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On 8 Feb 2009 at 8:54, Benjamin La Framboise wrote:
> The Baha'i Studies Listserv
> Sorry...I had question I forgot to ask:
> What is the term/phrase/etc. in Arabic or Persian that means 100-year
> span of time? Does one exist? Did Baha'u'llah or Abdu'l-Baha use
> this term/phrase, ever?
Sure: they can just say "100 years" (Will and Testament p 20) or "700
years" (Iqan page 9). The Persian is sad (100) saal (year). (Persian
doesn't use a plural noun in this situation). Using another word for
'year', in the Iqan page 9, "for over a hundred years" is sad sanah.
Similarly, there is no specific term for "millenium"; but 'one
thousand years" (hezaar saal) is used often.
I agree that it is much clearer when we look at the persian terms
translated as 'century' (qarn and `asr) and see how Shoghi Effendi
translates them in other places. But not everyone can read the script
and work out the sentences, to really follow that argument
Sen
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Master
with reference to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar,
the crowning institution in every Baha'i community.
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