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
SE expanded to “O my God! My”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurturedgleaningsGWB §127: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: of Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: their Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishestfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §220: His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: my affectionstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: the Desired OnegleaningsGWB §285: the originating purposekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: primarily intendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: and my Desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §25: By this House is meantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: direct themselves towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: divinesfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §163: through Thy knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: all His creatures.”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: wouldst regardfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §134: They that reflectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Mirrors reflecting the sun ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §543: outwardly perceivethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: If ye encounter
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “things” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: that attain thereuntogleaningsGWB §466: hath sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: relatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: that have touched Himwill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: befallethgleaningsGWB §490: The tribulations We have sustainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: instance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the oppressedfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §177: of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: on their partprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: servants’tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: humiliationgleaningsGWB §225: ashamedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: degradationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Abaserthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: of abasementwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lowlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: shamegleaningsGWB §185: The shame I was made to bear
SE rendered ورد (wrd), عبدک (ʿbdk), المتذلّل (al-mtdhlll), بباب (bbáb), احدیّتک (iḥdídtk), جنی (jní), علیه (ʿlíh), اهل (ihl), الجفآء (al-jfáʾ) as “befallen, servant, humbled himself, Door, committed, people, malice”
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: anygleaningsGWB §181: commonerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: of Thy onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Who is the mangleaningsGWB §541: God’s holy Will
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: such asfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §58: “Put awaykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: only those who are initiated into the divine mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: all the dwellers oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: dwellers thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
This form usually rendered as “malice” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the violationgleaningsGWB §687: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: is bowedwill-and-testamentW&T §1: Covenant-breakersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have brokengleaningsGWB §296: They brokeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: who have brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §5: by his repudiation of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: Testamentfire-tabletFire §41: the CovenantgleaningsGWB §611: thy pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and Thy Testamentwill-and-testamentW&T §32: strongepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy TestamentgleaningsGWB §687: pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: to Thy Covenant
SE rendered اهل (ihl), الجفآء (al-jfáʾ), النّاقضون (an-náqḍún), لمیثاق (lmítháq), فردانیّتک (frdáníntk), النّاکثون (an-nákthún), لعهد (lʿhd) as “people, malice, broken, Covenant, turned their backs on, Testament”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Singlefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §385: without peer or equalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: in utter lonelinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the All-Highest Paradiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the Incomparable
This form usually rendered as “turned” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “covenant”, “dispensation”, “days” (64 occurrences)
covenant 40% dispensation 15% days 15% time 6% testament 6% age 6% covenanted 4% pledgeth 2% have 2% cycle 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: the time ofgleaningsGWB §560: In the dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §734: a covenantthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: My covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §6: God’s Testamentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy CovenantgleaningsGWB §590: have covenanted
SE rendered لمیثاق (lmítháq), فردانیّتک (frdáníntk), النّاکثون (an-nákthún), لعهد (lʿhd), حضرة (ḥḍrh), رحمانیّتک (rḥmáníntk), یوم (yúm) as “Covenant, turned their backs on, Testament, daytime”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: are available unto allgleaningsGWB §487: to theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: led Him awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: and stoodthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holywill-and-testamentW&T §4: His Holiness theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: his honorgleaningsGWB §550: Embodiments
SE rendered النّاکثون (an-nákthún), لعهد (lʿhd), حضرة (ḥḍrh), رحمانیّتک (rḥmáníntk), یوم (yúm), رمونی (rmúní) as “turned their backs on, Testament, daytime, afflicted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: Most Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §519: Have mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: infinite graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §156: Have mercy, then, upon metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that daygleaningsGWB §74: the present daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the “Dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: in this the daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: day of
This form usually rendered as “afflicted” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the dartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrows
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: one who would hate UsgleaningsGWB §450: maliceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of hatethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: Him whom I abhorwill-and-testamentW&T §54: a haterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: enmitygleaningsGWB §163: and maliceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of their hate
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night seasongleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: by nightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-season
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: the HousegleaningsGWB §543: your habitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: my homewill-and-testamentW&T §25: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: dwellethgleaningsGWB §545: such housesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: for the mansionswill-and-testamentW&T §38: to the Universal House
