Tablet of Aḥmad — §3
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 3 of 17.
Source (Arabic)
قُلْ إِنَّ هَذَا لَمَنْظَرُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ ٱلَّذِي سُطِرَ فِي أَلْوَاحِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ وَبِهِ يُفْصَلُ ٱلْحَقُّ عَنِ ٱلْبَاطِلِ وَيُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيْمٍ قُلْ إِنَّهُ لَشَجَرُ ٱلْرُّوْحِ ٱلَّذِي أَثْمَرَ بِفَوَاكِهِ اللهِ ٱلْعَلِي ٱلْمُقْتَدِرِ ٱلْعَظِيْمِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Verily this is that Most Great Beauty, foretold in the Books of the Messengers, through Whom truth shall be distinguished from error and the wisdom of every command shall be tested. Verily He is the Tree of Life that bringeth forth the fruits of God, the Exalted, the Powerful, the Great.
Translation Notes
SE rendered قُلْ (qul), لَمَنْظَرُ (lamanẓar) as “Most Great Beauty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: as attestedgleaningsGWB §264: as termedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: “Then saidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: Thy wordtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
This form usually rendered as “vision”, “scene”, “eyes” (22 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Most Great Beauty”
vision 26% scene 21% eyes 11% towards 11% beauty 11% sublime 5% countenance 5% mighty 5% habitation 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: actuated byfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §96: From His retreatkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: regardfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: such as have set their faces towards Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh
SE rendered لَمَنْظَرُ (lamanẓar), ٱلْأَكْبَرُ (lʾakbar), سُطِرَ (suṭir), أَلْوَاحِ (ʾalwáḥ) as “Most Great Beauty, foretold, the Books”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: grandeurgleaningsGWB §390: magnified bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: by the disdainful.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: turned away disdainfullytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: their pride
This form usually rendered as “line”, “passage”, “traced” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: written downgleaningsGWB §607: describedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: writtenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: whose name hath been set downthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: engravedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: inscribedgleaningsGWB §295: passage ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: revealed
This form usually rendered as “tablets”, “tablet”, “holy” (46 occurrences)
tablets 69% tablet 7% holy 4% scriptures 4% books 4% pages 4% incomparable 2% tablets.… 2% writings 2%
SE expanded to “of the Messengers”
messengers 92% chosen 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: sent downgleaningsGWB §40: raise upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: as Messengers of the Word of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §98: messagestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: hath sent forththe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: transferredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: The Divine Messengers
SE expanded to “shall be distinguished”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial accountgleaningsGWB §379: circumstantiallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: sunderedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: hast separatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be distinguishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §22: settledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: True OnegleaningsGWB §313: naturekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: realkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: factprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: worthythe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §38: is verily the Truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: One True God
This form usually rendered as “vain”, “falsehood”, “wrongfully” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: come to naughtgleaningsGWB §532: your works vainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: vain wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: vain and emptytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: errorthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: How vain areepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: wrongfullygleaningsGWB §623: wretched
This form usually rendered as “shall” (1 occurrences)
separation 37% distinction 18% scattered 6% qur’án 6% separated 6% difference 6% some 6% different 6% because 6% discern 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: differencefire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §312: different fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: variationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: Whose separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: differwill-and-testamentW&T §17: separate
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: incidentfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §362: advancekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: admonished them to hold fast untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: the authority to commandtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: of My cause
This form usually rendered as “all-wise”, “wisdom”, “wise” (106 occurrences)
SE expanded to “shall be tested”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Thou hast pronounced judgmentgleaningsGWB §592: and doethkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: hath decreedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §216: Lordtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §22: conclusively
This form usually rendered as “spirit”, “soul”, “breath” (201 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the spiritfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §526: find restkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: ‘the Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: by the fragrancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §115: the ease
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: fruitsgleaningsGWB §310: the fruitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: to bring forth their fruitstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: bringeth forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: fully grownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: fruitgleaningsGWB §378: the fruit thereof
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: Hisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §462: is in the hand of none except Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: God!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §738: nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §406: of the Most Highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: Glorified are they aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: will be glorifiedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy grandeurgleaningsGWB §169: How vastkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: more grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: Tongue of Grandeurthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievous
