Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §21
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 21 of 268.
Source (Persian)
جهد نمائيد تا باين مقام بلند اعلی که مقام صيانت و حفظ عالم انسانيست فائز شويد اين قصد سلطان مقاصد و اين امل مليک امال * و لکن تا افق افتاب عدل از سحاب تيره ظلم فارغ نشود ظهور اين مقام مشکل بنظر می‌ايد و سحاب تيره مظاهر ظنون و اوهامند يعنی علمای ايران * گاهی بلسان شريعت و هنگامی بلسان حقيقت و طريقت نطق نموديم و مقصد اقصی و غايت قصوی ظهور اين مقام بلند اعلی بوده و کفی باللّه شهيدا *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Exert yourselves that ye may attain this transcendent and most sublime station, the station that can insure the protection and security of all mankind. This goal excelleth every other goal, and this aspiration is the monarch of all aspirations. So long, however, as the thick clouds of oppression, which obscure the day-star of justice, remain undispelled, it would be difficult for the glory of this station to be unveiled to men's eyes. These thick clouds are the exponents of idle fancies and vain imaginings, who are none other but the divines of Persia. At one time We spoke in the language of the lawgiver; at another in that of the truth-seeker and the mystic, and yet Our supreme purpose and highest wish hath always been to disclose the glory and sublimity of this station. God, verily, is a sufficient witness!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: exert themselvesgleaningsGWB §17: energieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: seekerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §551: have fought valiantlythe-hidden-wordsHW §48: Strive thenwill-and-testamentW&T §58: false interpretationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: to wargleaningsGWB §363: strivers
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “yourselves”, “show” (107 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: they have madegleaningsGWB §669: have said or writtenkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: We exhortkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: cannot for ever remain openprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: can causethe-hidden-wordsHW §160: will revealwill-and-testamentW&T §41: succeed in bringingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: prevailed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: stationsfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §66: from such heightskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: primarilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §201: by Thy transcendent mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
SE expanded to “transcendent and most sublime”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath always been”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the exaltationfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §497: how very greatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: by the exalted beings”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Magnified be thetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
SE expanded to “insure the protection”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: preservationgleaningsGWB §477: and protectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: well-guardedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: safe and secureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: protectedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: protectwill-and-testamentW&T §17: safe
This form usually rendered as “protection”, “protect”, “guard” (56 occurrences)
protection 22% protect 19% guard 14% security 8% protected 8% preservation 8% watch 6% shield 6% safeguarding 6% about 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Commit it to memorygleaningsGWB §477: and dost safeguardkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: graciousnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: sanctuary
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: knowethfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §112: Thou knowestkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: evident and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: the realm oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
man 70% companion 8% men 5% human 5% commune 4% fellowship 2% all 2% companions 2% comforters 2% perceive 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: The companionsgleaningsGWB §410: among human virtueskitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: attached and weddedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: OF MENwill-and-testamentW&T §42: plottedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §358: men
SE rendered صيانت (ṣíánt), حفظ (ḥfẓ), عالم (ʿálm), انسانيست (insáníst), فائز (fáʾz), شويد (shúyd), قصد (qṣd), سلطان (slṭán), مقاصد (mqáṣd) as “insure the protection, security, mankind, goal excelleth every other goal, monarch of all”
attain 49% attained 21% invested 6% will 4% attaineth 4% attainest 4% recognized 4% hath 4% vouchsafed 4% forgiven 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: will distinguishgleaningsGWB §604: final victorykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: is enabled to achievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: communeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: hath enteredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath showeredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: they may attain unto
This form usually rendered as “can”, “should”, “will” (33 occurrences)
SE expanded to “goal excelleth every other goal”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the SháhgleaningsGWB §481: Allow notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: O Kingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authority
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopegleaningsGWB §465: My dearest wishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: them whose hopes are set on Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: desiresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of my hopegleaningsGWB §35: Reflectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: ponder upon
SE rendered قصد (qṣd), سلطان (slṭán), مقاصد (mqáṣd), امل (iml), مليک (mlík), امال (imál), لکن (lkn), افق (ifq), افتاب (iftáb), عدل (ʿdl) as “goal excelleth every other goal, monarch of all, aspirations, So long, however, day-star, justice”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy landgleaningsGWB §288: heavenlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: this material universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §71: the Supreme Kingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Lord of
