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The Hidden Words — §155

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 155 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٧٨) ﴿ ای فرزند کنيز من ﴾ از لسان رحمن سلسبيل معانی بنوش و از مشرق بيان سبحان اشراق انوار شمس تبيان من غير ستر و کتمان مشاهده نما * تخمهای حکمت لدنّيم را در ارض طاهر قلب بيفشان و بآب يقين آبش ده تا سنبلات علم و حکمت من سر سبز از بلده طيّبه انبات نمايد *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(78) O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Quaff from the tongue of the merciful the stream of divine mystery, and behold from the dayspring of divine utterance the unveiled splendor of the daystar of wisdom. Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in the pure soil of the heart, and water them with the waters of certitude, that the hyacinths of knowledge and wisdom may spring up fresh and green from the holy city of the heart.

Translation Notes

ای
ʾ-y-y → “O”

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

فرزند
f-r-z → “children”

literal: to kindle, to light, to inflame

کنيز
k-n-z → “HANDMAID”

literal: treasure; treasure-trove; hidden store; treasury

من
m-n → “MY” Distinctive

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

از
ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

لسان
l-s-n → “tongue”

literal: tongue; language

رحمن
r-ḥ-m → “merciful”

literal: merciful, compassionate; pertaining to divine mercy

سلسبيل
s-l-s → “chains” Distinctive

literal: Salsabil; a spring in Paradise; easy to drink

معانی
ʿ-n-y → “loving-kindness” Distinctive

literal: to concern; to mean; to turn away from; bounty; loving-kindness; grace; divine care; attention; meaning; significance; inner sense

مشرق
sh-r-q → “dayspring”

literal: radiance; splendor; dawn; illumination

بيان
b-y-n → “utterance”

literal: to manifest; to make clear; clear, evident

سبحان
s-b-ḥ

literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted; dawn; daybreak; morning

انوار
n-w-r → “splendor”

literal: light; illumination

شمس
sh-m-s → “daystar”

literal: sun; daystar; manifestation of divine light

غير
gh-y-r

literal: without; besides; other than; except; other; different

ستر
s-t-r

literal: to veil; to conceal; to cover; veil; covering

کتمان
k-t-m → “hide” Distinctive

literal: concealment; hiding; secrecy

مشاهده
sh-h-d → “behold”

literal: witnessed; observed; seen; evident; manifest

نما
n-m-ʾ → “behold”

literal: to show, display, exhibit; to grow, develop

تخمهای
t-kh-m → “seeds”

literal: wine; intoxicating drink

حکمت
ḥ-k-m → “wisdom”

literal: government; rule; governance; wisdom

لدنّيم
l-d-n → “My divine”

literal: from; on the part of; from before; near

را
r-ʾ-ʾ

literal: object marker; object-marker; to

در
d-r-r → “in”

literal: in; in, at; radiant

ارض
ʾ-r-ḍ → “soil” Distinctive

literal: earth; land; ground; country

طاهر
ṭ-h-r → “pure”

literal: to purify; to cleanse

قلب
q-l-b → “heart”

literal: heart; to turn; to overturn

بيفشان
f-sh-n → “Sow”

literal: to grow, to spring forth, to produce; plant, growth

بآب
b-w-b → “door”

literal: door; gate; chapter; way; manner

يقين
y-q-n → “certitude”

literal: certainty; certitude; conviction

آبش
m-w-h → “water”

literal: to give drink; to water, irrigate; to water

ده
d-ʾ-d → “of equity” Distinctive

literal: میدهند is Persian verb from دادن (to give), not Arabic د-و-ن

تا
t-y-y → “that”

literal: so that/until

سنبلات
s-n-b-l → “hyacinths”

literal: spike of grain; ear of corn; hyacinth

علم
ʿ-l-m → “knowledge”

literal: world; universe; the worlds

سر
s-r-r → “mysteries” Distinctive

literal: throne; couch; seat of authority

سبز
s-b-z → “green”

literal: green; verdant; flourishing

بلده
b-l-d → “city”

literal: city; land; country

طيّبه
ṭ-y-b → “goodly”

literal: good; pure; sweet; fragrant; virtuous

انبات
n-b-t → “bringeth forth” Distinctive

literal: to grow, to spring forth, to produce; plant, growth

Source: Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words

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