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On 21 Jun 2013 at 13:06, Don Calkins wrote:

> "These thick clouds are the exponents of idle fancies and vain imaginings, 
> who are none other but the divines of Persia.  . . . . .
> . . . . . .
>
> By “divines” in the passage cited above is meant those men who outwardly 
> attire themselves with the raiment of knowledge, but who inwardly are 
> deprived therefrom."
>
> [ESW pp6-7]
>
> Am I correct that the word translated as "divines" is "ulama"?

Yes, it is ulama-ye iran

Sen



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