One farsakh is equivalent to about four miles.
It is a Persian custom to reckon distance by time.
Mírzá Yaḥyá Subh-i-Azal, half-brother of Bahá’u’lláh, and His irreconcilable enemy.
“Veiled spirits” here signify rational souls, souls not possessing the spirit of faith. Cf. “Soul, Spirit and Mind,” p. 208.
Rom. 9:21.
Cf. Matt. 5:39.
A Bahá’í sitting with us at table.
Matt. 8:22.
The infernal tree mentioned in the Qur’án.
i.e., of the Circle of Existence.