Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §88
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 88 of 268.
Source (Persian)
( الی أن قلنا ) قد اشتدّ علينا الامر فی کلّ يوم بل فی کلّ ساعة الی ان اخرجونا من السّجن و ادخلونا فی السّجن الاعظم بظلم مبين * اذا قيل بايّ جرم حبسوا قالوا انّهم ارادوا ان يجدّدوا الدّين * لو کان القديم هو المختار عندکم لم ترکتم ما شرع فی التّوراة و الانجيل بيّنوا يا قوم لعمری ليس لکم اليوم من محيص * ان کان هذا جرمی قد سبقنی فی ذلک محمّدٌ رسول اللّه و من قبله الرّوح و من قبله الکليم * و ان کان ذنبی اعلاء کلمة اللّه و اظهار امره فأنا اوّل المذنبين * لا ابدّل هذا الذّنب بملکوت ملک السّموات و الارضين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And further We have said: "More grievous became Our plight from day to day, nay, from hour to hour, until they took Us forth from Our prison and made Us, with glaring injustice, enter the Most Great Prison. And if anyone ask them: ‘For what crime were they imprisoned?' they would answer and say: ‘They, verily, sought to supplant the Faith with a new religion!' If that which is ancient be what ye prefer, wherefore, then, have ye discarded that which hath been set down in the Torah and the Evangel? Clear it up, O men! By My life! There is no place for you to flee to in this day. If this be My crime, then Muḥammad, the Apostle of God, committed it before Me, and before Him He Who was the Spirit of God (Jesus Christ), and yet earlier He Who conversed with God (Moses). And if My sin be this, that I have exalted the Word of God and revealed His Cause, then indeed am I the greatest of sinners! Such a sin I will not barter for the kingdoms of earth and heaven."
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “We have said”
This form usually rendered as “waxed”, “more”, “deepened” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: Such thingsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §5: Thou hast prescribedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: Cause of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: serve Thy Causetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
This form usually rendered as “took” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: departgleaningsGWB §310: it is formedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: come forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: withdrewtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: looked outthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §17: cast him outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: Unsheathe
prison 70% prison-city 6% imprisonment 6% dungeon 4% prison-house 4% prisoner 3% prison-cell 1% hath 1% deliverest 1% cast 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: PrisongleaningsGWB §501: The imprisonmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: His prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §3: the Most Great Prisonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: the prison-citygleaningsGWB §163: the prison-cellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: be cast into prison
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Shouldst thou enter thereingleaningsGWB §486: take heedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: dependent uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: enter thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §42: partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: enterethgleaningsGWB §517: and entereth
SE expanded to “the Most Great Prison”
This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “darkness”, “oppression” (97 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: these oppressed onesfire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §244: of every oppressorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: darkenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: transgressions committed against Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: malevolenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unjustly
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “palpable”, “resplendent” (88 occurrences)
manifest 30% palpable 12% resplendent 9% expounder 9% luminous 9% evident 7% lucid 7% perspicuous 7% clear 5% plainly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: My crimegleaningsGWB §465: My transgressionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the sinnersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: of the wickedgleaningsGWB §76: workers of iniquitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: transgressorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: crimegleaningsGWB §256: a tittle of evidence
SE expanded to “were they imprisoned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: were they imprisonedgleaningsGWB §183: and hath accepted to be made a prisonerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: and the prison into which I am castthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §3: confinementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: hath been imprisonedgleaningsGWB §718: imprisonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: and Whom Thou hast cast into prison
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: what He pleasethgleaningsGWB §188: resolvedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: Thou dost desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: desirestgleaningsGWB §492: in the days to comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purpose
This form usually rendered as “supplant” (1 occurrences)
faith 62% religion 19% true 4% reckoning 2% holy 2% muḥammadan 2% muhammadan 2% revelation 2% dispensation 2% cause 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: ReckoninggleaningsGWB §299: the Citieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: Faith.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: in Thy Faithwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of His Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: FaithgleaningsGWB §474: disbelieveth in Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: the religion of God
This form usually rendered as “unconstrained”, “unconditioned”, “unrestrained” (21 occurrences)
SE expanded to “what ye prefer”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: best advantagegleaningsGWB §417: whatsoever He willethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: retired and lived inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: and didst single Him outwill-and-testamentW&T §38: for the goodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: chosengleaningsGWB §663: thou wouldst choose
This form usually rendered as “things”, “possess”, “current” (23 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “discarded”, “forsaken”, “renounce” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: renouncefire-tabletFire §18: been forsakengleaningsGWB §463: noted downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: leaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: wilt Thou forsake methe-hidden-wordsHW §40: Neglect notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have forsakenfire-tabletFire §2: been abandoned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: rivergleaningsGWB §711: to the lawkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §684: Let him, then, repeatwill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Resplendent Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: lawgivergleaningsGWB §37: lawskitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: the Law.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: In another connectionfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §512: this stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: two stationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
SE expanded to “By My life”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: yearsgleaningsGWB §504: By the righteousness of Mine own Self!kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: so that He may build upthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: the reconstructiongleaningsGWB §622: is Our witness!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and build up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: not beengleaningsGWB §85: cannot be regarded to beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: nor cantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is as nothinggleaningsGWB §513: It is notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: can cherish noepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: None
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “committed it before Me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: precededgleaningsGWB §60: pervadedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: that hath surpassedthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hasten thereuntoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: committed it before MegleaningsGWB §92: hath transcendedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: superior
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: sent forthgleaningsGWB §101: the Apostleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: the mission of Prophethoodprayers-and-meditationsP&M §297: Send down, therefore,tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: of the Messengersthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: treatisesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: Messengers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: unto Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §56: God’s,”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: but God aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: towards Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: beginningfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §345: were beforekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of old?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: fixedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE expanded to “He Who was the Spirit”
SE expanded to “He Who conversed with God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: utterethfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §540: by one wordkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: those verses of the Bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: and Who, by yet another wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: of sinnersgleaningsGWB §167: of having transgressedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: his sin?’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the sins of menthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: sinfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: singleaningsGWB §256: for their sinskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: mistake
exalt 25% glorify 19% exaltation 13% sake 13% magnify 9% exalted 6% magnifying 6% proclaim 3% may 3% glorification 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: greatestfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §117: ineffablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: glorious and supremeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: the glorification oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “may”, “proclaim” (69 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: ye who are endued withfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §453: however far ye may look backkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: that hath no beginningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: this lifethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpret
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: make some change in itgleaningsGWB §404: convertingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: What!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: changesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotwill-and-testamentW&T §39: alterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: were convertedgleaningsGWB §672: Turn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: dominiongleaningsGWB §64: and in the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: his angelsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: O Thou Who art the Supreme Ordainertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy land
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: by one of His namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §374: into the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: arrayed withtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: the very earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §163: on the plainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: earth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: and all who are on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earth
