The Hidden Words — §151

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 151 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٧٤) ﴿ ای ابنآء غرور ﴾ بسلطنت فانيه ايّامی از جبروت باقی من گذشته و خود را باسباب زرد و سرخ می آرائيد و بدين سبب افتخار مينمائيد * قسم بجمالم که جميع را در خيمه يکرنگ تراب درآورم و همه اين رنگهای مختلفه را از ميان بردارم مگر کسانيکه برنگ من درآيند و آن تقديس از همهء رنگها است *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(74) O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned My imperishable dominion, and have adorned yourselves with the gay livery of the world and made of it your boast. By My beauty! All will I gather beneath the one-colored covering of the dust and efface all these diverse colors save them that choose My own, and that is purging from every color.

Translation Notes

ای

ʾ-y-y → “O”

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

ابنآء

b-n-y → “CHILDREN”

literal: son; foundation; sons

غرور

gh-r-r → “VAINGLORY”

literal: delusion, deceit; deluded, deceived

بسلطنت

s-l-ṭ → “sovereignty”

literal: dominion; authority; power; sovereignty; control

فانيه

f-n-y → “shall perish” Distinctive

literal: annihilation; perishing; extinction; cessation; the threshold

ايّامی

y-w-m → “For a” Distinctive

literal: day; age; period; era; a day

از

ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

جبروت

j-b-r → “dominion”

literal: compelled; forced; constrained

باقی

b-q-y → “imperishable” Distinctive

literal: remaining; everlasting; eternal; immortal

من

m-n → “My” Distinctive

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

گذشته

g-dh-r → “renounced”

literal: to leave; to pass; to abandon

خود

kh-w-d → “their own”

literal: self; himself; herself; itself; own

را

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

باسباب

literal: cause; reason; means; instrument

زرد

z-r-d → “gay”

literal: yellow, golden

سرخ

s-r-kh → “livery”

literal: astray; bewildered; confused; wandering

می

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

آرائيد

ʾ-r-ʾ → “array” Distinctive

literal: adorn

بدين

d-y-n → “Faith”

literal: religion; faith; creed; belief

افتخار

f-kh-r → “boast” Distinctive

literal: glory; boasting; pride

مينمائيد

n-m-ʾ → “may” Distinctive

literal: to show, to display, to manifest, to exhibit; to manifest; to display; to show

قسم

q-s-m → “By”

literal: to sacrifice; to ransom; to redeem

بجمالم

j-m-l → “My beauty”

literal: beauty; comeliness

که

k-h

literal: that; who; who, that

جميع

j-m-ʿ → “All”

literal: to gather; to assemble; group; number

در

d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

خيمه

kh-y-m → “tabernacle”

literal: tent; tabernacle; pavilion; structure; edifice

يکرنگ

y-k → “one-colored”

literal: color; hue; uniform

تراب

t-r-b → “dust”

literal: dust; earth; soil

درآورم

ʾ-w-r → “refuse” Distinctive

literal: to enter; to admit; to bring in

همه

h-m-h → “all”

literal: them (pronoun + object marker)

اين

ʾ-y-n → “this Chapter”

literal: this; these

رنگهای

r-n-g → “colors”

literal: color; hue; uniform

مختلفه

kh-l-f → “diverse”

literal: opposing; contrary; conflicting

ميان

literal: between; among; amid; in the midst of

بردارم

b-r-d → “brother” Distinctive

literal: brother

مگر

m-g-r → “save through”

literal: matter; affair; thing

کسانيکه

k-s → “him” Distinctive

literal: one; anyone; those who

درآيند

d-r-ʾ → “attain” Distinctive

literal: to enter; enter/choose; come

آن

ʾ-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

تقديس

q-d-s → “holy” Distinctive

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

است

b-w-d → “is”

literal: to be; are (third person plural present copula)

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