Fire Tablet — §26
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 26 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
تَرَى مَطْلَعَ آيَاتِكَ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الإِمْكَانِ أَيْنَ شَمْسُ أُفُقِ عِنَايَتِكَ يَا نَوَّارَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest the Dayspring of Thine utterance in the darkness of creation: Where is the sun of the heaven of Thy grace, O Lightgiver of the worlds?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §163: of the visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: may be discoveredthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: mirror
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: newsfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §88: the heaven ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “last”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: the manifestationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: a signfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §196: the words He hath revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: the textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thy most resplendent signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §6: the Holy Writings
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 §33: A brutal manfire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §490: from his tyrannykitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: the transgressorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that have wrought injusticeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: them that have wronged Us
الإِمْكَانِ
literal: possibility; possible; possible things
This form usually rendered as “all”, “world”, “entire” (61 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable infire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §493: the peoples of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: particularprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: hath kindledthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: abodewill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: Placeless
This form usually rendered as “horizon”, “dayspring”, “above” (195 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: interpretedfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §331: is meantkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: disdainfully rejectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §763: hidden meaningsthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: by the gracewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
lightgiver 50% source 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: the firefire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §440: the effulgencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: of unfading splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the brightness of the lighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My lightwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Who knowethfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §272: all worlds.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §398: the God of knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
