The Hidden Words — §5

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 5 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٤) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الإِنْسانِ ﴾ أَحْبَبْتُ خَلْقَكَ فَخَلَقْتُكَ، فَأَحْبِبْني كَيْ أَذْكُرَكَ، وَفِي رُوحِ الْحَياةِ أُثَبِّتُكَ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(4) O SON OF MAN! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life.

Translation Notes

ابْنَ

ibn b-n-y → “son”

literal: son; sons

son 93% scion 3% descendant 2% sons 1% daughter 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: foundations gleaningsGWB §272: “My son kitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: from Baní prayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: hath been built the-hidden-wordsHW §151: CHILDREN will-and-testamentW&T §5: Divine Edifice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: built gleaningsGWB §272: mine own son

الإِنْسانِ

an-nsán ʾ-n-s → “man”

literal: human; man

man 85% men 5% human 2% all 1% unto 1% soul 1% man’s 1% “man 1% mortal 1% two 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: soul gleaningsGWB §563: conversing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: his fellow-man prayers-and-meditationsP&M §323: companion the-hidden-wordsHW §69: OF MEN will-and-testamentW&T §42: plotted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: a man’s gleaningsGWB §324: of man

أَحْبَبْتُ

ʾaḥbabt ḥ-b-b → “loved”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

thou 25% beloved 25% pleasure 25% loved 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: their love for Thee fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §451: His Well-Beloved One kitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: heart prayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: that lover tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §20: a beloved will-and-testamentW&T §18: ye beloved

خَلْقَكَ

khalqak kh-l-q → “creation”

literal: creation; create; created

creatures 69% among 14% creation 5% created 4% all 3% own 3% who 1% creatures’ 1% creature 1% eyes 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: righteousness fire-tabletFire §9: the peoples gleaningsGWB §35: people kitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: endowed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: and all that is therein tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created her the-hidden-wordsHW §83: creators epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: men

كَيْ

kay k-w → “unto”

literal: street

1 occurrence in corpus

the-hidden-wordsHW §129: unto Him

أَذْكُرَكَ،

ʾadhkuraka، dh-k-r → “name thy name” Distinctive

literal: remembrance

This form usually rendered as “make”, “may”, “extol” (19 occurrences)

SE expanded to “name thy name”

make 31% may 13% extol 13% can 6% sing 6% proclaim 6% praise 6% recount 6% thee 6% would 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: proclaimed gleaningsGWB §251: warn kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioning kitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: of the Faith prayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: glory tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His call tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mention the-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name

رُوحِ

rúḥ r-w-ḥ → “spirit of life”

literal: spirit; spiritual; soul

SE expanded to “spirit of life”

spirit 69% soul 10% breath 4% life 4% souls 3% who 3% joy 2% holy 2% jesus 2% ghost 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Him Who is the Spirit of God fire-tabletFire §30: the breezes gleaningsGWB §655: the breath kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happiness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: therein prayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: the sweet savors tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaven the-hidden-wordsHW §52: an immortal spirit

الْحَياةِ

al-ḥayáh ḥ-y-y

literal: life

SE rendered كَيْ (kay), أَذْكُرَكَ، (ʾadhkuraka،), وَفِي (wafí), رُوحِ (rúḥ), الْحَياةِ (al-ḥayáh), أُثَبِّتُكَ (ʾuthabbituk) as “that I may, name thy name, and, the spirit of life, fill”