Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §191
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 191 of 268.
Source (Persian)
يا شيخ احضر لتری ما لا رأت عيون الابداع و تسمع ما لا سمعت آذان الاختراع لعلّک تخلّص نفسک من طين الاوهام و تتوجّه الی المقام الاعلی الّذی فيه ينادی المظلوم الملک للّه العزيز الحميد * اميد انکه بهمّت ان جناب اجنحه عباد از طين نفس و هواء مطهّر شود و قابل طيران در هواء محبّت الهی گردد پرهای بطين الوده قادر بر طيران نبوده و نيست * يشهد بذلک مظاهر العدل و الانصاف و لکنّ القوم فی ريب مبين *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Shaykh! Enter thou My presence, that thou mayest behold what the eye of the universe hath never beheld, and hear that which the ear of the whole creation hath never heard, that haply thou mayest free thyself from the mire of vague fancies, and set thy face towards the Most Sublime Station, wherein this Wronged One calleth aloud: "The Kingdom is God's, the Almighty, the All-Praised!" We fain would hope that through thine exertions the wings of men may be sanctified from the mire of self and desire, and be made worthy to soar in the atmosphere of God's love. Wings that are besmirched with mire can never soar. Unto this testify they who are the exponents of justice and equity, and yet the people are in evident doubt.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Enter thou My presence”
SE expanded to “that thou mayest behold”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thou seestfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §359: We see in Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: see Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceived
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: appointgleaningsGWB §505: thine eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: with Thine own eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: with Mine eye
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “entire”, “created” (35 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: in the whole universegleaningsGWB §176: this wondrous favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Eastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: Thine inventiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: wondrousgleaningsGWB §116: The wonders
SE expanded to “hear that which”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: have never heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §29: for having enabled me to hearkenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: I heartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: permissiongleaningsGWB §251: by His leavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: by anytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the eargleaningsGWB §661: purge thine ear
SE expanded to “the whole creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: been devisedgleaningsGWB §696: all creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: world of creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: and fashionedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have wroughtgleaningsGWB §556: uttermost endsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §642: the realm of Thine inventiongleaningsGWB §548: the eye of creation
This form usually rendered as “free” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: them who are devoted to Godfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §417: holykitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: all who are wholly devoted to Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purestwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: such as are devoted to Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: unto ThyselfgleaningsGWB §669: of their own conceptionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: My beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: ustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: according to its own standard
SE expanded to “of vague fancies”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: vain fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §375: fleeting fancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and idle imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
SE expanded to “set thy face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: facesfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §156: with a facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: we still set our facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
SE expanded to “the Most Sublime Station”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: Qá’imfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §716: with unswerving resolvekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: within theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: pursued steadfastlytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
SE rendered الاوهام (al-áwhám), تتوجّه (ttújjh), المقام (al-mqám), الاعلی (al-áʿlí), ينادی (ynádí), المظلوم (al-mẓlúm), الملک (al-mlk) as “of vague fancies, set thy face, the Most Sublime Station, calleth aloud, this Wronged One, "The Kingdom”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: heightsfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §424: hasten ye untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: most exalted Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: through the ennobling influencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Divine Voicefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §366: to the voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: and proclaimtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: she thus exclaimedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My voice that calleth
SE expanded to “this Wronged One”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: oppressed onefire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §490: from his tyrannykitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: shall the sun be darkenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: have transgressedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: for their crueltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the oppressed
kingdom 24% king 23% sovereign 12% dominion 8% kingdoms 8% world 7% sovereignty 5% angels 4% earth 4% all-possessing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the angelsgleaningsGWB §286: proclaimingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: is the empiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: I have no control over
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: God’s divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: as a mark of honorgleaningsGWB §195: resistlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: Dear friend!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Glorifiertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §219: All praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §534: Praise be unto Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised begleaningsGWB §343: Magnify His Name
SE expanded to “We fain would hope”
SE expanded to “through thine exertions”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: endeavorfire-tabletFire §13: AnguishgleaningsGWB §697: your minds and willskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: the utmost endeavourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: sorrowsthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: endeavorswill-and-testamentW&T §19: importantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: Their concern
This form usually rendered as “atmosphere”, “heights”, “immensity” (37 occurrences)
atmosphere 48% heights 16% immensity 6% heavens 6% heaven 6% desire 3% firmament 3% limitless 3% precincts 3% sublimities 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: shall be cleansedgleaningsGWB §486: cleanse thine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: wash themthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: puregleaningsGWB §156: He it is Who purifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: Guard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: acceptedfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §471: in times pastkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: precedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: as have set themselves towards Himtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
love 72% loving-kindness 6% affection 4% exultation 4% kindness 2% utmost 2% hearts 2% kindliness 2% lovers 2% loving 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: My love for Himfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §597: heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: what devotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: by Thy lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Mewill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered محبّت (mḥbbt), الهی (al-hí), گردد (grdd), پرهای (prháy), بطين (bṭín), الوده (al-wdh), قادر (qádr), بر (br), طيران (ṭírán), نبوده (nbúdh) as “love, God's, Wings that, are besmirched with mire, can never, soar, are”
besmirched 50% defiled 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: how great the amountfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §138: have been foreordainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: numerousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: Ordain for metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: thy capacity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: never beengleaningsGWB §110: they passed throughkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: laykitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: hath ever existedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: I wasthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: ye werewill-and-testamentW&T §19: shall at all times beepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: had
SE expanded to “Unto this testify”
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: beareth Me witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §328: Regard thoukitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: put to a shameful deathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: scenetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: openly manifest
SE expanded to “they who are the exponents”
manifestations 67% exponents 11% manifestation 5% who 4% embodiments 4% emblems 3% through 3% symbols 2% revealers 2% person 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: in the person of His Manifestationfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §134: the manifestation of each one of themkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: effulgentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: meltedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: yield
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy justicegleaningsGWB §482: strive thou to rule with equitykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: equityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: or resemblancethe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §36: rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: comparegleaningsGWB §520: of them that act equitably towards their neighbor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: Be fairgleaningsGWB §195: Judge ye fairlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: unfairprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: to act equitablythe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou arightwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this iniquitous personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: of them that judge equitablygleaningsGWB §180: injustice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: doubt Our truthgleaningsGWB §555: and misgivingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: misgivingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §670: of the doubtersthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: a doubt thereofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: doubtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: doubtsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: from the doubters
SE rendered الانصاف (an-nṣáf), لکنّ (lknn), القوم (al-qúm), ريب (ríb), مبين (mbín) as “equity, yet, the people, evident doubt”
manifest 30% palpable 12% resplendent 9% expounder 9% luminous 9% evident 7% lucid 7% perspicuous 7% clear 5% plainly 5%
