December 15, 2013

Entities addressed by Baha’u’llah in the Hidden Words -- selectively grouped

Arabic Hidden Words:

O SON OF THE SUPREME!
O SON OF THE THRONE!
O SON OF SPIRIT!
O SON OF LIGHT!
O SON OF BEAUTY!
O SON OF UTTERANCE!
O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION!
O SON OF HIM THAT STOOD BY HIS OWN ENTITY IN THE KINGDOM OF HIS SELF!
O SON OF BEING!
O SON OF MAN!

O YE SONS OF SPIRIT!

O CHILDREN OF THE DIVINE AND INVISIBLE ESSENCE!
O CHILDREN OF MEN!

Persian Hidden Words:


O SON OF THE SUPREME!
O SON OF THE THRONE!
O SON OF SPIRIT!
O SON OF LIGHT!
O SON OF GLORY!
O SON OF BOUNTY!
O SON OF LOVE!
O SON OF JUSTICE!
O SON OF BEAUTY!
O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION!
O SON OF UTTERANCE
O SON OF BEING!
O SON OF EARTH!
O SON OF MY HANDMAID!
O SON OF HIM THAT STOOD BY HIS OWN ENTITY IN THE KINGDOM OF HIS SELF
O SON OF MAN!
O SON OF DUST!
O SON OF DESIRE!
O SON OF PASSION!
O SON OF WORLDLINESS!

O MY SON!
O MY FRIEND!
O MY BROTHER!
O MY FRIEND IN WORD!
O COMPANION OF MY THRONE!
O MY SERVANT!

O BEFRIENDED STRANGER!
O BOND SLAVE OF THE WORLD!
O ESSENCE OF DESIRE!
O ESSENCE OF NEGLIGENCE!
O FLEETING SHADOW!
O MAN OF TWO VISIONS!
O MOVING FORM OF DUST!
O OFFSPRING OF DUST!
O WEED THAT SPRINGETH OUT OF DUST!

O BRETHREN IN THE PATH!
O BRETHREN!
O COMRADES!
O EMIGRANTS!
O FRIENDS!
O MY SERVANTS!
O MY CHILDREN!
O MY FRIENDS!

O YE DWELLERS IN THE HIGHEST PARADISE!
O DWELLERS OF MY PARADISE!
O DWELLERS IN THE CITY OF LOVE!
O YE SONS OF SPIRIT!

O CHILDREN OF ADAM!
O CHILDREN OF MEN!
O CHILDREN OF DUST!
O CHILDREN OF FANCY!
O CHILDREN OF DESIRE!
O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE AND PASSION!
O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE!
O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY!

O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD!
O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR
O YE RICH ONES ON EARTH!
O YE THAT PRIDE YOURSELVES ON MORTAL RICHES!
ALAS! ALAS! O LOVERS OF WORLDLY DESIRE!
O HEEDLESS ONES!
O YE SEEMING FAIR YET INWARDLY FOUL!
O YE THAT ARE FOOLISH, YET HAVE A NAME TO BE WISE!
O REBELLIOUS ONES!
O QUINTESSENCE OF PASSION!
O YE THAT ARE LYING AS DEAD ON THE COUCH OF HEEDLESSNESS!
O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH!