The Hidden Words — §127

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 127 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٥٠) ﴿ ای ساذج هوی ﴾ حرص را بايد گذاشت و بقناعت قانع شد * زيرا که لازال حريص محروم بوده و قانع محبوب و مقبول *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(50) O QUINTESSENCE OF PASSION! Put away all covetousness and seek contentment; for the covetous hath ever been deprived, and the contented hath ever been loved and praised.

Translation Notes

ساذج

sádhj s-dh-j → “quintessence”

literal: essences

essence 31% divine 13% inmost 13% subtleties 13% quintessence 13% ancient 6% most 6% substance 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: Essence gleaningsGWB §66: the Ancient kitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: most pure prayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: quintessence gleaningsGWB §122: pure and stainless kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: Substance prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: the inmost spirit gleaningsGWB §92: subtleties

هوی

húy h-w-y → “of passion” Distinctive

literal: desire; passion

This form usually rendered as “corrupt”, “desire”, “desires” (105 occurrences)

corrupt 23% desire 19% desires 13% passion 12% essence 9% evil 6% self 5% divine 5% worldly 4% heaven 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: their personal desires fire-tabletFire §21: passion gleaningsGWB §387: the heights kitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: after their own fancy prayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: and yearning towards Thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: and passion the-hidden-wordsHW §114: into the firmament of will-and-testamentW&T §15: self

حرص

ḥrṣ ḥ-r-ṣ → “insatiable” Distinctive

literal: greed; greedy; greed/covetousness

This form usually rendered as “greed”, “inordinate”, “covetousness” (4 occurrences)

greed 33% inordinate 33% covetousness 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: are insatiable in their desire fire-tabletFire §16: Greed gleaningsGWB §248: exhibit such greed the-hidden-wordsHW §127: covetousness gleaningsGWB §680: inordinate the-hidden-wordsHW §127: covetous

بايد

báyd b-y-d

literal: must; must, should; must, needs

SE rendered ساذج (sádhj), هوی (húy), حرص (ḥrṣ), بايد (báyd), گذاشت (gdhásht), بقناعت (bqnáʿt), قانع (qánʿ), زيرا (zírá) as “QUINTESSENCE, OF PASSION, Put away all covetousness, contentment, for”

must 38% should 22% incumbent 22% behooveth 6% beseemeth 3% duty 3% needeth 3% let 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: It beseemeth gleaningsGWB §709: It behooveth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: must needs prayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: into the wilderness the-hidden-wordsHW §53: be no more will-and-testamentW&T §14: is epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: should gleaningsGWB §564: let him

گذاشت

gdhásht gdhásht

literal: place; put; to leave

SE rendered ساذج (sádhj), هوی (húy), حرص (ḥrṣ), بايد (báyd), گذاشت (gdhásht), بقناعت (bqnáʿt), قانع (qánʿ), زيرا (zírá) as “QUINTESSENCE, OF PASSION, Put away all covetousness, contentment, for”

3 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: abandoned

بقناعت

bqnáʿt q-n-ʿ → “contentment”

literal: content; contentment; be-content

content 33% satisfied 33% contentment 33%

gleaningsGWB §552: content kitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: Satisfied the-hidden-wordsHW §127: seek gleaningsGWB §607: contentment kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: contented

لازال

lázál z-w-l → “hath ever been” Distinctive

literal: cease; to cease; ceased

This form usually rendered as “all”, “eternity”, “invariably” (11 occurrences)

SE expanded to “hath ever been”

all 20% eternity 20% invariably 10% time 10% hath 10% perpetually 10% beginning 10% everlasting 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: From everlasting gleaningsGWB §349: ever been, and will everlastingly continue to be kitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: dissipated prayers-and-meditationsP&M §327: to everlasting, continue the-hidden-wordsHW §85: lasting will-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanish epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetually gleaningsGWB §200: Ancient

محبوب

mḥbúb ḥ-b-b → “loved”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: that loveth Me fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §667: hard it is kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desire prayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: I tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §30: wouldst not have ascribed will-and-testamentW&T §18: ye beloved

مقبول

mqbúl q-b-l → “before” Distinctive

literal: before; acceptance

This form usually rendered as “acceptable”, “rejected”, “regarded” (19 occurrences)

acceptable 65% rejected 6% regarded 6% inadmissible 6% superior 6% indeed 6% praised 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: are acceptable fire-tabletFire §46: press onward gleaningsGWB §401: would draw nigh kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: ago kitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of old?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §561: have set myself towards tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon me tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss

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