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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §230

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 230 of 268.

Source (Persian)

و همچنين ردّا لبعضی از معرضين ميفرمايد [ چه کسی عالم بظهور نيست غير اللّه هر وقت شود بايد کلّ تصديق بنقطه حقيقت نمايند و شکر الهی بجای اورند ] انتهی * معرضين بمثابه امّت يحيی تکلّم نمودند چه که ان نفوس هم بر حضرت روح اعتراض کردند که شريعت يحيی تمام نشد تو از برای چه امدی * حال هم معرضين مع انکه ابدا با ما نبودند و اطّلاع از اصل امر نداشته و ندارند که از که بوده و چه بوده گفته‌اند انچه را که اشياء کلّها بنوحه و ندبه مشغول * لعمری انّ الاخرس لا يقدر ان يقوم امام ملکوت البيان * اتّقوا اللّه يا قوم ثمّ اقراوا ما نزّل بالحقّ فی الباب الثّامن من الواحد السّادس من البيان و لا تکونوا من المعرضين * و همچنين امر فرموده [ که در هر نوزده روز يکدفعه در اين باب نظر کنند لعلّ در ظهور من يظهره اللّه محتجب نشوند بشئونی دون شان آيات که اعظم حجج و براهين بوده و هست ] انتهی *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Likewise, refuting certain disbelievers, He saith: "For none knoweth the time of the Revelation except God. Whenever it appeareth, all must acknowledge the Point of Truth, and render thanks unto God." They that have turned aside from Me have spoken even as the followers of John (the Baptist) spoke. For they, too, protested against Him Who was the Spirit (Jesus) saying: "The dispensation of John hath not yet ended; wherefore hast thou come?" Now, too, they that have repudiated Us, though they have never known Us and have been at all times ignorant of the fundamentals of this Cause, knowing not from Whom it proceeded or what it signifieth, have spoken that which hath made all created things to sigh and lament. By My life! The mute can never confront the One Who incarnateth in Himself the kingdom of utterance. Fear God, O people, and peruse, then, that which hath been sent down with truth in the eighth Chapter of the sixth Vahid of the Bayán, and be not of such as have turned aside. He, likewise, hath commanded: "Once every nineteen days this Chapter should be read, that haply they may not be veiled, in the time of the revelation of Him Whom God shall make manifest, by considerations foreign to the verses, which have been, and are still, the weightiest of all proofs and testimonies."

Translation Notes

وقت
wqt w-q-t

literal: time; appointed time; appointed-time

SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), بظهور (bẓhúr), نيست (níst), غير (ghír), اللّه (al-lh), هر (hr), وقت (wqt), بايد (báyd), تصديق (tṣdíq), بنقطه (bnqṭh), حقيقت (ḥqíqt) as “knoweth, the time of the Revelation, except, God, must, acknowledge, the Point of Truth”

time 30% hour 17% thereupon 9% moment 9% days 9% age 9% timely 4% hitherto 4% now 4% day 4%
اورند
iwrnd áwrdn

literal: bring; to bring; brought

SE rendered حقيقت (ḥqíqt), نمايند (nmáynd), شکر (shkr), الهی (al-hí), بجای (bjáy), اورند (iwrnd), انتهی (inthí), معرضين (mʿrḍín), بمثابه (bmthábh), امّت (immt) as “God, may, render thanks, unto, turned aside, even as, the followers of John”

have 25% brought 19% hath 13% came 6% returned 6% caused 6% entirely 6% into 6% inflict 6% heard 6%
انتهی
inthí n-h-y

literal: end; ended

SE rendered نمايند (nmáynd), شکر (shkr), الهی (al-hí), بجای (bjáy), اورند (iwrnd), انتهی (inthí), معرضين (mʿrḍín), بمثابه (bmthábh), امّت (immt), يحيی (yḥíy) as “may, render thanks, God, unto, turned aside, even as, the followers of John, (the Baptist)”

نشد
nshd shdn

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered اعتراض (iʿtráḍ), کردند (krdnd), شريعت (shríʿt), يحيی (yḥíy), تمام (tmám), نشد (nshd), تو (tú), از (iz), برای (bráy), چه (chh), امدی (imdí), حال (ḥál) as “protested, made, "The dispensation of John, hath not yet ended, thou, hast, wherefore, come?", Now, too”

hath 38% have 29% did 10% hast 5% never 5% failed 5% what 5% none 5%
نبودند
nbúdnd búdn

literal: be; to be; been

SE rendered معرضين (mʿrḍín), انکه (inkh), ابدا (ibdá), نبودند (nbúdnd), اطّلاع (iṭṭláʿ), از (iz), اصل (iṣl), امر (imr), نداشته (ndáshth) as “they that have repudiated Us, He, never, at all times ignorant, of, the fundamentals of this Cause”

