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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §164

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 164 of 268.

Source (Persian)

ای کاش حضرت پادشاه ممالک ايران ادام اللّه سلطانه از قناسل دولت عليّه ايران که در اين جهات بوده‌اند استفسار فرمايند تا بر افعال و اعمال اين مظلوم اگاه شوند * باری جمعی را از اختر و غيره برانگيختند و در انتشار مفتريات مشغول * اين بسی واضح و معلوم نفسی را که مردود عباد و مطرود بلاد مشاهده نمايند با سيف ضغينه و سهام بغضاء احاطه کنند * ليس هذا اوّل امر ظهر بالظّلم و لا اوّل قارورة کسرت و لا اوّل ستر هتک فی سبيل اللّه ربّ العالمين * و اين مظلوم ساکتا صامتا در سجن اعظم بخود مشغول و از غير اللّه منقطع * ظلم بمقامی رسيده که اقلام عالم از تحرير ان عاجز و قاصر است *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Would that His Majesty the Sháh of Persia - may God perpetuate His sovereignty - would inquire from the Consuls of the honored Persian Government who have been in this country, that he might become acquainted with the activities and behavior of this Wronged One. Briefly, they have incited a great many such as Akhtar and others, and are busying themselves in spreading calumnies. It is clear and evident that they will surround with their swords of hatred and their shafts of enmity the one whom they knew to be an outcast among men and to have been banished from one country to another. This is not the first time that such iniquity hath been perpetrated, nor the first goblet that hath been dashed to the ground, nor the first veil that hath been rent in twain in the path of God, the Lord of the worlds. This Wronged One, however, remained calm and silent in the Most Great Prison, busying Himself with His own affairs, and completely detached from all else but God. Iniquity waxed so grievous that the pens of the world are powerless to record it.

Translation Notes

کاش
kásh k-ʾ-sh “that”

literal: would-that

SE rendered کاش (kásh)حضرت (ḥḍrt)پادشاه (pádsháh)ممالک (mmálk)ايران (iyrán)ادام (idám) as “that, Majesty, Sháh, Persia, may God perpetuate”

1 occurrence in corpus

ممالک
mmálk m-l-k

literal: kingdom; king

SE rendered کاش (kásh)حضرت (ḥḍrt)پادشاه (pádsháh)ممالک (mmálk)ايران (iyrán)ادام (idám)اللّه (al-lh)سلطانه (slṭánh)از (iz) as “that, Majesty, Sháh, Persia, may God perpetuate, sovereignty, from”

ادام
idám d-y-m “may”

literal: perpetuate, continue

1 occurrence in corpus

بر
br b-r-r

literal: on; on, upon; upon

SE rendered بوده‌اند (búdh‌ánd)استفسار (istfsár)فرمايند (frmáynd)بر (br)افعال (ifʿál)اعمال (iʿmál)مظلوم (mẓlúm)اگاه (igáh) as “have been, inquire, he, activities, behavior, Wronged One, become acquainted”

land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%
شوند
shúnd sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered افعال (ifʿál)اعمال (iʿmál)مظلوم (mẓlúm)اگاه (igáh)شوند (shúnd)باری (bárí)جمعی (jmʿí)از (iz)اختر (ikhtr)غيره (ghírh) as “activities, behavior, Wronged One, become acquainted, Briefly, a great many, such as, Akhtar, others”

again 14% would 14% feed 14% unraveling 14% will 14% therein 14% intervening 14%
برانگيختند
brángíkhtnd r-ʾ-n-g “roused”

literal: rouse

1 occurrence in corpus

بسی
bsí b-s-y

literal: many; much; very, much

SE rendered انتشار (intshár)مفتريات (mftríát)مشغول (mshghúl)بسی (bsí)واضح (wáḍḥ)معلوم (mʿlúm)نفسی (nfsí)مردود (mrdúd) as “spreading, calumnies, busying, clear, evident, one, outcast among”

مشاهده
msháhdh sh-h-d

literal: witness; observation; witnessed

SE rendered مردود (mrdúd)عباد (ʿbád)مطرود (mṭrúd)بلاد (blád)مشاهده (msháhdh)نمايند (nmáynd)سيف (síf)ضغينه (ḍghính)سهام (shám) as “outcast among, men, banished, one country to another, will, swords, hatred, shafts”

کنند
knnd k-r-d

literal: do; to do; do, make

SE rendered سيف (síf)ضغينه (ḍghính)سهام (shám)بغضاء (bghḍáʾ)احاطه (iḥáṭh)کنند (knnd)ليس (lís)اوّل (iwwl)امر (imr)ظهر (ẓhr)بالظّلم (bálẓẓlm) as “swords, hatred, shafts, enmity, surround, not, first, perpetrated, iniquity hath been”

appreciate 14% lead 14% after 14% themselves 14% toward 14% should 14% give 14%
ليس
lís l-y-s “not”

literal: not

SE rendered ضغينه (ḍghính)سهام (shám)بغضاء (bghḍáʾ)احاطه (iḥáṭh)کنند (knnd)ليس (lís)اوّل (iwwl)امر (imr)ظهر (ẓhr)بالظّلم (bálẓẓlm) as “hatred, shafts, enmity, surround, not, first, perpetrated, iniquity hath been”

can 29% none 14% have 14% nothing 7% there 7% given 7% sorrow 7% possessed 7% cannot 7%
امر
imr ʾ-m-r

literal: command; matter; cause

SE rendered بغضاء (bghḍáʾ)احاطه (iḥáṭh)کنند (knnd)ليس (lís)اوّل (iwwl)امر (imr)ظهر (ẓhr)بالظّلم (bálẓẓlm)اوّل (iwwl)قارورة (qárúrh) as “enmity, surround, not, first, perpetrated, iniquity hath been, goblet”

قارورة
qárúrh q-r-w-r “goblet”

literal: bottle, goblet

1 occurrence in corpus

ساکتا
sáktá s-k-t “calm”

literal: silent; silence

3 occurrences in corpus

بمقامی
bmqámí q-w-m

literal: station

SE rendered از (iz)غير (ghír)اللّه (al-lh)منقطع (mnqṭʿ)ظلم (ẓlm)بمقامی (bmqámí)رسيده (rsídh)اقلام (iqlám)عالم (ʿálm)از (iz)تحرير (tḥrír) as “from, all else, God, completely detached, Iniquity, waxed, pens, world, record”

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

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