Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §231
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 231 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “may”, “maketh”, “recreate” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered مبشّر (mbshshr), فرموده (frmúdh), قائلا (qáʾlá), توبوا (túbúá), لانّه (lánnh), اقترب (iqtrb), ملکوت (mlkút), السّموات (as-smúát), انّی (inní) as “Forerunner, said, "Saying, repent ye, for, is at hand, Kingdom, heaven, I”
SE expanded to “is at hand”
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “baptize” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered انّی (inní), اعمّدکم (iʿmmdkm), بماء (bmáʾ), للتّوبة (llttúbh), لکنّ (lknn), يأتی (yʾatí), بعدی (bʿdí), اقوی (iqúy), منّی (mnní) as “I, baptize, water, repentance, but, cometh, after Me, mightier, than I”
This form usually rendered as “mine” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “am”, “accuse”, “have” (6 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “such” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “plead” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “fellowship”, “men”, “enjoyed” (7 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “taken”, “escorted” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “seek” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that are conducive”
SE rendered نفوس (nfús), باسبابيکه (básbábíkh), سبب (sbb), ذلّت (dhllt), علّت (ʿllt), اذيّت (idhíht), متمسّک (mtmssk) as “men, that are conducive, cause, humiliation, injury, clung”
This form usually rendered as “cling”, “cleaving”, “have” (19 occurrences)