Arabic Hidden Word #63

O SON OF MAN!
The light hath shone on thee from the horizon of the sacred Mount and the spirit of enlightenment hath breathed in the Sinai of thy heart. Wherefore, free thyself from the veils of idle fancies and enter into My court, that thou mayest be fit for everlasting life and worthy to meet Me. Thus may death not come upon thee, neither weariness nor trouble.

Maureen Hunter and Niaz McGuire have a version called Light Hath Shone on their album Higher Vision available on iTunes.

Arabic Hidden Word #62

O SON OF MAN!
Many a day hath passed over thee whilst thou hast busied thyself with thy fancies and idle imaginings. How long art thou to slumber on thy bed? Lift up thy head from slumber, for the Sun hath risen to the zenith, haply it may shine upon thee with the light of beauty.

Arabic Hidden Word #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.

Arabic Hidden Word #59

O SON OF BEING!
Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent. Thy spirit is My place of revelation; cleanse it for My manifestation.

David Guillory has a rendition called "Thy Heart Is My Home" on his album Thy Name is my healing available through Bahai Music Store.

Grant Hindin Miller recorded this with three other Hidden Words as a song "For Mercy" on his album Sign of Love available on Bahai Music Store.

Ladjamaya sings this Hidden Word on her album Intone, O My Servant available via Bahai Music Store.

Zannetta recites this on her album Sacred Synergy available via Bahai Music Store.

Solomzi Skiti performs this Hidden Word in Zulu and English in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube. 

Oisin Devine performs this Hidden Word in Spanish and English in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube. 

Arabic Hidden Word #60

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

Zaynab Affolter performs this Hidden Word in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube. 

Arabic Hidden Word #58

O SON OF MAN!
The temple of being is My throne; cleanse it of all things, that there I may be established and there I may abide.

Grant Hindin Miller recorded this with three other Hidden Words as a song "For Mercy" on his album Sign of Love available on Bahai Music Store.

Arabic Hidden Word #57

O SON OF MAN! 

Bestow My wealth upon My poor, that in heaven thou mayest draw from stores of unfading splendor and treasures of imperishable glory. But by My life! To offer up thy soul is a more glorious thing couldst thou but see with Mine eye.

Arabic Hidden Word #55

O SON OF BEING!

Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire We test the gold, and with gold We test Our servants.

Elika Mahony recorded this Hidden Word on her album Fire and Gold which you can purchase from her website, Bahai Music Store, or also from iTunes.   

Jody Cooper recorded a version of this Hidden Word on the album Free Thyself available on Bahai Music Store.

Shadi Toloui-Wallace sings this Hidden Word on her album Verdant Isle available via Bahai Music Store.

Qurratul Ayn Isau, Ruhiyyih Charlie and Verona Sebastian Lebang perform this Hidden Word in Iban in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube. 

Tom Bradley performs this Hidden Word in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube. 

Seaon Shin and Saman Farid perform this Hidden Word in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube.

Arabic Hidden Word #56

O SON OF MAN!
Thou dost wish for gold and I desire thy freedom from it. Thou thinkest thyself rich in its possession, and I recognize thy wealth in thy sanctity therefrom. By My life! This is My knowledge, and that is thy fancy; how can My way accord with thine?

Arabic Hidden Word #53

O SON OF BEING!
If poverty overtake thee, be not sad; for in time the Lord of wealth shall visit thee. Fear not abasement, for glory shall one day rest on thee.

Jamey Heath collaborates with Ruby & Summer Spiro to record this as "If Poverty" on his album I Have Returned To Thee available on Bahai Music Store.

Arabic Hidden Word #54

O SON OF BEING!
If thine heart be set upon this eternal, imperishable dominion, and this ancient, everlasting life, forsake this mortal and fleeting sovereignty.

Arabic Hidden Word #52

O SON OF MAN!

Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.

Jason Cohen has recorded this Hidden Word on his album The Journey Within, available through DivineNotes.

