Fire Tablet — §37

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 37 of 50.

Source (Arabic)

أَنْ يَا قَلَمَ الأَعْلَى قَدْ سَمِعْنَا نِدَائَكَ الأَحْلَى مِنْ جَبَرُوْتِ البَقَاءِ * أَنِ اسْتَمِعْ مَا يَنْطِقُ بِهِ لِسَانُ الكِبْرِيَاءِ يَا مَظْلُومَ العَالَمِينَ *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O Supreme Pen, We have heard Thy most sweet call in the eternal realm: Give Thou ear unto what the Tongue of Grandeur uttereth, O Wronged One of the worlds!

Translation Notes

قَلَمَ

qalam q-l-m → “pen”

literal: pen; pen, reed; the pen

pen 97% abhá 1% supreme 1% most 1% all-glorious 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: pens gleaningsGWB §66: exclaimeth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Power prayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realms will-and-testamentW&T §1: by His All-Glorious Pen epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: Supreme Pen gleaningsGWB §719: Our Pen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: my afflicted pen

الأَعْلَى

al-ʾaʿlá ʿ-l-w → “supreme” Distinctive

literal: highest; exalted

This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (286 occurrences)

most 45% high 18% glory 10% loftiest 6% exalted 6% highest 5% supreme 4% all-glorious 3% heights 2% one 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: of Glory fire-tabletFire §42: highest gleaningsGWB §486: eminent kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: high be He uplifted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: will be glorified tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around her the-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUS

سَمِعْنَا

samiʿná s-m-ʿ → “have heard”

literal: hear; hearing; heard

have 50% heard 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: “Give ear fire-tabletFire §48: I have heard gleaningsGWB §44: acquainted with kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sight kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no ear prayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: and hearkened tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy call tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard

نِدَائَكَ

nidáʾak n-d-y → “thy most sweet call”

literal: call; called; call, voice

SE expanded to “Thy most sweet call”

call 41% voice 18% most 12% cry 6% didst 6% whose 6% who 6% enthralling 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: aloud fire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet call gleaningsGWB §168: O kitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: Thou didst call tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloud tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raised epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: calling aloud and saying

الأَحْلَى

al-ʾaḥlá ḥ-l-w

literal: sweetness; sweetest; sweet

SE rendered سَمِعْنَا (samiʿná), نِدَائَكَ (nidáʾak), الأَحْلَى (al-ʾaḥlá), جَبَرُوْتِ (jabarút) as “have heard, Thy most sweet call, the eternal realm”

most 30% sweet 30% sweetest 10% beauty 10% sweetness 10% sweeter 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweet fire-tabletFire §41: sweet gleaningsGWB §622: beauty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: of the sweetness the-hidden-wordsHW §72: Sweeter gleaningsGWB §152: sweetness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: the sweetness gleaningsGWB §591: in the sweetest of languages

البَقَاءِ

al-baqáʾ b-q-y

literal: remaining; permanence; remain

SE rendered جَبَرُوْتِ (jabarút), البَقَاءِ (al-baqáʾ), اسْتَمِعْ (istamiʿ), يَنْطِقُ (yanṭiq) as “the eternal realm, Give Thou ear, uttereth”

eternity 35% immortality 22% everlasting 19% long 5% eternal 5% throughout 3% establishment 3% duration 3% continuance 3% discovered 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: endureth fire-tabletFire §36: is gleaningsGWB §652: of eternity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of its ancient sovereignty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: the establishment tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remained the-hidden-wordsHW §80: yet lingers epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: Eternal

يَنْطِقُ

yanṭiq n-ṭ-q → “uttereth” Distinctive

literal: speak; speaking

This form usually rendered as “speaketh”, “speak”, “proclaimeth” (27 occurrences)

speaketh 26% speak 16% proclaimeth 11% proclaiming 11% crieth 11% uttereth 5% voiceth 5% utter 5% proclaim 5% exclaimeth 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: exclaim fire-tabletFire §37: uttereth gleaningsGWB §365: is summoning kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: words kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquent prayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: with will-and-testamentW&T §2: declared epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: recite

لِسَانُ

lisán l-s-n → “tongue”

literal: tongue; tongue, language; tongues

tongue 75% language 7% languages 3% words 3% tongues 3% mouth 3% mine 1% utterly 1% voice 1% warning 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Mine inner tongue gleaningsGWB §346: a language kitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: mouth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: any tongue the-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: your tongue gleaningsGWB §167: and My tongue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speech

الكِبْرِيَاءِ

al-kibríáʾ k-b-r → “grandeur”

literal: grandeur

grandeur 70% glory 20% glorified 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: mighty gleaningsGWB §533: and of His sovereignty kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greater kitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: grievous prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: His grandeur tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pride tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entire tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be

مَظْلُومَ

maẓlúm ẓ-l-m → “wronged one”

literal: wronged

wronged 92% victim 1% one 1% oppressed 1% dayyan 1% victims 1% downtrodden 1% sore 1% whom 1% sorely 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of a tyranny fire-tabletFire §33: the tyranny gleaningsGWB §222: Us kitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: obscure prayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: have transgressed the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §4: sorely wronged epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: victims of oppression

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 §175: familiar fire-tabletFire §3: Enchanter gleaningsGWB §99: of Divine knowledge kitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: a knowledge”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: any of Thy creatures tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught thee the-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge

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