Tablet of Carmel — §3
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 3 of 5.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “such” (339 occurrences)
SE expanded to “most exalted Spot”
SE expanded to “We made reply”
This form usually rendered as “cheering”, “cheered”, “gladdened” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered بذلکَ (bdhlk), قرّت (qrrt), عينک (ʿínk), عَيْن (ʿayn), الوُجود (al-wujúd), ابتَسَم (ibtasam), ثغر (thghr), الغَيْب (al-ghayb) as “cheering, thine eyes, those of all creation, filling with delight, invisible”
SE expanded to “filling with delight”
SE rendered عَيْن (ʿayn), الوُجود (al-wujúd), ابتَسَم (ibtasam), ثغر (thghr), الغَيْب (al-ghayb), الشُّهُود (ash-shuhúd), طُوبی (ṭúbí) as “those of all creation, filling with delight, invisible, visible, Rejoice”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “blessed”, “happy”, “well” (123 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath made thee”
SE rendered لَک (lak), جَعَلکِ (jaʿalk), اللّه (al-lh), اليَوم (al-yawm), مَقَرّ (maqarr), عَرشه (ʿarshh), مَطْلع (maṭlʿ), آياتِه (áyátih) as “upon thee, hath made thee, God, made the seat, throne, dawning-place, signs”
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
SE expanded to “revelation of thy glory”
This form usually rendered as “glory” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in the name”
This form usually rendered as “joy”, “into”, “gladness” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “into blissful joy”
SE rendered بالسُّرُور (bálssurúr), هَمّکِ (hammk), بالفَرَح (bálfaraḥ), الأکبَر (al-ʾakbar), رَحْمةً (raḥmhan), عندِه (ʿndih) as “gladness, grief, into blissful joy, mercy, thee”
This form usually rendered as “when”, “before”, “sight” (162 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “honored”, “ennobled”, “have” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been honoured”
This form usually rendered as “footsteps”, “presence”, “feet” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered تَشرَّفَ (tashrraf), بقُدُومه (bqudúmh), فازَ (fáz), بِلقآئه (bilqáʾh), ارْتفع (irtfʿ), ندائُه (ndáʾuh) as “hath been honoured, by His presence, raised, call”
This form usually rendered as “sighs”, “groans”, “cries” (17 occurrences)