Covenant Library Unified Index

Part I of this index^* consists of the titles of Tablets and Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Part II contains all other general entries. Titles of Tablets and books are italicized. Footnotes are indicated by the abbreviation 'n.' after the page number; if the name or subject occurs both in the text and in a note, this is indicated by 'p. -- and n.'. Principal themes are shown by bold figures.

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Key:

{BP}    = Bahá'í Prayers
{DBNN}  = Dawn-Breakers, Nabíl's Narrative
{ESW}   = Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
{GL}    = Gleanings From The Writings Of Bahá'u'lláh
{GPB}   = God Passes By
{KA}    = The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
{KI}    = The Kitáb-i-Íqán
{PM}    = Prayers and Meditations
{ROB1}  = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1 (Baghdad 1853-63)
{ROB2}  = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 2 (Adrianople 1863-68)
{ROB3}  = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 3 (Akka, The Early Years 1868-77)
{ROB4}  = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 4 (Mazra'ih & Bahjí 1877-92)
{SVFV}  = The Seven Valleys And The Four Valleys
{SAQ}   = Some Answered Questions
{SFWAB} = Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
{TOB}   = Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

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I. TABLETS AND WRITINGS OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH 'Nine Categories' Alwáh-i-Maryam,

{GPB: 118-124}
{ROB1: 13}
Maryam (cousin of Bahá'u'lláh), recipient of, {ROB1: 12-13, 61, 122, 124}

Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí (ode), {ROB1: 211, 218-20}
Bahá'í Prayers,

index of prayers revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, {BP: Author Index}
see also Prayer(s)

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf,

{GPB: 219, 238}
{ROB1: quoted, 10, 50, 249, 251-2, 253-4}
{ROB2: 206; quoted, 43, 95-6, 223, 230, 247, 270, 350, 400}
{ROB3: 390}
{ROB4: chs. 24-25, Appendix III}
{TOB: 203}
Anthology of Bahá'u'lláh's Writings,

on

calumnies of Azalís, {ROB4: 405}
Presence of God, {ROB4: 408}
suffering, {ROB4: 402}
use of force, {ROB4: 377-8}
worthlessness of world, {ROB4: 249}

re-revelation of Tablets,

{ROB4: 372-4}
quotes from His own Writings, {ROB4: 153n.}
Tablet for Hájí Muhammad-Ibráhím, {ROB4: 153n., 405}
To kings and rulers,

{ROB4: 388}
Bahá'u'lláh proclaims Himself as King of Kings, {ROB3: 111}
to Napoleon III,

{ROB4: 249, 434}
see also To The Kings and Rulers

to Queen Victoria,

{ROB4: 434}
see also To The Kings and Rulers

Teachings, exposition of, {ROB4: 371-2}

Divine Assurance, {ESW: 9, 18, 21, 36, 39, 53, 76, 85}
Doubters, {ESW: 131-134, 135}
Exhortations of, {ESW: 22, 23, 24, 29, 38, 75, 93}
Hádíy-i-Dawlat-Ábádí, addressed in,

{ROB4: 47}
Hájí Mírzá Hádíy-i-Dawlat Ábádí,

{ROB1: 251}
{ROB4: 174-6, 412, 435, 438}
{TOB: 42 and n., 43-4, 79}
see also Tarázát

Shaykh Muhammad-Taqí, Ibn-i-Dhi'b ('The Son of the Wolf'), Aqa Najafi, addressed to,

{GPB: 201}
{ROB4: 79, 175, 314}
{TOB: 203}
God addresses the Son of the Wolf, {ROB4: 371}
prayer for, see Prayers
summons to, {ROB4: 409-12}
see also Lawh-i-Burhán/Muhammad-Báqir (Wolf)

Writings of The Báb quoted, {ROB4: 47-8}

Fire Tablet, see Lawh-i-QadIhtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh,

Kitáb-i-Aqdas, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Íqán, see Kitáb-i-Íqán

Lawh-i-'Abdu'l-Vahháb ,

{ROB2: 286}
{ROB4: 41}

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian), see Lawh-i-Ahmad
Lawh-i-Ashraf,

{ROB2: 230-2; quoted, 120, 231}
Siyyid Ashraf-i-Zanjání, recipient of,

{ROB2: 175n., 223-30, 435}
{TOB: 79 and n.}
Sacrifice of, {GL: 135}
Story of, {GPB: 199-200, 233}
Umm-i-Ashraf, mother of,

{GL: 135}
{ROB2: 223-30 passim}
heroism of, {DBNN: 562}

Lawh-i-Dunyá (Tablet to Afnán), see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Karmil, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Khalíl (Tablet to Khalíl), {GL: XXXIII, XXXVIII, LXXVII, CXXVII, CXXXVI}

{ROB2: 259-61}
Hájí Muhammad-Ibráhím-i-Qazvíní (Khalíl), recipient of {ROB2: 259}

Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Night), {ROB2: 164, 188-90; quoted 188-9}
Lawh-i-Mánikchí Sáhib,

{ROB3: 270-71; quoted, 271}
'Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch',

{ESW: 14}
{GL: 218, 288}
{ROB3: 270}
{ROB4: 196, 375}
{SFWAB: 1, 28, 277}
{TOB: 127, 164}

Mánikchí Sáhib, recipient of {ROB3: 269-70}

Lawh-i-Maqsúd, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Nasír (Tablet to Nasír) {GL: LIII, LXXV},

{ROB2: 39, 245, 247-55; quoted, 248-9}
{ROB4: 383}
Hájí Muhammad-Nasír of Qazvín, recipient of,

{ROB2: 245-7}
{ROB4: 383, 434}

Lawh-i-Ra'ís (Persian, Tablet to Ra'ís),

{ROB3: 33-4, 34n., 36, 87, 99n., 100n., 103}
{ROB4: 437}
'Alí Páshá, Muhammad Amin, Grand Vizir, Turkish Prime Minister, addressed to,

{GPB: 105, 141, 146}
{ROB1: 225, 227, 244}
{ROB2: 55, 57, 312, 398, 401, 411, 413-14}
{ROB3: 34, 36, 91, 99n., 100n., 109, 419}
Bahá'u'lláh foretells downfall of, {GPB: 208}
fate of, {GPB: 231}
Tablet to, {GPB: 174, 208}

Barracks of 'Akká, referred to, {ROB3: 36}
on Turkish Empire, {ROB3: 36-7}
'Show of Sultán Salím', {ROB3: 99 and n., 103}
see also Súriy-i-Ra'ís, Lawh-i-Fu'ád

Lawh-i-Salmán (Tablet to Salmán, Tablet to Shaykh), {GL: XXI, CXLVIII, CLIV, CLX}

I,

{ROB2: ch. 13, 291}
{ROB3: quoted, 89-90}
{ROB4: 172}
Bahá'u'lláh, on His sufferings, {ROB3: 26}
on those who refute arguments of enemies of Faith, {ROB3: 89}

II,

{ROB3: 25-6; quoted, 157}

Shaykh Salmán of Hindíyán, recipient of,

{ROB1: 109-113, 255-6}
{ROB2: 67, 168, 208, 263, 283, 384, 400}
{ROB3: 25-6, 174-5 and n.}
{ROB4: 325}
see also Tablet of Madínatu't-Tawhíd

Lawh-i-Siráj (Tablet of Siráj), {GL: L, XCVII}

{ROB2: 262-3, 269; quoted, 268}
{ROB3: 89}
Mullá 'Alí-Muhammad-i-Siráj, recipient of {ROB2: 262}

Súriy-i-Damm , {ROB2: 236-40}
Súriy-i-Vafá, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Madínatu't-Tawhíd (The City of Unity),

{ROB1: 109, 113, 116, 117-19; quoted, 118}
Bahá'u'lláh describes God, {ROB1: 114-16}
Shaykh Salmán of Hindíyán, recipient of, see Lawh-i-Salmán

Tablet of Visitation to Baghdád House (Tablet to Muhammad),

Nabíl-i-A'zam, recipient of, see Gleanings/Tablet to Nabíl-i-A'zam

Tablet to 'Alí, {GL: C, CXLII}
Tablet to Constantinople, see Súriy-i-Mulúk
Tablet to Hájí Muhammad Ismá'íl-i-Káshání (Dhabíh)

Hájí Muhammad Ismá'íl-i-Káshání, recipient of, see Súriy-i-Ra'ís

Tablet to Hakim,
Tablet to Husayn,
Tablet to Javád,
Tablet to Kamál,

Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín, recipient of, see Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food)

Tablet to Kings, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Tablet to Queen Victoria
Tablet to Kings of Christendom, see Súriy-i-Mulúk
Tablet to Letter of the Living,

see also Letters of the Living

Tablet to Minister of Sháh, see Súriy-i-Mulúk
Tablet to Mírzá Hádí-i-Qazvíní, {GL: LXXIII, LXXXIII, CXXIV}

{ROB2: 144}
man's attainments dependent on spiritual capacity, {ROB3: 63-4}
Mírzá Hádí-i-Qazvíní (15th Letter of the Living, son of Mullá 'Abdu'l-Vahháb-i-Qazvíní),

The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}
see also Letters of the Living

Tablet to Muhammad, see Gleanings/Tablet of Visitation to Baghdád House
Tablet to Muhammad-'Alí,
Tablet to Mustafá,
Tablet to Nabíl-i-A'zam,

{ROB3: 26-7}
Mullá Muhammad i-Zarandí (Nabíl-i-A'zam, the chronicler), Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, recipient of,

{DBNN: 169, 434, 580, 586, 592}
{GPB: 3, 9, 113, 125, 126, 134, 137, 138, 147, 152, 155, 156, 160, 161, 166, 167, 169, 171, 176, 188, 199}
{KA: n172, n178, n179}
{ROB1: 41, 48, 69, 91n., 117n., 131, 132, 202-6, 212, 221, 284}
{ROB2: 59, 114, 140, 166, 236, 240, 276, 293}
{ROB3: 5-10, 56-7, 60, 74, 176-7, 209}
{ROB4: 84, 106-8, 113, 210, 241, 243-4, 329-30}
{TOB: 73}
account of Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 414-17, 418-19}
chosen to select passages for Tablet of Visitation, {GPB: 222}
describes Bahá'u'lláh at His declaration, {GPB: 153}
drowns himself, {GPB: 222}
The Dawn Breakers , his narrative,

{KA: n171-n172, n178-n179}
{ROB3: 240, 254-5, 419}

poetry about Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 107-8}
quoted, {ROB1: 138, 204-5, 209, 220, 228-9, 265-6, 275-6, 281, 325-6, 327-30}
Tablet revealed in Alexandria, in honour of, {ROB3: 7}
thrown into prison, {GPB: 178}
see also Gleanings/Tablet of Visitation to Baghdád House, Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Tablet to Napoleon III (Second), see Tablet to Napoleon III
Tablet to Shaykh Mahmúd,

{ROB1: 33}
'Shaykh Mahmúd-i-'Arrábí, recipient,

{ROB1: 32 and n., 33}
{ROB3: 65-8, 70, 109, 216}

Tablet to Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz, see Súriy-i-Mulúk
Tablet to Tihrán , {GL: LV, LXIII, LXIV }

Tablet regarding visit to, {GL: LXIII}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Tablet to Turkish Ministers, see Súriy-i-Mulúk

Misc. Topics,

Herald, {GL: 43}
Holy Ghost, {GL: 103}
Poison, {GL: 189}
Rebirth, {GL: 196, 213, 231, 269}
Recompense, {GL: 6, 36, 46, 129, 278}
Sacrifice,

{GL: 265}
of Husayn, {GL: 76}

Soliciting, how regarded, {GL: 202}
"The Kingdom is God's", {GL: 11, 31, 33, 35, 42, 44, 199, 210, 260, 343}
Writing to defend Cause, {GL: 330}

