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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §3

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 3 of 268.

Source (Persian)

النّور السّاطع من افق سماء العطاء و الصّلاة المشرقة من مطلع ارادة اللّه مالک ملکوت الاسماء علی الواسطة الکبری و القلم الاعلی الّذی جعله اللّه مطلع اسمائه الحسنی و مشرق صفاته العليا و به اشرق نور التّوحيد من افق العالم و حکم التّفريد بين الامم الّذين اقبلوا بوجوه نوراء الی الافق الاعلی و اعترفوا بما نطق به لسان البيان فی ملکوت العرفان الملک و الملکوت و العظمة و الجبروت للّه المقتدر العزيز الفيّاض *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The light that is shed from the heaven of bounty, and the benediction that shineth from the dawning-place of the will of God, the Lord of the Kingdom of Names, rest upon Him Who is the Supreme Mediator, the Most Exalted Pen, Him Whom God hath made the dawning-place of His most excellent names and the dayspring of His most exalted attributes. Through Him the light of unity hath shone forth above the horizon of the world, and the law of oneness hath been revealed amidst the nations, who, with radiant faces, have turned towards the Supreme Horizon, and acknowledged that which the Tongue of Utterance hath spoken in the kingdom of His knowledge: "Earth and heaven, glory and dominion, are God's, the Omnipotent, the Almighty, the Lord of grace abounding!"

Translation Notes

النّور
n-w-r → “light”

literal: light; illumination

السّاطع
s-ṭ-ʿ → “glowing”

literal: shining; radiant; splendid; emanating

من
m-n → “from”

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

افق
ʾ-f-q → “heaven” Distinctive

literal: horizon; sphere; realm; quarter

العطاء
ʿ-ṭ-w → “of bounty”

literal: the letter Ṭá; refers to Ṭihrán (also spelled Ṭehran)

الصّلاة
ṣ-l-w → “prayer” Distinctive

literal: prayer; blessing; benediction

المشرقة
sh-r-q → “shineth” Distinctive

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

مطلع
ṭ-l-ʿ → “dawning-place”

literal: rising; appearance; countenance; manifestation

ارادة
r-w-d → “will”

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

اللّه
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

مالک
m-l-k → “Lord”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership

الاسماء
s-m-w → “Names”

literal: heaven; sky

علی
ʿ-l-w → “upon” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

الواسطة
w-s-ṭ → “meridian” Distinctive

literal: mediator; intermediary; means; to mediate

الکبری
k-b-r → “grandeur” Distinctive

literal: great; grand; mighty; large; greatness; majesty; sovereignty; arrogance

القلم
q-l-m → “Pen”

literal: pen; writing instrument

الّذی
l-dh-y → “which”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

جعله
j-ʿ-l → “made”

literal: to make; to cause; to render; to appoint

الحسنی
ḥ-s-n → “most excellent”

literal: goodness; beauty; excellence; good deed

صفاته
w-ṣ-f → “attributes”

literal: attribute; quality; characteristic

به
b-h → “as”

literal: by it; by him; with it

التّوحيد
w-ḥ-d → “unity”

literal: Divine unity; monotheism; belief in the oneness of God

العالم
ʿ-l-m → “world”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

حکم
ḥ-k-m → “law”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom; firm; solid; strengthened

التّفريد
f-r-d → “oneness”

literal: unique; singular; incomparable

بين
b-y-n → “amidst”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

الامم
ʾ-m-m → “nations”

literal: mother; to lead; to head; matter; affair; people; nation; community; female servant; handmaiden; umma

اقبلوا
q-b-l → “turned”

literal: group; company; tribe; sort; kind

بوجوه
w-j-h → “with radiant faces”

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

الی
ʾ-l-y → “towards”

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

اعترفوا
ʿ-r-f → “acknowledged”

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

بما
m-ʾ → “that” Distinctive

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

نطق
n-ṭ-q → “spoken”

literal: to speak; to utter; to pronounce; to articulate

لسان
l-s-n → “Tongue”

literal: tongue; language

فی
f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

العظمة
ʿ-ẓ-m → “glory”

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

الجبروت
j-b-r → “dominion”

literal: compelled; forced; constrained

المقتدر
q-d-r → “Omnipotent” Distinctive

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

العزيز
ʿ-z-z → “Almighty”

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

الفيّاض
f-y-ḍ → “Lord of grace abounding”

literal: flood; abundance; overflow; emanation; grace

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

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