Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §114
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 114 of 268.
Source (Persian)
يا شيخ انّ قلمی ينوح لنفسی و اللّوح يبکی بما ورد عَلَیَّ من الّذی حفظناه فی سنين متواليات و کان ان يخدم امام وجهی فی اللّيالی و الايّام الی ان اغواه احد خدّامی الّذی سُمِّیَ بسيّد محمّد يشهد بذلک عباد موقنون الّذين هاجروا معی من الزّوراء الی ان وردنا فی هذا السّجن العظيم * و ورد منهما عَلَیَّ ما صاح به کلّ عالم و ناح به کلّ عارف و ذرفت دموع المنصفين * نسأل اللّه ان يؤيّد الغافلين علی العدل و الانصاف و يعرّفهم ما غفلوا عنه انّه هو الفضّال الکريم *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Shaykh! My Pen, verily, lamenteth over Mine own Self, and My Tablet weepeth sore over what hath befallen Me at the hands of one (Mírzá Yaḥyá) over whom We watched for successive years, and who, day and night, served in My presence, until he was made to err by one of My servants, named Siyyid Muḥammad. Unto this bear witness My believing servants who accompanied Me in My exile from Baghdád to this, the Most Great Prison. And there befell Me at the hands of both of them that which made every man of understanding to cry out, and he who is endued with insight to groan aloud, and the tears of the fair-minded to flow.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: Sublime PengleaningsGWB §719: Our Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: Pen of thegleaningsGWB §493: Pen of Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: Thy most exalted Pen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: hath provoked the lamentationsfire-tabletFire §47: wailinggleaningsGWB §231: bemoankitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: prayerfully exhortedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: have lamentedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: lamentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: mournfire-tabletFire §47: I
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
SE expanded to “over Mine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: a corrupt inclinationgleaningsGWB §135: His own Selfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: no oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: for His saketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: is utteredgleaningsGWB §423: Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: solemnlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: pages of the booktablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §1: in the Preserved Tabletepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy TabletsgleaningsGWB §286: except
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepethgleaningsGWB §292: weepeth soreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my bitter wailingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weepgleaningsGWB §67: wouldst weepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: didst weepgleaningsGWB §154: wept
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the things which have befallengleaningsGWB §180: participatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: not to inflictprayers-and-meditationsP&M §27: the troubles that have touchedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: there befellgleaningsGWB §466: hath sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: have inflicted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: sparedgleaningsGWB §636: can never profanekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §306: will keep them safetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §3: the protectionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: shield
This form usually rendered as “successive” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: holy onesgleaningsGWB §240: His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: to help us befriendwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the LordgleaningsGWB §689: By the righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: turning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: servicegleaningsGWB §513: the best interestskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: in the serviceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: him adequate servicewill-and-testamentW&T §19: important servicesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: Our servantsgleaningsGWB §112: to serve Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: went
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the followers of JohngleaningsGWB §180: unlettered Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: other communitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: all the peoplesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: before the throne of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §170: its peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: spiritual leadersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: peoples and kindreds
SE rendered متواليات (mtúálíát), يخدم (ykhdm), امام (imám), وجهی (wjhí), اللّيالی (al-líálí), الايّام (al-áyyám) as “successive, served, in My presence, night, day and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the night seasongleaningsGWB §492: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: in the daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: Day and nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: blessed nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the day-timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nights
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: on the DaygleaningsGWB §111: lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of the dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: throughout my lifewill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that daygleaningsGWB §417: blessed Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven and on earth
This form usually rendered as “made” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: made to errfire-tabletFire §8: heightgleaningsGWB §725: Desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: ultimateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: the cherished desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §10: surely strayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: dearest wishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: the highest aspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §584: of no onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the everlasting and goodlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §115: None
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in the namegleaningsGWB §101: a different namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: in the name ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: in Thy nameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: NamegleaningsGWB §347: Hebrewprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: titlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: named
SE rendered احد (iḥd), خدّامی (khddámí), سُمِّیَ (summí), بسيّد (bsísd), محمّد (mḥmmd), يشهد (yshhd), بذلک (bdhlk), عباد (ʿbád) as “one, of My servants, named, Siyyid Muḥammad, bear witness, Unto this, My believing servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: the PrincegleaningsGWB §125: the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: “Princeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: O my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: Siyyidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cynosure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: “PraisedgleaningsGWB §163: time Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: praiseworthytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Praise begleaningsGWB §717: All praise be
This form usually rendered as “testifieth”, “beareth”, “testify” (57 occurrences)
testifieth 22% beareth 22% testify 18% bear 13% witness 7% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% witnesseth 2% well 2%
This form usually rendered as “thereupon”, “wherefore”, “unto” (75 occurrences)
SE expanded to “My believing servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: manfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §717: the Object of the adorationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
