The Baha'i Studies Listserv I'm glad we normally say it in Arabic. A common Baha'i greeting is "Alláh'u'Abhá. How are you?" I'd feel weird about going up to someone and saying "God is the Most Glorious. How are you?" It's like going up to someone and saying "Berlin is the capital of Germany. How are you?"
David ________________________________ From: Hasan Elías <hasanel...@yahoo.com> To: Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Sent: Saturday, 9 June 2012 8:15 AM Subject: a question, please The Baha'i Studies Listserv I think I've asked this before, but I can't find the email in my mind or in the list (there is no a subject index for this list or in Tarikh list). My question is: When we pronounce "Alláh'u'Abhá", for example; is it the Arabic words that have power? Is it the same to say "God is the Most Glorious"? I recall a quote of 'Abdu'l-Bahá whe He says that the repetition of the Most Holy Name will take [spiritual] effect, even if the person who say it is not aware of the meaning. Also, we have to repeat 95 times a day the same "Alláh'u'Abhá", I suppose it is not the same than repeat "God is the Most Glorious" which is large and maybe lost the power, etc. Thanks for replies, Best, Hasan __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-651062-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
