In a letter written on his behalf, Shoghi Effendi stated that it has been 'invested by Baháʼu'lláh with a special potency and significance'.
[3] The language and content of the Tablet are nuanced and interrelated, with references to core Bábí and Bahá'í hermeneutics.
Bahá'u'lláh then refers to His own tribulations and calls on Ahmad to rely upon God and to be steadfast in his love in times of difficulty and persecution.
Bahá'u'lláh calls on Ahmad to "be thou as a flame of fire to My enemies," and "a river of life eternal to My loved ones" in response to his own suffering from the superstitions and oppression of others.
The Tablet appears to revolve around the theme of transforming suffering into these virtuous qualities, symbolized as "fire" and "light", and "the fruits of God."