Dear Ahang (and David)...
Thank you for the clarification Ahang! Particularly, because
in "God Passes By" - not a translation... ;- ) - the Guardian
mentions several individuals who, in context, could to be
understood as among the Letters of the Living - on pages
10-24.
I can't help wondering; being generally confused by
Persian/Arabic names and titles, if some of these individuals
are in fact one person with different names.
"On each of the twenty-two days of His sojourn in that hamlet
He revealed a Tablet, which was chanted in the presence of the
assembled believers. On every believer He conferred a new
name, without, however, disclosing the identity of the one who
had bestowed it. He Himself was henceforth designated by the
name Baha. Upon the Last Letter of the Living was conferred
the appellation of Quddus, while Qurratu'l-'Ayn was given the
title of Tahirih. By these names they were all subsequently
addressed by the Báb in the Tablets He revealed for each one
of them." (Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 32)
Ahang, can you offer an opinion on how identification of the
Eighteen might be resolved eventually? {...thinking of the
Twenty-four Elders)
Lovingly, Sandra
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