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 §198: We gazed onfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §439: can now be discernedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: My witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: have suffered martyrdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: see
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kingsgleaningsGWB §260: by virtue of His sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: Monarchsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: with Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: excelleth
SE expanded to “hast created me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: characteristicsfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §451: all human beingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: the first creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: didst create metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: was called into being
SE expanded to “to remember Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: anything mentionedgleaningsGWB §552: commune with Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: His most great testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Were I to attempt merely to describe Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “extol”, “celebrate” (71 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to glorify Thee”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: secondgleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: speak forth Thy praisewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: praise TheegleaningsGWB §5: the praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereupon
SE expanded to “aid Thy Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy victoryfire-tabletFire §28: championedgleaningsGWB §671: victorykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: for the triumphprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Thine ascendancythe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: His behestfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §395: the Faithkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: of God’s holy Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: thistablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
enemies 60% adversaries 14% foes 5% enemy 5% mine 5% enmity 4% transgressor 2% aggressor 2% all 2% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have brokengleaningsGWB §687: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: who have brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §1: Covenant-breakersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath brokengleaningsGWB §296: They brokeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §41: breaking
covenant 48% dispensation 14% days 11% testament 6% age 6% time 5% covenanted 3% every 3% pledgeth 2% have 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: covenantedgleaningsGWB §122: agekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: in the dispensation ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: the covenants Thou hast madethe-hidden-wordsHW §141: My covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §6: God’s Testamentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy CovenantgleaningsGWB §590: have covenanted
SE expanded to “have cast away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have cast awaygleaningsGWB §423: renouncedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and cast behind their backsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: castgleaningsGWB §629: that have forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: they cast awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Thou hast set asidegleaningsGWB §504: hath forsaken
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: He may forgive theegleaningsGWB §572: refused to acknowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: at the camphor fountainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: the infidels that have disbelievedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidelsgleaningsGWB §531: cast it behind your backskitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: an infidel
SE expanded to “repudiated Thy signs”
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 §103: of signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §320: a testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: to reveal the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: the heedlessgleaningsGWB §463: be not carelesskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: deprived themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: be obliviousthe-hidden-wordsHW §152: unwaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: strayed far from HimgleaningsGWB §247: their total disregard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: shamegleaningsGWB §611: hast refused to shame Meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: are ashamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §31: be then abashedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: ashamedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: whatsoever shamethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: abashedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: blush and feel ashamed
sins 29% sinfulness 14% evil-doings 7% monstrous 7% trespasses 7% sin 7% grievous 7% iniquities 7% transgressions 7% evildoers 7%
This form usually rendered as “wrong-doing” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mighty sinsgleaningsGWB §257: your trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: trespassesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my wrong-doinggleaningsGWB §665: own shortcomingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: me my trespassesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the misdeedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: and the trespasses
SE expanded to “have withheld me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: withheldgleaningsGWB §627: to hinder themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: from attainingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: able to frustratetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you out
This form usually rendered as “attaining”, “fathoming”, “reaching” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: befellgleaningsGWB §490: The tribulations We have sustainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: handed downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: may be kept back from themwill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: have been recordedgleaningsGWB §227: metkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: be led
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: CatastrophegleaningsGWB §685: seasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: billowingwill-and-testamentW&T §32: tribulationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: the depthsgleaningsGWB §631: oceanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: billowing oceansgleaningsGWB §116: billowing ocean
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the OceangleaningsGWB §563: waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: Thy most great Oceanwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of the seagleaningsGWB §71: the waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understanding
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy unitygleaningsGWB §158: to nonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: Not oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: holy and transcendent unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: any one of themgleaningsGWB §483: no
unfathomed 50% bounty 50%
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §234: and mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: will have no mercy upon themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: condemnationgleaningsGWB §509: Our illskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: misdeedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: misfortuneswill-and-testamentW&T §36: against meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy sinsgleaningsGWB §684: how contemptiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: iniquity
now 43% round 13% times 9% conditions 7% around 7% state 5% present 4% circumstances 4% power 4% therefore 4%
This form usually rendered as “arrogance”, “pride”, “glorified” (20 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of my transgressions”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of my rebelliousnessfire-tabletFire §35: singleaningsGWB §563: the sinnerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their iniquityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §78: a sinnerthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: rebellionwill-and-testamentW&T §17: rebelled againstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: sinner
SE expanded to “and to manifest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: that thou mayest show forthfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §300: for its occurrencekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: the lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: fruits to be revealedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: seem
exalt 25% glorify 19% exaltation 13% sake 13% magnify 9% exalted 6% magnifying 6% proclaim 3% may 3% glorification 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: highfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §547: From the exalted sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: they that are exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: through the ennobling influencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: Who conversedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §271: she spokekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: “Word”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: a word therefromtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
SE expanded to “compassed me about”
encompassed 30% have 23% compassed 13% hath 13% enveloped 3% all-encompassing 3% encompasseth 3% blew 3% encompass 3% embraced 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: hath encompassedfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §488: with which We are encompassedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: comprehensionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: suffusedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: from all sides afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: surround
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”
SE expanded to “in such wise that”
SE expanded to “I have arisen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: placesfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §547: its preordained stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: two stationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: hath raised me uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
effaced 28% blot 20% destroy 12% blotted 12% completely 8% dissipate 4% abolish 4% obliterated 4% annulment 4% fadeth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: blot outgleaningsGWB §178: blotted outkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: annulmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Thus, “What He pleaseth will God abrogateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: that no trace may be leftwill-and-testamentW&T §54: exterminateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: completely obliteratedgleaningsGWB §421: blotted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signsgleaningsGWB §322: influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: lingering tracesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: past tracesthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: follow inwill-and-testamentW&T §34: that which hath been revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: evidencesgleaningsGWB §551: effects
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: be spiltgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: sheddinggleaningsGWB §574: refrain from shedding
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: men ofgleaningsGWB §278: their Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: of Thy loved onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §16: Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: chosen onesgleaningsGWB §125: Leader and Master
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 11% revealers 9% day-springs 9% revealed 4% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the dayspringfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §338: comprehendingkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: holy Soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: They Who are the Exponentstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
daysprings 38% manifestations 24% dawning-places 5% sources 5% emblems 5% repositories 5% ye 5% day-springs 5% easts 5% lights 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: hath shone forthfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §286: issuing forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: rising above the dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: and the daystar of Thy revelation shone forthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
وحيک
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: shall be revealedgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: Thou hast inspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: is revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: the repositoriesgleaningsGWB §630: treasuredkitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: depositoryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: out of the treasuriesthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: I have preserved itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: all the treasuresgleaningsGWB §693: treasures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Mine innergleaningsGWB §726: filled with gladnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: escapeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: and discover the mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §42: beganepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: heads
