Tablet of Aḥmad — §16
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 16 of 17.
Source (Arabic)
فَوَ اللهِ مَنْ كَانَ فِي شِدَّةٍ أَوْ حُزْنٍ وَيَقْرَأُ هَذَا ٱلْلَّوْحَ بِصِدْقٍ مُبِينٍ يَرْفَعُ اللهُ حُزْنَهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ضُرَّهُ وَيُفَرِّجُ كَرْبَهُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By God! Should one who is in affliction or grief read this Tablet with absolute sincerity, God will dispel his sadness, solve his difficulties and remove his afflictions.
Translation Notes
SE rendered فَوَ (faw), اللهِ (al-lh) as “By, God”
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §204: her Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the mystic trumpetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §148: this God-given
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 §73: is utteredgleaningsGWB §699: Guarded Tabletkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: allusionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: scrolltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §1: in the Preserved Tabletepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: in Thy TabletsgleaningsGWB §289: and resplendent
This form usually rendered as “truth”, “truthfulness”, “applicable” (55 occurrences)
SE expanded to “with absolute sincerity”
truth 64% truthfulness 16% applicable 5% uprightness 2% hath 2% manifest 2% truthful 2% sincerity 2% truly 2% absolute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: acknowledgegleaningsGWB §39: is truekitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: who shall bear witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: to acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §8: approved and confirmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: sinceregleaningsGWB §496: sincerity
SE rendered ٱلْلَّوْحَ (lllawḥ), بِصِدْقٍ (biṣidqin), مُبِينٍ (mubínin), يَرْفَعُ (yarfaʿ), اللهُ (al-lh), حُزْنَهُ (ḥuznah) as “Tablet, with absolute sincerity, dispel, God, sadness”
resplendent 17% expounder 11% luminous 11% most 11% manifest 11% perspicuous 11% undoubted 11% evident 6% distinct 6% conspicuous 6%
This form usually rendered as “exalt”, “hoist”, “exalteth” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “warn”, “solve” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the blindgleaningsGWB §569: the tribulationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: in no wise damageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: adversitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: harmgleaningsGWB §644: the tribulations
This form usually rendered as “remove” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “afflictions” (1 occurrences)
