Tablet of the Holy Mariner — §21
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 21 of 57.
Source (Arabic)
و سمعوا لحن الکبریآء من ورآء سرادق الغیب فی مکمن السّنا فسبحان ربّی الأبهی
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And they heard the Voice of Grandeur raised from behind the unseen pavilion upon the Height of Glory:
Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious!
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “reached”, “beheld”, “hearkened” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou hearestfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §192: perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: hearing themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: catch thetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: GreatgleaningsGWB §273: My praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stone.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: Thy grandeurtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §32: unsurpassed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: behindgleaningsGWB §385: beyond itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and beyond themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: beyondepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: behind thy backgleaningsGWB §503: from theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: moreoverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: behind your backs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §58: Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: Thy Tabernacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §656: the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: Sanctuary
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the invisiblegleaningsGWB §52: Unknowablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: inscrutableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: the secret thingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath been obscuredgleaningsGWB §280: absence
repository 15% habitation 15% seat 15% treasury 8% inmost 8% source 8% repositories 8% height 8% realm 8% shrine 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: treasurygleaningsGWB §546: habitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: the Repositoriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: shrineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: smoulderethgleaningsGWB §168: the inmost shrine
SE rendered ورآء (wráʾ), سرادق (srádq), الغیب (al-ghíb), مکمن (mkmn), السّنا (as-sná), فسبحان (fsbḥán), ربّی (rbbí), الأبهی (al-ʾabhí) as “behind, the unseen pavilion, upon the Height, Glory, Glorified, my Lord, the All-Glorious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your tonguesgleaningsGWB §40: the words uttered bykitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: the tonguestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: your tonguegleaningsGWB §636: the sword
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 §66: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §102: Divinekitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Praise be to Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: immeasurably far, art Thou exalted above all thingstablet-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 §162: His DivinegleaningsGWB §30: Lord thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the Enlightenertablet-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 §198: the Lord of
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
