The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN
Divisions 1676-1700
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
1676.
In another connection He saith:
“O Sun-like Mirrors!
Look ye upon the Sun of Truth.
1677.
Ye, verily, depend upon it, were ye to perceive it.
1678.
Ye are all as fishes, moving in the waters of the sea,
veiling yourselves therefrom, and yet asking what it is on which ye depend.”
1679.
And likewise, He saith:
“I complain unto thee, O Mirror of My generosity, against all the other Mirrors.
All look upon Me through their own colors.”
1680.
These words were sent down from the Source of the Revelation of the All-Bounteous,
and were addressed to Siyyid Javád, known as Karbilá’í.
1681.
God testifieth, and the world beareth Me witness that this Siyyid stood by this Wronged One,
and even wrote a detailed refutation against them that turned aside from Me.
1682.
Two communications, moreover, in which he hath borne witness unto the Revelation of the True One, and in which the evidences of his turning away from all else but Him, are clear and manifest,
have been sent by Us to Haydar-‘Alí.
1683.
The handwriting of the Siyyid is unmistakable, and is known unto everyone.
1684.
Our purpose in doing this was that perchance they that have denied Us might attain unto the living waters of acknowledgment, and such as have turned aside be illumined with the light of conversion.
1685.
God is My witness that this Wronged One hath had no purpose except to convey the Word of God.
1686.
Blessed are the fair-minded, and woe betide them that have turned aside.
1687.
They that have turned away from Me have schemed many a time, and acted deceitfully in divers ways.
1688.
They have, on one occasion, secured a picture of this Siyyid, and pasted it on a sheet with that of others, surmounted by the portrait of Mírzá Yahyá.
1689.
Briefly, they have seized upon every means in order to repudiate the True [Lord].
1690.
Say:
“The True [Lord] is come evident as the shining sun;
O pity that He should have come into the city of the blind!”
1691.
The afore-mentioned Siyyid admonished the deniers, and summoned them unto the Most Sublime Horizon, but failed to impress these stones that can take no imprint.
1692.
Concerning him they have said things against which he sought refuge with God—exalted be His glory.
1693.
The supplications which he hath sent to this Holy Court are now in Our possession.
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Happy are the fair-minded.
1694.
Ponder now upon the complaint of the Primal Point against the Mirrors,
that haply men may be awakened, and may turn from the left hand of idle fancies and imaginings
unto the right hand of faith and certitude,
and may be made cognizant of that wherefrom they are veiled.
1695.
It is indeed for the purpose of recognizing this Most Great Cause that they have come out of the world of non-existence into the world of being.
1696.
And likewise He saith:
“Consecrate Thou, O my God,
the whole of this Tree unto Him, that from it may be revealed all the fruits created by God within it for Him through Whom God hath willed to reveal all that He pleaseth.
1697.
By Thy glory! I have not wished that this Tree should ever bear any branch, leaf, or fruit that would fail to bow down before Him, on the day of His Revelation,
or refuse to laud Thee through Him, as beseemeth the glory of His all-glorious Revelation, and the sublimity of His most sublime Concealment.
1698.
And shouldst Thou behold, O my God,
any branch, leaf, or fruit upon Me
that hath failed to bow down before Him, on the day of His Revelation,
cut it off, O My God, from that Tree,
for it is not of Me, nor shall it return unto Me.”
1699.
O people of the Bayán!
I swear by God! This Wronged One hath had no other intention except to manifest the Cause He was commissioned to reveal.
1700.
Were ye to incline your inner ears unto Him, ye would hear from every limb and member and vein and even from every single hair of this Wronged One that which would stir and enrapture the Concourse on high and the world of creation.
The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT
Divisions 1701-1735
EPISTLE TO THE SON OF THE WOLF
1701.
O Hádí!
The blind fanaticism of former times hath withheld the hapless creatures from the Straight Path.
1702.
Meditate on the Shí‘ih sect.
1703.