Halih-Halih-Yá-Bishárat (ode), {ROB1: 211, 219}
Hidden Words, The ,

{GPB: 140}
{KA: n23, n37}
{ROB1: ch. 6, 107n.}
{ROB2: quoted, 31-2, 36, 84, 95, 96-7, 216, 217, 219, 221, 233, 238, 280, 281-2, 350}
{ROB3: quoted, 10, 35, 325, 356-7, 370, 376, 378}
{ROB4: 53, 68, 82, 283, 319, 340, 414, 433}
{SFWAB: 35, 207}
{TOB: 36}
Bahá'u'lláh's reference to,

{ROB1: 78}
excerpts from, {ESW: 15, 16}

'Hidden Book' of Fátimih,

{ESW: 15, 81, 99, 100}
{ROB1: 71}
{GPB: 140}
Fátimih (Chaste One), daughter of the Prophet Muhammad,

{GPB: 347}
{ROB1: 71-2}
{ROB4: 91n., 433}
{TOB: 206 and n., 213 and n., 214 and n.}

major themes of, {ROB1: 72, 75, 77, 78-80}
manner of its Revelation, {ROB1: 71}
potential influence of, {ROB1: 77}
terms, see Terms in Holy Writings
various subjects:

Bahá'u'lláh's prescription for man, {ROB1: 78-80}
calamity, {ROB1: 79, 149}
Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 80-2}
Covenant of God with man, {ROB1: 72, 79}
death, {ROB1: 79}
detachment,

{ROB1: 74-7, 79-80}
{ROB4: 68}

interpretations of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {ROB1: 80-3}
love, {ROB1: 79, 80}
prayer at dawn, {ROB1: 79}
pride, {ROB1: 77, 79, 81}
purity of heart, {ROB1: 79}
soul of man, {ROB1: 72-5, 78-80}

Húr-i-'Ujáb (The Wondrous Maiden), {ROB1: 211, 218}
Hurúfát-i-'Állín (The Exalted Letters) , also titled Musíbát-i-Hurúfát-i-'Álíyát

{ROB1: 122-5}
Mírzá Muhammad-i-Vazír (cousin of Bahá'u'lláh), to memory of {ROB1: 122-3}

Ishráqát, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Javáhiru'l-Asrár (The Essence of Mysteries) , {ROB1: 151-2}
Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Kitáb-i-'Ahdí, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Kitáb-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book, Most Great Book, Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Laws, Mother Book),

{ESW: 128, 148}
{GL: XXXVII, LVI, LXX, LXXI, LXXII, XCVIII, CV, CLV, CLIX, CLXVI}
{GPB: 14, 139, 177, 206, 207, 208, 209, 213-219, 254, 255, 326, 328}
{ROB1: 26, 60, 153, 160, 212, 301; quoted, 47, 124, 134, 280}
{ROB2: 120, 122, 130, 240, 354-5, 389; quoted, 36, 265, 304-5}
{ROB3: 108, 147, 240, 274, chs. 13-17, 399, 400}
{ROB4: 123, 138-9, 160, 212, 399, 400, 417}
{SAQ: 64, 171n, 238}
{SFWAB: 18}
{TOB: 85, 93, 128 and n., 132, 200, 221, 262, 264, 267}

Character of, {KA: viii, 12-16}
Charter of world civilization, {ROB3: 294, 393}
Publication of,

circulation gradual, {KA: 8, n126}
original Arabic text, {KA: 9}
translation of,

{ROB3: 276n., 283-4}
English translation, {KA: vii-viii, 9-11}

withholding Kitáb-i-Aqdas, {ROB4: 249}

Relationship to past Dispensations,

anticipated by Prophet Isaiah, see Bahá'u'lláh
anticipated by writer of the Apocalypse, {KA: 12}
embraces all, {KA: 16}
Holy Books of, {KA: 2, 12-13}
Bayán, {KA: 7-8, K142, n108, n109}
laws of, see Abrogation of laws and practices
provisions rest on their foundations, {KA: 1-2}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

Relation to World Order, see New World Order of Bahá'u'lláh
Revealed in 'Akká (1873),

{GPB: 213-216}
{KA: 8-9, 12-13, 16, K98, n126}
{ROB3: 274, 393}
circumstances of, {ROB3: 279, 393}
date, {KA: 8, 12, K98, n126}
most signal act of Bahá'u'lláh's ministry, {KA: 12}
see also 'Akká/'Údí Khammár, house of, Bahá'u'lláh/His Revelation

Significance,

{KA: viii, 1, 12-16, K186}
brightest emanation of Author's mind, {KA: 12}
Charter of future world civilization,

{KA: 1-2, 12-14, n189}
see also New World Order of Bahá'u'lláh

Most Holy Book, {KA: 1, 162}
Mother Book of Bahá'í Dispensation,

{GL: 34, 99, 199}
{KA: 1, 11, 12, K103, n129}
{ROB3: 147, 164, 275}
{TOB: 21, 48, 51, 52, 74, 75, 104, 244, 247}

"Unerring Balance" established amongst men,

{KA: 13, 15}
Balance, Book of God as, {KA: 15, K99, K148, K183}

Synopsis and Codification of,

{GPB: 411}
{KA: vii-viii, 141-164}
{ROB3: 284}

Law(s) of, Ordinances, Precepts,

{KA: 2-9, 12-16, 145-162}
{ROB3: 276ff., 281, 292-4, 295-8}
{ROB4: 114, 116, 299-300, 321, 421, 423, 433}
"Govern three areas", {KA: 4}
Abrogation of laws and practices, Annulment of laws,

{KA: 4, 159}
supersede former laws and customs,

{KA: 1-2, K138, n93}
relation to laws of the Báb,

{KA: 7-8, K65, K129, K139-K142, K179, n108-n109, n163, n168}
see also Bayán

see also Relationship to past Dispensations

antecedents, {KA: n16, n20, n93, n168}
application, Implementation of laws,

mutatis mutandis, to men and women equally, {KA: 7, n38, n133}
progressive, {KA: 5-7, n89, n126}
in relation to Civil Law, {KA: 6}

binding on every Bahá'í and Bahá'í institution, {KA: 6-7}
brevity, {KA: 4-7}
Burial, Funeral, Graves,

{KA: 157}
burial rings, {KA: K128-K129, Q70, n149}
coffin,

{KA: K128, n149}
of Concrete, {KA: n149}
Wood for, {KA: K128, n149}

cremation prohibited, {KA: n149}
expenses, {KA: K28, Q9, Q69, n47}
one hour's journey, {KA: K130, Q16, n149, n152}
shroud, cloths, sheets, {KA: K130, Q56, n149, n151}
see also Prayer for the Dead

central themes, {KA: 4, 13-15}
characterized by Bahá'u'lláh,

{KA: 15-16}
breath of life, {KA: 16, K2}
hearts will rejoice through, {KA: K96}
keys of mercy, {KA: K3}
lamps of loving providence, {KA: K3, K29}
Most Great Law, {KA: K81}
not mere code of laws, {KA: 3, K5}
Water of Life, {KA: K29}
weightiest testimony unto all people, {KA: 3}

Commandments of God, {KA: n188}
designed for future state of society, {KA: 5-6, n78, n86}
elaboration,

by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: 8-9, 91-92}
by Universal House of Justice see Bahá'í Faith
supplementary to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas,

{KA: viii, 8-9, 91-102}
Questions and Answers , on the laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas,

{GPB: 219, 383}
{KA: vii, viii, 9, 103-140}
{ROB1: 26}
{ROB3: 278-9, 284}
Mullá Zaynu'l-'Ábidín, surnamed Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, compilation made by,

{ROB1: 25-6}
{ROB2: 69, 335-6}
{ROB3: 223, 278, 359}
{ROB4: 105, 244}
{SFWAB: 99} {TOB: 133 and n.}

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

embedded in spiritual commentary, {KA: 2}
enjoins, prescribes,

amity with followers of all religions,

{KA: 14, K144}
{ROB3: 369}

Monogamy, see Marriage

Exemptions from,

not viewed as prohibitions, {KA: n20, n55}
see Fasting, Huqúq'u'lláh, Prayer(s), Pilgrimage

Fasting,

{GL: 337}
{GPB: 214}
{KA: 4, 14, K10, K16, 148-149}
{KI: 39-40}
{ROB2: 397}
{ROB3: 115, 281, 286, 293, 362}
{ROB4: 9}
{SFWAB: 69-70}
{TOB: 109}
age of maturity for, {KA: K10, 148, n13, n25}
Bayán, laws of, confirmed, amplified or modified by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: n20, n26}
conditions,

{KA: 148-149}
abstinence from food and drink,

{KA: K17, n25, n32}
includes smoking, {KA: n32}

duration, {KA: K16-K17, 148, n26-n27}
during days other than prescribed, {KA: Q71, 149}
exemptions from, due to

age, {KA: K10, 149, n14, n25, n31}
Bahá'í Holy Days, {KA: Q36, n138}
illness, {KA: K10, K16, Q93, 149, n14, n31}
hard labour, {KA: Q76, 149, n31}
menstruation, {KA: K13, 149, n20, n31, n34}
pregnancy and nursing, {KA: K16, 149, n31}
traveling, {KA: K16, Q22, Q75, 148-149, n30-n31}
verses alternative to, {KA: K13, n34}

nearness to God, through, {KA: n25}
prayer for, see Prayer(s)
significance, {KA: K17, Q76, Q93, 148, n25}
time for, definition,

hours, {KA: K17, n17, n25}
Sunrise, {KA: K17, n25, n32}
Morning, {KA: K17, n25, n32}
Sunset, {KA: K17, n25, n32}
Evening, {KA: K17, n25, n32}
Night, {KA: K10, K17, n25, n32}
see also 'Alá'

see also Naw-Rúz, Twin Holy Birthdays, Declaration of The Báb, Prayer(s)

forbids,

Abuse

physical, {KA: K56, K148, n81}
verbal, {KA: K19, 91, n37}

Confession of Sins, Faults,

{KA: 2, K34, 158, n58}
{ROB3: 353}
{TOB: 24-5}
Absolution of sins, {KA: K34, n58}
see also Bishárát

Contention and Violence, see Contention
Drinking, Liquors, Alcohol,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K119, n2, n144, n170}
use of, {SFWAB: 149, 150}
see also Intoxicants, Wine

Gambling, Games of chance, Raffles,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K155, 158, n169}
Lotteries, {KA: n169}

Habit-forming Drugs,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K155, K190, n170}
{ROB3: 282, 439}
{SFWAB: 148-50}
Cannabis, Hashish, Heroin, LSD, Marijuana, Opium, Peyote, {KA: n170}
Intoxicants, {KA: 14, K119, 158, n2, n144, n170}
Prevention of opium use, {SFWAB: 149}
Tobacco,

{ROB3: 437-9}
use of, {SFWAB: 147-50}

see also Alcohol

Interpretation by followers, {ROB3: 374}
Monasticism, see Clergy
Penance, {GPB: 214}
Slave Trading, see Slavery

Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
Inheritance, Estate, Heirs,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 4, 14, K20, Q5, 153-56, n38}
{ROB3: 281, 330}
absence of heirs, missing heirs, Intestacy,

{KA: n38, n136}
children,

female, {KA: Q37, Q54, n42}
male, {KA: K26, Q41, Q72, n42, n45}

inheritance law applies only in case of, {KA: n38}
other categories, {KA: K22-K24}
reversion to House of Justice,

