Will and Testament — §47
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 47 of 59.
Source (Persian)
ربّ و محبوبی و مقصودی انّک لتعلم و تری ما ورد علی عبدک المتذلّل بباب احدیّتک و ما جنی علیه اهل الجفآء النّاقضون لمیثاق فردانیّتک النّاکثون لعهد حضرة رحمانیّتک انّه ما من یوم الّا رمونی بسهام البغضآء و ما من لیل الّا و بیّتوا یشاورون فی ضرّی فی السّرّ و الخفآء و ما من صباح الّا ارتکبوا ما ناح به الملأ الأعلی و ما من مسآء الّا ان سلّوا علیّ سیف الاعتساف و رشقونی بنصال الافترآء عند الأشقیآء مع ذلک صبر عبدک المتذلّل الیک و احتمل منهم کلّ بلآء و اذی مع قدرته علی ازهاق کلمتهم و اخماد جمرتهم و اطفآء نیران طغیانهم بقوّتک و قدرتک
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O my God! My Beloved, my heart’s Desire! Thou knowest, Thou seest that which hath befallen this servant of Thine, that hath humbled himself at Thy Door, and Thou knowest the sins committed against him by the people of malice, they that have broken Thy Covenant and turned their backs on Thy Testament. In the daytime they afflicted me with the arrows of hate and in the night-season they privily conspired to hurt me. At dawn they committed that which the Celestial Concourse did lament and at eventide they unsheathed against me the sword of tyranny and hurled in the presence of the ungodly their darts of calumny upon me. Notwithstanding their misdeeds, this lowly servant of Thine was patient and did endure every affliction and trial at their hands, though by Thy power and might he could have destroyed their words, quenched their fire and stayed the flame of their rebelliousness.
Translation Notes
ارتکبوا
literal: to ride; to commit; to undertake; composition; combination; structure
الملأ
literal: assembly; multitude; chiefs; to fill; people of rank; fullness, assembly
سلّوا
literal: to become peaceful/content; question (in context)
