Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §214
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 214 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hide”, “susceptible”, “entertain” (13 occurrences)
SE rendered فقرات (fqrát), احتياج (iḥtíáj), بتفسير (btfsír), ندارد (ndárd), بمثابه (bmthábh), افتاب (iftáb), مشرق (mshrq), ظاهر (ẓáhr), بمثابه (bmthábh) as “passages, stand, in need, of no, as, the sun, shining, manifest”
SE rendered بمثابه (bmthábh), نور (núr), ساطع (sáṭʿ), لامع (lámʿ), هر (hr), منصفی (mnṣfí), از (iz), عرف (ʿrf), بيان (bíán), بحديقه (bḥdíqh), عرفان (ʿrfán), راه (ráh) as “as, light, glowing, luminous, Every, fair-minded person, of, fragrance, unto the garden, understanding, is led”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered لامع (lámʿ), هر (hr), منصفی (mnṣfí), از (iz), عرف (ʿrf), بيان (bíán), بحديقه (bḥdíqh), عرفان (ʿrfán), راه (ráh), يابد (yábd), فائز (fáʾz) as “luminous, Every, fair-minded person, of, fragrance, unto the garden, understanding, is led, attaineth”
SE expanded to “unto the garden”
This form usually rendered as “path”, “gain”, “way” (9 occurrences)
SE rendered عرف (ʿrf), بيان (bíán), بحديقه (bḥdíqh), عرفان (ʿrfán), راه (ráh), يابد (yábd), فائز (fáʾz), بانچه (bánchh), اکثر (ikthr), اهل (ihl) as “fragrance, unto the garden, understanding, is led, attaineth, that, most, men”
SE rendered عرفان (ʿrfán), راه (ráh), يابد (yábd), فائز (fáʾz), بانچه (bánchh), اکثر (ikthr), اهل (ihl), عالم (ʿálm), از (iz), محجوب (mḥjúb) as “understanding, is led, attaineth, that, most, men, from, veiled”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (130 occurrences)
SE rendered فائز (fáʾz), بانچه (bánchh), اکثر (ikthr), اهل (ihl), عالم (ʿálm), از (iz), محجوب (mḥjúb), ممنوعند (mmnúʿnd), قل (ql) as “attaineth, that, most, men, from, veiled, debarred, Say”
This form usually rendered as “shout”, “enemy”, “foreboders” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all that are on earth”