Kitáb-i-'Ahd — §13
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 13 of 16.
Source (Persian)
يا أغصانی و أفنانی و ذوی قرابتی نوصيکم بتقوی اللّه و بمعروف و بما ينبغی و بما يرتفع به مقاماتکم * براستی ميگويم تقوی سردار اعظم است از برای نصرت امر الهی * و جنوديکه لايق اين سردار است اخلاق و اعمال طيّبه طاهره مرضيّه بوده و هست *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O ye My Aghṣán, My Afnán and My Kindred! We exhort you to fear God, to perform praiseworthy deeds and to do that which is meet and seemly and serveth to exalt your station. Verily I say, fear of God is the greatest commander that can render the Cause of God victorious, and the hosts which best befit this commander have ever been and are an upright character and pure and goodly deeds.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “branches”, “ye” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: branchgleaningsGWB §66: the immortal Branchkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the Most Mighty Branchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: Thy Brancheswill-and-testamentW&T §19: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: boughsgleaningsGWB §235: have branched from My Treekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the Aghṣán
SE rendered أغصانی (ʾaghṣání), أفنانی (ʾafnání), ذوی (dhúy), قرابتی (qrábtí), نوصيکم (núṣíkm), بتقوی (btqúy), اللّه (al-lh) as “Aghṣán, Afnán, Kindred, We exhort you, to fear, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: that thou mayest drawfire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §464: draw you nigh untokitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: draw me ever nearertablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: His presence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §560: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the realm of Divinityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
This form usually rendered as “known”, “right”, “recognized” (31 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: hath enlightenedgleaningsGWB §537: to fathomkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: the renownedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: sweet smelltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Know thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: art reputed
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “befitteth” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: aidgleaningsGWB §428: Allkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §492: as befitteth thy stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemly
This form usually rendered as “would”, “will”, “exalted” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “serveth to exalt”
people 28% station 26% arise 15% self-subsisting 8% connection 5% resurrection 4% steadfast 4% have 4% such 3% may 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: agitatedfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §30: the spotkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §813: with such steadfastnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: fairkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: prosperitywill-and-testamentW&T §8: to rectitude of conductepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: In truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: Verily I sayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: truthfulnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: men of truth.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: Verily
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: integrity and uprightnessfire-tabletFire §21: of puritygleaningsGWB §473: Lay not aside the fearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: aboutprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Look, thenthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of spiritwill-and-testamentW&T §1: protectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: to fear God
This form usually rendered as “sardár” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered براستی (brástí), ميگويم (mígúym), تقوی (tqúy), سردار (srdár), اعظم (iʿẓm), از (iz), برای (bráy), نصرت (nṣrt), امر (imr), الهی (al-hí), جنوديکه (jnúdíkh) as “Verily, I say, fear of, commander, greatest, of, can render, Cause, God, hosts”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered ميگويم (mígúym), تقوی (tqúy), سردار (srdár), اعظم (iʿẓm), از (iz), برای (bráy), نصرت (nṣrt), امر (imr), الهی (al-hí), جنوديکه (jnúdíkh) as “I say, fear of, commander, greatest, of, can render, Cause, God, hosts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: In briefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: we mayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: forkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: Meanwhilekitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: Whereasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: whereforekitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: by the light of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: helpingfire-tabletFire §29: of Thy succorgleaningsGWB §172: ensure the triumphkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: of assistingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: helperswill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: help
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: actgleaningsGWB §331: ordainethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: upon Thy biddingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §22: absolute commandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: state of affairsgleaningsGWB §44: circumstances
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: with the hostsgleaningsGWB §717: battalionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: heroismprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: with both Thywill-and-testamentW&T §5: hosts of the Realm aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: of HostsgleaningsGWB §86: a drowned hostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: warrior
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: worthygleaningsGWB §499: it beseemethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: and beseemed notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unseemlygleaningsGWB §492: and beseemeth thy sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: well beseemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: fit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the created thingsfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §375: who are butkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: the world of creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: my Makertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: creation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to cleansegleaningsGWB §192: sulliedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: Purgethe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: Purify thougleaningsGWB §581: be cleansedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: purge methe-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: contentfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §621: of His good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: with thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: My good pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: satisfied with His pleasure
This form usually rendered as “remaineth”, “recorded”, “still” (18 occurrences)
