Will and Testament — §11

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 11 of 59.

Source (Persian)

باری ای احبّآء اللّه مرکز نقض میرزا محمّد علی بسبب این انحرافات لاتحصی بنصّ قاطع الهی ساقط گشت و از شجرۀ مبارکه منفصل شد و ما ظلمناهم ولکن کانوا انفسهم یظلمون

Shoghi Effendi Translation

In short, O ye beloved of the Lord! The Centre of Sedition, Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, in accordance with the decisive words of God and by reason of his boundless transgression, hath grievously fallen and been cut off from the Holy Tree. Verily, we wronged them not, but they have wronged themselves!

Translation Notes

باری

bárí b-r-y → “in short”

literal: in short; in short, anyway

briefly 27% such 13% short 13% resume 7% may 7% even 7% virtue 7% early 7% how 7% now 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Concerning him gleaningsGWB §591: men kitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: We will-and-testamentW&T §11: In short epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: Briefly gleaningsGWB §694: creation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: for will-and-testamentW&T §22: upon

احبّآء

iḥbbáʾ ḥ-b-b → “beloved”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

loved 63% beloved 25% lover 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: pleasing fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §407: them that love kitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest most prayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: that lover tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I long tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §20: My lover

اللّه

al-lh ʾ-l-h → “of the lord” Distinctive

literal: God; divine; god

SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”

SE expanded to “of the Lord”

god 67% divine 18% god’s 4% lord 4% divinity 3% holy 1% other 1% mystic 1% heavenly 1% godhead 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity gleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy kitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: Cause of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my God the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §23: is of God epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: God gleaningsGWB §204: her God

مرکز

mrkz r-k-z → “centre”

literal: center; center, middle

centre 86% center 14%

tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: center will-and-testamentW&T §17: Centre

نقض

nqḍ n-q-ḍ → “of sedition”

literal: break; violation; breaking

sedition 58% breaking 17% broken 17% violation 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: broken gleaningsGWB §296: They broke prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and broken will-and-testamentW&T §11: of Sedition epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have broken will-and-testamentW&T §41: breaking epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath broken will-and-testamentW&T §40: Covenant-breakers

محمّد

mḥmmd ḥ-m-d → “thanks”

literal: praise; Muhammad; praised

thanks 36% praise 26% all-praised 10% all 7% praised 7% give 5% glory 2% magnified 2% glorious 2% “praised 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: All-Praised gleaningsGWB §343: Magnify His Name kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: I give tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thanks will-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praised epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised be God gleaningsGWB §266: glorified

بسبب

bsbb s-b-b → “by reason” Distinctive

literal: cause; cause, reason; means

This form usually rendered as “cause”, “caused”, “means” (161 occurrences)

cause 36% caused 15% means 13% conducive 10% reason 8% will 5% most 3% leadeth 3% result 3% instrument 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: reason of gleaningsGWB §511: the prerequisites kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: effective means kitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: may enable prayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: the most great Instrument the-hidden-wordsHW §154: the wailing will-and-testamentW&T §52: bring to naught epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: blaspheme

انحرافات

inḥráfát ḥ-r-f → “transgression”

literal: letter; deviation; word

letter 24% deviation 24% letters 19% word 6% single 6% contention 5% “corruption” 5% transgression 5% words 3% “perverting” 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: deflected gleaningsGWB §238: the work of any man kitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: “perverting”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §783: His Letters tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: a word will-and-testamentW&T §5: passed out epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: words gleaningsGWB §163: an intimation

لاتحصی

látḥṣí ḥ-ṣ-y → “reckon” Distinctive

literal: count; enumerate; enumeration

This form usually rendered as “boundless” (1 occurrences)

reckon 25% number 19% can 13% stone 6% count 6% have 6% canst 6% search 6% innumerable 6% concentrate 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: stone gleaningsGWB §305: search prayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: measure the-hidden-wordsHW §66: recount will-and-testamentW&T §11: boundless epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: count gleaningsGWB §135: reckon prayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: reckoned

