Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §64
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 64 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered شيخ (shíkh), قسم (qsm), بافتاب (báftáb), حقيقت (ḥqíqt), از (iz), افق (ifq), سماء (smáʾ), سجن (sjn), مشرق (mshrq) as “Shaykh, swear, by, the Sun of Truth, above the horizon, of, Prison, risen and shineth”
SE expanded to “Sun of Truth”
SE expanded to “above the horizon”
SE expanded to “by Thy Name”
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “shining” (140 occurrences)
SE expanded to “risen and shineth”
SE rendered از (iz), افق (ifq), سماء (smáʾ), سجن (sjn), مشرق (mshrq), لائح (láʾḥ), مظلوم (mẓlúm), جز (jz), اصلاح (iṣláḥ), قصدی (qṣdí), نداشته (ndáshth) as “above the horizon, of, Prison, risen and shineth, this Wronged One, betterment, aim of, hath been”
SE expanded to “this Wronged One”
This form usually rendered as “man”, “endued”, “comprehended” (24 occurrences)
SE rendered بصير (bṣír), عالم (ʿálm), خبير (khbír), حين (ḥín), البلايا (al-bláyá), متمسّکا (mtmsská), بحبل (bḥbl), الصّبر (aṣ-ṣbr) as “insight, world, discernment, held fast, unto the cord, patience”
SE rendered عالم (ʿálm), خبير (khbír), حين (ḥín), البلايا (al-bláyá), متمسّکا (mtmsská), بحبل (bḥbl), الصّبر (aṣ-ṣbr) as “world, discernment, held fast, unto the cord, patience”
This form usually rendered as “holding”, “cling”, “cleaving” (56 occurrences)
SE expanded to “unto the cord”
This form usually rendered as “saith”, “say”, “proclaim” (36 occurrences)
SE expanded to “for the revelation”
SE expanded to “By Thy glory”
SE expanded to “neither Myself nor My life”
SE rendered عزّتک (ʿzztk), اريد (iríd), نفسی (nfsí), بقائها (bqáʾhá), للقيام (llqíám), خدمة (khdmh), امرک (imrk) as “By Thy glory, desire, neither Myself nor My life, for the purpose of serving, Thy Cause”
This form usually rendered as “arise”, “resurrection”, “arose” (82 occurrences)
SE rendered نفسی (nfsí), بقائها (bqáʾhá), للقيام (llqíám), خدمة (khdmh), امرک (imrk), احبّ (iḥbb), وجودی (wjúdí) as “neither Myself nor My life, for the purpose of serving, Thy Cause, love not, My being”
This form usually rendered as “am” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that I may sacrifice”
SE expanded to “in Thy path”
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “god”, “before” (445 occurrences)
SE rendered ربّ (rbb), تری (trí), تعلم (tʿlm), الّذين (adh-dhín), اردنا (irdná), منهم (mnhm), العدل (al-ʿdl), الانصاف (an-nṣáf), قاموا (qámúá) as “Thou seest, that, We asked, to, fair, risen up against Us”
SE rendered الّذين (adh-dhín), اردنا (irdná), منهم (mnhm), العدل (al-ʿdl), الانصاف (an-nṣáf), قاموا (qámúá), علينا (ʿlíná), بالظّلم (bálẓẓlm) as “We asked, to, fair, risen up against Us, upon, unjustly and cruelly”
SE rendered قاموا (qámúá), علينا (ʿlíná), بالظّلم (bálẓẓlm), الاعتساف (al-áʿtsáf), الظّاهر (aẓ-ẓáhr), کانوا (kánúá) as “risen up against Us, upon, unjustly and cruelly, Openly, were with Me”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “who”, “stand” (45 occurrences)
SE rendered نصروا (nṣrúá), اعدائی (iʿdáʾí), الّذين (adh-dhín), قاموا (qámúá), هتک (htk), حرمتی (ḥrmtí), الهی (al-hí), الهی (al-hí), اشهد (ishhd) as “helped, My foes, who, have arisen to dishonor Me, O God, my God, testify”
SE expanded to “Withhold not yourselves”
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
SE expanded to “Thou hast subjected”
SE expanded to “the seen and unseen”
SE expanded to “peoples of the earth”
SE expanded to “with the light”
SE rendered معرفتک (mʿrftk), ربّ (rbb), عبدک (ʿbdk), ابن (ibn), عبدک (ʿbdk), اشهد (ishhd), بوحدانيّتک (búḥdáníntk), فردانيّتک (frdáníntk) as “understanding, O my Lord, of Thy servant, bear witness, unto Thy unity, oneness”
SE expanded to “unto Thy unity”
SE expanded to “to the sanctity”
SE expanded to “purity of Thine Essence”
This form usually rendered as “trusted” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered الّذين (adh-dhín), اعلم (iʿlm), بهم (bhm), منّا (mnná), ارتکبوا (irtkbúá), انشقّ (inshqq), ستر (str), المقرّبين (al-mqrrbín) as “them, Thou knowest, all, hath torn, the veil, are nigh unto”
SE expanded to “are nigh unto”
SE expanded to “which hath escaped”
SE expanded to “in the days”
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
SE rendered السّموات (as-smúát), الارضين (ar-rḍín), ارتفع (irtfʿ), نداء (ndáʾ), الفطرة (al-fṭrh), حنينها (ḥnínhá), تنادی (tnádí) as “heaven, on earth, The voice, true Faith, lamentation, calleth aloud”
SE expanded to “sent me down”
SE expanded to “them that have denied”
SE expanded to “through His grace”
literal: abundance/fountain; abundance, fountain in paradise
SE expanded to “living waters of immortality”
SE expanded to “in the remembrance”
This form usually rendered as “wondrous”, “incomparable”, “first” (19 occurrences)