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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §53

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 53 of 268.

Source (Persian)

اميد انکه ان جناب در انچه ذکر شد باذن واعيه اصغا فرمايند شايد عباد را از ما عندهم بما عند اللّه اگاه نمايند * از حقّ ميطلبيم نور انصاف و افتاب عدل را از سحاب تيره غفلت نجات بخشد و ظاهر فرمايد * هيچ نوری بنور عدل معادله نمی نمايد انست سبب نظم عالم و راحت امم *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

It is Our hope that thou wilt hear with attentive ears the things We have mentioned unto thee, that perchance thou mayest turn men away from the things they possess to the things that God possesseth. We entreat God to deliver the light of equity and the sun of justice from the thick clouds of waywardness, and cause them to shine forth upon men. No light can compare with the light of justice. The establishment of order in the world and the tranquillity of the nations depend upon it.

Translation Notes

اميد
ʾ-m-d → “Our hope”

literal: to remain; to stay; to be left

انکه
ʾ-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

جناب
j-n-b → “thou”

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

در
d-r-r

literal: in; in, at; radiant

ذکر
dh-k-r → “mentioned”

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

شد
sh-d → “We have” Distinctive

literal: to become; to be

باذن
ʾ-dh-n → “with attentive ears”

literal: ear; permission; leave; to permit; to allow; to listen

واعيه
w-ʿ-y

literal: retentive, listening, mindful; hearing; listening; aware; conscious

اصغا
ṣ-gh-w → “hear”

literal: to listen, hear; to give ear

شايد
sh-y-d → “perchance”

literal: perhaps, perchance, haply, maybe, possibly; to become; to be; to happen; to occur

عباد
ʿ-b-d → “men”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

از
ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

ما
m-ʾ → “that”

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

عندهم
ʿ-n-d → “possess”

literal: vessel; container; circumstance; adroitness

اللّه
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

اگاه
ʾ-g-h

literal: aware; cognizant; informed; apprised; awareness; knowledge; consciousness

نمايند
n-m-ʾ → “may”

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

حقّ
ḥ-q-q → “God”

literal: truth; right; that which is true or just

ميطلبيم
ṭ-l-b → “theme” Distinctive

literal: seeker, one who seeks; those who seek

نور
n-w-r → “light”

literal: light; illumination

انصاف
n-ṣ-f → “equity”

literal: justice; fairness; equity

افتاب
ʾ-f-t-ʾ-b → “Day-Star”

literal: horizon, direction, region; horizon; sun

عدل
ʿ-d-l → “justice”

literal: justice; equity

سحاب
s-ḥ-b

literal: cloud; clouds

تيره
t-y-r

literal: arrow; dark; gloomy

غفلت
gh-f-l → “waywardness”

literal: heedlessness; negligence; inattention

نجات
n-j-w → “deliver”

literal: you (singular/plural pronoun)

بخشد
b-kh-sh → “deliver”

literal: to grant; to give; to forgive; to bestow

ظاهر
ẓ-h-r → “shine forth” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

فرمايد
f-r-m → “saith”

literal: to say; to decree; to ordain; to command

هيچ
h-y-ch → “No”

literal: nothing; any; not a single

نمی
n-h-y

literal: to show, to display, to manifest, to exhibit; to manifest; to display; to show

انست
ʾ-n-s → “man” Distinctive

literal: abrogator; repealer; one who abrogates or abrogates the law

سبب
s-b-b

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

نظم
n-ẓ-m → “establishment of order”

literal: order; arrangement; organization; system

عالم
ʿ-l-m → “world”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

راحت
r-w-ḥ → “tranquillity”

literal: rest; ease; comfort; tranquility

امم
ʾ-m-m → “nations”

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

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

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