Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §140
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 140 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
1 occurrence in corpus
1 occurrence in corpus
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “first”, “beginning”, “hath” (119 occurrences)
SE rendered بابی (bábí), گفتهاند (gfthánd), اضطراب (iḍṭráb), اخذش (ikhdhsh), نمود (nmúd), بشانيکه (bsháníkh), وقار (wqár), سکون (skún), مفقود (mfqúd), گشت (gsht) as “Bábí, been called, he became so perturbed, hath, his poise and dignity, forsook”
SE expanded to “his poise and dignity”
SE rendered اضطراب (iḍṭráb), اخذش (ikhdhsh), نمود (nmúd), بشانيکه (bsháníkh), وقار (wqár), سکون (skún), مفقود (mfqúd), گشت (gsht), بر (br), منابر (mnábr), ارتقا (irtqá), جست (jst) as “he became so perturbed, hath, his poise and dignity, forsook, the pulpits, ascended”
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “cling”, “hath” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all”, “eternity”, “invariably” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “From time immemorial”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “instrument”, “means” (158 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “Thou must not”
This form usually rendered as “instance”, “like”, “even” (105 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “souls”, “men”, “people” (107 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “imagine”, “knowing” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “assurance”, “confidence”, “peace” (21 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “imperturbability”, “authority”, “ascendancy” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
SE rendered ظهور (ẓhúr), ذکر (dhkr), جناب (jnáb), اگاه (igáh), شوند (shúnd), مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), انچه (inchh), بيان (bíán), از (iz) as “this Revelation, have described, thee, well-informed, My purpose, of, He, the passages”
SE expanded to “of a certainty”
SE expanded to “this Wronged One”
This form usually rendered as “share”, “delivered”, “imparted” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “said”, “declared” (139 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “limited”, “feeble”, “faint-hearted” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “transformation”, “bartered”, “converted” (34 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “observe”, “eye”, “because” (97 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered تبديل (tbdíl), نمودند (nmúdnd), نظر (nẓr), بزندگانی (bzndgání), دو (dú), روزه (rúzh), دنيا (dníá), عمل (ʿml), کردند (krdnd), گفتند (gftnd), انچه (inchh) as “tampered, in their concern, fleeting life, two, done, said, that”
SE rendered تبديل (tbdíl), نمودند (nmúdnd), نظر (nẓr), بزندگانی (bzndgání), دو (dú), روزه (rúzh), دنيا (dníá), عمل (ʿml), کردند (krdnd), گفتند (gftnd), انچه (inchh) as “tampered, in their concern, fleeting life, two, done, said, that”
This form usually rendered as “asked”, “acted”, “made” (21 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “proclaim”, “announced”, “tidings” (19 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “still”, ““there” (25 occurrences)