Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §220
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 220 of 268.
Source (Persian)
الهی الهی لا تمنع عبادک عن التّوجّه الی نور الايقان الّذی اشرق من افق سماء مشيّتک و لا تجعلهم يا الهی محرومين عن بحور آياتک * ای ربّ هم عبادک فی بلادک و ارقّاؤک فی ديارک * ان لم ترحمهم من يرحمهم * خذ يا الهی ايادی الّذين غرقوا فی بحر الاوهام و خلّصهم بقدرتک و سلطانک ثمّ انقذهم بذراعی اقتدارک انّک انت المقتدر علی ما تشاء و فی يمينک زمام من فی السّموات و الارضين *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O God, my God! Debar not Thy servants from turning their faces towards the light of certitude, that hath dawned above the horizon of Thy will, and suffer them not to be deprived, O my God, of the oceans of Thy signs. They, O my Lord, are Thy servants in Thy cities, and Thy slaves in Thy lands. If Thou hast not mercy upon them, who, then, will show them mercy? Take Thou, O my God, the hands of such as have been drowned in the sea of idle fancies, and deliver them by Thy power and Thy sovereignty. Save them, then, with the arms of Thy might. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest, and in Thy right hand are the reins of all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth.
Translation Notes
مشيّتک
literal: thing; something; to will; to wish; to desire; to open; to unfold; to reveal
