The sixth Beatitude (Matthew 5:8), in the Syriac language.
Ṭûḇayhôn l'aylên daḏkên b-lebbhôn: d-hennôn neḥzôn l'allāhâ.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
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Sayyedi shaykh I (Allah preserve him) frequently mentions Syriac to us; as the language of the angels, as the language of revealed scriptures of ancient times, as a relative of the Aramaic and Arabic languages, etc. So finally curiosity won, and I did some googling, and it seems beautiful ma sha Allah. I have always liked the Sermon on the Mount (which Shaykh H recommended to us, indirectly!), so I especially like the above (Matthew 5:8).
If you go onto the wikipedia page here (indeed!), you can actually listen to the Lord's Prayer in Syriac; it's brilliant. Language - it's an amazing thing, subhan Allah. It contains and conveys so much, but it really is just a means. If in itself it is so beautiful, what must be the end!
Wa min Allahi tawfiq.
& success is from Allah alone.
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