Tablet of the Holy Mariner — §48
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 48 of 57.
Source (Arabic)
ثمّ تکلّمت بکلمة سرّیّة خفیّة تحت لسانها الأحلی فسبحان ربّی الأبهی
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And then gave utterance to one mystic word, whispered privily by her honeyed tongue,
Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious!
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “spoke”, “mouth” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: speakethfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §576: the words of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: Moses, He Who held converse withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: suggestionstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
SE rendered تکلّمت (tkllmt), بکلمة (bklmh), سرّیّة (srrírh), خفیّة (khfífh), لسانها (lsánhá) as “gave utterance, one mystic word, whispered privily, her honeyed tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: surreptitiouslygleaningsGWB §357: am his mystery.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of the mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: consciencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: self-satisfiedwill-and-testamentW&T §42: darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: heads
This form usually rendered as “mysteries”, “concealed”, “mysterious” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: concealgleaningsGWB §555: mysterieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: passed beyond the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: the secretstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: invisiblethe-hidden-wordsHW §124: unseenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: it is no secretgleaningsGWB §455: was unnoticed
SE expanded to “her honeyed tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a tonguegleaningsGWB §347: in that tonguekitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the words utteredprayers-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 §159: through the tonguegleaningsGWB §40: the words uttered by
SE rendered بکلمة (bklmh), سرّیّة (srrírh), خفیّة (khfífh), لسانها (lsánhá), الأحلی (al-ʾaḥlí), فسبحان (fsbḥán), ربّی (rbbí), الأبهی (al-ʾabhí) as “one mystic word, whispered privily, her honeyed tongue, Glorified, my Lord, All-Glorious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §152: sweetnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: of the sweetnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §622: exquisite beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: How sweet
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 §235: laud Thee through Himfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §5: far from Thy glory bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: celebrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: Glory to Theetablet-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 §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §107: Voice of Divinitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-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 §155: Our Lord
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
