Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §141
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 141 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “turning”, “turn”, “set” (116 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “meditate”, “behold” (39 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “purpose”, “desire”, “meant” (196 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “attain”, “attained”, “attainest” (88 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “witness”, “testifieth”, “aware” (27 occurrences)
SE rendered بمشاهده (bmsháhdh), اثار (ithár), فائز (fáʾz), حقّ (ḥqq), از (iz), باطل (báṭl), بمثابه (bmthábh), شمس (shms), از (iz), ظلّ (ẓll) as “on My, signs, will distinguish, truth, from, falsehood, as, sun, shadow”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered اثار (ithár), فائز (fáʾz), حقّ (ḥqq), از (iz), باطل (báṭl), بمثابه (bmthábh), شمس (shms), از (iz), ظلّ (ẓll), تميز (tmíz), دهد (dhd), بمقصود (bmqṣúd) as “signs, will distinguish, truth, from, falsehood, as, sun, shadow, of the goal”
SE rendered از (iz), باطل (báṭl), بمثابه (bmthábh), شمس (shms), از (iz), ظلّ (ẓll), تميز (tmíz), دهد (dhd), بمقصود (bmqṣúd), اگاه (igáh), گردد (grdd), حقّ (ḥqq) as “from, falsehood, as, sun, shadow, of the goal, God”
SE rendered باطل (báṭl), بمثابه (bmthábh), شمس (shms), از (iz), ظلّ (ẓll), تميز (tmíz), دهد (dhd), بمقصود (bmqṣúd), اگاه (igáh), گردد (grdd), حقّ (ḥqq), شاهد (sháhd) as “falsehood, as, sun, from, shadow, of the goal, God, is aware”
SE rendered شمس (shms), از (iz), ظلّ (ẓll), تميز (tmíz), دهد (dhd), بمقصود (bmqṣúd), اگاه (igáh), گردد (grdd), حقّ (ḥqq), شاهد (sháhd), گواه (gúáh) as “sun, from, shadow, of the goal, God, is aware, beareth Me witness”
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “again”, “would”, “feed” (38 occurrences)
SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), از (iz), ظنون (ẓnún), اوهام (iwhám), نجات (nját), بخشند (bkhshnd), سبحان (sbḥán), اللّه (al-lh), حين (ḥín), معرضين (mʿrḍín) as “the world, from, idle fancies, vain imaginings, deliver, Gracious God, they that have turned”
SE rendered نجات (nját), بخشند (bkhshnd), سبحان (sbḥán), اللّه (al-lh), حين (ḥín), معرضين (mʿrḍín), منکرين (mnkrín), نميدانند (nmídánnd), انچه (inchh) as “deliver, Gracious God, they that have turned, denied, have failed to recognize, that which”
SE expanded to “they that have turned”
This form usually rendered as “who”, “meant”, “meaneth” (23 occurrences)
SE rendered نميدانند (nmídánnd), انچه (inchh), نزد (nzd), مبشّر (mbshshr), يعنی (yʿní), نقطه (nqṭh), رفته (rfth), از (iz), العلم (al-ʿlm), اللّه (al-lh) as “have failed to recognize, that which, delivered unto, Herald, - the, Primal Point, from, The knowledge, God”