The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
Divisions 916-950
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
916.
In the Epistle to the Romans Saint Paul hath written:
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.
917.
For there is no power but of God; the powers that be are ordained of God.
918.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God.”
919.
And further:
“For he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.”
920.
He saith that the appearance of the kings, and their majesty and power are of God.
921.
Moreover, in the traditions of old, references have been made which the divines have seen and heard.
922.
We beseech God—blessed and glorified be He—
to aid thee, O Sheik, to lay fast hold on that which hath been sent down from the heaven of the bounty of God, the Lord of the worlds.
923.
The divines must needs unite with His Majesty, the Sháh, and cleave unto that which will insure the protection, the security, the welfare and prosperity of men.
924.
A just king enjoyeth nearer access unto God than anyone.
925.
Unto this testifieth He Who speaketh in His Most Great Prison.
God! There is none other God but Him,
the One, the Incomparable, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
926.
Wert thou, for the sake of God, to ponder, though it be but for an hour, upon the things which have occurred in former times and more recently, thou wouldst turn away from the things thou dost possess unto the things which belong unto God, and wouldst become a means for the exaltation of His Word.
927.
Hath, from the foundation of the world until the present day, any Light or Revelation shone forth from the dayspring of the will of God which the kindreds of the earth have accepted, and Whose Cause they have acknowledged?
928.
Where is it to be found, and what is its name?
929.
Since the Seal of the Prophets (Muhammad)
—may all else but Him be His sacrifice—
and before Him the Spirit of God (Jesus), as far back as the First Manifestation, all have at the time of Their appearance suffered grievously.
930.
Some were held to be possessed, others were called impostors, and were treated in a manner that the pen is ashamed to describe.
931.
By God! There befell Them what hath made all created things to sigh, and yet the people are, for the most part, sunk in manifest ignorance!
932.
We pray God to assist them to return unto Him, and to repent before the door of His mercy.
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Potent is He over all things.
933.
At this moment the shrill voice of the Most Sublime Pen hath been raised, and hath addressed Me saying:
934.
“Admonish the Sheikeven as Thou hast admonished one of Thy Branches (sons), that haply the breezes of Thine utterance may attract and draw him nigh unto God, the Lord of the worlds.”
935.
“Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
936.
Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face.
937.
Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer to the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.
938.
Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech.
939.
Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men.
940.
Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression.
941.
Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts.
942.
Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive.
943.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.
944.
Be an ornament to the visage of truth,
a crown to the brow of fidelity,
a pillar of the temple of righteousness,
a breath of life to the body of mankind,
945.
an ensign of the hosts of justice,
a luminary above the horizon of virtue,
a dew to the soil of the human heart,
an ark on the ocean of knowledge,
946.
a sun in the heaven of bounty,
a gem on the diadem of wisdom,
a shining light in the firmament of thy generation,
a fruit upon the tree of humility.
947.
We pray God to protect thee from the heat of jealousy and the cold of hatred.
He verily is nigh, ready to answer.”
948.
Thus hath My tongue spoken unto one of My Branches (sons),
and We have mentioned it unto such of Our loved ones as have cast away their idle fancies,
and clung unto that which hath been prescribed unto them
in the day whereon the Daystar of Certitude hath shone forth above the horizon of the will of God,
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the Lord of the worlds.
949.
This is the day on which the Bird of Utterance hath warbled its melody upon the branches,
in the name of its Lord, the God of Mercy.
950.
Blessed is the man that hath, on the wings of longing,
soared towards God, the Lord of the Judgment Day.
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