hath 38% have 35% had 11% can 4% remained 3% could 3% found 2% promulgated 2% hast 2% regarded 2%
کلّها
kllhá k-l-l → “all”

literal: all; every; all, every

SE rendered گفته‌اند (gfth‌ánd), انچه (inchh), اشياء (ishíáʾ), کلّها (kllhá), بنوحه (bnúḥh), ندبه (ndbh), مشغول (mshghúl), لعمری (lʿmrí) as “have spoken that which, all created things, to sigh, lament, By My life”

all 69% whole 10% every 5% most 2% combined 2% successive 2% nothing 2% one 2% essence 2% wholly 2%
مشغول
mshghúl sh-gh-l

literal: occupied; busy; occupy

SE rendered اشياء (ishíáʾ), کلّها (kllhá), بنوحه (bnúḥh), ندبه (ndbh), مشغول (mshghúl), لعمری (lʿmrí), الاخرس (al-ákhrs), يقدر (yqdr) as “all created things, to sigh, lament, By My life, The mute”

busied 31% occupied 24% engaged 7% busy 7% immersed 7% have 5% busying 5% hath 5% strive 5% commune 5%
الاخرس
al-ákhrs kh-r-s → “mute”

literal: mute

1 occurrence in corpus

يقدر
yqdr q-d-r

literal: power; powerful

SE rendered لعمری (lʿmrí), الاخرس (al-ákhrs), يقدر (yqdr), يقوم (yqúm), امام (imám), ملکوت (mlkút) as “By My life, The mute, the kingdom of utterance”

can 63% hath 6% have 6% powerless 6% stilled 3% power 3% cannot 3% aspire 3% could 3% able 3%
يقوم
yqúm q-w-m

literal: station; people; place

SE rendered لعمری (lʿmrí), الاخرس (al-ákhrs), يقدر (yqdr), يقوم (yqúm), امام (imám), ملکوت (mlkút), البيان (al-bíán), اتّقوا (ittqúá) as “By My life, The mute, the kingdom of utterance, Fear God”

arise 17% may 17% shall 8% stand 8% confront 8% will 8% prevail 8% raise 8% stirred 8% rise 8%
الثّامن
ath-thámn th-m-n

literal: eighty; eight; eighth

SE rendered نزّل (nzzl), بالحقّ (bálḥqq), الباب (al-báb), الثّامن (ath-thámn), الواحد (al-wáḥd), السّادس (as-sáds), البيان (al-bíán) as “hath been sent down, with truth, the eighth Chapter, of the sixth Vahid, the Bayán”

precious 14% eighth 14% eight 14% twenty 14% cost 14% eighty 14% price 14%
السّادس
as-sáds s-d-s

literal: sixth

SE rendered الباب (al-báb), الثّامن (ath-thámn), الواحد (al-wáḥd), السّادس (as-sáds), البيان (al-bíán) as “the eighth Chapter, of the sixth Vahid, the Bayán”

1 occurrence in corpus

تکونوا
tkúnúá k-w-n

literal: be; was; to be

SE rendered الواحد (al-wáḥd), السّادس (as-sáds), البيان (al-bíán), تکونوا (tkúnúá), المعرضين (al-mʿrḍín), همچنين (hmchnín), امر (imr) as “of the sixth Vahid, the Bayán, turned aside, hath commanded”

ye 83% such 17%
نوزده
núzdh n-w-z

literal: nineteen

SE rendered امر (imr), فرموده (frmúdh), هر (hr), نوزده (núzdh), روز (rúz), يکدفعه (ykdfʿh), باب (báb), نظر (nẓr) as “hath commanded, : "Once, every nineteen, days, should be read”

nineteen 33% made 33% tender 33%
يکدفعه
ykdfʿh d-f-ʿ

literal: repelling; repulsion; be repelled

SE rendered فرموده (frmúdh), هر (hr), نوزده (núzdh), روز (rúz), يکدفعه (ykdfʿh), باب (báb), نظر (nẓr), کنند (knnd), لعلّ (lʿll) as “: "Once, every nineteen, days, should be read, that haply”

self-defence 10% repel 10% defending 10% arms 10% given 10% decimate 10% against 10% suppression 10% keep 10% dispelled 10%
شان

literal: manner

SE rendered محتجب (mḥtjb), نشوند (nshúnd), بشئونی (bshʾúní), دون (dún), شان (shán), آيات (áyát), اعظم (iʿẓm), حجج (ḥjj), براهين (bráhín) as “veiled, considerations, foreign to, the verses, the weightiest, of all proofs, testimonies”

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

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