Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §51
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 51 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “primal”, “especially”, “one” (26 occurrences)
SE rendered کلمه (klmh), اولی (iwlí), ورق (wrq), اوّل (iwwl), فردوس (frdús), از (iz), قلم (qlm), ابهی (ibhí), مذکور (mdhkúr), مسطور (msṭúr) as “word, first, first leaf, Paradise, of, Pen, Abhá, revealed, inscribed”
23 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “most”, “glorious” (62 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “recorded”, “referred”, “mentioned” (67 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “expounder”, “luminous” (65 occurrences)
SE rendered ميگويم (mígúym), حفظ (ḥfẓ), مبين (mbín), حصن (ḥṣn), متين (mtín), از (iz), برای (bráy), عموم (ʿmúm), اهل (ihl), عالم (ʿálm), خشية (khshíh), اللّه (al-lh) as “say, defence, sure, stronghold, safe, of, for, all, peoples, world, fear of, God”
This form usually rendered as “destitute” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), خشية (khshíh), اللّه (al-lh), اوست (iwst), سبب (sbb), اکبر (ikbr), از (iz), برای (bráy), حفظ (ḥfẓ), بشر (bshr), علّت (ʿllt), کبری (kbrí) as “world, fear of, God, It, chief cause, of, for, protection, mankind, supreme”
SE rendered سبب (sbb), اکبر (ikbr), از (iz), برای (bráy), حفظ (ḥfẓ), بشر (bshr), علّت (ʿllt), کبری (kbrí), از (iz), برای (bráy), صيانت (ṣíánt), وری (wrí), بلی (blí) as “chief cause, of, for, protection, mankind, supreme, preservation, Indeed”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “embassy”, “abasement” (15 occurrences)
literal: preservation; protection, preservation; protection / preservation
SE rendered بشر (bshr), علّت (ʿllt), کبری (kbrí), از (iz), برای (bráy), صيانت (ṣíánt), وری (wrí), بلی (blí), وجود (wjúd), ايتی (iytí), موجود (mújúd) as “mankind, supreme, of, preservation, Indeed, existeth, a faculty”
This form usually rendered as “world”, “all”, “creation” (123 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “testimony” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “befit” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “worthy”, “beseemeth”, “fit” (15 occurrences)
SE rendered انسانرا (insánrá), از (iz), انچه (inchh), شايسته (sháysth), لايق (láyq), نيست (níst), منع (mnʿ), مينمايد (mínmáyd), حراست (ḥrást), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd) as “man, from, unworthy, unseemly, deterreth, guardeth”
This form usually rendered as “withhold”, “have”, “hindered” (77 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “craveth”, “setteth”, “maketh” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “security”, “guardeth”, “shelter” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered منع (mnʿ), مينمايد (mínmáyd), حراست (ḥrást), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), نام (nám), انرا (inrá), حيا (ḥíá), گذاردهاند (gdhárdhánd), لکن (lkn) as “deterreth, guardeth, shame, however”
SE rendered منع (mnʿ), مينمايد (mínmáyd), حراست (ḥrást), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), نام (nám), انرا (inrá), حيا (ḥíá), گذاردهاند (gdhárdhánd), لکن (lkn) as “deterreth, guardeth, shame, however”
SE rendered حراست (ḥrást), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), نام (nám), انرا (inrá), حيا (ḥíá), گذاردهاند (gdhárdhánd), لکن (lkn), فقره (fqrh), محدود (mḥdúd) as “guardeth, shame, however, confined”
SE rendered حيا (ḥíá), گذاردهاند (gdhárdhánd), لکن (lkn), فقره (fqrh), محدود (mḥdúd), بمعدودی (bmʿdúdí), دارای (dáráy) as “shame, however, confined, few, possessed”
This form usually rendered as “limited”, “confined”, “infinite” (21 occurrences)
SE rendered بمعدودی (bmʿdúdí), دارای (dáráy), مقام (mqám), نبوده (nbúdh), نيستند (nístnd), بايد (báyd), سلاطين (sláṭín) as “few, possessed, not, incumbent, kings”
SE rendered نبوده (nbúdh), نيستند (nístnd), بايد (báyd), سلاطين (sláṭín), ايّام (iyyám), علمای (ʿlmáy), انام (inám), دين (dín), تمسّک (tmssk) as “not, incumbent, kings, spiritual leaders, religion, lay fast hold”
SE rendered بايد (báyd), سلاطين (sláṭín), ايّام (iyyám), علمای (ʿlmáy), انام (inám), دين (dín), تمسّک (tmssk), نمايند (nmáynd), چه (chh) as “incumbent, kings, spiritual leaders, religion, lay fast hold, hath”
This form usually rendered as “cleave”, “clung”, “cleaveth” (51 occurrences)
SE expanded to “lay fast hold”
SE rendered علمای (ʿlmáy), انام (inám), دين (dín), تمسّک (tmssk), نمايند (nmáynd), چه (chh), اوست (iwst), علّت (ʿllt), ظهور (ẓhúr), خشية (khshíh), اللّه (al-lh) as “spiritual leaders, religion, lay fast hold, hath, it, instilled, fear of, God”
This form usually rendered as “days” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “besides”, “one”, “except” (16 occurrences)
SE expanded to “else but Him”