Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §197
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 197 of 268.
Source (Persian)
الی ان قلنا فی لوح آخر يا ايّها النّاظر الی الوجه، وصّ العباد بتقوی اللّه تاللّه هو القائد الاوّل فی عساکر ربّک و جنوده الاخلاق المرضيّة و الاعمال الطّيّبة * و بها فتحت فی الاعصار و القرون مدائن الافئدة و القلوب و نصبت رايات النّصر و الظّفر علی اعلی الاعلام *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Further, in another Tablet, We have said: "O thou who hast fixed thy gaze upon My countenance! Admonish men to fear God. By God! This fear is the chief commander of the army of Thy Lord. Its hosts are a praiseworthy character and goodly deeds. Through it have the cities of men's hearts been opened throughout the ages and centuries, and the standards of ascendancy and triumph raised above all other standards."
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “We have said”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: repliedgleaningsGWB §219: We have writtenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: I made replyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: by Thy word oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
tablet 77% preserved 4% tablets 4% lawh-i-burhan 2% lawh-i-fu’ad 2% perspicuous 2% original 2% comprehend 2% guarded 2% mystic 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My TabletgleaningsGWB §189: the Tablets of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: symbolicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: holy Tabletstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: the TabletgleaningsGWB §423: My
This form usually rendered as “end”, “world”, “next” (61 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hast fixed thy gaze”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §156: with a facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: the light of Thy countenancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
testaments 10% chosen 10% viceregent 10% admonished 10% exhorted 10% counsels 10% exhort 10% wishes 10% admonitions 10% counsel 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: Chosen OnesgleaningsGWB §493: admonishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: exhortkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the wishes and admonitionswill-and-testamentW&T §38: I counsel you sayingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: testamentsgleaningsGWB §493: counselskitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: admonitions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: cloistersfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §327: man’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: appearedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
SE rendered بتقوی (btqúy), اللّه (al-lh), تاللّه (tálllh), القائد (al-qáʾd), الاوّل (al-áwwl), عساکر (ʿsákr), ربّک (rbbk), جنوده (jnúdh), الاخلاق (al-ákhláq) as “to fear, God, By God, chief commander, the, army, Thy Lord, hosts, character”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the formergleaningsGWB §174: oldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “Beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §61: of this life and ofwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Nineteen Lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: thegleaningsGWB §161: at the earliest stageskitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: Beginning that hath no beginning”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: with my LordgleaningsGWB §669: of the Lord, their Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: Essencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: pietygleaningsGWB §277: powerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: Our hostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: by Thine invisible hostswill-and-testamentW&T §5: hosts of the Realm aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: with the hostsgleaningsGWB §169: through the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: heroism
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: characteristicsfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §449: hath created theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: creation.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: Thou didst call intotablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the world was called
المرضيّة
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
This form usually rendered as “upright”, “praiseworthy”, “goodly” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: willingnessfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §656: Thy Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: Thy good pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §71: Be then contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: content
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: conductgleaningsGWB §9: befittinglykitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: what else have we doneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: Dotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: by your deedswill-and-testamentW&T §27: benevolent pursuitsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: committed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: gaingleaningsGWB §222: richkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the everlasting and goodlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §432: and refreshwill-and-testamentW&T §29: Well is it withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: healedgleaningsGWB §527: gain easekitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: sweetness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: unto the citiesgleaningsGWB §230: native cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: the CitygleaningsGWB §558: that Cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: the Tabernacleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: The citiesgleaningsGWB §560: the Word
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: of the heartsgleaningsGWB §506: your soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: understanding heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: heartsgleaningsGWB §537: the minds
SE rendered القرون (al-qrún), مدائن (mdáʾn), الافئدة (al-áfʾdh), القلوب (al-qlúb), نصبت (nṣbt), رايات (ráyát), النّصر (an-nṣr), الظّفر (aẓ-ẓfr) as “centuries, cities, men's hearts, raised, standards, ascendancy, triumph”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turngleaningsGWB §680: soulkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: want of understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: hast turnedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: thine heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: raisedgleaningsGWB §612: shall be setkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: his favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: hath been lifted upthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: deprive themwill-and-testamentW&T §23: their share and portionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: portiongleaningsGWB §157: upon
This form usually rendered as “victory”, “aid”, “help” (32 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: aid Thy Causefire-tabletFire §29: of Thy succorgleaningsGWB §629: Help Thoukitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: Christiansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: helperswill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have aided
SE rendered رايات (ráyát), النّصر (an-nṣr), الظّفر (aẓ-ẓfr), اعلی (iʿlí), الاعلام (al-áʿlám) as “standards, ascendancy, triumph”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: but knowfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §404: Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: become manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and the knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
