Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §30
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 30 of 268.
Source (Persian)
اقبل بقلبک الی شطر کعبة اللّه المهيمن القيّوم * ثمّ ارفع يديک باستقامة ترتفع بها ايادی الممکنات الی سماء فضل اللّه ربّ العالمين * ثمّ وجّه اليه بتوجّه تتوجّه به الکائنات الی افقه المشرق المنير * و قل ای ربّ ترانی مقبلا الی سماء جودک و بحر عطائک و معرضا عن دونک * اسألک بتجلّيات نيّر ظهورک فی الطّور و باشراقات شمس فضلک من افق اسمک الغفور ان تغفر لی و ارحمني ثمّ اکتب لی من قلمک الاعلی ما يرفعنی باسمک فی ناسوت الانشاء * ای ربّ وفّقنی علی التّوجّه اليک و اصغاء نداء اوليائک الّذين ما اضعفتهم قوّة العالم و ما منعتهم سطوة الامم اقبلوا و قالوا اللّه ربّنا و ربّ من فی السّموات و الارضين *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Set thine heart towards Him Who is the Kaaba of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, and raise thou thine hands with such firm conviction as shall cause the hands of all created things to be lifted up towards the heaven of the grace of God, the Lord of all worlds. Turn, then, thy face towards Him in such wise that the faces of all beings will turn in the direction of His shining and luminous Horizon, and say: "Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy favor, withdrawn from all else beside Thee. I ask of Thee, by the splendors of the Sun of Thy revelation on Sinai, and the effulgences of the Orb of Thy grace which shineth from the horizon of Thy Name, the Ever-Forgiving, to grant me Thy pardon and to have mercy upon me. Write down, then, for me with Thy pen of glory that which will exalt me through Thy Name in the world of creation. Aid me, O my Lord, to set myself towards Thee, and to hearken unto the voice of Thy loved ones, whom the powers of the earth have failed to weaken, and the dominion of the nations has been powerless to withhold from Thee, and who, advancing towards Thee, have said: ‘God is our Lord, the Lord of all who are in heaven and all who are on earth!'"
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Set thine heart towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: His acceptancefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §401: would draw nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE rendered اقبل (iqbl), بقلبک (bqlbk), شطر (shṭr), کعبة (kʿbh), اللّه (al-lh), المهيمن (al-mhímn) as “Set thine heart towards, the Kaaba, of God, the Help in Peril”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: souls of mengleaningsGWB §228: agitationkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: “Heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: within my heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: HimgleaningsGWB §282: the presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: courtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: North and SouthgleaningsGWB §598: the whole worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: Thy manifold bountiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §579: God’s sacred Court
SE rendered اقبل (iqbl), بقلبک (bqlbk), شطر (shṭr), کعبة (kʿbh), اللّه (al-lh), المهيمن (al-mhímn), القيّوم (al-qíqúm) as “Set thine heart towards, the Kaaba, of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting”
gleaningsGWB §661: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: the sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: the adored Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: object of my adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and the sanctuary
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §10: Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the mystic trumpetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
المهيمن
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector
SE expanded to “the Help in Peril”
help 41% omnipotent 16% supreme 13% sovereign 9% ruler 6% transcendent 3% protector 3% transcendeth 3% pervadeth 3% all-subduing 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: comefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §277: Arise to furtherkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: figureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: the seattablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
This form usually rendered as “lift”, “exalted”, “may” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hand of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §458: Hand of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §506: His Presence
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable infire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §521: the entire creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: the contingent worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: be achieved
SE expanded to “of the grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy gracegleaningsGWB §234: of immense bounteousnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: exponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: bounteousness and generositytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our LordgleaningsGWB §611: thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: of their Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His Lord
SE expanded to “of all worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: for thy learningfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §289: His knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: world ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: all thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
SE expanded to “thy face towards”
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: that befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §636: of the utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: shouldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: “Be,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered بتوجّه (btújjh), تتوجّه (ttújjh), الکائنات (al-káʾnát), افقه (ifqh), المشرق (al-mshrq), المنير (al-mnír), قل (ql), ربّ (rbb) as “in such wise, turn, all beings, of His, shining, luminous, say, Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: dayspringgleaningsGWB §561: towards the Dayspring of Glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: all-glorious Horizonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: the day-springthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: most effulgent horizonwill-and-testamentW&T §34: throughout all regionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the heavengleaningsGWB §285: mansions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: dayspringsfire-tabletFire §14: Dawning PlacegleaningsGWB §31: revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: riseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: the splendorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: splendor
resplendent 33% luminous 15% radiant 11% illumined 11% shining 7% illuminated 7% enlightened 4% enlightening 4% beaming 4% glorious 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: the firesfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §27: envelopedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: God’s lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the radiancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: saithgleaningsGWB §174: Wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: I made replyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §566: Their mouths uttertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
SE expanded to “"Thou seest me”
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §627: and bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: by Thy bountiful favorthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
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 §682: and the ocean oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: seas
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: bountyfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: vouchsafing Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy favorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: favored
turned 38% who 13% withdrawn 6% strayed 6% disbelieved 6% cast 6% repudiate 6% rejected 6% repudiated 6% faithful 6%
SE expanded to “all else beside Thee”
