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74. Adopt ye such usages as are most in keeping with refinement. # 46 |
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This is the first of several passages referring to the
importance of refinement and cleanliness. The original
Arabic word “látafah”, rendered here as “refinement”, has a
wide range of meanings with both spiritual and physical
implications, such as elegance, gracefulness, cleanliness,
civility, politeness, gentleness, delicacy and graciousness, as
well as being subtle, refined, sanctified and pure. In
accordance with the context of the various passages where it
occurs in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, it has been translated either as
“refinement” or “cleanliness”.
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