Eldest son of the Sháh and ruler over more than two-fifths of the kingdom. He ratified the death sentence. Soon after these events, he fell into disgrace. Cf. God Passes By, p. 200; 232.
The eighth Imám, poisoned by order of the Caliph Ma’múm, A.H. 203, after the Imám had been officially designated as the Caliph’s heir apparent. His shrine, with its golden dome, has been called the glory of the Shí’ih world. “A part of My body is to be buried in Khurásán”, the Prophet traditionally said.
Pronounced TÁ-heh-reh.
Cf. The Dawn-Breakers, p. 81, note 2, and p. 285, note 2. Certain lines, there translated by Shoghi Effendi, are incorporated here.
A forerunner of the Báb, and first of the two founders of the Shaykhí School. See glossary.
Qur’án 17:1; 30:56; 50:19; etc
The sixth Imám.
The “Ahsánu’l-Qisás,” the Báb’s commentary on the Súrih of Joseph, was called the Qur’án of the Bábís, and was translated from Arabic into Persian by Táhirih. Cf. God Passes By, p. 23.
Qur’án 3:54: “Then will we invoke and lay the malison of God on those that lie!” The ordeal was by imprecation.
Qur’án 21:48; 19:37, etc. In Islám the Bridge of Ṣiraṭ, sharp as a sword and finer than a hair, stretches across Hell to Heaven.