Prayers and Meditations — §206
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 206 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَمْ أَدْرِ يا إِلهِي أَيَّ نارٍ جَعَلْتَها مُشْتَعِلَةً فِي أَرْضِكَ بِحَيْثُ لا يَسْتُرُها التُّرابُ وَلا يُخْمِدُها المِياهُ وَلا يَمْنَعُها مَنْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I know not, O my God, what the Fire is which Thou didst kindle in Thy land. Earth can never cloud its splendor, nor water quench its flame. All the peoples of the world are powerless to resist its force. Great is the blessedness of him that hath drawn nigh unto it, and heard its roaring.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I know not”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: have come intogleaningsGWB §338: accomplishmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: were cheeredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I know notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: How mysteriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: possessethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: oceanepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: know not
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: hath made theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §184: adornedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: assist us to helpthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: suffer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burnedfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §700: be kindledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: intensify the burningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: set ablazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a flame of firethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: kindled
This form usually rendered as “earth”, “realm”, “heaven” (33 occurrences)
SE rendered جَعَلْتَها (jaʿaltahá), مُشْتَعِلَةً (mushtaʿilahan), أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), يَسْتُرُها (yasturuhá), التُّرابُ (at-turáb) as “didst kindle, Thy land, cloud, Earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: inasmuchgleaningsGWB §480: so thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: with suchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: in such wise thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: that I will ceaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Such is Thy greatness thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and to wait
This form usually rendered as “cloud” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: lie hidfire-tabletFire §45: Thou ConcealergleaningsGWB §165: hidekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: latentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: lie as yet unravelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: intablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: been hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: veil
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: depths of the earthgleaningsGWB §122: physicalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: clayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: Earththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: created you allepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the earthgleaningsGWB §717: world of dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: now dwelling upon the dust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §71: to cool downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: extinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §394: dispiritedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: chilledgleaningsGWB §36: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: would instantly be extinguished
SE expanded to “are powerless to resist”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: bangleaningsGWB §130: transcendent powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: withholdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: hath deterredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: was withheld
