| 6 | “From the foundation of the world ... nor heard of.” | GPB 187 |
| 7 | “Soon will He seize you ... none to help or succour you.” | PDC ¶153 |
| 9 | “Several times calamities ... the Pen of My command.” | PDC ¶153 |
| 25–26 | “There is a matter ... may be made known unto you.” | PDC ¶111 |
| 13 | “Soon will We dismiss ... the All-Compelling.” | PDC ¶156 |
| 2 | “O kings of the earth! ... the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 2–3 | “Fear God, O concourse ... and be not of the heedless.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 4 | “My face hath come forth ... could ye but know it.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 6 | “Arise, then, ... may be revealed unto you.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 6 | “Beware lest ye hinder ... can be quickened.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 7–14 | “Lay not aside the fear ... the right course.” | PDC ¶42–46 |
| 15 | “O kings of Christendom! ... the entire creation.” | PDC ¶64 |
| 20–23 | “Twenty years have passed ... turn his face towards Thee.” | GWB CXVI |
| 24–30 | “Call Thou to remembrance ... Himself a witness.” | GWB LXV |
| 36 | “Know ye that the world ... all things hath testified.” | GWB LXV |
| 37–47 | “Fear God, ye inhabitants ... the path of resignation.” | GWB LXVI |
| 53–54 | “The day is approaching ... of the past or of the future.” | GWB LXVI |
| 58–72 | “Hearken, O King ... abide and rule therein.” | GWB CXIV |
| 74 | “They expelled Us ... on earth can compare” | GPB 161 |
| 74 | “the place which none entereth ... authority of the sovereign” | GPB 161 |
| 75 | “Neither My family ... that freezing weather.” | GPB 161 |
| 78–83 | “I swear by God, O King! ... the Lord of all worlds!” | GWB CXIV |
| 84–107 | “Dost thou imagine ... trust and confidence in their Lord.” | GWB CXIII |
| 108 | “O ye divines of the City! ... than all your doings.” | PDC ¶224 |
| 109–111 | “Know ye, that had your leaders ... turn upon their heels.” | PDC ¶224 |
| 111 | “Know ye that God will not ... could ye but perceive it.” | PDC ¶224 |
Footnotes
Mírzá Yaḥyá.
Ustád Muḥammad-‘Alíy-i-Salmání. See God Passes By, pp. 166–168, for an account of the events referred to by Bahá’u’lláh in this and following paragraphs.
The Báb.
A small rock situated low in the eastern corner of the Kaaba.