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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: abandoned himfire-tabletFire §18: been forsakengleaningsGWB §580: abandonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: they shall be let aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: wilt Thou abandon methe-hidden-wordsHW §55: forsakeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have put awayfire-tabletFire §2: been abandoned
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 §7: of such as have acknowledged Thy unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §113: Divine Unitykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: that are essentially one and the sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: who adore Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
SE rendered تُرِكْتُ (turikt), وَحْدَةً (waḥdahan), دِيَارِ (díár), الغُرْبَةِ (al-ghurbah), مَشَارِقُ (masháriq) as “been forsaken, in, a foreign land, the emblems”
daysprings 38% manifestations 24% dawning-places 5% sources 5% emblems 5% repositories 5% ye 5% day-springs 5% easts 5% lights 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: Dawning-Placesfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §666: an examplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: rising above the dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: and shed abroad the radiancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shinewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
SE expanded to “of Thy faithfulness”
faithfulness 39% fidelity 28% will 6% irrefutable 6% hast 6% faithful 6% preserver 3% foolish 3% trust 3% loyalty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a preserver of the sanctityfire-tabletFire §48: in faithfulnessgleaningsGWB §611: hast fulfilledkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: Fleetingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: hast been truethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: that they may stand faithfulwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: ye shall come to knowfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §235: the Knowerkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: through a knowledge”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: Thy wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
