Cf. Qur’án 27:20 ff.
Qur’án 12:44; 21:5.
Qur’án 24:39.
1875 A.D.
The foregoing paragraph, together with the later paragraph beginning “A few, unaware of the power latent in human endeavor,” was translated by Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith. Cf. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, pp. 37–38.
Sásáníyán king who reigned 531–578 A.D.
i.e., the whole world.
Sa’dí, The Gulistán, On the Conduct of Kings.
Qur’án 17:84.
The poet Saná’í.