Fire Tablet — §2
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 2 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ تُرِكَ المُقَرَّبُوْنَ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الهِجْرَانِ أَيْنَ إِشْرَاقُ صُبْحِ وِصَالِكَ يَا مَقْصُوْدَ العَالَمِيْنَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Those who are near unto Thee have been abandoned in the darkness of desolation: Where is the shining of the morn of Thy reunion, O Desire of the worlds?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: darknessfire-tabletFire §18: been forsakengleaningsGWB §703: and cast awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: they shall be let aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: hath forsakenthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: hast thou forsaken Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: have renouncedfire-tabletFire §2: been abandoned
SE expanded to “Those who are near unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: abovefire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §624: establishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: offer a sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: able to approachtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
wronged 55% darkness 12% tyranny 8% oppressors 5% cruelty 5% oppressor 4% oppression 3% have 3% injustice 3% iniquity 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: act unjustlyfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §594: in darknesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: hath sunk in nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: eclipsedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: sorely wrongedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: that act unjustly
desolation 50% remoteness 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: accompaniedfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §217: its remoteness from Thy presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: bereavementprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: their remoteness from Thy presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: remoteness from Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: EMIGRANTSepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: had departed
shining 17% shed 11% brightness 11% effulgent 11% shineth 11% shone 8% light 8% revelation 8% rise 8% splendor 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: lightethfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §289: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: riseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: orienttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §103: At many a dawnwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
SE expanded to “of Thy reunion”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His presencefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §661: of Thy presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: that haply ye may attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: their reunion with Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: reunion with Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Goal of my desiregleaningsGWB §328: its fundamental principlekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: course of the argumentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: whosoever hath sought Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: Mine aim
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: of the earthfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §109: leaderskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: unletteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §297: holding aloft the ensignstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
