The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER THIRTY
Divisions 886-920
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
886.
O Hádí!
Thou hast gone unto My brother and hast seen him.
887.
Set now thy face towards the court of this Wronged One, that haply the breezes of Revelation and the breaths of inspiration may assist thee and enable thee to attain thy goal.
888.
Whoever gazeth this day on My signs will distinguish truth from falsehood as the sun from shadow, and will be made cognizant of the goal.
889.
God is aware and beareth Me witness that whatever hath been mentioned was for the sake of God,
that haply thou mayest be the cause of the guidance of men,
and mayest deliver the peoples of the world from idle fancies and vain imaginings.
890.
Gracious God!
Until now they that have turned aside and denied Me have failed to recognize Who despatched that which was delivered unto the Herald—the Primal Point! (the Bab)
The knowledge of it is with God, the Lord of the worlds.
891.
Exert thyself, O Sheik, and arise to serve this Cause.
892.
The Sealed Wine is disclosed in this day before the faces of men.
893.
Seize it in the name of thy Lord,
and quaff thy fill in remembrance of Him Who is the Mighty, the Incomparable.
894.
Night and day hath this Wronged One been occupied in that which would unite the hearts,
and edify the souls of men.
895.
The events that have happened in Persia during the early years
have truly saddened the well-favored and sincere ones.
896.
Each year witnessed a fresh massacre,
pillage, plunder, and shedding of blood.
897.
At one time there appeared in Zanján that which caused the greatest consternation;
at another in Nayríz, and at yet another in Tabarsí,
and finally there occurred the episode of the Land of Tá. (Tihrán)
898.
From that time onwards this Wronged One, assisted by the One True God—exalted be His glory—
acquainted this oppressed people with the things which beseemed them.
899.
All have sanctified themselves from the things which they and others possess, and have clung unto, and fixed their eyes upon that which pertaineth unto God.
900.
It is now incumbent upon His Majesty the Sháh—may God, exalted be He, protect him—
to deal with this people with loving-kindness and mercy.
901.
This Wronged One pledgeth Himself, before the Divine Kaaba, that, apart from truthfulness and trustworthiness, this people will show forth nothing that can in any way conflict with the world-adorning views of His Majesty.
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902.
Every nation must have a high regard for the position of its sovereign, must be submissive unto him, must carry out his behests, and hold fast his authority.
903.
The sovereigns of the earth have been and are the manifestations of the power, the grandeur and the majesty of God.
899.
This Wronged One hath at no time dealt deceitfully with anyone.
900.
Every one is well aware of this, and beareth witness unto it.
901.
Regard for the rank of sovereigns is divinely ordained,
as is clearly attested by the words of the Prophets of God and His chosen ones.
902.
He Who is the Spirit (Jesus)—may peace be upon Him—was asked:
“O Spirit of God!
Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?”
903.
And He made reply:
“Yea, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s
and to God the things that are God’s.”
904.
He forbade it not.
905.
These two sayings are, in the estimation of men of insight, one and the same,
for if that which belonged to Caesar had not come from God, He would have forbidden it.
906.
And likewise in the sacred verse:
“Obey God and obey the Apostle, and those among you invested with authority.”
907.
By “those invested with authority” is meant primarily and more especially the Imáms
—the blessings of God rest upon them!
908.
They, verily, are the manifestations of the power of God, and the sources of His authority,
and the libraries of His knowledge, and the daysprings of His commandments.
909.
Secondarily these words refer unto the kings and rulers
—those through the brightness of whose justice the horizons of the world are resplendent and luminous.
910.
We fain would hope that His Majesty the Sháh will shine forth with a light of justice whose radiance will envelop all the kindreds of the earth.
911.
It is incumbent upon every one to beseech the true God on his behalf for that which is meet and seemly in this day.
912.
O God, my God, and my Master, and my Mainstay, and my Desire, and my Beloved!
I ask Thee by the mysteries which were hid in Thy knowledge,
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and by the signs which have diffused the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness,
and by the billows of the ocean of Thy bounty,
and by the heaven of Thy grace and generosity,
913.
and by the blood spilt in Thy path,
and by the hearts consumed in their love for Thee,
to assist His Majesty the Sháh with Thy power and Thy sovereignty,
that from him may be manifested that which will everlastingly endure
in Thy Books, and Scriptures, and Tablets.
914.
Hold Thou his hand, O my Lord, with the hand of Thine omnipotence,
and illuminate him with the light of Thy knowledge,
and adorn him with the adornment of Thy virtues.
915.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee,
and in Thy grasp are the reins of all created things.
No God is there but Thee,
the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bounteous.
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