Prayers and Meditations — §691
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 691 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وفِي النِّساءِ يَقُولُ هذِهِ أَمَتُكَ وَابْنَةُ أَمَتِكَ إِلى آخِرِه.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(If the dead be a woman, let him say: This is Thy handmaiden and the daughter of Thy handmaiden, etc.…)
Translation Notes
SE rendered وفِي (wfí), النِّساءِ (an-nisáʾ), يَقُولُ (yaqúl), أَمَتُكَ (ʾamatuk) as “let him say, Thy handmaiden”
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SE rendered النِّساءِ (an-nisáʾ), يَقُولُ (yaqúl), أَمَتُكَ (ʾamatuk) as “let him say, Thy handmaiden”
SE expanded to “let him say”
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epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Our sonsgleaningsGWB §452: their sonskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: Son of Maryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: and the daughterthe-hidden-wordsHW §70: SONSwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: Ibn-i-Mas’udgleaningsGWB §453: a Scion
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