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20 Mírzá Hádí Dawlat-Ábádí, one of the divines of Iṣfáhán, who became a

follower of the Báb, later supported Mírzá Yaḥyá, and was appointed

his representative in Írán and his successor. During the

persecutions against the Bábís he recanted his faith.

21 Mírzá Ashraf, who was martyred in the city of Iṣfáhán. (See God

Passes By p. 201.)

22 The two Hands of the Cause of God, Ḥájí Mullá ‘Alí-Akbar Sháhmírzádí

and Ḥájí Abu’l-Ḥasan Ardakání, Amín-i-Iláhí (Trustee of

Ḥuqúqu’lláh), were originally arrested in Ṭihrán, imprisoned in

Qazvín in the year 1891, and then transferred to prison in Ṭihrán.

23 Prince Maḥmúd Mírzá, the Jalálu’d’Dawlih, Governor of Yazd, Persia.

24 Jamálu’d-Dín-i-Afghání. (See God Passes By pp. 296, 317.)

25 i.e., the letter ‘B’, the second letter of the alphabet.

26 The opening chapter of the Qur’án, which begins with the letter ‘B’:

Bismi’lláhi’r-Rahmáni’r-Raḥím (In the Name of God, the

Compassionate, the Merciful). This chapter of the Qur’án was

revealed twice, once in Mecca and once in Medina.

27 The opening chapter of the Qur’án, which begins with the letter ‘B’:

Bismi’lláhi’r-Rahmáni’r-Raḥím (In the Name of God, the

Compassionate, the Merciful). This chapter of the Qur’án was

revealed twice, once in Mecca and once in Medina.

28 Jesus.

29 Moses.

30 This Tablet was addressed to Jalíl-i-Khú’í, one of the early

believers in Ádhirbayján, Persia. After the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

he broke the Covenant.

31 cf. Qur’án 14:33.

32 cf. Qur’án 21:23.

33 Mecca.

34 Qur’án 3:91.

35 Muḥammad.

36 Mírzá Yaḥyá.

37 Muḥammad.

38 Qur’án 83:6.

39 Moses.

40 Qur’án 14:5.

41 Jesus.

42 Adrianople.

43 Arabic.

44 Persian.

45 Muḥammad.

46 The Imáms.

47 The Báb.

48 Kitáb-i-Aqdas.

49 One of the early believers who is best known to the friends for his

reliable transcriptions of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. (See

Memorials of the Faithful pp. 150–153.)

50 Such loans as bear no interest and are repayable whenever the

borrower pleases.

51 In a Tablet Bahá’u’lláh states, ‘The Holy Tree [Sadrat] is, in a

sense, the Manifestation of the One True God, exalted be He. The

Blessed Tree in the land of Za’farán referreth to the land which is

flourishing, blessed, holy and all-perfumed, where that Tree hath

been planted.’

52 In many of the passages that follow concerning the Greek

philosophers, Bahá’u’lláh quotes verbatim from the works of such

Muslim historians as Abu’l-Fatḥ-i-Sháhristání (1076–1153 A.D.) and

Imádu’d-Dín Abu’l-Fidá (1273–1331 A.D.).

53 In one of His Tablets Bahá’u’lláh wrote: ‘The first person who

devoted himself to philosophy was Ídrís. Thus was he named. Some

called him also Hermes. In every tongue he hath a special name. He

it is who hath set forth in every branch of philosophy thorough and

convincing statements. After him Bálinus derived his knowledge and

sciences from the Hermetic Tablets and most of the philosophers who

followed him made their philosophical and scientific discoveries

from his words and statements...’. In the Qur’án, Súrá 19, verses 57