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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §128

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 128 of 268.

Source (Persian)

استدعا انکه حضرت سلطان ايّده اللّه تبارک و تعالی در اين امور بنفسه تفکّر فرمايند و بعدل و انصاف حکم نمايند مع انکه در اکثری از بلاد ايران در اين سنين اخيره اين حزب کشته شدند و نکشتند مشاهده ميشود بغضای افئده بعضی زياده از قبل ظاهر * و از سيّد اعمال شفاعت مظلومها از اعداء نزد امراء بوده البتّه بسمع بعضی رسيده که حزب مظلوم در ان مدينه نزد حاکم از قاتلها شفاعت نمودند و تخفيف طلب کردند * فاعتبروا يا اولی الابصار *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

We entreat His Majesty the Sháh, - may God, hallowed and glorified be He, assist him - himself to ponder upon these things, and to judge with equity and justice. Although in recent years a number of the faithful have, in most of the cities of Persia, suffered themselves to be killed rather than kill, yet the hatred smouldering in certain hearts hath blazed more fiercely than before. For the victims of oppression to intercede in favor of their enemies is, in the estimation of rulers, a princely deed. Some must have certainly heard that this oppressed people have, in that city (‘Ishqábád), pleaded with the Governor on behalf of their murderers, and asked for the mitigation of their sentence. Take, then, good heed, ye who are men of insight!

Translation Notes

اخيره
ikhírh ʾ-kh-r

literal: lastness; end; finally

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”

end 18% “last” 18% future 12% finally 12% last 12% declining 6% other 6% new 6% postponed 6% again 6%
مشاهده
msháhdh sh-h-d

literal: witness; observation; witnessed

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”

ميشود
míshúd sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

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”

affirm 14% bringeth 14% conscripted 14% now 14% shall 14% ascribed 14% will 14%
ظاهر
ẓáhr ẓ-h-r

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

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”

سيّد
sísd s-y-d

literal: lord; master/lord

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”

siyyid 29% lord 29% prince 14% cynosure 14% “prince 14%
رسيده
rsídh r-s-d

literal: reach; to reach

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”

reached 23% now 15% waxed 8% hath 8% have 8% there 8% armed 8% approached 8% didst 8% befell 8%
تخفيف

literal: mitigation

1 occurrence in corpus

کردند
krdnd k-r-d

literal: do; to do

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”

ordered 13% done 13% acted 13% made 13% proved 13% offered 13% proceeded 13% acquiesced 13%

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

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