The Hidden Words — §43

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 43 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٤٢) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الإِنْسانِ ﴾ كُنْ لِي خاضِعًا لأَكُونَ لَكَ مُتَواضِعًا، وَكُنْ لأَمْري ناصِرًا لِتَكُونَ فِي المُلْكِ مَنْصُورًا.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(42) O SON OF MAN! Humble thyself before Me, that I may graciously visit thee. Arise for the triumph of My cause, that while yet on earth thou mayest obtain the victory.

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 §159: the children gleaningsGWB §306: man, as apart from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: foundation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: their children the-hidden-wordsHW §70: SONS will-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edifice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: edifice gleaningsGWB §271: her son

الإِنْسانِ

an-nsán ʾ-n-s → “of man”

literal: man; human

man 90% men 5% two 2% within 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companion gleaningsGWB §69: and My companion prayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: is my solace the-hidden-wordsHW §93: life epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: man gleaningsGWB §594: Be unjust to no man prayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: enjoyed intimate communion the-hidden-wordsHW §35: joyful tidings of reunion

خاضِعًا

kháḍiʿan kh-ḍ-ʿ

literal: submissive; humble

SE rendered ابْنَ (ibn), الإِنْسانِ (an-nsán), كُنْ (kun), لِي (lí), خاضِعًا (kháḍiʿan), لأَكُونَ (lʾakún), لَكَ (lak), مُتَواضِعًا، (mutawáḍiʿan،) as “SON, OF MAN, Humble, before Me, that I, thee, graciously visit”

submissive 22% lowly 11% meekness 11% walketh 11% humble 11% boweth 11% humbly 11% bow 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: bowed gleaningsGWB §3: subjected prayers-and-meditationsP&M §175: bowed themselves the-hidden-wordsHW §41: in submission will-and-testamentW&T §17: lowly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: submissiveness gleaningsGWB §13: humility and submissiveness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: boweth humbly

لَكَ

lak l → “thee”

literal: for; for you; for him

5 occurrences in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His is

مُتَواضِعًا،

mutawáḍiʿan، w-ḍ-ʿ → “low” Distinctive

literal: lowly

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

low 30% cast 20% lay 15% press 5% abandoned 5% forsake 5% abandoning 5% perverse 5% reject 5% will 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: abandoning gleaningsGWB §75: hath been appointed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: another prayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: to fall before the-hidden-wordsHW §43: graciously visit will-and-testamentW&T §39: initiator epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: lay gleaningsGWB §242: reject

لأَمْري

lʾamrí ʾ-m-r → “triumph of my cause”

literal: command; cause

SE expanded to “triumph of My cause”

cause 45% command 25% mission 5% word 5% thing 5% meaning 5% revelation 5% triumph 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: affairs fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §719: the whisperings kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decree kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of celestial dominion prayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: of Thy Cause tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellers the-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command

مَنْصُورًا

manṣúran n-ṣ-r → “victory”

literal: victory

victorious 33% champion 33% victory 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: help fire-tabletFire §47: champions gleaningsGWB §240: to befriend kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can render kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: risen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: assist will-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: aid

المُلْكِ

al-mulk m-l-k

literal: kingdom; king

SE rendered لأَمْري (lʾamrí), ناصِرًا (náṣiran), لِتَكُونَ (litakún), المُلْكِ (al-mulk), مَنْصُورًا (manṣúran) as “triumph of My cause, that, the victory”