Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §218
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 218 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered همچنين (hmchnín), لوح (lúḥ), فؤاد (fʾád), لوح (lúḥ), پاريس (párís), الواح (al-wáḥ), اخری (ikhrí), نازل (názl) as “likewise, the Tablet, Paris, Tablets, other, revealed”
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “learning”, “standard” (275 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “palpable”, “resplendent” (88 occurrences)
SE expanded to “would be made”
SE expanded to “On this day”
This form usually rendered as “hindered”, “deter”, “withhold” (77 occurrences)
SE rendered لکنّ (lknn), اليوم (al-yúm), منع (mnʿ), النّاس (an-nás), اعراضهم (iʿráḍhm), ادراک (idrák), نزّل (nzzl), بالحقّ (bálḥqq) as “however, On this day, prevented, men's repudiation, understanding, sent down, in truth”
SE expanded to “Ancient of Days”
This form usually rendered as “evident”, “luminous”, “resplendent” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “encompassed”, “hath”, “envelop” (75 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have appeared on”
SE rendered از (iz), حقّ (ḥqq), ميطلبم (míṭlbm), توفيق (túfíq), عطا (ʿṭá), فرمايد (frmáyd), جميع (jmíʿ), بر (br), لالی (lálí), مستوره (mstúrh) as “of, God, beseech, aid, bestow, all men, pearls, lie hid”
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “uttered” (53 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “become”, “may”, “wouldst” (18 occurrences)