Fire Tablet — §15
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 15 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ أَخَذَتْ رَعْدَةُ الضَّمَاءِ مَنْ فِي الإِنْشَاءِ أَيْنَ فُرَاتُ عِنَايَتِكَ يَا رَحْمَةَ العَالَمِيْنَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Sore thirst hath overcome all men: Where is the river of Thy bounty, O Mercy of the worlds?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “laid”, “hath”, “clung” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: mayest, O Hádí, seekfire-tabletFire §16: made captivegleaningsGWB §47: have bewilderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: to lay violent holdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: name, the Chastisertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thouthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: lest
This form usually rendered as “thirst”, “thunder” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered رَعْدَةُ (raʿdah), الضَّمَاءِ (aḍ-ḍamáʾ), الإِنْشَاءِ (an-nsháʾ), فُرَاتُ (furát), عِنَايَتِكَ (ʿináyatik) as “thirst, Sore, river, Thy bounty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: ofgleaningsGWB §428: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy creatureswill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: in the entire creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creatures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: living waters of acknowledgmentfire-tabletFire §15: rivergleaningsGWB §595: riverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: thirst-subduingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: the living watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: The RivergleaningsGWB §152: floodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: living waters
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: wisdomfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §677: symbolkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: acquired learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: the ensignstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
