m

literal: wisdom; wise; judgment

SE rendered مبسوط (mbsúṭ)قائم (qáʾm)کمر (kmr)همّت (hmmt)محکم (mḥkm)بايد (báyd)بست (bst)شايد (sháyd)عنايت (ʿnáyt) as “outstretched, holdeth, loins, endeavour, behooveth, gird, haply, grace”

شويم
shúym sh-w

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered مدينه (mdính)قدسيّه (qdsísh)للّه (lllh)وارد (wárd)شويم (shúym)مواقع (múáqʿ)عزّ (ʿzz)اليه (al-yh)راجعون (rájʿún) as “City, celestial, God’s,”, enter, habitation, exalted, “And, return.””

have 23% may 15% broken 8% raised 8% became 8% universally 8% one 8% attacheth 8% submit 8% revealed 8%
از
iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered بايد (báyd)چشم (chshm)دل (dl)از (iz)اشارات (ishárát)آب (áb)گل (gl)پاک (pák)نمود (nmúd)ادراک (idrák) as “It is incumbent, eye, heart, things, world, cleanse, may, realize”

23 occurrences in corpus

آب
áb m-w-h

literal: water

SE rendered بايد (báyd)چشم (chshm)دل (dl)از (iz)اشارات (ishárát)آب (áb)گل (gl)پاک (pák)نمود (nmúd)ادراک (idrák) as “It is incumbent, eye, heart, things, world, cleanse, may, realize”

water 67% waters 33%
مراتب
mrátb r-t-b

literal: rank; ranks

SE rendered گل (gl)پاک (pák)نمود (nmúd)ادراک (idrák)مراتب (mrátb)مالانهايه (málánháyh)عرفان (ʿrfán)نمائيد (nmáʾíd)حقّ (ḥqq) as “world, cleanse, may, realize, infinitude, knowledge, Truth”

شويد
shúyd sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered اثبات (ithbát)وجودش (wjúdsh)دليلی (dlílí)محتاج (mḥtáj)شويد (shúyd)حجّتی (ḥjjtí)تمسّک (tmssk)جوئيد (júʾíd) as “demonstrate, reality, proof, need, evidence, bear witness, testimony”

gather 20% ye 20% testify 20% heed 20% will 20%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán

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