Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §128
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 128 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “blessed”, “sanctified”, “\‘blessed” (15 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ponder”, “wilt”, “deal” (29 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “wisdom”, “law”, “hath” (124 occurrences)
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered از (iz), بلاد (blád), ايران (iyrán), سنين (snín), اخيره (ikhírh), حزب (ḥzb), کشته (kshth), شدند (shdnd), نکشتند (nkshtnd) as “of, cities, Persia, years, people, killed, rather than, kill”
SE rendered حزب (ḥzb), کشته (kshth), شدند (shdnd), نکشتند (nkshtnd), مشاهده (msháhdh), ميشود (míshúd), بغضای (bghḍáy), افئده (ifʾdh), بعضی (bʿḍí), زياده (zíádh) as “people, killed, rather than, kill, hatred, hearts, certain, more fiercely”
SE rendered حزب (ḥzb), کشته (kshth), شدند (shdnd), نکشتند (nkshtnd), مشاهده (msháhdh), ميشود (míshúd), بغضای (bghḍáy), افئده (ifʾdh), بعضی (bʿḍí), زياده (zíádh), از (iz) as “people, killed, rather than, kill, hatred, hearts, certain, more fiercely, than”
This form usually rendered as “innumerable”, “wax”, “fully” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered بغضای (bghḍáy), افئده (ifʾdh), بعضی (bʿḍí), زياده (zíádh), از (iz), ظاهر (ẓáhr), از (iz), سيّد (sísd), اعمال (iʿmál), شفاعت (shfáʿt), مظلومها (mẓlúmhá) as “hatred, hearts, certain, more fiercely, of, deed, intercede, victims of oppression”
SE rendered بعضی (bʿḍí), زياده (zíádh), از (iz), ظاهر (ẓáhr), از (iz), سيّد (sísd), اعمال (iʿmál), شفاعت (shfáʿt), مظلومها (mẓlúmhá), از (iz), اعداء (iʿdáʾ) as “certain, more fiercely, of, deed, intercede, victims of oppression, enemies”
SE expanded to “victims of oppression”
SE rendered امراء (imráʾ), البتّه (al-btth), بسمع (bsmʿ), بعضی (bʿḍí), رسيده (rsídh), حزب (ḥzb), مظلوم (mẓlúm), مدينه (mdính), نزد (nzd) as “rulers, certainly, heard, Some, oppressed, city, with”
This form usually rendered as “governor”, “reigneth” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “illumined”, “have”, “arrested” (50 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “search”, “seeking”, “eagerness” (53 occurrences)
SE rendered شفاعت (shfáʿt), نمودند (nmúdnd), تخفيف (tkhfíf), طلب (ṭlb), کردند (krdnd), فاعتبروا (fáʿtbrúá), اولی (iwlí), الابصار (al-ábṣár) as “pleaded, hath, mitigation, asked, Take, men, insight”
This form usually rendered as “primal”, “especially”, “one” (26 occurrences)