Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §219
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 219 of 268.
Source (Persian)
يا معشر المنصفين در امواج بحر بيان و علم الهی نظر نمائيد و تفکّر کنيد تا بلسان ظاهر و باطن شهادت دهيد بانّ عنده علم کلّ شیء فی الکتاب لا يعزب عن علمه من شیء انّه اظهر ما کان مکنونا اذ استوی علی عرش البيان فی الماب * انچه نازل شده کلمه بکلمه در ارض ظاهر گشته و ميشود از برای احدی مجال اعراض و اعتراض نه و لکن چون انصاف مخذول و مستور اکثری باوهامات خود تکلّم مينمايند *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O concourse of the fair-minded! Observe and reflect upon the billows of the ocean of the utterance and knowledge of God, so that ye may testify with your inner and outer tongues that with Him is the knowledge of all that is in the Book. Nothing escapeth His knowledge. He, verily, hath manifested that which was hidden, when He, upon His return, mounted the throne of the Bayán. All that hath been sent down hath and will come to pass, word for word, upon earth. No possibility is left for anyone either to turn aside or protest. As fairness, however, is disgraced and concealed, most men speak as prompted by their own idle fancies.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: associated with MegleaningsGWB §260: ye congregationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: intercourseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: a scorethe-hidden-wordsHW §145: to commune with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §43: companyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: peoplegleaningsGWB §338: fellowship
SE expanded to “of the fair-minded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the fair-mindedgleaningsGWB §455: if ye but judge fairlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: is it fairprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: will judge equitablythe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou arightwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this iniquitous personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: justicegleaningsGWB §412: Observe equity in your judgment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: surgedgleaningsGWB §375: the waves and billowskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §408: hath caused to surgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the oceangleaningsGWB §116: A dropprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: tumultepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: surgeth
SE expanded to “of the ocean”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a seagleaningsGWB §684: an oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and the oceanwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: the seagleaningsGWB §629: the oceans ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowing
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 §249: in the worldfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §655: can proclaimkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: demonstrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §851: only unto Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: God possessethfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §449: God, the Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: our godsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: towards Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: In viewfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §612: towards the Scenekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: still waiteth in expectation ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: and fix my gazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §121: Ye turn your eyes towards
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “yourselves”, “show” (107 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: hadgleaningsGWB §288: ye may perceivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hold fastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §18: must he (the Guardian of the Cause of God) chooseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: suffered
ponder 40% reflect 24% meditate 20% consider 6% attentively 2% pondereth 2% meditating 2% remember 1% “ponder 1% meditated 1%
This form usually rendered as “do”, “ye”, “taste” (25 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languagegleaningsGWB §636: the swordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: His tonguetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languagesgleaningsGWB §622: in the Arabic tongue
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “made” (461 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: suffered martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §466: detectedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: witness.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: soon realizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
This form usually rendered as “save”, “announce”, “proclaim” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: current amongst yougleaningsGWB §506: all ye possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: from before Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: pertaineth unto Himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §47: in the presence ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: at
This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “created” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: wishethgleaningsGWB §693: have willedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: none to describe Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
book 87% holy 3% tablet 2% words 2% sacred 2% books 1% scriptures 1% own 1% writing 1% kitáb-i-íqán 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: the BooksgleaningsGWB §238: a Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: this pretentious bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: Write down, thenthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: Writewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: in His Book
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: concealedgleaningsGWB §677: which I have treasured thereinkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smoulderethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: the things which lie hidtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: He that was hidden from mortal eyesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: lie hidgleaningsGWB §56: Whose secret no one hath discoveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: that are hid from the eyes of men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §118: imprintedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: every othertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: all else but HimgleaningsGWB §302: except Himself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: its mighty thronegleaningsGWB §612: of the thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: thronesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: of the Mighty ThronegleaningsGWB §594: a pillarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”
SE rendered استوی (istúy), عرش (ʿrsh), البيان (al-bíán), الماب (al-máb), انچه (inchh), نازل (názl), کلمه (klmh), بکلمه (bklmh) as “mounted, throne, the Bayán, All that, been sent down, word, for word”
SE expanded to “been sent down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: hath not sent downgleaningsGWB §379: have been set downkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: comingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: which have been sent down upontablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: thy goal
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: His Wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §669: at His biddingkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: Those wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: through yet another wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §725: In itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: the earth itselfprayers-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 §101: In those regions
SE rendered کلمه (klmh), بکلمه (bklmh), ارض (irḍ), ظاهر (ẓáhr), گشته (gshth), ميشود (míshúd), از (iz), برای (bráy), احدی (iḥdí), مجال (mjál), اعراض (iʿráḍ) as “word, for word, upon earth, come to pass, hath, for, anyone, possibility, turn aside”
turn 15% turned 13% denial 13% opposition 13% repudiation 10% rejected 10% denials 8% faithlessness 8% hath 5% turning 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: turneth asidegleaningsGWB §689: too criticalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: opposed metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: hath also turned awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §58: hath turned awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: asked
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: curtainsfire-tabletFire §45: Concealer of the sinsgleaningsGWB §357: shine inkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: lieth concealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and concealestthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: meaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: hidden
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: constantgleaningsGWB §361: most of themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: many anprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: a multitudetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a river of lifewill-and-testamentW&T §38: by a majorityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: manygleaningsGWB §549: the majority
باوهامات
literal: illusion; fancy; illusions
This form usually rendered as “prompted” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by their own idle fancies”
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 §155: and vain imaginingsfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §684: are still devisingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: all vain imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
