Will and Testament — §45
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 45 of 59.
Source (Persian)
الهی الهی اشهدک و انبیائک و رسلک و اولیائک و اصفیائک بأنّی اتممت الحجّة علی احبّائک و بیّنت لهم کلّ شیء حتّی یحافظوا علی دینک و الطّریقة المستقیمة و شریعتک النّورآء انّک انت المطّلع العلیم ع ع
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O God, my God! I call Thee, Thy Prophets and Thy Messengers, Thy Saints and Thy Holy Ones, to witness that I have declared conclusively Thy Proofs unto Thy loved ones and set forth clearly all things unto them, that they may watch over Thy Faith, guard Thy Straight Path and protect Thy Resplendent Law. Thou art, verily, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I call Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: Bear Thou witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §130: have failed to recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: things visible andtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Great AnnouncementgleaningsGWB §230: with tidingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: Prophet of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: and to This Announcementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: AnnouncementgleaningsGWB §110: the Prophetsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Thy Prophetsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: this Great
apostle 24% messengers 24% messenger 15% sent 14% apostles 6% send 6% messengership 4% hath 3% prophets 3% epistle 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of the ApostlegleaningsGWB §537: sent Him down untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: Messengers of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: Communion with Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: hath sent forththe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: transferredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: Apostle
This form usually rendered as “loved”, “dear”, “love” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: Our loved onesgleaningsGWB §95: chosen Ones of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: continuousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: for them that love Theewill-and-testamentW&T §35: mercyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: of His holy onesgleaningsGWB §353: authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”
SE expanded to “Thy Holy Ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: chosen onesfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §477: chosen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: immaculateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: Thy transcendent attributesthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: His chosen ones
SE expanded to “I have declared conclusively”
all 25% perfect 16% complete 13% fulfilled 13% hath 9% fully 6% utterly 6% have 6% exterminated 3% energetically 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: adequately recountgleaningsGWB §306: completelykitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: suchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: that thereby thethe-hidden-wordsHW §131: onlywill-and-testamentW&T §45: I have declared conclusivelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: whollygleaningsGWB §729: expiration
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: pleasingfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §603: utmost kindlinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: Thou pleasesttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: that I may love thee
SE expanded to “set forth clearly”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: created thingsgleaningsGWB §520: perishable thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: thing aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: my pleasuretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: wisheth turn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: regardgleaningsGWB §705: for their protectionkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: ensure the preservationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: Do Thou preservetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §17: impregnableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: protect me
SE expanded to “Thy Straight Path”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: the passagegleaningsGWB §44: wayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: roadthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: IN THE PATHwill-and-testamentW&T §3: highwayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: a pathwill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Straight Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: mystic
SE rendered یحافظوا (yḥáfẓúá), دینک (dínk), الطّریقة (aṭ-ṭríqh), المستقیمة (al-mstqímh), شریعتک (shríʿtk), النّورآء (an-núráʾ) as “watch over, Thy Faith, Thy Straight Path, Thy Resplendent Law”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: comefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §691: the Godheadkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: anotherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: dominiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
SE expanded to “Thy Resplendent Law”
law 48% faith 14% river 9% laws 7% have 5% dispensation 3% revelation 3% law.” 3% dispensations 3% divine 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We have prescribedgleaningsGWB §148: the truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: waterswill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Resplendent Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: hath been set downgleaningsGWB §382: the Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: the Law.”
SE rendered الطّریقة (aṭ-ṭríqh), المستقیمة (al-mstqímh), شریعتک (shríʿtk), النّورآء (an-núráʾ), المطّلع (al-mṭṭlʿ), العلیم (al-ʿlím) as “Thy Straight Path, Thy Resplendent Law, the All-Knowing”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: into lightfire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §234: His glory be on theekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: God’s lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of the splendors oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
SE rendered شریعتک (shríʿtk), النّورآء (an-núráʾ), المطّلع (al-mṭṭlʿ), العلیم (al-ʿlím) as “Thy Resplendent Law, the All-Knowing”
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dawning-place of Thy forgivenessfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §322: fathomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: holy Soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §363: are inscrutabletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: Know thoufire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §341: exposedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: Thou hast ever made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
