Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §212
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 212 of 268.
Source (Persian)
يا شيخ در اين بيان مقصود عالميان که بعاموص فرموده تفکّر نما قوله [ فاستعدّ للقاء الهک يا اسرائيل فانّه هو ذا الّذي صنع الجبال و خلق الرّيح و اخبر الانسان ما هو فکره الّذی يجعل الفجر ظلاما و يمشی علی مشارف الارض يهوه اله الجنود اسمه ] ميفرمايد فجر را تاريک مينمايد مقصود انکه اگر در حين ظهور مکلّم طور نفسی خود را صبح صادق داند بقوّت و قدرت الهی تاريک ميشود صبح کاذبست و خود را صادق ميداند ويل له و ويل لمن اتّبعه من دون بيّنة من اللّه ربّ العالمين *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Shaykh! Reflect upon these words addressed by Him Who is the Desire of the world to Amos. He saith: "Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel, for, lo, He that formeth the mountains and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, the Lord, the God of Hosts, is His name." He saith that He maketh the morning darkness. By this is meant that if, at the time of the Manifestation of Him Who conversed on Sinai anyone were to regard himself as the true morn, he will, through the might and power of God, be turned into darkness. He truly is the false dawn, though believing himself to be the true one. Woe unto him, and woe unto such as follow him without a clear token from God, the Lord of the worlds.
Translation Notes
utterance 63% words 9% speech 5% language 4% tongue 4% divine 4% such 3% utterances 3% explanation 3% bayán 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: such an expositionfire-tabletFire §38: ExpoundergleaningsGWB §636: of your utterancekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: truthsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: the words Thou didst uttertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolutethe-hidden-wordsHW §83: veilless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: That which is meantgleaningsGWB §118: wayfarerskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: The aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: idle contentionprayers-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 §161: Desired One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: Know thoufire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §305: All-Wisekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: showethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: may become an ensign oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “said”, “declared” (139 occurrences)
ponder 40% reflect 24% meditate 20% consider 6% attentively 2% pondereth 2% meditating 2% remember 1% “ponder 1% meditated 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: consideredgleaningsGWB §695: Meditate upon thiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: fancyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: or from meditatingthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: to meditategleaningsGWB §695: insight!…
This form usually rendered as “strive”, “thou”, “endeavour” (38 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: Gird upgleaningsGWB §164: a faint reflection, a mere emblemkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: be madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: nurturedthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: not yourselvesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: hathgleaningsGWB §436: Suffer it not to becomekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: make it not
SE rendered بعاموص (bʿámúṣ), فرموده (frmúdh), تفکّر (tfkkr), نما (nmá), قوله (qúlh), فاستعدّ (fástʿdd), للقاء (llqáʾ), الهک (al-hk), اسرائيل (isráʾíl) as “Amos, saith, Reflect, will, "Prepare, to meet, thy God, Israel”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: hath addressed Me sayinggleaningsGWB §246: I speakkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: discoursesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: They have so traducedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
This form usually rendered as “"prepare” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: reckon upgleaningsGWB §99: of numberkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: counteth themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: numberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: some of whomwill-and-testamentW&T §7: manyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: “PreparegleaningsGWB §176: hath been endued with the capacity
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “divine”, ““attainment” (36 occurrences)
presence 30% divine 15% “attainment 15% attain 11% meet 7% attainment 7% behold 4% attained 4% attaining 4% “presence 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: that they shall attain the Presencefire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §58: Divine Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: attaining unto the Presence of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §216: Judgmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: in
SE rendered للقاء (llqáʾ), الهک (al-hk), اسرائيل (isráʾíl), فانّه (fánnh), ذا (dhá), صنع (ṣnʿ), الجبال (al-jbál), خلق (khlq), الرّيح (ar-ríḥ) as “to meet, thy God, Israel, He, formeth, the mountains, createth, the wind”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mountainfire-tabletFire §42: peaksgleaningsGWB §73: of the mountainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: summitsthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: Mountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the mountainsgleaningsGWB §26: hillsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the mountain-top
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: characterfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §669: hath fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: Thou didst create in themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: a creature
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “announced”, “declareth”, “announcement” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: OmniscientgleaningsGWB §713: We have warnedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: traditionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thou didst announce unto ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: have been laid upthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: Tellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: that it may acquaintgleaningsGWB §720: warneth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: humangleaningsGWB §410: among human virtueskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: his fellow-manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: dearly-lovedthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §42: plottedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: mangleaningsGWB §582: Commune intimately