Elika Mahony entitled her version "Should prosperity befall thee" on her album Fire and Gold available through her website, Bahai Music Store, or also from iTunes. 

Solomzi Skiti performs this Hidden Word in Zulu and English in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube. 

Nabil David Huening performs this Hidden Word in English and Chinese in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube.

Arabic Hidden Word #51

O SON OF MAN!

My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. Hasten thereunto that thou mayest become an eternal light and an immortal spirit. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe it.

Laila Murphy, Beth and Ramine Yazhari recorded this on a Bosch Demo CD available free of charge from the Bahai Singing Project.

Nathan & Nabil Huening have recorded and offered this Hidden Word for download via their website generously for free, though there is an option to donate to the project.  It is their hope to record all the Hidden Words. It is also available on SoundCloud.

Arabic Hidden Word #50

O SON OF MAN!

If adversity befall thee not in My path, how canst thou walk in the ways of them that are content with My pleasure? If trials afflict thee not in thy longing to meet Me, how wilt thou attain the light in thy love for My beauty?

Elika Mahony recorded this Hidden Word on her album Fire and Gold which you can purchase from her website, Bahai Music Store, or also from iTunes. 

Ali Youssefi has a version called "Adversity" on his album Daystar available on Bahai Music Store and Bandcamp.   

Arabic Hidden Word #48

O SON OF MAN!
For everything there is a sign. The sign of love is fortitude under My decree and patience under My trials.

Grant Hindin Miller recorded this with three other Hidden Words as a song "For Mercy" on his album Sign of Love available on Bahai Music Store.

Rosanna Lea sang this as the song "There is a sign" on her album Every Other Flower available via Bandcamp.

Lucie Dubé has recorded this in French on her album Les Paroles Cachées - The Hidden Words available via 9 Star Media.

SKY perform this Hidden Word on their album A Cycle of Divine Love Songs available via Bahai Music Store. 

Sofia Acevedo performs this Hidden Word in Spanish in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube. 

Katie Malberg and Faizi Fifita perform this Hidden Word in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube. 

Arabic Hidden Word #49

O SON OF MAN!
The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as doth the rebel for forgiveness and the sinful for mercy.

Grant Hindin Miller recorded this with three other Hidden Words as a song "For Mercy" on his album Sign of Love available on Bahai Music Store.

Arabic Hidden Word #47

O SON OF MAN!
By My beauty! To tinge thy hair with thy blood is greater in My sight than the creation of the universe and the light of both worlds. Strive then to attain this, O servant!

Arabic Hidden Word #46

O SON OF MAN! 

Ponder and reflect. Is it thy wish to die upon thy bed, or to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr in My path, and so become the manifestation of My command and the revealer of My light in the highest paradise? Judge thou aright, O servant! 

Mystic Tongues  recorded this as a song called "Revealer" on their album Magnify.  Check it out on their myspace page.  The song is available for purchase through ReverbNation. 

Bonnie Lisbeth has a version entitled "On the Dust" on her album By This Fire available on Bandcamp.

Arabic Hidden Word #45

O SON OF BEING!
Seek a martyr’s death in My path, content with My pleasure and thankful for that which I ordain, that thou mayest repose with Me beneath the canopy of majesty behind the tabernacle of glory.

Dan Haug has set this Hidden Word to music available via Amazon, iTunes, SoundCloud or YouTube.

Arabic Hidden Word #44

O SON OF THE THRONE!
Thy hearing is My hearing, hear thou therewith. Thy sight is My sight, do thou see therewith, that in thine inmost soul thou mayest testify unto My exalted sanctity, and I within Myself may bear witness unto an exalted station for thee.

Goleta Burriston has a beautiful version of this Hidden Word on youtube.

Grant Hindin Miller recorded this with another Hidden Word as a song "Humble Thyself" on his album Sign of Love available on Bahai Music Store. Miller also performed this song as part of the Baha'i Blog Studio Sessions available on YouTube or SoundCloud.

Sofia Acevedo performs this Hidden Word in Spanish in a Baha’i Blog Studio Session available on YouTube or Soundcloud.