The Baha'i Studies Listserv More directly, 'Ali refers to the Blessed Bab, secondly to the Imam 'Ali. ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Haase To: Baha'i Studies Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Ya-Ali'u'l-Allah
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Peace be unto you, To get even more literal, the word 'Ali means "exalted, lofty, etc." So it could also mean "Oh Exalted, Lofty one of God." But in the context of where this phrase comes from, I agree with Jamshid that it is probably in reference to the actual person of 'Ali. On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Larry Marquardt <lmarq...@rochester.rr.com> wrote: The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Friends, Can someone please tell me the English translation of Ya-Ali'u'l-Allah? Thank you, Larry __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:matthewhaa...@gmail.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-437913-9533...@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...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:fdbe...@mindspring.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-437962-185...@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...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-437984-274...@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...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu