The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
Divisions 821-855
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
821.
By Him Who is the Truth!
Thine iniquity hath made Gabriel to groan, and hath drawn tears from the Law of God,
through which the breezes of justice have been wafted over all who are in heaven and on earth.
822.
Hast thou fondly imagined that the judgment thou didst pronounce hath profited thee?
823.
Nay, by Him Who is the King of all Names!
824.
Unto thy loss testifieth He with Whom is the knowledge of all things
as recorded in the preserved Tablet [of ____ ]...
825.
“O thou who hast gone astray!
Thou hast neither seen Me, nor associated with Me,
nor been My companion for the fraction of a moment.
826.
How is it, then, that thou hast bidden men to curse Me?
827.
Didst thou, in this, follow the promptings of thine own desires,
or didst thou obey thy Lord?
828.
Produce thou a sign, if thou art one of the truthful.
829.
We testify that thou hast cast behind thy back the Law of God, and laid hold on the dictates of thy passions.
830.
Nothing, in truth, escapeth His knowledge;
He, verily, is the Incomparable, the All-Informed.
831.
O heedless one!
Hearken unto that which the Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’án:
‘Say not to every one who meeteth you with a greeting,
“Thou art not a believer.”’
832.
Thus hath He decreed in Whose grasp are the kingdoms of Revelation and of creation,
if thou be of them that hearken.
833.
Thou hast set aside the commandment of God,
and clung unto the promptings of thine own desire.
834.
Woe, then, unto thee, O careless one that doubtest!
835.
If thou deniest Me, by what proof canst thou vindicate the truth of that which thou dost possess?
836.
Produce it, then, O thou who hast joined partners with God,
and turned aside from His sovereignty that hath encompassed the worlds!
837.
“Know thou that he is truly learned who hath acknowledged My Revelation,
and drunk from the Ocean of My knowledge,
and soared in the atmosphere of My love,
and cast away all else besides Me,
and taken firm hold on that which hath been sent down from the Kingdom of My wondrous utterance.
838.
He, verily, is even as an eye unto mankind, and as the spirit of life unto the body of all creation.
839.
Glorified be the All-Merciful Who hath enlightened him,
and caused him to arise and serve His great and mighty Cause.
840.
Verily, such a man is blessed by the Concourse on high, and by them who dwell within the Tabernacle of Grandeur, who have quaffed My sealed Wine in My Name, the Omnipotent, the All-Powerful.
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841.
If thou be of them that occupy such a sublime station, produce then a sign from God, the Creator of the heavens.
842.
And shouldst thou recognize thy powerlessness,
do thou rein in thy passions, and return unto thy Lord,
that perchance He may forgive thee thy sins
which have caused the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree to be burnt up, and the Rock to cry out,
and the eyes of men of understanding to weep.
843.
Because of thee the Veil of Divinity was rent asunder, and the Ark has foundered, and the She-Camel was hamstrung, and the Spirit (Jesus) groaned in His sublime retreat.
844.
Disputest thou with Him Who hath come unto thee with the testimonies of God and His signs which thou possessest and which are in the possession of them that dwell on earth?
845.
Open thine eyes that thou mayest behold this Wronged One shining forth above the horizon of the will of God, the Sovereign, the Truth, the Resplendent.
846.
Unstop, then, the ear of thine heart that thou mayest hearken unto the speech of the Divine Lote-Tree that hath been raised up in truth by God, the Almighty, the Beneficent.
847.
Verily, this Tree, notwithstanding the things that befell it by reason of thy cruelty and of the transgressions of such as are like thee, calleth aloud and summoneth all men unto the Sadratu’l-Muntahá and the Supreme Horizon.
848.
Blessed is the soul that hath gazed on the Most Mighty Sign, and the ear that hath heard His most sweet Voice, and woe to whosoever hath turned aside and done wickedly.
849.
“O thou who hast turned away from God!
Wert thou to look with the eye of fairness upon the Divine Lote-Tree,
thou wouldst perceive the marks of thy sword on its boughs, and its branches, and its leaves,
850.
notwithstanding that God created thee for the purpose of recognizing and of serving it.
851.
Reflect, that haply thou mayest recognize thine iniquity and be numbered with such as have repented.
852.
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Thinkest thou that We fear thy cruelty?
853.
Know thou and be well assured that from the first day whereon the voice of the Most Sublime Pen was raised betwixt earth and heaven We offered up Our souls,
854.
and Our bodies, and Our sons, and Our possessions in the path of God, the Exalted, the Great,
and We glory therein amongst all created things and the Concourse on high.
855.
Unto this testify the things which have befallen Us in this straight Path.
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