tag name Refinement type: Virtues web link bahai-library.com/tags/Refinement variations or mis-spellings See list in notes below. related tags - Virtues and spiritual qualities referring tags Cleanliness Inventory subject Cleanliness and refinement notes See also:
The terms listed below carry distinct nuances. Please check a dictionary or use an AI tool to get an idea of the various meanings. Compare also with the tag "Cleanliness", where there is some overlap.
liṭáfat ( لطافت )
ta‘díl ( تعدیل )
tahzíb ( تهذیب )
talṭíf ( تلطیف )
niẓáfat ( نظافت )
ṣafá ( صفا )
pákí ( پاکی )
selected quotations
(authoritative sources)These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:
"74. Adopt ye such usages as are most in keeping with refinement. ¶46 This is the first of several passages referring to the importance of refinement and cleanliness. The original Arabic word “laṭáfah” 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.”
– Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Note 74
references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_ethics; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Refinement
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