Fire Tablet — §33

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 33 of 50.

Source (Arabic)

قَدْ غُلِقَ بَابُ اللِّقَاءِ مِنْ ظُلْمِ الأَعْدَاءِ أَيْنَ مِفْتَاحُ جُوْدِكَ يَا فَتَّاحَ العَالَمِينَ *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The door leading to the Divine Presence is locked through the tyranny of Thy foes: Where is the key of Thy bestowal, O Unlocker of the worlds?

Translation Notes

غُلِقَ

ghuliq gh-l-q → “locked”

literal: to lock/close

locked 50% could 50%

fire-tabletFire §33: locked gleaningsGWB §211: could have closed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: shut prayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: have been shut

بَابُ

báb b-w-b → “door”

literal: door; doors; door/gate

door 74% gate 7% portals 5% words 5% doorstep 2% chapter 2% gates 2% portal 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: door gleaningsGWB §124: portal kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door that prayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: Cast me not from epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the eighth Chapter gleaningsGWB §118: portals kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: gate

اللِّقَاءِ

al-liqáʾ l-q-y → “to the divine presence”

literal: meeting; cast; meeting, encounter

SE expanded to “to the Divine Presence”

presence 47% divine 13% reunion 7% beholding 7% attaining 7% unto 7% eternal 7% kingdom 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the Presence fire-tabletFire §1: of Thy Countenance gleaningsGWB §37: beholding kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attained prayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: of my reunion with tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: of eternal reunion the-hidden-wordsHW §72: We have revealed unto thee will-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling

ظُلْمِ

ẓulm ẓ-l-m → “tyranny”

literal: wronged; injustice; darkness

tyranny 31% cruelty 15% darkness 15% oppression 13% injustice 8% iniquity 5% wrongs 5% unjustly 3% manifest 3% unjust 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: act unjustly fire-tabletFire §49: meekness gleaningsGWB §222: Us kitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: violence prayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: of wrongful doers the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §36: darksome epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: grievous injustice

الأَعْدَاءِ

al-ʾaʿdáʾ ʿ-d-w → “thy foes”

literal: enemy; enemies

enemies 71% mine 10% foes 6% enemy 6% all 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: excesses fire-tabletFire §33: Thy foes gleaningsGWB §110: their enemies kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: the capacity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: adversaries the-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgress will-and-testamentW&T §4: the hostility

مِفْتَاحُ

miftáḥ f-t-ḥ → “key”

literal: keys

key 67% unlocked 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Unstop fire-tabletFire §33: the key gleaningsGWB §262: illumined kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: gladness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: Open Thou epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: one who will open gleaningsGWB §555: that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: prayed for victory

جُوْدِكَ

júdik j-w-d → “bounty”

literal: generosity; bounty; generosity, bounty

bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bounty fire-tabletFire §34: Giver gleaningsGWB §477: favors kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: everlasting prayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: through Thy providence the-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generous epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousness fire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal

العَالَمِينَ

al-ʿálamín ʿ-l-m → “of the worlds”

literal: world; worlds

SE expanded to “of the worlds”

worlds 53% all 31% world 5% whole 3% earth 2% men 2% creation 2% entire 1% people 1% peoples 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: all mankind fire-tabletFire §13: ensigns gleaningsGWB §51: the whole of creation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: the fate prayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: full well tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught thee the-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence

Fire Tablet — §33

Source (Arabic)

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Translation Notes

Model Translations by Shoghi Effendi

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Gleanings

Kitáb-i-’Ahd

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Prayers and Meditations

Tablet of Aḥmad

Tablet of Carmel

Tablet of the Holy Mariner

The Hidden Words

Will and Testament