The Hidden Words — §51
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 51 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(٥٠) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ ﴾
إِنْ لَا يُصيبُكَ البَلاءُ فِي سَبِيْلِي كَيْفَ تَسْلُكُ سُبُلَ الرَّاضِينَ فِي رِضائِي، وَإِنْ لَا تَمَسُّكَ المَشَقَّةُ شَوْقًا لِلِقائِي كَيْفَ يُصِيبُكَ النُّورُ حُبّاً لِجَمالِي.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(50) O SON OF MAN!
If adversity befall thee not in My path, how canst thou walk in the ways of them that are content with My pleasure? If trials afflict thee not in thy longing to meet Me, how wilt thou attain the light in thy love for My beauty?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: perceivedgleaningsGWB §634: amongst menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: eternal reunionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §77: be my companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: OF MENwill-and-testamentW&T §42: plottedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the comfortersgleaningsGWB §358: men
SE expanded to “adversity befall thee”
SE rendered الإِنْسَانِ (an-nsán), يُصيبُكَ (yuṣíbuk), البَلاءُ (al-baláʾ), سَبِيْلِي (sabílí), كَيْفَ (kayf), تَسْلُكُ (tasluk) as “MAN, adversity befall thee, My path, how, canst thou walk”
tribulation 37% adversity 13% tribulations 13% affliction 10% woe 10% woes 7% troubles 3% trials 3% afflictions 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulationfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §441: by sudden and unforeseen calamitieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: sore triedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: the manifold troublesthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: overwhelmed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the waysgleaningsGWB §317: a means of admittancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: in His pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for Thy saketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: way
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: How, then,gleaningsGWB §242: why is it, then,kitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: What ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: into conformity withthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the naturegleaningsGWB §197: how much morekitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: nature
SE expanded to “canst thou walk”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: wanderedgleaningsGWB §36: walk in the waykitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: behaviourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: and walkthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: canst thou walkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: DealgleaningsGWB §554: wayfarerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: whosoever treadeth this path
الرَّاضِينَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; satisfied
SE expanded to “them that are content”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: refusefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §656: to Thy Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: pleaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: and in fulfilling that which is well-pleasing unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: thine ownwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: upright
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: clinggleaningsGWB §655: the fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: those that have clung toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: have laid holdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: adoptgleaningsGWB §396: tenaciouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: We cleave
SE rendered رِضائِي، (riḍáʾí،), تَمَسُّكَ (tamassuk), المَشَقَّةُ (al-mashaqqah), شَوْقًا (shawqan), لِلِقائِي (liliqáʾí), كَيْفَ (kayf) as “My pleasure, trials afflict thee, thy longing, to meet Me, how”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: rent asundergleaningsGWB §73: the cleavingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: clovenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: Tear asundertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: rentthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: trialswill-and-testamentW&T §10: discordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: contention
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn afterfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §1: however great its longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: panteth after Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervor
SE expanded to “to meet Me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: to attain Our Presencefire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §375: when brought face to face withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Presence—the Presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: entrance into Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: celestialfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §307: its radiancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: of unfading splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the brightness of the lighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My lightwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §159: All honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: what devotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: of Thy dear onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
SE expanded to “for My beauty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My BeautygleaningsGWB §35: beauty ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: light of the countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: Thine incomparable beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: everlasting beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
