Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §253
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 253 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “dayyan”, “piety”, “disbelieveth” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “witness”, “martyrdom”, “beareth” (29 occurrences)
SE expanded to “will make thee known”
This form usually rendered as “exaltation”, “worth”, “name” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “words”, “saith”, “through” (83 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “may”, “shall”, “show” (75 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “willeth”, “who”, “wisheth” (31 occurrences)
SE expanded to “may the souls”
SE expanded to “all else but”
SE expanded to “be sacrificed for His”
SE expanded to “one true God”
SE expanded to “exalted be His”
SE rendered حقّ (ḥqq), جلّ (jll), جلاله (jlálh), مکمن (mkmn), لالی (lálí), علم (ʿlm), اوست (iwst), بظلمی (bẓlmí), شهيد (shhíd), نمودند (nmúdnd) as “one true God, exalted be His, glory, treasury, pearls, knowledge, is the, made by them to, cruel a martyrdom, had”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “suffered” (152 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Concourse on high”
SE rendered بظلمی (bẓlmí), شهيد (shhíd), نمودند (nmúdnd), ملأ (mlʾ), اعلی (iʿlí), گريست (gríst), نوحه (núḥh), نمود (nmúd), اوست (iwst), نفسيکه (nfsíkh) as “made by them to, cruel a martyrdom, had, Concourse on high, wept, lamented, it is, whom”
SE rendered نوحه (núḥh), نمود (nmúd), اوست (iwst), نفسيکه (nfsíkh), علم (ʿlm), مکنون (mknún), مخزون (mkhzún), باو (báw), تعليم (tʿlím), فرموده (frmúdh) as “lamented, it is, whom, hidden and preserved knowledge, Him, taught, He”
This form usually rendered as “brought” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of thine heart”
This form usually rendered as “discriminating”, “ethereal”, “subtile” (23 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath not sent down”
SE expanded to “glorified be He”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “made”, “act” (33 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “when”, “before”, “sight” (162 occurrences)
SE rendered جعل (jʿl), الآيات (al-áyát), حجّة (ḥjjh), عنده (ʿndh), انتهی (inthí), مظلوم (mẓlúm), دارای (dáráy), خزينه (khzính), علم (ʿlm) as “make, the verses, testimony, was the repository, of the knowledge”
SE expanded to “was the repository”
This form usually rendered as “kindred”, “relatives” (3 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “number”, “many”, “great” (31 occurrences)
SE rendered جناب (jnáb), آقا (áqá), ابوالقاسم (ibúálqásm), کاشی (káshí), جمعی (jmʿí), ديگر (dígr), بفتوای (bftúáy), ميرزا (mírzá), يحيی (yḥíy), شهيد (shhíd) as “Abu’l-Qásim-i-Kashí, several others, through the decree pronounced, Mírzá, Yaḥyá, suffered martyrdom”
This form usually rendered as “verdict” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “through the decree pronounced”