Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §110
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 110 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “another”, “other”, “different” (97 occurrences)
SE rendered المَدِينَةَ (al-madínah), حِيْنِ (ḥín), غَفْلَةٍ (ghaflahin), أَهْلِهَا (ʾahlihá), فَوَجَدَ (fawajad) as “at the time, inhabitants would not observe, found therein”
SE rendered حِيْنِ (ḥín), غَفْلَةٍ (ghaflahin), أَهْلِهَا (ʾahlihá), فَوَجَدَ (fawajad), رَجُلَيْنَ (rajulayn) as “inhabitants would not observe, found therein, two men”
This form usually rendered as “fighting” (1 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “act”, “conduct”, “deeds” (48 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “misleader”, “wayward” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “expounder”, “luminous” (65 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “darkness”, “sinned”, “darkened” (15 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
SE expanded to “mine own hurt”
SE rendered قَالَ (qál), رَبِّ (rabb), أَنْعَمْتَ (ʾanʿamt), فَلَنْ (falan), أَکُوْنَ (ʾakún) as “He said, ‘Lord, will never again, be”
This form usually rendered as “may”, “am”, “shall” (19 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “helper”, “assist” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “wicked”, “transgressors”, “workers” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ariseth” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “full of fear”
This form usually rendered as “casting” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “He had helped”
This form usually rendered as “cried” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “will”, “purpose” (33 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “which”, “through”, “one” (11 occurrences)
SE rendered بِالَّذِی (biálladhí), عَدُوٌّ (ʿaduwwun), لَهُمَا (lahumá), قَالَ (qál), مَوْسَی (mawsay), أَتُرِيدُ (ʾaturíd) as “him who, their common foe, he said, Moses, Dost Thou desire”
This form usually rendered as “dost” (1 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “tyrant”, “name”, “all-compelling” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in this land”
SE rendered تُرِيدُ (turíd), تَکُونَ (takún), المُصْلِحِينَ﴾ (al-muṣliḥína﴾), حال (ḥál), سمع (smʿ), بصر (bṣr), مقدّس (mqdds) as “to become, now, Thine ears, thine eyes, cleansed and sanctified”
SE expanded to “cleansed and sanctified”
SE rendered حال (ḥál), سمع (smʿ), بصر (bṣr), مقدّس (mqdds), مطهّر (mṭhhr), لازم (lázm), بعدل (bʿdl), انصاف (inṣáf), تمسّک (tmssk) as “now, Thine ears, thine eyes, cleansed and sanctified, must needs, with fairness, and justice, judge”
This form usually rendered as “justice”, “just”, “equity” (134 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will”, “deprive”, “succeed” (95 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “conversed” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “had”, “laid” (77 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “search”, “seeking”, “eagerness” (53 occurrences)
SE rendered بخوف (bkhúf), فرار (frár), عصيان (ʿṣíán), طلب (ṭlb), مغفرت (mghfrt), از (iz), حقّ (ḥqq), جلّ (jll), جلاله (jlálh), کرده (krdh), فائز (fáʾz) as “fear, fled away, transgressed, to forgive, His glory, exalted be, made, He was forgiven”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “made”, “returned” (82 occurrences)