Fire Tablet — §7
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 7 of 50.
Source (Arabic)
قَدْ أَخَذَتِ البُرُوْدَةُ كُلَّ البَرِيَّةِ أَيْنَ حَرَارَةُ مَحَبَّتِكَ يَا نَارَ العَالَمِيْنَ *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Coldness hath gripped all mankind: Where is the warmth of Thy love, O Fire of the worlds?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “laid”, “clung” (29 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: takenfire-tabletFire §7: ColdnessgleaningsGWB §550: brotherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: graspedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: unravel Thy mysterythe-hidden-wordsHW §85: that thou mayest obtainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: obtainfire-tabletFire §38: the cold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: against Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §681: of all menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §477: the whole world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: hotter thanfire-tabletFire §7: warmthgleaningsGWB §118: faithful soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the flameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: the ablest of pensthe-hidden-wordsHW §135: righteouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: to writeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: describe them
SE expanded to “of Thy love”
love 50% beloved 16% loved 14% well-beloved 6% best-beloved 4% dear 3% thou 2% who 2% all 1% lover 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §67: and clung to His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: willethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desirewill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: firegleaningsGWB §175: the flamekitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: utter perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: Thy firetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §593: the fire of hell
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: all menfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §72: of all nationskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: divines ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: the One that knoweth all thingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
