Fire Tablet — §29
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 29 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ كُسِرَتْ أَغْصَانُ سِدْرَةِ المُنْتَهَى مِنْ هُبُوْبِ أَرْيَاحِ القَضَاءِ أَيْنَ رَايَاتُ نُصْرَتِكَ يَا مَنْصُوْرَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The branches of the Divine Lote-Tree lie broken by the onrushing gales of destiny: Where are the banners of Thy succor, O Champion of the worlds?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: hath been dashed to the groundfire-tabletFire §29: lie brokengleaningsGWB §692: refusekitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: Elixirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my extreme lowlinesswill-and-testamentW&T §36: fallenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: degradationgleaningsGWB §610: for having utterly abolished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: boughsgleaningsGWB §235: have branched from My Treekitab-i-ahdAhd §9: ye My Branchesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §182: He Who is Thy Branchwill-and-testamentW&T §19: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: branchgleaningsGWB §501: to one ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the Aghṣán
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the TreegleaningsGWB §193: Treeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the Bushprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Sadratu’l-MuntahagleaningsGWB §127: Sadratu’l
SE rendered كُسِرَتْ (kusirat), أَغْصَانُ (ʾaghṣán), سِدْرَةِ (sidrah), المُنْتَهَى (al-muntahá), هُبُوْبِ (hubúb) as “broken, The branches, Divine Lote-Tree, of the, onrushing gales”
beyond 37% highest 15% immeasurable 7% end 7% divine 7% ended 7% supreme 7% muntaha 4% sadratu’l-muntahá 4% may 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: endfire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §612: Did We not forbidkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: shamefulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: down totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: boundless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedfire-tabletFire §29: by the onrushinggleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: Vouchsafeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: have been waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: pass over themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: fierce
SE rendered المُنْتَهَى (al-muntahá), هُبُوْبِ (hubúb), أَرْيَاحِ (ʾaryáḥ), القَضَاءِ (al-qaḍáʾ), رَايَاتُ (ráyát) as “of the, onrushing gales, of destiny, the banners”
This form usually rendered as “decree”, “irrevocable”, “god’s” (27 occurrences)
decree 36% irrevocable 18% god’s 9% what 9% destiny 5% divine 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% judgment 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: decision madefire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §296: after the lapse ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: was endedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: have been preordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My decreewill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
This form usually rendered as “ensigns”, “standards”, “banners” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: ensign offire-tabletFire §29: the bannersgleaningsGWB §358: traditionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: this other traditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: the ensignswill-and-testamentW&T §5: he is speedingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: intentiongleaningsGWB §341: traditions
SE expanded to “of Thy succor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: such aidfire-tabletFire §29: of Thy succorgleaningsGWB §620: Arise to aidkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: single-handedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: to succor themthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: bannerfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §291: the All-Wisekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: that We might knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: known unto metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
