Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §54
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 54 of 268.
Source (Persian)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “yourselves”, “show” (107 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “inflicted”, “befell”, “have” (92 occurrences)
SE rendered بر (br), مظلوم (mẓlúm), وارد (wárd), ناس (nás), ضايع (ḍáyʿ), نشود (nshúd), بذيل (bdhíl), عفّت (ʿfft), تمسّک (tmssk), نمائيد (nmáʾíd) as “by, Wronged One, suffered, in vain, been, hem, virtue, Cling, hath”
This form usually rendered as “perish”, “vain”, “wasted” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “can”, “should”, “will” (33 occurrences)
SE rendered نشود (nshúd), بذيل (bdhíl), عفّت (ʿfft), تمسّک (tmssk), نمائيد (nmáʾíd), همچنين (hmchnín), بحبل (bḥbl), امانت (imánt), ديانت (díánt), صلاح (ṣláḥ), عالم (ʿálm) as “been, hem, virtue, Cling, hath, cord, trustworthiness, piety, benefit, mankind”
This form usually rendered as “amity”, “well-being”, “things” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ye” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “sanctified”, “holy”, “exalted” (158 occurrences)
SE rendered ذئب (dhʾb), نفس (nfs), هوی (húy), مقدّس (mqdds), داريد (dáríd), بطراز (bṭráz), تقوی (tqúy), اللّه (al-lh), مزيّن (mzízn) as “wolves, passions, desires, liberate, ornament, fear of, God, adorn”
SE expanded to “Ancient of Days”
SE expanded to “By the righteousness”
This form usually rendered as “customs”, “manners”, “upright” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “one”, “any”, “man” (144 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “manifested” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “shining”, “shed”, “brightness” (70 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “such” (16 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have gone astray”
SE rendered اتّقوا (ittqúá), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), تکونوا (tkúnúá), الغافلين (al-gháflín) as “Fear, Merciful, have gone astray”