Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf By Baha'u'llah, is one of the author's last works. In it he summarizes his Faith to a Iranian clergymen who was responsible for the deaths of some of his early followers in Iran. What stikes one about this work is that is Baha'u'llah quotes many of his own works throughout his ministry, in which he demonstrates that his peaceful, non-violent approach to religion was seen by some as threat to their domination of Iranian life. Since the Baha'i Faith has become a worldwide religion, and still his Iranian followers are still persecuted in the land of their faith's birth, this work takes on an enormous importance. Baha'u'llah summarizes for this clergyman many of his essential teachings, quoting passages from many of his most celebrated works. This book is an excellent introduction to the Baha'i Faith, since it covers the history, teachings and scripture of the Baha'i Faith with the Founder of the Faith himself explaining his teachings. That alone makes it a unique book in religious history. Baha'u'llah counsels religous cooperation among people of all faiths, urges that women be given equal rights in society, that prejudices of race and creed be removed. For these and many other teachings, he was exiled and imprisioned out of Iran (Persia)eventually going to a prision in what today is modern Isarel(but was then the Ottoman Empire). Epistle to the Son of the Wolf is a dramatic summary of key pieces of Baha'i scripture, summarized by Baha'u'llah himself. I strongly recommend the book to students fo comparative religion and history, students of the Middle East, and to seekers after truth. It is a dramatic book that makes one curious about the life and sufferings of Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i Faith as he was exiled futher and futher away from Iran. It is fascinating story and one that the book gives a fascinating glimpse about it his own words. I highly recommend to everyone.

This powerful letter written by the founder of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'u'llah, in the late 19th Century was masterfully translated by the Beloved Guardian of the Faith, Shoghi Effendi. This book is a letter to a leader of the Islamic Religious Order that ruthlessly persecuted thousands of Baha'u'llah's followers for following the teachings of religious tolorance, equality, peace, and spiritual rejuvination that the Baha'i Faith has brought to the world. In these pages, Baha'u'llah writes lovingly to this man, pleading with him to investigate the Baha'i Faith for himself and try to find anything that could possibly justify such actions of cruelty and intollerance that were taken upon the Baha'is. Written in the closing years of Baha'u'llah's Ministry, it re-tells the tale of the Baha'i Faith and serves as a mini-compilation of Baha'u'llah's Writings, teachings, and the stories of heroes who laid down their lives for this newly born Faith.