Tablet of Aḥmad — §12
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 12 of 17.
Source (Arabic)
فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللهِ رَبِّكَ وَرَبِّ آبَائِكَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ لِأَنَّ ٱلْنَّاسَ يَمْشُوْنَ فِي سُبُلِ ٱلْوَهْمِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ مِنْ بَصَرٍ لِيَعْرِفُوْا اللهَ بِعُيُوْنِهِمْ أَوْ يَسْمَعُوْا نَغَمَاتِهِ بِآذَانِهِمْ وَكَذَلِكَ أَشْهَدْنَاهُمْ إِنْ أَنْتَ مِنَ ٱلْشَّاهِدِينَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Rely upon God, thy God and the Lord of thy fathers. For the people are wandering in the paths of delusion, bereft of discernment to see God with their own eyes, or hear His Melody with their own ears. Thus have We found them, as thou also dost witness.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “trust”, “reliance”, “put” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to put my trustgleaningsGWB §607: complete relianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: I have placed mytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: to put his reliancegleaningsGWB §243: Ministers of Stateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: trusting wholly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: LordshipgleaningsGWB §669: of the Lord, their Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the Enlightenertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His Lord
SE expanded to “of thy fathers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: father ofgleaningsGWB §293: your fatherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our fatherstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of thy fatherswill-and-testamentW&T §18: of its sire”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: FathergleaningsGWB §585: of your siresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: fathers
SE rendered رَبِّكَ (rabbik), وَرَبِّ (warabb), آبَائِكَ (ábáʾik), ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (lʾawwalín), ٱلْنَّاسَ (lnnás), يَمْشُوْنَ (yamshún) as “thy God, the Lord, of thy fathers, the people, are wandering”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: fittingfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §279: those gone before youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: formerthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: firstgleaningsGWB §116: no beginning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §466: the peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: men in their questwill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s repudiationgleaningsGWB §622: theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: hathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: idle fancyfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §148: idle imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: his vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
This form usually rendered as “thee”, “there”, “bereft” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: To none is givengleaningsGWB §167: Accuse Me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: can uttertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: is nogleaningsGWB §225: can bringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is as nothing
This form usually rendered as “eyes”, “insight”, “sight” (51 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “see” (1 occurrences)
knowledge 34% understanding 12% recognize 9% know 9% fragrance 8% have 6% comprehend 6% known 5% recognized 5% hath 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: known asgleaningsGWB §312: apprehend this truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Knowledge,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: may all recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: discernment
SE expanded to “with their own eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: springsgleaningsGWB §30: thine eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: whose eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the eyeswill-and-testamentW&T §12: watchful eye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Give earfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §700: hath heardkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: inner eartablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
This form usually rendered as “melodies”, “accents”, “sweet” (32 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §588: voice, the anthemkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: myriad songsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: the accentstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesgleaningsGWB §103: accents
SE expanded to “with their own ears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: earsgleaningsGWB §661: purge thine earkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: by the permission ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: permittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: Bidepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: by Thy leave
SE expanded to “have We found them”
