Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §43
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 43 of 268.
Source (Persian)
و در مقام ديگر * ايّاکم ان تسفکوا الدّماء اخرجوا سيف اللّسان عن غمد البيان لانّ به تفتح مدائن القلوب * انّا رفعنا حکم القتل عن بينکم انّ الرّحمة سبقت الممکنات ان کنتم تعلمون *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And yet again in another connection: "Beware lest ye shed the blood of any one. Unsheathe the sword of your tongue from the scabbard of utterance, for therewith ye can conquer the citadels of men's hearts. We have abolished the law to wage holy war against each other. God's mercy hath, verily, encompassed all created things, if ye do but understand."
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: Viceregentfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §376: rankkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: the Day of Resurrection?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Self-Subsisting!tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: sheddinggleaningsGWB §574: refrain from shedding
This form usually rendered as “banished”, “unsheathe”, “come” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: departgleaningsGWB §563: departed from itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: hereticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: quittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: drawn forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: release
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: swordsgleaningsGWB §620: with the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: bladesgleaningsGWB §636: of the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: the swords that are drawn against Himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thy swordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: sword
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a tonguegleaningsGWB §174: saidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: the wish oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its tonguegleaningsGWB §464: mouths
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the CitiesgleaningsGWB §481: its inhabitantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: within these Citiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: Tabernacletablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: each onewill-and-testamentW&T §3: to the Great Cityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: citiesgleaningsGWB §438: civilization
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: the heartgleaningsGWB §680: soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: in their heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: with my hearttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §23: sincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: in Mine heart
wisdom 38% law 24% commandment 7% divine 7% hath 6% injunction 4% authority 4% commandments 3% command 3% pronounce 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: wisdomgleaningsGWB §253: His behestskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: more emphatically assertedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath brokentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the firm and conclusive
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: to wage holy wargleaningsGWB §294: they put Him to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: be slainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: offered them upwill-and-testamentW&T §9: conspiring against meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: assassinsgleaningsGWB §150: deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: Will ye slay
SE rendered رفعنا (rfʿná), حکم (ḥkm), القتل (al-qtl), بينکم (bínkm), الرّحمة (ar-rḥmh), سبقت (sbqt), الممکنات (al-mmknát) as “have abolished, the law, to wage holy war, God's mercy, hath, verily, encompassed, all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the clear tokensfire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §724: in the midstkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: set forth the meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: revealed untotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolutethe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdom
mercy 69% tender 6% pity 3% god’s 3% source 3% bounty 3% all-merciful 3% have 3% compassion 3% token 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the Compassionatefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §627: of Mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: infinite graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Thy mercifulnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE expanded to “hath, verily, encompassed”
hath 44% surpassed 22% preceded 6% surpasseth 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% pervaded 3% permeated 3% surpass 3% grasp 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: surpassinggleaningsGWB §548: can excelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: worthierprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: beforethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hasten thereuntoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: hath, verily, encompassedgleaningsGWB §60: pervadedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: superior
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created thingsfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §105: possiblykitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: of Thy creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: mortalwill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abode
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: thou beengleaningsGWB §548: hath not seenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §548: Thou art Hetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §19: thou dost
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: Know thoufire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §387: men’skitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: “Knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: that they may be made awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
