Fire Tablet — §27
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 27 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ خَبَتْ مَصَابِيْحُ الصِّدْقِ وَالصَّفَاءِ وَالغِيْرَةِ وَالوَفَاءِ أَيْنَ شُئُوْنَاتُ غِيْرَتِكَ يَا مُحَرِّكَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The lamps of truth and purity, of loyalty and honor, have been put out: Where are the signs of Thine avenging wrath, O Mover of the worlds?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “put” (1 occurrences)
tabernacle 67% put 33%
truth 60% truthfulness 20% truthful 4% truly 4% uprightness 2% hath 2% undoubted 2% manifest 2% sincerity 2% justly 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: faithfulgleaningsGWB §541: trulykitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: to acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §7: acquiescedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: of truthgleaningsGWB §53: We have heard
SE rendered خَبَتْ (khabat), مَصَابِيْحُ (maṣábíḥ), الصِّدْقِ (aṣ-ṣidq), وَالصَّفَاءِ (wálṣṣafáʾ), وَالغِيْرَةِ (wálghírah), وَالوَفَاءِ (wálwafáʾ) as “been put out, lamps, truth, and, purity”
chosen 69% attributes 9% purity 4% whom 4% sincerity 2% clear 2% messengers 2% every 2% prophets 2% crystal 2%
This form usually rendered as “others”, “other”, “without” (150 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: all else except Thyselffire-tabletFire §27: of Thine avenging wrathgleaningsGWB §370: the defilementkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: changethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: aught elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: save Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: with anotherwill-and-testamentW&T §38: is not
SE rendered وَالصَّفَاءِ (wálṣṣafáʾ), وَالغِيْرَةِ (wálghírah), وَالوَفَاءِ (wálwafáʾ), شُئُوْنَاتُ (shuʾúnát), غِيْرَتِكَ (ghíratik) as “and, purity, signs, honor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a preserver of the sanctityfire-tabletFire §18: of Thy faithfulnessgleaningsGWB §651: their fidelitykitab-i-ahdAhd §2: Fleetingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: are comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: who have fulfilled their pledgethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: that they may stand faithfulwill-and-testamentW&T §51: faithful
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “changes”, “tokens” (37 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: stationfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §704: the bounds ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: worthyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: unworthythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: regarding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: all peoplefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §242: discerningkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: teachprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: realmstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
