Tablet of Aḥmad — §11
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 11 of 17.
Source (Arabic)
وَإِنْ يَمَسَّكَ ٱلْحُزْنُ فِي سَبِيلِي أَوِ ٱلْذِّلَّةُ لِأَجْلِ ٱسْمِي لَا تَضْطَرِبْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And if thou art overtaken by affliction in My path, or degradation for My sake, be not thou troubled thereby.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “overtake” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: touchgleaningsGWB §509: have triedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have afflicted themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: if thou art overtakenthe-hidden-wordsHW §53: comegleaningsGWB §619: that hath befallenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: touched methe-hidden-wordsHW §54: overtake
sorrow 28% grief 17% sadness 11% sorrows 11% saddened 6% would 6% sadden 6% tribulation 6% despondency 6% anguish 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: grieffire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §582: grievedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: anguishtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou grieveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: would fail to sadden
SE rendered يَمَسَّكَ (yamassak), ٱلْحُزْنُ (lḥuzn), سَبِيلِي (sabílí), ٱلْذِّلَّةُ (ldhdhillah), لِأَجْلِ (liʾajl) as “if thou art overtaken, affliction, degradation, for My sake”
ٱلْذِّلَّةُ
literal: abasement; abasement, humiliation
This form usually rendered as “abasement”, “wretchedness”, “abased” (29 occurrences)
abasement 42% wretchedness 13% abased 13% degradation 8% ashamed 4% abject 4% depth 4% misery 4% shame 4% mortality 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: shamegleaningsGWB §672: of wretchedness and miserykitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: degradationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their abasementthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: abase thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lowlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: wretchednessgleaningsGWB §481: abject poverty
This form usually rendered as “inasmuch”, “own”, “death” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered ٱلْذِّلَّةُ (ldhdhillah), لِأَجْلِ (liʾajl), ٱسْمِي (smí), تَضْطَرِبْ (taḍṭarib) as “degradation, for My sake, troubled”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: which he hath entitledfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §286: artskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Himselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: other namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: tremblinggleaningsGWB §610: hath madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: dismayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: remained unmovedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be perturbedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: heavy blow
