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 bndh → “servant”

literal: servant; servant, slave

servant 78% both 11% bond 11%

gleaningsGWB §142: Me kitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: Servant the-hidden-wordsHW §105: BOND SLAVE kitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: we both kitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: We kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: Us

پست‌ترين

pst‌trín psttrín → “basest”

literal: base

1 occurrence in corpus

the-hidden-wordsHW §158: basest

ناس

nás n-ʾ-s → “of men”

literal: people; people, mankind; people/mankind

men 36% people 32% mankind 8% others 8% all 6% amongst 3% neighbor 3% man 2% souls 2% peoples 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: men gleaningsGWB §123: amongst men kitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: of the people around Him prayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Some will-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of men epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: people gleaningsGWB §347: existing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: all human beings

نفوسی

nfúsí n-f-s → “own” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; souls

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

men 38% who 38% one 13% handful 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: their own gleaningsGWB §318: nature kitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: the least of men prayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: their own sakes tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyself the-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Self will-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as these epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: By Him

هستند

hstnd h-s-t → “am” Distinctive

literal: are; be; is

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

still 50% “there 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: are gleaningsGWB §126: hath ever been kitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: He is epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: into the world of being gleaningsGWB §93: They are kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: not epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: It is gleaningsGWB §100: am

بی

bí b-y → “absurdity”

literal: without; is

absurdity 50% unveiled 50%

gleaningsGWB §40: absurdity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: unveiled

ثمر

thmr th-m-r → “fruit”

literal: fruit; fruits; bear-fruit

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

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: fruit gleaningsGWB §378: the fruit thereof kitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: the fruits thereof prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: fruits of tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: bringeth forth the-hidden-wordsHW §109: of its fruiting epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: these fruits gleaningsGWB §264: fruit of My Tree

ارض

irḍ ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; land; earth, land

earth 65% land 13% world 9% all 4% soil 2% whole 2% amongst 2% mankind 1% realm 1% city 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: soil fire-tabletFire §3: sands gleaningsGWB §75: on the earth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: earth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: Thy realm tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the lands the-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realm epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: In those regions

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”