The Hidden Words — §2

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 2 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(١) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الرُّوْحِ ﴾ فِي أَوَّلِ القَوْلِ امْلِكْ قَلْبًا جَيِّدًا حَسَنًا مُنيرًا لِتَمْلِكَ مُلْكًا دائِمًا باقِيًا أَزَلًا قَدِيمًا.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(1) O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

Translation Notes

ابْنَ

ibn b-n-y → “son”

literal: son; sons

son 94% descendant 2% sons 1% scion 1% daughter 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Son gleaningsGWB §453: Him kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: Son of Mary prayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: and the son the-hidden-wordsHW §70: SONS will-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edifice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: foundations gleaningsGWB §272: mine own son

الرُّوْحِ

ar-rúḥ r-w-ḥ → “spirit”

literal: spirit; spiritual; soul

spirit 67% soul 9% holy 5% breath 4% souls 4% life 4% joy 2% faithful 2% divine 2% most 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: may the souls fire-tabletFire §49: fragrance gleaningsGWB §192: Supreme Spirit kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happiness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: myrtles prayers-and-meditationsP&M §763: musk tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyed the-hidden-wordsHW §115: the ease

أَوَّلِ

ʾawwal ʾ-w-l → “first”

literal: first; firstness; beginning

first 50% beginning 13% early 13% foundation 3% inception 3% firstly 3% nine 3% earliest 3% greatest 3% ever 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the beginning gleaningsGWB §440: the early kitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: interpretation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine own Firstness the-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that have will-and-testamentW&T §34: the one epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: one gleaningsGWB §41: early days

القَوْلِ

al-qawl q-w-l → “say” Distinctive

literal: say; saying

This form usually rendered as “words”, “saith”, “through” (84 occurrences)

words 27% saith 22% through 10% word 10% utterance 7% saying 5% speech 5% theme 5% sayings 5% argument 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Say thou also gleaningsGWB §68: theme kitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: added prayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: proclaimeth tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verily tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out to tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimed the-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel

امْلِكْ

imlik m-l-k → “kingdom” Distinctive

literal: kingdom; king

This form usually rendered as “control”, “possess” (2 occurrences)

control 50% possess 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord gleaningsGWB §286: proclaiming kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: angel prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: the transcendent gifts tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdom tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worlds the-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdom will-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous

قَلْبًا

qalban q-l-b → “heart”

literal: heart; hearts

heart 74% hearts 14% soul 3% radiant 2% detached 1% sound 1% revolutionized 1% seeker’s 1% new 1% inmost 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulent gleaningsGWB §159: distract kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heart kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: disturbance prayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: have inclined me the-hidden-wordsHW §120: mind will-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of love epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turn

جَيِّدًا

jayyidan j-w-d → “pure”

literal: generosity; bounty; generosity, bounty

bounty 48% through 9% bounteousness 8% bountiful 8% generosity 8% grace 6% favor 5% giver 3% favors 3% munificence 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bounty fire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal gleaningsGWB §685: munificence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: pure prayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: through Thy gracious providence the-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generous epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bounty fire-tabletFire §34: Giver

حَسَنًا

ḥasanan ḥ-s-n → “kindly”

literal: best; Husayn; beautiful

good 17% goodly 17% kindly 17% pleasing 8% generous 8% upright 8% receive 8% profit 8% gracious 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: good deeds gleaningsGWB §473: best in thy sight kitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: favour prayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: and the best the-hidden-wordsHW §2: kindly will-and-testamentW&T §21: improve epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: whether man gleaningsGWB §477: with which

مُنيرًا

muníran n-w-r → “radiant”

literal: light; lights; luminous

resplendent 33% luminous 15% radiant 11% illumined 11% shining 7% illuminated 7% enlightened 4% enlightening 4% beaming 4% glorious 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: a brilliant light fire-tabletFire §26: Lightgiver gleaningsGWB §687: unfading light kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: light;”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: into the brightness tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and glorious the-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming

دائِمًا

dáʾiman d-w-m → “everlasting”

literal: continuance; continuance/duration; everlasting

everlasting 83% continually 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: Everlasting gleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternal prayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: as long as will-and-testamentW&T §22: continually epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: endure gleaningsGWB §144: second kitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlasting

أَزَلًا

ʾazalan ʾ-z-l

literal: eternity; eternities; eternal

SE rendered مُلْكًا (mulkan), دائِمًا (dáʾiman), باقِيًا (báqiyan), أَزَلًا (ʾazalan), قَدِيمًا (qadíman) as “sovereignty, everlasting, imperishable, ancient”