Fire Tablet — §16
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 16 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ أَخَذَ الحِرْصُ مَنْ فِي الإِبْدَاعِ أَيْنَ مَطَالِعُ الإِنْقِطَاعِ يَا مَوْلَى العَالَمِيْنَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Greed hath made captive all mankind: Where are the embodiments of detachment, O Lord of the worlds?
Translation Notes
arrested 28% seize 17% hath 11% seek 11% inebriated 6% assumption 6% seized 6% rescued 6% overwhelmed 6% apprehended 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Take ThougleaningsGWB §433: will lay violent hold onkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: madeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: were encompassedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: regarded himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: overwhelmedgleaningsGWB §74: hath clouded
This form usually rendered as “greed”, “vain”, “put” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered أَخَذَ (ʾakhadh), الحِرْصُ (al-ḥirṣ), الإِبْدَاعِ (al-ʾibdáʿ), مَطَالِعُ (maṭáliʿ), الإِنْقِطَاعِ (an-nqiṭáʿ) as “made captive, Greed, embodiments, detachment”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: to creategleaningsGWB §116: wonderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: His wondrousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §170: bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the universegleaningsGWB §548: creation
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: Arisefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §160: it appeareth abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: luminousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
detachment 43% renunciation 31% cessation 5% detached 5% renounced 5% all 2% complete 2% cease 2% renounce 2% sublime 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: barredgleaningsGWB §641: complete detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: renounceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: have rid themselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: of detachment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: Our loved onesgleaningsGWB §240: His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: with Thy loved oneswill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the LordgleaningsGWB §471: and before His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: provinces
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: but comprehendfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §312: earthly lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: believetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