SE rendered محمّد (mḥmmd), يشهد (yshhd), بذلک (bdhlk), عباد (ʿbád), موقنون (múqnún), الّذين (adh-dhín), هاجروا (hájrúá), معی (mʿí), الزّوراء (az-zúráʾ) as “Siyyid Muḥammad, bear witness, Unto this, My believing servants, who, accompanied, Me, Baghdád”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: them who are well assuredfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §555: of absolute certitudekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Certitude,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of certaintytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: certitudegleaningsGWB §397: assure him
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: He WhogleaningsGWB §524: that of your dependentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: Whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: and by Him Whomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: doubtersgleaningsGWB §242: Him Whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: through which
This form usually rendered as “accompanied”, “forsaken”, “abandoned” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: departedfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §118: separationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: bereavementprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: its remotenesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: remoteness from Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: EMIGRANTSepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: accompanied
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: with itgleaningsGWB §265: are associated with theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: And yetepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: MegleaningsGWB §277: with youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: besides Him”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: notwithstandinggleaningsGWB §311: With them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: visitgleaningsGWB §215: visiteth theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: the Zíyáratprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: gazewill-and-testamentW&T §6: slanderously falsifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: befittedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: gazed onepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: pilgrim
SE expanded to “Most Great Prison”
prison 53% most 19% prison-city 7% dungeon 5% imprisonment 5% prison-house 5% prisoner 2% prison-cell 2% afflictive 2% shut 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §163: the prison-cellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: His prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §8: imprisoned onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §459: a prisonerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: and deliverestwill-and-testamentW&T §4: this, the Most Great Prison
SE rendered وردنا (wrdná), السّجن (as-sjn), العظيم (al-ʿẓím), ورد (wrd), منهما (mnhmá), صاح (ṣáḥ) as “Most Great Prison, there befell, both of them, cry out”
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §183: most mightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: abovethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: great a bountygleaningsGWB §683: terrible
This form usually rendered as “others”, “some” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (363 occurrences)
SE expanded to “man of understanding”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: unawarefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §74: Its sicknesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: laws and teachingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: the realm oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
This form usually rendered as “recognize”, “discernment”, “apprehended” (24 occurrences)
recognize 18% discernment 9% apprehended 9% comprehended 9% all-perceiving 9% profoundest 9% thou 9% comprehend 9% failed 9% man 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: apprehendedgleaningsGWB §117: apprehend!”kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: knoweth othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: breath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: tears of every mangleaningsGWB §410: weepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: their tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: tears cameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: the tearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and by the tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tears they shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: tears
SE expanded to “of the fair-minded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: Judge ye equitablygleaningsGWB §180: injusticekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: unfairthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou arightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: Judge ye fairlygleaningsGWB §466: justkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: is it fairepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the fair-minded
SE rendered عارف (ʿárf), ذرفت (dhrft), دموع (dmúʿ), المنصفين (al-mnṣfín), نسأل (nsʾal), اللّه (al-lh), يؤيّد (yʾíʾd), الغافلين (al-gháflín) as “aloud,, to flow, the tears, of the fair-minded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §39: thy questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: I begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §259: questionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: suppliantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseecheth
SE rendered ذرفت (dhrft), دموع (dmúʿ), المنصفين (al-mnṣfín), نسأل (nsʾal), اللّه (al-lh), يؤيّد (yʾíʾd), الغافلين (al-gháflín) as “to flow, the tears, of the fair-minded”
SE rendered دموع (dmúʿ), المنصفين (al-mnṣfín), نسأل (nsʾal), اللّه (al-lh), يؤيّد (yʾíʾd), الغافلين (al-gháflín) as “the tears, of the fair-minded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: aidgleaningsGWB §679: obtain admittanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: graciously aidepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: may God assistepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: Helperepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: assistepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: aided
SE rendered يؤيّد (yʾíʾd), الغافلين (al-gháflín) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the waywardgleaningsGWB §655: from Thy pathkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: knew not, howeverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: failed to apprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: neglectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: heedless onesgleaningsGWB §542: that are gone astray
SE rendered يؤيّد (yʾíʾd), الغافلين (al-gháflín), العدل (al-ʿdl) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: fairnessgleaningsGWB §473: and of justiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: failed to repaytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to be justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: before the throne of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §520: equitably towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §635: behindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §572: from enteringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §28: and beyond
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hand of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §636: by virtue of Our gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: exalted youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: by Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
SE rendered الفضّال (al-fḍḍál), الکريم (al-krím) as “”
most 41% all-bountiful 23% generous 13% bountiful 5% god 5% goodness 3% noble 3% all-powerful 3% bounteousness 3% wisdom 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: generosityfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §159: Bountifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: the God of bounteousnesswill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: All-Bountiful
