The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER THIRTY TWO
Divisions 951-975
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
951.
The one true God well knoweth, and all the company of His trusted ones testify,
that this Wronged One hath, at all times, been faced with dire peril.
952.
But for the tribulations that have touched Me in the path of God,
life would have held no sweetness for Me, and My existence would have profited Me nothing.
953.
For them who are endued with discernment, and whose eyes are fixed upon the Sublime Vision,
it is no secret that I have been, most of the days of My life, even as a slave,
sitting under a sword hanging on a thread, knowing not whether it would fall soon or late upon him.
954.
And yet, notwithstanding all this We render thanks unto God, the Lord of the worlds.
955.
Mine inner tongue reciteth, in the daytime and in the night-season, this prayer:
“Glory to Thee, O my God!
956.
But for the tribulations which are sustained in Thy path, how could Thy true lovers be recognized;
and were it not for the trials which are borne for love of Thee,
how could the station of such as yearn for Thee be revealed?
957.
Thy mightiness beareth Me witness!
The companions of all who adore Thee are the tears they shed, and the comforters of such as seek Thee are the groans they utter, and the food of them who haste to meet Thee is the fragments of their broken hearts.
958.
How sweet to my taste is the bitterness of death suffered in Thy path, and how precious in my estimation are the shafts of Thine enemies when encountered for the sake of the exaltation of Thy Word!
959.
Let me quaff in Thy Cause, O my God and my Master, whatsoever Thou didst desire,
and send down upon me in Thy love all Thou didst ordain.
960.
By Thy glory! I wish only what Thou wishest, and cherish what Thou cherishest.
961.
In Thee have I, at all times, placed My whole trust and confidence.
Thou art verily the All-Possessing, the Most High.
962.
Raise up, I implore Thee, O my God, as helpers to this Revelation such as shall be counted worthy of Thy Name and of Thy sovereignty, that they may remember Thee among Thy creatures, and hoist the ensigns of Thy victory in Thy land, and adorn them with Thy virtues and Thy commandments.
No God is there but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.”
963.
Thereupon the voice of the true Faith was lifted up, calling aloud again and again and saying:
“O concourse of the earth!
By God! I am the true Faith of God amongst you.
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Beware that ye deny Me not.
964.
God hath manifested Me with a light that hath encompassed all that are in the heavens and all that are on earth.
965.
Judge ye equitably, O people,
My manifestation, and the revelation of My glory, and the radiance of My light,
and be not of them that act unjustly.”
966.
O Sheik!
This Wronged One beseecheth God—blessed and glorified be He—
to make thee the one who will open the door of justice,
and reveal through thee His Cause among His servants.
He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the All-Bounteous.
967.
O Sheik!
Entreat thou the one true God to sanctify the ears, and the eyes, and the hearts of mankind,
and to protect them from the desires of a corrupt inclination.
968.
For malice is a grievous malady which depriveth man from recognizing the Great Being,
and debarreth him from the splendors of the sun of certitude.
969.
We pray and hope that through the grace and mercy of God He may remove this mighty obstacle.
He, verily, is the Potent, the All-Subduing, the Almighty.
970.
At this moment a Voice was raised from the right-hand of the Luminous Spot:
“God! There is none other God but Him, the Ordainer, the All-Wise!
971.
Recite Thou unto the Sheik the remaining passages of the Tablet of the Proof
that they may draw him unto the horizon of the Revelation of his Lord, the God of Mercy,
972.
that haply he may arise to aid My Cause with perspicuous signs and exalted testimonies,
and may speak forth amongst men that which the Tongue of Testimony hath spoken:
‘The Kingdom is God’s, the Lord of the worlds!’”
973.
“Peruse thou the Book of Certitude and that which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto the King of Paris (Napoleon III) and to such as are like him,
that thou mayest be made aware of the things that have happened in the past,
and be persuaded that We have not sought to spread disorder in the land after it had been well-ordered.
974.
We exhort, wholly for the sake of God, His servants.
975.
Let him who wisheth turn unto Him, and him who wisheth turn aside.
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Our Lord, the Merciful, is verily the All-Sufficing, the All-Praised.
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