Fire Tablet — §18
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 18 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ تُرِكْتُ وَحْدَةً فِي دِيَارِ الغُرْبَةِ أَيْنَ مَشَارِقُ وَفَائِكَ يَا وَفَاءَ العَالَمِيْنَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I have been forsaken in a foreign land: Where are the emblems of Thy faithfulness, O Trust of the worlds?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “have”, “forsaken”, “hath” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: renouncefire-tabletFire §2: been abandonedgleaningsGWB §241: cast behind your backskitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: leaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: wilt Thou forsake methe-hidden-wordsHW §55: forsakeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have put awayfire-tabletFire §18: been forsaken
SE rendered تُرِكْتُ (turikt), وَحْدَةً (waḥdahan), دِيَارِ (díár), الغُرْبَةِ (al-ghurbah) as “been forsaken, in, a foreign land”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: alonefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §39: and unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: Incomparabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
SE rendered تُرِكْتُ (turikt), وَحْدَةً (waḥdahan), دِيَارِ (díár), الغُرْبَةِ (al-ghurbah), مَشَارِقُ (masháriq) as “been forsaken, in, a foreign land, the emblems”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: standard-bearergleaningsGWB §62: hath been borne roundkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: strayed fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §783: hath been made to revolvethe-hidden-wordsHW §122: remotewill-and-testamentW&T §22: directionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: landgleaningsGWB §625: kindliness
daysprings 38% manifestations 19% day-springs 10% dawning-places 5% sources 5% emblems 5% repositories 5% embodiments 5% easts 5% “easts” 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the radiance of My lightfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §670: shedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: shone forth aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: splendorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: radiance
SE expanded to “of Thy faithfulness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: preserver offire-tabletFire §48: in faithfulnessgleaningsGWB §419: abiding loyaltykitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: diedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: fulfilledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: Whereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: faithfulnesswill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: unawarefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §549: human learningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: doctors and divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the world’s wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
