Abdul-Baha Abbas.

Footnotes

[1.]

See pages 1 and 6 of Tablets.

Surat-ul-Hykl, by Baha’o’llah, a portion of which was translated by Anton Haddad, published in 1900. The retranslation of this book has not yet been undertaken.

Referring to passage in “The Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi” (Abdul-Baha) by Myron T. Phelps, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York.

This is a usage of the people of the East. The purpose is that in every matter the commencement should be in the Name of God.

This Tablet bears the following superscription: “To the members of the House of Justice, the servants of the Covenant, the faithful worshippers of the Holy Threshold of the Beauty of El-Abha.” This Tablet and the following eighteen are to the House of Spirituality of Chicago.

Abha—literally, the Most Glorious.