Will and Testament — §3
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 3 of 59.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “ye beloved of the Lord”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “supreme” (225 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “safeguarding”, “preserved” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered مطهّر (mṭhhr), سبیل (sbíl), نمودند (nmúdnd), جان (ján), عزیز (ʿzíz), فدا (fdá), کردند (krdnd), رقصکنان (rqṣknán), بقربانگاه (bqrbángáh) as “sacred, shed, hath, precious lives, in sacrifice, offered, hastened wrapt in holy ecstasy, unto the glorious field”
This form usually rendered as “asked”, “acted”, “made” (21 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered فدا (fdá), کردند (krdnd), رقصکنان (rqṣknán), بقربانگاه (bqrbángáh), شتافتند (shtáftnd), علم (ʿlm), دین (dín), اللّه (al-lh), افراشتند (ifráshtnd) as “in sacrifice, offered, hastened wrapt in holy ecstasy, unto the glorious field, the Standard, God’s Faith, upraised”
This form usually rendered as “upraised” (1 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “breast” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “honor”, “great” (199 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “scourged” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered روحی (rúḥí), لأحبّائه (lʾaḥbbáʾh), الفدآء (al-fdáʾ), از (iz), ضرب (ḍrb), چوب (chúb), مازندران (mázndrán), زخم (zkhm), مجروح (mjrúḥ), گردید (grdíd) as “my life, His loved ones), offered up, of, scourged, Mázindarán, bleed, sore wounded, were”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “sore” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “let”, “thou”, “did” (18 occurrences)
SE rendered زخم (zkhm), مجروح (mjrúḥ), گردید (grdíd), گردن (grdn), مقدّس (mqdds), پای (páy), مبارک (mbárk), زندان (zndán) as “bleed, sore wounded, were, His neck, His feet, the stocks”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered زندان (zndán), طهران (ṭhrán), اسیر (isír), کند (knd), زنجیر (znjír), گشت (gsht), مدّت (mddt), پنجاه (pnjáh), سال (sál), هر (hr) as “the stocks, captive chains, made fast, was put, a period, fifty, years, every”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “time”, “every”, “even” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “decreed”, “condemned” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “reached”, “come”, “hath” (33 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “calamity” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered آفتی (áftí), رسید (rsíd), ابتلا (ibtlá), مصیبتی (mṣíbtí), رخ (rkh), داد (dád), از (iz), جمله (jmlh), از (iz), صدمات (ṣdmát), شدیده (shdídh) as “calamity, befell, afflictions, cares, beset, having suffered, One of them, intense”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “vicissitudes”, “afflictions” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “terrible”, “how”, “great” (8 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), جمله (jmlh), از (iz), صدمات (ṣdmát), شدیده (shdídh), از (iz), وطن (wṭn), آواره (áwárh), مبتلای (mbtláy), آلام (álám), محن (mḥn) as “of, One of them, intense, and, homeless, a victim, vexations, troubles”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “vexations” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “end”, “later” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), اهل (ihl), نفاق (nfáq), عاقبت (ʿáqbt), سرگون (srgún), بمدینۀ (bmdínۀ), کبیره (kbírh), گشت (gsht), از (iz), شهر (shhr), بارض (bárḍ) as “of, the people, malice, Later on, sent, the Great City, was, Land”
SE rendered سرگون (srgún), بمدینۀ (bmdínۀ), کبیره (kbírh), گشت (gsht), از (iz), شهر (shhr), بارض (bárḍ), سرّ (srr), نفی (nfí), گردید (grdíd), از (iz) as “sent, the Great City, was, of, Land, Mystery, exile”
SE rendered بارض (bárḍ), سرّ (srr), نفی (nfí), گردید (grdíd), از (iz), خطّۀ (khṭṭۀ), بلغار (blghár), نهایت (nháyt), مظلومیّت (mẓlúmímt), بسجن (bsjn) as “Land, Mystery, exile, was, of, Adrianople, grievously, wronged, the Most Great Prison”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “utmost”, “shameful”, “most” (32 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “plight”, “meekness”, “oppressed” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Most Great Prison”
This form usually rendered as “sent”, “raise”, “communicate” (12 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “perpetual” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered زندان (zndán), بحبس (bḥbs), مؤبّد (mʾbbd), استقرار (istqrár), یافت (yáft), سجن (sjn), قاتلان (qátlán), سارقان (sárqán) as “prison, confinement, perpetual, last, manslayers, robbers”
This form usually rendered as “robbers” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered سجن (sjn), قاتلان (qátlán), سارقان (sárqán), قطّاع (qṭṭáʿ), طریق (ṭríq), مسجون (msjún), مظلوم (mẓlúm), گردید (grdíd) as “prison, manslayers, robbers, highway, incarcerated, wronged, was”
SE rendered واردۀ (wárdۀ), بر (br), جمال (jmál), مبارک (mbárk), بلایای (bláyáy), دیگر (dígr), بر (br), قیاس (qíás), نمائید (nmáʾíd) as “afflicted, upon, Blessed Beauty, rest, as grievous as this, may”
This form usually rendered as “even” (1 occurrences)