Fire Tablet — §27
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 27 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ خَبَتْ مَصَابِيْحُ الصِّدْقِ وَالصَّفَاءِ وَالغِيْرَةِ وَالوَفَاءِ أَيْنَ شُئُوْنَاتُ غِيْرَتِكَ يَا مُحَرِّكَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The lamps of truth and purity, of loyalty and honor, have been put out: Where are the signs of Thine avenging wrath, O Mover of the worlds?
Translation Notes
put 50% tabernacle 50%
truth 64% truthfulness 16% applicable 5% uprightness 2% hath 2% manifest 2% truthful 2% sincerity 2% truly 2% absolute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the true onegleaningsGWB §364: unquestionable sinceritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: attestedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: to acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §8: approved and confirmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §268: hath spoken the truthgleaningsGWB §416: speaketh the truth
SE rendered خَبَتْ (khabat), مَصَابِيْحُ (maṣábíḥ), الصِّدْقِ (aṣ-ṣidq), وَالصَّفَاءِ (wálṣṣafáʾ), وَالغِيْرَةِ (wálghírah), وَالوَفَاءِ (wálwafáʾ) as “been put out, lamps, truth, and, purity”
chosen 72% attributes 8% crystal 4% thou 4% sincerity 3% purity 3% ones 3% didst 3% clear 1% messengers 1%
SE rendered وَالصَّفَاءِ (wálṣṣafáʾ), وَالغِيْرَةِ (wálghírah), وَالوَفَاءِ (wálwafáʾ), شُئُوْنَاتُ (shuʾúnát), غِيْرَتِكَ (ghíratik) as “and, purity, signs, honor”
faithfulness 80% abiding 20%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: will payfire-tabletFire §48: in faithfulnessgleaningsGWB §168: of fidelitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: he doth not fulfilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: fulfilledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: Whereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: faithfulnesswill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “assaults”, “changes” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §115: revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: a detachmentthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §214: stationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: through Thy strengthening grace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: movingfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §436: impairkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: the movementtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: She bestirred herselfwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: stirring up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: mankindfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §228: Divine Standardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: ancient Knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: all thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
