Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

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To read online, see: http://bahai-library.com/?file=bahaullah_epistle_son_wolf.html. Read excerpt online at Gleanings, sec. 122.

Contents

Leiden cross-reference

Tablet Notes

General discussion

Study Outlines

"A study guide to the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf," developed by Melanie Smith and distributed by the US Baha'i National Center. Available in HTML or in original Adobe PDF format and MSWord formats by Chuck Bennett and Joe Magaditsch.

Aspects of Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Citations from earlier works of Bahá'u'lláh

(Note that some content inside quotation marks are not citations, while some content outside of quotation marks may be citations, so this list might not be comprehensive.)

(See also http://bahai-library.com/?file=bradford_quotations_bahaullah_esw from which some of these references have been derived and which also draws attention to specific differences in the versions.)

Quotations from the Báb

Quotations from the Qur'án (Rodwell's numbering)

  • p. 1 - 22:14 ?
  • p. 1 - 55:1-3
  • pp. 9-10 - 19:58?
  • p. 10 - 54:55 "seat of truth"
  • p. 13 - 6:103
  • p. 64 - 40:24-28
  • p. 82 - 4:96
  • p. 85 - 2:88
  • p. 90 - 4:62 (4:59 traditional numbering)
  • p. 107 - 31:15 (31:16 traditional numbering)
  • p. 112 - 2:205
  • p. 114 - 33:40 (also 33:40 in traditional)
  • p. 114 - 83:6 (also 83:6 in traditional)
  • p. 115-116 - 13:2
  • p. 116 - 29:4, 29:22, 32:9-10, 41:54, 10:7-8, 10:16
  • p. 117 - 6:155, 18:105-106, 20:8-14, 30:7, 83:4-6
  • p. 118 - 32:23, 89:22-23, 61:8, 28:29-30
  • p. 143 - 78:1-2
  • p. 150 - 6:59 (also 6:59 in traditional)
  • p. 159 - 109:1-6 (i.e., the entire Suráh besides the bismilláh) (mentioned also in p. xvii of the Introduction)

Quotations from the Imáms

From Imám Alí

From Imám Husayn

From Imám Abú-Ja'far Sádiq

  • p. 111 - ?
  • p. 112 - ?
  • via Jabír

From Islamic Tradition

Quotations from the Bible

Other sources

  • p. 123 - ? - (last quotation on the page) Mentioned as a "saying" in the Kitab-i-Iqan
  • p. 125 - ? - Citing "newspapers"
  • p. 145 - ? - "hath it been said..."
  • p. 157 - Those who "protested against Him Who was the Spirit (Jesus)": "The dispensation of John hath not yet ended; wherefore hast thou come?"
  • p. 163 - The Shí'ih sect: "O Qá'im!"

By Specific Passage

No way to know what science would largely eliminate fear

"We have no way of knowing what science Bahá'u'lláh meant when He said it would largely eliminate fear; as no further mention of it was ever made in the teachings, the Guardian cannot identify anything with this statement. To do so would depart from his function as interpreter of the teachings; he cannot reveal anything apart from the given teachings."

(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, August 30, 1952; in Lights of Guidance, no. 789)

Knowledge which could largely eliminate fear has not been disclosed

"Unfortunately it would seem that the knowledge 'which could largely eliminate fear' has not been disclosed or identified by Bahá'u'lláh, so we do not know what it is.

"However, what Bahá'u'lláh did not elaborate but what He meant by the 'world' recorded in the Crimson Book was the power of the Covenant.

"The 'Crimson Book' refers to the Book of His Covenant, and the reference above means the power for unity which the Covenant possesses and radiates. On page 238 of 'God Passes By' you will find the cross-reference to the 'Crimson Book' and the 'Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.'"

(On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, Directives from the Guardian, p. 17)

Discussion of Specific Passages by Scholars

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