The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER FIFTY ONE
Divisions 1536-1560
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
1536.
O Sheik!
Wert thou to perceive, be it less than a needle’s eye, the breaths of Mine utterance, thou wouldst abandon the world and all that is therein, and wouldst set thy face towards the lights of the visage of the Desired One.
1537.
Briefly, in the sayings of Him Who is the Spirit (Jesus) unnumbered significances lie concealed.
1538.
Unto many things did He refer, but as He found none possessed of a hearing ear or a seeing eye He chose to conceal most of these things.
1539.
Even as He saith: “But ye cannot bear them now.”
1540.
That Dawning-Place of Revelation saith that on that Day He Who is the Promised One will reveal the things which are to come.
1541.
Accordingly in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, and in the Tablets to the Kings, and in the Lawh-i-Ra’ís, and in the Lawh-i-Fu’ád, most of the things which have come to pass on this earth have been announced and prophesied by the Most Sublime Pen.
1542.
In [the book of the Most Holy] the following hath been revealed:
1543.
“O Land of Tá (Tihrán)!
Let nothing grieve thee, for God hath chosen thee to be the source of the joy of all mankind.
1544.
He shall, if it be His Will, bless thy throne with one who will rule with justice, who will gather together the flock of God which the wolves have scattered.
1545.
Such a ruler will, with joy and gladness, turn his face towards, and extend his favors unto, the people of Bahá.
1546.
He indeed is accounted in the sight of God, as a jewel among men.
1547.
Upon him rest forever the glory of God, and the glory of all that dwell in the kingdom of His revelation.”
1548.
These verses were revealed previously.
1549.
Now, however, the following verse hath been sent down:
“O God, my God!
Bahá beseecheth Thee and imploreth Thee, by the lights of Thy visage and the billows of the ocean of Thy Revelation, and the effulgent splendors of the Sun of Thine utterance, to aid the Sháh to be fair and equitable.
1550.
If it be Thy wish, bless Thou, through him, the throne of authority and sovereignty.
1551.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
1552.
There is none other God but Thee, Who hearest, Who art ready to answer.”
1553.
“Rejoice with great joy, O Land of Tá (Tihrán),
for God hath made thee the dayspring of His light, inasmuch as within thee was born the Manifestation of His glory.
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1554.
Be thou glad for this name that hath been conferred upon thee
—a name through which the Daystar of grace hath shed its splendor, through which both earth and heaven have been illumined.
1555.
Erelong will the state of affairs within thee be changed, and the reins of power fall into the hands of the people.
1556.
Verily, thy Lord is the All-Knowing.
His authority embraceth all things.
1557.
Rest thou assured in the gracious favor of thy Lord.
1558.
The eye of His loving-kindness shall everlastingly be directed towards thee.
1559.
The day is approaching when thy agitation will have been transmuted into peace and quiet calm.
1560.
Thus hath it been decreed in the Wondrous Book.”
The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER FIFTY TWO
Divisions 1561-1585
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
1561.
And likewise, in the Lawh-i-Fu’ád, and in the Tablet of the King of Paris (Napoleon III), and in other Tablets,
there hath been revealed that which will lead every fair-minded person
to testify unto the power, and the majesty, and the wisdom of God—exalted be His glory.
1562.
Were men to observe with the eye of justice,
they would be made aware of the secret of this blessed verse:
1563.
“Neither is there a thing green nor withered, but it is noted in a distinct writing,”
and would comprehend it.
1564.
On this day, however, men’s repudiation of the truth hath prevented them from understanding what hath been sent down in truth by Him Who is the Revealer, the Ancient of Days.
1565.
Gracious God!
Perspicuous signs have appeared on every side,
and yet men are, for the most part, deprived of the privilege of beholding and of comprehending them.
1566.
We beseech God to bestow His aid,
that all men may recognize the pearls that lie hid within the shells of the Most Great Ocean,
and exclaim:
1567.
“Praised be Thou, O God of the world!”
1568.
O concourse of the fair-minded!
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Observe and reflect upon the billows of the ocean of the utterance and knowledge of God,
so that ye may testify with your inner and outer tongues that with Him is the knowledge of all that is in the Book.
1569.
Nothing escapeth His knowledge.
1570.
He, verily, hath manifested that which was hidden,
when He, upon His return, mounted the throne of the Bayán.
1571.
All that hath been sent down hath and will come to pass, word for word, upon earth.
1572.
No possibility is left for anyone either to turn aside or protest.
1573.
As fairness, however, is disgraced and concealed, most men speak as prompted by their own idle fancies.
1574.
O God, my God!
Debar not Thy servants from turning their faces towards the light of certitude,
that hath dawned above the horizon of Thy will,
and suffer them not to be deprived, O my God,
of the oceans of Thy signs.
1575.
They, O my Lord, are Thy servants in Thy cities, and Thy slaves in Thy lands.
1576.
If Thou hast not mercy upon them, who, then, will show them mercy?
1577.
Take Thou, O my God, the hands of such as have been drowned in the sea of idle fancies,
and deliver them by Thy power and Thy sovereignty.
1578.
Save them, then, with the arms of Thy might.
1579.
Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest,
and in Thy right hand are the reins of all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth.
1580.
In like manner, the Primal Point saith:
“Behold ye Him with His own eyes.
1581.
Were ye to behold Him with the eyes of another, ye would never recognize and know Him.”
1582.
This referreth to naught else except this Most Great Revelation.
1583.
Well is it with them that judge fairly.
1584.
And likewise, He saith:
“The year-old germ that holdeth within itself the potentialities of the Revelation that is to come is endowed with a potency superior to the combined forces of the whole of the Bayán.”
1585.
These glad-tidings of the Bayán and of the Books of former times have been repeatedly mentioned under divers names in numerous books,
that perchance men might judge equitably that which hath arisen and shone forth
above the horizon of the will of God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.
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