The Hidden Words — §8
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 8 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(٧) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ البَشَرِ ﴾
إِنْ تُحِبَّ نَفْسي فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ، وَإِنْ تُرِدْ رِضائِي فَأَغْمِضْ عَنْ رِضائِكَ، لِتَكُونَ فِيَّ فانِيًا وَأَكُونَ فِيْكَ باقِيًا.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(7) O SON OF MAN!
If thou lovest Me, turn away from thyself; and if thou seekest My pleasure, regard not thine own; that thou mayest die in Me and I may eternally live in thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: announcegleaningsGWB §25: hath been prophesiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: of His Manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: Thou hast announced unto ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: rejoice at this announcementthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: OF MANwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Forerunnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Forerunner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: His willfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §673: the Beloved Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: His beloved Oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: of them that love metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: MyselfgleaningsGWB §574: their evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §407: of corrupt desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: they
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: nor any cavils they may raisegleaningsGWB §614: and be willing to forgokitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: are turned back from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: hath also turned awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposeth himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: oppose
This form usually rendered as “inflicting”, “let”, “canst” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: and acceptablefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §564: as shall be acceptable in His sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: preferredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: and to fulfill what Thou pleasestthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: and contented thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: so to name Him
This form usually rendered as “regard” (1 occurrences)
opposition 18% ignore 9% connive 9% disdainful 9% repudiation 9% abstruse 9% blindness 9% obscurities 9% regard 9% turned 9%
SE expanded to “that thou mayest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: they weregleaningsGWB §577: and be notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdeth, for all timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: have beentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
This form usually rendered as “mortal”, “transient”, “perisheth” (51 occurrences)
mortal 40% transient 10% perisheth 10% evanescent 7% surrender 7% transitory 7% die 7% fleeting 7% reduced 3% perish 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: perisheth notgleaningsGWB §361: that which perishethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: vanishing mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: nothingnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: unfadingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: perishgleaningsGWB §285: Deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: poor
everlasting 27% immortal 20% eternal 10% incorruptible 8% imperishable 8% endure 6% eternity 6% abiding 6% last 4% yet 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: life would havefire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §344: availablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: survivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: while the rest have been permitted to survivetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternal
