Fire Tablet — §49

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 49 of 50.

Source (Arabic)

أَنْ يَا عَلِيُّ قَبْلَ أَكْبَرَ أَنِ اشْكُرِ اللهَ بِهَذَا اللَّوْحِ الَّذِي تَجِدُ مِنْهُ رَائِحَةَ مَظْلُوْمِيَّتِي وَمَا أَنَا فِيْهِ فِي سَبِيْلِ اللهِ مَعْبُوْدِ العَالَمِينَ *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

O ‘Alí-Akbar, thank thy Lord for this Tablet whence thou canst breathe the fragrance of My meekness, and know what hath beset Us in the path of God, the Adored of all the worlds.

Translation Notes

أَكْبَرَ

ʾakbar k-b-r → “most”

literal: greatest; greater; great

most 38% greater 15% great 13% greatest 5% mighty 5% transcendent 5% greet 5% more 5% surest 5% supreme 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: pride gleaningsGWB §171: grievous kitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: superior prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Magnify tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pride tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entire the-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtiness will-and-testamentW&T §7: gravest

اشْكُرِ

ishkur sh-k-r → “thank”

literal: thank; thankful; thanks

render 50% thank 10% do 10% magnify 10% wherefore 10% thankful 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: thanks be fire-tabletFire §49: thank gleaningsGWB §477: and to magnify continually kitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: thanks.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thank Thee tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are grateful tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanks unto Him the-hidden-wordsHW §46: and thankful

اللَّوْحِ

al-lawḥ l-w-ḥ → “tablet”

literal: tablet; tablets

tablet 97% mighty 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the Tablets gleaningsGWB §539: hath been revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: the holy Tablets prayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: therefore manifested tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Books will-and-testamentW&T §7: a document epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: in Thy Tablets gleaningsGWB §198: Scriptures

تَجِدُ

tajid w-j-d → “thou canst breathe”

literal: existence; find; existent

SE expanded to “thou canst breathe”

thou 44% will 22% wilt 11% shalt 11% disbelieveth 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: find fire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathe gleaningsGWB §305: transpired kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: was wrapt prayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: may discover its fragrance tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may find the-hidden-wordsHW §69: that ye may obtain will-and-testamentW&T §40: spread abroad

رَائِحَةَ

ráʾiḥah r-w-ḥ → “fragrance”

literal: spirit; spiritual; soul

fragrance 42% sweet 16% breath 11% perfume 11% odour 11% smell 5% savor 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: He Who was the Spirit of God (Jesus Christ)fire-tabletFire §30: the breezes gleaningsGWB §339: their souls kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happiness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: and quieteth tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaven the-hidden-wordsHW §1: of spirit

مَظْلُوْمِيَّتِي

maẓlúmímatí ẓ-l-m → “meekness”

literal: wronged; injustice; darkness

wronged 55% darkness 12% tyranny 8% oppressors 5% cruelty 5% oppressor 4% oppression 3% have 3% injustice 3% iniquity 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a cruelty fire-tabletFire §49: meekness gleaningsGWB §520: of the downtrodden kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: shall the sun be darkened prayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: transgress against the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §4: malevolence epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of a tyranny

سَبِيْلِ

sabíl s-b-l

literal: path; way; path/way

SE rendered سَبِيْلِ (sabíl), اللهِ (al-lh), مَعْبُوْدِ (maʿbúd), العَالَمِينَ (al-ʿálamín) as “God, Adored, all the worlds”

path 68% way 12% sake 11% ways 2% straight 1% road 1% means 1% cause 1% door 1% path!” 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: in the path of gleaningsGWB §9: for its sake kitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: approach prayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Thy path!”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My path the-hidden-wordsHW §46: My path will-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streams epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thy way

مَعْبُوْدِ

maʿbúd ʿ-b-d → “adored”

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

adored 48% object 26% all-glorious 4% god 4% adore 4% thou 4% whom 4% adoration 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the oppressed fire-tabletFire §49: Adored gleaningsGWB §452: who kitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: pious worship prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: is Thy servant tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a service will-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: cloisters

العَالَمِينَ

al-ʿálamín ʿ-l-m → “all the worlds”

literal: world; worlds

SE expanded to “all the worlds”

worlds 52% all 31% world 6% whole 3% entire 2% earth 2% men 2% creatures 1% creation 1% people 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: “arts and sciences fire-tabletFire §13: ensigns gleaningsGWB §300: This foreknowledge kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognized kitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: appointed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: whole world tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught

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