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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §65

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 65 of 268.

Source (Persian)

در جميع احوال عباد را بمعروف امر نموديم و از منکر نهی * مالک وجود شاهد و گواه که اين مظلوم از حقّ برای خلق طلبيده انچه را که سبب الفت و اتّحاد و مودّت و اتّفاق است * لعمر اللّه اين مظلوم قادر بر ستر نبوده انّه اظهر ما اراد و هو المقتدر المختار *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

We have, under all circumstances, enjoined on men what is right, and forbidden what is wrong. He Who is the Lord of Being is witness that this Wronged One hath besought from God for His creatures whatever is conducive to unity and harmony, fellowship and concord. By the righteousness of God! This Wronged One is not capable of dissimulation. He, verily, hath revealed that which He desired; He, truly, is the Lord of strength, the Unrestrained.

Translation Notes

در
d-r-r

literal: in; in, at; radiant

جميع
j-m-ʿ → “under all circumstances”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

احوال
ḥ-w-l → “under all circumstances” Distinctive

literal: states; conditions; circumstances; situations; affairs

عباد
ʿ-b-d → “men”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

بمعروف
ʿ-r-f → “right”

literal: to confess; to acknowledge; to recognize

امر
ʾ-m-r → “enjoined” Distinctive

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

نموديم
n-m-ʾ → “We have” Distinctive

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

از
ʾ-z

literal: from

منکر
n-k-r → “denied” Distinctive

literal: denial; rejection; repudiation; wrong; evil; to deny; to reject

نهی
n-h-y → “forbidden”

literal: end, limit, utmost, extreme; final; the end, limit, utmost bound; Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing; end; limit; terminus

مالک
m-l-k → “Lord”

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

وجود
w-j-d → “Being”

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

شاهد
sh-h-d → “witness”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

که
k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

اين
ʾ-y-n → “this”

literal: this; these

مظلوم
ẓ-l-m → “Wronged One”

literal: wrongedness, oppression, meekness; state of being wronged or oppressed

حقّ
ḥ-q-q → “God”

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

برای
b-r-y

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

خلق
kh-l-q → “creatures”

literal: character; moral traits; disposition; conduct

طلبيده
ṭ-l-b → “theme” Distinctive

literal: seeker, one who seeks; those who seek

انچه
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

سبب
s-b-b → “to” Distinctive

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

الفت
ʾ-l-f → “thousand” Distinctive

literal: word; expression; utterance; to reconcile; to compose; to compile; to unite

اتّحاد
w-ḥ-d → “harmony”

literal: unity; union; unification

مودّت
w-d-d → “fellowship”

literal: affection; love; friendship

اتّفاق
w-f-q → “concord”

literal: accord, agreement, harmony; to agree, accord with

لعمر
ʿ-m-r → “By the righteousness of”

literal: life; age; duration; by the life of (oath)

اللّه
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

قادر
q-d-r → “capable” Distinctive

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

بر
b-r-r

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

ستر
s-t-r → “hidden” Distinctive

literal: to veil; to conceal; to cover; veil; covering

نبوده
b-w-d → “is not” Distinctive

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

انّه
ʾ-n-n → “verily” Distinctive

literal: I, verily; behold I

اظهر
ẓ-h-r → “revealed”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest

ما
m-ʾ → “that”

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

اراد
r-y-d → “desired” Distinctive

literal: to will, to intend, to wish, to desire; to want; to intend; to desire

هو
h-w → “He”

literal: He; He is

المختار
kh-y-r → “good” Distinctive

literal: west; the western region

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

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