Fire Tablet — §39
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 39 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
وَلَوْلَا البَلِيَّةُ كَيْفَ أَشْرَقَتْ شَمْسُ اصْطِبَارِكَ يَا شُعَاعَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Were it not for calamity, how would the sun of Thy patience shine, O Light of the worlds?
Translation Notes
4 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulationfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §640: been subjectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: victimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: the orient of tribulationthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: a victimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: are but a
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: asgleaningsGWB §242: why is it, thenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: “What of the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: how much more whenthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: HowgleaningsGWB §453: Why, thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: How, then
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “shed”, “shineth” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: hath dawnedfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §399: the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: to riseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: to shinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: shine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: testifygleaningsGWB §309: of the sunkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The sungleaningsGWB §401: the splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: Day-star ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: Day-Stars
patience 35% patient 20% fortitude 10% long-suffering 8% tarry 8% forbearance 6% have 4% endure 4% resignation 4% wait 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: patiencefire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §254: them that endure with patiencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: be forbearingthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: waitedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy patiencegleaningsGWB §670: the negligent
This form usually rendered as “light”, “resplendent”, “rays” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: priestsfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §655: can proclaimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
