Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §66
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 66 of 268.
Source (Persian)
اين کلمات عاليات که در لوح حضرت سلطان نازل بعضی از انرا مکرّر ذکر مينمائيم تا ان جناب بيقين مبين بدانند که انچه ذکر شده من عند اللّه بوده *يا سلطان انّی کنت کاحد من العباد و راقدا علی المهاد مرّت عَلَیَّ نسائم السّبحان و علّمنی علم ما کان ليس هذا من عندی بل من لدن عزيز عليم * و امرنی بالنّداء بين الارض و السّماء بذلک ورد عَلَیَّ ما ذرفت به دموع العارفين * ما قرأت ما عند النّاس من العلوم و ما دخلت المدارس فاسأل المدينة الّتی کنت فيها لتوقن بانّی لست من الکاذبين * هذه ورقة حرّکتها ارياح مشيّة ربّک العزيز الحميد * هل لها استقرار عند هبوب ارياح عاصفات لا و مالک الاسماء و الصّفات بل تحرّکها کيف تريد * ليس للعدم وجودٌ تلقاء القدم قد جاء امره المبرم و انطقنی بذکره بين العالمين * انّی لم اکن الّا کالميّت تلقاء امره قلّبتنی يد ارادة ربّک الرّحمن الرّحيم * هل يقدر احد ان يتکلّم من تلقاء نفسه بما يعترض به عليه العباد من کلّ وضيع و شريف لا و الّذی علّم القلم اسرار القدم الّا من کان مؤيّدا من لدن مقتدر قدير
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We once again refer unto some of the sublime words revealed in the Tablet to His Majesty the Sháh, so that thou mayest know of a certainty that whatever hath been mentioned hath come from God: "O King! I was but a man like others, asleep upon My couch, when lo, the breezes of the All-Glorious were wafted over Me, and taught Me the knowledge of all that hath been. This thing is not from Me, but from One Who is Almighty and All-Knowing. And He bade Me lift up My voice between earth and heaven, and for this there befell Me what hath caused the tears of every man of understanding to flow. The learning current amongst men I studied not; their schools I entered not. Ask of the city wherein I dwelt, that thou mayest be well assured that I am not of them who speak falsely. This is but a leaf which the winds of the will of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Praised, have stirred. Can it be still when the tempestuous winds are blowing? Nay, by Him Who is the Lord of all Names and Attributes! They move it as they list. The evanescent is as nothing before Him Who is the Ever-Abiding. His all-compelling summons hath reached Me, and caused Me to speak His praise amidst all people. I was indeed as one dead when His behest was uttered. The hand of the will of thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Merciful, transformed Me. Can anyone speak forth of his own accord that for which all men, both high and low, will protest against him? Nay, by Him Who taught the Pen the eternal mysteries, save him whom the grace of the Almighty, the All-Powerful, hath strengthened.
Translation Notes
السّبحان
literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted; dawn; daybreak; morning
الکاذبين
literal: denial; belying; falsification; rejection; liar; lying; false
مؤيّدا
literal: to support, assist, strengthen, confirm; to support; to assist; to strengthen; to aid; confirmation; support; strengthening
