Fire Tablet — §6
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 6 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ ارْتَفَعَ نِبَاحُ الكِلَابِ مِنْ كُلِّ الجِهَاتِ أَيْنَ غَضَنْفَرُ غِيَاضِ سَطْوَتِكَ يَا قَهَّارَ العَالَمِيْنَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The barking of dogs is loud on every side: Where is the lion of the forest of Thy might, O Chastiser of the worlds?
Translation Notes
SE rendered ارْتَفَعَ (irtafaʿ), نِبَاحُ (nibáḥ), الكِلَابِ (al-kiláb) as “barking, dogs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: have been raisedfire-tabletFire §47: hast causedgleaningsGWB §476: would exalt theekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: to lift them uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: that I may rise
side 36% direction 23% created 9% country 5% regions 5% every 5% directions 5% things 5% attachment 5% earth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: on the one handgleaningsGWB §550: errorkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: upon its unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: reasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: towards the habitationwill-and-testamentW&T §32: sidesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: these regionsgleaningsGWB §130: It is for this reason that
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “might”, “awful”, “whose” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the dominionfire-tabletFire §6: mightgleaningsGWB §534: from His vehement powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the power of Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the powersgleaningsGWB §79: the ascendancyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: the awfulness of Whose majesty
This form usually rendered as “chastiser”, “all-subduing!”” (2 occurrences)
chastiser 50% all-subduing!” 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-Conqueringfire-tabletFire §6: ChastisergleaningsGWB §458: supremekitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: all-compelling powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: of Thine angerwill-and-testamentW&T §20: His vengeancegleaningsGWB §189: tormentedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: all-subduing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: peoplefire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §303: a worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: realm ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §393: the ensignstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
