Will and Testament — §43

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 43 of 59.

Source (Persian)

مقصود این است که یاران عهد و پیمان باید بیدار باشند که مبادا بعد از اینمظلوم این شخص محرّک متحرّک رخنه نماید و سرّاً القای شبهات و فساد کند و بکلّی امر اللّه را از ریشه براندازد البتّه صد البتّه از معاشرت او احتراز نمائید و دقّت نمائید و متوجّه باشید و جستجو و فحص نمائید که اگر نفسی را سرّاً جهراً با او ادنی مناسبتی آنشخص را نیز از میان خودتان خارج کنید زیرا فساد و فتن میشود

Shoghi Effendi Translation

My purpose is, however, to show that it is incumbent upon the friends that are fast and firm in the Covenant and Testament to be ever wakeful lest after this wronged one is gone this alert and active worker of mischief may cause disruption, privily sow the seeds of doubt and sedition and utterly root out the Cause of God. A thousand times shun his company. Take heed and be on your guard. Watch and examine; should anyone, openly or privily, have the least connection with him, cast him out from your midst, for he will surely cause disruption and mischief.

Translation Notes

مقصود

mqṣúd q-ṣ-d → “purpose”

literal: intended; purpose; desired

purpose 28% desire 26% meant 20% goal 5% meaning 4% desired 3% who 3% object 3% intended 3% thou 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: meant gleaningsGWB §691: Who is the Desire of the world kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The object kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: signifieth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: my Aim the-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh will-and-testamentW&T §9: Reference he doth make epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Desire

یاران

yárán yár → “friends”

literal: friend; friends

friends 75% loved 17% beloved 8%

gleaningsGWB §672: friends kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Friend the-hidden-wordsHW §122: His will-and-testamentW&T §42: loved ones gleaningsGWB §672: your Well-Beloved kitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the Beloved—the the-hidden-wordsHW §97: of His robe will-and-testamentW&T §14: beloved

پیمان

pímán pímán → “testament”

literal: covenant; covenant, treaty; covenant/promise

covenant 63% testament 38%

will-and-testamentW&T §13: the Covenant will-and-testamentW&T §52: Covenant will-and-testamentW&T §41: Testament

باید

báyd b-y-d → “incumbent”

literal: must; must, should; must, needs

must 38% should 22% incumbent 22% behooveth 6% beseemeth 3% duty 3% needeth 3% let 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: It is their duty gleaningsGWB §709: It behooveth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: must needs prayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: into the wilderness the-hidden-wordsHW §53: be no more will-and-testamentW&T §14: is epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: It beseemeth gleaningsGWB §146: needeth

بیدار

bídár bídár → “awake”

literal: awake; wakeful; watchful

awake 13% awoke 13% quickened 13% awakened 13% awaken 13% roused 13% watchful 13% wakeful 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: Awake gleaningsGWB §182: awoke kitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: awaken will-and-testamentW&T §14: roused gleaningsGWB §334: quickened will-and-testamentW&T §17: watchful gleaningsGWB §431: awakened will-and-testamentW&T §43: wakeful

باشند

báshnd búdn → “hath” Distinctive

literal: be; to be

This form usually rendered as “will”, “behoveth”, “let” (20 occurrences)

will 20% behoveth 20% let 20% have 20% shall 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: seeking peace and retirement gleaningsGWB §287: can be kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: lay kitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: If they be prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: hath remained the-hidden-wordsHW §93: ye were will-and-testamentW&T §19: shall at all times be epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: have

اینمظلوم

iynmẓlúm ẓ-l-m → “this wronged one”

literal: wronged

SE expanded to “this wronged one”

wronged 55% darkness 12% tyranny 8% oppressors 5% cruelty 5% oppressor 4% oppression 3% have 3% injustice 3% iniquity 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: Us fire-tabletFire §33: through the tyranny gleaningsGWB §270: so unjustly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: wronged and oppressed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: O wronged One the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §36: for their cruelty epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: of such as act unjustly

شخص

shkhṣ sh-kh-ṣ → “man”

literal: person; personality/identity; persons

man 55% true 18% body 9% one 9% worker 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: man gleaningsGWB §306: personality kitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: his person will-and-testamentW&T §17: him gleaningsGWB §84: shall stare up with terror kitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: a will-and-testamentW&T §40: his gleaningsGWB §70: when all eyes shall stare up

محرّک

mḥrrk ḥ-r-k → “move”

literal: movement; move; movement, motion

mover 67% alert 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stirred fire-tabletFire §27: Mover gleaningsGWB §170: movement kitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: comply prayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: move in no direction the-hidden-wordsHW §96: MOVING FORM OF will-and-testamentW&T §10: and senseless epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: left

