The Hidden Words — §18
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 18 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(١٧) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الإِنْسانِ ﴾
اكْفِ بِنَفْسِي عَنْ دُونِي وَلَا تَطْلُبْ مُعِينًا سِوائِي، لأَنَّ ما دُونِي لَنْ يَكْفِيَكَ أَبَدًا.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(17) O SON OF MAN!
Be thou content with Me and seek no other helper. For none but Me can ever suffice thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: Ibn-i-Mas’udgleaningsGWB §306: man, as apart fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: their childrenthe-hidden-wordsHW §70: SONSwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: “O son of mangleaningsGWB §424: ye proud ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §69: and My companionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: companionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: OF MENepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §337: communeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: enjoyed intimate communionthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: life
SE expanded to “Be thou content”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §465: verily, sufficientlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §82: content ourselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §820: it would sufficethe-hidden-wordsHW §18: suffice theewill-and-testamentW&T §34: still they restedgleaningsGWB §582: Let God be all-sufficientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Sufficient
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
SE rendered الإِنْسانِ (an-nsán), اكْفِ (ikf), بِنَفْسِي (binafsí), دُونِي (dúní), تَطْلُبْ (taṭlub), مُعِينًا (muʿínan) as “OF MAN, Be thou content, with Me, seek, helper”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: withgleaningsGWB §298: through otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: all except Thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: TheegleaningsGWB §418: All else
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: assistgleaningsGWB §172: reinforce its powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: assistethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my succorwill-and-testamentW&T §25: aid and assistepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: to succorgleaningsGWB §598: helperskitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: assistance
This form usually rendered as “all”, “another”, “other” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §211: establishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: been establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: save Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: other than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: besides ThyselfgleaningsGWB §358: else besides these