{KA: K24, Q100, n42}
children's allocation, {KA: K21, Q7}
Local Houses of Justice, {KA: K21-K22, Q6-Q7, Q28, Q33, Q41, Q72, Q100, 154-156, n38-n39, n42-n44}
male heirs' allocation, {KA: Q41, Q72, n44}
other categories' allocation, {KA: K22-K23, Q28, n38, n43}

teachers, {KA: Q28, Q33}

allocation of shares and property,

{KA: K20, Q5, n38}
brothers,

{KA: K20, Q5, Q6, Q53, n38, n39}
half-brothers, {KA: Q6, Q53, n39}

children,

{KA: K20, K22, K29, Q5, Q28, Q33, n38, n41}
female, daughter(s), {KA: K23, Q37, Q41, Q54, Q72, n38, n44-n45}
male, son(s),

{KA: K25, n44}
eldest, {KA: n38, n44, n66}

under age, {KA: K27, n46}

cousins, {KA: K23, n38}
father, {KA: K20, Q5, n38}
grandchildren, {KA: K26, n45}
mother, {KA: K20, Q5, n38}
nephews and nieces, {KA: K23, n38}
Non-Bahá'í(s), {KA: Q34, n38, n158}
sisters,

{KA: K20, Q5, n38}
half-sisters, {KA: Q6, Q53, n39}

spouse, {KA: K20, Q5, Q55, n38}
teachers,

{KA: K20, Q5, n38, n40}
{ROB3: 330}
non-Bahá'í, do not inherit, {KA: Q33}

uncles and aunts, {KA: K23, n38}

Bayán, laws of, confirmed, amplified or modified by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: K20, Q100, 153, n38, n41}
clothing, distribution of,

{KA: K25, n44}
used, of deceased woman, {KA: Q37, Q78, n44}

debts, payment of, {KA: K28, Q9, Q69, Q80, n47}
funeral and burial expenses, {KA: K28, Q9, n47}
God, Bounties of, evidenced by provisions of inheritance, {KA: K29, Q100}
Huqúq'u'lláh, payment of, see Bahá'í Faith
jewelry, {KA: Q37, Q78, n44}
non-Bahá'í relatives and intestacy, {KA: Q34, n38}
residence, principle, {KA: K25, Q34, n44}
trustees, appointment for underage inheritors, {KA: K27, n46}
Will and testament, {KA: K109, Q69, n38, n137}

institutions ordained by,

{KA: 3-7, 13-14}
Guardianship, see Shoghi Effendi
House of Justice, see House(s) of Justice

integrity, seals affixed, {KA: K117, n143}
Law of God, {ROB3: 292-3, 297}
law of Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
Murder, punishment for, see Crime(s)
obedience to, observance of

{KA: K1}
all are charged with, {KA: Q10}
benefits, {KA: K7, K67, K97, K148}
brings True Liberty,

{GL: 92, 96, 99, 216, 260, 335, 336}
{GPB: 215}
{KA: 15, K122-K125, 163}
{ROB3: 298-300}
{TOB: 84, 89, 162}
moderation, {TOB: 169}

enjoined, {KA: K17, K29, K62, K67, K71, K147, K148, Q10}
linked with recognition of manifestation of God, {KA: K1}
love of God as motive for, {KA: K4, 163}
negligence,

{KA: K40, K134, K171}
warned against, {KA: K17, K30, K45, K106, K134, K138, K171, Q105, 160}

wisdom enjoined, {KA: 6}

particular to men see Men
particular to women see Women
Prohibitions, {KA: 4, 14, 16, 157-158}
purpose(s),

{KA: 2-3}
establishment of love, harmony, unity, {KA: K65, K70}
maintenance of order and security, {KA: K2}
protection and elevation of human station, {KA: K45, K97, K123-K125, K155, Q105}

Statutes of, {KA: 15-16}
summarized, {GPB: 214}
their implementation, {ROB3: 282, 286}
transgression forbidden, {KA: K2, K29, K30, K107}

Statements by Bahá'u'lláh,

Abasement, {KA: K138, K158, n57, n58, n171}
Addresses, Summons of Bahá'u'lláh to,

Human race, {KA: K59}
Kings and rulers:

{GL: CV}
{KA: K82}
{ROB3: 147-8, 156}
Francis Joseph (Franz Josef), Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary,

{GPB: 208}
{KA: 15, K85, 162, n116}
{ROB3: 150}
fate of, {GPB: 226}
reproved by Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 208}

Kaiser William I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig), Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia,

{GPB: 208, 218, 226}
{KA: 15, K86, 162, n117-n118}
{ROB3: 113, 148-9}

Presidents of American Republics,

{GPB: 207}
{KA: 15, K88}
{ROB3: 155-6}

see also To The Kings and Rulers

Mírzá Yahyá, see Yahyá, Mírzá
People of Bahá, {KA: K84}
Religious leaders, divines,

{GPB: 209}
{KA: K104}
{ROB3: 163-5, 240}
see also To The Kings and Rulers, Clergy

Summons to specific individuals and peoples, {KA: 15, 162-164}

Admonitions, {KA: 162}
Allegory, {KA: n2, n121, n127, n130}
Allusion(s), {KA: 164}
Anger,

{KA: K153, 161}
not to lose Temper, {KA: K153, 91-92, 161}

Antiques, {KA: n166}
Body

care of, {KA: K155, n104, n144, n170}
desires of the flesh, {KA: K2, K58, K64, n25}
respect for,

{KA: n149}
see also Burial

Feet, Foot,

travel on, {KA: Q75, n153}
washing of, see Cleanliness

Head, Hair,

Beard(s),

{KA: K159, 159, n175}
{TOB: 23}

Face see Ablutions, Qiblih
Hair does not invalidate prayer, {KA: K9, 148, n12}
Hair length, {KA: K44, n69}
shaving the head, {KA: K44, Q10, 158, n68, n69}

Hand(s),

kissing,

{KA: 14, K34, 157, n57}
{ROB2: 266n}

plunging into food, {KA: K46, 158, n73}
washing of see Ablutions

Nails, paring, {KA: K106, 162}
Semen, {KA: K74, 159, n103}
see also Cleanliness, Illness, Physicians

Business,

investment in, financial, {KA: K27}
place of, exempt from Huqúq, {KA: Q95}

Claim to Revelation,

{KA: K37, n62}
by Mírzá Yahyá, see Yahyá, Mírzá

Concepts, human, {KA: n93, n181}
Crystal, {KA: K50, K128, n15, n149}
Customs,

redefined and take on new meaning, {KA: n93}
see also Hadíth, Religion(s), Religious traditions

Debasement, {KA: K123}
Deceit, {KA: K165}
Denounces,

hypocrisy in religion, {ROB3: 355}
Turkish regime, {ROB3: 123, 151-2}

Desire,

corrupt, selfish, see Self
earthly, {KA: K89}
Passion(s), {KA: K2, K41, K64, K89, K184, 161}
wilderness of, {KA: K107}

Development, social and economic, {KA: K160, n53}
Differences,

between marriage partners, {KA: K69-K70, Q19, n100}
between people, {KA: K35}
between revealed verses, {KA: Q57, Q63, n109}
Disagreement, {KA: Q19, Q99}
resolution by reference to Sacred Text, {KA: K53}

Disbelief,

{KA: K141}
see also Recognition, Rejection

Discord, {KA: 92}
Discrimination, {KA: 14}
Disorder, spread not, {KA: K165}
Domestic help, Servant, {KA: K63, Q30, 157, n90}
Effigies, {KA: K31}
Eternity, {KA: K182}
exhortation(s),

{KA: 4, 14-15, 143, 156-162, K50, K55, K132, K134, K135, K136, K157, K183, n155, n172}
to clergy, {KA: K41, K100, K102, K165, K166}
to followers in, {GPB: 214, 215}
to kings, {KA: K82, K85, K86}
to people of Bayán, {KA: K137, K138, K139, K140, K141, K179}
first duty of human being, {KA: K1}

Expenses, {KA: K28, K69, Q47, Q69, n47, n125}
Family,

{KA: n76, n91, n133}
bedrock of society, {KA: n134}
Descendants,

{KA: Q6, n38}
Birthright of eldest son, {KA: K25, n44}
of Bahá'u'lláh,

{KA: n66}
see also Aghsán

of Muhammad, {KA: n85}

Father,

{KA: K45, K107, n133}
instruction of son and daughter enjoined on, {KA: K48, Q105, n76}
son should serve, {KA: Q104}

Forefathers, {KA: K10, K180}
Mother, first educator,

{KA: n76}
mothers, importance of, {SFWAB: 124, 125, 126, 138, 139}

see also Inheritance, Marriage

Foolishness, {KA: K51, K89, K178}
Forbearance, {KA: 14, K153}
Godliness, {KA: K108, Q106}
healing and medicine, see Lawh-i-Tibb
Harm,

{KA: K123, K155, Q94, n170}
see also Bahá'í Faith/opposition to, Bahá'u'lláh/His sufferings

Head of the Faith,

{KA: n66, n125}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Shoghi Effendi

Heroes, {KA: K94}
His Covenant and succession, Bahá'u'lláh's successor, see Covenant, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Mírzá Yahyá, Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í, Shaykh
Homemaking, {KA: n56}
Hospitality, {KA: 14, K16, K57, n29, n82}
House(s)

entering without permission of owner, {KA: K145, 158}
furnishings, renewal, {KA: K151, Q8, Q42, Q95, 162, n166}
Sacred, Twin, see Holy Places and Historical Sites

Imposter, {KA: K37}
Indulgence,

in carrying out laws, {KA: K45, 160}
of passions, {KA: K2, K64, 161}
see also Negligence

Invitations, {KA: K156, 161}
Jewellery,

{KA: Q37, Q78, n44, n166}
see also Inheritance

Journey,

Night, of Muhammad, {KA: n128}
of soul towards God, {KA: n92, n128, n149}
see also Travel

Judicial officer, religious, {KA: Q98}
Káf (the letter),

{KA: n188}
see also Land of Káf and Rá

lamentation,

{KA: K43, 161}
of Berlin see Berlin

Lost property, {KA: Q17, 157}
Lust, {KA: K64}
Marketplace,

{KA: K108, n135}
see also Public places

Material means, to make use of, {KA: K66, K113, 163}
Maturity, age of, Adult, Coming of age,

for Bahá'í administrative purposes, {KA: n49}
for betrothal and marriage, {KA: Q43, Q92, 150}
for performance of religious duties,

{KA: Q20, Q92, 146, n13, n25}
Prayer for the Dead and burial rings, see Prayer(s)

under-age inheritors, {KA: K27, n46}
see also Human race, coming of age

Medicine,

{KA: n144, n170}
see also Physicians

Middle Way, {KA: K43}
Neighbor,

behaviour towards, {KA: 2, 159, 161, n163}
treat neighbour as self, {TOB: 64}

Oppression,

{KA: K73, K88, K148, n170}
see also Bahá'u'lláh/His sufferings, Tyranny

Philanthropy,

{KA: n125}
see also Huqúq'u'lláh, Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Zakát

Power,

of God see God
of kings, {KA: K86, K93, n118}
rational, {KA: n130}
of the tongue, {KA: K160}

Pretender, {KA: K37, K117, K184, n190}
Problems,

personal, {KA: n52}
solution of, {KA: 91}

Promise(s),

of Divine assistance, {KA: K38, K53, K74, 164}
fulfillment of promise, {KA: K35, K80, K156, n160}
obligation to fulfill, {KA: K67, K156}
see also Promised One, Progressive Revelation

Reciting verses of God,

{ROB3: 323-4}
in Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, {ROB3: 343-4}
Radiance, attitude enjoined when reading Writings, {KA: K149, Q68, n165}

Relief of poor or suffering, see Poverty
Remembrance of God, {KA: K40, K43}
Reproofs, {KA: 162}
Respect for people of learning and accomplishment, {KA: n110}
Reversal, Great,

