The Hidden Words — §62

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 62 of 160.

Source (Arabic)

(٦١) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ ﴾ اصْعَدْ إِلى سَمائِي لِكَيْ تَرى وِصالِي؛ لِتَشْرَبَ مِنْ زُلالِ خَمْرٍ لا مِثالَ وَكُؤُبِ مَجْدٍ لا زَوالَ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

(61) O SON OF MAN! Ascend unto My heaven, that thou mayest obtain the joy of reunion, and from the chalice of imperishable glory quaff the peerless wine.

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 §261: Ibn-i-Mas’ud gleaningsGWB §271: her son kitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: Baní-Háshim prayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: hath been built the-hidden-wordsHW §70: SONS will-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edifice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: edifice gleaningsGWB §272: “My son

الإِنْسَانِ

an-nsán ʾ-n-s → “man”

literal: man; human

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

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: man gleaningsGWB §441: No two men prayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: within the tabernacle of man the-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him betake himself epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companion gleaningsGWB §69: and My companion prayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: solace the-hidden-wordsHW §35: joyful tidings of reunion

اصْعَدْ

iṣʿad ṣ-ʿ-d → “ascend”

literal: ascend; ascent; ascension

rise 50% ascend 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are raised gleaningsGWB §202: and cause prayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: Suffer me to ascend tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: shed the-hidden-wordsHW §23: Rise will-and-testamentW&T §34: raised epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “Get thee up gleaningsGWB §1: ever hope to ascend

سَمائِي

samáʾí s-m-w → “my heaven”

literal: heaven

heaven 80% lofty 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §168: of their names kitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: designation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: the immensity tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name

لِكَيْ

likay l → “that”

literal: for; for you; for him

SE rendered الإِنْسَانِ (an-nsán), اصْعَدْ (iṣʿad), سَمائِي (samáʾí), لِكَيْ (likay), تَرى (tarى), وِصالِي؛ (wiṣálí؛), لِتَشْرَبَ (litashrab) as “MAN, Ascend, My heaven, that, thou mayest obtain, the joy of reunion, quaff”

5 occurrences in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His is

تَرى

tarى r-ʾ-y → “thou mayest obtain”

literal: see; to see; see/behold

SE expanded to “thou mayest obtain”

thou 53% seest 16% beholdest 12% behold 6% wert 2% regard 2% seest?” 2% discover 2% dost 2% art 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: beheld fire-tabletFire §26: seest gleaningsGWB §611: the seen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: perceiveth the-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtain will-and-testamentW&T §5: behold him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Wert thou to look gleaningsGWB §359: judgment

وِصالِي؛

wiṣálí؛ w-ṣ-l → “joy of reunion”

literal: union

SE expanded to “joy of reunion”

presence 28% reunion 24% attain 21% attainment 7% reach 6% attained 3% thou 3% have 3% linked 3% meeting 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: Paris fire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reunion gleaningsGWB §122: Servants.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: linked prayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: to tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reached the-hidden-wordsHW §7: reunion with Me epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: of beholding

لِتَشْرَبَ

litashrab sh-r-b → “quaff”

literal: drink; drank; to drink

drink 25% quaff 18% quaffed 15% give 13% hath 8% have 6% make 6% drunk 4% drinketh 3% draught 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: draught gleaningsGWB §353: and their drink kitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: where to quench their thirst.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: have quaffed the-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkest epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: quaff thy fill gleaningsGWB §537: Drink ye your fill kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the cup

زُلالِ

zulál z-l-l

literal: pure water; pure-water

SE rendered تَرى (tarى), وِصالِي؛ (wiṣálí؛), لِتَشْرَبَ (litashrab), زُلالِ (zulál), خَمْرٍ (khamrin), مِثالَ (mithál), وَكُؤُبِ (wakuʾub) as “thou mayest obtain, the joy of reunion, quaff, wine, the chalice”

crystal 30% pure 30% waters 20% dewdrop 10% clear 10%

gleaningsGWB §157: not cause you to slip kitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: waters prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the pure milk tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: did shriek and tremble gleaningsGWB §424: pure waters kitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: clear waters prayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: pure gleaningsGWB §26: crystal waters

خَمْرٍ

khamrin kh-m-r → “wine”

literal: wine; wine/intoxication

wine 73% draught 7% pride 3% words 3% drunkenness 3% manifold 3% partake 3% celestial 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the wine gleaningsGWB §552: draught prayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of the wine the-hidden-wordsHW §139: from the celestial wine gleaningsGWB §528: with pride prayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine of gleaningsGWB §73: the drunkenness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to partake of the wine

مِثالَ

mithál m-th-l

literal: like

SE rendered لِتَشْرَبَ (litashrab), زُلالِ (zulál), خَمْرٍ (khamrin), مِثالَ (mithál), وَكُؤُبِ (wakuʾub), مَجْدٍ (majdin) as “quaff, wine, the chalice, glory”