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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §72

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 72 of 268.

Source (Persian)

امثال اين اذکار از بيانات اولياء صلوات اللّه عليهم مذکور و مشهور و در کتب معتبره موجود * طوبی لمن ينظر و يتکلّم بالصّدق الخالص * نعيم از برای نفسيکه خود را بمدد کوثر بيان مقصود عالميان از ظنون و اوهام طاهر نمود و سبحات جلال را باسم غنیّ متعال شقّ کرد و از عالم و عالميان گذشت و قصد سجن اعظم نمود *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Similar sayings from the Imams - the blessings of God be upon them - have been recorded and are widely known, and are embodied in books worthy of credence. Blessed is he that perceiveth, and speaketh the pure truth. Well is it with him who, aided by the living waters of the utterance of Him Who is the Desire of all men, hath purified himself from idle fancies and vain imaginings, and torn away, in the name of the All-Possessing, the Most High, the veils of doubt, and renounced the world and all that is therein, and directed himself towards the Most Great Prison.

Translation Notes

امثال
m-th-l → “Similar” Distinctive

literal: like; example; parable; similitude

اين
ʾ-y-n

literal: this; these

اذکار
dh-k-r → “mention” Distinctive

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

از
ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

بيانات
b-y-n → “utterance”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

اولياء
w-l-y → “Lord” Distinctive

literal: first; beginning; at first

صلوات
ṣ-l-w → “blessings”

literal: blessings; prayers; salutations

اللّه
ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

عليهم
ʿ-l-y → “upon them”

literal: exalted; highest; supreme; most high; upon you; on; over; Ali (name); upon

مذکور
dh-k-r → “recorded”

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

مشهور
sh-h-r → “widely known” Distinctive

literal: city; month; fame, renown

در
d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

کتب
k-t-b → “books”

literal: book; scripture; writing

معتبره
ʿ-b-r → “tears” Distinctive

literal: credible; reliable; worthy of trust; esteemed

موجود
w-j-d → “being”

literal: to find; to discover; to obtain

طوبی
ṭ-w-b → “Blessed”

literal: happiness; blessedness; felicity

لمن
m-n → “from”

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

ينظر
n-ẓ-r → “perceiveth”

literal: sight; view; spectacle; appearance

يتکلّم
k-l-m → “speaketh” Distinctive

literal: words; utterances; locutions

بالصّدق
ṣ-d-q → “truth”

literal: to confirm; to verify; to acknowledge; to testify to truth

الخالص
kh-l-ṣ → “pure”

literal: sincere; devoted; pure one

نعيم
n-ʿ-m → “Well is it”

literal: bliss; bounty; grace; comfort; felicity

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

نفسيکه
n-f-s → “souls” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; souls

خود
kh-w-d → “himself”

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

بمدد
m-d-d → “ink” Distinctive

literal: extended; outstretched; sustained

کوثر
k-w-th-r → “living waters”

literal: abundance; river of paradise; the Kawthar

مقصود
q-ṣ-d → “Desire”

literal: intention; purpose; aim; goal; to seek; to direct oneself

عالميان
ʿ-l-m → “all men” Distinctive

literal: world; universe; the worlds

ظنون
ẓ-n-n → “idle fancies”

literal: fancy; supposition; vain imagination; idle conjecture

اوهام
w-h-m → “vain imaginings”

literal: to imagine, suppose; fancy, idle imagination

طاهر
ṭ-h-r → “purified”

literal: to purify; to cleanse

نمود
n-m-ʾ → “hath”

literal: to become; to be

سبحات
s-b-ḥ → “veils”

literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted; dawn; daybreak; morning

جلال
j-l-l

literal: majesty; glory; exaltation; magnificence

باسم
s-m-w → “in the name”

literal: harm; strength; blame; hardship, adversity, tribulation, distress

غنیّ
gh-n-y → “All-Possessing”

literal: to be independent of; to be in no need of; to dispense with; rich; wealthy; needless

متعال
ʿ-l-w → “Most High”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

شقّ
sh-q-q → “discord” Distinctive

literal: to cleave; to split; to crack open

کرد
k-r-d

literal: to do; to make; to perform; deed; action; conduct; behavior

گذشت
g-dh-r → “renounced”

literal: to leave; to pass; to abandon

سجن
s-j-n → “Most Great Prison”

literal: prison, imprisonment; to imprison

اعظم
ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; supreme; mightiest

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

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