The Hidden Words — §16
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 16 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(١٥) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ البَيان ﴾
وَجِّهْ بِوَجْهِي وَأَعْرِضْ عَنْ غَيْرِي، لأَنَّ سُلْطانِي باقٍ لا يَزُولُ أَبَدًا وَمُلكِي دائِمٌ لا يَحُولُ أَبَدًا. وَإِنْ تَطْلُبْ سِوائِي لَنْ تَجِدَ لَوْ تَفْحَصُ فِي الوُجُودِ سَرْمَدًا أَزَلاً.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(15) O SON OF UTTERANCE!
Turn thy face unto Mine and renounce all save Me; for My sovereignty endureth and My dominion perisheth not. If thou seekest another than Me, yea, if thou searchest the universe for evermore, thy quest will be in vain.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: Ibn-i-Mas’udgleaningsGWB §454: the descendantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: Son of Maryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: and the daughterthe-hidden-wordsHW §70: SONSwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: the SongleaningsGWB §452: their sons
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
This form usually rendered as “face”, “countenance”, “faces” (65 occurrences)
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: turning towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §510: fix Thy gaze uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: have respondedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “turneth”, “turn” (35 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: denialsgleaningsGWB §463: them that reject My truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: fierce oppositionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: opposedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: hathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Who is the Truth
This form usually rendered as “anyone”, “besides”, “other” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all save Me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: withoutfire-tabletFire §21: pervertedgleaningsGWB §95: all earthlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: throughprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: except Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §129: of another than Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: is notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: besides Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: King ofgleaningsGWB §3: to Thy sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: your Sovereigntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authority
This form usually rendered as “liveth”, “eternal”, “endlessness” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: life would havefire-tabletFire §30: hiddengleaningsGWB §106: Incorruptiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this imperishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: live totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: immortal lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: remain
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: everlastingly continuegleaningsGWB §91: will remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: vanishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: continue to remainthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: Imperishablewill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: pass awaygleaningsGWB §93: can never fade.…
SE rendered سُلْطانِي (sulṭání), باقٍ (báqin), يَزُولُ (yazúl), أَبَدًا (ʾabadan), وَمُلكِي (wamulkí) as “sovereignty, endureth, perisheth, not, dominion”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: LordgleaningsGWB §354: the Lord of all nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: Thine own kingdomtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE rendered يَزُولُ (yazúl), أَبَدًا (ʾabadan), وَمُلكِي (wamulkí), دائِمٌ (dáʾimun), يَحُولُ (yaḥúl), أَبَدًا (ʾabadan) as “perisheth, not, dominion”
everlasting 83% continually 17%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: so long aswill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §144: secondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternal
SE rendered أَبَدًا (ʾabadan), وَمُلكِي (wamulkí), دائِمٌ (dáʾimun), يَحُولُ (yaḥúl), أَبَدًا (ʾabadan), تَطْلُبْ (taṭlub) as “not, dominion, seekest”
SE expanded to “another than Me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: besides ThyselfgleaningsGWB §358: else besides thesekitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: besidesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: everything except Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: another than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §616: and fashioned
SE expanded to “will be in vain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: the world of beingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §464: obtainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: those whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §789: only nothingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: that ye may obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
8 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered الوُجُودِ (al-wujúd), سَرْمَدًا (sarmadan), أَزَلاً (ʾazaláan) as “universe, for evermore”
