Footnotes
Sometimes referred to as Tablet to the Christians.
Jesus.
Jesus.
Jesus.
Qur’án 81:6, 10.
Mírzá Hádí Dawlat-Ábádí, one of the divines of Iṣfáhán, who became a follower of the Báb, later supported Mírzá Yaḥyá, and was appointed his representative in Írán and his successor. During the persecutions against the Bábís he recanted his faith.
The insignia of a mullá.
Qur’án 6:91.
Ustád ‘Alí-Akbar, one of the staunch believers in Yazd. He designed the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of Ishqábád and his design was approved by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Ustád ‘Alí-Akbar offered up his life as a martyr in Yazd in 1903.
Arabic.
Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥaydar-‘Alí, outstanding Persian Bahá’í teacher and author. He spent nine years in prison and exile in Khártúm, travelled extensively in Írán, and passed away in 1920 in the Holy Land. Western pilgrims knew him as the Angel of Mount Carmel.
Qur’án 34:12.
Jesus.
Ḥájí Mullá Hádí Sabzívarí, a renowned philosopher and poet of Írán contemporary with Bahá’u’lláh. He passed away in 1873.
Mírzá Abu’l-Qásim Faráhání, the Qá’im Maqám, a distinguished poet and scholar during the reign of Fatḥ ‘Alí Sháh. He was a friend of Mírzá Buzurg, father of Bahá’u’lláh. Qá’im Maqám became Prime Minister of Persia in 1821, but in 1835 he was put to death by order of Muḥammad Sháh, at the instigation of Ḥájí Mírzá Aqásí.
cf. Qur’án 4:129.
Qur’án 59:9.
Muḥammad Javád-i-Qazvíní, upon whom Bahá’u’lláh bestowed the title Ismu’lláhi’l-Júd (The Name of God, Bounty). He transcribed numerous Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh during His Ministry, but subsequently broke the Covenant. (See God Passes By pages 247 and 319.)
A village near Iṣfáhán.
Mírzá Hádí Dawlat-Ábádí, one of the divines of Iṣfáhán, who became a follower of the Báb, later supported Mírzá Yaḥyá, and was appointed his representative in Írán and his successor. During the persecutions against the Bábís he recanted his faith.
Mírzá Ashraf, who was martyred in the city of Iṣfáhán. (See God Passes By p. 201.)
The two Hands of the Cause of God, Ḥájí Mullá ‘Alí-Akbar Sháhmírzádí and Ḥájí Abu’l-Ḥasan Ardakání, Amín-i-Iláhí (Trustee of Ḥuqúqu’lláh), were originally arrested in Ṭihrán, imprisoned in Qazvín in the year 1891, and then transferred to prison in Ṭihrán.
Prince Maḥmúd Mírzá, the Jalálu’d’Dawlih, Governor of Yazd, Persia.
Jamálu’d-Dín-i-Afghání. (See God Passes By pp. 296, 317.)
i.e., the letter ‘B’, the second letter of the alphabet.
The opening chapter of the Qur’án, which begins with the letter ‘B’: Bismi’lláhi’r-Rahmáni’r-Raḥím (In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful). This chapter of the Qur’án was revealed twice, once in Mecca and once in Medina.
The opening chapter of the Qur’án, which begins with the letter ‘B’: Bismi’lláhi’r-Rahmáni’r-Raḥím (In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful). This chapter of the Qur’án was revealed twice, once in Mecca and once in Medina.
Jesus.
Moses.
This Tablet was addressed to Jalíl-i-Khú’í, one of the early believers in Ádhirbayján, Persia. After the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh he broke the Covenant.
cf. Qur’án 14:33.
cf. Qur’án 21:23.
Mecca.
Qur’án 3:91.
Muḥammad.
Mírzá Yaḥyá.
Muḥammad.
Qur’án 83:6.
Moses.
Qur’án 14:5.
Jesus.
Adrianople.
Arabic.
Persian.