رخنه

rkhnh r-kh-n → “disruption”

literal: breach

disruption 67% breach 33%

will-and-testamentW&T §41: disruption will-and-testamentW&T §7: breach

نماید

nmáyd nmúdn → “cause” Distinctive

literal: do; to do; show

This form usually rendered as “will”, “may”, “must” (188 occurrences)

will 35% may 19% must 13% would 9% can 7% cause 6% have 4% hath 4% protect 2% thou 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: summoned gleaningsGWB §361: remained kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hold fast kitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: hath heard naught but prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: is not the-hidden-wordsHW §160: will reveal will-and-testamentW&T §7: had caused epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: We

سرّاً

srráan s-r-r → “privily”

literal: secret; secrets; secret, mystery

mystery 35% secret 19% privily 16% secretly 5% inner 5% inwardly 5% hidden 5% heads 3% mine 3% surreptitiously 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: surreptitiously gleaningsGWB §63: of the unseen kitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of the mysteries prayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: Hidden Secret tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their hearts the-hidden-wordsHW §89: the inner mysteries will-and-testamentW&T §42: darkly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will rejoice

القای

al-qáy l-q-y → “sow” Distinctive

literal: meeting; cast; meeting, encounter

This form usually rendered as “presence”, “attainment”, “attain” (30 occurrences)

presence 24% attainment 14% attain 10% shall 10% behold 10% sow 10% sowed 10% attaining 5% convey 5% proclamation 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: to meet fire-tabletFire §1: of Thy Countenance gleaningsGWB §571: beholding His face kitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: the Presence of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: infused tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presence the-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Me will-and-testamentW&T §5: sowed the seeds

شبهات

shbhát sh-b-h → “doubt”

literal: doubts

doubts 39% doubt 35% doubtfulness 9% distrust 4% vain 4% idle 4% seeds 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: comparison gleaningsGWB §107: doubt kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: uncertainty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: perplexing will-and-testamentW&T §1: doubtfulness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: peer gleaningsGWB §126: peers kitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: obscurities

فساد

fsád f-s-d → “mischief”

literal: corruption; corrupt; corrupter

mischief 43% sedition 17% dissension 9% strife 9% fomenting 4% revolt 4% stir 4% sore 4% disruption 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: Spread not disorder gleaningsGWB §574: commit no disorders kitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: fires of mischief will-and-testamentW&T §54: mover of strife epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: fomenter of discord gleaningsGWB §395: strife kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: revolt will-and-testamentW&T §5: have kindled sedition

کند

knd krdn

literal: do; to do; do/make

SE rendered سرّاً (srráan), القای (al-qáy), شبهات (shbhát), فساد (fsád), کند (knd), بکلّی (bkllí), امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz), ریشه (ríshh) as “privily, sow, doubt, mischief, utterly, Cause, God, of, root”

stocks 18% must 18% would 18% meditate 9% can 9% will 9% offer 9% hath 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: be not gleaningsGWB §563: can kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: ye kitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: you.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §664: exaltest the-hidden-wordsHW §93: Would ye but sanctify will-and-testamentW&T §3: the stocks epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: nor associated with Him

امر

imr ʾ-m-r → “cause”

literal: command; matter; cause

cause 57% revelation 17% faith 6% command 3% behest 3% divine 3% bidding 3% decree 3% ordainer 2% bidden 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: bade fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §187: the Cause of God kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: her case prayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: by virtue of Thine authority tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commands the-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee

اللّه

al-lh ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: god; divine; o god

god 93% god’s 2% lord 1% divine 1% almighty 1% “god 1% god.” 0% unto 0% towards 0% \‘god 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: with God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §127: heavenly kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: is God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §821: art God tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven

ریشه

ríshh r-y-sh → “root”

literal: root

2 occurrences in corpus

will-and-testamentW&T §5: the root of will-and-testamentW&T §43: root

براندازد

brándázd ʾ-n-d-z

literal: overthrow; throw

SE rendered بکلّی (bkllí), امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz), ریشه (ríshh), براندازد (brándázd), البتّه (al-btth), صد (ṣd), البتّه (al-btth), از (iz), معاشرت (mʿáshrt) as “utterly, Cause, God, of, root, times, A thousand, company”

thou 50% banish 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Thou dost abase epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: to banish

صد

ṣd ṣ-d → “myriad”

literal: hundred

myriad 50% hundred 25% thousand 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: hundred kitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: a myriad will-and-testamentW&T §43: A thousand

معاشرت

mʿáshrt ʿ-sh-r → “company” Distinctive

literal: association; associate

This form usually rendered as “consort”, “associated”, “associate” (7 occurrences)

consort 29% associated 14% associate 14% mingleth 14% intercourse 14% company 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: associated with Me gleaningsGWB §259: congregation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: intercourse prayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: a score the-hidden-wordsHW §145: to commune with Me will-and-testamentW&T §43: company epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: concourse gleaningsGWB §180: O ye