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecratefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §486: and enable thee to becomekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Empower ustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: dawning-lightgleaningsGWB §77: of the workers of iniquitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: to the people of iniquityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: wicked doersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: impiousgleaningsGWB §27: morningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: the dawning light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: sinnedfire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §196: deal unjustlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: shall be darkenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: of the oppressorthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §34: hath wrought the most glaring cruelty upon Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: who was wronged
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: high placesgleaningsGWB §119: hath received themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: sacrednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: the excellencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having honoured mewill-and-testamentW&T §18: gloriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: highgleaningsGWB §123: manifest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: all that are on earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §299: and all that is on the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §117: all the dwellers of the earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: upon earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: of these hostsgleaningsGWB §277: powerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: whose heroismprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: by Thine invisible hoststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: with the everlasting hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: hostsgleaningsGWB §169: through the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: warrior
SE expanded to “is His name”
This form usually rendered as “will”, “leaveth”, “which” (25 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: to protectgleaningsGWB §443: to dedicate themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hold fastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: We have never gloriedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: didstwill-and-testamentW&T §40: peruseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: At all timesgleaningsGWB §689: in this Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Whereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §98: one momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: HingleaningsGWB §355: timelykitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: swift as the twinkling of an eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time when
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 §70: Divinityfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §686: words of Minekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: with such a callingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: mine owngleaningsGWB §574: their evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: their own selvestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: your nature
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: the dawnfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §712: the Dawn of Divine Guidancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: fleetingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §87: Thy Lampthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: My lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: until the morningfire-tabletFire §22: Light
true 45% sincere 12% faithful 6% unquestionable 6% would 6% man 6% resplendent 6% applicable 6% speaketh 3% condemneth 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: truthfulnessgleaningsGWB §362: faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: to acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §19: assentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: truthfulgleaningsGWB §496: sincerity
SE expanded to “were to regard”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: consideredgleaningsGWB §144: clear and evidentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: to regard themselvesthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: know yewill-and-testamentW&T §40: ye are all awareepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: and othersgleaningsGWB §395: neither be neglectful ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: faded before their eyes
SE expanded to “through the might”
power 26% through 22% might 17% force 9% assiduously 4% strengthened 4% strength 4% ascendancy 4% forces 4% exertion 4%
SE expanded to “power of God”
This form usually rendered as “shall”, “should”, “can” (38 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: may becomegleaningsGWB §596: are unattainablekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of this ageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: forththe-hidden-wordsHW §87: ye willwill-and-testamentW&T §42: obtainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: We mention
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: to the falsity of whichgleaningsGWB §41: as an impostorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: denyingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: false oneswill-and-testamentW&T §6: falselyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: them who speak falselygleaningsGWB §359: liars.’”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: deny
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Woe betide theegleaningsGWB §297: Woe be to you!kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: ‘Woe betidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: bewailprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: and woe betidewill-and-testamentW&T §4: tumultepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Woe, thenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: “Woe
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: followestgleaningsGWB §470: Keepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: “Followprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: and whotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §42: pay allegianceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: wert thou to followgleaningsGWB §696: they must be faithfully obeyed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal decreegleaningsGWB §388: and not askitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: except Thine own Selfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: none but Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all else beside TheegleaningsGWB §535: all else but Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Our LordgleaningsGWB §45: Heaven-sentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lord.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: yet