Muḥammad.
The Imáms.
The Báb.
Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
One of the early believers who is best known to the friends for his reliable transcriptions of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. (See Memorials of the Faithful pp. 150–153.)
Such loans as bear no interest and are repayable whenever the borrower pleases.
In a Tablet Bahá’u’lláh states, ‘The Holy Tree [Sadrat] is, in a sense, the Manifestation of the One True God, exalted be He. The Blessed Tree in the land of Za’farán referreth to the land which is flourishing, blessed, holy and all-perfumed, where that Tree hath been planted.’
In many of the passages that follow concerning the Greek philosophers, Bahá’u’lláh quotes verbatim from the works of such Muslim historians as Abu’l-Fatḥ-i-Sháhristání (1076–1153 A.D.) and Imádu’d-Dín Abu’l-Fidá (1273–1331 A.D.).
In one of His Tablets Bahá’u’lláh wrote: ‘The first person who devoted himself to philosophy was Ídrís. Thus was he named. Some called him also Hermes. In every tongue he hath a special name. He it is who hath set forth in every branch of philosophy thorough and convincing statements. After him Bálinus derived his knowledge and sciences from the Hermetic Tablets and most of the philosophers who followed him made their philosophical and scientific discoveries from his words and statements...’. In the Qur’án, Súrá 19, verses 57 and 58, is written: ‘And commemorate Ídrís in the Book; for he was a man of truth, a Prophet; And we uplifted him to a place on high.’
In many of the passages that follow concerning the Greek philosophers, Bahá’u’lláh quotes verbatim from the works of such Muslim historians as Abu’l-Fatḥ-i-Sháhristání (1076–1153 A.D.) and Imádu’d-Dín Abu’l-Fidá (1273–1331 A.D.).
Qur’án 20:106.
Muḥammad.
Mecca.
Arabic.
Moses.
Muḥammad Ḥusayn, one of the early believers of Shíráz, surnamed ‘Vafá (Fidelity) by Bahá’u’lláh.
The Most Great Name.
Mullá Ḥusayn.
The maker of the Golden Calf. See Qur’án 20:87–98.
Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahájí, to whom this Tablet was addressed, had been given by Bahá’u’lláh the title Ismu’lláhi’l-Mihdí, ‘The Name of God, Mihdí. He later broke the Covenant. (See God Passes By, page 319.)
Nabíl-i-Akbar. See p. 135.
Mecca.
Fátimih, daughter of Muḥammad.
Jesus.
Qur’án 4:96.
Jesus.
The Sacred Lote-Tree, the Tree beyond which there is no passing (See Qur’án 53:8–18). A symbol of the Manifestation of God. (See God Passes By p. 94.)
Qur’án 2:88.
Moses.
Jesus.
Napoleon III.
Qur’án 40:29.
Muḥammad.
Fátimih, daughter of Muḥammad.
Adrianople.
The Imám-Jum’ih of Iṣfáhán, see page 203.
Fátimih.
The King of Martyrs and the Beloved of Martyrs.
Jesus.
Ishmael.
Qur’án 104:1–2.
Beirut. This Tablet is ‘a letter dictated by Bahá’u’lláh and addressed by Mírzá Áqá Ján, His amanuensis, to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá while the latter was on a visit to Beirut.’ (The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 136.)
Qur’án 7:139.
Muḥammad Javád-i-Qazvíní, upon whom Bahá’u’lláh bestowed the title Ismu’lláhi’l-Júd (The Name of God, Bounty). He transcribed numerous Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh during His Ministry, but subsequently broke the Covenant. (See God Passes By pages 247 and 319.)
Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥaydar-‘Alí, outstanding Persian Bahá’í teacher and author. He spent nine years in prison and exile in Khártúm, travelled extensively in Írán, and passed away in 1920 in the Holy Land. Western pilgrims knew him as the Angel of Mount Carmel.
Psalms 59:9; 108:10.
Qur’án 14:5.