Fire Tablet — §22
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 22 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
تَرَى المَظْلُومَ فِي حِجَابِ الظَّلَامِ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ أَيْنَ إِشْرَاقُ أَنْوَارِ صَبَاحِكَ يَا مِصْبَاحَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest this Wronged One veiled in tyranny among the Syrians: Where is the radiance of Thy dawning light, O Light of the worlds?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: tyrannyfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §594: in darknesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: hath sunk in nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: his unfairnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §5: deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: cruelty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the most veiledgleaningsGWB §8: shut out itselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: sayingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: obstacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §150: thewill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: veils interposed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: doersfire-tabletFire §22: the SyriansgleaningsGWB §174: human racekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: the hand of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: my peopletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
SE rendered الظَّلَامِ (aẓ-ẓalám), أَهْلِ (ʾahl), الشَّامِ (ash-shám), إِشْرَاقُ (ʾishráq), أَنْوَارِ (ʾanwár), صَبَاحِكَ (ṣabáḥik) as “tyranny, the Syrians, radiance, Thy dawning light”
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “shining”, “shed”, “brightness” (70 occurrences)
shining 17% shed 11% brightness 11% effulgent 11% shineth 11% shone 8% light 8% revelation 8% rise 8% splendor 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: been illuminedfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §289: the Sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: the Eastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and in the night seasontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shinewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
SE expanded to “Thy dawning light”
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
SE expanded to “Thy dawning light”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: dayfire-tabletFire §27: lampsgleaningsGWB §712: the Dawn of Divine Guidancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: resplendent mornprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: the dawn to appearthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: My lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: dawnfire-tabletFire §22: Light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Who knowethfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §300: This foreknowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: naturalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: and knowest full welltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
