Tablet of Carmel — §1
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 1 of 5.
Source (Arabic)
حَبَّذا هذَا الْيَوْمُ الَّذی فيه تَضَوَّعَت نَفحاتُ اْلرّحمن فی الإمکانِ حَبَّذا هذَا الْيَوْمُ الْمُبارَکُ الّذی لا تُعادلُه القرون وَ الأَعصار حَبَّذا هذَا الْيَوْمُ اذ تَوَجَّهَ وَجْهُ الْقِدَمِ اِلی مَقامه اِذاً نادَتِ الأَشيآء وَ عَن وَرائها المَلأ الأعلی يا کَرمِل انزلی بما اقبَل اليْکِ وَجْهُ اللهِ مالکِ مَلکُوتِ الاسْمآء وَ فاطِر السَّمآء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
ALL glory be to this Day, the Day in which the fragrances of mercy have been wafted over all created things, a Day so blest that past ages and centuries can never hope to rival it, a Day in which the countenance of the Ancient of Days hath turned towards His holy seat. Thereupon the voices of all created things, and beyond them those of the Concourse on High, were heard calling aloud: ‘Haste thee, O Carmel, for lo, the light of the countenance of God, the Ruler of the Kingdom of Names and Fashioner of the heavens, hath been lifted upon thee.’
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Day, the Day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the DaygleaningsGWB §248: whilekitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: Many a dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: at a timetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in the days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: be shed abroadgleaningsGWB §232: hath been shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: were diffusedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: diffusegleaningsGWB §655: and diffusedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: sweet smellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: have diffusedgleaningsGWB §210: caused thee to diffuse
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §28: fragranceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: the sweet savors that have been waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezesgleaningsGWB §111: sweet fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
This form usually rendered as “all-merciful”, “god”, “most” (143 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: late Excellencyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §372: of God the All-Mercifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the showers of mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §636: Have pity, then, upon metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable infire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §180: habitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: that overruleth the whole of creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §75: realm of the infinitewill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abode
This form usually rendered as “blessed”, “holy”, “sacred” (79 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “can” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: comparegleaningsGWB §422: comparedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: equityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: would be more heinous thanthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to be justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of justicegleaningsGWB §33: Divine justice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: the agesgleaningsGWB §349: timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: fast companionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: have been joined and knit togetherthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: likewill-and-testamentW&T §16: unionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: centuriesgleaningsGWB §311: the revolution of ages
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: setting their facesfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §272: before Whose facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: cleave totablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
SE expanded to “the Ancient of Days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: preferfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §210: His footstoolkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: God’s imperishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: of the Uncreatedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: immortalwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “such” (339 occurrences)
SE expanded to “His holy seat”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: Qayyumfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §28: His holy seatkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §21: timesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: to be steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Divine Voicefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §700: Our voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: and He crieth outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: she thus exclaimedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: The voice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: all thingsgleaningsGWB §132: nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: willeth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: of creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “beyond” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: behind your backsgleaningsGWB §385: beyond itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and beyond themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: beyondepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: behindgleaningsGWB §503: from theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: moreoverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: behind thy back
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesfire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §188: O people ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: filledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §13: the Celestial Concourse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: hath revealedgleaningsGWB §176: which this Pen hath revealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: aforementionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: cause to descendtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: visit
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “set”, “turned” (52 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: before Himfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §406: was acceptedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: peerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: caused me to set my face towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “king”, “thou” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: provincesgleaningsGWB §49: whether seen or unseenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: all that is thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: vassal dependent upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: by one of His namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §374: into the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thy Most Great Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: cleft asundergleaningsGWB §300: the creation of mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: have broken my fastthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: aimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: innergleaningsGWB §117: Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving
