Will and Testament — §20

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 20 of 59.

Source (Persian)

ای یاران ایادی امر اللّه را باید ولیّ امر اللّه تسمیه و تعیین کند جمیع باید در ظلّ او باشند و در تحت حکم او اگر نفسی از ایادی و غیر ایادی تمرّد نمود و انشقاق خواست علیه غضب اللّه و قهره زیرا سبب تفریق دین اللّه گردد

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O friends! The Hands of the Cause of God must be nominated and appointed by the Guardian of the Cause of God. All must be under his shadow and obey his command. Should any, within or without the company of the Hands of the Cause of God, disobey and seek division, the wrath of God and His vengeance will be upon him, for he will have caused a breach in the true Faith of God.

Translation Notes

ای

ʾ-y-y → “O”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

یاران

y-ʾ-r → “friends”

literal: friend; companion; helper; help; aid; grace

ایادی

y-d-y → “Hands of the Cause”

literal: hand; power; strength; (plural) hands; agents; helpers

امر

ʾ-m-r

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

اللّه

ʾ-l-h → “God”

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

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

باید

b-y-d → “must”

literal: by hand; with hands; eternal; perpetual; everlasting

ولیّ

w-l-y → “Guardian of the Cause”

literal: guardian; protector; friend; ally; lord; helper; first; primary; original

تسمیه

s-m-y → “names” Distinctive

literal: to name, to nominate, to designate, to appoint; name; noun; to name, to appoint, to designate

تعیین

ʿ-y-n → “appointed by”

literal: eye; fountain; spring; essence; to appoint; to designate; to specify; to determine

کند

k-r-d → “made” Distinctive

literal: to do; to make; to act; to dig, excavate; slow

جمیع

j-m-ʿ → “All”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

ظلّ

ẓ-l-l → “shadow”

literal: to take shelter; to dwell in shadow

او

h-w-w → “his”

literal: he; it (third person pronoun); refuge; shelter; dwelling place; abode; lamentation, cry, woe; melody, song

باشند

b-w-d → “is” Distinctive

literal: to be; to exist; to remain

تحت

t-ḥ-t

literal: under; under, beneath; beneath

حکم

ḥ-k-m → “wisdom”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom

اگر

ʾ-g-r → “were they”

literal: although; even if; though; notwithstanding

نفسی

n-f-s → “any”

literal: self; soul; psyche; person; essence

از

ʾ-z → “of”

literal: from

غیر

gh-y-r → “without”

literal: without; besides; other than; except; other; different

تمرّد

m-r-d → “people” Distinctive

literal: rebellion; mutiny; revolt

نمود

n-m-ʾ → “will” Distinctive

literal: to become; to be

انشقاق

sh-q-q → “discord” Distinctive

literal: to split; to be split asunder; to tear open

خواست

kh-w-ʾ-s-t → “purpose”

literal: to wish, to desire, to want, to ask, to request; wish, desire, will

علیه

ʿ-l-y → “upon”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

غضب

gh-ḍ-b → “wrath”

literal: wrath; anger; rage

قهره

q-h-r → “supreme” Distinctive

literal: to overpower; to vanquish; wrath; might; force

زیرا

z-y-r → “inasmuch as”

literal: because; since; for; inasmuch as

سبب

s-b-b → “caused”

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

تفریق

f-r-q → “separation”

literal: faction; sect; group; company

دین

d-y-n → “Faith”

literal: religion; faith; creed

گردد

g-r-d

literal: become; to become; make

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