Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §247

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 247 of 268.

Source (Persian)

و همچنين ميفرمايد [ باسماء از مالک ان محتجب ممانيد حتّی اسم النّبيّ فانّ ذلک الاسم يخلق بقوله ] و همچنين در باب سابع از واحد ثانی ميفرمايد [ ای اهل بيان نکرده انچه اهل فرقان کردند که ثمرات ليل خود را باطل کنيد ] الی ان قال عزّ ذکره ميفرمايد []اگر بظهور او فائز شدی و اطاعت نمودی ثمره بيانرا ظاهر کردی و الّا لائق ذکر نيستی نزد خداوند * ترحّم بر خود کرده اگر نصرت نميکنی مظهر ربوبيّت را محزون نکرده ] الی قوله جلّ شانه [ اگر بلقاء اللّه فائز نميگردی آية اللّه را هم محزون نکرده باشی * از نفع مديّنين ببيان ميگذرد هرگاه شما از ضرر باو بگذريد اگر چه ميدانم نخواهيد کرد ] انتهی *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And likewise, He saith: "Let not names shut you out as by a veil from Him Who is their Lord, even the name of Prophet, for such a name is but a creation of His utterance." And likewise, He, in the seventh chapter of the second Vahid, saith: "O people of the Bayán! Act not as the people of the Qur’án have acted, for if ye do so, the fruits of your night will come to naught." And further, He saith - glorified be His mention: "If thou attainest unto His Revelation, and obeyest Him, thou wilt have revealed the fruit of the Bayán; if not, thou art unworthy of mention before God. Take pity upon thyself. If thou aidest not Him Who is the Manifestation of the Lordship of God, be not, then, a cause of sadness unto Him." And further He saith - magnified be His station: "If thou attainest not unto the Presence of God, grieve not, then, the Sign of God. Ye will renounce that which can profit them that acknowledge the Bayán, if ye renounce that which can harm Him. I know, however, that ye will refuse to do so."

Translation Notes

همچنين

ch-n-n → “likewise”

literal: always; ever; forever; at all times; constantly

ميفرمايد

f-r-m → “saith”

literal: to say; to decree; to ordain; to command

باسماء

s-m-y → “names”

literal: to name, to nominate, to designate, to appoint; name; noun; to name, to appoint, to designate

از

ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

مالک

m-l-k → “Lord”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership

ان

ʾ-n → “their”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

محتجب

ḥ-j-b → “shut you out”

literal: to veil oneself, to be veiled

ممانيد

m-n-ʿ → “hinder” Distinctive

literal: forbidden; prevented; deprived

حتّی

ḥ-t-y → “even”

literal: to be necessary, inevitable; determined

اسم

s-m-w → “name”

literal: name; title; designation

النّبيّ

n-b-ʾ → “Prophet”

literal: prophet; prophets

فانّ

ʾ-n-n → “for” Distinctive

literal: that; indeed; verily

ذلک

dh-l-k → “such a” Distinctive

literal: abasement; humiliation; lowliness; to be abased

يخلق

kh-l-q → “but a creation”

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

بقوله

q-w-l → “of His utterance” Distinctive

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

باب

b-w-b → “door”

literal: door; gate; chapter; way; manner

سابع

s-b-ʿ → “seventh”

literal: lion; wild beast

واحد

w-ḥ-d → “one”

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

ثانی

th-n-y → “praise” Distinctive

literal: praise; commendation; eulogy; glorification; praise, commendation, eulogy

ای

ʾ-y-y → “signs” Distinctive

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

اهل

ʾ-h-l → “people”

literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin

بيان

b-y-n → “Bayán” Distinctive

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

نکرده

k-r-d → “Act not”

literal: to do; to make; to perform; deed; action; conduct; behavior

فرقان

f-r-q → “Qur’án”

literal: faction; sect; group; company

که

k-h → “which”

literal: that; who; who, that

ثمرات

th-m-r → “fruits”

literal: fruit; the fruit

ليل

l-y-l → “night”

literal: night; darkness

خود

kh-w-d → “their own”

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

باطل

b-ṭ-l → “falsehood”

literal: falsehood, false; vain, null

الی

ʾ-l-y

literal: to; to, toward; to, until

عزّ

ʿ-z-z → “glorified” Distinctive

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

ذکره

dh-k-r → “mention”

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

[]اگر

ʾ-g-r → “were they”

literal: although; even if; though; notwithstanding

بظهور

ẓ-h-r → “Revelation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

او

h-w-w → “His”

literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song

فائز

f-w-z → “attainest”

literal: benefit, profit, advantage; usefulness; bounty; effusion; grace

شدی

sh-d

literal: to become; to be

اطاعت

ṭ-w-ʿ → “obeyest”

literal: the letter Ṭá; refers to Ṭihrán (also spelled Ṭehran)

نمودی

n-m-ود

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

الّا

ʾ-kh-r → “end”

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

لائق

l-y-q → “unworthy”

literal: worthy, befitting, appropriate, suitable

نيستی

n-y-s-t

literal: nonexistence; nothingness; nullity; to rest; to settle; to lay to rest

نزد

n-z-d → “unto”

literal: near; beside; with; in the presence of

ترحّم

r-ḥ-m → “pity”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

بر

b-r-r → “upon”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

نصرت

n-ṣ-r → “aidest”

literal: aid, help, succor, victory, support

ربوبيّت

r-b-b → “Lordship”

literal: divine; of God; lordly

محزون

ḥ-z-n → “sadness”

literal: sorrow; grief; sadness; anguish

جلّ

j-l-l

literal: exalted; glory; majesty

شانه

sh-ʾ-n → “station”

literal: affair; concern; matter; aspect; quality; state; affairs; matters; conditions; circumstances; affair, matter, station, rank, dignity; station; rank; importance; matter, affair, concern, dignity, rank

بلقاء

l-q-y → “Presence”

literal: opposite; facing; in front of; towards

اللّه

ʾ-l-h → “God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

نميگردی

g-sh-t → “have been” Distinctive

literal: become; became; to become

آية

ʾ-y-y → “Sign”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

هم

h-m-m

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

باشی

b-w-d

literal: be, exist; do not be (in negative imperative)

نفع

n-f-ʿ → “profit”

literal: benefits; profits; advantages

مديّنين

d-y-n

literal: religion; religions; religion, faith

ببيان

b-y-n → “Bayán”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

ميگذرد

g-dh-r → “renounce”

literal: to place, to put, to leave, to set, to pass

شما

sh-m-ʾ → “ye”

literal: you (plural); your

ضرر

ḍ-r-r → “harm”

literal: harm; damage; injury; detriment

باو

ʾ-w-w → “Him”

literal: sale; to sell; to swear allegiance; to pledge; to make covenant

چه

ch-h

literal: what; what/for; whatsoever, that which

ميدانم

d-n → “have failed to recognize” Distinctive

literal: know; know/regard

نخواهيد

kh-w-h → “will” Distinctive

literal: will; want; to want/will

انتهی

n-h-y

literal: end, limit, utmost, extreme; final; the end, limit, utmost bound; Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing; end; limit; terminus

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