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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §67

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 67 of 268.

Source (Persian)

* يا سلطان انظر بطرف العدل الی المظلوم ثمّ احکم بالحقّ فيما ورد عليه انّ اللّه قد جعلک ظلّه بين العباد و آية قدرته لمن فی البلاد احکم بيننا و بين الّذين ظلمونا من دون بيّنة و لا کتاب منير * انّ الّذين حولک يحبّونک لانفسهم و الغلام يحبّک لنفسک و ما اراد الّا ان يقرّبک الی مقرّ الفضل و يقلّبک الی يمين العدل و کان ربّک علی ما اقول شهيدا *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

"Look upon this Wronged One, O King, with the eyes of justice; judge thou, then, with truth concerning what hath befallen Him. Of a verity, God hath made thee His shadow amongst men, and the sign of His power unto all that dwell on earth. Judge thou between Us and them that have wronged Us without proof and without an enlightening Book. They that surround thee love thee for their own sakes, whereas this Youth loveth thee for thine own sake, and hath had no desire except to draw thee nigh unto the seat of grace, and to turn thee toward the right-hand of justice. Thy Lord beareth witness unto that which I declare.

Translation Notes

يا
y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; or

سلطان
s-l-ṭ → “King”

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

انظر
n-ẓ-r → ““Look” Distinctive

literal: sight; view; spectacle; appearance

بطرف
ṭ-r-f → “eyes”

literal: extremity; end; edge; outskirt; periphery

العدل
ʿ-d-l → “justice”

literal: justice; equity

الی
ʾ-l-y → “towards”

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

المظلوم
ẓ-l-m → “this Wronged One”

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

ثمّ
th-m-m → “then”

literal: then; thereafter; next; moreover

احکم
ḥ-k-m → “judge”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom

بالحقّ
ḥ-q-q → “with truth”

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

فيما
f-y → “in”

literal: in a day; during a day; one day after another

ورد
w-r-d → “hath befallen”

literal: to enter, to come, to befall, to arrive

عليه
ʿ-l-y → “Him” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

انّ
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

اللّه
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

قد
q-d → “We have been”

literal: verily; indeed; certainly (particle of emphasis)

جعلک
j-ʿ-l → “made”

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

ظلّه
ẓ-l-l → “shadow”

literal: to take shelter; to dwell in shadow

بين
b-y-n → “between” Distinctive

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

العباد
ʿ-b-d → “men”

literal: servant; slave; worshipper

آية
ʾ-y-y → “sign”

literal: verse; sign; miracle; proof; sign, verse, miracle, token, indication; ayah; he; him; it

قدرته
q-d-r → “of His power”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

لمن
m-n → “from”

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

البلاد
b-l-d → “earth”

literal: city; land; country

الّذين
l-dh-y → “them that”

literal: those who; the ones who (relative pronoun)

دون
d-w-n → “without”

literal: below; lower than; beneath

لا
l-ʾ → “or”

literal: no; not; negation particle

کتاب
k-t-b → “Book”

literal: book; scripture; writing

منير
n-w-r → “enlightening” Distinctive

literal: light; illumination

حولک
ḥ-w-l → “surround” Distinctive

literal: states; conditions; circumstances; situations; affairs

يحبّونک
ḥ-b-b → “love”

literal: love; affection

لانفسهم
n-f-s → “for their own sakes”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

الغلام
gh-l-m → “this Youth”

literal: youth; boy; servant; the Youth (Bahá’u’lláh)

ما
m-ʾ → “that”

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

اراد
r-y-d → “hath had” Distinctive

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

الّا
ʾ-kh-r → “end”

literal: end; hereafter; other

يقرّبک
q-r-b → “draw”

literal: place of sacrifice; altar

مقرّ
q-r-r → “seat”

literal: matter; affair; thing

الفضل
f-ḍ-l → “grace”

literal: grace; bounty; generosity; excellence

يقلّبک
q-l-b → “turn”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

يمين
y-m-n → “right-hand”

literal: right hand; oath; right side

کان
k-w-n → “be”

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be; was

ربّک
r-b-b → “Lord”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

علی
ʿ-l-w → “unto that which”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

اقول
q-w-l → “Say”

literal: speech; utterance; saying; word

شهيدا
sh-h-d → “witness”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

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

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