Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §20
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 20 of 268.
Source (Persian)
مشکاة بيان را اين کلمه بمثابه مصباح است * ای اهل عالم همه بار يک داريد و برگ يک شاخسار بکمال محبّت و اتّحاد و مودّت و اتّفاق سلوک نمائيد قسم بافتاب حقيقت نور اتّفاق افاق را روشن و منوّر سازد * حقّ اگاه گواه اين گفتار بوده و هست
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light are these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. He Who is the Day-Star of Truth beareth Me witness! So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. The One true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “lamp”, “shelter”, “niche” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy words “Despair notfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §603: a certain truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a fool—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: through the wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: these exalted words
SE rendered مشکاة (mshkáh), بيان (bíán), کلمه (klmh), بمثابه (bmthábh), مصباح (mṣbáḥ), اهل (ihl), عالم (ʿálm), همه (hmh) as “The utterance, of God, is a lamp, ye, all”
SE rendered مشکاة (mshkáh), بيان (bíán), کلمه (klmh), بمثابه (bmthábh), مصباح (mṣbáḥ), اهل (ihl), عالم (ʿálm), همه (hmh), بار (bár), يک (yk) as “The utterance, of God, is a lamp, ye, all, fruits, one”
This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (130 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: they that dwellgleaningsGWB §299: the inhabitantskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: them that haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: the denizensthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: among the dwellers of Thy realm
SE rendered اهل (ihl), عالم (ʿálm), همه (hmh), بار (bár), يک (yk), داريد (dáríd), برگ (brg), يک (yk) as “ye, all, fruits, one, tree, leaves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: “arts and sciencesfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §303: a worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: exalted and learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
5 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “tree”, “keep” (8 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
5 occurrences in corpus
utmost 29% greatest 12% perfect 12% utter 12% infinite 6% unmistakable 6% absolute 6% extreme 6% plenitude 6% sanctified 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: infinitegleaningsGWB §37: fulfillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: gravestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: become imperfectthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have perfectedwill-and-testamentW&T §52: with allepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: hath been fulfilledgleaningsGWB §13: absolute
love 70% loving-kindness 9% utmost 5% kindliness 2% affection 2% fellowship 2% hearts 2% lovers 2% loving 2% love?” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: prized and greatly cherishedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: of loving-kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: is the good pleasuretablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wish
unity 52% harmony 15% union 7% fellowship 4% concord 4% unite 4% all 4% harmonizing 4% towards 4% cleave 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the unionfire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §135: ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy singleness and unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
friendliness 50% fellowship 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: LovinggleaningsGWB §259: the Lovingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: those of Thy loved oneswill-and-testamentW&T §35: affectionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: fellowshipgleaningsGWB §402: Loving!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §2: of Thy tendernessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: friendliness
unity 26% concord 21% fellowship 11% unanimously 11% unitedly 5% harmony 5% peace 5% perfect 5% union 5% leagued 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: unitygleaningsGWB §178: understandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: according toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: Thou wilt aid uswill-and-testamentW&T §19: unanimouslyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: assistgleaningsGWB §395: perfect fellowshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: favoured
SE rendered اتّحاد (ittḥád), مودّت (múddt), اتّفاق (ittfáq), سلوک (slúk), نمائيد (nmáʾíd), قسم (qsm), بافتاب (báftáb), حقيقت (ḥqíqt), نور (núr), اتّفاق (ittfáq) as “harmony, friendliness, unity, Deal, beareth Me witness, Day-Star, Truth, light”
SE expanded to “beareth Me witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: dividedgleaningsGWB §361: Such was their faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: By the righteousness of Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: By thewill-and-testamentW&T §38: By the Ancient Beautyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: their portiongleaningsGWB §652: I swearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: like manner
This form usually rendered as “daystar”, “sun” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The sungleaningsGWB §289: countless Luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: ‘sun’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: Day-Starsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun of TruthgleaningsGWB §44: Luminarykitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and by
truth 69% reality 10% true 3% truth-seeker 3% sun 3% nature 3% essence 3% verities 3% significance 3% symbolic 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: trulygleaningsGWB §484: duekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: incontrovertibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: in very truththe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §38: of His Most Divineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: veritable
light 80% illumine 5% radiance 4% brightness 2% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glory 1% source 1% splendour 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: illuminedfire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §120: radiance ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: inextinguishable Lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: the brightness of the lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §63: of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the world of creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldgleaningsGWB §611: Realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: of the Dayspring
This form usually rendered as “illumined”, “burning”, “resplendent” (11 occurrences)
illuminate 67% envelop 33%
cognizant 21% acquainted 14% aware 14% well-informed 7% know 7% become 7% unaware 7% became 7% perceive 7% understood 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: become awaregleaningsGWB §145: understoodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: became cognizantgleaningsGWB §389: understandingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: awaregleaningsGWB §333: take heedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: cognizantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: well-informed
This form usually rendered as “testify”, “beareth”, “witnesseth” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “remaineth”, “recorded”, “still” (18 occurrences)
