The Hidden Words — §139
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 139 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(٦٢) ﴿ ای پسر خاک ﴾
از خمر بی مثال محبوب لا يزال چشم مپوش و بخمر کدره فانيه چشم مگشا * از دست ساقی احديّه کأوس باقيه برگير تا همه هوش شوی و از سروش غيب معنوی شنوی * بگو ای پست فطرتان از شراب باقی قدسم چرا بآب فانی رجوع نموديد *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(62) O SON OF DUST!
Turn not away thine eyes from the matchless wine of the immortal Beloved, and open them not to foul and mortal dregs. Take from the hands of the divine Cup-bearer the chalice of immortal life, that all wisdom may be thine, and that thou mayest hearken unto the mystic voice calling from the realm of the invisible. Cry aloud, ye that are of low aim! Wherefore have ye turned away from My holy and immortal wine unto evanescent water?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §552: draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy manifold wisdomthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: dregsgleaningsGWB §467: wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to partake of the winegleaningsGWB §319: mealprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of the wine
SE rendered پسر (psr), خاک (khák), از (iz), خمر (khmr), بی (bí), مثال (mthál), محبوب (mḥbúb), يزال (yzál), چشم (chshm), مپوش (mpúsh) as “SON, DUST, from, wine, matchless, immortal, the, eyes, away thine”
This form usually rendered as “peerless”, “none”, “unto” (10 occurrences)
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: love of Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §31: Oh, how I longkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §279: friendstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: lovedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: for His steadfast friends)
SE rendered خاک (khák), از (iz), خمر (khmr), بی (bí), مثال (mthál), محبوب (mḥbúb), يزال (yzál), چشم (chshm), مپوش (mpúsh), بخمر (bkhmr), کدره (kdrh), فانيه (fáníh) as “DUST, from, wine, matchless, immortal, the, eyes, away thine, to, foul, mortal”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: eventidegleaningsGWB §349: ever been, and will everlastingly continue to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: vanishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: to eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §85: lastingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: From everlastinggleaningsGWB §93: can never fade.…
This form usually rendered as “obscured”, “foul”, “despondency” (3 occurrences)
mortal 40% transient 10% perisheth 10% evanescent 7% surrender 7% transitory 7% die 7% fleeting 7% reduced 3% perish 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: perishgleaningsGWB §393: how evanescentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: poorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: into the courtthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: mortalityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: diethgleaningsGWB §106: effaced and nonexistentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: effaced
1 occurrence in corpus
cup-bearer 75% who 25%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Thou hast made me to drinkgleaningsGWB §60: partakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are given drinkthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: cup-bearerwill-and-testamentW&T §49: make me to drinkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: Thou didst enableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: Who waterethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: and caused
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: but a man likegleaningsGWB §311: any mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thy onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: no mangleaningsGWB §541: God’s holy Will
everlasting 27% immortal 20% eternal 10% incorruptible 8% imperishable 8% endure 6% eternity 6% abiding 6% last 4% yet 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My lifefire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §566: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: survivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: the durationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: eternally live
This form usually rendered as “mayest”, “wilt”, “thou” (22 occurrences)
SE expanded to “may be thine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: bringethgleaningsGWB §303: shall be madekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: wilt thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: ever revealthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: may be thinewill-and-testamentW&T §42: recoveredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: have been
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §409: of the invisible Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: hiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: the secret thingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath been obscuredgleaningsGWB §122: the spiritual
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: of My loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §29: hast bestowed upon me Thy bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: regardless of consequencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: by My favorwill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “heard” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: hast heardgleaningsGWB §557: hearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: Were ye to hearthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: listenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: hearest stillgleaningsGWB §41: are well awarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: dictatesthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: thou mayest hearken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: saidgleaningsGWB §325: to maintainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: their contentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: exclaimwill-and-testamentW&T §7: deemedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: What explanation can they givegleaningsGWB §325: to contendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: they to say
This form usually rendered as “meanest”, “lower”, “low” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “aim” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the MakergleaningsGWB §28: Fashionerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath broken the Fastthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: aimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: hath been cleft asundergleaningsGWB §405: soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder
This form usually rendered as “draught”, “cup”, “wine” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: hath drunkgleaningsGWB §633: hast quaffedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: where to quench their thirst.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: drank to the fullthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: wineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: drunkgleaningsGWB §233: quaffeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: blessedgleaningsGWB §20: most holykitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: sanctified themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: far above the reach and ken of the understandingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy sanctitywill-and-testamentW&T §38: Mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: sanctity
4 occurrences in corpus
