Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §258
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 258 of 268.
Source (Persian)
در اين مقام لازم شد احاديثی که در شان اين مدينه مبارکهء مشرّفه يعنی عکّا وارد شده ذکر شود * لعلّک تتّخذ يا هادی الی الصّدق طريقا و الی اللّه سبيلا *﴿ بسم اللّه الرّحمن الرّحيم ﴾
Shoghi Effendi Translation
In this connection it hath been deemed necessary to mention such traditions as have been recorded regarding the blessed and honored city of ‘Akká, that haply thou mayest, O Hádí, seek a path unto the Truth, and a road leading unto God. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: resistethfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §39: have championedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: As to the matter ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose servicetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: needethgleaningsGWB §418: What mankind needethkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: It is enjoined uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: such needs and wantswill-and-testamentW&T §9: requisiteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: It is incumbent upon theegleaningsGWB §407: is incumbentkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: incumbent upon
احاديثی
literal: tradition; traditions; tradition, hadith
This form usually rendered as “such” (2 occurrences)
traditions 49% tradition 32% changes 5% happenings 3% tale 2% history 2% occurred 2% such 2% hath 2% transient 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: historygleaningsGWB §311: the changes and chanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: the traditionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: to tell outthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: handiworkwill-and-testamentW&T §35: happeningsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: occurredgleaningsGWB §465: I am He that telleth abroad
SE rendered مقام (mqám), لازم (lázm), احاديثی (iḥádíthí), شان (shán), مدينه (mdính), مبارکهء (mbárkhʾ), مشرّفه (mshrrfh), يعنی (yʿní) as “connection, necessary, traditions, city, blessed, honored, of”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the rankfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §516: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: worthyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §599: the changes and chances of the worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neither
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: the citadelsgleaningsGWB §697: one Citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: In these citiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: each onewill-and-testamentW&T §3: to the Great Cityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: citiesgleaningsGWB §31: its cities
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sacredgleaningsGWB §534: Glorified, then, bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: lakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: a blessingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: Sanctified bethe-hidden-wordsHW §83: Hallowed bewill-and-testamentW&T §27: Divine increaseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: blessed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: it might be honoredgleaningsGWB §642: honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: the excellencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having honoured mewill-and-testamentW&T §18: gloriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: high placesgleaningsGWB §29: for having honored me
SE expanded to “have been recorded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: guestgleaningsGWB §227: if he come tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: handed downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §799: have wroughtwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Upon Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §491: We be exposed tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attain
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: affirmethgleaningsGWB §508: numberedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: referred to hereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: of every praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE expanded to “mayest, O Hádí, seek”
truth 60% truthfulness 20% truthful 4% truly 4% uprightness 2% hath 2% undoubted 2% manifest 2% sincerity 2% justly 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: sinceregleaningsGWB §541: trulykitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: of unquestionable sincerityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: truth,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §19: assentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: faithfulgleaningsGWB §205: the truth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §56: God’s,”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the pathgleaningsGWB §9: for its sakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: approachprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in the waystablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thy way
SE expanded to “In the name of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: In the name offire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §374: into the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Exponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: by Whose nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “all-merciful”, “god”, “most” (143 occurrences)
