Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §148

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 148 of 268.

Source (Persian)

* فی هذا الحين ارتفع صرير قلمی الاعلی و قال وصّ حضرة الشّيخ بما وصّيت به احد اغصانک لعلّ نفحات البيان تجذبه و تقرّبه الی اللّه ربّ العالمين *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

At this moment the shrill voice of the Most Sublime Pen hath been raised, and hath addressed Me saying: "Admonish the Shaykh even as Thou hast admonished one of Thy Branches (sons), that haply the breezes of Thine utterance may attract and draw him nigh unto God, the Lord of the worlds."

Translation Notes

الحين

al-ḥín ḥ-y-n → “moment”

literal: time; time/moment

moment 40% hour 14% time 12% day 7% when 7% continually 7% while 5% times 5% soon 2% late 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: moment gleaningsGWB §589: increasingly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: season prayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time the-hidden-wordsHW §154: now epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: day gleaningsGWB §160: the moment prayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thousand lives

ارتفع

irtfʿ r-f-ʿ → “hath been raised”

literal: raise; raised

SE expanded to “hath been raised”

raised 30% hath 26% lifted 17% planted 4% hast 4% calleth 4% more 4% could 4% lord 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: was lifted up fire-tabletFire §47: hast caused gleaningsGWB §402: rising kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exalt kitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: annulled prayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: could be raised tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispel the-hidden-wordsHW §61: that I may rise

صرير

ṣrír ṣ-r-r → “shrill voice”

literal: creaking; insistence; persists

voice 40% shrilling 40% shrill 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: voice gleaningsGWB §502: he persisteth in his error kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: He urged prayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: and persistently striven tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: shrilling voice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: shrill voice gleaningsGWB §82: persist in proud disdain gleaningsGWB §168: urged

قلمی

qlmí q-l-m → “sublime pen”

literal: pen; pen, reed; the pen

pen 90% sublime 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: Sublime Pen gleaningsGWB §719: Our Pen kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Power prayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy pen will-and-testamentW&T §1: by His All-Glorious Pen epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: Supreme Pen gleaningsGWB §375: of His Pen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realms

الاعلی

al-áʿlí ʿ-l-w → “the most”

literal: highest; exalted

most 45% high 18% glory 10% loftiest 6% exalted 6% highest 5% supreme 4% all-glorious 3% heights 2% one 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: glorified be fire-tabletFire §42: highest gleaningsGWB §48: that excelleth all other kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pre-eminent prayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: transcendent greatness tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around her the-hidden-wordsHW §21: on thee

قال

qál q-w-l → “hath addressed me saying”

literal: say; said; saying

SE expanded to “hath addressed Me saying”

said 57% hath 12% saith 10% say 7% have 3% answered 3% made 3% doth 2% reply 2% replied 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: “Say gleaningsGWB §280: Let kitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: their saying prayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: let him say tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verily tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out to tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And the-hidden-wordsHW §73: Lord of Utterance

حضرة

ḥḍrh ḥ-ḍ-r

literal: presence, majesty

SE rendered صرير (ṣrír), قلمی (qlmí), الاعلی (al-áʿlí), قال (qál), وصّ (wṣṣ), حضرة (ḥḍrh), الشّيخ (ash-shíkh), وصّيت (wṣṣít), احد (iḥd), اغصانک (ighṣánk) as “shrill voice, Sublime Pen, the Most, hath addressed Me saying, admonished, the Shaykh, Admonish, one, of Thy Branches (sons)”

majesty 38% honor 13% had 13% suited 13% have 13% stood 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: his honor, Azim gleaningsGWB §657: unto thee kitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Sádiq prayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: highness the-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holy will-and-testamentW&T §8: to the presence epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: These people gleaningsGWB §492: as befitteth thy station

الشّيخ

ash-shíkh sh-y-kh → “the shaykh”

literal: elder/shaykh

shaykh 97% thou 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: Shaykh epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §139: thou epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: O Shaykh

اغصانک

ighṣánk gh-ṣ-n → “of thy branches (sons)”

literal: branch; branches

SE expanded to “of Thy Branches (sons)”

branches 31% branch 24% aghṣán 14% most 10% boughs 7% have 3% immortal 3% ye 3% one 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: branches gleaningsGWB §235: have branched from My Tree kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the Aghṣán prayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: Thy Branches will-and-testamentW&T §19: one epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: of Thy Branches (sons)gleaningsGWB §66: the immortal Branch kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the Most Mighty Branch

لعلّ

lʿll l-ʿ-l → “that haply”

literal: perhaps; perhaps/may

haply 83% perchance 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: that haply thou mayest kitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: that epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: “Haply kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: perchance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: that haply epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: haply

نفحات

nfḥát n-f-ḥ → “breezes”

literal: fragrance; breeze; breath

breezes 20% sweet 20% fragrances 17% fragrance 12% breath 11% breaths 9% savors 5% holy 3% carried 2% grievous 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breaths gleaningsGWB §618: the fragrance kitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savours prayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: wafted will-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savours epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezes gleaningsGWB §203: savors prayers-and-meditationsP&M §129: fragrances

البيان

al-bíán b-y-n → “of thine utterance”

literal: utterance

SE expanded to “of Thine utterance”

utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: clear tokens fire-tabletFire §38: Expounder gleaningsGWB §355: unuttered kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among My kitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: language prayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: be confined to the-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdom will-and-testamentW&T §36: from

تجذبه

tjdhbh j-dh-b → “attract”

literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw

attract 17% draw 17% attracted 14% carried 11% enrapture 8% have 8% drawn 8% rapture 6% enraptured 6% ecstasies 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: draw fire-tabletFire §3: Thy gleaningsGWB §618: kindle kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transports prayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: drawn epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: ecstasies gleaningsGWB §32: have been made to vibrate kitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasy

تقرّبه

tqrrbh q-r-b → “draw him nigh”

literal: nearness; near; bring near

SE expanded to “draw him nigh”

approach 22% draw 17% approaching 17% drawing 11% thou 6% draweth 6% causest 6% near 6% having 6% drawest 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: they who are nigh unto fire-tabletFire §3: ocean gleaningsGWB §581: may approach kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindred kitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: Ere long prayers-and-meditationsP&M §568: enjoy near access tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favoured the-hidden-wordsHW §130: His presence

ربّ

rbb r-b-b → “lord”

literal: Lord; lord

lord 93% god 3% creator 1% one 1% art 1% none 1% ruler 1% thou 1% ‘lord 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: of its Lord gleaningsGWB §686: His kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decree prayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: none other Lord tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Glorious the-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy God will-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our Lord

العالمين

al-ʿálmín ʿ-l-m → “of the worlds”

literal: world; worlds

SE expanded to “of the worlds”

worlds 53% all 31% world 5% whole 3% earth 2% men 2% creation 2% entire 1% people 1% peoples 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: clear fire-tabletFire §49: all the worlds gleaningsGWB §437: religious leaders kitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: distinguish prayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is known tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught thee the-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence

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