Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §233
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 233 of 268.
Source (Persian)
* حال در اين کلمات که عرف ياس از ان متضوّع تفکّر نمائيد فی مناجاته مع الاحزان الی اللّه ربّ العالمين قوله [ سبحانک اللّهمّ فاشهد بانّي بذلک الکتاب قد اخذت عهد ولاية من تظهرنّه عن کلّ شیء قبل عهد ولايتی و کفی بک و بمن آمن بآياتک عَلَیَّ شهداء و انّک انت حسبی عليک توکّلت و انّک کنت علی کلّ شیء حسيبا ] *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And now, meditate upon these words, which diffuse the breath of despair, in His sorrowful invocation unto God, the Lord of the worlds. He saith: "Glorified art Thou, O My God! Bear Thou witness that, through this Book, I have covenanted with all created things concerning the Mission of Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest, ere the covenant concerning Mine own Mission had been established. Sufficient witness art Thou and they that have believed in Thy signs. Thou, verily, sufficest Me. In Thee have I placed My trust, and Thou, verily, taketh count of all things."
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: circumstancesgleaningsGWB §633: around Whomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: Wereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: to compasstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: at Him Who conversedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §541: callkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: These words of hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: One single lettertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “fragrance”, “hath”, “sweet” (64 occurrences)
fragrance 40% hath 15% sweet 13% recognized 12% known 6% have 4% perfume 4% recognize 2% breath 2% recognizeth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: man of judgmentgleaningsGWB §346: and widely-knownkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: understanding and recognitionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: possessor of knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: knewepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the recognition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: diffusegleaningsGWB §367: degradethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: sweet smellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: be shed abroadgleaningsGWB §210: caused thee to diffuseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: been waftedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: have diffusedgleaningsGWB §51: hath shed its perfume
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 “ye”, “yourselves”, “show” (107 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: failgleaningsGWB §683: have encompassedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hold fastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: were inconceivableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: Thou didstthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: didstwill-and-testamentW&T §13: may riseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: issued
This form usually rendered as “prayer”, “prayers”, “sorrowful” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: prayerfire-tabletFire §25: of Thy salvationgleaningsGWB §159: and enable you to attain unto salvationkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: salvationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: liberatingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: whereby they can supplicate Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §10: is safeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: the voice of their supplication
SE rendered تفکّر (tfkkr), نمائيد (nmáʾíd), مناجاته (mnájáth), الاحزان (al-áḥzán), اللّه (al-lh), ربّ (rbb), العالمين (al-ʿálmín), قوله (qúlh) as “meditate, upon, sorrowful invocation, God, Lord, worlds, saith”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: infinite sorrowsfire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §47: filled thee with griefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: My grieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou grievewill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: God’skitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: O Thou Who art my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: before the LordgleaningsGWB §301: the Lord of Menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: of its Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: ye shall come to knowfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §2: Knower of all thingskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: that We might knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: aware as I amtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: through the wordsgleaningsGWB §213: these wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: I answeredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: let him saytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §682: the All-Glorious Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §291: Glorified beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: Lauded be Thy nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “Bear Thou witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: witness untofire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §117: can be foundkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: witnessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: the sighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: and I within Myself may bear witness unto
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 §244: of the Kitáb-i-ÍqángleaningsGWB §691: duty prescribedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: this pretentious bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: in His Booksthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: Writewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Write down
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “laid”, “clung” (29 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: obtainfire-tabletFire §12: afflictedgleaningsGWB §15: portionkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: perishethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: and they shall be seizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: have been coveredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
SE expanded to “covenant concerning Mine own Mission”
covenant 40% dispensation 15% days 15% time 6% testament 6% age 6% covenanted 4% pledgeth 2% have 2% cycle 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: the covenantgleaningsGWB §122: agekitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: every ageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: covenant with them for methe-hidden-wordsHW §141: My covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §6: God’s Testamentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: pledgeth HimselfgleaningsGWB §110: Dispensation
SE rendered الکتاب (al-ktáb), اخذت (ikhdht), عهد (ʿhd), ولاية (wláyh), تظهرنّه (tẓhrnnh), شیء (shíʾ) as “Book, covenanted, covenant concerning Mine own Mission, make manifest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the holy onesgleaningsGWB §471: and before His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §88: them that are dear to Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rained upon meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the loved ones of GodgleaningsGWB §125: Leader and Master
This form usually rendered as “whom”, “which” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: He hath revealed Himselffire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §285: through the Revelation of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the adventprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: as soon as it revealeth itselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My manifestation
SE rendered عهد (ʿhd), ولاية (wláyh), تظهرنّه (tẓhrnnh), شیء (shíʾ), عهد (ʿhd), ولايتی (wláytí), کفی (kfí), بک (bk), بمن (bmn) as “covenant concerning Mine own Mission, make manifest, Sufficient witness, art Thou and, they that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §300: certain eventkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: whomsoever He willethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: through Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
sufficient 86% sufficiently 14%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: sufficientgleaningsGWB §259: is insufficientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: unanswerableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the Restrainerthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: Be thou contentwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Not contentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §510: be Thy sufficing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: representativesgleaningsGWB §251: have believedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: we believeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §77: and by the Bearers of Thy Trusttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: confidewill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: faith
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: the signfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §327: that Realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: the revealed verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: one versetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
This form usually rendered as “sufficest” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: through whose hands it had passedgleaningsGWB §382: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: is accountedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: areepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: ReckoninggleaningsGWB §695: Think notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: Do men thinkthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: counted
SE expanded to “placed My trust”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: Place thy trustgleaningsGWB §479: Let Him be thy trustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: resign themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §392: placedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustwill-and-testamentW&T §25: representepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: placed My whole trust