{DBNN: 202}
{KA: K157, n171, n172}

Sea of Purification, {KA: K75, n106}
Silver,

utensils, {KA: K46, 159, n72}
see also Dowry

Six Year Plan, {KA: vii}
Sovereign, Sign of the, {KA: K157, n171}
Spot, in reference to,

'Akká, {KA: K37, K81, K100, n63, n127}
Baghdád, {KA: K133, Q32, n154}
Constantinople, {KA: K89, n120}
Garden of Ridván, {KA: n107}
Qiblih, {KA: K6, n7, n8}
Shíráz, {KA: K133, Q32, n154}

Standing,

to deliver talks, {KA: n168}
movements of Obligatory Prayer, see Prayer(s)
for recitation of Prayer for the Dead, see Prayer(s)

State, matters of,

{KA: 91}
see also House(s) of Justice

Stewards, Chief,

{KA: n183}
see also Hands of the Cause

Study of

arts and sciences, {KA: K77, 160, n110}
Kitáb-i-Aqdas, {KA: viii, 7}
languages, {KA: K118, 161}
teachings, {KA: K149, K182}
see also Language(s), Interpretation of Sacred Text

teaching His Faith, {ROB3: 331, 383}
tribute to the 'learned', {ROB4: 38}
Trustees, see Trustees
Unanimity in decision-making, {KA: Q99, n52}
'We are with You at all times', {ROB3: 383}
Writings of The Báb quoted,

{ROB3: 305-7}
Relationship to Bayán, see Bayán

Writings of Shaykh Muhammad-Hasan,

{KA: n178}
see also Muhammad-Hasan-i-Najafí, Shaykh

Misc. Topics,

Next Manifestation of God, see Manifestation(s) of God
pride, {ROB3: 369-70}
prophecies,

{ROB3: 398}
future Bahá'í sovereigns, {ROB3: 159}

saintly life and character, {ROB3: 356-7}
standards set for Bahá'ís in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, {GPB: 214-215}
Statements by Shoghi Effendi,

{ROB3: 274, 281-2, 286, 294, 400, 420}
summary of contents, significance of, {GPB: 213-216}

Tihrán, {GL: LVI}
virtues, {ROB3: 356-7}

Kitáb-i-Badí',

{ROB1: 102, 250, 279}
{ROB2: ch. 17, 373-82}
Mírzá Mihdíy-i-Gílání, addressed to {ROB2: 370, 381}

Kitáb-i-Íqán (The Book of Certitude),

{ESW: 119}
{GL: XIII, XIX, XXII, XC, XCI, CXXV}
{GPB: 138, 139, 172}
{KA: n180, n182}
{ROB1: ch. 10, 152, 263, 332, see also Table of Contents}
{ROB2: 52, 68-70, 101, 219-20, 370; quoted, 232}
{ROB3: 39, 93, 98, 117, 245, 275, 302-3, 334, quoted 95}
{ROB4: 95, 136, 140, 152, 154, 207, 213, 295, 322, 329, 385, 421, 427-8, 438}
{SAQ: 110, 110n, 289}
{TOB: 210}
dissemination of, {ROB1: 160}
effect on reader, {ROB1: 158-9, 161-2}
former title (Risáliy-i-Khál), {ROB1: 158}
Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Karím Khán-i-Kirmání, Hájí Mírzá Karím Khán, admonished in,

{KA: K170, 164, n182}
{KI: 184, 190}
{ROB1: 186n., Appendix IV}
{ROB2: 390, 438}
{ROB3: 255}

Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Muhammad (uncle of The Báb), recipient of,

{ROB2: 69, 71}
Bahá'u'lláh addresses,

{ROB1: 186-9; also 180, 189, 198n.}
{ROB4: 329}

importance of, {ROB1: 153, 197}
original copy, {ROB1: 159}
revealed in two days and two nights, {GPB: 138}
summary of contents, significance of, {GPB: 138, 139}
various subjects:

Beginning That Hath No Beginning, {KI: 161, 163, 167, 168}
contentment, {ROB1: 187}
End That Hath No End, {KI: 161, 167, 168}
fellowship with righteous, {ROB1: 187}
interpretation of former Scriptures, {ROB1: 162, 164-6, 171-2}
knowledge, {ROB1: 172-3, 185-6}
Life, true, {KI: 114, 120-21}
love, {ROB1: 187}
pride, {ROB1: 187}
purity of heart, {ROB1: 172, 187}
'seal' on Holy Books, see Terms in Holy Writings
unity of religions, {ROB1: 160-61}
Zíyárat, {KI: 240}

written for a Muslim, {ROB1: 162}
See also Certitude, Detachment, Spirit, Holy, Manifestations of God, Báb, The/Qá'im, True Seeker

Lawh-i-Ahbáb (Tablet of the Friends),

{ROB3: 258-9}
holy and dedicated souls will arise, {ROB3: 259}
Mullá Muhammad-Sádiq-i-Khurásání (Mullá Sádiq, Muqaddas, Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq), Hand of the Cause of God, recipient of,

{ROB1: 92-3}
{ROB2: 110, 293n., 388}
{ROB3: 62-3, 253-60, 266-7}
{ROB4: 286, 301}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, Statements on, {ROB3: 259-60}
arrested and tortured, {GPB: 10}
conversion of, {DBNN: 100, 145, 184}
father of Hand of the Cause Ibn-i-Asdaq,

{ROB3: 266}
see Hands of the Cause of God/Ibn-i-Asdaq

on human character, {ROB3: 259}
on His sufferings, {ROB3: 259}
on teaching, {ROB3: 259}

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad),

Arabic,

{GPB: 172}
{ROB1: 66, 294}
{ROB2: ch. 5, 116, 119-20; quoted, 123, 126}
{ROB3: 257}
{ROB4: 141}
Ahmad-i-Yazdí, recipient of,

{ROB2: 107-16}
{ROB3: 257}

on steadfastness, {ROB4: 141}

Persian, {GL: CLII, CLIII}

{ROB2: ch. 6; quoted, 139, 143-4, 147-8, 150}
Hájí Mírzá Ahmad, recipient of, {ROB2: 137}

Lawh-i-Aqdas, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Ard-i-Bá, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr (Tablet of The Verse of Light),

also titled Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta'ih (Interpretation of the Isolated Letters),
Alif, Lám, Mím, {KI: 202}
{ROB1: 125-8}
Mírzá Áqáy-i-Rikáb-Sáz, recipient of,

{DBNN: 156}
{ROB1: 125}

Lawh-i-Ayyúb, see Súriy-i-Sabr
Lawh-i-Bahá,

{ROB2: 171, 179-80}
Khátún Ján, revealed in honour of,

{ROB2: 171-80}
Hájí Asadu'lláh, father of, {DBNN: 281}

Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq (Tablet of the Nightingale of Bereavement), {ROB1: 244-5}
Lawh-i-Burhán, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Dunyá, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Fitnih (Tablet of the Test),

{ROB1: 128-9, 135-6}
Princess Shams-i-Jihán (entitled Fitnih), recipient of {ROB1: 128-9}

Lawh-i-Fu'ád,

{ROB2: 375}
{ROB3: ch. 5, 151; quoted, 87}
{ROB4: 437}
Fu'ád Páshá (Foreign Affairs Minister of Sultan 'Abdu'l- Azíz of Turkey), mentioned in,

{ROB1: 225}
{ROB2: 312, 398}
{ROB3: 87, 419}
{ROB4: 242}
fate of, {GPB: 231}

on Turkish Empire, {ROB3: 87}
Shaykh Kázim-i-Samandar, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, recipient of,

{ROB1: 36}
{ROB2: 73-4, 175, 246, 260}
{ROB3: 88-91, 257-8, 266, 381}
{ROB4: 88, 178, 191, 394}
Baha'u'llah's Tablet to, {ROB4: 88}
Shoghi Effendi's statement on, {ROB3: 88}

see also Súriy-i-Ra'ís, Lawh-i-Ra'ís

Lawh-i-Ghulámu'l-Khuld (Tablet of The Youth of Paradise), {ROB1: 211, 213-14}
Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions), {ROB3: 272; quoted, 272}
Lawh-i-Hawdaj (Tablet of the Howdah),

{GPB: 157}
{ROB2: 6-7, 16}

Lawh-i-Hikmat, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet of Hirtík), {ROB3: 29-30}
Lawh-i-Húríyyih (Tablet of the Maiden),

{ROB1: 125}
{ROB3: 223}

Lawh-i-Ittihád (Tablet of Unity),

{ROB4: 191-6}
on power of unity, {ROB4: 194-5}
Muvását (Equality) is noblest quality of man, {ROB4: 195}

Lawh-i-Karmil, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food),

{ROB1: 55-60 passim}
Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín, recipient of,

{ROB1: 55-6, 60, 260n.}
see also Gleanings/Tablet to Kamál

see also World/spiritual worlds of God

Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of The Holy Mariner),

{GPB: 140, 147-8, 157}
{ROB1: prologue, ch. 14}
{ROB2: 6}
{SFWAB: 314}

Lawh-i-Maqsúd, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Mubáhilih, quoted, {ROB2: 293 and n.}
Lawh-i-Nuqtih, {ROB2: 397}
Lawh-i-Pisar 'Amm (Tablet to the Cousin), {ROB3: 216-18}
Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún or Lawh-i-Ihtiráq (The Fire Tablet),

{ROB2: 275 and n}
{ROB3: 226-30, 231; quoted, 228, 229}
Hájí Siyyid 'Alí-Akbar-i-Dahají, recipient of,

{ROB2: 275}
{ROB3: 226-7}

Lawh-i-Qiná' (Tablet of the Veil), {ROB1: 334 and n.}
Lawh-i-Ra'ís, see Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Ridván,

revealed in Adrianople {ROB2: 397}
revealed at Garden of Ridván ('Akká),

mentioned {ROB4: 11}
on plants, {ROB4: 12}

revealed in the barracks of 'Akká, {ROB3: 53-6}
see also Ridván

Lawh-i-Rúh (Tablet of the Spirit),

{ROB2: 181-8 passim, 260; major themes of, 181, 186, 187}
see also Adrianople/Ridá Big, house of

Lawh-i-Ru'yá (Tablet of Vision),

{ROB3: 223-4}
{ROB4: 417}

Lawh-i-Salmán, see Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Sayyáh, (Tablet of Sayyáh),

{ROB2: 210, 213-15}
quoted, {ROB3: 13}
Mírzá 'Alíy-i-Sayyáh-i-Marághihí (Mullá Ádí-Guzal), recipient of,

{DBNN: 431 (note 4), 432, 433}
{ROB1: 220}
{ROB2: 209-13, 328, 402, 408}
{ROB4: 101n.}

Lawh-i-Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Lawh-i-Sultán, see To The Kings and Rulers
Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine),

{ROB3: 357-60}
'Abdu'l-Bahá,

on medicine, {ROB3: 358, 361-3}
His powers of healing, {ROB3: 361-3}

Healing, ocean of, {TOB: 113}
if the believers had carried out His commandments, {ROB3: 360, 379}
Thy name is my healing...

