Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §248

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 248 of 268.

Source (Persian)

يا هادی گويا بسبب اين بيانات حقّه است اراده نموده ای بيان را محو کنی * بشنو ندای مظلوم را و از اين ظلم که ارکان بيان از ان مضطرب است بگذر * من در چهريق نبوده‌ام و در ماه‌کو نبوده‌ام حال مابين مريدهای شما حرفها ظاهر شده بعينه انچه حزب شيعه ميگفتند که اين قرآن تمام نيست حضرات هم ميگويند اين بيان ان بيان نيست خطّ جناب آقا سيّد حسين موجود خط ميرزا احمد موجود

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O Hádí! Methinks it is by reason of these indubitable utterances that thou hast determined to blot out the Bayán. Give ear unto the voice of this Wronged One, and renounce this oppression that hath made the pillars of the Bayán to tremble. I have been neither in Chihriq nor in Máh-Kú. At the present time statements have been circulated among thy disciples identical with those made by the Shí‘ahs who have said that the Qur’án is unfinished. These people also contend that this Bayán is not the original one. The copy in the handwriting of Siyyid Ḥusayn is extant, as is also the copy in the handwriting of Mírzá Aḥmad.

Translation Notes

يا

y-ʾ → “O”

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

هادی

h-d-y → “guidance”

literal: guidance; to guide; direction; leading rightly; this; this one

گويا

g-w-y → “Methinks”

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

بسبب

s-b-b → “by reason of” Distinctive

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

اين

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

بيانات

b-y-n → “utterances”

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

حقّه

ḥ-q-q → “truth”

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

است

b-w-d → “is”

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

اراده

r-w-d → “determined” Distinctive

literal: to will; to intend; to wish; will, volition, intention, desire

نموده

n-m-ود

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

ای

ʾ-y-y

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

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

محو

m-ḥ-w → “blot out”

literal: to efface; to obliterate; to blot out; to cause to disappear

کنی

k-r-d → “made” Distinctive

literal: to do; to make; to speak; to abstain; to refrain from; to avoid; allusion; insinuation; indirect reference

بشنو

sh-n-w → “Give ear” Distinctive

literal: most ugly; most abominable; most heinous

ندای

n-d-y → “voice”

literal: call; voice; cry; summons; to call; to proclaim; to cry out; to summon

مظلوم

ẓ-l-m → “Wronged One”

literal: wrongedness, oppression, meekness; state of being wronged or oppressed

از

ʾ-z

literal: from

که

k-h → “that”

literal: that; who; who, that

ارکان

r-k-n → “pillars” Distinctive

literal: pillar; cornerstone; support; fundamental element; limb; member

ان

ʾ-n

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مضطرب

ḍ-r-b → “tremble”

literal: to shake, quiver, vibrate, tremble with emotion

بگذر

g-dh-r → “renounce”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

من

m-n → “I” Distinctive

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

حال

ḥ-w-l → “now”

literal: state; condition; circumstance

مريدهای

r-y-d → “desire” Distinctive

literal: to will; to intend; to wish; will, volition, intention, desire

شما

sh-m-ʾ → “thy”

literal: you (plural); your

حرفها

ḥ-r-f → “deviation” Distinctive

literal: letter; character; edge

ظاهر

ẓ-h-r → “Revelation” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation

شده

sh-d → “have been”

literal: to become; to be

بعينه

ʿ-y-n → “eyes”

literal: eye; fountain; spring; essence

حزب

ḥ-z-b → “people”

literal: party; people; community

شيعه

sh-y-ʿ → “Shí‘ahs”

literal: Shia; followers; follower