Tablet of the Holy Mariner — §39 Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 39 of 57. Source (Arabic) و یقبّلن ارجلهم و ایدیهم لما طاروا فی هوآء الوفآء فسبحان ربّی الأبهی Shoghi Effendi Translation "And kiss their hands and feet for having soared to the heights of faithfulness; Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious! Translation Notes ارجلهم irjlhm r-j-l → “feet for” literal: foot footsteps 50% feet 50% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: mengleaningsGWB §483: mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: any man among youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: my stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same feetepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: two mengleaningsGWB §292: onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: such souls ایدیهم iydíhm y-d-y → “hands” literal: hand; hands own 43% hands 43% perpetrators 14% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: with the handsgleaningsGWB §163: rodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: into the handswill-and-testamentW&T §16: the Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §85: your eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands طاروا ṭárúá ṭ-y-r → “soared” literal: bird; fly; flight soared 43% have 29% flown 14% winged 14% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Birdfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §338: winged its flightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: Shouldst thou soarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: to causetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: riseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: to soargleaningsGWB §100: soaring هوآء húáʾ h-w-y → “heights” literal: desire atmosphere 48% heights 16% immensity 6% heavens 6% heaven 6% desire 3% firmament 3% limitless 3% precincts 3% sublimities 3% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: promptings of thine own passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §278: of their evil desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: pursued his ownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: prompted by their desirestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: spherethe-hidden-wordsHW §128: resplendentwill-and-testamentW&T §15: self الوفآء al-wfáʾ w-f-y → “faithfulness” literal: faithfulness faithfulness 67% loyalty 17% demonstrating 17% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: foolishfire-tabletFire §48: in faithfulnessgleaningsGWB §419: of demonstrating to him their abiding loyaltykitab-i-ahdAhd §2: Fleetingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: fulfilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: hast been truethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: that they may stand faithfulwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness فسبحان fsbḥán s-b-ḥ → “glorified” literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise 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 §256: Greatfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §450: High is God exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: Immeasurably highprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: All praise be to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God ربّی rbbí r-b-b → “my lord” literal: lord; lordship lord 97% springtime 1% ruler 1% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your LordgleaningsGWB §551: unto Him Who is the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: supremacytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My Lord الأبهی al-ʾabhí b-h-y → “all-glorious” literal: most-glorious; most glorious; glory 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 §23: Abháfire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §288: of everlasting mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: the Self-Exaltingthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: HE IS THE GLORYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §311: resplendent