Will and Testament — §44

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 44 of 59.

Source (Persian)

ای احبّای الهی بجان بکوشید تا امر اللّه را از هجوم نفوس غیر مخلصه محافظه نمائید زیرا چنین نفوس سبب میشوند که جمیع امور مستقیمه معوج میگردد و مساعی خیریّه برعکس نتیجه میدهد

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O ye beloved of the Lord! Strive with all your heart to shield the Cause of God from the onslaught of the insincere, for souls such as these cause the straight to become crooked and all benevolent efforts to produce contrary results.

Translation Notes

احبّای

iḥbbáy ḥ-b-b → “ye beloved”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

loved 39% beloved 25% ye 17% love 6% disdainfully 3% followers 3% friends 3% such 3% steadfast 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: For the love fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §415: His love kitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionate prayers-and-meditationsP&M §851: in their love for Thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §24: thine own will-and-testamentW&T §18: ye beloved

الهی

al-hí ʾ-l-h → “of the lord”

literal: god; divine; o god

SE expanded to “of the Lord”

god 82% divine 10% lord 3% god’s 2% holy 1% heavenly 1% god’s 0% sacred 0% divinely 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: God. Unto this fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §379: Holy kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: sent by God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: O Thou the Lord tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial

بجان

bján j-ʾ-n → “beloved” Distinctive

literal: beloved

This form usually rendered as “life”, “unto”, “heart” (3 occurrences)

life 33% unto 33% heart 33%

gleaningsGWB §674: into the hands of his Beloved kitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: Beloved’s prayers-and-meditationsP&M §664: All life the-hidden-wordsHW §101: Friend will-and-testamentW&T §15: proved self-sacrificing gleaningsGWB §9: lives kitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: Well-Beloved the-hidden-wordsHW §153: heart and soul

بکوشید

bkúshíd kúshídn → “strive”

literal: strive

strive 75% endeavour 25%

gleaningsGWB §147: he striveth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: they labour the-hidden-wordsHW §97: striven will-and-testamentW&T §40: endeavour must be exerted gleaningsGWB §552: persevere kitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: pursue will-and-testamentW&T §55: to the best of their endeavour gleaningsGWB §145: Strive

امر

imr ʾ-m-r → “cause”

literal: command; matter; cause

cause 57% revelation 17% faith 6% command 3% behest 3% divine 3% bidding 3% decree 3% ordainer 2% bidden 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: authority fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §136: Faith of God kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decree kitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: mysteries prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: of Thy commandment tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commands the-hidden-wordsHW §43: of My cause

هجوم

hjúm h-j-m → “onslaught”

literal: attack; onslaught; assault

onslaught 38% assaulted 13% have 13% assailed 13% hastened 13% attack 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: have assaulted will-and-testamentW&T §5: hastened to bestow victory epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: assaulted will-and-testamentW&T §52: attack will-and-testamentW&T §1: onslaught will-and-testamentW&T §5: assailed

نفوس

nfús n-f-s → “own” Distinctive

literal: soul; souls

This form usually rendered as “souls”, “men”, “people” (107 occurrences)

souls 58% men 14% people 6% soul 6% beings 4% ones 3% every 3% heart 3% character 1% faithful 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy gleaningsGWB §296: with Him kitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: His followers prayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: His self tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyself the-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deeds will-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: by God

غیر

ghír gh-y-r

literal: other; other than

SE rendered امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz), هجوم (hjúm), نفوس (nfús), غیر (ghír), مخلصه (mkhlṣh), محافظه (mḥáfẓh), نمائید (nmáʾíd), زیرا (zírá), چنین (chnín) as “Cause, of God, from, onslaught, of the insincere, shield, for, such as these”

others 19% other 19% without 10% all 10% except 10% unseemly 9% another 7% different 5% any 5% infinite 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: none fire-tabletFire §27: and honor gleaningsGWB §35: mere kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: changeth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: violate prayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: beside Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §102: a stranger will-and-testamentW&T §38: is not

مخلصه

mkhlṣh kh-l-ṣ

literal: sincere; pure; sincere ones

SE rendered امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz), هجوم (hjúm), نفوس (nfús), غیر (ghír), مخلصه (mkhlṣh), محافظه (mḥáfẓh), نمائید (nmáʾíd), زیرا (zírá), چنین (chnín), نفوس (nfús) as “Cause, of God, from, onslaught, souls, shield, for, such as these”

wholly 26% sincere 20% who 14% such 10% deliver 7% devoted 6% pure 5% essence 5% faithful 5% true 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: sincere fire-tabletFire §1: the sincere gleaningsGWB §405: wholly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: delivered prayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: and they who are devoted to Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §110: purest will-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devoted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: such as are devoted to Thee

محافظه

mḥáfẓh ḥ-f-ẓ → “shield”

literal: protection; protect; preserve

guard 50% shielded 25% shield 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: Protector gleaningsGWB §475: guard kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguarding kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the preservation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: preserve them tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn well tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian the-hidden-wordsHW §104: watch over thee

نمائید

nmáʾíd nmúdn

literal: show

SE rendered از (iz), هجوم (hjúm), نفوس (nfús), غیر (ghír), مخلصه (mkhlṣh), محافظه (mḥáfẓh), نمائید (nmáʾíd), زیرا (zírá), چنین (chnín), نفوس (nfús), سبب (sbb) as “from, onslaught, souls, shield, for, such as these, cause”

ye 37% yourselves 13% show 10% may 10% ponder 7% thou 7% have 7% confer 3% set 3% meditate 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: had already surrendered gleaningsGWB §550: linger kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Give kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: have invariably and specifically referred prayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §125: I have created will-and-testamentW&T §5: revived epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: must arise

چنین

chnín chnín → “such as these”

literal: such

SE expanded to “such as these”

such 50% also 25% way 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: so kitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: also will-and-testamentW&T §8: such kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: this or that way

سبب

sbb s-b-b → “cause”

literal: cause; cause, reason; causes

cause 32% instrument 12% means 12% conducive 12% caused 11% reason 5% hath 5% will 4% motive 4% would 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: a cause gleaningsGWB §148: What is it that kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which will kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: vilify prayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: with the emblems the-hidden-wordsHW §151: made of it will-and-testamentW&T §52: bring to naught epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: that which will insure

میشوند

míshúnd shdn

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered زیرا (zírá), چنین (chnín), نفوس (nfús), سبب (sbb), میشوند (míshúnd), جمیع (jmíʿ), امور (imúr), مستقیمه (mstqímh), معوج (mʿúj) as “for, such as these, souls, cause, all, straight, crooked”