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On 13 Jan 2009 at 10:44, Benjamin La Framboise wrote:
> > The teachings of Baha'u'llah are the light of this age and the
> > spirit of this century. (Selections from the writings of
> > 'Abdu'l-Baha, page 107)
>
> Just curious, why wouldn't this have been translated as the following:
> "The teachings of Baha'u'llah are the light and the spirit of this
> age."
> or
> "The teachings of Baha'u'llah are the light and spirit of this
> century."
The first of these alternatives could be justified, but the
translators are following Shoghi Effendi's practice, when translating
similar phrases in Baha'u'llah's writings:
"Peerless is this Day, for it is as the eye to past ages and
centuries, and as a light unto the darkness of the times." (Cited
in Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, p. 79)
Briefly, in every age and century differences have arisen in the
days of the manifestation of the Daysprings of Revelation, ...
(Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 120)
Such objections and differences have persisted in every age and
century. (The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 81)
In every age and century, the purpose of the Prophets of God and
their chosen ones ... (The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 119)
Sen
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