Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §259
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 259 of 268.
Source (Persian)
"ما ورد فی فضل عکّا و البحر و عين البقر الّتی بعکّا "
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The following hath been recorded concerning the merits of ‘Akká, and of the sea, and of Aynu'l-Baqar (The Spring of the Cow) which is in ‘Akká:
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “hath been recorded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: have been recordedgleaningsGWB §711: guidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: was inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: from attaining the seatwill-and-testamentW&T §49: midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: befellgleaningsGWB §684: life-veinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: partaking
This form usually rendered as “grace”, “bounty”, “token” (82 occurrences)
SE expanded to “concerning the merits”
SE expanded to “of the sea”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: from the oceanfire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §357: how vast the oceanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: seekingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: oceans
eye 51% spring 14% eyes 14% well-spring 3% identical 3% aynu’l-baqar 3% damsels 3% acute 3% before 3% face 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: appointgleaningsGWB §548: hath been ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: eyes and thinewill-and-testamentW&T §19: chosen
cow 75% aynu’l-baqar 25%
