The Baha'i Studies Listserv So an alternative, more literal, translation would be - "These thick clouds are the exponents of idle fancies and vain imaginings, who are none other but the learned of Persia. . . . . . . . . . . .
By “the learned” in the passage cited above is meant those men who outwardly attire themselves with the raiment of knowledge, but who inwardly are deprived therefrom." Don C On Jun 21, 2013, at 5:41 58PM, Sen McGlinn wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > 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 ------------- Understood properly, all man's problems are essentially spiritual in nature. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-707381-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
