Fire Tablet — §23
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 23 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
تَرَانِي مَمْنُوْعًا عَنِ البَيَانِ مِنْ أَيْنَ تَظْهَرُ نَغَمَاتِكَ يَا وَرْقَاءَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest Me forbidden to speak forth: Then from where will spring Thy melodies, O Nightingale of the worlds?
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Thou seest Me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: has been powerless to withholdgleaningsGWB §449: to hinderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: cloudtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: powerless to withhold
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: conspicuousfire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §353: appointed interpreterskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: expoundingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: describe or number themthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §58: grievous
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “appear”, “raise” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: Godfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §307: evincekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: not beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: tokens of Thy handiworktablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §618: sweetness of thy melodykitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the melodiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: Thy sweet melodiestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesgleaningsGWB §210: ceaseless strains the melody
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: its leavesfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §66: The Phoenixkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: Mystic Birdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: the Celestial Dovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: celestial dovewill-and-testamentW&T §40: leafletepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: page
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: all menfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §314: ecclesiasticalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: be knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: well awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
