Hidden Words/Arabic/num63

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A63 Light, mountain, Sinai

"Tur"2 and "Sinai" should not be taken literally; the first is an allusion to Mount Sinai, which in this case means the Manifestation of God; the second, "Sinai", represents the human heart.

(From a postscript in the handwriting of Shoghi Effendi to a letter dated 3 May 1947 written on his behalf to an individual believer)

"2. This statement referred to an early translation. The word "Tur" was later translated by the Guardian as "sacred Mount"."