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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §244

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 244 of 268.

Source (Persian)

هر جا اين مظلوم رفت ميرزا يحيی از عقب امد خود تو گواهی و ميدانی که انچه ذکر شد صدقست و لکن در سرّ سيّد اصفهانی او را اغوا نمود و عمل نمودند انچه را که سبب فزع اکبر شد * ايکاش از مامورين دولت سؤال مينموديد عمل ميرزا يحيی را در ان ارض * از همه گذشته اقسمک باللّه الفرد الواحد المقتدر القدير که در نوشتجاتی که باسم او نزد نقطه اولی رفته ملاحظه نما تا آثار حقّ را بمثابه افتاب ممتاز مشاهده نمائی * و همچنين از کلمات نقطه بيان روح ما سواه فداه ظاهر شده انچه که هيچ ستری ان را منع ننمايد و سبحات جلال و حجبات اهل ضلال ان را از ظهور باز ندارد * قد خرقت الاحجاب من اصبع ارادة ربّک القویّ الغالب القدير * بلی مفترين و مغلّين را چاره نبوده و نيست * چندی قبل مذکور شد کتاب ايقان و بعضی از الواح را نسبت بغير داده ای لعمر اللّه هذا ظلم عظيم * غير از ادراک ان عاجز است تا چه رسد بتنزيل ان *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Wherever this Wronged One went Mírzá Yaḥyá followed Him. Thou art thyself a witness and well knowest that whatever hath been said is the truth. The Siyyid of Iṣfahán, however, surreptitiously duped him. They committed that which caused the greatest consternation. Would that thou wouldst inquire from the officials of the government concerning the conduct of Mírzá Yaḥyá in that land. Aside from all this, I adjure thee by God, the One, the Incomparable, the Lord of Strength, the Most Powerful, to carefully look into the communications addressed in his name to the Primal Point, that thou mayest behold the evidences of Him Who is the Truth as clear as the sun. Likewise, there proceeded from the words of the Point of the Bayán - may the souls of all else but Him be sacrificed for His sake - that which no veil can obscure, and which neither the veils of glory nor the veils interposed by such as have gone astray can hide. The veils have, verily, been rent asunder by the finger of the will of thy Lord, the Strong, the All-Subduing, the All-Powerful. Yea, desperate is the state of such as have calumniated Me and envied Me. Not long ago it was stated that thou hadst ascribed the authorship of the Kitáb-i-Íqán and of other Tablets unto others. I swear by God! This is a grievous injustice. Others are incapable of apprehending their meaning, how much more of revealing them!

Translation Notes

امد
imd ámdn

literal: come; came; to come

SE rendered مظلوم (mẓlúm), رفت (rft), ميرزا (mírzá), يحيی (yḥíy), از (iz), عقب (ʿqb), امد (imd), تو (tú), گواهی (gúáhí), ميدانی (mídání), انچه (inchh) as “Wronged One, went, Mírzá, Yaḥyá, followed, Thou, a witness, knowest, whatever”

came 21% come 16% hath 16% turned 11% now 11% appeared 5% befallen 5% arose 5% approaching 5% made 5%
سرّ
srr s-r-r

literal: secret; secrets; secret, mystery

SE rendered انچه (inchh), ذکر (dhkr), صدقست (ṣdqst), لکن (lkn), سرّ (srr), سيّد (sísd), اصفهانی (iṣfhání), اغوا (ighúá), نمود (nmúd) as “whatever, said, is the truth, however, The Siyyid, of Iṣfahán, duped, may”

گذشته
gdhshth gdhshtn

literal: pass; to pass; passed

SE rendered يحيی (yḥíy), ارض (irḍ), از (iz), همه (hmh), گذشته (gdhshth), اقسمک (iqsmk), باللّه (bálllh), الفرد (al-frd) as “Yaḥyá, . Aside, from, all this, adjure, by God, One, the Incomparable”

have 21% past 14% ended 14% aside 7% renounced 7% before 7% passed 7% furthermore 7% beside 7% passing 7%
الواحد
al-wáḥd w-ḥ-d

literal: one; oneness

SE rendered همه (hmh), گذشته (gdhshth), اقسمک (iqsmk), باللّه (bálllh), الفرد (al-frd), الواحد (al-wáḥd), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), القدير (al-qdír), نوشتجاتی (núshtjátí) as “all this, adjure, by God, One, the Incomparable, the Lord of Strength, the Most Powerful, communications”

one 68% vahid 16% incomparable 5% alone 5% nineteen 5%
نزد
nzd zdn → “to”

literal: near; strike; near, with

SE rendered القدير (al-qdír), نوشتجاتی (núshtjátí), باسم (básm), نزد (nzd), نقطه (nqṭh), اولی (iwlí), رفته (rfth), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh) as “the Most Powerful, communications, in his name, to, the Primal Point, carefully look”

eyes 20% unto 15% estimation 10% visited 10% possession 10% sight 10% when 10% whenever 5% opinion 5% possesses 5%
اولی
iwlí ʾ-w-l

literal: first; firstness

SE rendered نوشتجاتی (núshtjátí), باسم (básm), نزد (nzd), نقطه (nqṭh), اولی (iwlí), رفته (rfth), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نما (nmá), آثار (áthár), حقّ (ḥqq) as “communications, in his name, to, the Primal Point, carefully look, evidences, Him Who is the Truth”

