Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §170
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 170 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “confounded”, “will” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered شيخ (shíkh), نفحات (nfḥát), وحی (wḥí), بدونش (bdúnsh), مشتبه (mshtbh), نشده (nshdh), نميشود (nmíshúd), حال (ḥál), سدره (sdrh), منتهی (mnthí) as “Shaykh, breezes, Revelation, with, confounded, be, can never, Now, Lote-Tree”
SE rendered نشده (nshdh), نميشود (nmíshúd), حال (ḥál), سدره (sdrh), منتهی (mnthí), اثمار (ithmár), تحصی (tḥṣí), امام (imám), وجهت (wjht) as “be, can never, Now, Lote-Tree, fruits, countless, before, face”
This form usually rendered as “attend”, “met”, “sent” (17 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “such”, “even” (142 occurrences)
SE rendered باوهام (báwhám), مثل (mthl), حزب (ḥzb), ميالای (míáláy), از (iz), نفس (nfs), بيان (bíán), فطرة (fṭrh), اللّه (al-lh), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “idle fancies, as, people, besmirch, of, utterances, true nature, God, proclaim”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “appeared” (458 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “source” (10 occurrences)
5 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered حاضر (ḥáḍr), لک (lk), تقصد (tqṣd), المقصد (al-mqṣd), الاقصی (al-áqṣí), الغاية (al-gháyh), القصوی (al-qṣúy), الذّروة (adh-dhrúh) as “Him, thee, direct, Ultimate Goal, Supreme End, Most Sublime Pinnacle”
SE expanded to “Most Sublime Pinnacle”
SE rendered الغاية (al-gháyh), القصوی (al-qṣúy), الذّروة (adh-dhrúh), العليا (al-ʿlíá), لتسمع (ltsmʿ), تری (trí), ظهر (ẓhr) as “Supreme End, Most Sublime Pinnacle, hear, behold, revealed”
SE rendered لتسمع (ltsmʿ), تری (trí), ظهر (ẓhr), لدی (ldí), اللّه (al-lh), ربّ (rbb), العالمين (al-ʿálmín) as “hear, behold, revealed, God, Lord, worlds”