Tablet of Aḥmad — §9
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 9 of 17.
Source (Arabic)
أَنْ يَا أَحْمَدُ لَا تَنْسَ فَضْلِي فِي غَيبَتِي ثُمَّ ذَكِّرْ أَيَّامِي فِي أَيَّامِكَ ثُمَّ كُرْبَتِي وَغُرْبَتِي فِي هَذَا ٱلْسِّجْنِ ٱلْبَعِيدِ وَكُنْ مُسْتَقِيمًا فِي حُبِّي بِحَيثُ لَنْ
يُحَوَّلَ قَلْبُكَ وَلَوْ تُضْرَبُ بِسُيوْفِ ٱلْأَعْدَاءِ وَيَمْنَعُكَ كُلُّ مَنْ فِي الْسَّمٰوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرَضِينَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Ahmad! Forget not My bounties while I am absent. Remember My days during thy days, and My distress and banishment in this remote prison. And be thou so steadfast in My love that thy heart shall not waver, even if the swords of the enemies rain blows upon thee and all the heavens and the earth arise against thee.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “magnify”, “praise”, “render” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Praise begleaningsGWB §268: the All-Praised.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Magnified betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §219: All praise
This form usually rendered as “absence”, “disappearance”, “absent” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the seen and unseengleaningsGWB §254: secretskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: in seclusionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: Thine invisible Selftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: seengleaningsGWB §188: things unseen
SE rendered فَضْلِي (faḍlí), غَيبَتِي (ghaybatí), ذَكِّرْ (dhakkir), أَيَّامِي (ʾayyámí), أَيَّامِكَ (ʾayyámik) as “bounties, absent, days”
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: the days whengleaningsGWB §34: the pastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: throughout my lifewill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: daysgleaningsGWB §627: in the daytimekitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His days
This form usually rendered as “mine”, “distress” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “exile”, “banishment” (3 occurrences)
exile 67% banishment 33%
prison 53% most 19% prison-city 7% dungeon 5% imprisonment 5% prison-house 5% prisoner 2% prison-cell 2% afflictive 2% shut 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §221: this Prison Houseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: been shut upwill-and-testamentW&T §4: this, the Most Great Prisonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: dungeongleaningsGWB §501: imprisonment inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: hath been exiledwill-and-testamentW&T §3: incarcerated
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: to comefire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §308: As soon askitab-i-ahdAhd §3: Henceforwardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: And whenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: remoteness from Theewill-and-testamentW&T §25: whereuponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: in the end
SE expanded to “be thou so”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: yefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §249: is entirely submissivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: hadtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: I had to facefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §325: acteth in dependencekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: Day of Resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: to make us steadfasttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: desirefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §654: my Best-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: of Thy loved onestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: best beloved
SE rendered مُسْتَقِيمًا (mustaqíman), حُبِّي (ḥubbí), بِحَيثُ (biḥayth), يُحَوَّلَ (yuḥawwal), قَلْبُكَ (qalbuk) as “steadfast, love, that, waver, heart”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: inasmuchgleaningsGWB §480: so thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: that I will ceaseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: in such wise thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and to waitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: They are such thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: and will
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “distract”, “waver” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: their heartsgleaningsGWB §580: hearts of men — heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: within my heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: troublous
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “rain” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: tremblinggleaningsGWB §211: to tremblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: troubledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their distresstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: dost thou dreadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: perturbed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: a swordgleaningsGWB §636: annulledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: by theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the swordsgleaningsGWB §620: with the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: swordsgleaningsGWB §361: sword
This form usually rendered as “frustrate”, “deter”, “shall” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: deterrethgleaningsGWB §127: exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: deprive themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: are powerless to resisttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have prevented me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: of Hisfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §95: His holy nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: the immensitytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of thefire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §218: Landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §383: and on Thy earththe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §638: the peoples of the earth
