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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §184

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 184 of 268.

Source (Persian)

ذلّت بمقامی رسيده که هر يوم بانتشار مفتريات مشغولند و لکن اين مظلوم بصبر جميل تمسّک جسته * ايکاش حضرت پادشاه ممالک ايران انچه در استانه وارد شده صورت ان را طلب فرمايند تا بر حقيقت امر اگاه شوند * يا سلطان اقسمک بربّک الرّحمن در اين فقره بنظر عدل ملاحظه فرما * هل من ذی عدل يحکم اليوم بما انزله اللّه فی الکتاب و هل من ذی انصاف ينصف فيما ورد علينا من دون بيّنة و برهان؟

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Such abasement hath been inflicted that each day they spread fresh calumnies. This Wronged One, however, cleaveth to seemly patience. Would that His Majesty the Sháh of Persia would ask for a report of the things which befell Us in Constantinople, that he might become fully acquainted with the true facts. O Sháh! I adjure thee by thy Lord, the God of Mercy, to look into this matter with the eye of fairness. Is there to be found a just man who will judge in this day according to that which God hath sent down in His Book? Where is the fair-minded person who will equitably consider what hath been perpetrated against Us without any clear token or proof?

Translation Notes

بمقامی
bmqámí q-w-m

literal: station

SE rendered ذلّت (dhllt)بمقامی (bmqámí)رسيده (rsídh)هر (hr)يوم (yúm)بانتشار (bántshár) as “Such abasement, hath been inflicted, each, day, spread”

جسته
jsth j-s-t “to”

literal: seek; sought; to seek

SE rendered لکن (lkn)مظلوم (mẓlúm)بصبر (bṣbr)جميل (jmíl)تمسّک (tmssk)جسته (jsth)ايکاش (iykásh)حضرت (ḥḍrt)پادشاه (pádsháh) as “however, Wronged One, patience, seemly, cleaveth, to, Would that, His Majesty, Sháh”

ascended 20% clinging 20% cling 20% turned 20% moses 20%
ممالک
mmálk m-l-k

literal: kingdom; king

SE rendered جسته (jsth)ايکاش (iykásh)حضرت (ḥḍrt)پادشاه (pádsháh)ممالک (mmálk)ايران (iyrán)انچه (inchh)استانه (istánh)وارد (wárd) as “to, Would that, His Majesty, Sháh, Persia, things, Constantinople, befell”

بر
br b-r-r

literal: on; on, upon; upon

SE rendered صورت (ṣúrt)طلب (ṭlb)فرمايند (frmáynd)بر (br)حقيقت (ḥqíqt)امر (imr)اگاه (igáh)شوند (shúnd)سلطان (slṭán) as “report, ask, would, true facts, fully acquainted, Sháh”

land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%
امر
imr ʾ-m-r

literal: command; matter; cause

SE rendered طلب (ṭlb)فرمايند (frmáynd)بر (br)حقيقت (ḥqíqt)امر (imr)اگاه (igáh)شوند (shúnd)سلطان (slṭán)اقسمک (iqsmk) as “ask, would, true facts, fully acquainted, Sháh, adjure”

شوند
shúnd sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered فرمايند (frmáynd)بر (br)حقيقت (ḥqíqt)امر (imr)اگاه (igáh)شوند (shúnd)سلطان (slṭán)اقسمک (iqsmk)بربّک (brbbk)الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn) as “would, true facts, fully acquainted, Sháh, adjure, by thy Lord, the God of Mercy”

again 14% would 14% feed 14% unraveling 14% will 14% therein 14% intervening 14%
هل
hl h-l “people” Distinctive

literal: people

This form usually rendered as “"hath”, “know”, “think” (3 occurrences)

“hath 33% know 33% think 33%

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

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