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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §211

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 211 of 268.

Source (Persian)

عاموص ميفرمايد [ انّ الرّبّ يزمجر من صهيون و يأتی صوته من اورشليم فتنوح مراعی الرّعاة و ييبس رأس الکرمل ] و کرمل در کتاب الهی بکوم اللّه و کرم اللّه ناميده شده * کوم تپه را ميگويند و اين مقاميست که در اين ايام از فضل دارای ظهور خباء مجد بر ان مرتفع گشته طوبی للواردين و طوبی للمقبلين * و همچنين ميفرمايد [ يأتی إلهنا و لا يصمت ]*

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Amos saith: "The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter His Voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither." Carmel, in the Book of God, hath been designated as the Hill of God, and His Vineyard. It is here that, by the grace of the Lord of Revelation, the Tabernacle of Glory hath been raised. Happy are they that attain thereunto; happy they that set their faces towards it. And likewise He saith: "Our God will come, and He will not be silent."

Translation Notes

ميفرمايد
f-r-m → “saith”

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

انّ
ʾ-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

الرّبّ
r-b-b → “Lord”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

يزمجر
z-m-j → “roar”

literal: to roar; thunder

من
m-n → “from”

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

يأتی
ʾ-t-y → “come”

literal: to come; to arrive; to approach; verse; sign; miracle

صوته
ṣ-w-t

literal: voice; sound

فتنوح
n-w-ḥ → “mourn”

literal: to wail; to lament; lamentation

مراعی
r-ʿ-y → “subjects” Distinctive

literal: to guard, watch over, regard, heed, respect, maintain; care; protection; guardianship; watchfulness

ييبس
y-b-s → “sere” Distinctive

literal: to wither; dry up; desiccate

رأس
r-ʾ-s → “head”

literal: chief; leader; head; president; beginning

الکرمل
k-r-m → “bounty”

literal: Carmel (Mount Carmel); vineyard, fruitful field

در
d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

کتاب
k-t-b → “Book”

literal: book; scripture; writing

الهی
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

بکوم
k-w-m → “hath been designated”

literal: be dumb/silent; speechless

کرم
k-r-m → “bounty”

literal: Carmel (Mount Carmel); vineyard, fruitful field

ناميده
n-ʾ-m

literal: to show, to display, to manifest, to exhibit; to manifest; to display; to show

شده
sh-d

literal: to become; to be

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

ميگويند
g-w-y

literal: utterance; speaking; the one who speaks

اين
ʾ-y-n → “It”

literal: this; these

مقاميست
q-w-m → “people” Distinctive

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

که
k-h → “that”

literal: that; who; who, that

ايام
y-w-m

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

از
ʾ-z → “by” Distinctive

literal: from

فضل
f-ḍ-l → “grace”

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

دارای
d-ʾ-r

literal: veiling; concealment; to have; to possess; to hold

ظهور
ẓ-h-r → “Revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

خباء
kh-b-ʾ → “Tabernacle”

literal: to hide; to conceal; tent; pavilion; chamber; tabernacle; hiding place

مجد
m-j-d → “Glory”

literal: glory; majesty; magnificence

بر
b-r-r

literal: on; on, upon; upon

مرتفع
r-f-ʿ → “raised”

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

گشته
g-sh-t → “hath been”

literal: become; became; to become

طوبی
ṭ-w-b → “Happy”

literal: happiness; blessedness; felicity

للواردين
w-r-d → “that attain thereunto”

literal: to enter, to come, to befall, to arrive

للمقبلين
q-b-l → “that set their faces” Distinctive

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

همچنين
ch-n-n → “likewise”

literal: always; ever; forever; at all times; constantly

إلهنا
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

لا
l-ʾ → “not”

literal: no; not; negation particle

يصمت
ṣ-m-t → “be silent”

literal: silence; to be silent

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

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