Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — §70
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 70 of 268.
Source (Persian)
يا شيخ اين مقام مقام فنای از نفس و بقاء باللّه است و اين کلمه اگر ذکر شود مدلّ بر نيستی بحت بات است * اين مقام لا املک لنفسی نفعا و لا ضرّا و لا حياة و لا نشورا است *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Shaykh! This station is the station in which one dieth to himself and liveth in God. Divinity, whenever I mention it, indicateth My complete and absolute self-effacement. This is the station in which I have no control over mine own weal or woe nor over my life nor over my resurrection.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: Such an achievementfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §716: with unswerving resolvekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: within theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: and be steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
SE expanded to “dieth to himself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: yours perishethgleaningsGWB §680: covetouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: vanitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: and to the evanescencethe-hidden-wordsHW §147: mortalityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: perisheth notgleaningsGWB §129: reduced to utter nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: signifieth
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: a fewgleaningsGWB §668: the fallenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: to be the same astablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: anyone
SE expanded to “liveth in God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: remainedfire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §634: unfading splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: all that which remainethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: abidetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: remaineth
SE rendered مقام (mqám), مقام (mqám), فنای (fnáy), از (iz), نفس (nfs), بقاء (bqáʾ), باللّه (bálllh), کلمه (klmh), ذکر (dhkr) as “is, dieth to himself, liveth in God, Divinity, mention”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: with Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §628: the sovereign Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of Our wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §652: The words thou hadst writtenkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: at the varying utterancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: to conversetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: commented upongleaningsGWB §315: dwellkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: above-mentionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: how to make mention of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
indicate 20% indicateth 13% expressive 13% bear 13% pertain 7% unmistakably 7% testify 7% prove 7% testifying 7% indicative 7%
nothingness 22% non-existence 11% thou 11% self-effacement 11% extinction 11% inability 11% non-existent 11% destruction 11%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: non-existencegleaningsGWB §657: thy inabilitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: nothingnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: destructionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: self-effacementgleaningsGWB §143: extinctionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: non-existentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: thou art
SE rendered ذکر (dhkr), مدلّ (mdll), بر (br), نيستی (nístí), بحت (bḥt), بات (bát), مقام (mqám), املک (imlk), لنفسی (lnfsí) as “mention, indicateth, self-effacement, complete and absolute, station, control, mine own”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “possess” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: the PossessorgleaningsGWB §129: worldlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: such of their subjectstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the kings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: is unprofitable unto yougleaningsGWB §279: What advantage is thereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: profiteth me notthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: will profitgleaningsGWB §266: and will profit herprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: what will helpepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: profited Me
harm 33% hurt 13% trouble 7% woe 7% pernicious 7% sorely 7% injury 7% manifold 7% malice 7% afflictions 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harmgleaningsGWB §629: tribulationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: injuryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: to injure himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §25: injuriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: will harmgleaningsGWB §439: pernicious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: ashamedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §167: revived Mekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: livethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: have quickenedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
spread 26% spreading 11% diffuse 11% resurrection 7% may 7% have 7% noised 7% promotion 7% scattering 7% shed 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: propagationgleaningsGWB §367: the promotionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: Revivalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §560: that they may scatter abroadwill-and-testamentW&T §15: scatteredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: spreadgleaningsGWB §16: promoteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: be shed abroad
