The Hidden Words — §140

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 140 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٦٣) ﴿ بگو ای اهل ارض ﴾ براستی بدانيد که بلای ناگهانی شما را در پی است و عقاب عظيمی از عقب * گمان مبريد که آنچه را مرتکب شديد از نظر محو شده * قسم بجمالم که در الواح زبرجدی از قلم جلی جميع اعمال شما ثبت گشته *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(63) O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD! Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity followeth you, and grievous retribution awaiteth you. Think not that which ye have committed hath been effaced in My sight. By My beauty! All your doings hath My pen graven with open characters upon tablets of chrysolite

Translation Notes

بگو

bgú g-w-y

literal: say; to say

SE rendered بگو (bgú), اهل (ihl), ارض (irḍ), براستی (brástí), بدانيد (bdáníd) as “PEOPLES, OF THE WORLD, verily, Know”

say 36% maintain 18% methinks 14% called 7% said 7% regardest 4% did 4% speaketh 4% what 4% declare 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: said gleaningsGWB §191: murmur against kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: voicing the-hidden-wordsHW §120: Speak epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: been said gleaningsGWB §325: to contend kitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: maintain that the-hidden-wordsHW §83: exclaim

اهل

ihl ʾ-h-l → “peoples”

literal: people; people, folk; people/inhabitants

people 41% peoples 29% dwellers 5% men 4% mankind 4% ye 4% concourse 4% infidel 4% inhabitants 3% denizens 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: unto such as have gleaningsGWB §176: Mankind kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: that deserve prayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: people of the-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERS will-and-testamentW&T §34: devoted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: all the peoples

ارض

irḍ ʾ-r-ḍ → “of the world”

literal: earth; land; earth, land

SE expanded to “OF THE WORLD”

earth 68% land 14% world 7% soil 2% city 2% holy 1% upon 1% peoples 1% all 1% mankind 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: country gleaningsGWB §192: earth.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: earth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and the earth the-hidden-wordsHW §95: it epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of earth gleaningsGWB §447: the face of the earth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: hearts

براستی

brástí r-s-t → “verily”

literal: truth

verily 65% truth 24% truthfulness 6% rectitude 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: Verily kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: men of truth.”will-and-testamentW&T §8: to rectitude of conduct epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: fair kitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: prosperity epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: truthfulness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: Verily I say epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: In truth

بدانيد

bdáníd d-ʾ-n → “know”

literal: know; to know; knowledge

know 67% careless 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: know gleaningsGWB §145: discernment kitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: recognize the-hidden-wordsHW §95: ye have will-and-testamentW&T §40: know well epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: knowledge gleaningsGWB §331: consisteth in regarding kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: faded before their eyes

بلای

bláy b-l-w → “calamity”

literal: tribulation; affliction

tribulations 20% calamity 20% afflictions 20% griefs 10% fresh 10% persecutions 10% woes 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: proved fire-tabletFire §48: of tribulation gleaningsGWB §74: a fresh calamity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: oppressed and afflicted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: The trials Thou sendest the-hidden-wordsHW §154: tried will-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woes epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: tribulations

ناگهانی

nághání g-h-n → “suddenly” Distinctive

literal: suddenly; sudden

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

suddenly 50% unforeseen 50%

gleaningsGWB §336: suddenly the-hidden-wordsHW §140: unforeseen

پی

pí p-y

literal: trace; pursuit; trace, awareness

SE rendered بدانيد (bdáníd), بلای (bláy), ناگهانی (nághání), پی (pí), عقاب (ʿqáb), عظيمی (ʿẓímí), از (iz), عقب (ʿqb), گمان (gmán) as “Know, calamity, unforeseen, retribution, grievous, awaiteth, Think”

discover 50% unravel 50%

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: discover prayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: unravel

عقاب

ʿqáb ʿ-q-b → “retribution”

literal: behind; heels; height

retribution 67% punishing 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: followed gleaningsGWB §421: awaiteth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: heels.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: issue the-hidden-wordsHW §122: footsteps will-and-testamentW&T §3: Later on gleaningsGWB §168: the hill the-hidden-wordsHW §154: hill

عظيمی

ʿẓímí ʿ-ẓ-m → “grievous”

literal: greatest; great; greatness

grievous 67% mighty 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: majesty gleaningsGWB §491: more severe kitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: a mighty Day prayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: of Thy favors the-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatness will-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguished epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievous gleaningsGWB §411: Most Great Name

از

iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered پی (pí), عقاب (ʿqáb), عظيمی (ʿẓímí), از (iz), عقب (ʿqb), گمان (gmán), مبريد (mbríd), آنچه (ánchh) as “retribution, grievous, awaiteth, Think, not, which”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at

گمان

gmán g-m-n → “think”

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 → “not”

literal: brother; take; coldness

SE rendered عقاب (ʿqáb), عظيمی (ʿẓímí), از (iz), عقب (ʿqb), گمان (gmán), مبريد (mbríd), آنچه (ánchh), مرتکب (mrtkb), شديد (shdíd), از (iz), نظر (nẓr) as “retribution, grievous, awaiteth, Think, not, which, committed, sight”

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 §153: remove fire-tabletFire §7: Coldness gleaningsGWB §205: lift up kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: most forbearing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are warmed the-hidden-wordsHW §85: partake epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: taken fire-tabletFire §38: the cold

آنچه

ánchh ʾ-n → “have”

literal: that; indeed; that, to

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: He, verily kitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: a moment’s the-hidden-wordsHW §120: moment epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: such moments kitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: that He epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: He kitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: for epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: in truth

مرتکب

mrtkb r-k-b → “committed”

literal: commit; commission

committed 22% commit 22% mounted 11% steed 11% hath 11% compiled 11% charger 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: mounted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: hath compiled the-hidden-wordsHW §142: charger epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: committed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: steed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: commit kitab-i-iqanKIQ §235: compiled

شديد

shdíd sh-d-d

literal: severe

SE rendered گمان (gmán), مبريد (mbríd), آنچه (ánchh), مرتکب (mrtkb), شديد (shdíd), از (iz), نظر (nẓr), محو (mḥú), قسم (qsm), بجمالم (bjmálm) as “Think, not, which, committed, sight, effaced, By, My beauty”

severe 40% deeds 20% grievous 20% intense 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: waxed more severe gleaningsGWB §287: hast thou kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: woes kitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: to be prayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: for the vexations tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: affliction the-hidden-wordsHW §122: ye are will-and-testamentW&T §5: hath

نظر

nẓr n-ẓ-r → “sight” Distinctive

literal: look; looking; view

This form usually rendered as “observe”, “beholding”, “because” (98 occurrences)

observe 15% beholding 15% because 11% sight 11% owing 11% consider 7% ponder 7% considering 7% eye 7% reason 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: Gaze fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §260: “Witness kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze upon kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: owing to their prayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: their eyes fixed tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh

محو

mḥú m-ḥ-w → “effaced”

literal: effaced; effacement

effaced 29% blot 21% destroy 13% blotted 13% dissipate 4% obliterated 4% abolish 4% completely 4% annulment 4% fadeth 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: blot gleaningsGWB §178: blotted out kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: annulment kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Thus prayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: who hath blotted out will-and-testamentW&T §54: exterminate epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: abolish gleaningsGWB §350: effaced

قسم

qsm q-s-m → “by”

literal: oath, swear

SE rendered مرتکب (mrtkb), شديد (shdíd), از (iz), نظر (nẓr), محو (mḥú), قسم (qsm), بجمالم (bjmálm), الواح (al-wáḥ), زبرجدی (zbrjdí) as “committed, sight, effaced, By, My beauty, tablets, of chrysolite”