Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §242
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 242 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “sharp”, “keen”, “steel” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered ببصر (bbṣr), حديد (ḥdíd), انچه (inchh), نازل (názl), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نما (nmá), نفحات (nfḥát), بيان (bíán), ظهور (ẓhúr), غير (ghír) as “carefully scrutinize, thee to, that which, been revealed, hath, The breezes, utterance, Revelation, not to be compared”
This form usually rendered as “strive”, “thou”, “endeavour” (38 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “others”, “other”, “without” (150 occurrences)
SE expanded to “This Wronged One”
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “spot” (95 occurrences)
SE usually renders this root as “faith”, “have”, “believe”
This form usually rendered as “books”, “scriptures”, “sacred” (116 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Most Exalted One”
This form usually rendered as “observe”, “eye”, “because” (97 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will”, “may”, “must” (188 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
SE expanded to “may God assist”
SE rendered بامر (bámr), حضرت (ḥḍrt), پادشاه (pádsháh), ايران (iyrán), ايّده (iyydh), اللّه (al-lh), دو (dú) as “the command, His Majesty, Sháh, Persia, may God assist, two months”
SE rendered پادشاه (pádsháh), ايران (iyrán), ايّده (iyydh), اللّه (al-lh), دو (dú), ماه (máh), ازيد (izíd), فاصله (fáṣlh), ميرزا (mírzá), يحيی (yḥíy), وارد (wárd) as “Sháh, Persia, may God assist, two months, Mírzá Yaḥyá, joined”
SE rendered ايران (iyrán), ايّده (iyydh), اللّه (al-lh), دو (dú), ماه (máh), ازيد (izíd), فاصله (fáṣlh), ميرزا (mírzá), يحيی (yḥíy), وارد (wárd) as “Persia, may God assist, two months, Mírzá Yaḥyá, joined”
SE rendered ايّده (iyydh), اللّه (al-lh), دو (dú), ماه (máh), ازيد (izíd), فاصله (fáṣlh), ميرزا (mírzá), يحيی (yḥíy), وارد (wárd), ذکر (dhkr), نموديم (nmúdím) as “may God assist, two months, Mírzá Yaḥyá, joined, said”
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “literally”, “seeming” (21 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “We have been sent”
This form usually rendered as “royal” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “mentioned”, “did”, “neither” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered ديوان (díwán), نيامده (níámdh), ميتوانيد (mítúáníd), بخدمتی (bkhdmtí), قيام (qíám), نمائيد (nmáʾíd), مظلوم (mẓlúm) as “the Royal decree, not been mentioned, you can, arise and render some service, Wronged One”
SE expanded to “arise and render some service”
SE rendered قيام (qíám), نمائيد (nmáʾíd), مظلوم (mẓlúm), دو (dú), سنه (snh), منقطعا (mnqṭʿá), العالم (al-ʿálm), هجرت (hjrt), کرد (krd), از (iz) as “arise and render some service, Wronged One, two years, withdrew, world, departed, from”
SE rendered مظلوم (mẓlúm), دو (dú), سنه (snh), منقطعا (mnqṭʿá), العالم (al-ʿálm), هجرت (hjrt), کرد (krd), از (iz), بغداد (bghdád), از (iz) as “Wronged One, two years, withdrew, world, departed, all, Baghdád”
SE rendered کرد (krd), از (iz), بغداد (bghdád), از (iz), رجوع (rjúʿ), مشاهده (msháhdh), توقّف (túqqf), کرده (krdh), سفرش (sfrsh) as “departed, all, Baghdád, found, not left, his departure”
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “departure” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh), توقّف (túqqf), کرده (krdh), سفرش (sfrsh), عهده (ʿhdh), تاخير (tákhír), مانده (mándh), مظلوم (mẓlúm), بسيار (bsíár) as “found, not left, his departure, postponed, This Wronged One, greatly”
This form usually rendered as “postponed” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “beareth Us witness”
SE expanded to “in every direction”
SE expanded to “chains nor bonds”
SE rendered امر (imr), مشغول (mshghúl), بودهايم (búdháym), سلاسل (slásl), اغلال (ighlál), منع (mnʿ), ننمود (nnmúd), کند (knd), حبس (ḥbs), از (iz), اظهار (iẓhár) as “this Cause, been busied, chains nor bonds, in withholding, have succeeded, imprisonment, from, revealing Our Self”
SE rendered منع (mnʿ), ننمود (nnmúd), کند (knd), حبس (ḥbs), از (iz), اظهار (iẓhár), باز (báz), نداشت (ndásht), ارض (irḍ), بر (br), منع (mnʿ), از (iz) as “forbad, have succeeded, imprisonment, all, revealing Our Self, have, land, We”
SE expanded to “unseemly and unholy deeds”
SE rendered بر (br), منع (mnʿ), از (iz), فساد (fsád), اعمال (iʿmál), غير (ghír), مرضيّه (mrḍíḍh), غير (ghír), طيّبه (ṭíṭbh), قيام (qíám), نموديم (nmúdím), ليلا (lílá) as “We, forbad, all, mischief, unseemly and unholy deeds, Day and night”
SE rendered فساد (fsád), اعمال (iʿmál), غير (ghír), مرضيّه (mrḍíḍh), غير (ghír), طيّبه (ṭíṭbh), قيام (qíám), نموديم (nmúdím), ليلا (lílá) as “mischief, unseemly and unholy deeds, Day and night”
SE expanded to “Day and night”
SE rendered ليلا (lílá), نهارا (nhárá), بجميع (bjmíʿ), اطراف (iṭráf), الواح (al-wáḥ), ارسال (irsál) as “Day and night, in every direction, Tablets, sent forth”