Tablet of Aḥmad — §6
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 6 of 17.
Source (Arabic)
كَذَلِكَ يُذَكِّرُكُمُ ٱلْوَرْقَاءُ فِي هَذَا ٱلْسِّجْنِ وَمَا عَلَيهِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَاغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُعْرِضْ عَنْ هَذَا ٱلْنُّصْحِ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيتَّخِذَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ سَبِيلاً
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thus doth the Nightingale utter His call unto you from this prison. He hath but to deliver this clear message. Whosoever desireth, let him turn aside from this counsel and whosoever desireth let him choose the path to his Lord.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “utter His call”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to remember TheegleaningsGWB §716: hath counseled them to follow in His waykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: be warnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §605: am I to recounttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
This form usually rendered as “celestial”, “mystic”, “heavenly” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: documentsfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §56: foliagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: In every leafprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: of the Dovewill-and-testamentW&T §53: scrollsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the leaves thereofgleaningsGWB §235: who are the leaves thereof
prison 70% prison-city 6% imprisonment 6% dungeon 4% prison-house 4% prisoner 3% prison-cell 1% hath 1% deliverest 1% cast 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: the dungeongleaningsGWB §225: captivitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §6: incarcerationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: prisonergleaningsGWB §184: My imprisonmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: into prison
SE rendered ٱلْبَلَاغُ (lbalágh), ٱلْمُبِينُ (lmubín), فَمَنْ (faman), شَاءَ (sháʾ) as “clear, Whosoever, desireth”
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “palpable”, “resplendent” (88 occurrences)
manifest 30% palpable 12% resplendent 9% expounder 9% luminous 9% evident 7% lucid 7% perspicuous 7% clear 5% plainly 5%
This form usually rendered as “willeth”, “who”, “wisheth” (31 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: of the willgleaningsGWB §134: He willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: or wilt desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: them that turned aside from MegleaningsGWB §295: contend notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: opponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: defectiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: hath also turned awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §58: hath turned awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my repudiation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: to dissuadegleaningsGWB §249: the counsels which this Servant giveth youthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: We counsel youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: exhortationsgleaningsGWB §441: Counselorthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: Heed ye this counselepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: counselleth theegleaningsGWB §519: pay no heed
This form usually rendered as “let” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: will have been transmuted intofire-tabletFire §13: hath befallengleaningsGWB §37: extinguishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Grasp yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: overtakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: establishtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: with my LordgleaningsGWB §564: Lord ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: Thou the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: His
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in Thy pathgleaningsGWB §598: Causekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: these two waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: and in Thy path.”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the path
