Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §4
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 4 of 268.
Source (Persian)
يا ايّها العَالِمُ الجليل اسمع نداء المظلوم انّه ينصحک لوجه اللّه و يعظک بما يقرّبک اليه فی کلّ الاحوال انّه هو الغنيّ المتعال * اعلم انّ الآذان خلقت لاصغاء النّداء فی هذا اليوم الّذی کان مذکورا فی الکتب و الزّبر و الالواح * فی اوّل الامر طهّر نفسک بماء الانقطاع و زيّن راسک باکليل التّقوی و هيکلک بطراز التّوکّل علی اللّه ثمّ قم عن مقامک مقبلا الی البيت الاعظم مطاف من فی العالم من لدن مالک القدم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Give ear, O distinguished divine, unto the voice of this Wronged One. He verily, counselleth thee for the sake of God, and exhorteth thee unto that which will cause thee to draw nigh unto Him under all conditions. He, in truth, is the All-Possessing, the Exalted. Know thou that the ear of man hath been created that it may hearken unto the Divine Voice on this Day that hath been mentioned in all the Books, Scriptures, and Tablets. Purify thou, first, thy soul with the waters of renunciation, and adorn thine head with the crown of the fear of God, and thy temple with the ornament of reliance upon Him. Arise, then, and, with thy face set towards the Most Great House, the Spot round which, as decreed by the Eternal King, all that dwell on earth must circle, recite:
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (363 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: knowledge of such sciencesfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §174: world.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: knowledge andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: Aware as I amtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
SE rendered العَالِمُ (al-ʿálim), الجليل (al-jlíl), اسمع (ismʿ), نداء (ndáʾ), المظلوم (al-mẓlúm), ينصحک (ynṣḥk) as “distinguished divine, Give ear, the voice, this Wronged One, counselleth thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: exalted be His glorygleaningsGWB §288: of Grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: glorifiedgleaningsGWB §222: magnified be His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: divine presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy glory
This form usually rendered as “hear”, “hearken”, “let” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thatfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §725: hearkenedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: inclinest Thine eartablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voicefire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §31: callingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: by Thytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the voice
SE expanded to “this Wronged One”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: gloomyfire-tabletFire §33: the tyrannygleaningsGWB §452: your crueltykitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: have transgressedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: malevolenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: the oppressor
counsel 32% counsels 18% admonitions 9% exhortations 6% admonisher 6% counsellor 6% admonished 6% exhort 6% exhorted 6% counseleth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: exhortethgleaningsGWB §594: an admonisherkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the counselskitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: exhortedthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: Heed ye this counselepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: exhortgleaningsGWB §522: the counsel giventhe-hidden-wordsHW §153: We counsel you
SE expanded to “for the sake of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §191: God’s
exhorteth 20% counsels 20% counselleth 10% exhorted 10% admonisheth 10% counseleth 10% most 10% whose 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: exhortethgleaningsGWB §579: and most convincingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: exhortedgleaningsGWB §283: counselethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: admonisheth yougleaningsGWB §595: from Whose lipsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: counselsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: exhorteth thee
SE expanded to “cause thee to draw nigh”
times 30% conditions 15% under 15% all 10% continually 10% condition 5% state 5% circumstances 5% whatever 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: under all circumstancesgleaningsGWB §307: an external objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: no powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: and under all conditionstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
all-possessing 37% rich 33% dispense 7% afford 3% self-sufficient 3% all 3% can 3% independent 3% truth 3% enrich 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sunggleaningsGWB §449: take the placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: sea of wealthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: may be enrichedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: his richesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: possessest shall profit
This form usually rendered as “most”, “inaccessible”, “all-highest” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: leavegleaningsGWB §222: been givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: their earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: by My leavegleaningsGWB §26: earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: hast forbiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: ear
SE expanded to “hath been created”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that peoplefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §471: have We created youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: hath been generatedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: character
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: daygleaningsGWB §210: the former dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: at a timewill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: in this daygleaningsGWB §47: Day — the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven and on earth
mentioned 22% recorded 17% mention 13% aforementioned 9% foretold 9% above-mentioned 9% hath 9% revealed 4% referred 4% characterized 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: mentionedgleaningsGWB §640: calleth to remembrancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: hath been recountedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: extoltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE expanded to “all the Books”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: the BayángleaningsGWB §609: thy written supplicationkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: written downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: such lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy Books
