Tablet of the Holy Mariner — §20

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 20 of 57.

Source (Arabic)

إذا أطردهم شهاب الدّرّيّ من سكّان ملكوت اللّقاء فسبحان ربّي الأبهى

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Whereupon the burning meteor cast them out from them that abide in the Kingdom of His Presence, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious!

Translation Notes

أطردهم

ʾaṭrdhm ṭ-r-d → “cast them out”

literal: expel; drive away; expelled

SE expanded to “cast them out”

cast 43% drive 19% banished 5% abandoned 5% justify 5% “thrust 5% reject 5% away 5% outcast 5% driven 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: cast him out gleaningsGWB §243: justify Our banishment prayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: cast out epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: drive them gleaningsGWB §461: “Thrust prayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: driven epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: cast them out gleaningsGWB §464: reject Us

شهاب

shháb sh-h-b → “meteor”

literal: meteor/shooting-star; meteor/flame

meteor 50% burning 50%

fire-tabletFire §20: meteor tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: burning meteor

الدّرّيّ

ad-drrír d-r-r → “the”

literal: in; radiant

SE rendered أطردهم (ʾaṭrdhm), شهاب (shháb), الدّرّيّ (ad-drrír), سكّان (skkán), ملكوت (mlkút), اللّقاء (al-lqáʾ), فسبحان (fsbḥán) as “cast them out, burning meteor, the, them that abide, in, the Kingdom of His Presence, Glorified”

luminous 50% irradiant 25% radiant 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: upon gleaningsGWB §620: irradiant and resplendent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: at tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the the-hidden-wordsHW §99: radiant will-and-testamentW&T §9: and epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: Persian kitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: in all

سكّان

skkán s-k-n → “them that abide” Distinctive

literal: dwelling; inhabitants; dwell

This form usually rendered as “inmates”, “dwellers”, “cities” (16 occurrences)

SE expanded to “them that abide”

inmates 54% dwellers 15% cities 8% denizens 8% inhabitants 8% abide 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the denizens fire-tabletFire §24: Assurance gleaningsGWB §324: stillness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: occupy prayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: made them to abide tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abide the-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwell epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: wherein to abide

ملكوت

mlkút m-l-k → “in”

literal: kingdom; king

SE rendered أطردهم (ʾaṭrdhm), شهاب (shháb), الدّرّيّ (ad-drrír), سكّان (skkán), ملكوت (mlkút), اللّقاء (al-lqáʾ), فسبحان (fsbḥán), ربّي (rbbí), الأبهى (al-ʾabhى) as “cast them out, burning meteor, the, them that abide, in, the Kingdom of His Presence, Glorified, my Lord, the All-Glorious”