Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §240
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 240 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “ordinance”, “convene”, “raise” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “such”, “even” (142 occurrences)
SE expanded to “similar to that”
This form usually rendered as “pleased”, “"they”, “name” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “refuse” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “meditate”, “behold” (39 occurrences)
SE rendered شيعه (shíʿh), راضی (ráḍí), مباش (mbásh), تفکّر (tfkkr), نما (nmá), چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), خون (khún), ريخته (ríkhth), از (iz) as “the Shí‘ahs, Be not willing, refuse, Reflect, hath, how great, blood which hath been spilt, of”
SE expanded to “blood which hath been spilt”
SE rendered مباش (mbásh), تفکّر (tfkkr), نما (nmá), چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), خون (khún), ريخته (ríkhth), از (iz), جمله (jmlh), تو (tú), مدّعی (mddʿí) as “refuse, Reflect, hath, how great, blood which hath been spilt, of, Thou, hast laid claim”
2 occurrences in corpus
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered نما (nmá), چه (chh), مقدار (mqdár), خون (khún), ريخته (ríkhth), از (iz), جمله (jmlh), تو (tú), مدّعی (mddʿí), علم (ʿlm), بودی (búdí) as “hath, how great, blood which hath been spilt, of, Thou, hast laid claim, knowledge”
SE expanded to “hast laid claim”
SE expanded to “one and all”
This form usually rendered as “primal”, “especially”, “one” (26 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “sentence” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered اخری (ikhrí), حق (ḥq), لعن (lʿn), نموديد (nmúdíd), فتوی (ftúy), بر (br), سفک (sfk), دم (dm), اطهرش (iṭhrsh), داديد (dádíd), اتق (itq), اللّه (al-lh) as “ensuing, the True One, cursed, decreed, shed, blood, His most holy, Fear, God”
SE expanded to “His most holy”
SE rendered فتوی (ftúy), بر (br), سفک (sfk), دم (dm), اطهرش (iṭhrsh), داديد (dádíd), اتق (itq), اللّه (al-lh), هادی (hádí) as “decreed, shed, blood, His most holy, Fear, God, Hádí”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “suffered”, “perpetually”, “overwhelmed” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered مبتلی (mbtlí), شوند (shúnd), اتّق (ittq), اللّه (al-lh), تکن (tkn), الظّالمين (aẓ-ẓálmín), ايّام (iyyám), اصغا (iṣghá) as “afflicted, be again, Fear, God, be, act unjustly, days, heard”
This form usually rendered as “gather”, “unity”, “gathered” (30 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “had”, “laid” (77 occurrences)
SE expanded to “for the sake”
This form usually rendered as “understanding”, “judgment”, “sane” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “siyyid”, “lord”, “prince” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “indubitable”, “fully”, “demonstrate” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “said”, “declared” (126 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “things” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hundred” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered هزار (hzár), دويست (dúyst), سنه (snh), شيعه (shíʿh), بيچاره (bíchárh), امثال (imthál), تو (tú), بئر (bʾr), اوهام (iwhám) as “twelve, hundred, years, hapless Shí‘ahs, resemble, thee, pit, vain fancies”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “judgment” (2 occurrences)