Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §231
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 231 of 268.
Source (Persian)
حضرت يحيی بن زکريّا فرموده انچه را که مبشّر فرموده [ قائلا توبوا لانّه قد اقترب ملکوت السّموات انّی اعمّدکم بماء للتّوبة و لکنّ الّذی يأتی بعدی هو اقوی منّی الّذی لست اهلا ان احمل حذاءه ] اينست که مبشّر ميفرمايد در مقام خضوع و خشوع [ که جميع بيان ورقی است از اوراق جنّت او ] و همچنين ميفرمايد [ من اوّل عابدينم و افتخار ميکنم بنسبتی اليه ] * يا قوم مع ذلک اهل بيان عمل نمودند انچه را که ذی الجوشن و ابن انس و اصبحی از ان پناه بخدا برده و ميبرند * اين مظلوم در شب و روز بارتفاع امر الهی امام وجوه اديان مشغول و ان نفوس باسبابيکه سبب ذلّت و علّت اذيّت بوده متمسّک *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
John, son of Zacharias, said what My Forerunner hath said: "Saying, repent ye, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He that cometh after Me is mightier than I, Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear." Wherefore, hath My Forerunner, as a sign of submissiveness and humility, said: "The whole of the Bayán is only a leaf amongst the leaves of His Paradise." And likewise, He saith: "I am the first to adore Him, and pride Myself on My kinship with Him." And yet, O men, the people of the Bayán have acted in a manner that Dhi'l-Jawshan, and Ibn-i-Anas and Asbahi have sought and still seek refuge with God against such deeds. This Wronged One hath, in the face of all religions, busied Himself day and night with the things that are conducive unto the exaltation of the Cause of God, whereas those men have clung unto that which is the cause of humiliation and injury.
Translation Notes
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 §112: His ExcellencygleaningsGWB §538: seekkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of Providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: and stoodthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holywill-and-testamentW&T §38: “His Holinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: come upon himgleaningsGWB §292: the lips of
son 76% children 6% foundations 4% edifice 3% sons 3% scion 2% built 1% descendant 1% foundation 1% divine 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: SongleaningsGWB §222: structureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: son ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: hath been builtthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: with the childrengleaningsGWB §306: man
forerunner 28% herald 22% bringest 11% heralded 6% harbinger 6% heralding 6% shall 6% foretold 6% announcer 6% announceth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: unto mankindgleaningsGWB §121: worldlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: heraldingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: Thou hast announced unto ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: rejoice at this announcementthe-hidden-wordsHW §145: touchedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Forerunnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: of My Forerunner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: according to the wordsgleaningsGWB §135: I testifykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: discoursesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: and to cry outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: ForgivinggleaningsGWB §616: and ask pardonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: are forgiven by Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: repentancegleaningsGWB §257: and repentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: they repentgleaningsGWB §502: he repentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: repent
SE expanded to “is at hand”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: the favored onesfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §630: draw us nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: nearerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: near access to Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy dominiongleaningsGWB §31: the kingdoms of earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the majestytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §174: promote the interestskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: heaven;”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: the loftinesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “indeed” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: pillargleaningsGWB §69: confidenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: the Ever-Faithfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: I indeed baptize yougleaningsGWB §250: Let your reliance be onepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: pillarsgleaningsGWB §250: set your hopes on them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: in the watersgleaningsGWB §12: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: with the waterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: its watersgleaningsGWB §82: riversprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: waters ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: dregs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: Upon Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §78: been raisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: present usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: show forththe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: will bringgleaningsGWB §692: whom God hath endued withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: yielding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: with strengthgleaningsGWB §19: is endowed with a potency superior tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: of powerthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §54: exertionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: All-PowerfulgleaningsGWB §434: forces of
SE expanded to “I am not”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: is given the rightgleaningsGWB §227: is not to be numberedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: None cantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: There is nogleaningsGWB §225: can bring on Me noprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: There is noneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: No
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of its peoplefire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §556: jewelerkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: they that followprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: Whomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: children
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: bornegleaningsGWB §516: and are laying the burden thereofkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sustainingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: ascribeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §413: hath bornewill-and-testamentW&T §48: my forbearanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: hath sufferedgleaningsGWB §298: sustaining its weight
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: Viceregentfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §338: Such a statekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: arise toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: waitingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: submissivegleaningsGWB §315: walketh humblykitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: with a humble mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: to bow downthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: in submissionwill-and-testamentW&T §28: be submissiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: lowlygleaningsGWB §656: humble and subservient to Thy Will
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: humilitygleaningsGWB §13: submissivenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: humble myselfwill-and-testamentW&T §17: be lowly before himgleaningsGWB §629: are loweredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: and who recognizeth with downcast countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §28: show your fidelity
all 80% every 9% whole 4% each 2% one 2% whatsoever 1% concourse 1% divers 1% entire 1% throughout 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: “The wholegleaningsGWB §168: the Concoursekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: they may gather togetherthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: ye will allwill-and-testamentW&T §42: gather inepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: some
