Tablet of Aḥmad — §10
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 10 of 17.
Source (Arabic)
وَكُنْ كَشُعْلَةِ ٱلْنَّارِ لِأَعْدَائِي وَكَوْثَرِ ٱلْبَقَاءِ لِأَحِبَّائِي وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Be thou as a flame of fire to My enemies and a river of life eternal to My loved ones, and be not of those who doubt.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Be thou as”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: all wouldfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §691: representethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: worldly and impedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: His might is equaltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE expanded to “flame of fire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burnedfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §700: set on firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: been kindledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a flame of firethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: grew fiercer
SE rendered وَكُنْ (wakun), كَشُعْلَةِ (kashuʿlah), ٱلْنَّارِ (lnnár), لِأَعْدَائِي (liʾaʿdáʾí), وَكَوْثَرِ (wakawthar) as “Be, a flame of fire, enemies, a river of life”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: firegleaningsGWB §593: the fire of hellkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: utter perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: the flaming firethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: the fire ofwill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: flamegleaningsGWB §175: the flame
This form usually rendered as “living”, “kawthar”, “waters” (34 occurrences)
SE expanded to “river of life”
living 45% kawthar 14% waters 10% river 10% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% through 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters of reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: waters that are lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the living waters of Thy pardongleaningsGWB §57: cupkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: the waters
This form usually rendered as “eternity”, “immortality”, “everlasting” (56 occurrences)
eternity 35% immortality 22% everlasting 19% long 5% eternal 5% throughout 3% establishment 3% duration 3% continuance 3% discovered 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Everlastingfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §675: still yourskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the immortal draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: andtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: liveth in God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §555: His loving-kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: of Thy dear onestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me
This form usually rendered as “waver”, “who” (2 occurrences)
