Will and Testament — §40
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 40 of 59.
Source (Persian)
باری از اساس اعظم امر اللّه اجتناب و ابتعاد از ناقضین است زیرا بکلّی امر اللّه را محو و شریعت اللّه را سحق و جمیع زحمات را هدر خواهند داد ای یاران باید رحم بر حضرت اعلی و وفا بجمال مبارک نمود و بجمیع قوی کوشید که جمیع این بلایا و محن و صدمات و خونهای پاک مطهّر که در سبیل الهی مسفوک شده هدر نرود شما میدانید که مرکز نقض میرزا محمّد علی و اعوانش چه کردند یک کار این شخص تحریف کتاب است که الحمد للّه کل میدانید و مثبوت و واضح و بشهادت برادرش میرزا بدیعاللّه که بخطّ و مهرش موجود و مطبوع مثبوت است و این یک سیّئه از سیّئات اوست دیگر آیا انحرافی اعظم از این انحراف منصوص تصوّر میشود لا واللّه و سیّئات او در ورقۀ مخصوص مرقوم انشآءاللّه ملاحظه خواهید نمود
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And now, one of the greatest and most fundamental principles of the Cause of God is to shun and avoid entirely the Covenant-breakers, for they will utterly destroy the Cause of God, exterminate His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past. O friends! It behoveth you to call to mind with tenderness the trials of His Holiness the Exalted One, and show your fidelity to the Ever-Blest Beauty. The utmost endeavour must be exerted lest all these woes, trials and afflictions, all this pure and sacred blood that hath been shed so profusely in the Path of God, may prove to be in vain. Ye know well what the hands of the Centre of Sedition, Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, and his associates have wrought. Among his doings, one of them is the corruption of the Sacred Text whereof ye are all aware, the Lord be praised, and know that it is evident, proven and confirmed by the testimony of his brother, Mírzá Badí‘u’lláh, whose confession is written in his own handwriting, beareth his seal, is printed and spread abroad. This is but one of his misdeeds. Can a transgression be imagined more glaring than this, the interpolation of the Holy Text? Nay, by the righteousness of the Lord! His transgressions are writ and recorded in a leaflet by itself. Please God, ye will peruse it.
Translation Notes
23 occurrences in corpus
foundation 75% fundamental 25%
SE expanded to “greatest and most”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: aboundinggleaningsGWB §508: will be yourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: most excellent favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: immensethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: majestygleaningsGWB §404: potent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: affairsgleaningsGWB §659: do We devolvekitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: is entrustedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: didst bid Himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §3: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: State officialsgleaningsGWB §458: Purpose
This form usually rendered as “avoid”, “refrain”, “keep” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “avoid” (1 occurrences)
after 47% remoteness 13% far 12% when 9% then 5% notwithstanding 3% upon 3% subsequent 3% future 3% since 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: Subsequentlyfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §502: to a Revelation after Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: Henceforwardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §21: Afterwardsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §279: my remotenesswill-and-testamentW&T §19: successorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: gone far astray
covenant-breakers 67% who 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the violationgleaningsGWB §296: They brokeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §11: of Seditionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §17: Seditionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §51: those who have broken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: anyonegleaningsGWB §155: the unchastekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: His all-embracingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Every momenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: bethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §38: do His bidding.”
