The Hidden Words — §61

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 61 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٦٠) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الإِنْسانِ ﴾ أَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِي جَيْبِي لأَرْفَعَ رَأْسي عَنْ جَيْبِكَ مُشْرِقًا مُضِيئًا.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(60) O SON OF MAN! Put thy hand into My bosom, that I may rise above thee, radiant and resplendent.

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 §272: “My son kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: foundation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the-hidden-wordsHW §70: SONS will-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edifice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Son gleaningsGWB §454: the descendant

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 §84: man gleaningsGWB §69: and My companion prayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: within the tabernacle of man the-hidden-wordsHW §82: communion epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companion gleaningsGWB §441: No two men prayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: of Thy fellowship the-hidden-wordsHW §93: life

أَدْخِلْ

ʾadkhil d-kh-l → “enter”

literal: enter; entered; entering

enter 67% “enter 17% put 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: enterest gleaningsGWB §563: have sought Our Presence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: have refused to embrace prayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: gained admittance the-hidden-wordsHW §61: Put will-and-testamentW&T §42: leading part epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: conducted along gleaningsGWB §257: have been called

يَدَكَ

yadak y-d-y → “thy hand”

literal: hand; hands; by-hand

whose 40% hand 35% hands 15% holdest 5% whom 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his hand gleaningsGWB §476: designs kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands prayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: my hand tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand is tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their hands epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the hand gleaningsGWB §459: your hands

جَيْبِي

jaybí j-y-b → “my bosom”

literal: bosom

bosom 60% ready 20% thee 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: ready the-hidden-wordsHW §61: thee epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: bosom the-hidden-wordsHW §61: My bosom

لأَرْفَعَ

lʾarfaʿ r-f-ʿ → “that i may rise”

literal: raise; raised; elevation

SE expanded to “that I may rise”

lift 60% exalted 20% may 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: exalted fire-tabletFire §4: uplifted gleaningsGWB §173: rise kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exalt kitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: were hoisted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: hath gone forth tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispel the-hidden-wordsHW §63: hath risen

رَأْسي

raʾasí r-ʾ-s

literal: head; heads

SE rendered يَدَكَ (yadak), جَيْبِي (jaybí), لأَرْفَعَ (lʾarfaʿ), رَأْسي (raʾasí), جَيْبِكَ (jaybik), مُشْرِقًا (mushriqan) as “thy hand, My bosom, that I may rise, thee, radiant”

head 80% beheaded 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the mountain-top gleaningsGWB §428: the fountain-head the-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy head epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: top gleaningsGWB §594: diadem epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: thine head gleaningsGWB §537: your heads epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: head

مُشْرِقًا

mushriqan sh-r-q → “dayspring”

literal: shining; east; shine

dayspring 41% dawning-place 15% shining 14% shineth 11% east 6% shine 4% shone 2% horizon 2% realms 2% source 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: daysprings fire-tabletFire §14: Dawning Place gleaningsGWB §31: revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: to rise prayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: from pole tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamed the-hidden-wordsHW §103: realms epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: the realms

مُضِيئًا

muḍíʾan ḍ-w-ʾ → “and resplendent”

literal: light; illuminated; light/radiance

aglow 50% resplendent 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: illumined with their light fire-tabletFire §9: of Thy splendor gleaningsGWB §198: and whose light prayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: hath shed the-hidden-wordsHW §48: and the light epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: chased away fire-tabletFire §9: Radiance gleaningsGWB §198: shineth

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