{ROB3: 360}

Lawh-i-Tuqá, {ROB2: 397}
Madínatu'r-Ridá (City of Radiant Acquiescence), {ROB1: 108-9}
Madínatu't-Tawhíd, see Gleanings/Tablet of Madínatu't-Tawhíd
Mathnavíy-i-Mubárak,

{ROB2: ch. 2 passim}
{ROB4: 232}

Musíbát-i-Hurúfát-i-'Álíyát, see Hurúfát-i-'Állín
Nafahát-i-Quds,

God would be pleased if Arabic chosen as Universal Auxiliary Language, {ROB4: 159}

Nightingale and the Crow, The, {ROB2: 241-5}
Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh,

{KA: n23}
Bahá'u'lláh, Book of, {PM: 37, 38, 43, 66, 69, 76, 80, 85, 143, 145, 207, 245, 249, 275, 284, 286, 293}
Giving, {PM: 33, 337}
Letters of Negation necessary, {PM: 325}
New creation, {PM: 171, 295}
Recompense, {PM: 223, 241, 287, 293}
see also Prayer(s)

Qasídiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqá'íyyih, Qasídiy-i-Varqá'íyyih,

{ROB1: 62-4, 84-5}
{ROB3: 206}
{ROB4: 390}

Questions and Answers, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Rashh-i-'Amá (poem),

{ROB1: 45-6, 51}
Bahá'u'lláh, on His Revelation, {ROB4: 406}

Ridvánu'l-Iqrár, {ROB2: 397}
Sahífiy-i-Shattíyyih (Book of the River), {ROB1: 105-8}
Sáqí-Az-Ghayb-i-Baqá (poem),

{ROB1: 64}
{ROB2: 141}

Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys, The,

Seven Valleys, The,

{GPB: 121, 140, 260, 383}
{ROB1: ch. 8, 151}
{ROB2: 26}
{ROB4: 142, 181}
Shaykh Muhyi'd-Dín, recipient of,

{ROB1: 96}
{SVFV: xii}

1. Search, {ROB1: 96}
2. Love, {ROB1: 96-8}
3. Knowledge, {ROB1: 98-9}
4. Unity, {ROB1: 99}
5. Contentment, {ROB1: 99-101}
6. Wonderment, {ROB1: 101}
7. True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness, {ROB1: 101}

Four Valleys, The,

{GPB: 122, 140}
{ROB1: 104}
Shaykh 'Abdu'r-Rahmán-i-Karkúkí, recipient of,

{ROB1: 62, 104}
{SVFV: xiii}

Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand,

{ROB1: 147-50}
Siyyid Mírzá Husayn-i-Mutavallí, addressed to,

{ROB1: 147, 149-50}
betrays Quddús to enemy, {DBNN: 384, 398}

Subhána-Rabbíya'l-A'lá,

{ROB1: 211-13}
Hájí Mírzá Músáy-i-Javáhirí (owner of residence of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád), recipient of,

{ROB1: 211, 212-13}
{ROB2: 329}
Hájí Mírzá Hádí, father of, {ROB1: 211}

Subhánika-Yá-Hú or Lawh-i-Náqús (Tablet of the Bell), {ROB2: 18-19, 23-4}
Súratu'lláh (Súrih of God), {ROB1: 244-5}
Súriy-i-Ahzán, {ROB2: 397}
Súriy-i-Amr, {ROB2: 161-2, prologue}
Súriy-i-Asháb,

{ROB1: 286}
{ROB2: ch. 4; 65, 72-7, 84, 86-7}

Súriy-i-Bayán, {ROB2: 397}
Súriy-i-Ghusn, (Tablet of the Branch),

{ROB1: 135}
{ROB2: ch. 18}

Súriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage),

{GPB: 177}
{KA: Q10, n54, n68}
{ROB1: 212}
I and II, {ROB2: 240}

Súriy-i-Haykal, see To The Kings and Rulers
Súriy-i-Hijr, {ROB2: 397}
Súriy-i-'Ibád (Tablet of the Servants), {ROB2: 272-4}
Súriy-i-Mulúk, see To The Kings and Rulers
Súriy-i-Nush, {ROB1: 137, 142, 146}
Súriy-i-Qadír (Tablet of the Omnipotent), {ROB1: 119-22}
Súriy-i-Qalam, {ROB2: 397}
Súriy-i-Qamís, {ROB2: 397}
Súriy-i-Ra'ís, (Arabic)

{GL: 39}
{ROB2: 411-17; quoted, 414, 415}
{ROB3: 34 and n., 87, 100n., 109, 123; quoted, 151}
'Álí Páshá, Grand Vizír, Turkish Prime Minister, addressed to, see Lawh-i-Ra'ís
Hájí Muhammad Ismá'íl-i-Káshání, Hájí Muhammad Ismá'íl-i-Dhabíh of Káshán; Siyyid Ismá'íl of Zavárih; Siyyid Ismá'íl-i-Zavári'í; Dhabíh, Zabih (Sacrifice); Anís (Companion); recipient of,

{DBNN: 168}
{ROB1: 101-3, 205}
{ROB2: 112, 137, 411-13, 415}
{ROB3: 99, 100n.}
{ROB4: 386, 435}
the 'King and Beloved of Martyrs', {ROB1: 103}
see also Tablet to Hájí Muhammad Ismá'íl-i-Káshání (Dhabíh)

see also Lawh-i-Fu'ád

Súriy-i-Sabr (Tablet of Patience), also titled Lawh-i-Ayyúb (Tablet of Job), Súriy-i-Ayyúb,

{DBNN: 477}
{ROB1: 141 and n., 263-73 passim}
effect upon Bábís, {ROB1: 271-2}
Hájí Muhammad-Taqí of Nayríz (entitled Ayyúb), recipient of, {ROB1: 139-41, 263-4, 268-9 and n.}
see also Job

Tablet for 'Abdu'r-Rahím of Bushrú'íyyih,

{ROB3: 60-61}
'Abdu'r-Rahím of Bushrú'íyyih, {ROB3: 59-63}

Tablet of Ahmad, see Lawh-i-Ahmad
Tablet of Carmel, see Lawh-i-Karmil
Tablet of Ihtiráq (Fire Tablet), see Lawh-i-QadIhtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún
Tablet of Medicine, see Lawh-i-Tibb
Tablet of Ridván, see Lawh-i-Ridván
Tablet of Ru'yá, see Lawh-i-Ru'yá
Tablet of Salmán, see Lawh-i-Salmán
Tablet of Sayyáh, see Lawh-i-Sayyáh
Tablet of Siráj, see Lawh-i-Siráj
Tablet of The Holy Mariner, see Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds
Tablet of Visitation,

Bahá'u'lláh and The Báb,

{PM: 310-313}
{ROB1: 30, 206 and n.}
{ROB4: 419}
see also Tablet to Nabíl-i-A'zam/Mullá Muhammad i-Zarandí,

see also Haifa/'Abdu'l-Bahá/Tablet of Visitation

Tablet to Badí',

{ROB3: 179-80, 183, 184, 199-200, 203}
Áqá Buzurg of Khurásán, Badí' ('Wonderful'), Fakhru'sh-Shuhadá ('Pride of Martyrs'), Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 199, 233}
{ROB2: 97, 128, 339}
{ROB3: 75, 176ff., 192, 198-203}
{ROB4: 39, 73, 299, 305, 386, 435}
Bahá'u'lláh extols, {ROB3: 179-80, 184, 198-9}
in interviews with Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 241}
Martyrdom of, {ROB3: 186-91, 198-203}
'Salt of My Tablets', {ROB3: 199ff.}

Tablet to Hájí 'Abdu'l-Majíd,

{KA: Q104}
{ROB3: 179-80, 202-3}
Hájí 'Abdu'l-Majíd-i-Níshápúrí, Abá Badí' ('Father of Badí'),

{DBNN: 325, 580}
{ROB2: 128-36}
{ROB3: 176-7, 202-3}
{ROB4: 386, 435}
discards treasure, {GPB: 39}

Tablet to Hájí Siyyid Javád-i-Karbilá'í,

quoted, {ROB3: 279-80}
Hájí Siyyid Javád-i-Karbilá'í, Siyyid-i-Núr,

{DBNN: 188 (notes 18 and 19)}
{ROB1: 155 and n., 157, 220, 221-4}
{ROB2: 9, 377, 390}
{ROB3: 279}
{ROB4: 438}

Tablet to Rada'r-Rúh,

{ROB3: 7-8}
Mullá Muhammad-Ridá of Manshád, Mullá Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Manshádí, Rada'r-Rúh,

{DBNN: 473}
{ROB1: 39-40, 84-5, 331}
{ROB2: 99 and n., 258}
{ROB3: 7-8 and n.}
{ROB4: 325}
Martyrdom of, {ROB3: 7}

Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Tablet to The Times,

{ROB3: 195}
{ROB4: 348-50}

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas,

{KA: 9, 89}
{ROB4: 33, 118, 167, 227-38}

Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr, (Words of Wisdom),

{GPB: 383}
quoted, {ROB2: 96}

Bishárát (Glad-Tidings),

{GPB: 216}
{KA: n58, n61, n173}
{ROB4: 116, 158, 159, ch. 10, 168}
{SFWAB: 35, 61}
on a true believer, {ROB4: 161-2}
on auxiliary language, {ROB4: 159-60}
on confession,

{ROB4: 164}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas

on monasticism, see Clergy
on unacceptable actions, {ROB4: 161}
quotes from His own, {ROB4: 162}
quoted, {ROB3: 353}

Ishráqát (Splendours),

{ESW: 26}
{GPB: 216, 383}
{KA: 89, 91-92, n75, n109}
{ROB3: 270n.; quoted, 219, 319}
{ROB4: 18, 116, ch. 9, 162, 168, 405}
{SFWAB: 35, 61}
'Abdu'l-Bahá interprets, {ROB4: 147}
contains passage from Tablet to,

Hájí Mírzá Buzurg-i-Afnán, see Tarázát
Hájí Muhammad-Ibráhím (Muballigh), see Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Hájí Jalíl-i-Khu'í, addressed to,

{ROB4: 145-7, 149}
{TOB: 106 and n., 117, 121, 122, 124, 131}

on auxiliary language, {ROB4: 159-60}
on human character, {ROB3: 219-20}
on infallibility, see Infallibility
on Islámic prophecies, {ROB4: 153-4}
on steadfastness, {ROB4: 141}
on Trustworthiness, {ROB4: 17-18, 437}
quotes from His own, {ROB4: 162}

Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise),

{GPB: 216}
{KA: n61}
{ROB4: 117, 175-6, 196, ch. 15, 374}
{SFWAB: 35, 61}
Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí ('Angel of Carmel'), revealed in honour of,

{KA: K80, n114}
{ROB1: 28-9}
{ROB2: 68-73, 77, 194-202, 332, 340, 370, 438-50}
{ROB3: 181, 352}
{ROB4: 214, 258, 270-3, 323, 325-6, 432}
{TOB: 57 and n., 70, 74, 243-4}
Bihjatu's-Sudúr, memoirs of,

{ROB3: 99-104, 182, 183-4, 218-19, 248-9, 335-6, 377, 397-8, 401-2, 434-5}
reminiscences of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 4-5, 14-15}
reminiscences of Varqá and Rúhu'lláh, {ROB4: 60-3}

met by Hájí Muhammad-i-Yazdí, see Muhammad-i-Yazdí, Hájí
on the Person of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 135-6}
teaching work of, {ROB4: 238, 270-3}
quoted, {ROB2: 7-10, 11-12, 42-3, 52-3, 68-73, 116-17}
see also Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí

on fear of God, {ROB4: 28}
on misdeeds of believers, {ROB4: 225}
quoted, {ROB3: 352-3}

Kitáb-i-'Ahdí (The Book of My Covenant, Book of the Covenant, Book of Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant, Book of His Covenant, Crimson Book, Epistle of the Covenant, Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh, Most Great Tablet),

{GPB: 238-240}
{KA: n37, n66, n145, n183}
{ROB1: 37, 80, 134, 137}
{ROB2: 389}
{ROB3: 81, 371}
{ROB4: 69, 388, 419-420, 434}
'Abdu'l-Bahá as being the One to Whom all must turn, {SAQ: 60 and n}
and Most Holy Book, {GPB: 326}
"Crimson Book",