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andgleaningsGWB §612: hiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: strong as brassepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Booksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: Thy Scripturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the Scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: in Thy Scripturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: Scriptures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: illuminedgleaningsGWB §41: pagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: symbolicallyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Preserved Tablettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: preserved TabletgleaningsGWB §664: the Scriptures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: of oldgleaningsGWB §220: ever since the dawnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine own Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §6: interpretationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: nine will have elapsedgleaningsGWB §702: ere he
SE rendered الزّبر (az-zbr), الالواح (al-lúáḥ), اوّل (iwwl), الامر (al-ámr), طهّر (ṭhhr), نفسک (nfsk), بماء (bmáʾ), الانقطاع (an-nqṭáʿ) as “Scriptures, Tablets, first, Purify thou, thy soul, with the waters, renunciation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy commandmentsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §636: of menkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: happeningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: in Thy beheststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: puregleaningsGWB §165: men!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: hast cleansedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: shall be cleansedgleaningsGWB §697: be profanedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: sanctified methe-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainless
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “self” (222 occurrences)
SE expanded to “with the waters”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: what He willethgleaningsGWB §36: such waterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: watergleaningsGWB §292: for the thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: the water
detachment 43% renunciation 31% cessation 5% detached 5% renounced 5% all 2% complete 2% cease 2% renounce 2% sublime 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cutgleaningsGWB §700: all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: renounceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: ceasedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: country
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: thine headgleaningsGWB §163: my headthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy headepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: topgleaningsGWB §163: I be beheadedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the mountain-topgleaningsGWB §428: the fountain-headepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: head
SE expanded to “with the crown”
SE expanded to “the fear of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the God-fearingfire-tabletFire §21: of puritygleaningsGWB §473: Lay not aside the fearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: dissimulationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: “Fearthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purest virtuewill-and-testamentW&T §1: protectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Fear ye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: templefire-tabletFire §44: Thy templegleaningsGWB §102: Manifestationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the bodiestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: the embodimentsthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy templewill-and-testamentW&T §1: the Temple
SE expanded to “with the ornament”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: yourgleaningsGWB §426: arrayed inkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst adorntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: vesturegleaningsGWB §717: an ornament
SE expanded to “reliance upon Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: placed My whole trustgleaningsGWB §479: Let Him be thy trustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: I have placed mytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to put my trustgleaningsGWB §684: trustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §392: In Thee have
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: placesfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §505: steadfastkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: “Resurrection,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: investedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
SE expanded to “with thy face set towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: before Himfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §475: fix thy gazekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: have clungprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: I have acceptedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE expanded to “the Most Great House”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: the HousegleaningsGWB §480: their homesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: for the mansionswill-and-testamentW&T §38: this Houseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: that same housegleaningsGWB §611: the Frequentedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Habitationwill-and-testamentW&T §38: to the Universal House
SE rendered قم (qm), مقامک (mqámk), مقبلا (mqblá), البيت (al-bít), الاعظم (al-áʿẓm), مطاف (mṭáf), العالم (al-ʿálm), لدن (ldn), مالک (málk) as “Arise, with thy face set towards, the Most Great House, circle, as decreed by, the Eternal King”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: Most Great RevelationgleaningsGWB §16: greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: greater thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the GreatgleaningsGWB §169: How vast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: have circledgleaningsGWB §216: will circlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: gatheredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: circle roundtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierce stormepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: circlethgleaningsGWB §20: its faithful followers
This form usually rendered as “who”, “unto”, “part” (47 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Lord ofgleaningsGWB §123: earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §64: Supreme Rulertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
SE rendered مطاف (mṭáf), العالم (al-ʿálm), لدن (ldn), مالک (málk), القدم (al-qdm) as “circle, as decreed by, the Eternal King”
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: preferfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §40: everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: His imperishable Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §81: the nextwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
