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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §207

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 207 of 268.

Source (Persian)

يا شيخ نغمات انجيل را باذن انصاف بشنو قوله عزّ بيانه که از بعد اخبار ميفرمايد [ و امّا ذلک اليوم و تلک السّاعة فلا يعلم بهما احدٌ و لا الملائکة الّذين فی السّماء و لا الابن الّا الأب ] و مقصود از اب در اين مقام حقّ جلّ جلاله است و اوست مربّی حقيقی و معلّم معنوی *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O Shaykh! Hearken unto the melodies of the Gospel with the ear of fairness. He saith - glorified be His utterance - prophesying the things that are to come: "But of that Day and Hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father." By Father in this connection is meant God - exalted be His glory. He, verily, is the True Educator, and the Spiritual Teacher.

Translation Notes

يا
y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; or

شيخ
sh-y-kh → “Shaykh”

literal: elder; elder/shaykh; sheikh

نغمات
n-gh-m → “melodies”

literal: melody; tone; note

انجيل
n-j-l → “Gospel”

literal: Gospel; the Good Tidings

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

باذن
ʾ-dh-n → “ears”

literal: ear; permission; leave; to permit; to allow; to listen

انصاف
n-ṣ-f → “fairness”

literal: justice; fairness; equity

بشنو
sh-n-w → “Hearken”

literal: most ugly; most abominable; most heinous

قوله
q-w-l → “saith”

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

عزّ
ʿ-z-z → “glorified” Distinctive

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

بيانه
b-y-n → “utterance”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

که
k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

از
ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

بعد
b-ʿ-d → “to come” Distinctive

literal: after; behind; distance

اخبار
kh-b-r → “All-Informed” Distinctive

literal: news; inform; informed

ميفرمايد
f-r-m → “He”

literal: to say; to decree; to ordain; to command

امّا
ʾ-m-m → “nations” Distinctive

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

ذلک
dh-l-k → “that” Distinctive

literal: abasement; humiliation; lowliness; to be abased

اليوم
y-w-m → “Day”

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

تلک
t-l-k → “those”

literal: those; that; those (feminine)

السّاعة
s-w-ʿ → “Hour”

literal: hour; moment

فلا
l-ʾ → “or”

literal: so not; therefore not; nay

يعلم
ʿ-l-m → “knoweth”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

بهما
h-m → “all”

literal: He; He is

احدٌ
ʾ-ḥ-d

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

الملائکة
m-l-k → “angels”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership

الّذين
l-dh-y → “the” Distinctive

literal: those who; the ones who (relative pronoun)

فی
f-y → “of” Distinctive

literal: in; in-it; in it

السّماء
s-m-w → “heaven”

literal: heaven; sky

الابن
b-n-y → “Son”

literal: son

الّا
ʾ-kh-r → “but” Distinctive

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

الأب
ʾ-b-w → “fathers”

literal: father; origin, source

مقصود
q-ṣ-d → “meant”

literal: intention; purpose; aim; goal; to seek; to direct oneself

اب
m-w-h → “water”

literal: father; ancestry; forefathers

در
d-r-r

literal: in; in, at; radiant

اين
ʾ-y-n → “this”

literal: this; these

مقام
q-w-m → “connection”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

حقّ
ḥ-q-q → “God”

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

جلّ
j-l-l → “exalted”

literal: majesty; glory; exaltation; magnificence

است
b-w-d → “is”

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

اوست
h-s-t → “is”

literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song

مربّی
r-b-b → “Educator”

literal: Lord; Master; Sustainer; Cherisher

معنوی
ʿ-n-y → “Spiritual”

literal: meaning; sense; significance

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

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