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
SE expanded to “Hands of the Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his handgleaningsGWB §627: holdest in Thine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: from the handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: handsgleaningsGWB §506: His Presence
SE rendered یاران (yárán), ایادی (iyádí), امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), باید (báyd), ولیّ (wlíl), امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh) as “friends, Hands of the Cause, God, must, Guardian of the Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: badegleaningsGWB §572: promptkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: transitory and sordid thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: of Thy revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §22: absolute commandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: OrdainergleaningsGWB §35: acts.…
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §386: other God
SE expanded to “Guardian of the Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: didst thou obey thy LordgleaningsGWB §543: and be notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: with Thy loved oneswill-and-testamentW&T §17: Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: holy onesgleaningsGWB §278: their Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: master?”
This form usually rendered as “nominated” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: under the namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: By thewill-and-testamentW&T §20: nominatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: theirepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: in his (Napoleon III’s) nameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: in the name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: appointedgleaningsGWB §254: with acute discernmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: whose eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: eyes and thinewill-and-testamentW&T §19: chosen
This form usually rendered as “have”, “perceive”, “offer” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: gathergleaningsGWB §423: in that whichkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: took counsel togetherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: combinationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: every atomwill-and-testamentW&T §18: not be matched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: overshadowedgleaningsGWB §25: the shadowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: shelter of His shadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: entered beneath the shadowthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §5: under the shadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountygleaningsGWB §490: beneath thy shadow
This form usually rendered as “must”, “under” (18 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “wisdom”, “law”, “hath” (124 occurrences)
wisdom 46% law 20% hath 6% divine 6% all 4% commandment 4% commandments 4% authority 4% judgment 4% injunction 4%
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: some onegleaningsGWB §35: Divine Essencekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the deadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: swear by Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
SE rendered باشند (báshnd), حکم (ḥkm), نفسی (nfsí), از (iz), ایادی (iyádí), غیر (ghír), ایادی (iyádí), تمرّد (tmrrd), نمود (nmúd) as “be under, command, any, of, Hands of the Cause, without, disobey, will”
23 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: otherfire-tabletFire §27: puritygleaningsGWB §452: orphanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: other traditions, all otherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: that overtake itthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: strangerwill-and-testamentW&T §2: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: besides Thee
This form usually rendered as “disobey”, “transgression” (2 occurrences)
disobey 50% transgression 50%
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “chose”, “had” (92 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “division” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: torn awaygleaningsGWB §13: the burdenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: anemonesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: was rent in twaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: rentthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: wind-flowerswill-and-testamentW&T §36: their mischiefepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: contention
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: isgleaningsGWB §635: encompassed theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: No sooner hadthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: Me at the hands ofgleaningsGWB §615: unto them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: wrathgleaningsGWB §257: fury of His wrathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “wrath”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: Thy wrathwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the wrathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: executionersgleaningsGWB §189: to be tormentedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and the rod
This form usually rendered as “fury”, “provoked”, “anger” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-ConqueringgleaningsGWB §683: angerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: all-compelling powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: controlledwill-and-testamentW&T §20: vengeancegleaningsGWB §76: fury ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: wrathfullyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: the All-Subduing
separated 10% separation 10% scatter 10% divisions 10% strife 10% dissension 10% variation 10% subvert 10% separate 10% breach 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: separatedfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §170: scatterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: differenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: Whose separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §17: subvert His Wordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: immeasurable is the difference
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the adornmentgleaningsGWB §693: Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: destituteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the peoples of all religionswill-and-testamentW&T §3: True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: religiongleaningsGWB §245: of the Citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: Cause
SE rendered قهره (qhrh), زیرا (zírá), سبب (sbb), تفریق (tfríq), دین (dín), اللّه (al-lh), گردد (grdd) as “vengeance, for, caused, breach, Faith, God”
