Tablet of Carmel — §2
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 2 of 5.
Source (Arabic)
اِذاً اخذها اهْتِزاز السُّرُور وَ نادَت باعْلی النِّداء نفسْی لإقبالِکَ الفِداء وَ لعنايتکَ الفِداء وَ لِتَوجُّهِکَ الفِداء قَدْ اَهْلکنی يا مَطْلَع الحَيوة فراقکَ وَ احْرقنی هجرک لکَ الحَمد بما اَسمَعتَنی ندائکَ وَ شرّفتَنی بِقُدُومکَ وَ احيَيتنی مِنْ نفحات اَيّامکَ وَ صَرير قلمکَ الَّذی جَعَلْتَه صوراً بينَ عبادِک فَلمّا جاء امرک المُبرم نَفَخْتَ فيه اِذاً قامتِ القيمة الکُبری وَ ظَهَرت الاسْرار المکنُونة فی خزائن مالِک الأَشيآء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Seized with transports of joy, and raising high her voice, she thus exclaimed: ‘May my life be a sacrifice to Thee, inasmuch as Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon me, hast bestowed upon me Thy bounty, and hast directed towards me Thy steps. Separation from Thee, O Thou Source of everlasting life, hath well nigh consumed me, and my remoteness from Thy presence hath burned away my soul. All praise be to Thee for having enabled me to hearken to Thy call, for having honoured me with Thy footsteps, and for having quickened my soul through the vitalizing fragrance of Thy Day and the shrilling voice of Thy Pen, a voice Thou didst ordain as Thy trumpet-call amidst Thy people. And when the hour at which Thy resistless Faith was to be made manifest did strike, Thou didst breathe a breath of Thy spirit into Thy Pen, and lo, the entire creation shook to its very foundations, unveiling to mankind such mysteries as lay hidden within the treasuries of Him Who is the Possessor of all created things.’
Translation Notes
stirred 19% hath 19% transports 13% shaken 13% vibrateth 6% have 6% trembleth 6% throw 6% overshadow 6% stirrings 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have been quickenedgleaningsGWB §282: throw into commotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: been so stirred uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: vibratethgleaningsGWB §634: stirred thy spirit within theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: stirred up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: secretsgleaningsGWB §357: is My mysterykitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of the mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: the Divine Mysterytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: the inner mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §42: darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: surreptitiously
This form usually rendered as “calling”, “raised”, “lift” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: lift up My voicefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §299: will hailkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: and proclaimethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: were heard calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My voice that calleth
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy SelfgleaningsGWB §448: thine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: over any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: desirewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: His
لإقبالِکَ
literal: before; acceptance; approach
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “inasmuch”, “turning” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hast fixed Thy gaze upon me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: former timesfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §702: such as are receptive to his callkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: time and againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: who had turned their face towardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: turning intablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: offered up for His sakefire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §272: Fail not to offer upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: a sacrifice unto thee!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: hath sacrificedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §38: be offered up forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: be His sacrifice
SE expanded to “bestowed upon me Thy bounty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: through the gracefire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §27: of His Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §204: tender mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §156: bestowed upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
لِتَوجُّهِکَ
literal: face; attention; turning
This form usually rendered as “hast” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “directed towards me Thy steps”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: set thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §466: transferred Our residencekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §494: to cause them to turn their facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “consumed” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: perditionfire-tabletFire §10: DestroyergleaningsGWB §29: hath well nigh consumed mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: diedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: hast destroyedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: consumedthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: that lead unto destructionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: perisheth
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: that thou mayest be made awarefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §570: He Who is the Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: that haply ye may be informedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: the Exponentstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of lifegleaningsGWB §552: animalskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: these beastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: the true lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: a beastgleaningsGWB §58: life-givingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: is Life indeedgleaningsGWB §29: everlasting life
SE expanded to “Separation from Thee”
separation 70% because 30%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: Our separationfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §175: ruinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: the Muhammadan Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: through his separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: differwill-and-testamentW&T §7: disruption
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: to be burnt upgleaningsGWB §456: to be consumed with griefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: consumethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: melt awaytablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hath burned away my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §51: his heart was consumed with the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath burnt upgleaningsGWB §30: fast consuming
SE expanded to “remoteness from Thy presence”
remoteness 88% separation 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: the exilesfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §574: O thou that hast fled thy home and sought the presence ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: retireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: remoteness from Thy courttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: remoteness from Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: EMIGRANTSepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: had departed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: God be praisedgleaningsGWB §62: “Praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: Prophet Muhammadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: I give praise to Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: I yield Thee thanksgleaningsGWB §720: All-Praised!”
