Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §6
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 6 of 268.
Source (Persian)
* اشهد يا الهی و سلطانی بانّک خلقتنی لذکرک و ثنائک و نصرة امرک و انّی نصرت اعداءک الّذين نقضوا عهدک و نبذوا کتابک و کفروا بک و بآياتک آه آه من غفلتی و خجلتی و خطيئتی و جريرتی الّتی منعتنی عن الورود فی طمطام بحر احديّتک و قمقام يمّ رحمتک فآه آه ثمّ آه آه من سوء حالی و کبر عصيانی قد اظهرتنی يا الهی لاعلاء کلمتک و اظهار امرک و لکن غفلتی منعتنی و احاطت بی بحيث قمت علی محو آثارک و سفک دماء اوليائک و مطالع آياتک و مشارق وحيک و مخازن اسرارک *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
"I testify, O my God, and my King, that Thou hast created me to remember Thee, to glorify Thee, and to aid Thy Cause. And yet, I have aided Thine enemies, who have broken Thy Covenant, who have cast away Thy Book, disbelieved in Thee, and repudiated Thy signs. Alas, alas, for my waywardness, and my shame, and my sinfulness, and my wrong-doing that have withheld me from the depths of the ocean of Thy unity and from fathoming the sea of Thy mercy. Wherefore, alas, alas! and again alas, alas! for my wretchedness and the grievousness of my transgressions! Thou didst call me into being, O my God, to exalt Thy Word, and to manifest Thy Cause. My heedlessness, however, hath deterred me and compassed me about, in such wise that I have arisen to blot out Thy signs, and to shed the blood of Thy loved ones, and of the dawning-places of Thy signs, and of the daysprings of Thy revelation, and of the repositories of Thy mysteries.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §148: solemnly affirmedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: Thou dost witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §386: other Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: sovereigntygleaningsGWB §710: sovereign Rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: that sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: and thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: His Majesty
SE expanded to “hast created me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy creaturesfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §573: ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: attributesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: Fountaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: creatures
SE expanded to “to remember Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “celebrate”, “virtues” (71 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to glorify Thee”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §117: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: and extol Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §46: celebrate His praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: extollingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: second
SE expanded to “aid Thy Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: upholder andfire-tabletFire §29: ChampiongleaningsGWB §495: aidingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: risenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: potency of Thy mightwill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: helped
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
enemies 64% adversaries 13% enemy 5% foes 4% enmity 4% mine 3% transgressor 2% all 2% common 1% excesses 1%
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: brokengleaningsGWB §296: They brokeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §41: breakingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the violationwill-and-testamentW&T §1: of Covenant-breakersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §33: they have broken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: CovenantgleaningsGWB §109: Testamentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the object of our expectationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: the covenantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: iswill-and-testamentW&T §1: the Covenant of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: covenant concerning Mine own MissiongleaningsGWB §110: Dispensation
SE expanded to “have cast away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: casteth awaygleaningsGWB §432: forsakethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and cast behind theirthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: dregsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: set asidegleaningsGWB §629: forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and castepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: cast away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: WegleaningsGWB §510: have pledgedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: the Book?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: to be a bookthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: such lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: the Books of former times
have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: deniedgleaningsGWB §44: Manifestationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: infidels!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: canceltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §44: infidel
SE expanded to “repudiated Thy signs”
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §318: mighty signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: How, We wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: and acknowledged Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: verse
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: the heedlessgleaningsGWB §457: your heedlessnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “deprivation,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: so grievouslythe-hidden-wordsHW §122: neglectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: they are obliviousgleaningsGWB §36: oblivious of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my shamegleaningsGWB §611: hast refused to shameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: whatsoever shameththe-hidden-wordsHW §31: be then abashedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: shameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: are ashamedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: abashedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: greater shame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: trespassesgleaningsGWB §655: iniquitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: sinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: my sinsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my sinfulnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §724: great trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: sinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: sinfulness
This form usually rendered as “wrong-doing” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: my sinsgleaningsGWB §665: own shortcomingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: to his evil doingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mighty sinsgleaningsGWB §257: your trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: sinsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my wrong-doingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §545: trespasses
SE expanded to “have withheld me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-HighestgleaningsGWB §423: shutting outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: withhold the handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: may preventtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have withheld me
