The unaccompanied musical rendering of the holy scriptures in any language. Generally, however, Bahá'ís use this term to refer to forms of devotional song, adapted from traditional Islamic practices, using the original Persian and Arabic texts of the sacred writings, the prayers of [Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá translated by] Shoghi Effendi, and other devotional poems and songs. |