The Hidden Words — §11
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 11 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(١٠) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الْبَيَانِ ﴾
حِصْنِي أَنْتَ فَادْخُلْ فِيهِ لِتَكُونَ سالِمًا. حُبّي فِيْكَ فَاعْرِفْهُ مِنْكَ لِتَجِدَني قَريبًا.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(10) O SON OF UTTERANCE!
Thou art My stronghold; enter therein that thou mayest abide in safety. My love is in thee, know it, that thou mayest find Me near unto thee.
Translation Notes
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
stronghold 67% sanctuary 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: StronggleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married womanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: a refugethe-hidden-wordsHW §34: abidewill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Mighty Strongholdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: strongholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: enterestgleaningsGWB §563: have sought Our Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: egressprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thou hast caused tothe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §42: leading partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: conducted alonggleaningsGWB §320: above all
SE expanded to “that thou mayest abide”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: be notfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §381: the entire creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: of Thine Essencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: peace be upongleaningsGWB §466: that profess your faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: admittedlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: healthwill-and-testamentW&T §6: deliveringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: resignationgleaningsGWB §679: resigned and submissivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: resign
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: For the love of Godfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §122: Loverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: for lovetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: within theegleaningsGWB §594: Be as a lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: within mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: ingleaningsGWB §594: Be fair in thy judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: in mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: in the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: have knowngleaningsGWB §546: the comprehensionkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: contraryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §124: been awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Know thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy knowledge
SE rendered حُبّي (ḥubbí), فِيْكَ (fík), فَاعْرِفْهُ (fáʿrifh), مِنْكَ (mink), لِتَجِدَني (litajidaní), قَريبًا (qaríban) as “My love, in thee, know it, that thou mayest find Me, near unto thee”
SE expanded to “that thou mayest find Me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the existingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §481: We foundkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: of all beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: I perceivetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: OFwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the firm
This form usually rendered as “nigh”, “well-nigh”, “hand” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “near unto thee”