بنصّ

bnṣṣ n-ṣ-ṣ → “explicit”

literal: text; text, explicit statement; texts

explicit 57% text 29% accordance 14%

gleaningsGWB §364: explicit text kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: explicitly stated will-and-testamentW&T §53: texts kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: text of the Book will-and-testamentW&T §25: Text kitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: explicit will-and-testamentW&T §11: in accordance with will-and-testamentW&T §39: expressly recorded

قاطع

qáṭʿ q-ṭ-ʿ → “detachment” Distinctive

literal: detachment; detached

This form usually rendered as “decisive” (5 occurrences)

detachment 19% rid 18% detached 18% renunciation 12% have 10% wholly 6% cease 5% detach 5% severed 5% cut 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: barred gleaningsGWB §299: have detached themselves kitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is speechless prayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: have rid themselves tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed ones tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passed will-and-testamentW&T §11: decisive epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: of detachment

ساقط

sáqṭ s-q-ṭ → “hath grievously fallen”

literal: fall; fallen

SE expanded to “hath grievously fallen”

fallen 50% have 30% fall 10% hath 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have fallen kitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: fall prayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: have caused to fall will-and-testamentW&T §11: hath grievously fallen epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: fallen will-and-testamentW&T §41: fallen creature

گشت

gsht g-sh-t

literal: become; became; to become

SE rendered لاتحصی (látḥṣí), بنصّ (bnṣṣ), قاطع (qáṭʿ), الهی (al-hí), ساقط (sáqṭ), گشت (gsht), از (iz), شجرۀ (shjrۀ), مبارکه (mbárkh), منفصل (mnfṣl) as “boundless, in accordance with, decisive, of God, hath grievously fallen, from, Tree, Holy, been cut off”

hath 24% made 18% returned 12% have 12% attained 6% forsook 6% manifested 6% illumined 6% opened 6% risen 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: have been gleaningsGWB §25: is illumined kitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: forsaken the-hidden-wordsHW §122: have ye will-and-testamentW&T §3: was put epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: forsook gleaningsGWB §361: were made kitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: adapted

از

iz ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

SE rendered لاتحصی (látḥṣí), بنصّ (bnṣṣ), قاطع (qáṭʿ), الهی (al-hí), ساقط (sáqṭ), گشت (gsht), از (iz), شجرۀ (shjrۀ), مبارکه (mbárkh), منفصل (mnfṣl), ظلمناهم (ẓlmnáhm) as “boundless, in accordance with, decisive, of God, hath grievously fallen, from, Tree, Holy, been cut off, wronged them”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from

شجرۀ

shjrۀ sh-j-r → “tree”

literal: tree; trees

tree 75% lote-trees 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: “The tree gleaningsGWB §56: leaves kitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the divine Tree prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the corrupt tree will-and-testamentW&T §57: Lote-Trees epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the Burning Bush gleaningsGWB §36: blessed Tree kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: “Tree

مبارکه

mbárkh b-r-k → “holy”

literal: blessed; blessing

blessed 61% holy 19% sacred 6% hallowed 6% hand 3% blest 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: \‘Blessed, therefore, be kitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: sacred the-hidden-wordsHW §83: Hallowed be will-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Tree epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: hallowed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: waters will-and-testamentW&T §27: draweth Divine increase epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §96: glorified

منفصل

mnfṣl f-ṣ-l → “separated” Distinctive

literal: separated; separation

This form usually rendered as “differentiated”, “cut” (2 occurrences)

differentiated 50% cut 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial account gleaningsGWB §425: expounded kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: distinguished prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: made plain tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be distinguished the-hidden-wordsHW §81: away will-and-testamentW&T §11: been cut off epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth

ولکن

wlkn l-k-n → “but”

literal: but, however; but/however

SE rendered مبارکه (mbárkh), منفصل (mnfṣl), ظلمناهم (ẓlmnáhm), ولکن (wlkn), کانوا (kánúá), انفسهم (infshm), یظلمون (yẓlmún) as “Holy, been cut off, wronged them, but, they, themselves, have wronged”