SE rendered لیل (líl), بیّتوا (bíbtúá), یشاورون (ysháwrún), ضرّی (ḍrrí), السّرّ (as-srr), الخفآء (al-khfáʾ) as “night-season, conspired, hurt”
allusions 22% counsel 17% characteristics 11% salty 11% take 11% confer 6% evidences 6% whisperings 6% ye 6% high 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: evidences ofgleaningsGWB §438: take counsel togetherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: brinyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: evil suggestionstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: signedwill-and-testamentW&T §47: conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: counselgleaningsGWB §669: allusions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm TheegleaningsGWB §475: may harmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: sufferingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: to the wrongs Thou didst suffertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §25: injuriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: can harmgleaningsGWB §264: the harm
SE rendered بیّتوا (bíbtúá), یشاورون (ysháwrún), ضرّی (ḍrrí), السّرّ (as-srr), الخفآء (al-khfáʾ), صباح (ṣbáḥ) as “conspired, hurt, dawn”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: mysteriesgleaningsGWB §163: hiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: and the manifestation of Thy well-guarded secrettablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §18: the secret essenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: throne
SE rendered ضرّی (ḍrrí), السّرّ (as-srr), الخفآء (al-khfáʾ), صباح (ṣbáḥ), ارتکبوا (irtkbúá) as “hurt, dawn, committed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: it is no secretgleaningsGWB §555: mysterieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: passed beyond the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: so long as Thine own Essence is hiddentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: mysteriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: cannot be obscuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: concealgleaningsGWB §137: hidden
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: gave full reingleaningsGWB §495: to actkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: that which their hands have wroughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: hath unitedthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: committethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: perpetratedgleaningsGWB §300: brokenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: steed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the Concoursefire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §36: and his peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: a companyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Floodtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §13: the Celestial Concourse
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: Supremefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §290: Inaccessiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pre-eminentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: Thine all-glorioustablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
This form usually rendered as “unsheathed” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: the swordgleaningsGWB §636: of the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: swordgleaningsGWB §620: with the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: the swords that are drawn against Himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the swordsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: blades
tyranny 27% injustice 20% cruelty 13% transgressions 7% through 7% cruelly 7% oppressor 7% grievously 7% iniquitous 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: injusticegleaningsGWB §220: oppressorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: grievously wronged themwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and their wrong-doingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: tyrannywill-and-testamentW&T §5: iniquitousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: crueltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: through thy cruelty
1 occurrence in corpus
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: calumniatedfire-tabletFire §30: of slandergleaningsGWB §461: having slanderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: forgedwill-and-testamentW&T §7: slanderous chargesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: with his calumniesgleaningsGWB §77: the calumnieswill-and-testamentW&T §34: hurled their calumnies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: O wretched, wretched that I am!gleaningsGWB §312: afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: ungodlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: wicked doerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedgleaningsGWB §374: evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: miserableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: the workers of iniquity
patience 50% patient 13% long-suffering 8% patiently 4% seemly 4% resignation.… 4% endure 4% forbearance 4% steadfastness 4% endue 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy patiencefire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §254: having sustained with persevering patiencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: and patiencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §78: peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy long-suffering
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sustain its weightgleaningsGWB §286: be invested with the power to unfoldkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sustainingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Bearers ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: can bearwill-and-testamentW&T §52: forbearanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: beargleaningsGWB §523: laying the burden thereof
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: trialsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §254: the tribulations We have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: victimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §574: vexationthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: My tribulations
This form usually rendered as “trial” (1 occurrences)
injury 18% persecution 18% suffered 12% afflictions 12% pain 12% tribulations 6% infliction 6% torment 6% have 6% saddened 6%
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sayingsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §503: pronouncedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a fool—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: of Thy mouthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §71: shall be powerless to cool down its ardorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: extinguishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §394: dispiritedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: chilled heartgleaningsGWB §458: quenchingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: would instantly be extinguished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: the wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: rebellionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: wickedwill-and-testamentW&T §47: rebelliousnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of My oppressorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: the oppressorswill-and-testamentW&T §52: rebellious onesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: have transgressed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: powerfulgleaningsGWB §19: is endowed with a potency superior tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: hath strengthened methe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the powerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: forcegleaningsGWB §125: with the power of My might
