Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §45
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 45 of 268.
Source (Persian)
و در مقام ديگر * افتاب بيان الهی را غروب اخذ ننمايد و افول از پی در نيايد * امروز اين کلمه عليا از سدره منتهی اصغا شد انّی لمن احبّنی و اخذ اوامری و نبذ ما نهی عنه فی کتابی *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And still again in another connection: "The Sun of Divine Utterance can never set, neither can its radiance be extinguished. These sublime words have, in this day, been heard from the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing: ‘I belong to him that loveth Me, that holdeth fast My commandments, and casteth away the things forbidden him in My Book.'"
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: truthfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §602: station, the stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: arise toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: the Resurrectiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: anotherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Once morewill-and-testamentW&T §54: another wayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: elseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: other
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: utterance orfire-tabletFire §38: wordsgleaningsGWB §669: No tie of direct intercoursekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: of the Bayánprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: noised abroadthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §45: set forth clearly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: setfire-tabletFire §18: a foreign landgleaningsGWB §363: wondrouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: uttermost endsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: a strangertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: banishmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: of exilewill-and-testamentW&T §35: my exile
arrested 28% seize 17% hath 11% seek 11% inebriated 6% assumption 6% seized 6% rescued 6% overwhelmed 6% apprehended 6%
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered الهی (al-hí), غروب (ghrúb), اخذ (ikhdh), ننمايد (nnmáyd), افول (ifúl), از (iz), پی (pí), نيايد (níáyd), امروز (imrúz), کلمه (klmh) as “Divine, set, can never, be extinguished, this day, words”
23 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered غروب (ghrúb), اخذ (ikhdh), ننمايد (nnmáyd), افول (ifúl), از (iz), پی (pí), نيايد (níáyd), امروز (imrúz), کلمه (klmh), عليا (ʿlíá) as “set, can never, be extinguished, this day, words, sublime”
SE rendered ننمايد (nnmáyd), افول (ifúl), از (iz), پی (pí), نيايد (níáyd), امروز (imrúz), کلمه (klmh), عليا (ʿlíá), از (iz), سدره (sdrh) as “can never, be extinguished, this day, words, sublime, Lote-Tree”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sayingsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §100: speechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and Thy wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the Word
This form usually rendered as “most”, “exalted”, “upon” (345 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: TreegleaningsGWB §36: that sacred Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: of the Treetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Divine Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §288: from the Tree
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: unnumberedfire-tabletFire §29: of thegleaningsGWB §327: culminationkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: forbiddestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: highest thoughtstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: enduregleaningsGWB §563: recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: hearkeningthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: that ye may hearkenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: to hearkengleaningsGWB §415: be attentiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: heargleaningsGWB §176: hearken
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that loveth Me”
love 51% loved 16% beloved 16% well-beloved 5% best-beloved 4% loveth 2% dear 2% lover 2% thou 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §342: highly meritoriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §363: in love of Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set
cause 53% revelation 17% command 5% bidding 5% commandments 4% behest 4% affairs 3% thou 3% decree 3% faith 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: by His commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §363: suchkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: at Whose biddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: Thou shouldst bid metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have cast away thegleaningsGWB §504: hath forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and castthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: dregsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: set asidegleaningsGWB §423: renouncedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: forsookepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: casteth away
This form usually rendered as “beyond”, “well”, “fear” (48 occurrences)
