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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §154

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 154 of 268.

Source (Persian)

فی هذا الحين ارتفع النّداء عن يمين البقعة النّوراء اللّه لا اله الّا هو الامر الحکيم * الق علی الشّيخ بقيّة لوح البرهان ليجذبه الی افق ظهور ربّه الرّحمن لعلّه يقوم علی نصرة الامر بآيات محکمات و براهين عاليات و ينطق بين العباد بما نطق به لسان البرهان الملک للّه ربّ العالمين *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

At this moment a Voice was raised from the right-hand of the Luminous Spot: "God! There is none other God but Him, the Ordainer, the All-Wise! Recite Thou unto the Shaykh the remaining passages of the Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof) that they may draw him unto the horizon of the Revelation of his Lord, the God of Mercy, that haply he may arise to aid My Cause with perspicuous signs and exalted testimonies, and may speak forth amongst men that which the Tongue of Testimony hath spoken: \‘The Kingdom is God's, the Lord of the worlds!'"

Translation Notes

فی
f-y

literal: in; in-it; in it

هذا
h-dh-ʾ → “this”

literal: this; that

الحين
ḥ-y-n → “moment”

literal: time; moment; while; season

ارتفع
r-f-ʿ → “was raised”

literal: to be raised, elevated, exalted, lifted up

النّداء
n-d-y → “Voice”

literal: call; voice; cry; summons

عن
ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

يمين
y-m-n → “right-hand”

literal: right hand; oath; right side

البقعة
b-q-ʿ → “Spot”

literal: place; spot; ground; locality

النّوراء
n-w-r → “Luminous”

literal: light; illumination

اللّه
ʾ-l-h → ““God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

لا
l-ʾ → “or”

literal: no; not; negation particle

اله
ʾ-l-h → “God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

الّا
ʾ-kh-r → “but” Distinctive

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

هو
h-w → “is”

literal: He; He is

الامر
ʾ-m-r → “Ordainer” Distinctive

literal: mother; to lead; to head; matter; affair; people; nation; community; female servant; handmaiden; umma

الحکيم
ḥ-k-m → “All-Wise”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom; firm; solid; strengthened

الق
q-l-m → “Pen”

literal: opposite; facing; in front of; towards

علی
ʿ-l-w → “unto”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

الشّيخ
sh-y-kh → “Shaykh”

literal: elder; elder/shaykh; sheikh

بقيّة
b-q-y → “remaining”

literal: remaining; everlasting; eternal; immortal; permanence; duration; continuance

لوح
l-w-ḥ → “Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet”

literal: tablet; panel; divine decree; revelation

البرهان
b-r-h-n → “Proof)”

literal: proof, evidence, demonstration, argument

ليجذبه
j-dh-b → “draw”

literal: to draw, attract, pull; to be enraptured

الی
ʾ-l-y → “towards”

literal: to; to, toward; to, until

افق
ʾ-f-q → “horizon”

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

ظهور
ẓ-h-r → “Revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

ربّه
r-b-b → “Lord”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

الرّحمن
r-ḥ-m → “the God of Mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

لعلّه
l-ʿ-l → “haply”

literal: perhaps; perchance; hopefully

يقوم
q-w-m → “arise”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

نصرة
n-ṣ-r → “aid” Distinctive

literal: aid, help, succor, victory, support

بآيات
ʾ-y-y → “signs”

literal: verse; sign; miracle; proof; sign, verse, miracle, token, indication; ayah; he; him; it

براهين
b-r-h → “testimonies”

literal: proof; proof, evidence; evidence

ينطق
n-ṭ-q → “speak”

literal: to speak; to utter; to pronounce; to articulate

بين
b-y-n → “amongst”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

العباد
ʿ-b-d → “men”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

بما
m-ʾ → “that” Distinctive

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

به
b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

لسان
l-s-n → “Tongue”

literal: tongue; language

الملک
m-l-k → “Kingdom”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty

العالمين
ʿ-l-m → “worlds”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

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

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