Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §235
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 235 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “complained”, “complaint”, “complaining” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered حال (ḥál), شکايت (shkáyt), نقطه (nqṭh), اولی (iwlí), از (iz), مرايا (mráyá), تفکّر (tfkkr), نمائيد (nmáʾíd), شايد (sháyd) as “now, complaint, Primal Point, of, Mirrors, Ponder, may, haply”
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “yourselves”, “show” (107 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), مرايا (mráyá), تفکّر (tfkkr), نمائيد (nmáʾíd), شايد (sháyd), سبب (sbb), انتباه (intbáh), گردد (grdd), عباد (ʿbád), از (iz), شمال (shmál) as “from, Mirrors, Ponder, may, haply, awakened, men, left hand”
This form usually rendered as “awakened” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “idle”, “vain”, “fancy” (46 occurrences)
SE rendered ايقان (iyqán), توجّه (tújjh), نمايند (nmáynd), اگاه (igáh), گردند (grdnd), بانچه (bánchh), از (iz), محجوبند (mḥjúbnd) as “certitude, turn, may, cognizant, that, wherefrom, veiled”
This form usually rendered as “into”, “existence” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered انکه (inkh), از (iz), عالم (ʿálm), نيستی (nístí), بهستی (bhstí), مخصوص (mkhṣúṣ), عرفان (ʿrfán), امر (imr), اعظم (iʿẓm), امدهاند (imdhánd) as “He, of, world, non-existence, are, recognizing, Most Great Cause, come”
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “understanding”, “recognize” (144 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Most Great Cause”
SE rendered بهستی (bhstí), مخصوص (mkhṣúṣ), عرفان (ʿrfán), امر (imr), اعظم (iʿẓm), امدهاند (imdhánd), همچنين (hmchnín), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd) as “are, recognizing, Most Great Cause, come, likewise, saith”
This form usually rendered as “grant”, “let”, “"consecrate” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “may”, “shall”, “unveil” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “hast” (27 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “there”, “can” (50 occurrences)
SE expanded to “bow down before”
This form usually rendered as “laud” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “loftiness”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (43 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “thou”, “witnessed” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “cut it off”
SE rendered يکن (ykn), منّی (mnní), يرجع (yrjʿ), انتهی (inthí) as “being, Me, return”