Fire Tablet — §19
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 19 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ أَخَذَتْ سَكَرَاتُ المَوْتِ كُلَّ الآفَاقِ أَيْنَ رَشَحَاتُ بَحْرِ حَيَوَانِكَ يَا حَيَاةَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The agonies of death have laid hold on all men: Where is the surging of Thine ocean of eternal life, O Life of the worlds?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “agonies” (1 occurrences)
inebriated 24% drunkenness 24% drunken 18% state 6% agonies 6% drunk 6% inebriating 6% all 6% burneth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: state of strange stuporfire-tabletFire §21: drunkennessgleaningsGWB §528: so drunkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: inebriatedfire-tabletFire §19: agonies of deathgleaningsGWB §84: Drunkenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: burneth continually
SE rendered أَخَذَتْ (ʾakhadhat), سَكَرَاتُ (sakarát), المَوْتِ (al-mawt), الآفَاقِ (al-áfáq) as “laid hold, agonies of death”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: him who is as one dead fallengleaningsGWB §465: the Slayerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: biteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: the deadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: gave up the spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: among the deadepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: deadgleaningsGWB §587: expired
SE rendered سَكَرَاتُ (sakarát), المَوْتِ (al-mawt), الآفَاقِ (al-áfáq), رَشَحَاتُ (rashaḥát), بَحْرِ (baḥr) as “agonies of death, surging, ocean”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Supreme Horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §385: the realmsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: of the Dayspringthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldgleaningsGWB §691: summit of transcendent gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: all the world
This form usually rendered as “drops”, “surging”, “outpourings” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a sprinklingfire-tabletFire §19: surginggleaningsGWB §627: taking their portionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: besprinkledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: the drops which are sprinkledgleaningsGWB §665: the woeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: emanationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: the drops
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the Black Seafire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §128: of thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: most great Oceantablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: sea for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of lifefire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §279: your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: that is life indeedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: worldfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §401: Object of all knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: to Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
