The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
Divisions 621-645
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
621.
“O ye members of Assemblies in that land and in other countries!
622.
Take ye counsel together, and let your concern be only for that which profiteth mankind,
and bettereth the condition thereof, if ye be of them that scan heedfully.
623.
Regard the world as the human body which, though at its creation whole and perfect,
hath been afflicted, through various causes, with grave disorders and maladies.
624.
Not for one day did it gain ease,
nay, its sickness waxed more severe, as it fell under the treatment of ignorant physicians,
who gave full rein to their personal desires, and have erred grievously.
625.
And if at one time, through the care of an able physician, a member of that body was healed,
the rest remained afflicted as before.
Thus informeth you the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
626.
We behold it, in this day, at the mercy of rulers,
so drunk with pride that they cannot discern clearly their own best advantage,
much less recognize a Revelation so bewildering and challenging as this.”
627.
And further We have said:
“That which God hath ordained as the sovereign remedy and mightiest instrument
for the healing of the world
is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith.
628.
This can in no wise be achieved
except through the power of a talented and all-powerful and inspired Physician.
629.
By My life! This is the truth, and all else naught but error.
630.
Each time that Most Mighty Instrument hath come,
and that Light shone forth from the Ancient Dayspring,
He was withheld by ignorant physicians
who, even as clouds, interposed themselves between Him and the world.
631.
It failed therefore, to recover, and its sickness hath persisted until this day.
632.
They indeed were powerless to protect it, or to effect a cure,
whilst He Who hath been the Manifestation of Power amongst men
was withheld from achieving His purpose,
by reason of what the hands of the ignorant physicians have wrought.
633.
“Consider these days in which He Who is the Ancient Beauty hath come in the Most Great Name,
that He may quicken the world and unite its peoples.
634.
They, however, rose up against Him with sharpened swords,
and committed that which caused the Faithful Spirit to lament,
until in the end they imprisoned Him in the most desolate of cities,
and broke the grasp of the faithful upon the hem of His robe.
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635.
Were anyone to tell them: ‘The World Reformer is come,’ they would answer and say:
‘Indeed it is proven that He is a fomenter of discord!’,
636.
and this notwithstanding that they have never associated with Him,
and have perceived that He did not seek, for one moment, to protect Himself.
637.
At all times He was at the mercy of the wicked doers.
638.
At one time they cast Him into prison, at another they banished Him,
and at yet another hurried Him from land to land.
639.
Thus have they pronounced judgment against Us,
and God, truly, is aware of what I say.”
640.
This charge of fomenting discord is the same as that imputed aforetime
by the Pharaohs of Egypt
to Him Who conversed with God (Moses).
641.
Read thou what the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’án.
642.
He—may He be blessed and glorified—saith:
“Moreover We had sent Moses of old with Our signs and with clear authority
to Pharaoh, and Hamán, and Qarún:
and they said:
‘Sorcerer, impostor!’
643.
And when He came to them from Our presence with the truth, they said:
‘Slay the sons of those who believe as He doth, and save their females alive,’
but the stratagem of the unbelievers issued only in failure.
644.
And Pharaoh said:
‘Let me alone, that I may kill Moses;
and let him call upon his Lord:
I fear lest he change your religion,
or cause disorder to show itself in the land.’
645.
And Moses said:
‘I take refuge with my Lord,
and your Lord from every proud one who believeth not in the Day of Reckoning.’”
The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
Divisions 646-670
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
646.
Men have, at all times, considered every World Reformer a fomenter of discord,
and have referred unto Him in terms with which all are familiar.
647.
Each time the Daystar of Divine Revelation shed its radiance from the horizon of God’s Will a great number of men denied Him, others turned aside from Him, and still others calumniated Him, and thereby withheld the servants of God from the river of loving providence of Him Who is the King of creation.
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648.
In like manner, they who, in this day, have neither met this Wronged One nor associated with Him have said, and even now continue to say, the things thou hast heard and hearest still.
649.
Say:
“O people!
The Sun of Utterance beameth forth in this day, above the horizon of bounty, and the radiance of the Revelation of Him Who spoke on Sinai flasheth and glisteneth before all religions.
650.
Purge and sanctify your breasts, and your hearts, and your ears, and your eyes
with the living waters of the utterance of the All-Merciful,
and set, then, your faces towards Him.
651.
By the righteousness of God! Ye shall hear all things proclaim:
‘Verily, He the True [One] [Lord] is come.
652.
Blessed are they that judge with fairness,
and blessed they that turn towards Him!’”
653.
Among the things they have imputed to the Divine Lote-Tree (Moses) are charges to the falsity of which every discerning man of knowledge, and every wise and understanding heart, will witness.
645.
Thou must, no doubt, have read and considered the verses which have been sent down concerning Him Who conversed with God.
655.
He—may He be blessed and glorified—saith:
“He said:
‘Did We not rear thee among us when a child?
656.
And hast thou not passed years of thy life among us?
And yet what a deed is that which thou hast done!
657.
Thou art one of the ungrateful.’
658.
He said:
‘I did it indeed,
and I was one of those who erred.
659.
And I fled from you because I feared you;
but My Lord hath given Me wisdom and hath made Me one of His Apostles.’”
660.
And elsewhere He—may He be blessed and exalted—saith:
“And He entered a city at the time when its inhabitants would not observe Him,
and found therein two men fighting,
the one, of His own people; the other, of His enemies.
661.
And he who was of His own people asked His help against him that was of His enemies.
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662.
And Moses smote him with His fist and slew him.
Said He:
‘This is a work of Satan; for he is an enemy, a manifest misleader.’
663.
He said:
‘O my Lord!
I have sinned to mine own hurt, forgive me.’
So God forgave Him; for He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
664.
He said:
‘Lord! because Thou hast showed me this grace,
I will never again be the helper of the wicked.’
665.
And in the city at noon He was full of fear, casting furtive glances round Him,
and lo, the man whom He had helped the day before, cried out to Him again for help.
666.
Said Moses to him:
‘Thou art plainly a most depraved person.’
667.
And when He would have laid violent hands on him who was their common foe, he said to Him:
‘O Moses!
Dost Thou desire to slay me, as thou slewest a man yesterday?
668.
Thou desirest only to become a tyrant in this land, and desirest not to become a peacemaker.’”
669.
Thine ears and thine eyes must needs now be cleansed and sanctified,
that thou mayest be able to judge with fairness and justice.
670.
Moses Himself, moreover, acknowledged His injustice and waywardness,
and testified that fear had seized Him, and that He had transgressed, and fled away.
He asked God—exalted be His glory—to forgive Him,
and He was forgiven.
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