Fire Tablet — §25
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 25 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ غُرِقَ البَهَاءُ فِي بَحْرِ البَلَاءِ أَيْنَ فُلْكُ نَجَاتِكَ يَا مُنْجِي العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Bahá is drowning in a sea of tribulation: Where is the Ark of Thy salvation, O Savior of the worlds?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “drowning” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: have been drownedfire-tabletFire §25: is drowninggleaningsGWB §668: the sloughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: immersionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: be so immersedthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: immersedwill-and-testamentW&T §32: submergedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: foundered
SE rendered غُرِقَ (ghuriq), البَهَاءُ (al-baháʾ), بَحْرِ (baḥr), البَلَاءِ (al-baláʾ) as “is drowning, a sea, tribulation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §200: of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: effulgent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the ocean of knowledgefire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §684: an oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: of every seatablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: the Most Great Ocean
tribulation 42% adversity 13% woe 13% affliction 8% tribulations 8% troubles 4% trials 4% orient 4% afflictions 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrowsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §168: were sore triedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: woesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: the afflictions which beset methe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tribulations
SE expanded to “of Thy salvation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: deliverfire-tabletFire §25: SaviorgleaningsGWB §159: enable you to attainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: escapeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: that the offering ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: is safeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: savedfire-tabletFire §25: of Thy salvation
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: thatfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §247: to acquirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: scienceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: Thou hast ever made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
