Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §28
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 28 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “truth”, “reality”, “truly” (32 occurrences)
SE expanded to “with the ornament of”
SE rendered بطراز (bṭráz), علم (ʿlm), اخلاق (ikhláq), مزيّنند (mzíznnd), ايشان (iyshán), بمثابه (bmthábh), راسند (rásnd), از (iz), برای (bráy), هيکل (híkl) as “with the ornament of, knowledge, character, adorned, as, head, to, of the, body”
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered علم (ʿlm), اخلاق (ikhláq), مزيّنند (mzíznnd), ايشان (iyshán), بمثابه (bmthábh), راسند (rásnd), از (iz), برای (bráy), هيکل (híkl), عالم (ʿálm) as “knowledge, character, adorned, as, head, to, of the, body, world”
SE rendered اخلاق (ikhláq), مزيّنند (mzíznnd), ايشان (iyshán), بمثابه (bmthábh), راسند (rásnd), از (iz), برای (bráy), هيکل (híkl), عالم (ʿálm), مانند (mánnd) as “character, adorned, as, head, to, of the, body, world, eyes”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “wherefore”, “light” (11 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), برای (bráy), هيکل (híkl), عالم (ʿálm), مانند (mánnd), بصرند (bṣrnd), از (iz), برای (bráy), امم (imm), لازال (lázál), هدايت (hdáyt), عباد (ʿbád) as “to, the nations, body, world, eyes, at all times, guidance, men”
SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), مانند (mánnd), بصرند (bṣrnd), از (iz), برای (bráy), امم (imm), لازال (lázál), هدايت (hdáyt), عباد (ʿbád), نفوس (nfús), مقدّسه (mqddsh) as “world, eyes, to, the nations, at all times, guidance, men, souls, blessed”
SE expanded to “at all times”
This form usually rendered as “sanctified”, “exalted”, “holy” (158 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “remaineth”, “recorded”, “still” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered نسأل (nsʾal), اللّه (al-lh), يوفّقهم (yúffqhm), يحبّ (yḥbb), يرضی (yrḍí), مولی (múlí), الوری (al-wrí) as “beseech, God, aid, pleasure, Lord, all men”