Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §182
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 182 of 268.
Source (Persian)
در وصف اهل بها از قلم اعلی اين کلمات نازل * انّهم رجال لو يمرّون علی مدائن الذّهب لا يلتفتون اليها و لو يمرّون علی ملکوت الجمال لا يتوجّهون اليه کذلک نزّل من القلم الاعلی لاهل البهاء من لدن ناصح عليم * و در آخر لوح حضرت امپراطور پاريس اين کلمه عليا نازل * هل تفرح بما عندک من الزّخارف بعد اذ تعلم انّها ستفنی او تسرّ بما تحکم علی شبر من الارض بعد اذ کلّها لم تکن عند اهل البهاء الّا کسواد عين نملة ميّتة ؟ دعها لاهلها ثمّ اقبل الی مقصود العالمين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Describing the people of Bahá, the Most Sublime Pen hath sent down these words: "These, verily, are men who if they come to cities of pure gold will consider them not; and if they meet the fairest and most comely of women will turn aside." Thus hath it been sent down by the Most Sublime Pen for the people of Bahá, on the part of Him Who is the Counsellor, the Omniscient. In the concluding passages of the Tablet to His Majesty the Emperor of Paris (Napoleon III) these exalted words have been revealed: "Exultest thou over the treasures thou dost possess, knowing they shall perish? Rejoicest thou in that thou rulest a span of earth, when the whole world, in the estimation of the people of Bahá, is worth as much as the black in the eye of a dead ant? Abandon it unto such as have set their affections upon it, and turn thou unto Him Who is the Desire of the world."
Translation Notes
description 25% described 13% describing 13% conception 13% highest 6% such 6% portray 6% applicable 6% fathom 6% praise 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: AttributesgleaningsGWB §702: adorn himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: traits and limitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: and most august attributesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: DescribinggleaningsGWB §95: a certain attribute of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: noble traitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: praises
SE expanded to “people of Bahá”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: all created thingsfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §178: ye that dwellkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: followersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: Whomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: dwellers thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: with the pengleaningsGWB §66: exclaimethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: from my Penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the PengleaningsGWB §719: Our Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: from the pen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: sublimityfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §78: Farkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: transcendethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: In Thine unapproachable loftinesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: speakethfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §102: the expressionskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: Moses, He Who held converse withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: Thy Messagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: at its RevealergleaningsGWB §556: distanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: descendingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §48: Pour outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: for that which perisheth
This form usually rendered as “come”, “meet”, “will” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: citiesgleaningsGWB §697: one Citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: within these Citiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: infinite wonderstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: each onewill-and-testamentW&T §3: to the Great Cityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §260: a citygleaningsGWB §247: in the City
SE expanded to “consider them not”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: unawaregleaningsGWB §40: Beholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §512: turntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: turn thouepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: taken noticeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: I turn my gaze
SE rendered يلتفتون (yltftún), اليها (al-yhá), لو (lú), يمرّون (ymrrún), ملکوت (mlkút), الجمال (al-jmál), يتوجّهون (ytújjhún), اليه (al-yh), کذلک (kdhlk) as “consider them not, unto, if, they meet, fairest and most comely, turn aside, Thus”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: countriesgleaningsGWB §104: temporalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: “angels.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: O Thou Who art the Kingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: celestial
This form usually rendered as “beauty”, “ancient”, “ornament” (151 occurrences)
SE expanded to “fairest and most comely”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: Among themgleaningsGWB §103: countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: the beauty of Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: to visitfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §285: realitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: fixed his eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of BahágleaningsGWB §661: of Glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: of my lifethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §591: the Spirit of Bahá
SE expanded to “on the part of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: on the part ofgleaningsGWB §286: consequenceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §175: by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: from Our presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §155: My divineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: proceeded fromgleaningsGWB §113: the future
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: admonitionsgleaningsGWB §594: an admonisherthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: We counsel youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: exhortgleaningsGWB §519: We have revealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: Heed ye this counselepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: We exhortedgleaningsGWB §463: Heed, therefore,
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: worldfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §622: the things of this worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: world and all thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: At lengthgleaningsGWB §327: in the futurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: He will, however, respite themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: elsewherethe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: the lattergleaningsGWB §527: the rest
tablet 79% lawh 4% tablets 4% lawh-i 2% communications 2% perspicuous 2% original 2% most 2% mystic 2% tablet” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: illuminedgleaningsGWB §66: the Incomparablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: implicationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §738: Thy Tablettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of Our TabletgleaningsGWB §286: His Tablet
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 §256: the BábgleaningsGWB §355: is comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: on Thy facethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: gatheredwill-and-testamentW&T §38: “His Holinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: his honorgleaningsGWB §244: ye shall, most certainly, be summoned
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered پاريس (párís), کلمه (klmh), عليا (ʿlíá), نازل (názl), هل (hl), تفرح (tfrḥ), عندک (ʿndk), الزّخارف (az-zkhárf) as “Paris (Napoleon III), words, exalted, been revealed, "Exultest, possess, treasures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: joys offire-tabletFire §12: DelightgleaningsGWB §594: a joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: gladnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §212: exultwill-and-testamentW&T §57: happinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: with joygleaningsGWB §666: Our heart will assuredly rejoice
This form usually rendered as “thee”, “thou”, “which” (55 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: untogleaningsGWB §474: in Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: from before Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: undertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thou possessest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the treasuresgleaningsGWB §40: foolish absurditieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: idleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your treasuresgleaningsGWB §418: richeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: emolumentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: treasuresgleaningsGWB §243: its embellishments
mortal 28% perisheth 12% shall 10% death 10% transient 10% evanescent 8% perish 6% which 6% transitory 6% self-effacement 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: yours perishethgleaningsGWB §250: will, erelong, bring to naughtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: vanitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: the thresholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: povertyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: diethgleaningsGWB §588: extinctionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: poor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Mine innergleaningsGWB §672: into the joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: precedethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the Hidden Mysterytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy blissepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My mysteries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: GovernorgleaningsGWB §177: of wisdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: unnumbered mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: of Thy behesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §117: the onewill-and-testamentW&T §25: government
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: upon earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §23: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: the earth itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Holy Land
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: to whosoevergleaningsGWB §163: With all their mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: the restprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: completelythe-hidden-wordsHW §49: Forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: him thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: eachgleaningsGWB §384: the whole creation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: and hiddengleaningsGWB §255: and whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: thou mayestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: His own essencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: thyself
This form usually rendered as “much” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: princesgleaningsGWB §230: from afarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: and my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: the princes thereofgleaningsGWB §611: have been made dismal and turned blackprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: this SiyyidgleaningsGWB §84: turned black
eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: Aynu’l-Baqar (The SpringgleaningsGWB §34: the facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: unknownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: clearlytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: thine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: him who is as one deadgleaningsGWB §279: the deadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: dead manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: death untotablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: gave up the spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: lifelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: deadgleaningsGWB §588: to perish
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: entrustedgleaningsGWB §324: with which God hath endowedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: entrustethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: sufferthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: breathedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: they left me notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: AbandongleaningsGWB §637: Cast them away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: turn thoufire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §257: acknowledge the truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: precedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §187: hath turned towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: O Thou Who art the desiregleaningsGWB §683: hastenkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: The aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of thy heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: and His heart’s Desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Goal of my desire
