The Hidden Words — §158

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 158 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٨١) ﴿ ای بنده من ﴾ پست‌ترين ناس نفوسی هستند که بی ثمر در ارض ظاهرند و فی الحقيقه از اموات محسوبند بلکه اموات از آن نفوس معطّله مهمله ارجح عند اللّه مذکور *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(81) O MY SERVANT! The basest of men are they that yield no fruit on earth. Such men are verily counted as among the dead, nay better are the dead in the sight of God than those idle and worthless souls.

Translation Notes

بنده

bndh b-n-d → “servant”

literal: servant; servants

servant 67% both 11% bond 11% fetters 11%

gleaningsGWB §687: Set not kitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: Servant the-hidden-wordsHW §105: BOND SLAVE will-and-testamentW&T §27: His creatures gleaningsGWB §674: chains kitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: We the-hidden-wordsHW §116: fetters gleaningsGWB §332: servants

پست‌ترين

pst‌trín p-s-t → “failure” Distinctive

literal: low; lowness; low, base

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

failure 25% meanest 25% lower 25% basest 25%

gleaningsGWB §147: failure kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: meanest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §664: lower the-hidden-wordsHW §158: basest

ناس

nás n-ʾ-s → “of men”

literal: people; people, mankind; people/mankind

men 38% people 34% others 8% mankind 5% all 4% peoples 3% fellowmen 2% neighbor 2% men’s 1% wayward 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: others gleaningsGWB §622: their kitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the adherents will-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of men epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s repudiation gleaningsGWB §643: the children of men kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: hath epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of others

نفوسی

nfúsí n-f-s → “own” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; souls

This form usually rendered as “men”, “who”, “every” (22 occurrences)

men 43% who 29% every 14% handful 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: passions gleaningsGWB §520: vaunt yourselves kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: whosoever prayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: us tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §142: passion will-and-testamentW&T §25: believers

هستند

hstnd h-s-t → “hath” Distinctive

literal: is; be; are

This form usually rendered as “reside”, ““there” (25 occurrences)

reside 50% “there 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: that gleaningsGWB §429: hath kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: have kitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: been the-hidden-wordsHW §140: followeth will-and-testamentW&T §9: they are epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: reside gleaningsGWB §100: Such is

بی

bí b-y → “yield no”

literal: without; is; to

5 occurrences in corpus

ثمر

thmr th-m-r → “fruit”

literal: fruit; fruits; bore fruit

fruit 80% results 7% fully 7% fruiting 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: fruits gleaningsGWB §657: effects kitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: fruits—the fruits prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: their fruits tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: bringeth forth the-hidden-wordsHW §104: fully grown will-and-testamentW&T §57: fruit given forth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: results and consequences

ارض

irḍ ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; land; earth, land

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 §112: city gleaningsGWB §713: lands kitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: hearts prayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the dwellers the-hidden-wordsHW §95: it epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: of gleaningsGWB §547: From the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: realm

ظاهرند

ẓáhrnd ẓ-h-r

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

SE rendered نفوسی (nfúsí), هستند (hstnd), بی (bí), ثمر (thmr), ارض (irḍ), ظاهرند (ẓáhrnd), الحقيقه (al-ḥqíqh), از (iz), اموات (imúát), محسوبند (mḥsúbnd) as “are they, are, yield no, fruit, earth, verily, than, among the dead, counted”