The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
Divisions 736-760
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
736.
O Sheik!
This people have passed beyond the narrow straits of names, and pitched their tents upon the shores of the sea of renunciation.
737.
They would willingly lay down a myriad lives, rather than breathe the word desired by their enemies.
738.
They have clung to that which pleaseth God, and are wholly detached and freed from the things which pertain unto men.
739.
They have preferred to have their heads cut off rather than utter one unseemly word.
740.
Ponder this in thine heart.
741.
Methinks they have quaffed their fill of the ocean of renunciation.
742.
The life of the present world hath failed to withhold them from suffering martyrdom in the path of God.
743.
In Mázindarán a vast number of the servants of God were exterminated.
744.
The Governor, under the influence of calumniators, robbed a great many of all that they possessed.
745.
Among the charges he laid against them was that they had been laying up arms, whereas upon investigation it was found out that they had nothing but an unloaded rifle!
746.
Gracious God!
This people need no weapons of destruction, inasmuch as they have girded themselves to reconstruct the world.
747.
Their hosts are the hosts of goodly deeds, and their arms the arms of upright conduct, and their commander the fear of God.
748.
Blessed that one that judgeth with fairness.
749.
By the righteousness of God!
Such hath been the patience, the calm, the resignation and contentment of this people that they have become the exponents of justice,
and so great hath been their forbearance, that they have suffered themselves to be killed rather than kill,
750.
and this notwithstanding that these whom the world hath wronged have endured tribulations the like of which the history of the world hath never recorded, nor the eyes of any nation witnessed.
751.
What is it that could have induced them to reconcile themselves to these grievous trials, and to refuse to put forth a hand to repel them?
752.
What could have caused such resignation and serenity?
753.
The true cause is to be found in the ban which the Pen of Glory hath, day and night, chosen to impose, and in Our assumption of the reins of authority, through the power and might of Him Who is the Lord of all mankind.
754.
Remember the father of Badí.
They arrested that wronged [man],
and ordered him to curse and revile his Faith.
|
|
|
755.
He, however, through the grace of God and the mercy of his Lord,
chose martyrdom, and attained thereunto.
756.
If ye would reckon up the martyrs in the path of God, ye could not count them.
757.
Consider his honor Siyyid Ismá’íl—upon him be the peace of God, and His loving-kindness—
how, before daybreak he was wont to dust, with his own turban, the doorstep of My house,
758.
and in the end, whilst standing on the banks of the river,
with his eyes fixed on that same house, offered up, by his own hand, his life.
759.
Do thou ponder on the penetrative influence of the Word of God.
760.
Every single one of these souls was first ordered to blaspheme and curse his faith,
yet none was found to prefer his own will to the Will of God.
The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
Divisions 761-785
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
761.
O Sheik!
In former times he that was chosen to be slain was just a single person, [Socrates,Jesus,Peter,Paul,etc]
762.
whereas now this Wronged [man] hath produced for thee that which causeth every fair-minded man to marvel.
763.
Judge fairly, I adjure thee, and arise to serve thy Lord.
764.
He, verily, shall reward thee with a reward which neither the treasures of the earth
nor all the possessions of kings and rulers can equal.
765.
In all thine affairs put thy reliance in God, and commit them unto Him.
766.
He will render thee a reward which the Book hath ordained as great.
767.
Occupy thyself, during these fleeting days of thy life,
with such deeds as will diffuse the fragrance of Divine good pleasure,
and will be adorned with the ornament of His acceptance.
768.
The acts of his honor, Balál, the Ethiopian, were so acceptable in the sight of God
that the “sín” of his stuttering tongue excelled the “shín” pronounced by all the world.
769.
This is the day whereon all peoples should shed the light of unity and concord.
770.
In brief, the pride and vanity of certain of the peoples of the world
|
|
|
have made havoc of true understanding, and laid waste the home of justice and of equity.
771.
O Sheik!
That which hath touched this Wronged One is beyond compare or equal.
772.
We have borne it all with the utmost willingness and resignation,
so that the souls of men may be edified, and the Word of God be exalted.
773.
While confined in the prison of the Land of Mím (Mázindarán)
We were one day delivered into the hands of the divines.
Thou canst well imagine what befell Us.
774.
Shouldst thou at some time happen to visit the dungeon of His Majesty the Sháh,
ask the director and chief jailer to show thee those two chains,
one of which is known as Qará-Guhar, and the other as Salásil.
775.
I swear by the Daystar of Justice
that for four months this Wronged One was tormented and chained by one or the other of them.
776.
“My grief exceedeth all the woes to which Jacob gave vent,
and all the afflictions of Job are but a part of My sorrows!”
777.
Likewise, ponder thou upon the martyrdom of Hájí Muhammad-Ridá in the City of Love (‘Ishqábád).
778.
The tyrants of the earth have subjected that wronged one to such trials
as have caused many foreigners to weep and lament
for, as reported and ascertained, no less than 32 wounds were inflicted upon his blessed body.
779.
Yet none of the faithful transgressed My commandment, nor raised his hand in resistance.
780.
Come what might, they refused to allow their own inclinations to supersede that which the Book hath decreed, though a considerable number of this people have resided, and still reside, in that city.
781.
We entreat His Majesty the Sháh,—may God, hallowed and glorified be He, assist him—
himself to ponder upon these things, and to judge with equity and justice.
782.
Although in recent years a number of the faithful have, in most of the cities of Persia,
suffered themselves to be killed rather than kill,
yet the hatred smouldering in certain hearts hath blazed more fiercely than before.
|
|
|
783.
For the victims of oppression to intercede in favor of their enemies
is, in the estimation of rulers, a princely deed.
784.
Some must have certainly heard that this oppressed people have, in that city (‘Ishqábád),
pleaded with the Governor on behalf of their murderers, and asked for the mitigation of their sentence.
785.
Take, then, good heed, ye who are men of insight!
Дата добавления: 2019-02-12; просмотров: 212; Мы поможем в написании вашей работы! |
Мы поможем в написании ваших работ!