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Will and Testament — §48

Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 48 of 59.

Source (Persian)

و تری یا الهی لم یزدهم صبری و تحمّلی و صمتی الّا ظلماً و عتوّاً و استکباراً فوعزّتک یا محبوبی طغوا و بغوا حتّی لم یدعونی آناً مستریح الفؤاد ساکن الجأش حتّی اقوم علی اعلآء کلمتک کما ینبغی بین الوری و اخدم عتبة قدسک بقلب طافح بسرور اهل ملکوت الأبهی

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Thou seest, O my God! how my long-suffering, my forbearance and silence have increased their cruelty, their arrogance and their pride. By Thy Glory, O Beloved One! They have misbelieved in Thee and rebelled against Thee in such wise that they left me not a moment of rest and quiet, that I might arise, as it is meet and seemly, to exalt Thy Word amidst mankind, and might serve at Thy Threshold of Holiness with a heart that overfloweth with the joy of the dwellers of the Abhá Kingdom.

Translation Notes

تری
r-ʾ-y → “Thou seest”

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

یا
y-ʾ → “O”

literal: O; or

الهی
ʾ-l-h → “my God”

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

لم
l-y-s → “not”

literal: to reproach; blame; censure

یزدهم
z-y-d → “increased”

literal: increase; excess; more; additional; to increase; to grow; to be added

صبری
ṣ-б-r → “My patience”

literal: patience; forbearance; endurance; to be patient

تحمّلی
ḥ-m-l → “my forbearance”

literal: to bear; to endure; to carry; to tolerate

صمتی
ṣ-m-t → “silence”

literal: silence; to be silent

الّا
ʾ-kh-r

literal: except; but; if not; lo; now; at this time; save; only; unless

ظلماً
ẓ-l-m → “cruelty”

literal: wrongedness, oppression, meekness; state of being wronged or oppressed

عتوّاً
ʿ-t-y → “their arrogance”

literal: arrogance; rebellion; defiance

استکباراً
k-b-r → “their pride” Distinctive

literal: great; grand; mighty; large; greatness; majesty; sovereignty; arrogance

فوعزّتک
ʿ-z-z → “By Thy Glory”

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

محبوبی
ḥ-b-b → “Beloved One” Distinctive

literal: love; affection

طغوا
ṭ-gh-y → “oppressors” Distinctive

literal: transgression; rebellion; tyranny

بغوا
b-gh-y → “becometh” Distinctive

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

حتّی
ḥ-t-y → “even”

literal: to be necessary, inevitable; determined

یدعونی
w-d-ʿ → “entrusted” Distinctive

literal: call, invocation, summons; to call, invite, summon

آناً
ʾ-n → “to”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مستریح
r-w-ḥ → “rest” Distinctive

literal: rest; ease; comfort; tranquility; wind; breeze; spirit; fragrance; scent; aroma

الفؤاد
f-ʾ-d → “the hearts”

literal: heart, innermost soul, mind; heart; inner consciousness; mind; one who benefits; advantageous

ساکن
s-k-n → “quiet” Distinctive

literal: stillness, rest, quietude, tranquility

الجأش
j-ʾ-sh

literal: heart; courage; soul; resolution

اقوم
q-w-m → “arise”

literal: rising; standing; uprising; resurrection

علی
ʿ-l-w → “to exalt”

literal: highest; most high; supreme

کلمتک
k-l-m → “Thy Word”

literal: words; utterances; locutions; word; utterance; speech; sayings; verses

کما
k-m → “as it is”

literal: as; like; how much; lane; street; quarter; abode

ینبغی
n-b-gh → “behooveth”

literal: it is proper; it is fitting; it is necessary; it behooves

بین
b-y-n → “amidst”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident; in; among; between; at this moment

الوری
w-r-y → “mankind”

literal: mankind; people; human beings; behind; after

اخدم
kh-d-m → “serve”

literal: service; servitude; to serve

عتبة
ʿ-t-b → “eminent officials” Distinctive

literal: respectable; credible, reliable; threshold

قدسک
q-d-s → “of Holiness”

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

بقلب
q-l-b → “with a heart”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

طافح
ṭ-f-ḥ → “brimmeth over”

literal: overflowing; brimming; full to the brim

بسرور
s-r-r → “with the joy”

literal: throne; couch; seat of authority

اهل
ʾ-h-l → “people”

literal: people; inhabitants; family; kin; worthy; deserving; my family; my people; my kin

ملکوت
m-l-k → “of the” Distinctive

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty; possessions; property; ownership

الأبهی
b-h-w → “Abhá” Distinctive

literal: splendor; glory; magnificence; Bahá (Proper Name in Bahá’í texts)

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