aginings. My Lord,
verily, is independent above all who are in the heavens and on the earth,
and above all that they say and do.

117 I close with these words uttered by God, exalted be His glory: "Say
not to everyone who meeteth you with a greeting, 'Thou art not a
believer'."(110)

118 Peace be upon you, O concourse of the faithful, and praise be to God,
the Lord of the worlds.

NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION

Wherever possible, translations made by Shoghi Effendi have been
incorporated in the present volume. These passages account for
approximately one third of the text. The committees and individuals
appointed to prepare the translations faced the challenge of rendering the
balance of the Text in a manner at once faithful to the meaning of the
original and consistent with the exalted English style established by the
Guardian for the translation of Baha'u'llah's matchless utterance.

In the translation of the Lawh-i-Sultan the translators benefited from
consulting the earlier, pioneering translation of the English orientalist
E. G. Browne as it appeared in 'Abdu'l-Baha's _A Traveller's Narrative_,
first published by Cambridge University Press in 1891.

KEY TO PASSAGES TRANSLATED BY SHOGHI EFFENDI

Abbreviation of Sources
ESW Baha'u'llah. Epistle to
the Son of the Wolf.
Wilmette: Baha'i
Publishing Trust, 1988.
GPB Shoghi Effendi. God
Passes By. Wilmette:
Baha'i Publishing Trust,
1974.
GWB Baha'u'llah. Gleanings
from the Writings of
Baha'u'llah. Wilmette:
Baha'i Publishing Trust,
1976.
KI Baha'u'llah. The
Kitab-i-Iqan. Wilmette:
Baha'i Publishing Trust,
1994.
HW Baha'u'llah. The Hidden
Words. Wilmette: Baha'i
Publishing Trust, 1994.
(PHW are from the Persian
Hidden Words.)
PDC Shoghi Effendi. The
Promised Day Is Come.
Wilmette: Baha'i
Publishing Trust, rev.
ed., 1996.
WOB Shoghi Effendi. The World
Order of Baha'u'llah:
Selected Letters.
Wilmette: Baha'i
Publishing Trust, 1991.

PARAGRAPH PASSAGE SOURCE

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