The Hidden Words — §136

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 136 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٥٩) ﴿ ای غافلان ﴾ گمان مبريد که اسرار قلوب مستور است بلکه بيقين بدانيد که بخطّ جلی مسطور گشته و در پيشگاه حضور مشهود *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(59) O HEEDLESS ONES! Think not the secrets of hearts are hidden, nay, know ye of a certainty that in clear characters they are engraved and are openly manifest in the holy Presence.

Translation Notes

غافلان

gháflán gh-f-l → “heedless ones”

literal: heedless; heedlessness

heedless 26% heedlessness 16% waywardness 12% wayward 11% oblivious 10% unaware 7% have 6% negligence 5% forgetful 4% strayed 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: waywardness gleaningsGWB §683: evil kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedless kitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: deprived prayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: hath been careless the-hidden-wordsHW §142: negligent epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: they are oblivious gleaningsGWB §687: erred and strayed

گمان

gmán g-m-n → “think not”

literal: think

think 43% hath 14% methinks 14% idle 14% believing 14%

gleaningsGWB §421: Think kitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: methinks the-hidden-wordsHW §136: Think not will-and-testamentW&T §52: believing gleaningsGWB §563: hath imagined the-hidden-wordsHW §104: thine idle imaginings

مبريد

mbríd b-r-d → “brother” Distinctive

literal: brother

This form usually rendered as “think” (3 occurrences)

brother 37% obtain 11% cold 11% brethren 11% taken 7% forbearance 7% escorted 4% remove 4% brothers 4% snatched 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: brothers fire-tabletFire §7: Coldness gleaningsGWB §205: lift up kitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: grasped prayers-and-meditationsP&M §620: Thy balm the-hidden-wordsHW §101: Cast out epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: escorted Us fire-tabletFire §38: the cold

اسرار

isrár s-r-r → “secrets”

literal: secret; secrets; secret, mystery

mysteries 81% secrets 6% divine 4% glorious 1% one 1% mystic 1% mystery 1% secret 1% discover 1% inner 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the mysteries gleaningsGWB §587: Our impenetrable Mystery kitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: divine mysteries prayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: and the mysteries tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: have concealed the-hidden-wordsHW §95: self-satisfied will-and-testamentW&T §4: the Land of Mystery epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: secret

مستور

mstúr s-t-r → “hidden”

literal: hidden; concealed; veil

hidden 43% concealed 26% hid 6% lie 6% veiled 6% hide 3% yet 3% whatsoever 3% unrevealed 3% enshrined 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: hid fire-tabletFire §45: Thou Concealer gleaningsGWB §591: lay hidden kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: latent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: star prayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: in tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: been hidden epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: veil of mine integrity

بلکه

blkh b-l-k → “nay”

literal: rather/nay

nay 71% practised—nay 14% yea 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: but kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: practised—nay kitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Nay kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yea

بيقين

bíqín y-q-n → “of a certainty”

literal: certainty; certitude; certain

SE expanded to “of a certainty”

certitude 45% certainty 30% fully 5% shouldest 5% knowledge 5% know 5% believed 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: fully aware gleaningsGWB §557: discern the wonders kitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: of certitude will-and-testamentW&T §56: Faith epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: certainty gleaningsGWB §151: and certitude kitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: belief epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: be well assured

بدانيد

bdáníd d-ʾ-n → “know ye”

literal: know; to know; knowledge

know 67% careless 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: understood gleaningsGWB §395: Be not careless kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: faded before their eyes the-hidden-wordsHW §95: prefer will-and-testamentW&T §40: know well epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: were to regard gleaningsGWB §44: have come kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: regard

بخطّ

bkhṭṭ kh-ṭ-ṭ → “handwriting”

literal: handwriting; script

handwriting 31% own 23% script 15% undeviating 8% read 8% clear 8% testimony 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: handwriting gleaningsGWB §480: undeviating the-hidden-wordsHW §136: clear characters will-and-testamentW&T §6: in his own handwriting epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: script gleaningsGWB §657: to read or write will-and-testamentW&T §52: with their own hands epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: his own handwriting

جلی

jlí j-l-y → “revelation” Distinctive

literal: manifestation, revelation

This form usually rendered as “clear” (1 occurrences)

revelation 33% splendors 13% gleam 7% glory 7% sunbeam 7% effulgences 7% shed 7% release 7% splendor 7% revealer 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: effulgences gleaningsGWB §382: Revealer kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: vision the-hidden-wordsHW §136: clear characters epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the splendors gleaningsGWB §130: revelation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: reflected epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: gleam

مسطور

msṭúr s-ṭ-r → “written”

literal: written; written/recorded

recorded 24% written 19% inscribed 14% records 14% spoken 5% revealed 5% testifieth 5% testify 5% foretold 5% hath 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: written down kitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: spoken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: line the-hidden-wordsHW §94: most holy epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: inscribed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: been recorded prayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: hath been set down the-hidden-wordsHW §124: lines

گشته

gshth g-sh-t

literal: become; became; to become

SE rendered بيقين (bíqín), بدانيد (bdáníd), بخطّ (bkhṭṭ), جلی (jlí), مسطور (msṭúr), گشته (gshth), پيشگاه (píshgáh), حضور (ḥḍúr), مشهود (mshhúd) as “of a certainty, know ye, clear characters, engraved, the holy Presence, manifest”