Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §234
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 234 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “mirrors”, “mirror”, “other” (12 occurrences)
SE rendered المرآيا (al-mráyá), شمس (shms), الحقيقة (al-ḥqíqh), تنظرون (tnẓrún), قيامکم (qíámkm), لو (lú) as “! Look, Sun of Truth, depend, were”
SE expanded to “Ye are all”
SE expanded to “of the sea”
SE expanded to “veiling yourselves therefrom”
This form usually rendered as “asked”, “ye” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “complain” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered لاشکونّ (láshkúnn), اليک (al-yk), مرآة (mráh), جودی (júdí), المرايا (al-mráyá), بالوانهم (bálúánhm) as “complain, unto thee, Mirror of My generosity, look”
SE rendered بالوانهم (bálúánhm), لينظرون (línẓrún), انتهی (inthí), خطاب (khṭáb), از (iz), مصدر (mṣdr), امر (imr) as “look, addressed, Source, the Revelation”
SE rendered خطاب (khṭáb), از (iz), مصدر (mṣdr), امر (imr), حضرت (ḥḍrt), وهّاب (whháb), بجناب (bjnáb), سيّد (sísd), جواد (júád), مشهور (mshhúr) as “addressed, Source, the Revelation, All-Bounteous, Siyyid Javád, known as Karbilá'i”
SE rendered خطاب (khṭáb), از (iz), مصدر (mṣdr), امر (imr), حضرت (ḥḍrt), وهّاب (whháb), بجناب (bjnáb), سيّد (sísd), جواد (júád), مشهور (mshhúr), بکربلائی (bkrbláʾí), نازل (názl) as “addressed, Source, the Revelation, All-Bounteous, Siyyid Javád, known as Karbilá'i, sent down”
SE rendered وهّاب (whháb), بجناب (bjnáb), سيّد (sísd), جواد (júád), مشهور (mshhúr), بکربلائی (bkrbláʾí), نازل (názl), حقّ (ḥqq), شاهد (sháhd), عالم (ʿálm), گواه (gúáh) as “All-Bounteous, Siyyid Javád, known as Karbilá'i, sent down, God, testifieth, the world, witness”
SE expanded to “this Wronged One”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “such”, “froward” (31 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “detailed” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered ردّ (rdd), معرضين (mʿrḍín), شرحی (shrḥí), مبسوط (mbsúṭ), نوشته (núshth), دو (dú), لوح (lúḥ) as “refutation, turned aside, a detailed, wrote, Two communications, , moreover,”
SE rendered از (iz), ظهور (ẓhúr), حقّ (ḥqq), گواهی (gúáhí), داده (dádh), از (iz), دونش (dúnsh), اشارات (ishárát), اعراض (iʿráḍ), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “the Revelation, the True One, borne witness, but Him, evidences of, turning away, clear and manifest”
SE rendered از (iz), دونش (dúnsh), اشارات (ishárát), اعراض (iʿráḍ), ظاهر (ẓáhr), هويدا (húydá), نزد (nzd) as “but Him, evidences of, turning away, clear and manifest, unto”
SE expanded to “have been sent”
SE rendered خطّ (khṭṭ), نزد (nzd), معلوم (mʿlúm), واضحست (wáḍḥst), مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), عمل (ʿml), انکه (inkh) as “handwriting, unto everyone, unmistakable, and is known, purpose, He”
SE rendered معلوم (mʿlúm), واضحست (wáḍḥst), مقصود (mqṣúd), از (iz), عمل (ʿml), انکه (inkh), شايد (sháyd), منکرين (mnkrín), بفرات (bfrát) as “unmistakable, and is known, purpose, He, perchance, that have denied, living waters of acknowledgment”
SE expanded to “that have denied”
literal: abundant/river; euphrates; flood (metaphorical use of euphrates)
This form usually rendered as “unto” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “living waters of acknowledgment”
SE rendered انکه (inkh), شايد (sháyd), منکرين (mnkrín), بفرات (bfrát), اقرار (iqrár), فائز (fáʾz), شوند (shúnd), معرضين (mʿrḍín), بنور (bnúr) as “He, perchance, that have denied, living waters of acknowledgment, attain unto, turned aside, with the light”
SE rendered شايد (sháyd), منکرين (mnkrín), بفرات (bfrát), اقرار (iqrár), فائز (fáʾz), شوند (shúnd), معرضين (mʿrḍín), بنور (bnúr), اقبال (iqbál), منوّر (mnúnr) as “perchance, that have denied, living waters of acknowledgment, attain unto, turned aside, with the light, illumined”
