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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §141

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 141 of 268.

Source (Persian)

يا هادی نزد اخوی رفتی و ديدی حال بساحت مظلوم توجّه نما شايد نفحات وحی و فوحات الهام ترا تاييد نمايد و بمقصود فائز گرداند * هر نفسی اليوم بمشاهده اثار فائز شود حقّ را از باطل بمثابه شمس از ظلّ تميز دهد و بمقصود اگاه گردد * حقّ شاهد و گواه که انچه ذکر شده لوجه اللّه بوده که شايد ان جناب سبب هدايت خلق شوند و احزاب عالم را از ظنون و اوهام نجات بخشند * سبحان اللّه الی حين معرضين و منکرين نميدانند انچه نزد مبشّر يعنی نقطه رفته از که بوده العلم عند اللّه ربّ العالمين *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O Hádí! Thou hast gone unto My brother and hast seen him. Set now thy face towards the court of this Wronged One, that haply the breezes of Revelation and the breaths of inspiration may assist thee and enable thee to attain thy goal. Whoever gazeth this day on My signs will distinguish truth from falsehood as the sun from shadow, and will be made cognizant of the goal. God is aware and beareth Me witness that whatever hath been mentioned was for the sake of God, that haply thou mayest be the cause of the guidance of men, and mayest deliver the peoples of the world from idle fancies and vain imaginings. Gracious God! Until now they that have turned aside and denied Me have failed to recognize Who despatched that which was delivered unto the Herald - the Primal Point! The knowledge of it is with God, the Lord of the worlds.

Translation Notes

ترا

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

13 occurrences in corpus

از
iz ʾ-z “of”

literal: from

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

بمثابه
bmthábh m-th-l “as”

literal: like; likeness

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”

even 33% clear 33% like 33%
تميز
tmíz m-y-z

literal: distinction; distinguished; distinguish

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”

دهد
dhd d-h

literal: give; to give; given

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”

اگاه
igáh ʾ-g-h

literal: aware; awareness; aware/informed

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”

بخشند
bkhshnd b-kh-sh

literal: grant; bestow; give

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”

grace 17% vouchsafe 11% deliver 11% bounty 11% bestoweth 11% bestow 11% conferred 11% have 6% limitless 6% divine 6%
حين
ḥín ḥ-y-n

literal: time; time/moment

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”

moment 40% hour 14% time 12% day 7% when 7% continually 7% while 5% times 5% soon 2% late 2%
رفته
rfth r-f-t

literal: go; to go; gone

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”

fled 17% repaired 17% joined 17% left 17% visited 17% hath 17%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

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