Unveiling the Hidden Words

Unveiling the Hidden Words (1997) by Diana Malouf
The Norms Used by Shoghi Effendi In His Translation of the Hidden Words

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Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Shoghi Effendi
Education
Language Acquisition
Literary Endeavours
Interpreter and Expounder: Distinctions
3 The Hidden Words
The Structure of the Hidden Words
The Influence of the Qur’án on the Hidden Words
Literary Influence of the Aḥadíth Qudsíyyih ‘Sacred Traditions’ on the Hidden Words
Sufism and the Hidden Words
The Hidden Words, Purporting to be the ‘Lost Book of Fátimih’, as a Unique Literary Form
The Prose Style Used by Bahá’u’lláh in the Hidden Words
4 Translations of the Hidden Words
Early Translations
An Overview of Shoghi Effendi’s Translation of the Hidden Words into English, and Revisions
Translation or Revision?
The English Style Used by Shoghi Effendi in His Translation of the Hidden Words
Shoghi Effendi’s Known Literary Taste
‘With the assistance of some English friends’
5 An Introduction to the Theory of Norms
6 Norms Employed by Shoghi Effendi in the Translation of the Hidden Words
Goals and Purposes of the Translation: Overriding and Textual
Procedures for Investigation
7 Norm Chart
8 Conclusion
Appendixes
1 The Appointment of Shoghi Effendi as Guardian and Expounder of the Bahá’í Faith
2 Shoghi Effendi’s Accomplishments
3 Translations of the Hidden Words
4 Major Writings of Shoghi Effendi
Bibliography
References

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