effaced 29% blot 21% destroy 13% blotted 13% dissipate 4% obliterated 4% abolish 4% completely 4% annulment 4% fadeth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: hath been set downgleaningsGWB §477: His lawkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §270: Divine Lawwill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Resplendent Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: lawgivergleaningsGWB §148: the truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: Dispensations
exterminate 50% wretched 50%
This form usually rendered as “attempted”, “render”, “vain” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered جمیع (jmíʿ), زحمات (zḥmát), هدر (hdr), خواهند (khúáhnd), داد (dád), یاران (yárán), باید (báyd), رحم (rḥm), بر (br), حضرت (ḥḍrt), اعلی (iʿlí) as “all, efforts, render of no account, will, friends, It behoveth, tenderness, in, His Holiness, the Exalted One”
This form usually rendered as “land”, “upon”, “piety” (59 occurrences)
land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “muhammad”, “honor” (240 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: sent forgleaningsGWB §492: as befitteth thy stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: Husaynprayers-and-meditationsP&M §148: Thy loftinessthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: the holy Presencewill-and-testamentW&T §5: His (Bahá’u’lláh’s) Presenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: of His MajestygleaningsGWB §271: behold
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (286 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: against himfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §198: the All-Powerfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: most exalted Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: rest upon Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUS
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: will payfire-tabletFire §18: TrustgleaningsGWB §168: of fidelitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: irrefutableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: have fulfilled their pledgetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: Whereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: unto the righteouswill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness
SE expanded to “to the Ever-Blest Beauty”
beauty 83% ancient 5% countenance 2% ornament 2% promised 2% everlasting 2% divine 2% immortal 2% abhá 2% fairest 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: fairest and most comelygleaningsGWB §47: Divine Countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: charmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: exalted Beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: of beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: hallowedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: watersthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: Hallowed bewill-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Treeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: blessedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: sacredwill-and-testamentW&T §27: draweth Divine increaseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: holy
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “chose”, “had” (92 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “strength”, “most”, “omnipotent” (21 occurrences)
strength 17% most 17% omnipotent 8% all-powerful 8% power 8% all-compelling 8% art 8% potency 8% strong 8% all-possessing 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: mightgleaningsGWB §238: His mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: potencythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of powerwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the powerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: mightiergleaningsGWB §597: power to restore the force
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “calamity”, “afflictions” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troublesfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §111: sore-triedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: was condemnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: any afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: adversity
This form usually rendered as “troubles”, “ills”, “most” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “intense”, “afflictions” (2 occurrences)
intense 50% afflictions 50%
treacherous 18% blood 18% disloyalty 18% betrayed 12% door 6% dishonesty 6% khun-baha 6% deceitful 6% practice 6% traitor 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: lecherygleaningsGWB §473: betrayed their trustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: summoningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: betrayedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: their life-bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: khun-bahagleaningsGWB §477: the mischief of the treacherouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: pasture
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: puregleaningsGWB §589: the Essence of Purityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: hast cleansedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: purifiedgleaningsGWB §617: cleansethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: shall wash themthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse it
SE rendered صدمات (ṣdmát), خونهای (khúnháy), پاک (pák), مطهّر (mṭhhr), سبیل (sbíl), الهی (al-hí), مسفوک (msfúk), هدر (hdr), نرود (nrúd) as “afflictions, blood, pure, sacred, God, shed, in vain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: spilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: spiltgleaningsGWB §574: sheddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shed
SE rendered سبیل (sbíl), الهی (al-hí), مسفوک (msfúk), هدر (hdr), نرود (nrúd), میدانید (mídáníd), مرکز (mrkz), نقض (nqḍ), میرزا (mírzá) as “God, shed, in vain, know well, Centre, Sedition, Mírzá”
know 22% considered 13% understanding 13% ignorance 9% knowledge 9% true 9% regard 9% knowing 9% failed 4% knowest 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: ignorancegleaningsGWB §336: All-Knowingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: regardthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: preferwill-and-testamentW&T §40: know wellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: understoodgleaningsGWB §395: Be not carelesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: faded before their eyes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §717: All praise bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: Praised betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Praise begleaningsGWB §219: the All-Praised
aid 24% help 16% whose 12% succor 8% succorer 8% helper 8% assistance 8% associates 8% raised 4% assisted 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: to succorgleaningsGWB §409: the helpkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: cry for helpprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: succoredwill-and-testamentW&T §5: his associatesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: assistgleaningsGWB §479: Let Him be thy helperkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: assistance