{GPB: 238}
{TOB: 89, 90, 220, 242}

on worldly goods, {ROB3: 81}

Lawh-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Tablet, Tablet to the Christians),

{GPB: 209, 210, 216}
{ROB3: 11 and n.}
{ROB4: 117, 227-35, 352, 353}
addressed to church aristocracy, {ROB4: 229-30}
explanation of 'stars', {ROB4: 229}

Lawh-i-Ard-i-Bá (Tablet of the Land of Bá (Beirut)),

{ROB4: 240-1}
see also Beirut

Lawh-i-Burhán (Tablet of the Proof),

{GPB: 200, 219, 232}
{ROB4: ch. 6, 425, 435}
Shaykh Muhammad-Báqir of Isfahán ("Dhi'b" - Wolf), addressed to,

{GPB: 201, 232}
{ROB2: 130-4}
{ROB3: 163}
{ROB4: 75-6, 79, 91-102, 297, 368, 384-5}
{TOB: 203, 213 and n., 215-16}
Shoghi Effendi describes end of the Wolf and the She-Serpent, {ROB4: 100-101}
see also Epistle to the Son of the Wolf/Shaykh Muhammad-Taqí (Son of the Wolf)

to divines, {ROB4: 97-9}
to enemies, {ROB4: 95}

Lawh-i-Dunyá (Tablet of the World),

{GL: XLIII}
{GPB: 216}
{ROB3: 85n.; quoted, 85-6, 220, 380}
{ROB4: 117, 288, ch. 22, 401, Appendix II}
Áqá Mírzá Áqáy-i-Afnán, Núru'd-Dín (Light of Faith), recipient of,

{ROB1: 155}
{ROB2: 383 and n.}
{ROB3: 85n., 202 and n.}
{ROB4: illus. 331; 7, 284, 329-37, 429-31}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to, to restore the House of The Báb, {ROB4: 430}
Bahá'u'lláh meets with, {ROB4: 330-37}
Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to, about Mazra'ih, {ROB4: 7}
Maryam Sultán Bagum, wife of, {ROB4: 332, 337}

burning of books, {ROB4: 341}
counsels of, to followers, {ROB4: 338-42}
on future of the Cause, {ROB4: 72}
on wickedness, {ROB4: 340}
response to martyrdoms in Yazd, {ROB4: 347}
to Hájí Muhammad-Ridá, {ROB4: 342-4}

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom),

{GPB: 219}
{ROB1: 20-21}
{ROB3: quoted, 389}
{ROB4: ch. 3, 192, 373}
Mullá Áqá Muhammad-i-Qá'iní (Áqá Muhammad, Fádil-i-Qá'iní, Nabíl-i-Akbar), Hand of the Cause, Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, recipient of,

{ROB1: 91-5, 145n.}
{ROB2: 42, 341}
{ROB3: 97, 389}
{ROB4: 33-4, 38, 39, 45, 48-9, 118n., 237, 258, 286, 313}
{TOB: 135, 137, 151, 198}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's tribute to, {ROB4: 34}
at 'Akká, {ROB4: 33}
dear to Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 48}
travels of, {ROB4: 177}

ancient Greek philosophers, {ROB4: 46}
deplores condition of the world, {ROB4: 34-5}
description of nature, {ROB4: 45}
differs from historical records, {ROB4: 46}
for mankind, {ROB4: 34-5}
on creation, {ROB4: 39-40, 42, 45}
on His own knowledge, {ROB3: 389}
on knowledge of the Manifestations, {ROB4: 48}
on misdeeds of believers, {ROB4: 37}
on speech, {ROB4: 192}
on worship, {ROB4: 36}
philosophical terminology of, {ROB4: 33}
teaching, advice on, {ROB4: 192}
teachings to spiritualize the human race, {ROB4: 35-7}

Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel),

{GL: XI}
{GPB: 194, 219, 345}
{ROB3: 215 and n.}
{ROB4: ch. 23, 423}
'Angel of Carmel', see Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih/Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí
Bahá'í Community addressed in, {ROB4: 356-7}
Shoghi Effendi's Interpretation of, {ROB4: 347-8}
Mount Carmel,

{ESW: 38, 145}
{GL: 14-16, 211}
{GPB: 194}
{ROB1: 15, 19, 29, 200, 268}
{ROB2: 2}
{ROB3: 16, 22, 28, 56, 57, 75, 172, 183, 211, 215, 305, 418, 430-32, 442, 446-8}
{ROB4: illus. 363; 70n., 123, 170-1, 332, 351}
{SAQ: 32}
{TOB: 3-4}

'Abdu'l-Bahá,

Burial, Shrine of

{GPB: 313}
see also Haifa/Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá

on prophecies concerning, {ROB4: 170-1}

Bahá'u'lláh at,

{GPB: 194}
{ROB3: 28, 30-31, 418}
{ROB4: 351, 332-7}

Elijah, cave of,

{GPB: 277}
{ROB4: 351, 359}

future site of Bahá'í institutions,

{GPB: 316}
property on, {GPB: 346}
school to be on, {GPB: 307}
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár on, {ROB4: 352, 363}
see also Bahá'í Faith/World Administrative Centre

Shoghi Effendi on

transfer of remains of Purest Branch and Navváb to,

{GPB: 348}
{ROB3: 201-11, Appendix III}

see also Bahá'u'lláh/Mírzá Mihdí, Bahá'u'lláh/Navváb

Shrine of the Báb,

{GPB: 263, 267, 273, 275, 276, 277, 346}
{KA: n114}
{ROB1: 15, 200, 206}
{ROB3: 86, 107, 389, 430-32, 443, 446-7}
{ROB4: illus. 363, 364; 123, 165, 170-1, 358-65, 419}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, on,

{ROB3: 430-32}
{ROB4: 358-9}
His troubles in building the Báb's Shrine, {GPB: 275}

dome, {GPB: 411}
Mausoleum on Mt. Carmel, {GPB: 194}
remains of The Báb,

{GPB: 273, 275-278, 346}
{ROB4: 358-60}
'Abdu'l-Bahá

on interment of,

{ROB3: 432}
{ROB4: 359}

places on Mt. Carmel, {GPB: 241, 273, 275, 276, 314}

Russian Consul,

has artist picture remains of Báb, {GPB: 54}
ordered to investigate Bábí Movement, {GPB: 55}
views remains of the Báb, {GPB: 54}

transfer of,

Bahá'u'lláh on,

{ROB3: 424 ff.}
orders bodies of Báb and Quddús brought to Tihrán,

{DBNN: 519}
{GPB: 54, 273}
{ROB4: 299}

to Mt. Carmel, {GPB: 54, 177, 241, 262, 273, 275, 276, 314}

see also Sháh-Muhammad-i-Manshádí, Hájí (Amínu'l-Bayán)

Pilgrimage to, {ROB4: 170-1}
Shoghi Effendi, on, {ROB4: 360-1}

Lawh-i-Maqsúd (Tablet of Maqsúd),

{GL: CXII}
{GPB: 216}
{ROB4: 117, 235-6}
Mírzá Maqsúd, recipient of,

{ROB4: 235-6}
{TOB: 159, 174-6}

on justice, {ROB3: 295-6}
on power of unity, {ROB4: 196}
quoted, {ROB3: 294}

Lawh-i-Síyyid-i-Mihdíy-i-Dahají (Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají),

{ROB4: 236-8}
Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají, addressed to,

{ROB2: 118-19, 272-4, 290}
{ROB3: 209, 226, 227, 234 and n.}
{ROB4: 236-8, 287n.}
{TOB: 195 and n.}

Súriy-i-Vafá (Tablet to Vafá),

{GL: LXXIX}
addresses leaders of religion, {ROB4: 212}
on spiritual worlds,

{ROB4: ch. 14}
see also World/spiritual

Shaykh Muhammad-Husayn (Vafá), recipient of,

{ROB4: 205-6}
{TOB: 179 and n., 181}

Tajallíyát (Effulgences),

{GPB: 216}
{ROB3: 120 n.}
{ROB4: 117, ch. 8, 168}
{SFWAB: 35, 61}
Book of, {ESW: 26}
on recognizing God, {ROB4: 139}
on sciences which begin and end in words, {ROB4: 143-4, 236}
Ustád 'Alí-Akbar-i-Banná, recipient of,

{ROB3: 120}
{ROB4: illus. 121; 30, 118-25}
{TOB: 48 and n., 49-53 passim}
'Abdu'l-Bahá,

meets with, {ROB4: 122}
writes tablets to, {ROB4: 122, 123, 125}

Bahá'u'lláh meets with, {ROB4: 120}
in 'Ishqábád, {ROB4: 119-23, 124}
twenty-seven Tablets, revealed for, {ROB4: 124-5}

Tarázát (Ornaments),

{GPB: 216}
{ROB4: 16, 18, 117, ch. 11}
{SFWAB: 35, 61}
exhortation to Bahá'ís, {ROB4: 173}
full of Significances, {ROB4: 168}
contains passage from Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Buzurg-i-Afnán, {ROB4: 16, 333, 337}
on Trustworthiness, {ROB4: 17-18, 437}
on 'veils' and 'oppressors', {ROB4: 172-3}
to Hádíy-i-Dawlat-Ábádí,

{ROB4: 47, 174}
see also Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Other Tablets,

Tablet in honour of Bahá'ís
Tablet to 'Alí Haydar
Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí,

see also Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih

Tablet to Javád
Tablet to Muhammad Husayn
Tablet to Muhammad-Javád-i-Qazvíní (Ismu'lláhi'l-Júd - The Name of God, Bounty),

{TOB: 74 and n.}
Muhammad-Javád-i-Qazvíní, addressed to {ROB2: 275-6}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works/Muhammad-Báqir-i-Qazvíní, Hájí

Misc. Topics,

Abode, pristine, {TOB: 268}
Adorer and Adored One, {TOB: 53}
Anguish, {TOB: 112}
Animosity, Hatred,

{SFWAB: 245}
{TOB: 23, 44}
dark night of, {SFWAB: 2}
fire (Flame) of hatred, {TOB: 88, 132, 219}
ravens of, {SFWAB: 9}

Atmosphere, contamination of, {TOB: 69}
'B' (letter), {TOB: 101 and n.}
Bahá, city of, {TOB: 120}
Bahá'u'lláh,

hidden, {TOB: 143}
investigation of, {TOB: 12, 157, 188, 211, 236}
Kingdom of, {TOB: 231}
laws changed by, {TOB: 28, 132}
letters and questions to, {TOB: 183, 196-7, 267}
love of, {TOB: 17}
loves mankind, {TOB: 148, 171}
requested interview with learned, {TOB: 139}

Balínús, {TOB: 147-8}
Breeze,

{TOB: 13, 14, 16}
of God, {TOB: 137, 177, 214}

Burning Fire, {TOB: 116}
City,

{TOB: 4, 246, 260}
of Bahá, {TOB: 120}
strong, {TOB: 259}

Counsellor, Counselor. {TOB: 44, 134, 170}
Dawn, {TOB: 41, 51, 75, 233}
Dawning-Place, {TOB: 109, 113, 149, 210, 234}
Discoveries and Inventions of various ages, see Knowledge
Doubt,

{KA: K134, K163, K164}
{TOB: 138}

Dust, writhing in, {TOB: 112}
Educator, {TOB: 149}
Educators, Teachers, {TOB: 35, 96-7, 109}
Error, source of, {TOB: 156}
Eternity, {TOB: 246}
Father, {TOB: 11, 14}
Fathers, {TOB: 25, 128}
Festival, {TOB: 78}
Finger, {TOB: 156}
Fisherman, {TOB: 10}
Force concealed in world of being, {TOB: 221}
Force similar to lightning, {TOB: 69}
Fruit of one tree, {TOB: 127, 164}
Future,

