Fire Tablet — §28

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 28 of 50.

Source (Arabic)

هَلْ تَرَى مَنْ يَنْصُرُ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ يَتَفَكَّرُ فِيْمَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهَا فِي حُبِّكَ إِذًا تَوَقَّفَ القَلَمُ يَا مَحْبُوْبَ العَالَمِينَ *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Canst Thou see any who have championed Thy Self, or who ponder on what hath befallen Him in the pathway of Thy love? Now doth My pen halt, O Beloved of the worlds.

Translation Notes

هَلْ

hal h-l → “people” Distinctive

literal: people

This form usually rendered as “"hath”, “know”, “think” (3 occurrences)

“hath 33% know 33% think 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: “Hath gleaningsGWB §282: Know kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: people gleaningsGWB §282: Think

تَرَى

tará r-ʾ-y → “canst thou see”

literal: see; to see; see/behold

SE expanded to “Canst Thou see”

thou 53% seest 16% beholdest 12% behold 6% wert 2% regard 2% seest?” 2% discover 2% dost 2% art 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: seeth fire-tabletFire §26: seest gleaningsGWB §260: seest?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: assigneth the-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forth will-and-testamentW&T §5: behold him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou beholdest gleaningsGWB §279: ye claim

يَنْصُرُ

yanṣur n-ṣ-r → “aid” Distinctive

literal: help; victory; helper

This form usually rendered as “championed” (3 occurrences)

aid 22% victory 18% help 17% triumph 14% succor 6% assist 6% ascendancy 5% helped 4% helper 4% extended 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: extended Me his aid fire-tabletFire §28: championed gleaningsGWB §419: the duty of aiding kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can render kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: of assisting prayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: promote will-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have aided

نَفْسَكَ

nafsak n-f-s → “thy self”

literal: self; soul; souls

thyself 28% own 26% self 19% thee 15% soul 3% himself 3% unto 2% inmost 2% spirit 2% most 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: my own wish gleaningsGWB §593: corrupt inclinations kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: such souls prayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: for His sake tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Me will-and-testamentW&T §58: To none

يَتَفَكَّرُ

yatafakkar f-k-r → “ponder”

literal: reflection; reflect; contemplation

ponder 46% reflect 22% meditate 19% consider 3% considered 2% pondering 2% visualize 2% minds 2% diligently 2% thoughts 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Meditate gleaningsGWB §196: that ponder kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: pondered prayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: muse the-hidden-wordsHW §119: insight epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: to meditate gleaningsGWB §503: scan kitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: fancy

فِيْمَا

fímá f-y → “within” Distinctive

literal: in

This form usually rendered as “days” (1 occurrences)

within 32% whereon 21% under 11% acts 5% throughout 5% upon 5% mortal 5% days 5% over 5% after 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: in this mortal life gleaningsGWB §468: under prayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: by will-and-testamentW&T §10: in the epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: within thee gleaningsGWB §218: in the days to come prayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: according to will-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love for

عَلَيْهَا

ʿalayhá ʿ-l-y → “upon” Distinctive

literal: upon; on

This form usually rendered as “aid”, “convulsed” (5 occurrences)

aid 50% convulsed 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: the esteemed gleaningsGWB §242: on justice kitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §271: to do the-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto thee will-and-testamentW&T §59: upon you epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: unto gleaningsGWB §478: in thine affairs

حُبِّكَ

ḥubbik ḥ-b-b → “thy love”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

love 92% thou 1% loveth 1% own 1% thee 1% whose 1% tenderness 1% have 1% bear 1% woe 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: love of fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §343: for His love kitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mention prayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: loth tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Day tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set

تَوَقَّفَ

tawaqqaf w-q-f → “hesitated”

literal: aware; standing; stopping

hesitated 33% hesitate 17% remain 8% vacillation 8% left 8% lay 8% doth 8% tarried 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: not left fire-tabletFire §28: doth My pen halt gleaningsGWB §568: hesitated and halted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: tarried prayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: Motionless epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: hesitation gleaningsGWB §210: stand thou kitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: revealed

القَلَمُ

al-qalam q-l-m

literal: pen; pen, reed; the pen

SE rendered حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), تَوَقَّفَ (tawaqqaf), القَلَمُ (al-qalam), مَحْبُوْبَ (maḥbúb), العَالَمِينَ (al-ʿálamín) as “Thy love, doth My pen halt, Beloved, of the worlds”