The Hidden Words — §102

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 102 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٢٧) ﴿ ای پسر خاک ﴾ جميع آنچه در آسمانها و زمين است برای تو مقرّر داشتم مگر قلوب را که محلّ نزول تجلّی جمال و اجلال خود معيّن فرمودم * و تو منزل و محلّ مرا بغير من گذاشتی چنانچه در هر زمان که ظهور قدس من آهنگ مکان خود نمود غير خود را يافت اغيار ديد و لا مکان بحرم جانان شتافت * و مع ذلک ستر نمودم و سرّ نگشودم و خجلت ترا نپسنديدم *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(27) O SON OF DUST! All that is in heaven and earth I have ordained for thee, except the human heart, which I have made the habitation of My beauty and glory; yet thou didst give My home and dwelling to another than Me; and whenever the manifestation of My holiness sought His own abode, a stranger found He there, and, homeless, hastened unto the sanctuary of the Beloved. Notwithstanding I have concealed thy secret and desired not thy shame

Translation Notes

ای

ʾ-y-y → “O”

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

پسر

b-s-r → “SON”

literal: building, structure, edifice; to build, construct; structure, edifice

خاک

kh-ʾ-k → “DUST”

literal: dust; earth; soil; ground

جميع

j-m-ʿ → “All”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

آنچه

ʾ-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

آسمانها

s-m-w → “heaven”

literal: heaven; sky

زمين

z-m-n → “earth”

literal: time; age; era; period

است

b-w-d → “I have ordained” Distinctive

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

برای

b-r-y → “for”

literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي

تو

t-w-w → “thou”

literal: you

مقرّر

q-r-r

literal: abode; place; established

داشتم

d-ʾ-sh-t

literal: to have; to possess; to hold

مگر

m-g-r → “save through”

literal: matter; affair; thing

قلوب

q-l-b → “human heart”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

را

r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

که

k-h → “which”

literal: that; who; who, that

محلّ

ḥ-l-l → “place”

literal: place; location; spot

تجلّی

j-l-w

literal: effulgence; manifestation; revelation

جمال

j-m-l → “beauty”

literal: beauty; comeliness

اجلال

j-l-l → “glory”

literal: majesty; glory; exaltation; magnificence

خود

kh-w-d → “My” Distinctive

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

معيّن

ʿ-y-n → “eyes” Distinctive

literal: eye; fountain; spring; essence; to appoint; to designate; to specify; to determine

فرمودم

f-r-m → “He” Distinctive

literal: to say; to decree; to ordain; to command

منزل

n-z-l → “home”

literal: to descend, to be revealed

مرا

m-n → “My” Distinctive

literal: me; to me (Persian object pronoun); man; person; woman; wife

بغير

gh-y-r → “to another than”

literal: without; besides; other than; except; other; different

گذاشتی

g-dh-sh-t → “didst give”

literal: to leave; to pass; to abandon

چنانچه

ch-n-n

literal: thus; in such manner; as

هر

h-r

literal: whatever; all that; whatever thing

ظهور

ẓ-h-r → “manifestation”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation

قدس

q-d-s → “holiness”

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

آهنگ

ʾ-h-n-g → “sought”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

مکان

m-k-n → “abode”

literal: to do; to make; to perform; to be

نمود

n-m-ʾ

literal: to become; to be