{TOB: 102, 241}
dreams about, {TOB: 187-8}

Generation, this perverse, {TOB: 85}
Glory,

{TOB: 155}
pavilion of, {TOB: 112}
realm of, {TOB: 137, 181, 219}

Good, {TOB: 155, 169, 170}
Guidance, {TOB: 138}
Hidden Secret, {TOB: 231}
Husayn, {TOB: 77, 234}
Leaves of one tree, bough, {TOB: 27, 127, 129}
Letters, manifestations of, {TOB: 101}
Light,

{TOB: 13, 14, 33, 41, 92, 108, 119, 169, 240}
and darkness, {TOB: 138}

Lion, {TOB: 197}
Mother Tablet, {TOB: 213}
Murád, Muhammad, {TOB: 16}
Murtus, {TOB: 150}
Mystery(ies),

{TOB: 24, 142, 145}
divine, {TOB: 106, 139, 151, 188}
Hidden, {TOB: 47, 50}
impenetrable, {TOB: 77, 101, 231}
of creation, {TOB: 147}
of God, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
revealed (laid bare), {TOB: 4, 5, 39, 47, 50, 76, 107, 231, 241}
strange and astonishing things, {TOB: 69}

Prudence, {TOB: 85}
Qualities,

desirable, Bahá'u'lláh is Dayspring of,

{TOB: 47}
see also Bahá'í(s)

undesirable, see Backbiting, Corruption, Cursing, Dishonesty, Hypocrisy, Idleness, Imposture, Jealousy, Materialism, Pride, Selfishness, Slander

Questions and letters to Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 183, 196-7, 267}
Rank, no glory in, {TOB: 68}
Rock, {TOB: 177, 208}
Samandar, son of, {TOB: 73}
Sign(s),

{TOB: 239}
Most Mighty, {TOB: 47, 209}

Stones groaned, {TOB: 254}
Straight Path,

{KA: 15, K14, K112, K186}
{SFWAB: 14}
{TOB: 35-6, 61, 101, 116, 121, 132, 168, 171, 205, 209, 248, 251}

Tablet, {TOB: 79, 244, 247, 267}
Treasured Symbol, {TOB: 47, 50}
True One, {TOB: 11, 79, 117}
Turkey, Sultán of, {TOB: 210, 213}

Tajallíyát, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Tarázát, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh
Words of Wisdom, (Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr) see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

To The Kings and Rulers,

{ESW: 28, 30-32, 39-40, 45, 53, 54, 89, 91-92, 104, 128}
{GL: 206}
{GPB: 171-176, 206, 385}
{ROB4: 421}
{SAQ: 33}
{SFWAB: 16}
'Each one of them, hath been designated by a special name', {ROB3: 110}
Bahá'u'lláh's Proclamation to, {GPB: 158, 159, 170-176, 206-213}
handmaids outshine queens, {SFWAB: 23-4, 123}
power seized from kings and ecclesiastics, {GPB: 230}

King(s), Rulers,

{KA: 13, 15, K85, K86, K88, K89, K91, n118}
{PM: 36}
{ROB2: chs. 15, 16 passim; 416, 418}
{ROB3: 147-8, 156, 157, 161}
{ROB4: 98, 179, 235, 291, 388, 421}
{TOB: 50, 70, 93, 113, 125, 126, 127, 130, 206, 220-1, 238, 252}
addressed collectively, {KA: K78-K83, K87}
cause of impotence, {GL: 223, 255}
chosen perdition for their people, {TOB: 106}
faults and favours of, {TOB: 65}
duty of, {GL: 216, 218, 232, 247, 249, 250, 254}
God beseeched to aid, {TOB: 29, 39, 65, 127}
God's retributive justice

to kings and ecclesiastics, {GPB: 230}
to tyrants, {GPB: 224}

Great Peace, {TOB: 165}
injustice of, {GL: 222-224, 229, 253}
justice of, {TOB: 164, 166}
justice enjoined upon, {GL: 219, 222, 223, 247, 251, 252}
loyalty to, {TOB: 22-3, 65, 221}
majesty of, {TOB: 28}
message to Persian ambassador, {GPB: 160}
Monarchy, Royalty,

{ROB3: 118, 156, 157-9}
constitutional, {ROB4: 162}
Kingship,

{KA: n194}
plus republic (i.e. constitutional monarchy), {TOB: 28, 93}

Prophecies of future just ruler, {GL: 110, 111, 212}
received Bahá'í literature, {GPB: 384}
sovereign will arise to protect Bahá'ís,

{GPB: 411}
loyalty of believers to King who will arise, {GL: 207, 112}
station of one who will arise, {GL: 111, 207, 212}
who will arise to aid Cause, {KA: K84, 163}

visited by Martha Root, {GPB: 387, 388, 389}

obedience to, {GL: 207, 229, 240, 241}
of Eternity, {TOB: 123}
of Kings, {TOB: 215}
of Revelation, {TOB: 118}
on Persian authorities, {ROB4: 222}
perpetrate tyranny, {TOB: 85}
shall pass away, {TOB: 265-6}
should enforce laws of God, {TOB: 29, 90}
should reform society, {TOB: 168}
should uphold religion, {TOB: 63, 130}
station of, {GL: 212, 218, 219, 241, 249, 251, 304}
Sultán of Turkey joins Shah to stamp out Bábí Faith, {GPB: 112}
unity enjoined upon, {GL: 216, 249, 254, 255}
world gathering of rulers, {GPB: 218}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

To Religious Leaders

Proclamations to, {GPB: 158, 170-176, 206, 209-213}
Tablet to Pope Pius IX,

{GPB: 209}
{ROB3: 116-18, 133; quoted 116-17}
Bahá'u'lláh proclaims Himself as Lord of Lords, {ROB3: 116}
fate of, {GPB: 227}

to Kings of Christendom, see Súriy-i-Mulúk
to the Jews, {GPB: 211}
to Muslim ecclesiastics, {GPB: 175, 210}
to Zoroastrian priests, {GPB: 211}
see also Lawh-i-Aqdas

Kitáb-i-Aqdas,

Addresses Kings and Rulers, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Addresses Religious Leaders, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Sultán, (Tablet to Násiri'd-Dín Sháh, Epistle to the Sháh, Epistle to Násiri'd-Dín Sháh),

{ESW: 11, 39, 124-125}
{GPB: 26, 102, 143-4, 172-4, 185}
{ROB1: 21}
{ROB2: 337-40, 349, 351; quoted, 340, 346, 349, 355-6}
{ROB3: 21, 38, 109, 133, 174ff., 182-91, 199-200, 209-10; quoted, 232}
{ROB4: 374, 388}
{SAQ: 85}
Násiri'd-Dín Sháh (the Vali-'Ahd, reigned 1848-96), addressed to,

{DBNN: 314 (note 4), 358, 365, 400, 500, 539}
{GPB: 296}
{KA: n177, n182}
{ROB1: 8, 10, 11, 13 and n., 26-7, 37, 40-1, 225, 258 and n.}
{ROB2: 246, 304, 326, 337-9}
{ROB3: 21, 26, 38, 85, 109, 174-6, 182, 184-6, 187-91, 199, 200, 201-2, 245, 269, 425}
{ROB4: 38, 76, 102, 186, 297n., 381, 383, 387, 401-2, 439}
{SAQ: 33, 85n}
attempt on the life of,

{DBNN: 599}
{GPB: 62, 78, 104}
{ROB4: 124, 378, 379}

Bahá'u'lláh's declaration to, {GPB: 102}
exiles Bahá'u'lláh from Persia, {GPB: 106}
fate of,

{GPB: 225}
assassinated, {GPB: 296}

fate of his son, {GPB: 232}
Hujjat's petition to, {DBNN: 554}
mistrust of, {ROB4: 379-80}
persecuted Bahá'ís, {GPB: 197, 198}
"Prince of Oppressors," {GPB: 197, 225}
Sháh warned, {TOB: 15}
see also Hands of the Cause of God/'Alí-Akbar-i-Sháhmírzádí, Hájí

see also Áqá Buzurg, of Khurásán (Badí')

Súriy-i-Haykal, or Súratu'l-Haykal (Súrih of the Temple),

{ROB1: 121-2}
{ROB3: ch. 7, quoted 147 passim.}
{ROB4: 133, 278}
{SAQ: 32-33}
nine different styles or categories of verses of God, enumerated by Jináb-i-Fádil-i-Mázindarání (Mírzá Asadu'lláh),

{ROB1: 42}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

Kitáb-i-Haykal, {SAQ: 33}
"Maiden"

appears to Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 101}
personified the Spirit of God, {GPB: 101, 121, 221}

on nature of God and His Manifestations, {ROB4: 133-5}

Súriy-i-Mulúk, (Súrih of the Kings), {GL: LXV, LXVI, CXIII, CXIV,

{GPB: 171}
{ROB1: 146-7}
{ROB2: ch. 15 passim, 337, 418; quoted, 56, 62, 301}
{ROB3: 109, 146, 238, 242, 251; quoted, 156}
{ROB4: 27}
to Constantinople, {GL: LXV, LXVI, CXIII}
to Kings of Christendom, {GL: CXVI}
to Minister of Sháh, {GL: CXIII}
to Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz, {GL: CXIV}
to Turkish Ministers, {GL: LXV}

Tablet to Czar Alexander II,

{ESW: 56-59}
{GPB: 106, 207}
{ROB3: 118-22, 133; quoted, 119, 120}
{ROB4: 434}
Nicolaevitch Alexander II, Czar of Russia, addressed to,

{ROB3: 111, 113, 118-23}
{ROB4: 346, 388, 434}
fate of, {GPB: 226, 227}
sent Consul to investigate Bábí Movement, {GPB: 55}

Tablet to Napoleon III,

{ESW: 45-56, 124-5}
{GPB: 173, 207}
{KA: n118}
{TOB: 210}
I,

{ROB2: 337, 368-9}
{ROB3: 109, 110}
{ROB4: 249, 434}

II,

{ROB2: quoted, 35, 93-4}
{ROB3: 81, 110-15, 133; quoted, 111-13, 115}
on teaching, {ROB3: 331-2}
on worldly goods, {ROB3: 81}

Napoleon III, Emperor of France, addressed to,

{KA: 15, K86, 164, n118}
{ROB2: 369}
{ROB3: 81, 109, 110-15, 149, 201}
{ROB4: 95, 249, 388, 434}
{SAQ: 32-33}
{SFWAB: 16 and n.}
fate of, {GPB: 225}
Prophecies concerning,

{SAQ: 32-33}
fall of, {KA: n118}

result of attitude toward Bahá'u'lláh, {ESW: 51}

see also Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Tablet to Queen Victoria {GL: CXIX, CXX},

{ESW: 59-64}
{GPB: 206, 207, 211}
{ROB3: 123-8, 133; quoted, 123-4, 125, 127, 128}
{ROB4: 434}
Victoria, Queen of England, addressed to,

{ROB3: 123-5}
{ROB4: 388, 434}

see also Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Tablet to Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz,

{GPB: 172-3}
{ROB3: 147}
'Abdu'l-'Azíz, Sultán of Turkey, addressed to,

{KA: n120}
{ROB2: 1, 61, 304, 312, 401}
{ROB3: 14, 37-8, 69, 87 and n., 91, 99 and n., 100 and n., 101-2, 123, 151-4, 191, 418-19}
{ROB4: 27, 95, 104, 105, 240, 241-2, 421}
edict condemning Bahá'u'lláh to life imprisonment,

