Will and Testament — §44

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 44 of 59.

Source (Persian)

ای احبّای الهی بجان بکوشید تا امر اللّه را از هجوم نفوس غیر مخلصه محافظه نمائید زیرا چنین نفوس سبب میشوند که جمیع امور مستقیمه معوج میگردد و مساعی خیریّه برعکس نتیجه میدهد

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O ye beloved of the Lord! Strive with all your heart to shield the Cause of God from the onslaught of the insincere, for souls such as these cause the straight to become crooked and all benevolent efforts to produce contrary results.

Translation Notes

احبّای

iḥbbáy ḥ-b-b → “ye beloved”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

loved 41% beloved 26% ye 15% love 6% followers 3% friends 3% such 3% steadfast 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: loved ones fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §174: “Love kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithful prayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: of Thee tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Day tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §6: thou lovest Me not

الهی

al-hí ʾ-l-h → “of the lord” Distinctive

literal: God; divine; god

This form usually rendered as “god”, “divine”, “god’s” (277 occurrences)

SE expanded to “of the Lord”

god 64% divine 22% god’s 5% lord 4% holy 2% mystic 1% heavenly 1% grace 1% god-given 1% pertaineth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: grace gleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself kitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: knowledge prayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writ epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity gleaningsGWB §191: God’s

بجان

bján j-ʾ-n → “with all your heart” Distinctive

literal: soul; life

This form usually rendered as “lives”, “soul”, “life” (47 occurrences)

SE expanded to “with all your heart”

lives 28% soul 22% life 17% heart 14% hearts 6% spirit 3% own 3% human 3% thyself 3% souls 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: his spirit gleaningsGWB §672: of His beauty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the city of the Well-Beloved prayers-and-meditationsP&M §664: All life the-hidden-wordsHW §101: Friend will-and-testamentW&T §3: precious lives epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: their lives gleaningsGWB §674: hearts

بکوشید

bkúshíd k-w-sh → “strive”

literal: strive

strive 43% exertions 14% labor 14% persevere 14% striven 14%

gleaningsGWB §145: Strive kitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: persevere the-hidden-wordsHW §97: striven gleaningsGWB §147: exertions gleaningsGWB §362: labor

از

iz ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

SE rendered بجان (bján), بکوشید (bkúshíd), امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz), هجوم (hjúm), نفوس (nfús), غیر (ghír), مخلصه (mkhlṣh), محافظه (mḥáfẓh) as “with all your heart, Strive, Cause, of God, from, onslaught, of the insincere, shield”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from

هجوم

hjúm h-j-m → “onslaught”

literal: onslaught; assault

onslaught 38% assaulted 13% have 13% assailed 13% hastened 13% launched 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: have assaulted will-and-testamentW&T §1: the onslaught epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: assaulted will-and-testamentW&T §5: hastened to bestow victory will-and-testamentW&T §44: onslaught will-and-testamentW&T §5: assailed will-and-testamentW&T §52: launched

نفوس

nfús n-f-s → “own” Distinctive

literal: soul; souls

This form usually rendered as “souls”, “men”, “soul” (107 occurrences)

souls 61% men 15% soul 8% people 3% every 3% peoples 2% faithful 2% ones 2% officials 2% residents 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: a corrupt inclination gleaningsGWB §298: through His own Self kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: my being prayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: my heart tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELF will-and-testamentW&T §27: the people

غیر

ghír gh-y-r

literal: other; other than

SE rendered امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz), هجوم (hjúm), نفوس (nfús), غیر (ghír), مخلصه (mkhlṣh), محافظه (mḥáfẓh), نمائید (nmáʾíd), زیرا (zírá), چنین (chnín) as “Cause, of God, from, onslaught, of the insincere, shield, for, such as these”

other 28% without 11% another 11% none 11% any 8% others 8% different 6% unseemly 6% else 6% anyone 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: conflict fire-tabletFire §27: honor gleaningsGWB §725: unanimously condemn kitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: with anyone prayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: evanescence of others the-hidden-wordsHW §14: with another will-and-testamentW&T §38: is not epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: unseemly and unholy deeds

مخلصه

mkhlṣh kh-l-ṣ

literal: sincere; pure; sincere ones

SE rendered امر (imr), اللّه (al-lh), از (iz), هجوم (hjúm), نفوس (nfús), غیر (ghír), مخلصه (mkhlṣh), محافظه (mḥáfẓh), نمائید (nmáʾíd), زیرا (zírá), چنین (chnín), نفوس (nfús) as “Cause, of God, from, onslaught, souls, shield, for, such as these”

wholly 32% sincere 19% devoted 10% deliver 9% pure 6% who 6% essence 6% faithful 6% true 4% set 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: souls of the sincere among Thy servants fire-tabletFire §1: the sincere gleaningsGWB §159: deliver kitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: delivered prayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: devoted to Thee tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere ones the-hidden-wordsHW §146: absolute epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: faithful

محافظه

mḥáfẓh ḥ-f-ẓ → “shield”

literal: protection; protect

protect 25% shielded 25% shield 25% guard 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: watch over gleaningsGWB §68: overshadowed kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguarding kitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: “Guarded prayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: Do Thou preserve tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn well will-and-testamentW&T §3: the protection epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: defence

نمائید

nmáʾíd n-m-ʾ

literal: show

SE rendered از (iz), هجوم (hjúm), نفوس (nfús), غیر (ghír), مخلصه (mkhlṣh), محافظه (mḥáfẓh), نمائید (nmáʾíd), زیرا (zírá), چنین (chnín), نفوس (nfús), سبب (sbb) as “from, onslaught, souls, shield, for, such as these, cause”

recite 10% remember 10% consider 10% observe 10% ye 10% upon 10% arise 10% resolve 10% deliver 10% bestir 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: converse gleaningsGWB §178: We have kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Give kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: callest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §156: thou mayest will-and-testamentW&T §24: towards them epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: have been voiced

زیرا

zírá z-y-r → “for”

literal: under

SE rendered نفوس (nfús), غیر (ghír), مخلصه (mkhlṣh), محافظه (mḥáfẓh), نمائید (nmáʾíd), زیرا (zírá), چنین (chnín), نفوس (nfús), سبب (sbb), میشوند (míshúnd), جمیع (jmíʿ) as “souls, shield, for, such as these, cause, all”

inasmuch 71% beneath 14% under 14%

gleaningsGWB §13: beneath kitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: Inasmuch as prayers-and-meditationsP&M §48: looking upon Thy face will-and-testamentW&T §7: under kitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: For kitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: inasmuch

چنین

chnín ch-n-n → “likewise” Distinctive

literal: likewise

This form usually rendered as “also”, “such” (3 occurrences)

also 50% such 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: also gleaningsGWB §340: while kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: a grievous chastisement epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Likewise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: call epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: at another kitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: Even as kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: such

سبب

sbb s-b-b → “cause”

literal: cause; cause, reason; means

cause 36% caused 15% means 13% conducive 10% reason 8% will 5% most 3% leadeth 3% result 3% instrument 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the supreme instrument gleaningsGWB §307: the hindrances kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: effective means kitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: causes prayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: the most great Instrument the-hidden-wordsHW §137: is of will-and-testamentW&T §52: bring to naught epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: revile

میشوند

míshúnd sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered زیرا (zírá), چنین (chnín), نفوس (nfús), سبب (sbb), میشوند (míshúnd), جمیع (jmíʿ), امور (imúr), مستقیمه (mstqímh), معوج (mʿúj) as “for, such as these, souls, cause, all, straight, crooked”