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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

امام
imám ʾ-m-m “of”

literal: before

SE rendered الصّخرة (aṣ-ṣkhrh)اختبئ (ikhtbʾ)التّراب (at-tráb)امام (imám)هيبة (híbh)الرّبّ (ar-rbb)بهاء (bháʾ)عظمته (ʿẓmth) as “rock, hide, dust, of, fear, Lord, glory, majesty”

before 92% leader 8%
هيبة
híbh h-y-b “fear”

literal: fear

2 occurrences in corpus

الارض
ar-rḍ ʾ-r-ḍ

literal: earth; earth/land; land

SE rendered ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd)تفرح (tfrḥ)البرّيّة (al-brrírh)الارض (ar-rḍ)اليابسة (al-yábsh)يبتهج (ybthj)القفر (al-qfr)يزهر (yzhr) as “saith, glad, wilderness, the solitary place, rejoice, desert, blossom as”

earth 72% land 12% world 6% whole 2% men 2% all 2% heaven 2% upon 1% desolate 1% plain 1%
القفر
al-qfr q-f-r “desert”

literal: desert

1 occurrence in corpus

کالنّرجس
kálnnrjs n-r-j-s “rose”

literal: narcissus

1 occurrence in corpus

يرنّم
yrnnm r-n-m “singing”

literal: sing

1 occurrence in corpus

انتهی
inthí n-h-y

literal: end; ended

SE rendered يرون (yrún)مجد (mjd)الرّبّ (ar-rbb)بهاء (bháʾ)إلهنا (ʾilhná)انتهی (inthí) as “see, glory, Lord, splendor, God”

end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%

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

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