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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: readgleaningsGWB §85: Perused ye notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: readingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §684: repeattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the one who chantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: RecitegleaningsGWB §85: Read itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: To be recited
SE expanded to “all the servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §471: men’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: the sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: are they whotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Abdi’llah
SE rendered لَوْ (law), يَقْرَؤُهُ (yaqraʾuh), العِبَادُ (al-ʿibád), طُرًّا (ṭurran), وَيَتَفَكَّرُوْنَ (wayatafakkarún) as “Should, read, all the servants, ponder”
ponder 42% reflect 22% meditate 20% consider 4% thoughts 2% minds 2% attentively 2% pondereth 2% meditating 2% wert 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: ConsidergleaningsGWB §305: Do thou meditate onkitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: and were he to musethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: to meditategleaningsGWB §196: that ponder
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: veinfire-tabletFire §50: their veinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: Arabianwill-and-testamentW&T §18: lineagefire-tabletFire §50: veinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every pulsating vein within meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my veins
SE expanded to “that shall set aflame”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: burnethfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §131: feedeth the flamekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: intensify the burningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: kindlingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned with such a hot flame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the most learnedfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §549: studiedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: Jewish divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: of all mentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
