The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Divisions 451-475
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
451.
“The breezes of the Most Merciful have passed over all created things;
happy the man that hath discovered their fragrance, and set himself towards them with a sound heart.
452.
Attire thy temple with the ornament of My Name, and thy tongue with remembrance of Me, and thine heart with love for Me, the Almighty, the Most High.
453.
We have desired for thee naught except that which is better for thee than what thou dost possess and all the treasures of the earth.
Thy Lord, verily, is knowing, informed of all.
454.
Arise, in My Name, amongst My servants, and say:
‘O ye peoples of the earth!
Turn yourselves towards Him Who hath turned towards you.
455.
He, verily, is the Face of God amongst you, and His Testimony and His Guide unto you.
He hath come to you with signs which none can produce.’
456.
The voice of the Burning Bush is raised in the midmost heart of the world, and the Holy Spirit calleth aloud among the nations:
‘Lo, the Desired One is come with manifest dominion!’
457.
“O King!
The stars of the heaven of knowledge have fallen, they who seek to establish the truth of My Cause through the things they possess, and who make mention of God in My Name.
458.
And yet, when I came unto them in My glory, they turned aside.
459.
They, indeed, are of the fallen.
460.
This is, truly, that which the Spirit of God (Jesus Christ) hath announced, when He came with truth unto you, He with Whom the Jewish doctors disputed, till at last they perpetrated what hath made the Holy Spirit to lament, and the tears of them that have near access to God to flow.
461.
“Say:
O concourse of monks!
Seclude not yourselves in your churches and cloisters.
462.
Come ye out of them by My leave, and busy, then, yourselves with what will profit you and others. Thus commandeth you He Who is the Lord of the Day of Reckoning.
463.
Seclude yourselves in the stronghold of My love.
464.
This, truly, is the seclusion that befitteth you, could ye but know it.
465.
He that secludeth himself in his house is indeed as one dead.
466.
It behooveth man to show forth that which will benefit mankind.
467.
He that bringeth forth no fruit is fit for the fire.
Thus admonisheth you your Lord;
He, verily, is the Mighty, the Bountiful.
468.
Enter ye into wedlock, that after you another may arise in your stead.
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469.
We, verily, have forbidden you lechery, and not that which is conducive to fidelity.
470.
Have ye clung unto the promptings of your nature, and cast behind your backs the statutes of God?
Fear ye God, and be not of the foolish.
471.
But for man, who, on My earth, would remember Me, and how could My attributes and My names be revealed?
472.
Reflect, and be not of them that have shut themselves out as by a veil from Him, and were of those that are fast asleep.
473.
He that married not (i.e. Jesus Christ) could find no place wherein to abide,
nor where to lay His head, by reason of what the hands of the treacherous had wrought.
474.
His holiness consisted not in the things ye have believed and imagined,
yet rather in the things which belong unto Us.
475.
Ask, that ye may be made aware of His station
which hath been exalted above the vain imaginings of all the peoples of the earth.
Blessed are they that understand.
The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Divisions 476-500
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
476.
“O King!
We heard the words thou didst utter in answer to the Czar of Russia,
concerning the decision made regarding the (Crimean) war.
Thy Lord, verily, knoweth, is informed of all.
477.
Thou didst say:
‘I lay asleep upon my couch, when the cry of the oppressed, who were drowned in the Black Sea, wakened me.’
478.
This is what We heard thee say, and, verily, thy Lord is witness unto what I say.
479.
We testify that that which wakened thee was not their cry but the promptings of thine own passions, for We tested thee, and found thee wanting.
480.
Comprehend the meaning of My words, and be thou of the discerning.
481.
It is not Our wish to address thee words of condemnation, out of regard for the dignity We conferred upon thee in this mortal life.
482.
We, verily, have chosen courtesy, and made it the true mark of such as are nigh unto Him.
483.
Courtesy is, in truth, a raiment which fitteth all men, whether young or old.
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484.
Well is it with him that adorneth his temple therewith, and woe unto him who is deprived of this great bounty.
485.
Hadst thou been sincere in thy words, thou wouldst have not cast behind thy back the Book of God, when it was sent unto thee by Him Who is the Almighty, the All-Wise.
486.
We have proved thee through it, and found thee other than that which thou didst profess.
487.
Arise, and make amends for that which escaped thee.
488.
Erelong the world and all that thou possessest will perish,
and the kingdom will remain unto God, thy Lord and the Lord of thy fathers of old.
489.
It behooveth thee not to conduct thine affairs according to the dictates of thy desires.
490.
Fear the sighs of this Wronged One, and shield Him from the darts of such as act unjustly.
491.
“For what thou hast done, thy kingdom shall be thrown into confusion, and thine empire shall pass from thine hands, as a punishment for that which thou hast wrought.
492.
Then wilt thou know how thou hast plainly erred.
Commotions shall seize all the people in that land, unless thou arisest to help this Cause,
and followest Him Who is the Spirit of God (Jesus Christ) in this, the Straight Path.
493.
Hath thy pomp made thee proud?
By My Life! It shall not endure;
nay, it shall soon pass away, unless thou holdest fast by this firm Cord.
494.
We see abasement hastening after thee, whilst thou art of the heedless.
495.
It behooveth thee when thou hearest His Voice calling from the seat of glory to cast away all that thou possessest, and cry out:
496.
‘Here am I,
O Lord of all that is in heaven and all that is on earth!’
497.
“O King!
We were in ‘Iráq, when the hour of parting arrived.
498.
At the bidding of the King of Islám (Sultán of Turkey) We set Our steps in his direction.
499.
Upon Our arrival, there befell Us at the hands of the malicious that which the books of the world can never adequately recount.
500.
Thereupon the citizens of Paradise, and they that dwell within the retreats of holiness, lamented; and yet the people are wrapped in a thick veil!”
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