For twelve hundred years they have cried “O Qá’im!”,
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until in the end all pronounced the sentence of His death, and caused Him to suffer martyrdom,
notwithstanding their belief in, and their acceptance and acknowledgment of,
the True [Lord]—exalted be His glory—and of the Seal of the Prophets, and of the Chosen Ones.
1704.
It is now necessary to reflect a while,
that haply that which hath come between the True [Lord] and His creatures may be discovered,
and the deeds which have been the cause of protest and denial be made known.
1705.
O Hádí!
We have heard the moaning of the pulpits
which, as attested by all, the divines of the age of this Revelation have ascended,
and from which they have cursed the True [Lord],
1706.
and caused such things to befall Him Who is the Essence of Being and His companions
as neither the eye nor the ear of the world hath seen or heard.
1707.
Thou hast now summoned, and art still summoning the people,
claiming to be His vicegerent and mirror,
despite thine ignorance of this Cause as a result of thy not having been in Our company.
1708.
Every one of this people well knoweth that Siyyid Muhammad was but one of Our servants.
1709.
In the days when, as requested by the Imperial Ottoman Government,
We proceeded to their Capital, he accompanied Us.
1710.
Subsequently, he committed that which—I swear by God—
hath caused the Pen of the Most High to weep and His Tablet to groan.
1711.
We, therefore, cast him out;
whereupon, he joined Mírzá Yahyá, and did what no tyrant hath ever done.
1712.
We abandoned him, and said unto him:
“Begone, O heedless one!”
1713.
After these words had been uttered, he joined the order of the Mawlavis,
and remained in their company until the time when We were summoned to depart.
1714.
O Hádí!
Suffer not thyself to become the instrument for the dissemination of new superstitions,
and refuse to set up once again a sect similar to that of the Shí‘ihs.
1715.
Reflect how great the amount of blood which hath been spilt.
1716.
Thou amongst others, who hast laid claim to knowledge, and likewise the Shí‘ih divines,
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have, one and all, in the first and ensuing years,
cursed the [Exalted Servant], and decreed that His most holy blood be shed.
1717.
Fear God, O Hádí!
Be not willing that men be again afflicted with the vain imaginings of former times.
1718.
Fear God, and be not of them that act unjustly.
1719.
In these days We have heard that thou hast
striven to lay hands on and destroy every copy of the Bayán.
1720.
This Wronged One requesteth thee to renounce, for the sake of God, this intention.
1721.
Thine intelligence and judgment have never excelled, nor do they now excel,
the intelligence and judgment of Him Who is the Prince of the World.
1722.
God testifieth and beareth Me witness that this Wronged One hath not perused the Bayán,
nor been acquainted with its contents.
1723.
This much, however, is known and is clear and indubitable
that He hath ordained the Book of the Bayán to be the foundation of His works.
1724.
Fear God, and meddle not in matters which far transcend thee.
1725.
For 1,200 years they that resemble thee
have afflicted the hapless Shí‘ihs in the pit of vain fancies and idle imaginings.
1726.
Finally, there appeared, on the Day of Judgment
things against which the oppressors of old have sought refuge with the True [Lord].
1727.
Apprehend now the cry of Him Who is the Point as raised by His utterance.
1728.
He supplicateth God that if there should appear from this Tree—which is His blessed Self—any fruit, or leaf, or branch that would fail to believe in Him, God should cut it off forthwith.
1729.
And likewise, He saith:
“Should any one make a statement, and fail to support it by any proof, reject him not.”
1730.
And yet, now, though supported by a hundred books, thou hast rejected Him and rejoicest therein!
1731.
Again I repeat, and plead with thee to carefully scrutinize that which hath been revealed.
1732.
The breezes of utterance in this Revelation are not to be compared with those of former ages.
1733.
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This Wronged One hath been perpetually afflicted, and found no place of safety in which He could peruse either the writings of the [Most] Exalted One (the Báb) or those of any one else.
1734.
About two months after Our arrival in ‘Iráq,
following the command of His Majesty the Sháh of Persia—may God assist him—
Mírzá Yahyá joined Us.
1735.
We said unto him:
“In accordance with the Royal command We have been sent unto this place.
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