Tablet of the Holy Mariner — §18
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 18 of 57.
Source (Arabic)
و قد قطعوا منازل التّحدید حتّی وصلوا الی مقام التّوحید فی مرکز الهدی فسبحان ربّی الأبهی
Shoghi Effendi Translation
They passed the grades of worldly limitations and reached that of the divine unity, the center of heavenly guidance.
Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious!
Translation Notes
decapitated 50% riddled 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: detachgleaningsGWB §551: detach himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: and rid metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §3: highway robbersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: fadegleaningsGWB §471: and have detached themselves
This form usually rendered as “distances”, “stages”, “grades” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: hath it been sent downgleaningsGWB §111: rainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: hath descendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: cause to descendtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
limitations 30% restriction 10% limited 10% comparison 10% limitation 10% describe 10% temporal 10% worldly 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: limitsgleaningsGWB §44: limitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: beyondprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: gallingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of steel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His presencefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §672: of an everlasting reunionkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: linkedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: meetingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: obtained
SE rendered منازل (mnázl), التّحدید (at-tḥdíd), وصلوا (wṣlúá), مقام (mqám), التّوحید (at-túḥíd), مرکز (mrkz), الهدی (al-hdí), فسبحان (fsbḥán) as “grades, worldly limitations, reached, that, divine unity, center, heavenly, Glorified”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: concerningfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §296: determinedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: “Resurrection,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: boundstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
unity 49% divine 23% oneness 11% belief 5% essential 3% tawhid 2% all 2% acknowledge 2% conception 2% mystery 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the unionfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §103: onenesskitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Supreme Singlenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
This form usually rendered as “guidance”, “divine”, “light” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: for the guidance ofgleaningsGWB §472: Who showeth theekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: leadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: shall guide such a oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §18: hath guided them arightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: guidegleaningsGWB §682: direct their stepskitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: of Truth
glorified 60% gracious 18% all-glorious 10% immeasurably 3% great 2% praise 2% \‘glorified 1% who 1% glory 1% god 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §3: immeasurably exalted, art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: Glorified art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the LordgleaningsGWB §103: of God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is the vassal of nonetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: Lords
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §48: effulgentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and what the profoundestthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: HE IS THE GLORYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the EffulgentgleaningsGWB §192: of Glory
