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”, “recognized” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §184: at the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: my handtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §448: thine own hands
This form usually rendered as “hope”, “desire”, “ardent” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspirationfire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §629: obtainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: All hopethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: yearnethwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: In the name offire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §391: from Heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: The term “heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy most excellent titlestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy generosityfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: of Thy favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: bestowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: of Thy graciousness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: showersfire-tabletFire §4: rainsgleaningsGWB §282: the showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: rain down stonesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: have rained down their raingleaningsGWB §545: rain and floodsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: the outpouringsgleaningsGWB §35: showers of
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: answer tofire-tabletFire §4: AnswerergleaningsGWB §594: an answererkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: made replyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: hath remained unansweredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: hearkenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: and We answered theegleaningsGWB §166: reply
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: knowingfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §356: the Root of Knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: Who knowethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