SE expanded to “with the light”
SE rendered فائز (fáʾz), شوند (shúnd), معرضين (mʿrḍín), بنور (bnúr), اقبال (iqbál), منوّر (mnúnr), گردند (grdnd), حقّ (ḥqq), شاهد (sháhd) as “attain unto, turned aside, with the light, illumined, were, God, witness”
This form usually rendered as “become”, “may”, “wouldst” (18 occurrences)
literal: blessed; blessedness; blessedness, happiness
SE expanded to “Blessed are the fair-minded”
SE expanded to “Blessed are the fair-minded”
This form usually rendered as “schemed” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cleave”, “clung”, “cling” (82 occurrences)
SE rendered نمودهاند (nmúdhánd), بحيلها (bḥílhá), تمسّک (tmssk), جستهاند (jsthánd), از (iz), جمله (jmlh), صورت (ṣúrt), سيّد (sísd) as “have, deceitfully, a picture, Siyyid”
SE rendered بحيلها (bḥílhá), تمسّک (tmssk), جستهاند (jsthánd), از (iz), جمله (jmlh), صورت (ṣúrt), سيّد (sísd), گرفتهاند (grfthánd) as “deceitfully, a picture, Siyyid, take”
This form usually rendered as “image”, “report”, “way” (15 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “some”, “certain”, “few” (100 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “leaf”, “sheet” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered کدام (kdám), ورقی (wrqí), چسباندهاند (chsbándhánd), اينها (iynhá), صورت (ṣúrt), ميرزا (mírzá), يحيی (yḥíy) as “which, sheet, the portrait, Mírzá Yaḥyá”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “evident” (1 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered قل (ql), حق (ḥq), عيان (ʿíán), چون (chún), مهر (mhr), رخشان (rkhshán), امده (imdh), حيف (ḥíf), کاندر (kándr), شهر (shhr) as “Say, True One, evident, the shining, is come, pity, have come into, the city”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered شهر (shhr), کوران (kúrán), امده (imdh), سيّد (sísd), مذکور (mdhkúr), منکرين (mnkrín), نصيحت (nṣíḥt), نموده (nmúdh), بافق (báfq) as “the city, blind, !" The, afore-mentioned Siyyid, the deniers, admonished, hath, the Most Sublime Horizon”
SE expanded to “Most Sublime Horizon”
SE rendered منکرين (mnkrín), نصيحت (nṣíḥt), نموده (nmúdh), بافق (báfq), اعلی (iʿlí), دعوت (dʿút), کرده (krdh), لکن (lkn), احجار (iḥjár) as “the deniers, admonished, hath, the Most Sublime Horizon, summoned them unto, but, these stones”
SE expanded to “summoned them unto”
SE rendered نصيحت (nṣíḥt), نموده (nmúdh), بافق (báfq), اعلی (iʿlí), دعوت (dʿút), کرده (krdh), لکن (lkn), احجار (iḥjár) as “admonished, hath, the Most Sublime Horizon, summoned them unto, but, these stones”
SE rendered دعوت (dʿút), کرده (krdh), لکن (lkn), احجار (iḥjár), ملساء (mlsáʾ), تاثيری (táthírí), ننمود (nnmúd), بارهاش (bárhásh) as “summoned them unto, but, these stones, Concerning him”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered لکن (lkn), احجار (iḥjár), ملساء (mlsáʾ), تاثيری (táthírí), ننمود (nnmúd), بارهاش (bárhásh), گفتهاند (gfthánd) as “but, these stones, Concerning him, they have said”
SE expanded to “they have said”
SE expanded to “exalted be His glory”
SE rendered از (iz), بحقّ (bḥqq), جلّ (jll), جلاله (jlálh), پناه (pnáh), برده (brdh), حال (ḥál), عرائضی (ʿráʾḍí), بساحت (bsáḥt) as “refuge with God, exalted be His glory, The supplications, to this Holy Court”
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered از (iz), بحقّ (bḥqq), جلّ (jll), جلاله (jlálh), پناه (pnáh), برده (brdh), حال (ḥál), عرائضی (ʿráʾḍí), بساحت (bsáḥt) as “refuge with God, exalted be His glory, The supplications, to this Holy Court”
SE expanded to “to this Holy Court”
SE rendered حال (ḥál), عرائضی (ʿráʾḍí), بساحت (bsáḥt), اقدس (iqds), ارسال (irsál), داشته (dáshth), موجود (mújúd), طوبی (ṭúbí), للمنصفين (llmnṣfín) as “The supplications, to this Holy Court, hath sent, have, Our possession, Happy are the fair-minded”
This form usually rendered as “exist”, “extant”, “found” (50 occurrences)