Tablet of Carmel — §2
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 2 of 5.
Source (Arabic)
اِذاً اخذها اهْتِزاز السُّرُور وَ نادَت باعْلی النِّداء نفسْی لإقبالِکَ الفِداء وَ لعنايتکَ الفِداء وَ لِتَوجُّهِکَ الفِداء قَدْ اَهْلکنی يا مَطْلَع الحَيوة فراقکَ وَ احْرقنی هجرک لکَ الحَمد بما اَسمَعتَنی ندائکَ وَ شرّفتَنی بِقُدُومکَ وَ احيَيتنی مِنْ نفحات اَيّامکَ وَ صَرير قلمکَ الَّذی جَعَلْتَه صوراً بينَ عبادِک فَلمّا جاء امرک المُبرم نَفَخْتَ فيه اِذاً قامتِ القيمة الکُبری وَ ظَهَرت الاسْرار المکنُونة فی خزائن مالِک الأَشيآء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Seized with transports of joy, and raising high her voice, she thus exclaimed: ‘May my life be a sacrifice to Thee, inasmuch as Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon me, hast bestowed upon me Thy bounty, and hast directed towards me Thy steps. Separation from Thee, O Thou Source of everlasting life, hath well nigh consumed me, and my remoteness from Thy presence hath burned away my soul. All praise be to Thee for having enabled me to hearken to Thy call, for having honoured me with Thy footsteps, and for having quickened my soul through the vitalizing fragrance of Thy Day and the shrilling voice of Thy Pen, a voice Thou didst ordain as Thy trumpet-call amidst Thy people. And when the hour at which Thy resistless Faith was to be made manifest did strike, Thou didst breathe a breath of Thy spirit into Thy Pen, and lo, the entire creation shook to its very foundations, unveiling to mankind such mysteries as lay hidden within the treasuries of Him Who is the Possessor of all created things.’
Translation Notes
transports 15% stirred 15% shaken 15% vibrateth 8% have 8% trembleth 8% throw 8% whispering 8% therein 8% hath 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: tremblethgleaningsGWB §282: throw into commotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: hath been quickenedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have been quickenedgleaningsGWB §634: Therein hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: been so stirred up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My mysteriesgleaningsGWB §712: or pleasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: the headsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: and the mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: hiddenwill-and-testamentW&T §18: the secret essenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will rejoice
This form usually rendered as “calling”, “raised” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: calledfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §700: Our voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: Thou didst calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: calleth
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
لإقبالِکَ
literal: before; acceptance; approach
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “turning” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hast fixed Thy gaze upon me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: earlierfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §717: unworthykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: in a bygone ageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: by a companytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: offered up for His sakefire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §51: could be sacrificedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: sacrificedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: be sacrificedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: offered up for themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: laid downfire-tabletFire §48: of sacrifice
SE expanded to “bestowed upon me Thy bounty”
SE expanded to “directed towards me Thy steps”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: hast set thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §506: refused to turnkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: cause them to turntablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: becoming knownfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §338: fully awarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: first glimmeringstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
gleaningsGWB §244: in this, your vain lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: animalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: the true lifegleaningsGWB §239: lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: everlasting lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: indeedgleaningsGWB §727: that is life indeedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: Thy living waters
SE expanded to “Separation from Thee”
separation 38% qur’án 16% distinction 13% scattered 9% separated 5% discern 4% star 4% scatter 4% passing 4% distinguish 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: discernfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §148: treat somekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: diversityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: scattered themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §6: the people of salvationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: of parting arrived
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: were meltedgleaningsGWB §576: all the while being consumedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: hath consumedwill-and-testamentW&T §51: the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: consumedgleaningsGWB §651: The firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: consumeth
SE expanded to “remoteness from Thy presence”
remoteness 88% separation 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: accompaniedfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §118: separationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: bereavementprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: remoteness from Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: remoteness from Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: EMIGRANTSepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: departed
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §219: All praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: “Glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised be GodgleaningsGWB §717: All praise be
SE expanded to “hearken to Thy call”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: Inclinefire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §638: heedethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: have knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: no voice may be heardtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE expanded to “honoured me with Thy footsteps”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: came to visitgleaningsGWB §357: the glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: and conferredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: honoured me with Thy footstepswill-and-testamentW&T §18: gloriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: highgleaningsGWB §641: His holy court
SE rendered اَسمَعتَنی (asmaʿtaní), ندائکَ (ndáʾk), شرّفتَنی (shrrftaní), بِقُدُومکَ (biqudúmk), احيَيتنی (iḥyaytní), نفحات (nfḥát) as “hearken to Thy call, honoured me with Thy footsteps, quickened my soul, fragrance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: the feetfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §281: the wingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: their feet.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: Most Ancienttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §81: the nextwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
SE expanded to “quickened my soul”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: lifefire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §704: animalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: hath been quickenedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezesgleaningsGWB §506: and have withheldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: the sweet savorswill-and-testamentW&T §13: sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §433: grievous afflictionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: wafted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the daysgleaningsGWB §210: the former dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: is the Daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Thy daysgleaningsGWB §303: this Day?”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: dost witness today
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: shrill voicegleaningsGWB §729: persistethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: He urgedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: and persistently striventablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: shrilling voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: voicegleaningsGWB §82: persist in proud disdaingleaningsGWB §29: shrilling
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: from thegleaningsGWB §719: Our Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thywill-and-testamentW&T §13: climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the PengleaningsGWB §66: exclaimethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §277: Thine own exalted pen
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “made” (59 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: hath exaltedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §579: and regardeth it askitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: pretentiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: assist us to helpthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Make
trumpet 31% trumpet-call 25% bugle 6% others 6% most 6% through 6% truths 6% trumpet-blast 6% mystic 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: reportgleaningsGWB §397: formkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: can ever be conceivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: and the Quickenerwill-and-testamentW&T §5: be ever imaginedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of othersgleaningsGWB §75: The Trumpetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the mystic trumpet
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
irresistible 36% resistless 27% all-compelling 9% inscrutable 9% divinely-appointed 9% inescapable 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: their stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §434: heightskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: undertakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: bidden me to occupytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
This form usually rendered as “most”, “mighty”, “supreme” (45 occurrences)
most 33% mighty 13% supreme 7% resplendent 7% immeasurable 7% which 7% measureless 7% transcendent 7% entire 7% tribulations 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: mightygleaningsGWB §471: swell with pridekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stone.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: His grandeurtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “revealed” (44 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: revealfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §112: manifold revelationskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: the letter thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: the manifold tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: concealedgleaningsGWB §56: He Whom none hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: been wrapped upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hidgleaningsGWB §612: Scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Hidden Secretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: hiddengleaningsGWB §56: “He that was hidden
treasuries 47% treasures 16% all 11% within 5% treasury 5% inviolable 5% repositories 5% storehouses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: treasurygleaningsGWB §230: Treasurekitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: depositoriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: Treasuries of Thy knowledgethe-hidden-wordsHW §66: storehousesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: treasuriesgleaningsGWB §627: within the treasuries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the KinggleaningsGWB §189: the All-Possessingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: angelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: the downtroddentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all created thingsgleaningsGWB §286: suchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: thing aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: nothing whatsoevertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: pleaseth
