Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §221
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 221 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “likewise”, “also”, “similarly” (52 occurrences)
SE expanded to “In like manner”
SE expanded to “with His own eyes”
This form usually rendered as “"behold” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered ببينيد (bbíníd), بچشم (bchshm), غير (ghír), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), کنيد (kníd), هرگز (hrgz), بشناسائی (bshnásáʾí) as “"Behold ye, with the eyes, another, behold Him, never, recognize and know”
literal: know; recognition; recognition/knowledge
SE expanded to “recognize and know”
SE rendered ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), کنيد (kníd), هرگز (hrgz), بشناسائی (bshnásáʾí), اگاهی (igáhí), فائز (fáʾz), نشويد (nshúyd), انتهی (inthí) as “behold Him, never, recognize and know, ye would”
SE rendered هرگز (hrgz), بشناسائی (bshnásáʾí), اگاهی (igáhí), فائز (fáʾz), نشويد (nshúyd), انتهی (inthí) as “never, recognize and know, ye would”
SE usually renders this root as “have”, “hath”, “made”
SE rendered بشناسائی (bshnásáʾí), اگاهی (igáhí), فائز (fáʾz), نشويد (nshúyd), انتهی (inthí), فقره (fqrh), مخصوص (mkhṣúṣ), باين (báyn) as “recognize and know, ye would, to naught else except this”
SE rendered نشويد (nshúyd), انتهی (inthí), فقره (fqrh), مخصوص (mkhṣúṣ), باين (báyn), ظهور (ẓhúr), اعظم (iʿẓm), طوبی (ṭúbí) as “ye would, to naught else except this, Most Great Revelation, Well is it”
SE rendered نشويد (nshúyd), انتهی (inthí), فقره (fqrh), مخصوص (mkhṣúṣ), باين (báyn), ظهور (ẓhúr), اعظم (iʿẓm), طوبی (ṭúbí), للمنصفين (llmnṣfín) as “ye would, to naught else except this, Most Great Revelation, Well is it, that judge fairly”
SE expanded to “Most Great Revelation”
SE expanded to “Most Great Revelation”
SE expanded to “Well is it”
SE expanded to “that judge fairly”
This form usually rendered as “years”, “seventy-year” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “endowed”, “mightier” (3 occurrences)
23 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “whole of the Bayán”
SE expanded to “Books of former times”
SE expanded to “have been repeatedly”
SE rendered بيان (bíán), کتب (ktb), مکرّر (mkrrr), کتب (ktb), عديده (ʿdídh), باسامی (básámí), مختلفه (mkhtlfh), ذکر (dhkr), لعلّ (lʿll) as “of the Bayán, in numerous books, have been repeatedly, names, divers, that perchance”
SE rendered کتب (ktb), عديده (ʿdídh), باسامی (básámí), مختلفه (mkhtlfh), ذکر (dhkr), لعلّ (lʿll), النّاس (an-nás), ينصفون (ynṣfún), فيما (fímá) as “in numerous books, names, divers, that perchance, men, might judge equitably, that which”
This form usually rendered as “days” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath arisen and shone forth”
SE rendered لعلّ (lʿll), النّاس (an-nás), ينصفون (ynṣfún), فيما (fímá), اشرق (ishrq), لاح (láḥ), افق (ifq), ارادة (irádh), اللّه (al-lh), ربّ (rbb), العرش (al-ʿrsh) as “that perchance, men, might judge equitably, that which, hath arisen and shone forth, of the will, God, the Lord, of the Mighty Throne”
SE rendered النّاس (an-nás), ينصفون (ynṣfún), فيما (fímá), اشرق (ishrq), لاح (láḥ), افق (ifq), ارادة (irádh), اللّه (al-lh), ربّ (rbb), العرش (al-ʿrsh) as “men, might judge equitably, that which, hath arisen and shone forth, of the will, God, the Lord, of the Mighty Throne”
SE expanded to “of the will”
SE expanded to “of the Mighty Throne”