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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: bangleaningsGWB §310: glorious perfectionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: unabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-Highest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: them that serve Himfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §173: children of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: Objectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: the souls of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the countenance of truthfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §516: are increasingkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: are settablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
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 §144: illuminatefire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §667: with the flamekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of the morning lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: them who are well assuredfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §283: them that believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Certitude,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: and are persuadedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of certitudegleaningsGWB §276: believe and recognize
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: radiancefire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §383: of the glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: luminousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: Lightstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the Ancient Dayspring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §198: above the dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: horizon of Thy gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the horizongleaningsGWB §691: summit of transcendent gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: the whole world
SE expanded to “to be deprived”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: an actfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §486: givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: pretentiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: Thou hast causedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: maketh
SE rendered مشيّتک (mshíhtk), تجعلهم (tjʿlhm), الهی (al-hí), محرومين (mḥrúmín), بحور (bḥúr), آياتک (áyátk), ربّ (rbb) as “Thy will, to be deprived, O my God, the oceans, Thy signs, my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Withhold not yourselvesgleaningsGWB §507: honorkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: spiritually destituteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: withhold not fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: dishonor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the ocean of knowledgefire-tabletFire §3: WheregleaningsGWB §128: of thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: the billowing oceanstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favor
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §232: His signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: acquaintedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Thy wordstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your LordgleaningsGWB §327: divinely ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: “Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: the Lord yourtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: her Lord
mercy 75% have 6% most 4% tender 3% merciful 2% all-merciful 2% grace 2% late 2% compassionate 2% will 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §458: Hand of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: my handtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §163: by the sword
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have been drowned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: founderedfire-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 §175: superstitiousfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §414: prompted by their vain imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: idle and faulty conceptionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: all vain imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: wholly forfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §680: essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: that are wholly devotedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: pure
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: through the mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §377: rank and stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: Ponder for a momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of Thy strengthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the kingsgleaningsGWB §43: His earthly sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of its ancient sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: King of
This form usually rendered as “save”, “deliver” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy right hand”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the right handgleaningsGWB §537: on his right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: His right handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy right handgleaningsGWB §485: right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: Whose right handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: right-handgleaningsGWB §128: to draw nigh
SE expanded to “all that is on earth”
