Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §159
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 159 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Call Thou to remembrance”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “all created things”
SE expanded to “the holy ones”
SE expanded to “hath cried out”
SE expanded to “The Chaste One”
SE expanded to “thou dost imagine”
SE expanded to “who hast withdrawn”
This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (77 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “judge” (1 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “Hast thou denied”
This form usually rendered as “creatures”, “among”, “creation” (114 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Spirit of God”
SE expanded to “of all being”
This form usually rendered as “gainsayest” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all the books”
SE expanded to “of the world”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “haply”, “riseth” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “be made aware”
This form usually rendered as “sweet”, “breezes”, “fragrances” (84 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “infidel”, “infidels” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “through the tongue”
SE expanded to “thou mayest apprehend”
This form usually rendered as “written”, “recorded”, “records” (31 occurrences)
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
This form usually rendered as “clear”, “evidences”, “proofs” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cannot”, “thou”, “powerless” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered يوم (yúm), وجد (wjd), ذی (dhí), شمّ (shmm), عرف (ʿrf), نسمة (nsmh), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), الامکان (al-ámkán) as “whereon, hath discovered, man, fragrance, the breeze, of the All-Merciful, in the world of creation”
SE expanded to “in the world of creation”
SE rendered الغافل (al-gháfl), تاللّه (tálllh), رجع (rjʿ), حديث (ḥdíth), الذّبح (adh-dhbḥ), الذّبيح (adh-dhbíḥ), توجّه (tújjh), مقرّ (mqrr) as “heedless one, God, retold, tale of the Sacrifice, directed, the place of sacrifice”
This form usually rendered as “turning”, “turn”, “set” (118 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “spot” (95 occurrences)
SE expanded to “place of sacrifice”
This form usually rendered as “perverse” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “repository”, “place” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “understand”, “comprehend”, “insight” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Woe betide thee”
This form usually rendered as “before”, “presence”, “leader” (30 occurrences)
SE expanded to “impious who murdered and pillaged”
This form usually rendered as “mounted”, “stablished”, “established” (4 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “estimation” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “veiled”, “deprived”, “shut” (21 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by a veil”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “hast” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered الغافلين (al-gháflín), قتلت (qtlt), الکبير (al-kbír), نهبت (nhbt), الصّغير (aṣ-ṣghír), هل (hl), تظنّ (tẓnn) as “the wayward, the aged, plundered, the young, Thinkest”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “shall” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “possessest shall profit”
SE expanded to “thine own fire”
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “powerful”, “potent” (266 occurrences)
SE expanded to “power of His sovereignty”
SE rendered يشاء (ysháʾ), بسلطانه (bslṭánh), يحکم (yḥkm), يريد (yríd), تفکّر (tfkkr), النّاقة (an-náqh) as “power of His sovereignty, ordaineth, Consider, the she-camel”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered الحيوان (al-ḥíwán), رفعها (rfʿhá), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), مقام (mqám), نطق (nṭq), السن (as-sn), العالم (al-ʿálm), بذکرها (bdhkrhá), ثنائها (thnáʾhá) as “a beast, exalted, the All-Merciful, station, tongues of, the earth, made mention of her, celebrated her praise”
SE expanded to “celebrated her praise”
SE expanded to “the Almighty, the”
SE rendered العزيز (al-ʿzíz), العظيم (al-ʿẓím), کذلک (kdhlk), زيّنّا (zíznná), افاق (ifáq), سماء (smáʾ), اللّوح (al-lúḥ), بشموس (bshmús), الکلمات (al-klmát) as “the Almighty, the, Great, Thus have We adorned, the heaven, of Our Tablet, the suns, of Our words”
This form usually rendered as “world”, “whole”, “all” (52 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Our words”
SE expanded to “illumined with their light”