Directives of Guardian - Shoghi Effendi
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113 MANIFESTATIONS (The Phrase-- "His Holiness")
"In Persian it is impolite not to use the word Hadrat before the name of the Prophet, so that strictly speaking, a proper translation should always have `His Holiness Moses' etc.; however, as this seems peculiar in English, and not in the best usage of our language, he feels it can be dispensed with. Pronouns referring to the Manifestation, or the Master, should, however, invariably be capitalized." (42:3)

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