Fire Tablet — §44
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 44 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
أَنِ اصْطَبِرْ يَا غَرِيْبَ العَالَمِينَ قَدْ جَعَلْنَا الذِّلَّةَ قَمِيْصَ العِزَّةِ وَالبَلِيَّةَ طِرَازَ هَيْكَلِكَ يَا فَخْرَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We have made abasement the garment of glory, and affliction the adornment of Thy temple, O Pride of the worlds.
Translation Notes
SE rendered اصْطَبِرْ (iṣṭabir), غَرِيْبَ (gharíb), العَالَمِينَ (al-ʿálamín) as “the worlds”
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 §100: My forbearancefire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §408: steadfast in patiencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §380: denied myself every mannerthe-hidden-wordsHW §78: peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: forbearancegleaningsGWB §551: resignation
SE rendered غَرِيْبَ (gharíb), العَالَمِينَ (al-ʿálamín), جَعَلْنَا (jaʿalná) as “the worlds, We have made”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: bannerfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §276: learned enlightenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: acquired learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: of Thy knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
SE expanded to “We have made”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §70: Let His love be akitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: and makethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: hath adorned
abasement 42% wretchedness 13% abased 13% degradation 8% ashamed 4% abject 4% depth 4% misery 4% shame 4% mortality 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: wretchednessgleaningsGWB §501: outward humiliationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: shameful circumstancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: by reason ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: of abasementwill-and-testamentW&T §47: humbled himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: shamegleaningsGWB §183: be abased
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted andfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §183: that ye may be exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: onethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Strong
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tribulationsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §600: affliction.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: victimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: the afflictions which beset methe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: countless afflictions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: ornamentgleaningsGWB §184: wherewithkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst adorntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: the ornamentgleaningsGWB §589: beauteous image
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: as the human bodyfire-tabletFire §44: Thy templegleaningsGWB §195: formkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §52: my bodytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: the embodimentsthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy templewill-and-testamentW&T §1: the Temple
pride 67% distinction 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: We glory thereingleaningsGWB §551: every trace of pridekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: being honouredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: have been vauntingthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: That no one shouldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: pridegleaningsGWB §471: to proudly scornkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: pride themselves therein
