The Hidden Words — §12
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 12 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(١١) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الوُجُودِ ﴾
مِشْكاتِي أَنْتَ وَمِصْباحِي فِيْكَ؛ فَاسْتَنِرْ بِهِ وَلا تَفْحَصْ عَنْ غَيْري، لأَنِّي خَلَقْتُكَ غَنِيَّاً وَجَعَلْتُ النِّعْمَةَ عَلَيْكَ بالِغَةً.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(11) O SON OF BEING!
Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee. Get thou from it thy radiance and seek none other than Me. For I have created thee rich and have bountifully shed My favor upon thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the existingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §344: existkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: come to existprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: any created thingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: OFwill-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found
This form usually rendered as “lamp” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the true mornfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning lightgleaningsGWB §680: through the morning-lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: the break of the mornprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: I have wakenedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: dawnepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: lampfire-tabletFire §22: Light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: withingleaningsGWB §554: for Us,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: according towill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thine actsgleaningsGWB §594: Be as a lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: though Himself a prisonerwill-and-testamentW&T §10: in the
SE rendered وَمِصْباحِي (wamiṣbáḥí), فِيْكَ؛ (fíka؛), فَاسْتَنِرْ (fástanir) as “My light, is in thee”
light 56% splendors 10% lights 6% illumined 5% resplendent 5% most 4% illumine 4% luminous 3% radiance 3% brightness 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: the splendorsfire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §676: radiance of His glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Luminoustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
SE rendered فِيْكَ؛ (fíka؛), فَاسْتَنِرْ (fástanir), تَفْحَصْ (tafḥaṣ), غَيْري، (ghayrí،), لأَنِّي (lʾanní), خَلَقْتُكَ (khalaqtuk) as “is in thee, other than Me, For I, have created thee”
SE expanded to “other than Me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: unseemly and unholy deedsfire-tabletFire §27: puritygleaningsGWB §118: notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: annulmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: any one save Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: savewill-and-testamentW&T §38: is notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: any one else
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have created thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy virtuesfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §669: no human beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: createtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy virtues
all-possessing 37% rich 33% dispense 7% afford 3% self-sufficient 3% all 3% can 3% independent 3% truth 3% enrich 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sunggleaningsGWB §268: Thy wealthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: richprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: of Thy richestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: his richesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the All-Possessing
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “made” (59 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have bountifully shed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to exaltgleaningsGWB §167: Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: No sooner hadthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: upongleaningsGWB §478: in thine affairs
SE rendered النِّعْمَةَ (an-niʿmah), عَلَيْكَ (ʿalayk), بالِغَةً (bálighahan) as “favor, upon thee”
