Dhi’l-Jawshanzel-jo-shanPossessor of the coat of mail. Shimr, leader of Yazíd’s army that martyred the Imám Ḥusayn at Karbilá. Prototype of cruelty, he is represented in the passion plays as dressed in chain-armor.
Dízvádeez-vawVillage near Fort Tabarsí.
DragomanInterpreter (tarjumán).
Du‘ádoe-awePrayer.
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Endowed with constancyTitle given to those Prophets Who revealed a Faith and instituted religious laws. “The independent Prophets are the lawgivers and the founders of a new cycle...The other Prophets are followers and promoters...they are like the moon, which...receives its light from the sun.” ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, SAQ 188.
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Fáḍil-l-Qá’inífaw-zel-eh-caw-en-eeErudite early Bahá’í who taught in Samaqand and Bukhárá.
Faqírfack-eerPoor, i.e., in need of God’s mercy, poor in the sight of God. These are divided into two great classes, those who live by Qur’ánic law and those who, though calling themselves Muslims, live without the law. A member of the former is known as a traveler (sálik—saw-leck) on the pathway (ṭaríqat—ta-ree-cat) to heaven. The latter are ázád (awe-zawd) free, or majdhúb (maj-zoob), rapt, abstracted, attracted. There are many orders of faqírs, practising many, and often secret, ceremonies. Their doctrines are Súfí, and their religious ceremonies are called dhikrs (zeckr)—rememberings.
Faraqlítfawr-a-kleetParaclete. This refers to Muḥammad. Cf. Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to Charles Mason Remey, S of W, vol. 3, No. 7: “His Holiness the Christ took the Covenant of the ‘Paraclete’—which means His Holiness Muḥammad—and announced the glad-tidings of His appearance.” Islámic doctrine is that this is the original of the word translated “Aḥmad” in Qur’án 61:6. Nicholson translates “Aḥmad” laudatissimus.
Farmánfar-mawnOrder, command, royal decree.
Farmán-Farmáfar-mawn-for-mowTitle of a Persian dignitary, SW 170.
FarráshFar-rawshFootman, attendant; lit. carpet-spreader.
Farrásh-Bashífar-rawsh bosh-eeHead farrásh.
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