This form usually rendered as “didst”, “having”, “hast” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hearken to Thy call”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: hearestfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §298: couldst thou but perceive itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: listenerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: are utteredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: hear thou therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
This form usually rendered as “having”, “thou” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “honoured me with Thy footsteps”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: it might be honoredgleaningsGWB §29: for having honored mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: distinctionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: hath been honoredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having honoured mewill-and-testamentW&T §18: gloriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: ennobledgleaningsGWB §358: noblest
SE rendered اَسمَعتَنی (asmaʿtaní), ندائکَ (ndáʾk), شرّفتَنی (shrrftaní), بِقُدُومکَ (biqudúmk), احيَيتنی (iḥyaytní), نفحات (nfḥát) as “hearken to Thy call, honoured me with Thy footsteps, quickened my soul, fragrance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: that which is ancientfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §40: everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: enter thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: Most Ancienttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: with Thy footstepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: pacewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
This form usually rendered as “having”, “didst” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “quickened my soul”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: ashamedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §724: Thoughkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: shameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: Thou didst quicken themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breathsgleaningsGWB §694: perfumekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: the Divine fragrancewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §47: breezekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: In the daygleaningsGWB §219: timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: at a timetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: to day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: shrill voicegleaningsGWB §168: urgedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: He urgedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: and persistently striventablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: shrilling voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: voicegleaningsGWB §82: in their gross violationgleaningsGWB §29: and the shrilling voice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the PengleaningsGWB §59: O Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: from my Penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: by Thy PengleaningsGWB §630: Thy most exalted Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §771: with Thy most exalted Pen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: hath made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §55: chosen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: to grant that we may be numberedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: thengleaningsGWB §75: The Trumpetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: on the trumpetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: and the Quickenerwill-and-testamentW&T §8: fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: a picturegleaningsGWB §287: It follows, therefore,kitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: by the trumpet-call
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: upon thyself and upon othersfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §122: Servants.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: this peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: for Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §35: meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mankind
This form usually rendered as “come”, “hath”, “reached” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: reachedgleaningsGWB §572: He came unto themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: He came to youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: was fulfilledthe-hidden-wordsHW §75: Abideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: We, verily, have comegleaningsGWB §671: arrivethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: divers sources
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (244 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
all-compelling 33% irresistible 27% resistless 20% inscrutable 7% divinely-appointed 7% inescapable 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: blastgleaningsGWB §558: the perfumekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: infusingthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: breathed ingleaningsGWB §83: The blast hath been blownkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: And there was a blastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: was breathed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: will We allow themfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §374: are equalkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: arise toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: bade me arisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
most 50% mighty 11% supreme 9% transcendent 7% great 5% unfailing 5% immeasurable 5% all-encompassing 5% monstrous 2% grievous 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: conceitgleaningsGWB §251: swell not with pridekitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: and grandeurtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §6: more glaring
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “revealed” (44 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: proclaimfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §107: claimed for themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: announcedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: were they to unveil themselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: to appear
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: hiddengleaningsGWB §32: wraptkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smoulderethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: the Hiddentablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: had been wraptepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: hidgleaningsGWB §52: the Invisible of the Invisiblesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: the things which lie hid
treasuries 40% treasures 15% all 10% within 10% stronghold 5% treasury 5% out 5% repositories 5% storehouses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: smoldergleaningsGWB §479: thy treasureskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: are treasuredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: out of the treasuriesthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: I have preserved itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: repositorygleaningsGWB §52: hidden and treasured
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “king”, “thou” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: He Who is the KinggleaningsGWB §426: King of Kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §813: belong unto ittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: in the eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: provinces
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: partnersgleaningsGWB §300: certain eventkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Each and every thingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: to equal Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