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I ask of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §260: ‘Askkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hath been set aflameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §214: imploreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: I imploreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseech
SE expanded to “by the splendors”
effulgent 17% splendors 17% evidences 8% revelations 8% bright 8% hath 8% glory 8% splendours 8% sacred 8% brightness 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: RevelationgleaningsGWB §64: shedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent gloriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: splendorthe-hidden-wordsHW §140: open charactersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: effulgencegleaningsGWB §377: ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendours
SE expanded to “of Thy revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: helperfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §710: hath revealed Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: letterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: of the revelationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: anothergleaningsGWB §683: mysterious and transcendentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: and soaredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: soaredwill-and-testamentW&T §42: machinationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the behaviorgleaningsGWB §557: rustlingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: At another time
This form usually rendered as “sun”, “daystar”, “day-star” (241 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §691: summit of transcendent gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the all-glorious Horizonthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: HorizongleaningsGWB §323: The Dayspring of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: forgavefire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §463: forgivenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: remissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountifulwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the Ever-ForgivinggleaningsGWB §257: wash away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: above all othergleaningsGWB §101: thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: beforethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: Me at the handsgleaningsGWB §635: encompassed thee
SE expanded to “to have mercy upon me”
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 §11: Most Compassionatefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §149: His irrefutablekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: Breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: mercy the most mercifultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
SE rendered الغفور (al-ghfúr), تغفر (tghfr), لی (lí), ارحمني (irḥmní), اکتب (iktb), لی (lí), قلمک (qlmk), الاعلی (al-áʿlí), يرفعنی (yrfʿní) as “the Ever-Forgiving, grant me Thy pardon, for me, to have mercy upon me, Thy pen, of glory, exalt me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: My BookgleaningsGWB §39: and wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: Book,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: of these Booksthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thou didst revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: the books
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the PengleaningsGWB §493: Pen of Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: Thy most exaltedwill-and-testamentW&T §1: by His All-Glorious Penepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy pengleaningsGWB §719: Our Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy pen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: transcribinggleaningsGWB §507: your subjectskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: wickedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: unto the peopletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: the world belowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: laid lowgleaningsGWB §404: satanickitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: men.”
الانشاء
literal: creation; creation/origination; creation, composition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: ofgleaningsGWB §428: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy creationwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: in the entire creation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: and fellowshipgleaningsGWB §601: fellowshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thou hast aidedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: in one accordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Aid megleaningsGWB §178: understandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: correspond
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: heargleaningsGWB §563: recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: hearkeningthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: that ye may hearkenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: hath given eargleaningsGWB §176: hearkenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: hearkenedgleaningsGWB §415: be attentive
SE expanded to “unto the voice”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: cry outfire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §323: the Callkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: Heraldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §369: by Whose summonstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: didst supplicate
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the holy onesgleaningsGWB §412: of understanding heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: provincesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: friendwill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: those amonggleaningsGWB §439: rulerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: master?”
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have failed to weaken”
weakness 24% weak 14% limited 14% all 14% feeble 10% powerless 5% faint-hearted 5% have 5% double 5% diminished 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: have failed to weakengleaningsGWB §366: feeblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: helpless onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: powerless to weakengleaningsGWB §310: potentiallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: their limited understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: uttermost weakness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: through the powergleaningsGWB §597: power to restore the forcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to Thy mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of powerwill-and-testamentW&T §25: forcesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: mightgleaningsGWB §404: vitality
SE expanded to “has been powerless to withhold”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade itgleaningsGWB §80: can obscurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: have beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: withstandtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: could deter
powers 15% dominion 15% ascendancy 15% authorities 8% aggressor 8% awful 8% sovereignty 8% influence 8% threats 8% crushing 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the dominionfire-tabletFire §6: mightgleaningsGWB §86: the awful majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the power of Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: the influenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the powersgleaningsGWB §534: vehement powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: the ascendancy
SE expanded to “of the nations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: nationsfire-tabletFire §13: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §286: Thuskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the peoples and kindredskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Imámsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: of all the nationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: before
SE expanded to “all who are on earth”
