Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §190
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 190 of 268.
Source (Persian)
عند ذلک سمعنا ضجيج الفطرة قلنا مالی يا فطرة اسمع فی اللّيالی صريخک و فی الايام ضجيک و فی الاسحار حنينک * قالت يا سيّد العالم الظّاهر بالاسم الاعظم قد عقر الغافلون ناقتک البيضاء و غرّقوا سفينتک الحمراء و ارادوا ان يطفئوا نورک و يستروا وجه امرک * بذلک ارتفع حنينی و حنين الاشياء کلّها و النّاس اکثرهم من الغافلين * امروز فطرت باذيال کرم تشبّث نموده و طائف حول گشته *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thereupon We heard the groaning of the true Faith, and said unto it: "Wherefore, O true Faith, do I hear Thee cry out in the night season, and groan in the daytime, and utter Thy lamentations at daybreak?" She made reply: "O Prince of the world that standest revealed in the Most Great Name! The heedless ones have hamstrung Thy white She-Camel, and caused Thy Crimson Ark to founder, and wished to put out Thy Light, and to veil the face of Thy Cause. Wherefore hath the voice of My lamentation been lifted up, as well as the voice of the lamentation of all created things, and yet the people are for the most part unaware." The true Faith hath laid fast hold, in this day, on the hem of Our bounty, and circleth about Our Person.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: inner earsfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §725: hearkenedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: that inclineth his earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: attune his earstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
This form usually rendered as “sighs”, “voice”, “sighing” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighsgleaningsGWB §619: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the sighstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §647: clamorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: cleft asundergleaningsGWB §128: by virtue of theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: split asundertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the MakergleaningsGWB §300: the naturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: We saidgleaningsGWB §575: his speechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: concerning His wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §566: utteredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
This form usually rendered as “wealth” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: possessionsgleaningsGWB §361: substance and kindredkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: richeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: their substancethe-hidden-wordsHW §130: ON MORTAL RICHESepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: substancegleaningsGWB §406: the treasureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: sacrifice our substance
SE expanded to “the night season”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: the daytimegleaningsGWB §492: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: blessed nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: Day and nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: the nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the day-timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nights
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: cried out togleaningsGWB §619: their lamentation and weepingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: criestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: such a cryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: cry outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the crytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: utteredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cry
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: dawngleaningsGWB §464: magic.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: sorcery.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: at the hour of dawnthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: midnightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: Many a dawngleaningsGWB §482: at every break of daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: the dawn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: lamentationgleaningsGWB §170: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: the voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: crygleaningsGWB §118: moansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: voice of His lamentationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: lamentationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: lamenting
This form usually rendered as “siyyid”, “lord”, “prince” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: the PrincegleaningsGWB §125: the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Masterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: “Princeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: O my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cynosure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: arts and sciencesfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §291: the All-Wisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: commentatorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: perpetratedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §135: He hath, verily, manifestedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: translateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE expanded to “in the Most Great Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §112: of Heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: whose namesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: Thy most excellent namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
SE rendered سيّد (sísd), العالم (al-ʿálm), الظّاهر (aẓ-ẓáhr), بالاسم (bálásm), الاعظم (al-áʿẓm), عقر (ʿqr), الغافلون (al-gháflún), ناقتک (náqtk), البيضاء (al-bíḍáʾ) as “Prince, the world, standest revealed, in the Most Great Name, hamstrung, heedless ones, She-Camel, white”
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the waywardgleaningsGWB §281: slumberkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: that we may utterly forgetthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: heedlessnessgleaningsGWB §247: their total disregard
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: whitenessgleaningsGWB §200: His snow-white Handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: brightnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: whitegleaningsGWB §588: shiningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: white handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: have turned white
SE rendered عقر (ʿqr), الغافلون (al-gháflún), ناقتک (náqtk), البيضاء (al-bíḍáʾ), غرّقوا (ghrrqúá), سفينتک (sfíntk), الحمراء (al-ḥmráʾ), ارادوا (irádúá) as “hamstrung, heedless ones, She-Camel, white, Ark, Crimson, wished”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: have been drownedfire-tabletFire §25: is drowninggleaningsGWB §668: the sloughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: in whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: be so immersedthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: immersedwill-and-testamentW&T §32: submergedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: drowned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: and crimsongleaningsGWB §337: Crimson Arkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: assesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: dye the earth with metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: most loftywill-and-testamentW&T §10: dyed crimsonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: Crimsonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stone.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: his purposegleaningsGWB §250: hath purposedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: proclaim theirtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: by the willgleaningsGWB §592: He willeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: put outgleaningsGWB §600: quenchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: quenchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: must cease from burningwill-and-testamentW&T §47: stayedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: put out His lightgleaningsGWB §458: putting outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: extinguish
light 56% splendors 10% lights 6% illumined 5% resplendent 5% most 4% illumine 4% luminous 3% radiance 3% brightness 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: into lightfire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §399: radiantkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: of a divine Guidanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §408: the luminariestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: concealedfire-tabletFire §45: Thou ConcealergleaningsGWB §203: sleepkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: latentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: Invisibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: all veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: been hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: the Concealer
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: in no wisefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §667: faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: have respondedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
SE expanded to “been lifted up”
SE expanded to “all created things”
SE rendered ارتفع (irtfʿ), حنينی (ḥníní), حنين (ḥnín), الاشياء (ash-shíáʾ), کلّها (kllhá), النّاس (an-nás), اکثرهم (ikthrhm), الغافلين (al-gháflín) as “been lifted up, lamentation, all created things, people, for the most part, unaware”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the dumbgleaningsGWB §18: all turned awaykitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: His all-embracingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: the traces of alltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: bethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §36: with all the ardour
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: mengleaningsGWB §128: wayward soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: men forwill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankindgleaningsGWB §467: of his fellowmenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: most of the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of others
SE expanded to “for the most part”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: manygleaningsGWB §224: bountifulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: greater partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: most mengleaningsGWB §493: most of the peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: pluralityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: Most ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: all inordinate desire
SE expanded to “in this day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosity
SE expanded to “laid fast hold”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: clinging togleaningsGWB §411: take firm holdkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: set our hearts onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: and clingingwill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: clung untogleaningsGWB §224: scrupulously observe
hath 23% had 15% laid 8% spoke 8% proclaimed 8% groan 8% revealed 8% informed 8% shining 8% besprinkled 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: circledgleaningsGWB §216: will circlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Christian communityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: who move abouttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §24: kindredsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: circlethgleaningsGWB §406: they who lived
This form usually rendered as “round”, “around”, “through” (36 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: Now is the momentgleaningsGWB §125: hinderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: Beholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: came in betweentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: whilst
SE rendered کرم (krm), تشبّث (tshbbth), نموده (nmúdh), طائف (ṭáʾf), حول (ḥúl), گشته (gshth) as “bounty, laid fast hold, hath, circleth, about”
