The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN
Divisions 1416-1440
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
1416.
O Sheik!
It is incumbent upon the divines to unite with His Majesty, the Sháh—may God assist him—
and to cleave day and night unto that which will exalt the station of both the government and the nation.
1417.
This people are assiduously occupied in enlightening the souls of men and in rehabilitating their condition.
1418.
Unto this testifieth that which hath been sent down by the Most Sublime Pen in this lucid Tablet.
1419.
How often have things been simple and easy of accomplishment, and yet most men have been heedless, and busied themselves with that which wasteth their time!
1420.
One day, while in Constantinople, Kamál Páshá visited this Wronged One.
Our conversation turned upon topics profitable unto man.
1421.
He said that he had learned several languages.
In reply We observed:
1422.
“You have wasted your life.
It beseemeth you and the other officials of the Government to convene a gathering
and choose one of the divers languages, and likewise one of the existing scripts,
or else to create a new language and a new script to be taught children in schools around the world.
1423.
They would, in this way, be acquiring only two languages, one their own native tongue, the other the language in which all the peoples of the world would converse.
1424.
Were men to take fast hold on that which hath been mentioned, the whole earth would come to be regarded as one country, and the people would be relieved and freed from the necessity of acquiring and teaching different languages.”
1425.
When in Our presence, he acquiesced, and even evinced great joy and complete satisfaction.
1426.
We then told him to lay this matter before the officials and ministers of the Government, in order that it might be put into effect throughout the different countries.
1427.
However, although he often returned to see Us after this, he never again referred to this subject, although that which had been suggested is conducive to the concord and the unity of the peoples of the world.
1428.
We fain would hope that the Persian Government will adopt it and carry it out.
1429.
At present, a new language and a new script have been devised.
1430.
If thou desirest, We will communicate them to thee.
1431.
Our purpose is that all men may cleave unto that which will reduce unnecessary labor and exertion, so that their days may be befittingly spent and ended.
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God, verily, is the Helper, the Knower, the Ordainer, the Omniscient.
1432.
God willing, Persia may be adorned with, and attain unto, that whereof she hath thus far been deprived.
1433.
Say:
“O Sháh!
Exert thyself so that all the peoples of the world may be illumined with the effulgent splendors of the sun of thy justice.
1434.
The eyes of this Wronged One are turned towards naught save trustworthiness, truthfulness, purity, and all that profiteth men.”
1435.
Regard Him not as a traitor.
Glorified art Thou, O my God, and my Master, and my Mainstay!
1436.
Aid Thou His Majesty the Sháh to execute Thy laws and Thy commandments, and show forth Thy justice among Thy servants.
1437.
Thou art, verily, the All-Bounteous, the Lord of grace abounding, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.
1438.
The Cause of God hath come as a token of His grace.
1439.
Happy are they who act;
happy are they who understand;
1440.
happy the man that hath clung unto the truth,
detached from all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth.
The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT
Divisions 1441-1465
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
1441.
O Sheik!
Seek thou the shore of the Most Great Ocean, and enter, then, the Crimson Ark which God hath ordained in the Qayyúm-i-Asmá for the people of Bahá.
1442.
Verily, it passeth over land and sea.
1443.
He that entereth therein is saved, and he that turneth aside perisheth.
1444.
Shouldst thou enter therein and attain unto it, set thy face towards the Kaaba of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent, and say:
“O my God!
I beseech Thee by Thy most glorious light, and all Thy lights are verily glorious.”
1445.
Thereupon, will the doors of the Kingdom be flung wide before thy face, and thou wilt behold what eyes have never beheld, and hear what ears have never heard.
1446.
This Wronged One exhorteth thee as He hath exhorted thee before, and hath never had any wish for thee save that thou shouldst enter the ocean of the unity of God, the Lord of the worlds.
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1447.
This is the day whereon all created things cry out, and announce unto men this Revelation, through which hath appeared what was concealed and preserved in the knowledge of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised.
1448.
O Sheik!
Thou hast heard the sweet melodies of the Doves of Utterance cooing on the boughs of the Lote-Tree of knowledge.
1449.
Hearken, now, unto the notes of the Birds of Wisdom upraised in the Most Sublime Paradise.
1450.
They verily will acquaint thee with things of which thou wert wholly unaware.
1451.
Give ear unto that which the Tongue of Might and Power hath spoken in the Books of God, the Desire of every understanding heart.
1452.
At this moment a Voice was raised from the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing,
in the heart of the Most Sublime Paradise, bidding Me relate unto thee that which hath been sent down in the Books and Tablets, and the things spoken by My Forerunner,
Who laid down His life for this Great Announcement, this Straight Path.
1453.
He hath said—and He, verily, speaketh the truth:
“I have written down in My mention of Him these gem-like words:
1454.
‘No allusion of Mine can allude unto Him, neither anything mentioned in the Bayán.’
1455.
” And further, He—exalted and glorified be He—saith,
concerning this most mighty Revelation, this Great Announcement:
1456.
“Exalted and glorified is He above the power of any person to reveal Him, except Him,
or the description of any of His creatures.
1457.
Me, I am just the first servant to believe in Him and in His signs,
and to partake of the sweet savors of His words from the first-fruits of the Paradise of His knowledge.
1458.
Yea, by His glory! He is the Truth.
There is none other God but Him.
1459.
All have arisen at His bidding.”
Such are the words sung by the Dove of Truth on the boughs of the Divine Lote-Tree.
1460.
Well is it with him that hath given ear unto its Voice, and quaffed from the oceans of Divine utterance that lie concealed in each of these words.
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1461.
In another connection hath the Voice of the Bayán called aloud from the loftiest branches.
1462.
He saith—blessed and glorified be He:
“In the year nine ye will attain unto all good.”
1463.
On another occasion He saith:
“In the year nine ye will attain unto the Presence of God.”
1464.
These melodies, uttered by the Birds of the cities of Knowledge,
conform with that which hath been sent down by the All-Merciful in the Qur’án.
1465.
Blessed are the men of insight;
blessed they that attain thereunto.
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