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The Hidden Words — §122

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 122 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٤٦) ﴿ ای برادران طريق ﴾ چرا از ذکر نگار غافل گشته‌ايد و از قرب حضرت يار دور مانده‌ايد ؟ صِرْف جمال در سرادق بيمثال بر عرش جلال مستوی و شما بهوای خود بجدال مشغول گشته‌ايد * روايح قدس ميوزد و نسائم جود در هبوب و کلّ بزکام مبتلی شده‌ايد و از جميع محروم مانده‌ايد * زهی حسرت بر شما و علی الّذين هم يمشون علی أعقابکم و علی أثر أقدامکم هم يمرّون *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(46) O BRETHREN IN THE PATH! Wherefore have ye neglected the mention of the Loved One, and kept remote from His holy presence? The essence of beauty is within the peerless pavilion, set upon the throne of glory, whilst ye busy yourselves with idle contentions. The sweet savors of holiness are breathing and the breath of bounty is wafted, yet ye are all sorely afflicted and deprived thereof. Alas for you and for them that walk in your ways and follow in your footsteps!

Translation Notes

ای
ʾ-y-y → “O”

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

برادران
b-r-d → “BRETHREN”

literal: brother

طريق
ṭ-r-q → “mystic” Distinctive

literal: path; way; road; method

چرا
ch-r-ʾ → “Why should”

literal: why; wherefore

از
ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

ذکر
dh-k-r → “mention”

literal: remembrance; mention; memory; invocation; reminders; commemorations

نگار
n-g-r → “imagine” Distinctive

literal: to deem; to regard; to consider; to hold

غافل
gh-f-l → “neglected” Distinctive

literal: heedlessness; negligence; inattention

گشته‌ايد
g-sh-t → “have ye”

literal: to become; to turn; to be

قرب
q-r-b → “presence”

literal: place of sacrifice; altar

حضرت
ḥ-ḍ-r → “His holy” Distinctive

literal: presence; majesty; His/Your Excellency

يار
y-ʾ-r

literal: friend; companion; loved one (pl. یاران)

دور
d-w-r → “far”

literal: cycle; dispensation; age; turn; round

مانده‌ايد
m-ʾ-n → “remain” Distinctive

literal: to remain; to stay; to be left

صِرْف
ṣ-r-f → “essence”

literal: pure; absolute; to turn away; to expend

جمال
j-m-l → “beauty”

literal: beauty; comeliness

در
d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

سرادق
s-r-d-q → “pavilion” Distinctive

literal: pavilion; tabernacle; canopy; tent

بيمثال
m-th-l → “peerless”

literal: like; example; parable; similitude

بر
b-r-r → “upon”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

عرش
ʿ-r-sh → “throne”

literal: of the Throne; companion of the Throne

جلال
j-l-l → “glory”

literal: majesty; glory; exaltation; magnificence

مستوی
s-w-y → “except Thee” Distinctive

literal: level; equal; straight; upon a throne; resting upon; toward; to; direction of; other than; besides; except

شما
sh-m-ʾ → “ye”

literal: you (plural); your

بهوای
h-w-y

literal: desire; vain desire; inclination; passion; whim; realm; region

خود
kh-w-d → “their own”

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

بجدال
j-d-l → “contentions”

literal: to argue; to dispute; to contend; argument

مشغول
sh-gh-l → “busy”

literal: to occupy; to engage; to busy; occupation

روايح
r-w-ḥ → “savors”

literal: narration; tradition; fragrance; to grow; to spring forth; to sprout

قدس
q-d-s → “holiness”

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

ميوزد
w-z-d → “be wafted” Distinctive

literal: to blow; to waft; to breathe

نسائم
n-s-m → “breath” Distinctive

literal: breeze; gentle wind; fragrance

جود
j-w-d → “bounty”

literal: generosity; bounty; liberality

هبوب
h-b-b → “wafted” Distinctive

literal: blowing; onset; rushing of wind

کلّ
k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

بزکام
z-k-m → “sorely”

literal: cold

مبتلی
b-l-w → “afflicted”

literal: affliction; trial; calamity

شده‌ايد
sh-w-d → “ye are” Distinctive

literal: become; turned into; has become; to become; to be

جميع
j-m-ʿ → “all”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

محروم
ḥ-r-m → “deprived”

literal: sanctity, inviolability, dignity, honor, respect

زهی
z-h-y → “How pitiful”

literal: splendor, glory, manifestation; to shine

حسرت
ḥ-s-r

literal: regret; sorrow; vexation; lamentation

علی
ʿ-l-w → “for” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

الّذين
l-dh-y → “which” Distinctive

literal: those who; the ones who (relative pronoun)

هم
h-m-m

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

يمشون
m-sh-y → “walk”

literal: walk; walking; walks

أعقابکم
ʿ-q-b → “retribution” Distinctive

literal: behind; heels; height

أثر
ʾ-th-r

literal: effect; trace; influence; imprint; sign; mark; vestige

أقدامکم
q-d-m

literal: ancientness; antiquity; foot; to come forward

يمرّون
m-r-r → “At one time” Distinctive

literal: to pass; to pass by; to go

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words

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