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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §232

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 232 of 268.

Source (Persian)

و همچنين ميفرمايد [ او را شناخته بآيات او و احتياط در عرفان او نکرده که بقدر همان در نار محتجب خواهيد بود ] انتهی * ای معرضين بيان در اين کلمه عليا که از مطلع بيان نقطه عرفان جاری شده تفکّر نمائيد و در اين حين ان کلمه را بشنويد ميفرمايد [ در ان روز ان افتاب حقيقت اهل بيان را خطاب مينمايد و اين سوره فرقان را تلاوت ميفرمايد ﴿قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الکَافِرُونَ * لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ * وَ لَا أَنْتُم عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ * وَ لَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَا عَبَدْتُم * وَ لَا أَنْتُم عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ * لَکُمْ دِيْنُکُمْ وَلِیَ دِيْن﴾ * سبحان اللّه مع اين بيانات واضحه و آثار لامعه مشرقه کلّ باوهام خود مشغولند و از حضرت مقصود غافل و محجوب * يا معرضين از نوم غفلت بيدار شويد و اين کلمه مبشّر را بشنويد ميفرمايد [ شجره اثبات باعراضش از او از نفی محسوب و شجره نفی باقبالش باو از اثبات محسوب ] و همچنين ميفرمايد [ اگر نفسی ادّعا نمايد و اتيان بحجّت ننمايد تعرّض منمائيد و حزن وارد مياوريد ] انتهی * باری اين مظلوم در ليالی و ايّام به قل يا ايّها الکافرون ناطق که شايد سبب تنبّه شود و خلق را بطراز انصاف مزيّن دارد

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And likewise, He saith: "Recognize Him by His verses. The greater your neglect in seeking to know Him, the more grievously will ye be veiled in fire." O ye among the people of the Bayán that have turned aside from Me! Ponder upon these most sublime words, that have proceeded from the wellspring of the utterance of Him Who is the Point of Knowledge. Hearken ye, at this moment, unto these words. He saith: "On that Day, the Day-Star of Truth will address the people of the Bayán and will recite this Surih of the Qur’án: ‘Say: O ye unbelievers! I worship not that which ye worship, and ye do not worship that which I worship. I shall never worship that which ye worship, neither will ye worship that which I worship. To you be your religion, to Me My religion.'" Gracious God! Notwithstanding these lucid statements, and these shining and luminous tokens all are occupied with their vain imaginings, and are unaware of, and veiled from, the Desired One. O ye that have gone astray! Awake from the sleep of heedlessness, and give ear unto these words of My Forerunner. He saith: "The tree of affirmation, by turning aside from Him, is accounted as the tree of denial, and the tree of denial, by turning towards Him, is accounted as the tree of affirmation." And likewise, He saith: "Should anyone lay claim unto a Revelation, and fail to produce any proof, do not protest, and sadden Him not." Briefly, this Wronged One hath, night and day, been uttering the words: "Say: O ye unbelievers!", that haply this may be the means of awakening the people, and may adorn them with the adornment of fairness.

Translation Notes

انتهی
inthí n-h-y

literal: end; ended

SE rendered نار (nár)محتجب (mḥtjb)خواهيد (khúáhíd)انتهی (inthí)معرضين (mʿrḍín)بيان (bíán)کلمه (klmh) as “fire, veiled, will, turned aside, people of the Bayán, words”

end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
عليا
ʿlíá ʿ-l-w

literal: highest; upon; exalted

SE rendered معرضين (mʿrḍín)بيان (bíán)کلمه (klmh)عليا (ʿlíá)از (iz)مطلع (mṭlʿ)بيان (bíán)نقطه (nqṭh)عرفان (ʿrfán) as “turned aside, the utterance, words, from, wellspring, the Point, of Knowledge”

most 40% exalted 21% upon 16% do 5% unto 4% over 3% against 2% around 2% inaccessible 2% all 2%
روز
rúz r-w-z

literal: day; today; that-day

SE rendered بشنويد (bshnúyd)ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd)روز (rúz)افتاب (iftáb)حقيقت (ḥqíqt)اهل (ihl)بيان (bíán) as “Hearken ye, He, Day-Star, of Truth, the people, the Bayán”

day 64% days 9% stage 9% daytime 9% day-time 9%
سوره
súrh s-w-r

literal: chapter; surah; other

SE rendered بيان (bíán)خطاب (khṭáb)مينمايد (mínmáyd)سوره (súrh)فرقان (frqán)تلاوت (tláwt)ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd)﴿قُلْ (﴿qul) as “the Bayán, address, may, of the Qur’án, recite, ‘Say”

