Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §66
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 66 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered لوح (lúḥ), حضرت (ḥḍrt), سلطان (slṭán), نازل (názl), بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz), انرا (inrá), مکرّر (mkrrr), ذکر (dhkr), مينمائيم (mínmáʾím), جناب (jnáb) as “Tablet, His Majesty, Sháh, revealed, some, of, refer, will, thou”
SE rendered حضرت (ḥḍrt), سلطان (slṭán), نازل (názl), بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz), انرا (inrá), مکرّر (mkrrr), ذکر (dhkr), مينمائيم (mínmáʾím), جناب (jnáb), بيقين (bíqín) as “His Majesty, Sháh, revealed, some, of, refer, will, thou, certainty”
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
SE rendered ذکر (dhkr), مينمائيم (mínmáʾím), جناب (jnáb), بيقين (bíqín), مبين (mbín), بدانند (bdánnd), انچه (inchh), ذکر (dhkr) as “mentioned, will, thou, certainty, know, whatever”
This form usually rendered as “man”, “one” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “servants”, “men”, “people” (298 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I am not”
This form usually rendered as “sight”, “into”, “grace” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “who”, “part”, “bidden” (46 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “voice”, “call”, “cry” (41 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “things” (90 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all”, “have”, “comprehend” (75 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “studied” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered الاسماء (as-smáʾ), الصّفات (aṣ-ṣfát), تحرّکها (tḥrrkhá), کيف (kíf), تريد (tríd), ليس (lís), للعدم (llʿdm), وجودٌ (wjúdun), تلقاء (tlqáʾ) as “Names, Attributes, move, is, evanescent, nothing, before”
SE rendered الاسماء (as-smáʾ), الصّفات (aṣ-ṣfát), تحرّکها (tḥrrkhá), کيف (kíf), تريد (tríd), ليس (lís), للعدم (llʿdm), وجودٌ (wjúdun), تلقاء (tlqáʾ), القدم (al-qdm) as “Names, Attributes, move, is, evanescent, nothing, before, Ever-Abiding”
SE rendered وجودٌ (wjúdun), تلقاء (tlqáʾ), القدم (al-qdm), جاء (jáʾ), امره (imrh), المبرم (al-mbrm), انطقنی (inṭqní), بذکره (bdhkrh), العالمين (al-ʿálmín) as “nothing, before, Ever-Abiding, reached, all-compelling summons, caused, praise, people”
This form usually rendered as “indeed”, “can” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “one” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all-merciful”, “god”, “most” (143 occurrences)
SE expanded to “his own accord”
This form usually rendered as “graciously”, “inspired”, “helper” (14 occurrences)