In English
Reason for naming persons with God’s Names
This School is associated with the late brother of the , a person who dwelt on My name even in the last moments of his life, and that was why I agreed to inaugurate it. I find that his name, which is a long compound of a number of fine appellations of God, each redolent with divine Glory, has been shortened into a string of single letters, which has no fragrance, flavour, or significance. This is not proper. Why deprive a name of its halo by amputating it or wiping out all its aura? This distorted list of letters that you have substituted for his full name, probably for the sake of greater convenience, seems to Me even more complicated than the original name, which, though long, reminds one of the magnificence and splendour of the Lord. That is why such names were recommended for men and women in the spiritual scriptures, so that whenever they are mentioned, some one picture of the Lord, sweet and splendid, might appear before the mind’s eye. It is indeed good that the girls of this town have now a high school. I appreciate the efforts of all of you to start it, and I see that the building and the equipment are quite satisfactory. I bless that the girls studying here as well as everywhere else (for all schools are Mine, whether I inaugurate them personally or not) may cultivate faith in righteousness () and have sympathy toward all.