Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §245
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 245 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “goodly”, “kindly”, “pleasing” (16 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “seventy” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “death” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “one” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “others”, “other”, “without” (150 occurrences)
SE expanded to “no reason whatever”
SE rendered از (iz), اختهای (ikhtháy), مظلوم (mẓlúm), غير (ghír), جهت (jht), اعراض (iʿráḍ), نموده (nmúdh), سپردند (sprdnd), اللّه (al-lh) as “of, sisters, Wronged One, no reason whatever, turned aside, had, were entrusted, God”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “things” (90 occurrences)
5 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “had never lived”
This form usually rendered as “daystar” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “seen”, “never” (15 occurrences)
SE rendered ميرزا (mírzá), يحيی (yḥíy), نديده (ndídh), از (iz), امر (imr), مطّلع (mṭṭlʿ), نبوده (nbúdh), چه (chh), ايّام (iyyám) as “Mírzá, Yaḥyá, saw, of, Cause, remained unaware, for, days”
This form usually rendered as “variance”, “agree”, “estranged” (14 occurrences)
SE rendered لکن (lkn), محض (mḥḍ), عنايت (ʿnáyt), محبّت (mḥbbt), شفقت (shfqt), چند (chnd), يوم (yúm), از (iz), حرکت (ḥrkt), نزد (nzd), والدهاش (wáldhásh) as “however, Our loving-kindness, , our, affection, a few, days, to Our, departure, unto, mother”
This form usually rendered as “through”, “tread”, “progress” (27 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “mother” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “fled”, “delivered” (17 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “draw”, “approaching”, “approach” (27 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “become”, “may”, “wouldst” (18 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “believing”, “well”, “fully” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered شاهد (sháhd), گواه (gúáh), غير (ghír), بهيچوجه (bhíchújh), خيالی (khíálí), نبوده (nbúdh), انکه (inkh), الحمد (al-ḥmd) as “witness, testifieth, no thought whatsoever, was, He, God be praised”
SE rendered گواه (gúáh), غير (ghír), بهيچوجه (bhíchújh), خيالی (khíálí), نبوده (nbúdh), انکه (inkh), الحمد (al-ḥmd), للّه (lllh), از (iz) as “testifieth, no thought whatsoever, was, He, God be praised, of”
SE expanded to “God be praised”
SE expanded to “with the adornment”
SE rendered گشت (gsht), لکن (lkn), از (iz), اسيری (isírí), هجرت (hjrt), از (iz), عراق (ʿráq), باستانه (bástánh), ديگر (dígr), از (iz) as “were, After, of, had, from, Constantinople, her”
This form usually rendered as “might”, “ceased”, “reached” (8 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “resigned”, “contentment”, “divine” (13 occurrences)
SE rendered طا (ṭá), جناب (jnáb), اخوی (ikhúy), ميرزا (mírzá), رضا (rḍá), قلی (qlí), ملاقات (mláqát), نشد (nshd), خبری (khbrí), از (iz), مخصوصا (mkhṣúṣá), نرسيد (nrsíd) as “(Ṭihrán), Our brother, Mírzá, Riḍá-Quli, to meet, was, news, of, special, reached”
This form usually rendered as “first”, “beginning”, “hath” (119 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “auction” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “negligible” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “farman-farma” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “purchased” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “occurred”, “transient”, “caused” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered حادثه (ḥádthh), اخوی (ikhúy), تفريق (tfríq), حاصل (ḥáṣl), ايشان (iyshán), بدر (bdr), مسجد (msjd), شاه (sháh) as “occurred, brother, separated, she, Masjid-i-Sháh”
SE rendered اخوی (ikhúy), تفريق (tfríq), حاصل (ḥáṣl), ايشان (iyshán), بدر (bdr), مسجد (msjd), شاه (sháh), دروازه (drúázh), شميران (shmírán) as “brother, separated, she, Masjid-i-Sháh, Shimiran”
This form usually rendered as “mosque”, “masjid”, “mosque.”” (3 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “hostile”, “human”, “perverse” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered عناد (ʿnád), ظاهر (ẓáhr), مظلوم (mẓlúm), بهيچوجه (bhíchújh), سخنی (skhní), نگفته (ngfth), انکه (inkh), بنت (bnt), اخوی (ikhúy), مرحوم (mrḥúm) as “before, displayed, Wronged One, He, daughter, brother, late”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “betrothed” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Most Great Branch”
This form usually rendered as “great”, “most”, “mighty” (130 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “spot” (95 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “number”, “many”, “great” (31 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “various”, “every”, “direction” (15 occurrences)
SE rendered امر (imr), بسيار (bsíár), عظيم (ʿẓím), موافق (múáfq), رای (ráy), هيچيک (híchík), از (iz), اوليای (iwlíáy), حقّ (ḥqq), واقع (wáqʿ), نشد (nshd) as “act, very, grievous, toward Us, Our, loved ones, God, was”
This form usually rendered as “own” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered اخت (ikht), بمحلّ (bmḥll), برده (brdh), ترتيبات (trtíbát), داده (dádh), بمقام (bmqám), ديگر (dígr), فرستاده (frstádh) as “sister, house, taken, her, sent”
SE rendered بمحلّ (bmḥll), برده (brdh), ترتيبات (trtíbát), داده (dádh), بمقام (bmqám), ديگر (dígr), فرستاده (frstádh), مظلوم (mẓlúm) as “house, taken, her, sent, Wronged One”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “god”, “any” (139 occurrences)
SE rendered اوليای (iwlíáy), اطراف (iṭráf), اراضی (iráḍí), گمان (gmán), نميکردند (nmíkrdnd), از (iz), اخت (ikht), چنين (chnín), امری (imrí) as “Our loved ones, regions, country, of, sister, such, act”
This form usually rendered as “supplicateth”, “doing”, “converteth” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “contrary to decency”
SE rendered از (iz), اخت (ikht), چنين (chnín), امری (imrí), خلاف (khláf), حميّت (ḥmímt), محبّت (mḥbbt), دوستی (dústí), واقع (wáqʿ) as “of, sister, such, act, contrary to decency, friendship, occurred”
This form usually rendered as “barred”, “severed”, “fail” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “act”, “work”, “deeds” (48 occurrences)
SE rendered وارد (wárd), بميرزا (bmírzá), يحيی (yḥíy), پيوست (píwst), حال (ḥál), مختلف (mkhtlf), شنيده (shnídh), ميشود (míshúd), معلوم (mʿlúm) as “inflicted, Yaḥyá, reports, been, clear”
SE rendered يحيی (yḥíy), پيوست (píwst), حال (ḥál), مختلف (mkhtlf), شنيده (shnídh), ميشود (míshúd), معلوم (mʿlúm), نيست (níst), چه (chh), ميگويد (mígúyd) as “Yaḥyá, reports, been, clear, was, for, saying”
This form usually rendered as “cause” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered تعالی (tʿálí), يرجعها (yrjʿhá), اليه (al-yh), يؤيّدها (yʾíʾdhá), الانابة (an-nábh), لدی (ldí), باب (báb), فضله (fḍlh) as “glorified, turn, repent, door, grace”
SE rendered يؤيّدها (yʾíʾdhá), الانابة (an-nábh), لدی (ldí), باب (báb), فضله (fḍlh), العزيز (al-ʿzíz), التّوّاب (at-tútáb) as “repent, door, grace, Mighty, Forgiving”