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 latafah, 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 Kitab-i-Aqdas, it has been
translated either as refinement or cleanliness.
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