This form usually rendered as “attaining”, “fathoming”, “reaching” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: touchedgleaningsGWB §491: exposedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: attain the meadsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: from attaining the seatwill-and-testamentW&T §49: midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: befallgleaningsGWB §466: hath sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: not to inflict
This form usually rendered as “depths”, “ocean”, “seas” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: the seafire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: of every seatablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the ocean of knowledge
This form usually rendered as “oneness”, “transcendent”, “glory” (35 occurrences)
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §385: alonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §486: unity
unfathomed 50% bounty 50%
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
4 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “wretchedness” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: Now, toogleaningsGWB §125: hinderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: What “oppression” isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §182: all Thy companytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §6: whilst
This form usually rendered as “pride”, “arrogance”, “saith” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “transgressions”, “rebelliousness”, “hath” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and to manifest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Thy Revelationfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §424: made manifest.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: assertprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: by Themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
exalt 30% exaltation 19% glorify 15% exalted 7% magnify 7% glorification 7% sake 4% proclaim 4% furthering 4% magnifying 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: His Wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §279: at a wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: spoken by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Who conversed with God
SE expanded to “compassed me about”
encompassed 32% have 18% compassed 14% hath 14% whisperings 4% enveloped 4% all-encompassing 4% encompasseth 4% blew 4% encompass 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: compassed me aboutfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §259: rivalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: supremacyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: have assailedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: have appeared on
SE rendered امرک (imrk), لکن (lkn), غفلتی (ghfltí), منعتنی (mnʿtní), احاطت (iḥáṭt), بی (bí), بحيث (bḥíth), قمت (qmt), محو (mḥú), آثارک (áthárk), سفک (sfk) as “Thy Cause, however, My heedlessness, hath deterred me, compassed me about, in such wise that, I have arisen, blot out, Thy signs, to shed”
5 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “in such wise that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: in such wise thatgleaningsGWB §480: so thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: and willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: inasmuchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and to waitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: They are such thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Such is Thy greatness thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: that
SE expanded to “I have arisen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: placefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §518: Know yekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: anotherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose servicetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
effaced 29% blot 21% destroy 13% blotted 13% dissipate 4% obliterated 4% abolish 4% completely 4% annulment 4% fadeth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: destroygleaningsGWB §600: completely obliteratedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: annulmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: mutilateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: well nigh been banishedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: destroyedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: abolishgleaningsGWB §350: effaced
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: hostile attitudegleaningsGWB §39: the truth of the signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: signsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: can movewill-and-testamentW&T §1: writ and revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: resultsgleaningsGWB §383: a reflectionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: outward manifestations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: spiltgleaningsGWB §574: sheddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: spilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the blood of anyonegleaningsGWB §189: my bloodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: breathed intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy bloodwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with my bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: bloodshedgleaningsGWB §170: breathedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the blood
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: onesgleaningsGWB §435: leaderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: provincesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §37: and the Lordwill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Saintsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy loved onesgleaningsGWB §137: Prophets of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: continuous
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: readfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §132: exponents of violencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: holy Soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: Whose countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
daysprings 38% manifestations 19% day-springs 10% dawning-places 5% sources 5% emblems 5% repositories 5% embodiments 5% easts 5% “easts” 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the Ancient Dayspringfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §191: effulgent glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: arisingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: the revelationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: shining
وحيک
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Divine RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §738: Thy most sweet remembranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: by Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: repositorygleaningsGWB §627: within the treasurieskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: His inviolable treasuriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Well-guarded Treasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §66: storehousesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: all the possessionsgleaningsGWB §230: Treasure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: satisfactiongleaningsGWB §63: of the unseenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: mystery.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: delighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: the inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the Land of Mysteryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will rejoice
