The Hidden Words — §53
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 53 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(٥٢) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ البَشَرِ ﴾
إِنْ أَصَابَتْكَ نِعْمَةٌ لَا تَفْرَحْ بِها، وَإِنْ تَمَسَّكَ ذِلَّةٌ لا تَحْزَنْ مِنْهَا، لأَنَّ كِلْتَيْهِما تَزُولانِ فِي حِين وَتَبِيدانِ فِي وَقْتٍ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(52) O SON OF MAN!
Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: humangleaningsGWB §290: announce unto men tidingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: blessingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: Thou hast announced unto ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: rejoice at this announcementthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: beareth unto thee the joyful tidingswill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: hath announced
will 18% befall 18% woes 9% tribulations 9% wilt 9% cares 9% tribulation 9% distress 9% calamities 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: Thou hast showed me this gracegleaningsGWB §389: favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: delightsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §128: a wondrous giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: Well is itgleaningsGWB §391: of this highest giftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: Ni’matu
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: of them that exultfire-tabletFire §12: DelightgleaningsGWB §594: a joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: gladnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: a fountain of gladness.”will-and-testamentW&T §57: happinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: joygleaningsGWB §292: to rejoice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: cleaving fast untogleaningsGWB §125: cleave tenaciously tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: poorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: we yet have clungtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: hath clunggleaningsGWB §295: ye producekitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: cling to
abasement 46% abased 13% wretchedness 8% degradation 8% ashamed 4% humbly 4% dire 4% mine 4% both 4% misery 4%
This form usually rendered as “both” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetuallygleaningsGWB §649: At no timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: everprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: everlastingly beenthe-hidden-wordsHW §55: fleetingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: invariablygleaningsGWB §213: still
SE rendered كِلْتَيْهِما (kiltayhimá), تَزُولانِ (tazúlán), حِين (ḥín), وَتَبِيدانِ (watabídán) as “both, pass away, be no more”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: thus fargleaningsGWB §74: From the momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Whereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thousand livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: forevergleaningsGWB §236: howkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: at the same timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: Wherefore
This form usually rendered as “more” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: It is their dutygleaningsGWB §146: needethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: must needs beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: into the wildernessthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: With the handswill-and-testamentW&T §14: isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: is incumbentgleaningsGWB §709: It behooveth
SE rendered وَتَبِيدانِ (watabídán), وَقْتٍ (waqtin) as “be no more”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: timegleaningsGWB §412: the appointed timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: the hourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §329: set timethe-hidden-wordsHW §154: At that momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: momentsgleaningsGWB §569: until such timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: what hour
