Will and Testament — §57
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 57 of 59.
Source (Persian)
ای یاران باوفای عبدالبهآء باید فرع دو شجرۀ مبارکه و ثمرۀ دو سدرۀ رحمانیّه شوقی افندی را نهایت مواظبت نمائید که غبار کدر و حزنی بر خاطر نورانیش ننشیند و روز بروز فرح و سرور و روحانیّتش زیاده گردد تا شجرۀ بارور شود
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O ye the faithful loved ones of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá! It is incumbent upon you to take the greatest care of Shoghi Effendi, the twig that hath branched from and the fruit given forth by the two hallowed and Divine Lote-Trees, that no dust of despondency and sorrow may stain his radiant nature, that day by day he may wax greater in happiness, in joy and spirituality, and may grow to become even as a fruitful tree.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “ye the faithful loved ones”
SE rendered یاران (yárán), باوفای (báwfáy), عبدالبهآء (ʿbdálbháʾ), باید (báyd), فرع (frʿ), دو (dú), شجرۀ (shjrۀ) as “ye the faithful loved ones, ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, It is incumbent upon, twig, two, Lote-Trees”
faithfulness 39% fidelity 28% will 6% irrefutable 6% hast 6% faithful 6% preserver 3% foolish 3% trust 3% loyalty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: will payfire-tabletFire §18: TrustgleaningsGWB §168: of fidelitykitab-i-ahdAhd §2: Fleetingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: are comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: who have fulfilled their pledgethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: that they may stand faithfulwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: amongst menfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §220: they havekitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: the sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: such servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §260: Abdu’-Salam
SE expanded to “It is incumbent upon”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: shouldgleaningsGWB §709: It behoovethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: must needs beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: wildernessthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: With the handswill-and-testamentW&T §14: isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: is incumbentgleaningsGWB §564: let him
tree 80% lote-trees 20%
This form usually rendered as “blessed”, “holy”, “sacred” (79 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sacredgleaningsGWB §534: Glorified, then, bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: lakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: a blessingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: Sanctified bethe-hidden-wordsHW §83: Hallowed bewill-and-testamentW&T §40: Ever-Blestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: glorified be He
SE expanded to “fruit given forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: these fruitsgleaningsGWB §36: of the fruitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: fruits oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: bringeth forththe-hidden-wordsHW §109: of its fruitingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: fruitsgleaningsGWB §264: fruit of My Tree
SE rendered فرع (frʿ), دو (dú), شجرۀ (shjrۀ), مبارکه (mbárkh), ثمرۀ (thmrۀ), دو (dú), سدرۀ (sdrۀ), رحمانیّه (rḥmánính), شوقی (shúqí), افندی (ifndí), نهایت (nháyt) as “twig, two, Lote-Trees, hallowed, fruit given forth, Divine, Shoghi, Effendi, greatest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: BushgleaningsGWB §399: Sadratu’l-Muntahákitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: Sadrihprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of the treegleaningsGWB §127: Sadratu’l
divine 35% all-merciful 17% heavenly 13% god 9% irrefutable 4% eternal 4% all-bountiful 4% mercy 4% celestial 4% holiness—as 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: Him Who is the All-Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §537: more mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §526: overruledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
This form usually rendered as “eagerness”, “mine” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervorfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §708: joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: fervourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: and their yearning to meet Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn after
This form usually rendered as “utmost”, “shameful”, “most” (32 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: until they ended infire-tabletFire §29: DivinegleaningsGWB §704: must, in the end, leadkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: summitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: curbedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: boundless
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “yourselves”, “show” (107 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “obscured”, “foul”, “despondency” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: tribulationfire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §216: Grieve notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: shall not be put to grieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: be not sadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: momentousgleaningsGWB §363: such momentouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: their idle fancy hath carvedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: I am remindedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: thy naturewill-and-testamentW&T §57: natureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: challenginggleaningsGWB §528: and challenging
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: the firesfire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §443: effulgencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and by the fire oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
This form usually rendered as “stain” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §30: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: come to passprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: wastablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §91: corporeal existencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: revelation within it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: gladfire-tabletFire §12: DelightgleaningsGWB §30: into blissful joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: gladnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: will cheerwill-and-testamentW&T §57: happinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: Exultest thougleaningsGWB §666: Our heart will assuredly rejoice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: secretgleaningsGWB §200: the seatskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: escapeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: and the manifestation of Thy well-guarded secrettablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: self-satisfiedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy blissepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: rejoicest therein
This form usually rendered as “any”, “more”, “arduously” (11 occurrences)
any 20% more 10% arduously 10% “thus 10% extravagance 10% innumerable 10% greater 10% excessively 10% fully 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: its potencygleaningsGWB §439: increasingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: greater thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: became so impassionedwill-and-testamentW&T §7: excessivelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: augmentedgleaningsGWB §228: waxethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: over
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