The Hidden Words — §88
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 88 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(١٤) ﴿ ای دوستان ﴾
بجمال فانی از جمال باقی مگذريد و بخاکدان ترابی دل مبنديد *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(14) O FRIENDS!
Abandon not the everlasting beauty for a beauty that must die, and set not your affections on this mortal world of dust.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: friendshipgleaningsGWB §173: O friendswill-and-testamentW&T §24: friendlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: loved onesgleaningsGWB §170: My well-beloved oneswill-and-testamentW&T §24: friendlinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: friendsgleaningsGWB §333: Center your thoughts in the Well-Beloved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: the fairest and most comely of womengleaningsGWB §594: an ornamentkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: charmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: my Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: a more glorious thingwill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
This form usually rendered as “mortal”, “transient”, “perisheth” (51 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that must die”
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 §2: perisheth notgleaningsGWB §361: that which perishethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: vanitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: I am the one who is sure to perishthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thy perishingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: yours perishethgleaningsGWB §708: By self-surrenderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: humble
SE rendered دوستان (dústán), بجمال (bjmál), فانی (fání), از (iz), جمال (jmál), باقی (báqí), مگذريد (mgdhríd), بخاکدان (bkhákdán), ترابی (trábí), دل (dl) as “FRIENDS, a beauty, that must die, for, everlasting beauty, Abandon not, this mortal world of dust, your affections”
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 §169: can there remainfire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §680: undyingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: and the influencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: remaineth
1 occurrence in corpus
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered از (iz), جمال (jmál), باقی (báqí), مگذريد (mgdhríd), بخاکدان (bkhákdán), ترابی (trábí), دل (dl), مبنديد (mbndíd) as “for, everlasting beauty, Abandon not, this mortal world of dust, your affections, set not”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: the dust thereofgleaningsGWB §168: upon the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: their resting-placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and the claythe-hidden-wordsHW §104: the clayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: dustgleaningsGWB §665: that lieth in the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the dust itself
