Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §56
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 56 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “exalted be His glory”
SE expanded to “cherish the hope”
SE expanded to “sovereignty and glory”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “supreme” (225 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cleave”, “clung”, “cling” (82 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hold fast unto”
This form usually rendered as “ordinance”, “create”, “set” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered بايد (báyd), مجلس (mjls), بزرگی (bzrgí), ترتيب (trtíb), دهند (dhnd), حضرات (ḥḍrát), ملوک (mlúk), وزراء (wzráʾ) as “must, assembly, all-inclusive, convene, the Lord, ministers”
SE rendered وزراء (wzráʾ), مجلس (mjls), حاضر (ḥáḍr), شوند (shúnd), حکم (ḥkm), اتّحاد (ittḥád), اتّفاق (ittfáq), جاری (járí) as “ministers, will, attend, whatever measures, unity, concord, enforce”
This form usually rendered as “flowed”, “streamed”, “hath” (48 occurrences)
SE rendered فرمايند (frmáynd), از (iz), سلاح (sláḥ), باصلاح (báṣláḥ), توجّه (tújjh), کنند (knnd), سلطانی (slṭání), بر (br), سلطانی (slṭání), برخيزد (brkhízd) as “establish, weapons, reconstruction, turn, king, against, rise up”
SE rendered بر (br), منع (mnʿ), قيام (qíám), نمايند (nmáynd), صورت (ṣúrt), عساکر (ʿsákr), الآت (at-t), ادوات (idúát), حرب (ḥrb), لازم (lázm) as “to, deter, arise, may, Arms and armaments, instruments, war, necessary”
SE expanded to “Arms and armaments”
SE rendered صورت (ṣúrt), عساکر (ʿsákr), الآت (at-t), ادوات (idúát), حرب (ḥrb), لازم (lázm), نه (nh) as “Arms and armaments, instruments, war, necessary, no”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “respective” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered اهل (ihl), مملکت (mmlkt), براحت (bráḥt), مسرّت (msrrt), بامور (bámúr), مشغول (mshghúl), گردند (grdnd), نوحه (núḥh) as “people, nation, tranquillity, occupations, pursue, become, groanings”
This form usually rendered as “abide”, “lived”, “abiding” (36 occurrences)
SE rendered نسأل (nsʾal), اللّه (al-lh), يؤيّدهم (yʾíʾdhm), يحبّ (yḥbb), يرضی (yrḍí), ربّ (rbb), العرش (al-ʿrsh) as “beseech, God, aid, pleasure, throne on high”
SE rendered يرضی (yrḍí), ربّ (rbb), العرش (al-ʿrsh), الثّری (ath-thrí), مالک (málk), الآخرة (al-ákhrh) as “pleasure, throne on high, Lord, the world”
SE expanded to “throne on high”
SE rendered يرضی (yrḍí), ربّ (rbb), العرش (al-ʿrsh), الثّری (ath-thrí), مالک (málk), الآخرة (al-ákhrh), الاولی (al-áwlí), احسن (iḥsn) as “pleasure, throne on high, Lord, the world, this world, preferable”