Fire Tablet — §17
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 17 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
تَرَى المَظْلُومَ فَرِيْدًا فِي الغُرْبَةِ أَيْنَ جُنْدُ سَمَاءِ أَمْرِكَ يَا سُلْطَانَ العَالَمِيْنَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest this Wronged One lonely in exile: Where are the hosts of the heaven of Thy Command, O Sovereign of the worlds?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: We beheldfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §611: the unseenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: that they may behold Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: beholdgleaningsGWB §432: eclipseth
SE expanded to “this Wronged One”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: disappearancefire-tabletFire §18: a foreign landgleaningsGWB §594: a home for the strangerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: “wests”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: settethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: banishmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: of exilewill-and-testamentW&T §35: my exile
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the hosts of justicegleaningsGWB §169: through the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: Our hostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: all the hostswill-and-testamentW&T §5: hosts of the Realm aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: the hostsgleaningsGWB §434: nationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: heroism
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: what is its namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §584: the denizens of heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: Thy most excellent namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: call
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §448: the ultimate destiny ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: of Thy commandmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: His MajestygleaningsGWB §484: every kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the divine Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: before Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the higher powers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: discoveredfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §282: Greater Worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: evident thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: full welltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
