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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §204

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 204 of 268.

Source (Persian)

يا شيخ قصد شاطیء بحر اعظم فرما ثمّ ادخل فی السّفينة الحمراء الّتي قدّرها اللّه لاهل البهاء فی قيّوم الاسماء و انّها تمرّ علی البرّ و البحر من دخل فيها نجی و من اعرض هلک * اذا دخلت و فزت ولّ وجهک شطر کعبة اللّه المهيمن القيّوم و قل : اللّهمّ انّی اسألک من بهائک بأبهاه و کلّ بهائک بهیّ * اذا تفتح علی وجهک ابواب الملکوت و تری ما لا رأت العيون و تسمع ما لا سمعت الآذان * انّ المظلوم يعظک کما وعظک و ما اراد لک الّا الدّخول فی بحر احديّة اللّه ربّ العالمين * هذا يوم فيه تنادی کلّ الاشياء و تبشّر النّاس بهذا الظّهور الّذی به ظهر ما کان مکنونا مخزونا فی علم اللّه العزيز الحميد *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O Shaykh! Seek thou the shore of the Most Great Ocean, and enter, then, the Crimson Ark which God hath ordained in the Qayyum-i-Asmá’ for the people of Bahá. Verily, it passeth over land and sea. He that entereth therein is saved, and he that turneth aside perisheth. Shouldst thou enter therein and attain unto it, set thy face towards the Kaaba of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, and say: "O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most glorious light, and all Thy lights are verily glorious." Thereupon, will the doors of the Kingdom be flung wide before thy face, and thou wilt behold what eyes have never beheld, and hear what ears have never heard. This Wronged One exhorteth thee as He hath exhorted thee before, and hath never had any wish for thee save that thou shouldst enter the ocean of the unity of God, the Lord of the worlds. This is the day whereon all created things cry out, and announce unto men this Revelation, through which hath appeared what was concealed and preserved in the knowledge of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

Translation Notes

اعظم
iʿẓm ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered شيخ (shíkh)قصد (qṣd)شاطیء (sháṭíʾ)بحر (bḥr)اعظم (iʿẓm)فرما (frmá)ادخل (idkhl)السّفينة (as-sfính) as “Shaykh, Seek, shore, the Most Great Ocean, He, enter, Ark”

کما
kmá k-m “as”

literal: decrease; less; as

SE rendered سمعت (smʿt)الآذان (adh-dhán)المظلوم (al-mẓlúm)يعظک (yʿẓk)کما (kmá)وعظک (wʿẓk)اراد (irád)لک (lk)الدّخول (ad-dkhúl) as “heard, ears, This Wronged One, exhorteth, as, exhorted, had any wish, for thee, enter”

3 occurrences in corpus

لک

literal: for; for you; for him

5 occurrences in corpus

بهذا
bhdhá h-dh-ʾ “this”

literal: this; this (masculine); this (feminine)

SE rendered الاشياء (ash-shíáʾ)تبشّر (tbshshr)النّاس (an-nás)بهذا (bhdhá)الظّهور (aẓ-ẓhúr)ظهر (ẓhr) as “things, announce, men, this, Revelation, appeared”

world 22% who 11% such 11% verily 11% things 11% wherein 11% land 11% troubled 11%

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

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