احتراز

iḥtráz ḥ-r-z → “shun” Distinctive

literal: avoidance; avoidance, abstaining; avoidance, abstention

This form usually rendered as “repudiated”, “refrain”, “turn” (16 occurrences)

repudiated 13% refrain 13% turn 13% shunned 13% avoid 13% shun 13% turned 6% terror 6% aversion 6% avoidance 6%

gleaningsGWB §364: repudiated kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: terror gleaningsGWB §551: refrain kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: shunned gleaningsGWB §34: turned away from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: aversion gleaningsGWB §475: Shun kitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: avoid

دقّت

dqqt d-q-q

literal: moment; strike; care

SE rendered از (iz), معاشرت (mʿáshrt), احتراز (iḥtráz), نمائید (nmáʾíd), دقّت (dqqt), نمائید (nmáʾíd), متوجّه (mtújjh), باشید (báshíd), جستجو (jstjú) as “of, company, shun, will, on your guard, be, Watch”

moment 30% ring 10% toll 10% most 10% mysterious 10% ringing 10% innermost 10% heed 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: toll it out gleaningsGWB §57: ringing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: innermost subtleties will-and-testamentW&T §13: for a moment epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: ring gleaningsGWB §122: mysterious will-and-testamentW&T §14: moment gleaningsGWB §119: the most refined

متوجّه

mtújjh w-j-h → “on your guard” Distinctive

literal: face; turning

This form usually rendered as “thou”, “turned”, “stained” (9 occurrences)

SE expanded to “on your guard”

thou 13% turned 13% stained 13% shall 13% fixed 13% faces 13% still 13% guard 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Turning Our face fire-tabletFire §30: This Face gleaningsGWB §548: attuned to kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his face kitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: before prayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: face.”tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy steps the-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face

جستجو

jstjú j-s-t → “seek” Distinctive

literal: seek; to seek

This form usually rendered as “watch” (1 occurrences)

seek 22% long 11% lay 11% inviting 11% cleave 11% testimony 11% seeketh 11% watch 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: long gleaningsGWB §9: cleave to kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: seek the-hidden-wordsHW §84: seeketh will-and-testamentW&T §43: Watch epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: to lay hold on gleaningsGWB §673: is inviting them to attain His presence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: testimony

فحص

fḥṣ f-ḥ-ṣ → “investigation” Distinctive

literal: investigation; examination; examine

This form usually rendered as “examine” (1 occurrences)

investigation 17% investigate 17% searched 17% seek 17% searchest 17% examine 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: investigation gleaningsGWB §467: investigate kitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: searched the-hidden-wordsHW §16: searchest will-and-testamentW&T §43: examine the-hidden-wordsHW §12: seek

نفسی

nfsí n-f-s → “anyone”

literal: self; soul; souls

myself 32% one 11% soul 10% anyone 9% any 8% man 7% whoso 6% whosoever 6% mine 5% every 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soul gleaningsGWB §710: They that are kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: My being prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: in Thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyself the-hidden-wordsHW §1: in their lives will-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as these epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: some one

جهراً

jhráan j-h-r → “openly”

literal: openly; open

openly 83% outwardly 17%

gleaningsGWB §93: Essence prayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: of my body tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: the essence gleaningsGWB §569: Outwardly gleaningsGWB §288: the gems gleaningsGWB §63: and of the seen gleaningsGWB §2: they Who are the Quintessence gleaningsGWB §40: openly

ادنی

idní d-n-w → “least”

literal: world; world/this life; lowest

least 43% however 14% abject 14% lowliest 14% which 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: this world gleaningsGWB §370: earthly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: sordid prayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: downtrodden the-hidden-wordsHW §22: that which is less good epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: of desire gleaningsGWB §595: mortal man kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: or low

مناسبتی

mnásbtí n-s-b → “claim” Distinctive

literal: attribution; relation; attributed

This form usually rendered as “connection” (2 occurrences)

claim 13% relationship 13% accused 10% kinship 10% ascribed 10% bear 10% such 10% impute 10% tie 10% charges 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: ascribed the authorship gleaningsGWB §4: comparisons and likenesses kitab-i-ahdAhd §15: kindred kitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: regarded prayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: and hast related will-and-testamentW&T §34: causing them to deem me epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: to relate gleaningsGWB §501: impute

نیز

níz n-w-z

literal: affection, caress; needless/independent; nineteen

SE rendered ادنی (idní), مناسبتی (mnásbtí), آنشخص (ánshkhṣ), نیز (níz), از (iz), میان (míán), خودتان (khúdtán), خارج (khárj), کنید (kníd), زیرا (zírá) as “least, connection, him, midst, your, out from, for”