Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §257

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 257 of 268.

Source (Persian)

و جناب ديّان عليه بهاء اللّه و رحمته بحضور فائز مطابق انچه از قلم نقطه اولی ظاهر شد * نسأل اللّه ان يؤيّد الغافلين علی التّوجّه اليه و المعرضين علی الاقبال الی شطره و المنکرين علی التّصديق علی هذا الامر الّذی اذ ظهر نطقت الاشياء کلّها قد اتی من کان مکنونا فی کنز العلم و مرقوما من القلم الاعلی فی الکتب و الصّحف و الزّبر و الالواح *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

As to Dayyan - upon him be the glory of God and His mercy - he attained Our presence in accordance with that which had been revealed by the pen of the Primal Point. We pray God to aid the heedless to turn unto Him, and such as have turned aside to direct themselves towards Him, and them that have denied Him to acknowledge this Cause, which, no sooner did it appear than all created things proclaimed: "He that was hidden in the Treasury of Knowledge, and inscribed by the Pen of the Most High in His Books, and His Scriptures, and His Scrolls, and His Tablets, is come!"

Translation Notes

جناب

j-n-b

literal: to avoid; to shun; to keep away from

ديّان

d-y-n → “religions”

literal: religion; faith; creed; belief

عليه

ʿ-l-y → “upon”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

بهاء

b-h-w → “glory”

literal: glory; most glorious; most-glorious

اللّه

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

رحمته

r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

بحضور

ḥ-ḍ-r → “attained Our presence”

literal: presence; majesty; His/Your Excellency

فائز

f-w-z

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

مطابق

ṭ-b-q → “in accordance with”

literal: layer; stratum; to fold; to accord

انچه

ʾ-n → “that which”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

از

ʾ-z

literal: from

قلم

q-l-m → “pen”

literal: pen; writing instrument

نقطه

n-q-ṭ → “Primal”

literal: point; dot; spot; region; area

اولی

ʾ-w-l → “Primal”

literal: first; beginning; at first; the first; former; possessors of; those who have; masters of

ظاهر

ẓ-h-r → “had been revealed”

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

شد

sh-d

literal: to become; to be

نسأل

s-ʾ-l → “We pray”

literal: question; problem; issue; matter; asking; petition; request

يؤيّد

ʾ-y-d → “aid”

literal: support; strengthen; assist

الغافلين

gh-f-l → “heedless”

literal: heedlessness; negligence; inattention