Tablet of Aḥmad — §7

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 7 of 17.

Source (Arabic)

قُلْ يَا قَوْمِ إِنْ تَكْفُرُوْا بِهَذِهِ ٱلْآيَاتِ فَبِأَيِّ حُجَّةٍ آمَنْتُمْ بِاللهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ هَاتُوْا بِهَا يَا مَلَأَ ٱلْكَاذِبِينَ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O people, if ye deny these verses, by what proof have ye believed in God? Produce it, O assemblage of false ones.

Translation Notes

قُلْ

qul q-w-l → “o”

literal: say; saying

SE rendered قُلْ (qul), قَوْمِ (qawm), تَكْفُرُوْا (takfurúá) as “O, people, deny”

say 87% “say 2% “say 2% \‘say 2% say: 2% know 2% exclaim 1% tell 1% testify 1% let 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: reply gleaningsGWB §451: speaketh kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: idle sayings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §566: Their mouths utter tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verily tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out to tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And the-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel

قَوْمِ

qawm q-w-m → “people”

literal: people

people 91% men 3% others 2% people!” 1% old 1% unto 1% blind 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: arisen fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §460: fill the seat kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: “Resurrection” is prayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: that tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spot tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state

تَكْفُرُوْا

takfurúá k-f-r → “have” Distinctive

literal: disbelieve; disbelieved; disbeliever

This form usually rendered as “ye”, “repudiate”, “reject” (5 occurrences)

ye 20% repudiate 20% reject 20% repudiated 20% deny 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidels gleaningsGWB §359: believed not kitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: misbelief prayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: denieth tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: deny will-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: ye deny not gleaningsGWB §530: repudiate

بِهَذِهِ

bihadhih h-dh-ʾ → “world”

literal: this; this (masculine); this (feminine)

world 22% who 11% such 11% verily 11% things 11% wherein 11% land 11% troubled 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: This gleaningsGWB §305: the world tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: these tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Wherein will-and-testamentW&T §34: of this land epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: For this gleaningsGWB §468: the tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and this

ٱلْآيَاتِ

láyát ʾ-y-y → “verses”

literal: sign; signs; verse

signs 56% verses 31% words 3% manifold 2% sign 2% testimonies 2% manifest 2% word 2% reveal 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are verses fire-tabletFire §26: utterance gleaningsGWB §135: the signs and tokens kitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: and acknowledged Thy signs tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by what will-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: verses

فَبِأَيِّ

fabiʾayy ʾ-y-y → “verses” Distinctive

literal: verse; verses

This form usually rendered as “what” (1 occurrences)

verses 48% verse 27% signs 9% sign 6% what 3% verses?” 3% firm 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: verses gleaningsGWB §382: the sign kitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: verse will-and-testamentW&T §5: firm and conclusive verses kitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: His verses?”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: the verses kitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: in what revelation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: signs

حُجَّةٍ

ḥujjahin ḥ-j-j → “proof”

literal: proof; proof, testimony

testimony 50% proof 21% pilgrimage 14% evidence 7% proofs 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: testimonies gleaningsGWB §77: Their proofs kitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: standard prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy proofs the-hidden-wordsHW §160: argument will-and-testamentW&T §2: Proofs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: Ḥájí gleaningsGWB §97: evidences

آمَنْتُمْ

ámantum ʾ-m-n → “have ye believed”

literal: believe

SE expanded to “have ye believed”

faith 27% believer 14% have 14% belief 11% believe 7% faithful 7% believed 7% trusted 5% hath 5% true 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: believe gleaningsGWB §247: unto them that believe kitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: believe in prayers-and-meditationsP&M §771: for Thy trusted ones tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: hast believed gleaningsGWB §666: Faithful kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: beliefs

هَاتُوْا

hátúá h-ʾ-t → “produce”

literal: bring

1 occurrence in corpus

tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: Produce

مَلَأَ

malaʾ m-l-ʾ → “concourse”

literal: assembly/people; concourse

concourse 37% people 25% ye 12% celestial 6% inmates 4% believers 4% followers 4% chiefs 4% ones 2% peoples 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: inmates gleaningsGWB §56: ye that inhabit kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people prayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates of tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: the Celestial Concourse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich ones gleaningsGWB §464: congregation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs

ٱلْكَاذِبِينَ

lkádhibín k-dh-b → “false ones”

literal: liar; falsehood

who 33% liars.’” 33% false 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: were called impostors gleaningsGWB §34: denied kitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: treated tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: false ones will-and-testamentW&T §54: false epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: falsehood gleaningsGWB §109: liar kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: disbelieve

Tablet of Aḥmad — §7

Source (Arabic)

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Translation Notes

Model Translations by Shoghi Effendi

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Fire Tablet

Gleanings

Kitáb-i-’Ahd

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Prayers and Meditations

Tablet of Carmel

Tablet of the Holy Mariner

The Hidden Words

Will and Testament