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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §213

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 213 of 268.

Source (Persian)

اشعيا ميفرمايد [ يسمو الرّبّ وحده فی ذلک اليوم ] و در عظمت ظهور ميفرمايد [ ادخل الی الصّخرة و اختبئ فی التّراب من امام هيبة الرّبّ و من بهاء عظمته ] و در مقام ديگر ميفرمايد [ تفرح البرّيّة و الارض اليابسة و يبتهج القفر و يزهر کالنّرجس يزهر ازهارا و يبتهج ابتهاجا و يرنّم يدفع اليه مجد لبنان بهاء کرمل و شارون هم يرون مجد الرّبّ بهاء إلهنا ] انتهی *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Isaiah saith: "The Lord alone shall be exalted in that Day." Concerning the greatness of the Revelation He saith: "Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty." And in another connection He saith: "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the splendor of our God."

Translation Notes

ميفرمايد
f-r-m → “saith”

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

يسمو
s-m-w → “exalted”

literal: heaven; sky

الرّبّ
r-b-b → “Lord”

literal: divine; of God; lordly

وحده
w-ḥ-d → “alone”

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

فی
f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

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

در
d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

ظهور
ẓ-h-r → “Revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

ادخل
d-kh-l → ““Enter”

literal: to enter; to admit; to bring in

الی
ʾ-l-y → “towards”

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

الصّخرة
ṣ-kh-r → “rock”

literal: rock; stone

اختبئ
kh-b-ʾ → “hide”

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

التّراب
t-r-b → “dust”

literal: dust; earth; soil

من
m-n → “for” Distinctive

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

امام
ʾ-m-m → “of”

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

هيبة
h-y-b → “fear”

literal: fear; awe; majesty; reverence

بهاء
b-h-w → “glory”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

عظمته
ʿ-ẓ-m → “majesty”

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

مقام
q-w-m → “connection”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

ديگر
d-g-r → “another”

literal: home; place; land; abode

تفرح
f-r-ḥ → “joy” Distinctive

literal: to rejoice; to be glad; joy

البرّيّة
b-r-ʾ → “Thy people” Distinctive

literal: high; exalted; upper; to adorn; to arrange; to prepare; banners; standards

الارض
ʾ-r-ḍ

literal: earth; land; ground; country

اليابسة
y-b-s → “sere”

literal: to wither; dry up; desiccate

يبتهج
b-h-j → “rejoice”

literal: joy; splendor; beauty; radiance; delight

القفر
q-f-r → “desert”

literal: wilderness; desert; wasteland

يزهر
z-h-r → “Beware, beware” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

کالنّرجس
n-r-j-s → “rose”

literal: narcissus; daffodil

يرنّم
r-n-m → “singing”

literal: to sing; to warble; to chant

يدفع
d-f-ʿ → “repel” Distinctive

literal: to push; to repel; to ward off; to avert; to impel

اليه
ʾ-l-y → “besmirch”

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

مجد
m-j-d → “glory”

literal: glory; majesty; magnificence

کرمل
k-r-m → “bounty”

literal: Carmel (Mount Carmel); vineyard, fruitful field; honor; generosity; nobility

هم
h-m-m → “endeavor” Distinctive

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

يرون
r-ʾ-y → “see”

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

إلهنا
ʾ-l-h → “God”

literal: there; in that place; happy; congratulation

انتهی
n-h-y

literal: end, limit, utmost, extreme; final; the end, limit, utmost bound; Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing; end; limit; terminus

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

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