Fire Tablet — §50

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

Source (Arabic)

لَوْ يَقْرَؤُهُ العِبَادُ طُرًّا وَيَتَفَكَّرُوْنَ فِيْهِ لَيُضْرِمُ فِي كُلِّ عِرْقٍ مِنْ عُرُوْقِهِمْ نَارًا يَشْتَعِلُ مِنْهَا العَالَمِينَ *

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Should all the servants read and ponder this, there shall be kindled in their veins a fire that shall set aflame the worlds.

Translation Notes

لَوْ

law l-w → “though”

literal: if

8 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: If kitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: were prayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: though

يَقْرَؤُهُ

yaqraʾuh q-r-ʾ → “read”

literal: read; reading

read 46% recited 15% “peruse 8% peruse 8% perused 8% chant 8% one 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: Peruse gleaningsGWB §85: Perused ye not prayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: To be recited tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Chant it epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: recited gleaningsGWB §85: Read it tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the one who chants epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: “Peruse

العِبَادُ

al-ʿibád ʿ-b-d → “all the servants”

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

SE expanded to “all the servants”

servants 34% men 30% people 21% man 3% all 3% peoples 3% unto 2% who 2% serve 2% mankind 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: servants fire-tabletFire §50: all the servants gleaningsGWB §179: people kitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: the same prayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: the comprehension of Thy servants tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a service the-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servants will-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant

طُرًّا

ṭurran ṭ-r-r

literal: entirely

SE rendered لَوْ (law), يَقْرَؤُهُ (yaqraʾuh), العِبَادُ (al-ʿibád), طُرًّا (ṭurran), وَيَتَفَكَّرُوْنَ (wayatafakkarún) as “Should, read, all the servants, ponder”

one 67% entirety 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: one and all gleaningsGWB §176: entirety

وَيَتَفَكَّرُوْنَ

wayatafakkarún f-k-r → “ponder”

literal: reflection; reflect; contemplation

ponder 46% reflect 22% meditate 19% consider 3% considered 2% pondering 2% visualize 2% minds 2% diligently 2% thoughts 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: Ponder gleaningsGWB §390: Consider kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: paused to reflect prayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: mind the-hidden-wordsHW §119: insight epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: to reflect gleaningsGWB §695: insight!…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: pondered

لَيُضْرِمُ

layuḍrim ḍ-r-m → “shall”

literal: kindle; kindler, igniter; kindler

shall 50% kindled 50%

fire-tabletFire §50: shall be kindled will-and-testamentW&T §34: kindled

عِرْقٍ

ʿirqin ʿ-r-q → “veins”

literal: vein; veins

veins 33% vein 17% every 17% arabian 17% lineage 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: vein fire-tabletFire §50: veins prayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every pulsating vein tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: Arabian will-and-testamentW&T §18: lineage prayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my veins

نَارًا

náran n-y-r → “fire”

literal: fire; fires

fire 77% flame 8% through 4% whereas 4% such 4% outwardly 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: through the fire of my rebelliousness fire-tabletFire §20: of Thy fire gleaningsGWB §38: the fire kitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: fires prayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: were fire tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: in the Flame the-hidden-wordsHW §56: with fire epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: fire

يَشْتَعِلُ

yashtaʿil sh-ʿ-l → “that shall set aflame”

literal: flame

SE expanded to “that shall set aflame”

shall 25% will 25% set 25% inflamed 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned fire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflame gleaningsGWB §700: set on fire kitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: burning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: set ablaze tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a flame of fire the-hidden-wordsHW §110: torch epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: kindled

العَالَمِينَ

al-ʿálamín ʿ-l-m → “the worlds”

literal: world; worlds

worlds 53% all 31% world 5% whole 3% earth 2% men 2% creation 2% entire 1% people 1% peoples 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: All-Knowing fire-tabletFire §49: all the worlds gleaningsGWB §715: world,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: be known prayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and the knowledge tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught thee the-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples

Fire Tablet — §50

Source (Arabic)

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Translation Notes

Model Translations by Shoghi Effendi

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Gleanings

Kitáb-i-’Ahd

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Prayers and Meditations

Tablet of Aḥmad

Tablet of Carmel

Tablet of the Holy Mariner

The Hidden Words

Will and Testament