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The Bahá'í vocabulary has many Arabic and Persian words that may be unfamiliar to non-native speakers and newcomers to the Bahá'í Faith. This glossary is designed to help Bahá'ís learn to pronounce these words according to the pronunciation guide established and promoted by Shoghí Effendí.
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Allah-o-Ab-haw
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God is Most Glorious (Arabic). Alláh-u-Abhá is a form of Bahá, which Bahá'is belive is the Greatest Name of God. Other forms of the Greatest Name are Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá and Yá Bahá'u'lláh. In the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Bahá'u'lláh instructs the believers to recite the Greatest Name 95 times per day. In addition, Alláh-u-Abhá is often used as a greeting among Bahá'ís. It's use for this purpose was approved by the Báb.
