Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §74
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 74 of 268.
Source (Persian)
مقصود از ذکر الوهيّت و ربوبيّت را عباد ملتفت نشده‌اند چه اگر بيابند از مقام خود قيام کنند و بکلمه تبنا الی اللّه ناطق گردند * حضرت خاتم روح ما سواه فداه ميفرمايد [ لنا مع اللّه حالاتٌ نحن فيها هو و هو نحن و هو هو و نحن نحن ]
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Men have failed to perceive Our purpose in the references We have made to Divinity and Godhood. Were they to apprehend it, they would arise from their places, and cry out: "We, verily, ask pardon of God!" The Seal of the Prophets - may the souls of all else but Him be offered up for His sake - saith: "Manifold are Our relationships with God. At one time, We are He Himself, and He is We Ourself. At another He is that He is, and We are that We are."
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: seekinggleaningsGWB §210: direct thy steps towardskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: are intendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: and my Desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §47: my heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Desire
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: suggestedgleaningsGWB §228: disclosekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: maintainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: Thou art rememberedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §531: By the righteousness of the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: theseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §606: Thou the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “godhead”, “lordship”, “divinity” (12 occurrences)
godhead 25% lordship 25% divinity 8% (bahá’u’lláh’s) 8% godhood 8% sovereignty 8% sovereign 8% eternal 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy LordgleaningsGWB §127: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: “O God our Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: omnipotencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of Divinity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §584: a company of His chosen oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: a servitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Thy sincere servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: unto men
This form usually rendered as “unaware”, “behold”, “perceive” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: consider them notgleaningsGWB §40: Beholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: Take heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: I turntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: turn thouepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: unawarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: Considerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: I would refuse to look upon them
SE rendered ربوبيّت (rbúbíbt), عباد (ʿbád), ملتفت (mltft), نشده‌اند (nshdhánd), چه (chh), بيابند (bíábnd), از (iz), مقام (mqám) as “Godhood, Men, failed to perceive, apprehend, from, places”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: whichgleaningsGWB §417: can sinkkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: may not beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: forththe-hidden-wordsHW §97: hastwill-and-testamentW&T §15: they sufferedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: hath not, however, been
This form usually rendered as “may”, “discover”, “apprehend” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: We have keptgleaningsGWB §335: may be made known unto youkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: inhaledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: be gatheredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: may be ledthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §42: realizedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: can fathom
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “such” (339 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: steadfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §434: heightskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: rise ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: and be steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
This form usually rendered as “would”, “appreciate”, “witnessed” (39 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: to recountgleaningsGWB §287: taste yekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: may extinguish notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §664: exaltestthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Would ye but sanctifywill-and-testamentW&T §24: to youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: asked
SE rendered بيابند (bíábnd), از (iz), مقام (mqám), قيام (qíám), کنند (knnd), بکلمه (bklmh), تبنا (tbná), اللّه (al-lh), ناطق (náṭq) as “apprehend, from, places, arise, made, ask pardon, God, cry out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: conversefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §564: namekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: those verses of the Bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: by Thy most exalted Wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: repentgleaningsGWB §616: and ask pardonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: are forgiven by Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: repentancegleaningsGWB §257: ask forgivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: ForgivinggleaningsGWB §502: he repentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: implore Thy pardon
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “uttered” (53 occurrences)
SE rendered تبنا (tbná), اللّه (al-lh), ناطق (náṭq), گردند (grdnd), حضرت (ḥḍrt), خاتم (khátm), روح (rúḥ), سواه (súáh), فداه (fdáh) as “ask pardon, God, cry out, Seal, souls, Him, be offered up”
SE rendered تبنا (tbná), اللّه (al-lh), ناطق (náṭq), گردند (grdnd), حضرت (ḥḍrt), خاتم (khátm), روح (rúḥ), سواه (súáh), فداه (fdáh), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd) as “ask pardon, God, cry out, Seal, souls, Him, be offered up, saith”
majesty 44% honor 10% great 10% holiness 10% commander 7% who 5% excellency 3% unto 3% imam 3% embodiments 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: He WhogleaningsGWB §557: of Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: the Qá’imprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: may standthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holywill-and-testamentW&T §7: His Majesty’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: come upon himgleaningsGWB §506: did ye seek His Presence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: a ringgleaningsGWB §65: He concludethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: the seal thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: sealed-upthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: with My sealwill-and-testamentW&T §10: last hourepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: SealedgleaningsGWB §552: his own end
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: Spiritfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §105: Spiritskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: sweet smelltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §46: thou mayest repose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §145: embracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: unto themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §279: hast been establishedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: all else but HimgleaningsGWB §211: established His seat
SE expanded to “be offered up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of sacrificefire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §272: Fail not to offer upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: as a sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: hath offered uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §36: a sacrificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: offered up
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “relationship” (2 occurrences)
manifold 50% relationship 50%
