32. Qur'an 18:37. Return to text
33. The holy Sanctuary at Mecca. Here the word means "goal." Return to text
34. This refers to Baha'u'llah's own Manifestation. Return to text
35. Mathnavi. Return to text
36. Qur'an 16:63. Return to text
37. Hadith, i.e. action or utterance traditionally attributed to the Prophet Muhammad or to one of the holy Imams. Return to text
38. Qur'an 83:28. Return to text
39. Sermon by Ali. Return to text
40. Hadith, i.e. action or utterance traditionally attributed to the Prophet Muhammad or to one of the holy Imams. Return to text
41. The Prophet Muhammad. Return to text
42. Hafiz: Shamsu'd-Din Muhammad, of Shiraz, died ca. 1389 A.D. One of the greatest of Persian poets. Return to text
43. Hadith, i.e. action or utterance traditionally attributed to the Prophet Muhammad or to one of the holy Imams. Return to text
44. Mathnavi. Return to text
45. Qur'an 57:3. Return to text
46. Mathnavi. Return to text
47. This refers to the Sufi idea of the inner plane, which compared to Revealed Truth is but unreal. Return to text
48. Mathnavi. Return to text
49. This refers to Baha'u'llah Himself, Who had not yet declared His mission. Return to text
50. Qur'an 4:129. Return to text
51. Hafiz: Shamsu'd-Din Muhammad, of Shiraz, died ca. 1389 A.D. One of the greatest of Persian poets. Return to text
52. Arabian poem. Return to text
53. Hadith, i.e. action or utterance traditionally attributed to the Prophet Muhammad or to one of the holy Imams. Return to text
54. Qur'an 50:21. Return to text
55. Persian mystic poem. Return to text
56. Ali. Return to text
57. Mathnavi. Return to text
58. Literally "Jayhun," a river in Turkistan. Return to text
59. Qur'an 9:51. Return to text
60. Mathnavi. Return to text
