The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Firouz: This has been explained by Abdu'l-Baha and by Shoghi Effendi.there is a file in one of the issues of the Baha'i Studies Review a few years ago that has compiled the interpretations.
Best regards Iskandar Sent from my iPod On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:41 AM, Firouz <fir...@thai-bahais.org> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Dear All, > > I have a question about the Hidden Words Persian 77. > > O SON OF JUSTICE! In the night-season the beauty of the immortal > Being hath repaired from the emerald height of fidelity unto the > Sadratu’l-Muntahá, and wept with such a weeping that the concourse > on high and the dwellers of the realms above wailed at His lamenting > . Whereupon there was asked, Why the wailing and weeping? He made re > ply: As bidden I waited expectant upon the hill of faithfulness, yet > inhaled not from them that dwell on earth the fragrance of fidelity > . Then summoned to return I beheld, and lo! certain doves of holines > s were sore tried within the claws of the dogs of earth. Thereupon t > he Maid of heaven hastened forth unveiled and resplendent from Her m > ystic mansion, and asked of their names, and all were told but one. > And when urged, the first letter thereof was uttered, whereupon the > dwellers of the celestial chambers rushed forth out of their habitat > ion of glory. And whilst the second letter was pronounced they fell > down, one and all, upon the dust. At that moment a voice was heard f > rom the inmost shrine: “Thus far and no farther.” Verily We bear > witness to that which they have done and now are doing. > > I appreciate if someone could explain more about this Hidden Word. > Also my specific question is to what their refers to. Thanks so much > in advance. > > Best regards, > Firouz > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:iskandar....@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-510689-20805...@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-510699-274...@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
