Fire Tablet — §36

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 36 of 50.

Source (Arabic)

قَدْ بَقَى الغُلَامُ فِي أَرْضٍ جَدْبَاءَ أَيْنَ غَيْثُ سَمَاءِ فَضْلِكَ يَا غِيَاثَ العَالَمِينَ *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

This Youth is lonely in a desolate land: Where is the rain of Thy heavenly grace, O Bestower of the worlds?

Translation Notes

بَقَى

baqá b-q-y → “eternity” Distinctive

literal: remaining; eternity

This form usually rendered as “hath”, “last”, “remained” (10 occurrences)

hath 25% last 13% remained 13% hidden 13% lonely 13% made 13% may 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: remain fire-tabletFire §36: is lonely gleaningsGWB §306: retain kitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this imperishable prayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: live to tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternal tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathless the-hidden-wordsHW §8: eternally live

الغُلَامُ

al-ghulám gh-l-m → “this youth”

literal: youth; servant; youth, boy

youth 88% officers 4% mine 4% servant 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: men gleaningsGWB §133: My prayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: Thy servant epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: officers gleaningsGWB §79: the Youth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: this Youth gleaningsGWB §190: Youth gleaningsGWB §191: mine

أَرْضٍ

ʾarḍin ʾ-r-ḍ → “desolate land”

literal: earth; land; earth, land

earth 65% land 13% world 9% all 4% soil 2% whole 2% amongst 2% mankind 1% realm 1% city 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: city fire-tabletFire §36: a desolate land gleaningsGWB §23: peoples kitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: earth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: earth and heaven tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the lands the-hidden-wordsHW §95: within it epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: all that are on earth

جَدْبَاءَ

jadbáʾ j-d-b → “desolate”

literal: barren

1 occurrence in corpus

fire-tabletFire §36: desolate

غَيْثُ

ghayth gh-y-th → “rain”

literal: rain; rain, shower; rain/abundance

showers 50% rain 25% vernal 13% cloud 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: rain gleaningsGWB §111: showers kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: vernal showers prayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: Cloud

فَضْلِكَ

faḍlik f-ḍ-l → “grace”

literal: grace; grace/favor; grace, favor

grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: better gleaningsGWB §234: of immense bounteousness kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Gracious kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: learning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and the virtue tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bounty the-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of grace will-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom

غِيَاثَ

ghíáth gh-w-th → “asked” Distinctive

literal: helper; cry/lament; help-seeking

This form usually rendered as “bestower”, “succorer” (2 occurrences)

bestower 50% succorer 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: asked His help fire-tabletFire §36: Bestower kitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: cried out for His help prayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: and the Succorer will-and-testamentW&T §32: my Aider kitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: cry kitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His Manifestation

العَالَمِينَ

al-ʿálamín ʿ-l-m → “of the worlds”

literal: world; worlds

SE expanded to “of the worlds”

worlds 52% all 31% world 6% whole 3% entire 2% earth 2% men 2% creatures 1% creation 1% people 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: science fire-tabletFire §49: all the worlds gleaningsGWB §275: of His creatures kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognized kitab-i-iqanKIQ §183: thoughts prayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: Thou well knowest tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught

Fire Tablet — §36

Source (Arabic)

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Translation Notes

Model Translations by Shoghi Effendi

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Gleanings

Kitáb-i-’Ahd

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Prayers and Meditations

Tablet of Aḥmad

Tablet of Carmel

Tablet of the Holy Mariner

The Hidden Words

Will and Testament