The Hidden Words — §61

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 61 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٦٠) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الإِنْسانِ ﴾ أَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِي جَيْبِي لأَرْفَعَ رَأْسي عَنْ جَيْبِكَ مُشْرِقًا مُضِيئًا.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(60) O SON OF MAN! Put thy hand into My bosom, that I may rise above thee, radiant and resplendent.

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 §104: edifice gleaningsGWB §154: Son of Man kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: foundation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: and the daughter the-hidden-wordsHW §151: CHILDREN will-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edifice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: foundations gleaningsGWB §682: the foundations

الإِنْسانِ

an-nsán ʾ-n-s → “of 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 §552: fellowman kitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: his fellow-man prayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: beloved Companion the-hidden-wordsHW §82: communion will-and-testamentW&T §42: plotted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: perceive gleaningsGWB §358: men

أَدْخِلْ

ʾadkhil d-kh-l → “enter”

literal: enter; entered; entering

enter 67% “enter 17% put 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: connected with gleaningsGWB §163: to instill kitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: came unto prayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: to be enabled by Thee to immerse myself the-hidden-wordsHW §11: enter therein will-and-testamentW&T §12: shelter epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: “Enter gleaningsGWB §91: egress

يَدَكَ

yadak y-d-y → “thy hand”

literal: hand; hands; by-hand

whose 58% hand 17% hands 13% thou 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the hand gleaningsGWB §613: His grasp kitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands prayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: my hands will-and-testamentW&T §13: Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: into the hands of gleaningsGWB §85: your eyes kitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands

جَيْبِي

jaybí j-y-b → “my bosom”

literal: bosom

bosom 60% ready 20% thee 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: ready to answer the-hidden-wordsHW §61: My bosom epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: bosom the-hidden-wordsHW §61: thee

لأَرْفَعَ

lʾarfaʿ r-f-ʿ → “that i may rise” Distinctive

literal: raise; raised

This form usually rendered as “lift”, “raise”, “most” (9 occurrences)

SE expanded to “that I may rise”

lift 50% raise 17% most 17% may 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: have been raised fire-tabletFire §4: uplifted gleaningsGWB §174: elevating kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exalt kitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: were hoisted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: may be exalted tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispel the-hidden-wordsHW §61: that I may rise

رَأْسي

raʾasí r-ʾ-s

literal: head

SE rendered يَدَكَ (yadak), جَيْبِي (jaybí), لأَرْفَعَ (lʾarfaʿ), رَأْسي (raʾasí), جَيْبِكَ (jaybik), مُشْرِقًا (mushriqan) as “thy hand, My bosom, that I may rise, thee, radiant”

head 71% mine 14% beheaded 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: Ra’is gleaningsGWB §247: its governors and elders kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: they that have occupied the seats of authority tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: exalted the-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy head epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: His head gleaningsGWB §494: leaders kitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: own

مُشْرِقًا

mushriqan sh-r-q → “dayspring”

literal: shining; east; shine

dayspring 37% dawning-place 17% shining 13% shineth 10% east 8% who 4% resplendent 3% source 3% shone 2% rays 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the effulgences fire-tabletFire §22: radiance gleaningsGWB §530: risen kitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: effulgent splendour prayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: and the splendors thereof tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineth the-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shine will-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world

مُضِيئًا

muḍíʾan ḍ-w-ʾ → “and resplendent”

literal: light; illuminate; be illuminated

resplendent 50% aglow 25% shining 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: with the brightness fire-tabletFire §9: Radiance gleaningsGWB §198: and whose light kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: resplendent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: would seek illumination prayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: illuminated the-hidden-wordsHW §48: and the light epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: chased away

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