Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §117
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 117 of 268.
Source (Persian)
يا شيخ مکرّر ذکر شده و ميشود چهل سنه بعنايت الهی و اراده قويّه نافذه ربّانی حضرت سلطان ايّده اللّه را نصرت نموديم نصرتيکه نزد مظاهر عدل و انصاف ثابت و محقّق است و لا ينکرها الّا کلّ معتد اثيم و کلّ مبغض مريب * عجب انکه وزراء دولت و امناء ملّت الی حين باين خدمت ظاهر مبين ملتفت نشدهاند و يا شدهاند نظر بحکمت ذکر نفرمودهاند * قبل از اربعين هر سنه ما بين عباد مجادله و محاربه ظاهر و قائم و بعد بجنود حکمت و بيان و نصيحت و عرفان کلّ بحبل متين صبر و ذيل منير اصطبار تمسّک جستند و تشبّث نمودند بشانيکه انچه بر اين حزب مظلوم وارد شد تحمّل کردند و بحقّ گذاشتند مع انکه در مازندران و رشت جمع کثيری را ببدترين عذاب معذّب نمودند * از جمله حضرت حاجی نصير که فی الحقيقه نوری بود مشرق از افق سماء تسليم * بعد از شهادت چشم او را کندند و دماغش را بريدند و ظلم بمقامی رسيد که اهل ممالک خارجه گريستند و نوحه نمودند و در باطن از برای عيال و صغار بعضی در اطراف ممالک اعانت نمودند *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Shaykh! Time and again have I declared, and now yet again I affirm, that for two score years We have, through the grace of God and by His irresistible and potent will, extended such aid to His Majesty the Sháh - may God assist him - as the exponents of justice and of equity would regard as incontestable and absolute. None can deny it, unless he be a transgressor and sinner, or one who would hate Us or doubt Our truth. How very strange that until now the Ministers of State and the representatives of the people have alike remained unaware of such conspicuous and undeniable service, and, if apprized of it, have, for reasons of their own, chosen to ignore it! Previous to these forty years controversies and conflicts continually prevailed and agitated the servants of God. But since then, aided by the hosts of wisdom, of utterance, of exhortations and understanding, they have all seized and taken fast hold of the firm cord of patience and of the shining hem of fortitude, in such wise that this wronged people endured steadfastly whatever befell them, and committed everything unto God, and this notwithstanding that in Mázindarán and at Rasht a great many have been most hideously tormented. Among them was his honor, Ḥájí Nasir, who, unquestionably, was a brilliant light that shone forth above the horizon of resignation. After he had suffered martyrdom, they plucked out his eyes and cut off his nose, and inflicted on him such indignities that strangers wept and lamented, and secretly raised funds to support his wife and children.
Translation Notes
بعنايت
literal: to concern; to mean; to turn away from; bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention; meaning; significance; inner sense
ايّده
literal: hand; power; strength; (plural) hands; agents; helpers; to assist, to support, to aid, to strengthen
امناء
literal: to believe; to have faith; to be secure; trust; trustworthiness; covenant; deposit; believer, faithful
ظلم
literal: wrongedness, oppression, meekness; state of being wronged or oppressed
برای
literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي
