The Hidden Words — §60

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 60 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٥٩) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الوُجُودِ ﴾ فُؤادُكَ مَنْزِلِي قَدِّسْهُ لِنُزُولِي، وَرُوحُكَ مَنْظَرِي طَهِّرْها لِظُهُوري.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(59) O SON OF BEING! Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent. Thy spirit is My place of revelation; cleanse it for My manifestation.

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 §104: edifice gleaningsGWB §424: ye proud ones kitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: Baní-Háshim prayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: and the son the-hidden-wordsHW §123: CHILDREN will-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edifice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: “O son of man gleaningsGWB §453: Him

الوُجُودِ

al-wujúd w-j-d → “of”

literal: existence; existent

SE rendered ابْنَ (ibn), الوُجُودِ (al-wujúd), فُؤادُكَ (fuʾáduk), مَنْزِلِي (manzilí) as “SON, OF, Thy heart, is”

all 32% creation 23% created 10% world 10% existence 10% into 3% mankind 3% human 3% any 3% nothing 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: there lieth concealed fire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathe gleaningsGWB §93: universe kitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: of mankind prayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: whatever hath been created tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may find the-hidden-wordsHW §21: has made will-and-testamentW&T §4: despite

فُؤادُكَ

fuʾáduk f-ʾ-d → “thy heart”

literal: heart; hearts

hearts 33% heart 22% soul 11% witnessed 11% evidenced 11% upon 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: of thine heart gleaningsGWB §463: thine heart kitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: evidenced prayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: upon the hearts epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: soul kitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: witnessed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: hearts

لِنُزُولِي،

linuzúlí، n-z-l → “for my descent”

literal: descending; descend

SE expanded to “for My descent”

sent 28% revealed 20% hath 17% send 14% have 8% revealer 4% descended 3% revelation 3% rain 2% thou 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: sent me down gleaningsGWB §219: heaped kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: come down prayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: hast revealed tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: grades the-hidden-wordsHW §1: that which

قَدِّسْهُ

qaddish q-d-s → “holiness”

literal: holiness; holy; sanctified

holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dwellers of the habitations of holiness gleaningsGWB §297: profane kitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: celestial prayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: acknowledge tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concourse the-hidden-wordsHW §139: of My mercy epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: cleansed and sanctified gleaningsGWB §226: would sanctify them

وَرُوحُكَ

warúḥuk r-w-ḥ → “thy spirit”

literal: spirit; spiritual

spirit 67% life 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the souls fire-tabletFire §49: fragrance gleaningsGWB §367: perfect fellowship kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happiness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His Spirit prayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: rest tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of the-hidden-wordsHW §15: Abide

مَنْظَرِي

manẓarí n-ẓ-r → “consider” Distinctive

literal: look; looking; view

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

consider 15% behold 14% look 14% fix 13% eyes 11% gaze 11% observe 6% turned 6% beholding 5% turn 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: with the eye fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §565: look, then kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turn kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: still crieth out prayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: I contemplate tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §20: OF

طَهِّرْها

ṭahhirhá ṭ-h-r → “cleanse it”

literal: purify; pure; purified

cleanse 27% pure 23% purify 9% sacred 7% sanctify 7% purge 7% will 7% sanctified 5% most 5% purified 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: purified gleaningsGWB §172: holy prayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: will wash us the-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainless epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: pure gleaningsGWB §201: rend asunder prayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: and didst sanctify Him the-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse it

لِظُهُوري

liẓuhúrí ẓ-h-r → “for my manifestation”

literal: manifestation; manifest

SE expanded to “for My manifestation”

revelation 50% manifestation 25% presence 17% dispensation 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: outwardly fire-tabletFire §38: prevail gleaningsGWB §224: be unraveled kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: revealed and manifest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: the evidences tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation

The Hidden Words — §60

Source (Arabic)

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Translation Notes

Model Translations by Shoghi Effendi

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Fire Tablet

Gleanings

Kitáb-i-’Ahd

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Prayers and Meditations

Tablet of Aḥmad

Tablet of Carmel

Tablet of the Holy Mariner

Will and Testament