world 37% primal 24% first 7% ye 6% life 6% all 6% early 4% more 4% people 4% former 4%
نما
nmá n-m-ʾ → “may”

literal: do

SE rendered نزد (nzd), نقطه (nqṭh), اولی (iwlí), رفته (rfth), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نما (nmá), آثار (áthár), حقّ (ḥqq), بمثابه (bmthábh), افتاب (iftáb) as “to, the Primal Point, carefully look, evidences, Him Who is the Truth, as clear as, the sun”

strive 21% thou 14% endeavour 14% do 7% set 7% gird 7% cut 7% shouldst 7% consider 7% nurtured 7%
ممتاز
mmtáz m-y-z

literal: distinction; distinguished; distinguish

SE rendered آثار (áthár), حقّ (ḥqq), بمثابه (bmthábh), افتاب (iftáb), ممتاز (mmtáz), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمائی (nmáʾí), همچنين (hmchnín), از (iz) as “evidences, Him Who is the Truth, as clear as, the sun, behold, Likewise, from”

سواه
súáh s-w-y

literal: other than, except

SE rendered از (iz), کلمات (klmát), نقطه (nqṭh), بيان (bíán), روح (rúḥ), سواه (súáh), فداه (fdáh), ظاهر (ẓáhr), انچه (inchh), هيچ (hích) as “from, words, Point, of the Bayán, the souls, sacrificed, proceeded, that which, no veil”

all 43% else 14% everywhere 7% except 7% besides 7% created 7% naught 7% every 7%
باز
báz b-ʾ-z

literal: open

SE rendered حجبات (ḥjbát), اهل (ihl), ضلال (ḍlál), از (iz), ظهور (ẓhúr), باز (báz), ندارد (ndárd), خرقت (khrqt), الاحجاب (al-áḥjáb) as “veils, such as, have gone astray, hide, rent asunder, The veils”

impede 17% likewise 17% outstretched 17% opened 17% yet 17% open 17%
مفترين
mftrín f-r-y

literal: calumny; calumnies

SE rendered القویّ (al-qúyy), الغالب (al-ghálb), القدير (al-qdír), بلی (blí), مفترين (mftrín), مغلّين (mghllín), چاره (chárh), نبوده (nbúdh) as “Strong, All-Subduing, All-Powerful, Yea, desperate is the state, was”

مغلّين
mghllín gh-l-l

literal: chained; malice; fetter

SE rendered الغالب (al-ghálb), القدير (al-qdír), بلی (blí), مفترين (mftrín), مغلّين (mghllín), چاره (chárh), نبوده (nbúdh), نيست (níst), چندی (chndí) as “All-Subduing, All-Powerful, Yea, desperate is the state, was, Not long ago”

ايقان
iyqán y-q-n

literal: certainty; certitude

SE rendered چندی (chndí), مذکور (mdhkúr), کتاب (ktáb), ايقان (iyqán), بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz), الواح (al-wáḥ), نسبت (nsbt), بغير (bghír) as “Not long ago, stated, of the Kitáb-i-Íqán, Tablets, ascribed, other”

بعضی
bʿḍí b-ʿ-ḍ

literal: some; part; some, part

SE rendered مذکور (mdhkúr), کتاب (ktáb), ايقان (iyqán), بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz), الواح (al-wáḥ), نسبت (nsbt), بغير (bghír) as “stated, of the Kitáb-i-Íqán, Tablets, ascribed, other”

some 41% certain 24% few 12% others 11% many 3% who 3% number 3% several 1% whenever 1% other 1%
الواح
al-wáḥ l-w-ḥ

literal: tablet; tablets

SE rendered مذکور (mdhkúr), کتاب (ktáb), ايقان (iyqán), بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz), الواح (al-wáḥ), نسبت (nsbt), بغير (bghír), داده (dádh), لعمر (lʿmr) as “stated, of the Kitáb-i-Íqán, Tablets, ascribed, other, I swear by God”

داده
dádh dádn

literal: give; to give; given

SE rendered از (iz), الواح (al-wáḥ), نسبت (nsbt), بغير (bghír), داده (dádh), لعمر (lʿmr), اللّه (al-lh), ظلم (ẓlm) as “Tablets, ascribed, other, I swear by God, grievous injustice”

hath 33% have 13% laid 7% yielded 7% equity 7% broke 7% brought 7% imputest 7% made 7% justice 7%
عظيم
ʿẓím ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered لعمر (lʿmr), اللّه (al-lh), ظلم (ẓlm), عظيم (ʿẓím), غير (ghír), از (iz), ادراک (idrák), عاجز (ʿájz) as “I swear by God, grievous injustice, Others are, incapable of, apprehending, their meaning,”

great 42% most 20% mighty 13% grievous 11% immense 5% dire 2% sublime 2% glorious 2% infinite 2% azim 1%
رسد
rsd rsídn

literal: reach; to reach; arrive

SE rendered از (iz), ادراک (idrák), عاجز (ʿájz), چه (chh), رسد (rsd), بتنزيل (btnzíl) as “incapable of, apprehending, their meaning,, how much more, revealing”

how 58% attaineth 11% can 11% ended 5% much 5% attain 5% what 5%

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

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