الکَافِرُونَ
al-káfirún k-f-r

literal: disbelief; disbelieve; unbelief

SE rendered ﴿قُلْ (﴿qul)الکَافِرُونَ (al-káfirún)أَعْبُدُ (ʾaʿbud) as “‘Say, worship”

لَکُمْ

literal: to you

SE expanded to “To you be”

2 occurrences in corpus

اللّه
al-lh ʾ-l-h

literal: God; divine; god

SE rendered دِيْنُکُمْ (dínukum)وَلِیَ (walí)دِيْن﴾ (dín﴾)سبحان (sbḥán)اللّه (al-lh)بيانات (bíánát)واضحه (wáḍḥh)آثار (áthár) as “your religion, to Me My religion, .'", Gracious God, among, shining and luminous tokens”

god 67% divine 18% god’s 4% lord 4% divinity 3% holy 1% other 1% mystic 1% heavenly 1% godhead 0%
واضحه
wáḍḥh w-ḍ-ḥ

literal: clear; clear, evident; clear/evident

SE rendered سبحان (sbḥán)اللّه (al-lh)بيانات (bíánát)واضحه (wáḍḥh)آثار (áthár)لامعه (lámʿh)مشرقه (mshrqh)باوهام (báwhám) as “Gracious God, among, shining and luminous tokens, a Revelation, vain imaginings”

مشرقه
mshrqh sh-r-q

literal: shining; east; shine

SE rendered بيانات (bíánát)واضحه (wáḍḥh)آثار (áthár)لامعه (lámʿh)مشرقه (mshrqh)باوهام (báwhám)مشغولند (mshghúlnd)از (iz) as “among, shining and luminous tokens, a Revelation, vain imaginings, occupied, from”

مقصود
mqṣúd q-ṣ-d

literal: intended; purpose; desired

SE rendered باوهام (báwhám)مشغولند (mshghúlnd)از (iz)حضرت (ḥḍrt)مقصود (mqṣúd)غافل (gháfl)محجوب (mḥjúb)معرضين (mʿrḍín)از (iz) as “vain imaginings, occupied, from, the Desired One, unaware, veiled from, that have gone astray”

purpose 34% desire 28% meant 18% goal 5% object 4% desired 3% intended 2% aim 2% heart’s 2% meaning 2%
مبشّر
mbshshr b-sh-r

literal: herald

SE rendered غفلت (ghflt)بيدار (bídár)شويد (shúyd)کلمه (klmh)مبشّر (mbshshr)بشنويد (bshnúyd)ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd)شجره (shjrh) as “heedlessness, Awake, been, give ear, He saith, "The tree”

باقبالش
báqbálsh q-b-l

literal: before; acceptance; approach

SE rendered از (iz)نفی (nfí)محسوب (mḥsúb)شجره (shjrh)نفی (nfí)باقبالش (báqbálsh)باو (báw)از (iz)اثبات (ithbát)محسوب (mḥsúb)همچنين (hmchnín) as “denial, accounted, the tree, Him, affirmation, likewise”

before 15% ere 12% turned 10% turn 10% hath 10% old 10% have 9% set 8% acceptable 8% former 8%
وارد
wárd w-r-d

literal: entering

SE rendered ننمايد (nnmáyd)تعرّض (tʿrrḍ)منمائيد (mnmáʾíd)حزن (ḥzn)وارد (wárd)مياوريد (míáwríd)انتهی (inthí)باری (bárí) as “will, do not protest, sadden, Briefly”

inflicted 24% befell 16% have 11% enter 11% hath 9% befallen 9% attain 7% came 4% befalleth 4% entered 4%
مياوريد
míáwríd ʾ-w-r

literal: bring; to bring; brought

SE rendered تعرّض (tʿrrḍ)منمائيد (mnmáʾíd)حزن (ḥzn)وارد (wárd)مياوريد (míáwríd)انتهی (inthí)باری (bárí) as “do not protest, sadden, Briefly”

entirely 33% have 33% hath 33%
ايّام
iyyám y-w-m

literal: day; days; today

SE rendered باری (bárí)مظلوم (mẓlúm)ليالی (líálí)ايّام (iyyám)قل (ql)الکافرون (al-káfrún)ناطق (náṭq) as “Briefly, night and day, "Say, uttering”

days 65% day 18% time 4% daytime 2% night 2% past 2% many 2% day-time 1% night-season 1% long 1%

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

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