The Hidden Words — §9
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 9 of 160.
Source (Arabic)
(٨) ﴿ يَا ابْنَ الرُّوحِ ﴾
ما قُدِّرَ لَكَ الرَّاحَةُ إِلاَّ بِإِعْراضِكَ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ وَإِقْبالِكَ بِنَفْسي، لأَنَّهُ يَنْبَغي أَنْ يَكُونَ افْتِخارُكَ بِاسْمِي لَا بِاسْمِكَ، وَاتِّكالُكَ عَلى وَجْهِي لا عَلَى وَجْهِكَ لأَنِّي وَحْدِي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكُونَ مَحْبوباً فَوْقَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(8) O SON OF SPIRIT!
There is no peace for thee save by renouncing thyself and turning unto Me; for it behooveth thee to glory in My name, not in thine own; to put thy trust in Me and not in thyself, since I desire to be loved alone and above all that is.
Translation Notes
SE rendered ابْنَ (ibn), الرُّوحِ (ar-rúḥ), قُدِّرَ (quddir), لَكَ (lak), الرَّاحَةُ (ar-ráḥah) as “SON, SPIRIT, for thee, peace”
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: hast turned awaygleaningsGWB §295: have contendedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: repliedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: estrangementtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: bywill-and-testamentW&T §17: oppose and protestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my protests
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: returnfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §262: will embracekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: previous toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: and fittablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE rendered وَإِقْبالِكَ (waʾiqbálik), بِنَفْسي، (binafsí،), لأَنَّهُ (lʾannah), يَنْبَغي (yanbaghí) as “and turning, unto Me, for, behooveth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §656: as it befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemethgleaningsGWB §570: it beseemkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemly
SE rendered لأَنَّهُ (lʾannah), يَنْبَغي (yanbaghí), يَكُونَ (yakún), افْتِخارُكَ (iftikháruk), بِاسْمِي (biásmí) as “for, behooveth, glory, in My name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: beingfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §358: could have manifestedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: worldly and impedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: can withstandtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: pridegleaningsGWB §513: to pride himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: glory thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: have been vauntingthe-hidden-wordsHW §26: Vauntepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: We glory thereingleaningsGWB §463: Glory notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: adorn
SE expanded to “in My name”
SE expanded to “to put thy trust”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to put my trustgleaningsGWB §620: placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §392: In Thee havetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: placed My whole trustgleaningsGWB §489: and put their confidenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: I have placed my
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: setting thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §285: realitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: of Thy facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §529: unionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: singlenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
This form usually rendered as “love”, “cherish”, “loved” (29 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: affectionfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §225: followerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and for love of Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My lover
SE rendered مَحْبوباً (maḥbúbáan), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin) as “loved, that is”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: He pleasethgleaningsGWB §520: perishable thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: willeth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: Thou dosttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Will
