Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §204
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 204 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “direct”, “goal”, “hastened” (19 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Most Great Ocean”
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”
This form usually rendered as “bestow”, “thyself”, “strive” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “faith”, “splendor” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “self-subsisting”, “self-subsisting!””, “self-subsisting.”” (34 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “names”, “all”, “name” (142 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “passeth”, “flee”, “blow” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “saved” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “set” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Help in Peril”
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “This Wronged One”
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
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “will”, “purpose” (33 occurrences)
SE expanded to “had any wish”
5 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “none”, “divine”, “any” (95 occurrences)
SE rendered الاشياء (ash-shíáʾ), تبشّر (tbshshr), النّاس (an-nás), بهذا (bhdhá), الظّهور (aẓ-ẓhúr), ظهر (ẓhr) as “things, announce, men, this, Revelation, appeared”