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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §100

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 100 of 268.

Source (Persian)

( الی أن قلنا ) اسمع ندائی مرّة اخری من شطر سجنی ليخبرک بما ورد علی جمالی من مظاهر جلالی و تعرف صبری بعد قدرتی و اصطباری بعد اقتداری * و عمری لو تعرف ما نزّل من قلمی و تطّلع علی خزائن امری و لالئ اسراری فی بحور اسمائی و اواعی کلماتی لتفدی بنفسک فی سبيل اللّه شوقا الی ملکوته العزيز المنيع * اعلم جسمی تحت سيوف الاعداء و جسدی فی بلاء لا يحصی و لکنّ الرّوح فی بشارة لا يعادلها فرح العالمين *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And further We have said: "Again I say: Hearken unto My voice that calleth from My prison, that it may acquaint thee with the things that have befallen My Beauty, at the hands of them that are the manifestations of My glory, and that thou mayest perceive how great hath been My patience, notwithstanding My might, and how immense My forbearance, notwithstanding My power. By My life! Couldst thou but know the things sent down by My Pen, and discover the treasures of My Cause, and the pearls of My mysteries which lie hid in the seas of My names and in the goblets of My words, thou wouldst for longing after His glorious and sublime Kingdom, lay down thy life in the path of God. Know thou that though My body be beneath the swords of My foes, and My limbs be beset with incalculable afflictions, yet My spirit is filled with a gladness with which all the joys of the earth can never compare."

Translation Notes

اخری
ikhrí ʾ-kh-r

literal: other

SE rendered قلنا (qlná)اسمع (ismʿ)ندائی (ndáʾí)مرّة (mrrh)اخری (ikhrí)شطر (shṭr)سجنی (sjní)ليخبرک (líkhbrk)ورد (wrd) as “And further We have said, Hearken, My voice, "Again I say, My prison, that it may acquaint, have befallen”

other 22% another 22% again 22% ensuing 11% subsequent 11% latter 11%
يحصی
yḥṣí ḥ-ṣ-y

literal: count; enumerate; enumeration

SE rendered الاعداء (al-áʿdáʾ)جسدی (jsdí)بلاء (bláʾ)يحصی (yḥṣí)لکنّ (lknn)الرّوح (ar-rúḥ)بشارة (bshárh) as “My foes, My limbs, incalculable afflictions, My spirit, gladness”

reckon 40% search 20% number 20% measure 20%
لکنّ
lknn l-k-n

literal: but; but, however; but/however

SE rendered الاعداء (al-áʿdáʾ)جسدی (jsdí)بلاء (bláʾ)يحصی (yḥṣí)لکنّ (lknn)الرّوح (ar-rúḥ)بشارة (bshárh)يعادلها (yʿádlhá) as “My foes, My limbs, incalculable afflictions, My spirit, gladness, compare”

however 67% yet 20% “but 7% whereas 7%

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

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