The Hidden Words — §53
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 53 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(٥٢) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ البَشَرِ ﴾
إِنْ أَصَابَتْكَ نِعْمَةٌ لَا تَفْرَحْ بِها، وَإِنْ تَمَسَّكَ ذِلَّةٌ لا تَحْزَنْ مِنْهَا، لأَنَّ كِلْتَيْهِما تَزُولانِ فِي حِين وَتَبِيدانِ فِي وَقْتٍ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(52) O SON OF MAN!
Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: “O son of mangleaningsGWB §454: the descendantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: and the sonthe-hidden-wordsHW §123: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: SongleaningsGWB §154: Son of Man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: These glad-tidingsgleaningsGWB §57: “Rejoicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: tidingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: bring me joythe-hidden-wordsHW §34: hailwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Forerunnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: gladnessgleaningsGWB §503: Harbinger
This form usually rendered as “favor”, “favors”, “bounty” (25 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: blessednessgleaningsGWB §465: favored Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: common herdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: bountygleaningsGWB §614: the bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: How wellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: the Hidden Gift
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: with joyfire-tabletFire §12: DelightgleaningsGWB §64: supreme felicityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: or gladnesswill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: “Rejoice with great joygleaningsGWB §594: a joyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: Exultation
abasement 42% wretchedness 13% abased 13% degradation 8% ashamed 4% abject 4% depth 4% misery 4% shame 4% mortality 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: Such abasementgleaningsGWB §183: be abasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: degradationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their abasementthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: baserwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lowlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: shamegleaningsGWB §184: over My abasement
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: sorrowfire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §263: Let not thine heart grievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou grieveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: sadness
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: invariablygleaningsGWB §669: hath ever beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: unchangeableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: Thou wertthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: passingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: eliminategleaningsGWB §387: throughout eternity
SE rendered كِلْتَيْهِما (kiltayhimá), تَزُولانِ (tazúlán), حِين (ḥín), وَتَبِيدانِ (watabídán) as “both, pass away, be no more”
This form usually rendered as “more” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered وَتَبِيدانِ (watabídán), وَقْتٍ (waqtin) as “be no more”
