The Hidden Words — §106
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 106 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(٣١) ﴿ ای پسر ارض ﴾
اگر مرا خواهی جز مرا مخواه و اگر اراده جمالم داری چشم از عالميان بردار زيرا که اراده من و غير من چون آب و آتش در يک دل و قلب نگنجد *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(31) O SON OF EARTH!
Wouldst thou have Me, seek none other than Me; and wouldst thou gaze upon My beauty, close thine eyes to the world and all that is therein; for My will and the will of another than Me, even as fire and water, cannot dwell together in one heart.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: manifoldgleaningsGWB §168: Sonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: Meditate profoundlythe-hidden-wordsHW §129: CHILDRENepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: How verykitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: unnumberedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: We cherish the hope
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: the earthgleaningsGWB §346: a landkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: them that fear God.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy landthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: of the worldgleaningsGWB §541: mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: site of his martyrdom
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: requestedgleaningsGWB §287: will continue to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §82: askthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: seek none other thanwill-and-testamentW&T §7: ill-wishersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: willgleaningsGWB §324: will ever continue to dependkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: whether
SE rendered پسر (psr), ارض (irḍ), مرا (mrá), خواهی (khúáhí), جز (jz), مرا (mrá), مخواه (mkhúáh), اراده (irádh), جمالم (jmálm) as “SON, EARTH, Me, will, seek none other than, gaze upon, My beauty”
will 41% purpose 9% desire 9% desired 6% purposed 6% determined 6% pleaseth 6% hath 6% determineth 6% wished 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: determinedgleaningsGWB §188: intent onkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: I have soughttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §8: the gracious willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: seek thou Him
beauty 85% countenance 3% ancient 3% among 2% glory 2% beneficent 1% beauteous 1% ornament 1% seemly 1% promised 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: brieflygleaningsGWB §612: the Manifestation ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: briefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: By Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
repository 18% tree 9% carry 9% hide 9% possessed 9% dispatch 9% transmitted 9% susceptible 9% all-possessing 9% entertain 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: with His own eyesgleaningsGWB §685: inner and outer eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: eye tothe-hidden-wordsHW §104: fountswill-and-testamentW&T §4: closed his eyesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: gazeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: eyes
SE rendered مخواه (mkhúáh), اراده (irádh), جمالم (jmálm), داری (dárí), چشم (chshm), از (iz), عالميان (ʿálmíán), بردار (brdár), زيرا (zírá), اراده (irádh) as “seek none other than, will, My beauty, have, eyes, to, the world, close, for”
23 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: “Knowfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §170: the face of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: of true knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: well knowesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
This form usually rendered as “close” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered داری (dárí), چشم (chshm), از (iz), عالميان (ʿálmíán), بردار (brdár), زيرا (zírá), اراده (irádh), غير (ghír), چون (chún), آب (áb) as “have, eyes, to, the world, close, for, will, another, even as, water”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: conflictfire-tabletFire §21: pervertedgleaningsGWB §423: for otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: annulmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: that overtake itthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: with anotherwill-and-testamentW&T §2: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: not to be compared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: with the watersgleaningsGWB §12: waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: waters ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: watergleaningsGWB §292: for the thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: the water
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: hath testifiedfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §411: manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: will beholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: bearest witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
SE rendered چون (chún), آب (áb), آتش (átsh), يک (yk), دل (dl), قلب (qlb), نگنجد (ngnjd) as “even as, water, fire, one, heart, cannot dwell together”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulentgleaningsGWB §161: men’s heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the human heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: were rent asunderthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: souls of men
This form usually rendered as “cannot” (1 occurrences)