This form usually rendered as “utterance”, “words”, “speech” (130 occurrences)
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 §222: heavenlygleaningsGWB §674: abandonmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Paradisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: the highest paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §102: the Belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: with all my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: Paradise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: such as are endued withfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §440: the earlykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: in this world andthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpret
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: My servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §578: faithful servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: unto manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Thy sincere servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §35: meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: We glory thereingleaningsGWB §235: to glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: gloriedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: and have been vaunting themselvesthe-hidden-wordsHW §26: Vauntepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: pridegleaningsGWB §99: are honoredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: distinction
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: beargleaningsGWB §375: comparekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: My Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: ascribedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: to any of Thy creatureswill-and-testamentW&T §4: attributingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the relativesgleaningsGWB §122: direct intercourse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: were treatedgleaningsGWB §463: all thy doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: works.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: fulfilledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §39: enforcethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: acts of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: share it with themgleaningsGWB §172: Cleavekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: We exhortkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: do theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst neglectwill-and-testamentW&T §17: will he seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: was wont to dust
1 occurrence in corpus
man 18% perceived 9% fellowship 9% men 9% attached 9% eternal 9% dearly-loved 9% enjoyed 9% commune 9% reunion 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: a man’sgleaningsGWB §373: mortal mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: his fellow-manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: may delight myself inthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: lifewill-and-testamentW&T §42: plottedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: The companionsgleaningsGWB §594: to all men
This form usually rendered as “asbahi” (1 occurrences)
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “taken”, “escorted”, “sought” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: conducted Usfire-tabletFire §38: the coldgleaningsGWB §191: Shake offkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: wentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: unravel Thy mysterythe-hidden-wordsHW §85: that thou mayestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: snatched off Ourfire-tabletFire §7: Coldness
This form usually rendered as “still” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: them that have wronged Usfire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §453: Your iniquitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: darkenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: have ye oppressed themthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §5: deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: by reason of the cruelty
exalt 15% exalted 15% exaltation 15% glorification 15% elevate 10% advancement 10% upliftment 5% sublimity 5% rise 5% elevating 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: at the commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §455: the design he had conceivedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: of God’s holy Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: by virtue of Thine authoritytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: O Lord, my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §176: to the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of God,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “before”, “presence”, “leader” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: infire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §286: is a motherkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: communitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: such nationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
This form usually rendered as “faces”, “face”, “favored” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: turn his face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §494: leadkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: for Thy facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: FaithgleaningsGWB §340: all Faiths.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: Dispensationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: of the citieswill-and-testamentW&T §38: of His Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: RevelationgleaningsGWB §87: of every religionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: destitute
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: occupiedgleaningsGWB §244: ye are occupiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: to be busied withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: to deter themthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: engagewill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: occupied HimselfgleaningsGWB §40: have occupied themselves
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: mine own hurtgleaningsGWB §153: evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: no other thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: swear by Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: by Myself
SE expanded to “that are conducive”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: conducive togleaningsGWB §316: It is to these external influenceskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: effective meanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the motiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: with the emblemsthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: secretwill-and-testamentW&T §7: soepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: will cause
abasement 48% humiliation 15% shame 11% disgrace 4% dishonor 4% misery 4% wretchedness 4% abased 4% loneliness 4% utter 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: wretchednessgleaningsGWB §185: The shame I was made to bearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: abased andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: Miserythe-hidden-wordsHW §83: baserwill-and-testamentW&T §47: humbled himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: humiliationgleaningsGWB §225: ashamed
SE rendered نفوس (nfús), باسبابيکه (básbábíkh), سبب (sbb), ذلّت (dhllt), علّت (ʿllt), اذيّت (idhíht), متمسّک (mtmssk) as “men, that are conducive, cause, humiliation, injury, clung”
injury 21% afflictions 14% persecution 14% tribulations 7% cruelty 7% injure 7% assailed 7% harassed 7% persecute 7% suffering 7%
This form usually rendered as “holding”, “cling”, “cleaving” (56 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hold fast untogleaningsGWB §396: tenaciouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: cling toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: He who is poor and needytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou holdest fastgleaningsGWB §125: cleave tenaciously tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: those that have clung to
