The Hidden Words — §38
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 38 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(٣٧) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الإِنْسانِ ﴾
لَا تُعَرِّ نَفْسَكَ عَنْ جَميلِ رِدائِي وَلَا تَحْرِمْ نَصِيبَكَ مِنْ بَدِيعِ حِياضِي؛ لِئَلَّا يَأْخُذَكَ الظَّمَأُ فِي سَرْمَدِيَّةِ ذاتِي.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(37) O SON OF MAN!
Divest not thyself of My beauteous robe, and forfeit not thy portion from My wondrous fountain, lest thou shouldst thirst for evermore.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §594: Be unjust to no manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: my companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §82: communionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §441: No two menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: within the tabernacle of manthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him betake himself
This form usually rendered as “divest” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: peoplegleaningsGWB §4: of Thy Selfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: the most unletteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: Whom Thou Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His beautygleaningsGWB §165: Thy Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: or from meditatingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §51: for My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: withheldgleaningsGWB §35: habitationskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: those thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §517: to be deprivedthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: covering cast over mine honor
SE rendered جَميلِ (jamíl), رِدائِي (ridáʾí), تَحْرِمْ (taḥrim), نَصِيبَكَ (naṣíbak), بَدِيعِ (badíʿ), حِياضِي؛ (ḥíáḍí؛) as “beauteous, robe, forfeit, not, from, wondrous”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: portiongleaningsGWB §235: been hoistedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: dispossessedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: hath been lifted upthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: wearinesswill-and-testamentW&T §23: their share and portionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: raisedgleaningsGWB §201: share
SE rendered تَحْرِمْ (taḥrim), نَصِيبَكَ (naṣíbak), بَدِيعِ (badíʿ), حِياضِي؛ (ḥíáḍí؛), لِئَلَّا (liʾallá), يَأْخُذَكَ (yaʾakhudhak) as “forfeit, not, from, wondrous, fountain, lest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: to creategleaningsGWB §286: andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: new and everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: the wondrous tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: newgleaningsGWB §683: marvelous
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: nightsgleaningsGWB §492: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: blessed nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: the nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: Night and dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: in the daytime
This form usually rendered as “lest”, “come” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “one”, “thou” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered الظَّمَأُ (aẓ-ẓamaʾ), سَرْمَدِيَّةِ (sarmadídah), ذاتِي (dhátí) as “thou shouldst thirst, evermore, My”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: EssencegleaningsGWB §188: Self is His Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: Ancient of Daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: mywill-and-testamentW&T §36: my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Most Sublime EssencegleaningsGWB §669: the naturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: person
