Fire Tablet — §48
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 48 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ سَمِعْتُ نِدَائَكَ يَا مَحْبُوْبَ الأَبْهَى * إِذًا أَنَارَ وَجْهُ البَهَاءِ مِنْ حَرَارَةِ البَلَاءِ وَأَنْوَارِ كَلِمَتِكَ النَّوْرَاءِ وَقَامَ بِالوَفَاءِ فِي مَشْهَدِ الفِدَاءِ نَاظِرًا رِضَائَكَ يَا مُقَدِّرَ العَالَمِينَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Verily, I have heard Thy Call, O All-Glorious Beloved; and now is the face of Bahá flaming with the heat of tribulation and with the fire of Thy shining word, and He hath risen up in faithfulness at the place of sacrifice, looking toward Thy pleasure, O Ordainer of the worlds.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I have heard”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: Thine earsfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §192: be purgedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: inner eartablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: Callfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §323: the Callkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: cried aloudprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: I cry aloudtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voice
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §159: All honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: what pleaseth Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My lover
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thinethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: most effulgent
This form usually rendered as “flaming”, “lit”, “shine” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: luminary abovefire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §415: illuminekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: inextinguishable Lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: by the lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: directed towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §568: Mekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: and set her facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
tribulation 42% adversity 13% woe 13% affliction 8% tribulations 8% troubles 4% trials 4% orient 4% afflictions 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulationfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §179: naykitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: been afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: adversitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: a victimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the tribulations I suffer
SE expanded to “Thy shining word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath comefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §292: heard fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: or describetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: these exalted words
SE expanded to “He hath risen up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: concerning the Presencefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §584: shall arisekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: the Day of Resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: may become steadfasttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
faithfulness 80% abiding 20%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: preserver offire-tabletFire §18: TrustgleaningsGWB §419: abiding loyaltykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: he doth not fulfilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: hast been truetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: Whereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: unto the righteouswill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness
This form usually rendered as “place”, “scene”, “field” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: offered up for His sakefire-tabletFire §48: of sacrificegleaningsGWB §655: be a sacrificekitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: sacrificedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: hath offered upwill-and-testamentW&T §49: Martyrdomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: laid downfire-tabletFire §46: Sacrifice
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “turned”, “fixed” (63 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: Considerfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §406: are occupiedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: Most Sublime Visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: for the sake ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: mine eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh
رِضَائَكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: was satisfiedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §289: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have desiredwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: content
destined 20% ordainer 10% hath 10% divine 10% predestined 10% provided 10% heaven 10% fixed 10% ordained—fasting 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: Almightyfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §547: greater thekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: “power,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: learningfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §253: Know yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: exponents of true learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: Thy worldstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
