Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §175
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 175 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered شيخ (shíkh), فکر (fkr), نما (nmá), بانصاف (bánṣáf), تکلّم (tkllm), کن (kn), حزب (ḥzb), شيخ (shíkh), احسائی (iḥsáʾí) as “Shaykh, Meditate, fair, in what thou sayest, be, followers, Shaykh-i-Ahsa'i”
This form usually rendered as “spoke”, “breathe”, “conversing” (17 occurrences)
SE rendered شيخ (shíkh), فکر (fkr), نما (nmá), بانصاف (bánṣáf), تکلّم (tkllm), کن (kn), حزب (ḥzb), شيخ (shíkh), احسائی (iḥsáʾí), باعانت (báʿánt), الهی (al-hí), عارف (ʿárf), شدند (shdnd) as “Shaykh, Meditate, fair, in what thou sayest, be, followers, Shaykh-i-Ahsa'i, by the aid, God, apprehended”
SE expanded to “by the aid”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “from the comprehension of others”
SE rendered عارف (ʿárf), شدند (shdnd), بانچه (bánchh), دون (dún), حزب (ḥzb), از (iz), محروم (mḥrúm), محجوب (mḥjúb), مشاهده (msháhdh), گشتند (gshtnd) as “apprehended, that which, from the comprehension of others, deprived, veiled, remained”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered محروم (mḥrúm), محجوب (mḥjúb), مشاهده (msháhdh), گشتند (gshtnd), باری (bárí), هر (hr), عصری (ʿṣrí) as “deprived, veiled, remained, Briefly, every, age”
This form usually rendered as “repositories”, “daysprings” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered علم (ʿlm), الهی (al-hí), اختلاف (ikhtláf), ظاهر (ẓáhr), سبب (sbb), علّت (ʿllt), نفوس (nfús), کاذبه (kádhbh), ملحده (mlḥdh), بودهاند (búdhánd) as “knowledge, Divine, differences, arisen, caused, souls, lying, impious, have been”
SE rendered کاذبه (kádhbh), ملحده (mlḥdh), بودهاند (búdhánd), شرح (shrḥ), مقام (mqám), جائز (jáʾz), نه (nh), جناب (jnáb), اعرف (iʿrf) as “lying, impious, have been, expatiate, this, permissible, not, Thou, acquainted”
literal: permissible; transgression; transgress, exceed
This form usually rendered as “wise”, “permissible”, “farther.”” (19 occurrences)
SE rendered بودهاند (búdhánd), شرح (shrḥ), مقام (mqám), جائز (jáʾz), نه (nh), جناب (jnáb), اعرف (iʿrf), اعلمند (iʿlmnd), باوهام (báwhám) as “have been, expatiate, this, permissible, not, Thou, acquainted, familiar, the idle fancies”
This form usually rendered as “idle”, “fancy”, “fancies” (46 occurrences)