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Abstract:

Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Bahá'ís, written shortly after "God Passes By" in 1944. Includes English translation of Muhammad Varqa's "Le Style persan du Gardien."

Notes:

PDF below from Microsoft Word document, prepared by M. Thomas (2012/2023).

The original text, in Arabic and Persian, can be found at bahai.org/fa/library.

Crossreferences:

Stephen Lambden's translation (offsite); Prayer from the end of the Lawh-i-Qarn

Tablet of the Centennial

Shoghi Effendi

Khazeh Fananapazir, translator

1998

original title

Lawh-i-Qarn

1944

Download: shoghi-effendi_fananapazir_tablet_centennial.pdf.

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