Fire Tablet — §1
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 1 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
﴿ بِسْمِ اللهِ الأَقْدَمِ الأَعْظَمِ ﴾
قَدْ احْتَرَقَ المُخْلِصُوْنَ مِنْ نَارِ الفِرَاقِ أَيْنَ تَشَعْشُعُ أَنْوَارِ لِقَائِكَ يَا مَحْبُوْبَ العَالَمِيْنَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
﴾ In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Great ﴿
Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds?
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “In the Name of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of His Most Excellent Titlesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §48: By Thy namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Exponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: the atmosphere oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: call
SE expanded to “the Most Ancient”
ancient 52% eternity 9% footsteps 7% feet 7% step 6% eternal 5% everlasting 5% past 4% ever-abiding 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: footstepsfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §327: Ancient of everlasting dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: unfadingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §81: one pacewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
SE expanded to “the Most Great”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: all-surpassinggleaningsGWB §406: sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: greater thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thy majesty and greatnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy grandeurgleaningsGWB §486: august
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: sincerefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §31: pure in heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: are wholly devotedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: faithful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: separationfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §118: remotenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: diversityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: its separationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §20: breachepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the Qur’án
SE expanded to “of the light”
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the Sunfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning lightgleaningsGWB §234: His glory be on theekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: traditions establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: visiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: deliveredfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §67: revealkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: infusedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: We have revealed unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: pleasingfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §435: loving-kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: hearts of Thy dear onestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovest
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: teachingfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §549: human learningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: clericsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: satisfiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