what 50% whatsoever 50%
This form usually rendered as “ordered”, “done”, “acted” (16 occurrences)
SE rendered اعوانش (iʿúánsh), چه (chh), کردند (krdnd), یک (yk), کار (kár), شخص (shkhṣ), تحریف (tḥríf), کتاب (ktáb), الحمد (al-ḥmd), للّه (lllh) as “associates, what, wrought, one, doings, corruption, Text, the Lord be praised, aware,”
“corruption” 21% “perverting” 14% corruption 14% corrupted 7% corrupting 7% “modification 7% perverted 7% interpolate 7% falsifying 7% falsification 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: lettersgleaningsGWB §650: wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: a single letterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: by that Lettertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: a wordwill-and-testamentW&T §5: pass outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: have pervertedgleaningsGWB §286: hath
This form usually rendered as “book”, “kitáb-i-íqán”, “tablet” (110 occurrences)
book 85% kitáb-i-íqán 2% tablet 2% words 2% text 2% kitáb-i-aqdas 1% writing 1% bayán 1% divinely 1% holy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy BookgleaningsGWB §451: His unerring Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Mímprayers-and-meditationsP&M §537: Book, the Bookthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: such lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: destined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: canst thou vindicategleaningsGWB §295: to establishkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: inscribedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: endow usthe-hidden-wordsHW §124: writ and recordedwill-and-testamentW&T §2: stood fast and firmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: incontestable
SE rendered للّه (lllh), میدانید (mídáníd), مثبوت (mthbút), واضح (wáḍḥ), بشهادت (bshhádt), برادرش (brádrsh), میرزا (mírzá), بدیعاللّه (bdíʿálllh) as “aware,, know, evident, testimony, brother, , Mírzá, Badí‘u’lláh”
clear 26% evident 26% clearly 12% lucid 9% surest 6% manifest 6% unmistakable 6% reveal 3% unmistakably 3% incontestable 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: seenfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §259: testify,”kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: hath been witnessedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: visible worldtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: IncomparablegleaningsGWB §548: wondrous gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Eastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: of Thy creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: mysticwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: universegleaningsGWB §286: truth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: scriptgleaningsGWB §657: to read or writethe-hidden-wordsHW §136: clear characterswill-and-testamentW&T §52: with their own handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: ingleaningsGWB §348: writingwill-and-testamentW&T §6: in his own handwritingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: handwriting
This form usually rendered as “seal” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered بدیعاللّه (bdíʿálllh), بخطّ (bkhṭṭ), مهرش (mhrsh), موجود (mújúd), مطبوع (mṭbúʿ), مثبوت (mthbút), یک (yk) as “Badí‘u’lláh, handwriting, seal, printed, proven, one”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: embodiedfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §47: already breathedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the universetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: has madewill-and-testamentW&T §4: the firm
This form usually rendered as “printed”, “printing” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: evil deedsgleaningsGWB §300: evil thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: misdeedswill-and-testamentW&T §36: the misdeedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: condemnationgleaningsGWB §78: are saddenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: iniquitywill-and-testamentW&T §40: transgressions
This form usually rendered as “source” (10 occurrences)
SE rendered یک (yk), سیّئه (sísʾh), از (iz), سیّئات (sísʾát), اوست (iwst), دیگر (dígr), آیا (áyá), انحرافی (inḥráfí), اعظم (iʿẓm), از (iz), انحراف (inḥráf) as “one, than, misdeeds, are, Can, transgression, more glaring, interpolation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: anotherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §54: another wayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: other communitiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Once moreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the other
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §531: the testimonieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: to reveal the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signs
This form usually rendered as “expressly”, “explicitly” (5 occurrences)
expressly 75% explicitly 25%
This form usually rendered as “consideration”, “think”, “conceived” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: trumpetgleaningsGWB §687: lifeless imagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: truthsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: and the Quickenerwill-and-testamentW&T §8: indulgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of othersgleaningsGWB §321: establishethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: conceived
This form usually rendered as “affirm”, “bringeth”, “conscripted” (23 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: its leavesfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §235: who are the leaves thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: the Bird of Heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of its leavestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: celestial dovewill-and-testamentW&T §42: his printed confessionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: leaf
specially 23% confined 15% especially 8% special 8% particularly 8% specifically 8% distinct 8% specific 8% refer 8% none 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: especiallygleaningsGWB §198: have chosen youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: suchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: Thou hast endowedthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: have designedwill-and-testamentW&T §58: particularepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: particularlygleaningsGWB §404: being endowed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: written downgleaningsGWB §692: hath fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: irrevocably establishedwill-and-testamentW&T §9: written byepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: set forthgleaningsGWB §56: hath imprinted the testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: laid downepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: written
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: all thingsgleaningsGWB §575: of all thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: No onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: created things
