Fire Tablet — §22
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 22 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
تَرَى المَظْلُومَ فِي حِجَابِ الظَّلَامِ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ أَيْنَ إِشْرَاقُ أَنْوَارِ صَبَاحِكَ يَا مِصْبَاحَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest this Wronged One veiled in tyranny among the Syrians: Where is the radiance of Thy dawning light, O Light of the worlds?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thou wouldst perceivefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §692: recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou seest megleaningsGWB §720: bring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: oppressedfire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §419: wronged, this oppressedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: of the people of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: of wrongful doersthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: darksomeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: as have acted unjustly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: wrapped in agleaningsGWB §532: are shut outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: deedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: may shut them outthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou veil thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: curtainsgleaningsGWB §37: wraptkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: deprive
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §299: the inhabitantskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: followersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy kindredthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: family
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: hath dawnedfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §286: thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: shone forth aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: didst shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: shone
SE expanded to “Thy dawning light”
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: shiningfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning lightgleaningsGWB §687: unfading lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: Muhammad’s illuminedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the Light of Lightstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming
SE expanded to “Thy dawning light”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the false dawnfire-tabletFire §2: morngleaningsGWB §556: the resplendent mornkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: resplendent mornprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: each daybreakthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: My lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: different peoplefire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: the peoples of the earthfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §110: the learnedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: divines.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and the knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
