Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §51
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 51 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “recorded”, “mentioned”, “hath” (129 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “written”, “recorded”, “records” (31 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “palpable”, “resplendent” (88 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “destitute”, “neither” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered سبب (sbb), اکبر (ikbr), از (iz), برای (bráy), حفظ (ḥfẓ), بشر (bshr), علّت (ʿllt), کبری (kbrí), از (iz), برای (bráy), صيانت (ṣíánt), وری (wrí), بلی (blí) as “chief cause, of, for, protection, mankind, supreme, preservation, Indeed”
SE rendered بشر (bshr), علّت (ʿllt), کبری (kbrí), از (iz), برای (bráy), صيانت (ṣíánt), وری (wrí), بلی (blí), وجود (wjúd), ايتی (iytí), موجود (mújúd) as “mankind, supreme, of, preservation, Indeed, existeth, a faculty”
This form usually rendered as “world”, “notwithstanding”, “all” (123 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “testimony” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “befit” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “worthy”, “unworthy”, “best” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will”, “leaveth”, “which” (25 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “security”, “guardeth”, “shelter” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered منع (mnʿ), مينمايد (mínmáyd), حراست (ḥrást), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), نام (nám), انرا (inrá), حيا (ḥíá), گذاردهاند (gdhárdhánd), لکن (lkn) as “deterreth, guardeth, shame, however”
SE rendered منع (mnʿ), مينمايد (mínmáyd), حراست (ḥrást), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), نام (nám), انرا (inrá), حيا (ḥíá), گذاردهاند (gdhárdhánd), لکن (lkn) as “deterreth, guardeth, shame, however”
SE rendered حراست (ḥrást), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd), نام (nám), انرا (inrá), حيا (ḥíá), گذاردهاند (gdhárdhánd), لکن (lkn), فقره (fqrh), محدود (mḥdúd) as “guardeth, shame, however, confined”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered حيا (ḥíá), گذاردهاند (gdhárdhánd), لکن (lkn), فقره (fqrh), محدود (mḥdúd), بمعدودی (bmʿdúdí), دارای (dáráy) as “shame, however, confined, few, possessed”
This form usually rendered as “limited”, “petty-mindedness”, “petty-minded” (21 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “repository”, “acquiring”, “possesseth” (8 occurrences)
SE rendered بمعدودی (bmʿdúdí), دارای (dáráy), مقام (mqám), نبوده (nbúdh), نيستند (nístnd), بايد (báyd), سلاطين (sláṭín) as “few, possessed, not, incumbent, kings”
SE rendered بمعدودی (bmʿdúdí), دارای (dáráy), مقام (mqám), نبوده (nbúdh), نيستند (nístnd), بايد (báyd), سلاطين (sláṭín) as “few, possessed, not, incumbent, kings”
SE rendered نبوده (nbúdh), نيستند (nístnd), بايد (báyd), سلاطين (sláṭín), ايّام (iyyám), علمای (ʿlmáy), انام (inám), دين (dín), تمسّک (tmssk) as “not, incumbent, kings, spiritual leaders, religion, lay fast hold”
SE rendered بايد (báyd), سلاطين (sláṭín), ايّام (iyyám), علمای (ʿlmáy), انام (inám), دين (dín), تمسّک (tmssk), نمايند (nmáynd), چه (chh) as “incumbent, kings, spiritual leaders, religion, lay fast hold, hath”
This form usually rendered as “cleave”, “clung”, “cling” (82 occurrences)
SE expanded to “lay fast hold”
SE expanded to “else but Him”