SE rendered امل (iml), مليک (mlík), امال (imál), لکن (lkn), افق (ifq), افتاب (iftáb), عدل (ʿdl), از (iz), سحاب (sḥáb), تيره (tírh) as “aspirations, So long, however, day-star, justice, of oppression, thick clouds, obscure”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the Supreme Horizonfire-tabletFire §19: mengleaningsGWB §385: the realmskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the Realmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: the day-springprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: all mankindtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: abovewill-and-testamentW&T §34: this world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §439: excesskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: pricelessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: would be more heinous thanthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §36: rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: Be unjust to no mangleaningsGWB §643: to observe justice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §447: which the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the cloudsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §117: showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpourings
SE rendered افق (ifq), افتاب (iftáb), عدل (ʿdl), از (iz), سحاب (sḥáb), تيره (tírh), ظلم (ẓlm), فارغ (fárgh), نشود (nshúd), ظهور (ẓhúr), مقام (mqám), مشکل (mshkl) as “day-star, justice, of oppression, thick clouds, obscure, remain undispelled, glory, station, difficult”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: by reason of the crueltyfire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §153: victim of tyrannykitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: of darknessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: transgressorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §5: deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of a tyranny
SE rendered افتاب (iftáb), عدل (ʿdl), از (iz), سحاب (sḥáb), تيره (tírh), ظلم (ẓlm), فارغ (fárgh), نشود (nshúd), ظهور (ẓhúr), مقام (mqám), مشکل (mshkl), بنظر (bnẓr) as “day-star, justice, of oppression, thick clouds, obscure, remain undispelled, glory, station, difficult, eyes”
detached 21% freed 21% rid 7% wholly 7% relieved 7% undispelled 7% sanctified 7% deliver 7% shed 7% remain 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: undispelledgleaningsGWB §602: remain undispelledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: be freedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: freeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: rid of all attachmentgleaningsGWB §164: deliver Me from My plightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: freedomthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: content
This form usually rendered as “revelation”, “manifestation”, “dispensation” (397 occurrences)
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: whose eyes are fixedfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §36: to observekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: can such expectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: Look, then, upon himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh
SE rendered نشود (nshúd), ظهور (ẓhúr), مقام (mqám), مشکل (mshkl), بنظر (bnẓr), می‌ايد (míáyd), سحاب (sḥáb), تيره (tírh), مظاهر (mẓáhr), ظنون (ẓnún) as “remain undispelled, glory, station, difficult, eyes, These thick clouds, are the, exponents, idle fancies”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: We fain would hopegleaningsGWB §334: comingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: existthe-hidden-wordsHW §149: may be madewill-and-testamentW&T §17: been disguised in the garb ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: not been mentionedgleaningsGWB §437: hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: that is to be made manifest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thou dost imagine thyselffire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §40: vain fancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: imaginetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is thy fancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: idle imaginings
vain 48% idle 29% imaginations 5% superstitious 3% vague 3% prompted 3% imagine 3% fancies 3% fancy 3% thou 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Vague fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §125: vain hopeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §134: They that reflectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: opinionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: is in His estimationthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: If ye encounter
SE expanded to “At one time”
SE expanded to “in the language”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: My tonguegleaningsGWB §636: the swordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: mouthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §280: of histablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its tonguegleaningsGWB §174: said
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: rivergleaningsGWB §382: the Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: the Law.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: have been promulgatedwill-and-testamentW&T §25: The legislative bodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: FaithgleaningsGWB §711: to the lawkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: of former Dispensations
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: veritablegleaningsGWB §722: in his heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: of the truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: meritthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §9: have been madeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: inner
This form usually rendered as “mystic” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: have spokenfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §719: hathkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: will lift up our voicestablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
sufficient 86% sufficiently 14%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §450: will surely suffice tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: sufficethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §820: it would sufficethe-hidden-wordsHW §18: suffice theewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Not contentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: sufficientgleaningsGWB §465: sufficiently
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: O Lord, my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §323: of the Most Highkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: Providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: O God!tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: beheldfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §378: possesseth the power of exertingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: the martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: have suffered martyrdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
