Fire Tablet — §4
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 4 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ ارْتَفَعَتْ أَيَادِي الرَّجَاءِ إِلَى سَمَاءِ الفَضْلِ وَالعَطَاءِ أَيْنَ أَمْطَارُ كَرَمِكَ يَا مُجِيْبَ العَالَمِيْنَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Longing hands are uplifted to the heaven of Thy grace and generosity: Where are the rains of Thy bestowal, O Answerer of the worlds?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “raised”, “mourned” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: will upliftfire-tabletFire §4: upliftedgleaningsGWB §387: majestykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: its paramount influenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: were raisedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: that I may rise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its handgleaningsGWB §506: His Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: in Whose handwill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §490: the perpetratorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
hope 41% desire 14% longing 9% ardent 9% may 5% suppliant 5% beholdest 5% aspiration 5% one 5% confidence 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desirefire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §631: suppliantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: is my wishthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: yearnethwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hope
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all who are in heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §315: goodly nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: Thine All-Glorious Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: concerning the meritsgleaningsGWB §541: grace, andkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouring of bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and the virtuetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy generosityfire-tabletFire §4: generositygleaningsGWB §631: munificencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: conferrethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and Thy generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §66: is My gift to theewill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: of bounty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: showersfire-tabletFire §4: rainsgleaningsGWB §545: rain and floodskitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: and of the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: rain-givinggleaningsGWB §484: outpouringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: rain downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: the overflowing rains
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “generosity”, “favor” (39 occurrences)
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: answer tofire-tabletFire §4: AnswerergleaningsGWB §303: to answerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: repliesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §289: obeyed Thy summonstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: hearkenedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: refutedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: answerer to
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: knowestfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §44: It is evidentkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Object of all learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: Thou art well awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