{ROB3: 18, 19, 52, 252, 410, 413, 414, 417}
{ROB4: 240, 241}
exiles Bahá'u'lláh to 'Akká, {GPB: 179, 195}
edict of Sultán meaningless, {ROB3: 18-19}

fate of, {GPB: 225}
see also 'Abdu'l-Hamíd

see also Súriy-i-Ra'ís, Lawh-i-Ra'ís, Lawh-i-Fu'ád

Unpublished, Untranslated, or Unnamed Works:

Amr va Khalq, a compilation of the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Persian, {ROB4: 45}
confers title on Quddús, {ROB4: 210}
depicting perversity of humanity,

{ROB4: 70}
see also Mankind

for Anniversary of Birth of the Báb, see Báb, The
for Bahá'í women, {ROB4: 202-3}
for chief of Templers, {ROB4: 351}
for Hájí Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí,

{ROB4: 323}
and Mullá Muhammad i-Zarandí (Nabíl-i-A'zam), {ROB4: 108}

for Hájí Mullá Mihdíy-i-'Atrí,

{ROB4: 51}
Mihdíy-i-'Atrí, Hájí Mullá,

{ROB1: 331}
{ROB4: 50-3}
'Abdu'l-Bahá on, {ROB4: 52-3}

for Mírzá Hasan, {ROB4: 53}
for Mullá Muhammad i-Zarandí (Nabíl-i-A'zam), and Hájí Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí, {ROB4: 108}
'He doeth what He pleaseth', {ROB3: 26}
His Message destined to envelop whole world, {ROB3: 13, 380}
high standard of behaviour demanded, {ROB4: 83}
holy and dedicated souls will arise,

{ROB3: 33, 381}
see also Lawh-i-Ahbáb

Iqtidárát, A compilation of the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. 1310 A.H. (A.D. 1892-3),

{ROB2: 30, 32, 84, 118, 401}
{ROB4: 68, 83, 246, 253, 278}

Ishráqát, A compilation of the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, 1310 A.H. (A.D. 1892-3),

{ROB3: 201, 230}
{ROB4: 141, 195}

message to Amínu's-Sultán
on 'Akká,

{ROB3: 1, 13, 16, 21, 81, 419}
Bahjí,

{ROB4: 104}
revealed at, {ROB4: 114-15}

believers in, {ROB3: 20}
Faydí Páshá, Governor of, {ROB3: 25, 413-14}
healing prayer, revealed in barracks of, see Prayers/Healing
leaving, {ROB4: 105}

on 'Alí, Mullá, the teacher, {ROB3: 91}
on calumnies of Azalís, {ROB4: 399}
on character, human, {ROB3: 230, 258}
on chastisement, divine, {ROB3: 200-202}
on chastity, {ROB3: 364}
on children, duties of towards parents, {ROB3: 203}
on Christ, {ROB4: 152}
on circumambulation, {ROB4: 108-13}
on conduct, {ROB3: 230-31, 237}
on consultation, {ROB4: 289-90}
on countryside,

{ROB3: 416}
{ROB4: 7}

on creation, {ROB4: 42}
on detachment, {ROB4: 246-7}
on equality of men and women,

{ROB4: 199-204}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá

on forgiveness, {ROB4: 85-6}
on God 'the Incomparable', {ROB4: 199}
on Hands of the Cause,

{ROB4: 287-8, ch. 21, 337-8}
on believers as Hands of the Cause, {ROB4: 285}
to Hands of the Cause,

{ROB4: 253-5, 277-8, 284, 287-8, 315-28}
Áqá Siyyid Áqá,

{ROB4: 284}
see also Hands of the Cause of God

Hájí 'Abu'l-Hasan-i-Amín,

{ROB4: 116, 284, 290}
see also Hands of the Cause of God

Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí (Ibn-i-Abhar),

{ROB4: 289, 305-7, 315-28}
see also Hands of the Cause of God

Hájí Mullá 'Alí-Akbar-i-Sháhmírzádí (Hájí Ákhúnd),

{ROB4: 255, 287, 315-28}
see also Hands of the Cause of God

Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad-i-Khurásání (Ibn-i-Asdaq),

{ROB4: 254, 275, 277, 296, 302-4, 315-28}
see also Hands of the Cause of God

Mírzá 'Ali-Muhammad-i-Varqá,

{ROB4: 17-18, 51, 64-72, 88-9}
Tablets for Varqá's children, {ROB4: 59}
see also Hands of the Cause of God

on His exile, {ROB3: 21, 419-20, 420-21}
on House of the Báb, {ROB4: 429}
on Huqúq'u'lláh,

{ROB4: 252-3, 256}
see also Bahá'í Faith

on inner realities of prominent people, {ROB4: 286-7}
on invincibility of Cause, {ROB3: 33}
on Islám, {ROB3: 245}
on Jesus, {ROB3: 243-4, 247-8}
on Manifestation, attaining presence of, {ROB3: 404}
on Manifestations of God, {ROB3: 243-8}
on martyrdom, {ROB4: 87, 302-3, 305}
on Mírzá Áqá Khán and Shaykh Ahmad, {ROB4: 399-400}
on Obligatory Prayers, see Prayer(s)
on punishment,

{ROB3: 296-7}
of mankind, {ROB4: 157}

on Purest Branch,

{ROB3: 210, 213}
see also Bahá'u'lláh/Mírzá Mihdí

on religion, {ROB4: 155-6}
on self and passion, worst human characteristics, {ROB3: 35}
on Shaykh Muhammad-i-Yazdí, {ROB4: 394, 395, 399}
on steadfastness, {ROB3: 258, 259, 267}
on strife, {ROB3: 230}
on suffering, {ROB4: 105, 157}
on teaching, {ROB4: 275, 305, 319}
on the heart, {ROB4: 35}
on Turkish Empire, {ROB3: 87, 100ff.}
on Unknowable Essence, {ROB4: 130}
on wisdom, {ROB4: 319, 320-3}
on worthlessness of world, {ROB4: 249}
Proclamation of Mission, {ROB1: 17, 109n.}
proclamation to the Kings,

{ROB3: 161}
see also To The Kings and Rulers

prophecies easing of restrictions, {ROB3: 55, 108}
revealed in the home of Áqáy-i-Kalím, {ROB4: 242-3}
'the Cause will flourish through persecution', {ROB3: 32-3}
to Afnáns,

{ROB4: 285}
to Hájí Muhammad 'Alíy-i-Afnán, {ROB4: 247}

to 'Andalíb, {ROB4: 83-4}
to Hájí Áqá Muhammad-i-'Aláqih-band, {ROB4: 26, 218-9}
to Hájí Mullá 'Alíy-i-Kání,

{ROB4: 297}
Hájí Mullá 'Alíy-i-Kání, {ROB3: 191}

to Indian believers, {ROB4: 181}
to Karbilá'í Áqá Ján,

{ROB4: 271}
Karbilá'í Áqá Ján, recipient of, {ROB4: 100, 348, 429}

to Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, {ROB4: 260}
to Muhammad-Báqir (from Káshán), {ROB4: 247}
to Muhammad-Báqir-i-Qazvíní, Hájí, {ROB2: 276-9}
to People Of The Bayán, {GPB: 211}
to Shaykh Kázim-i-Samandar, see Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh
to Sulaymán Khán,

{ROB4: 181}
Sulaymán Khán-i-Tunukábání (Jamálu'd-Din, Jamál Effendi),

{ROB4: illus. 179; 177-89}
'Abdu'l-Bahá and, {ROB4: 183, 185, 188}
Bahá'u'lláh and, {ROB4: 177-84}
in 'Akká, see 'Akká
teaching, see Bahá'í Faith, Persia

to The King and Beloved of the Martyrs,

{ROB4: 89-90}
{TOB: 203-5, 214 and n.}
The King and Beloved of Martyrs,

recounting story of, {ROB4: 73, 80-90}
and Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 73-5, 80-90}
and The Báb, {ROB4: 74}
martyrdoms of, at Isfahán, {ROB4: 73-90, 384}
Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan, Siyyid Hasan, 'Sultánu'sh-Shuhadá' (King of the Martyrs), Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 200, 201}
{ROB1: 103n., 259}
{ROB2: 203 and n., 205, 334}
{ROB3: 388}
{ROB4: illus. 77; 16, 58, 73-90, 91, 99-100, 101, 119, 254, 368, 384, 434}
prayer for, see Prayer(s)
tablet to, {ROB4: 87}

Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn, 'Mahbúbu'sh-Shuhadá' (Beloved of the Martyrs),

{GPB: 200, 201}
{ROB1: 103n., 259}
{ROB2: 204 and n., 205, 334}
{ROB4: illus. 78; 16, 58, 73-90, 91, 99-100, 101, 119, 368, 384, 434}

see also Ismá'íl, Mírzá

to Umm-i-'Attár, {ROB2: 127}

Destroyed/Lost Works:

{GPB: 138}
{KA: n9}
{ROB1: 50, 69}
{ROB2: 269}
{ROB3: 302}
{ROB4: 151}
Tablets of Hakím Masíh,

{ROB3: 267}
Hakím Masíh, {ROB3: 265-8}

see also Qasídiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqá'íyyih

See also Bahá'u'lláh/His Tablets and Writings, Prayer(s)


II. GENERAL INDEX
'Abá-Basír, Áqá Naqd-'Alí,

{ROB2: 226-7}
{ROB4: 386, 435}
Nabíl gives acknowledgment in his account of upheaval of Zanján, {DBNN: 580}

Ábádih,

{ROB1: 77 and n., 266}
{ROB4: 314, 325-6, 385}

'Abbás, Mírzá (Qábil, of Ábádih), {ROB1: 77-8}
'Abbas-Qulí Khán, instigates martyrdom of Vahíd at Nayríz, {DBNN: 494}
'Abbas-Qulí-Khán-i-Láríjání, {DBNN: 339, 341, 375, 386, 391}
'Abdu'l-'Alí Hájí, Shaykh, {DBNN: 476, 498}
'Abdu'l-'Ali-Khán-i-Marághiyí, {DBNN: 290, 324}
'Abdu'l-'Azim-i-Khu'í, Siyyid, {DBNN: 362, 471}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, 'Abbás Effendi, Most Great Branch, Most Mighty Branch,

{DBNN: 209, 440}
{KA: 3, n184, 252}
{ROB1: 16, 19, 29, 35, 40, 41-2, 199-201 passim, 205, 206, 212, 219}
{ROB2: 14-15, 58, 161, 196, 199, 238, 392-3}
{ROB3: 7, 12, 30, 48, 50, 52-3, 86, 106-7, 138, 159-60, 162, 171, 187, 204, 214, 241, 268, 307, 333, 402, 405-9, 435}
{ROB4: 16, 73, 85, 93, 185-6, 222, 273, 275, 313, 326, 328, 363, 377n., 430}

Biographical

and,

Abu'l-Qásim, see Ridván
Dr Habíb Mu'ayyad, see Habíb Mu'ayyad, Dr.
Hájí Muhammad-i-Yazdí, see Muhammad-i-Yazdí,Hájí
Jalálu'd-Dawlih, see Yazd
Jamálu'd-Din, {ROB4: 402}
King Feisal, see Feisal, King
Sulaymán Khán, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Ustád Ali-Akbar, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Tajallíyát
Varqá and his children, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Zillu's-Sultán, see Mas'úd Mírzá

as a child and youth,

{ROB1: 9, 13, 100}
{ROB2: 14, 389-91}

Ascension of, see Haifa
Bahá'ís describe interviews with, {GPB: 258}
commentator describes Him, {GPB: 290}
first public appearance, {GPB: 283, 284}
guests at His table, {GPB: 269}
His family,

Bahá'u'lláh, father of, see Bahá'u'lláh
marriage,

{ROB2: 205, 207}
{ROB3: 400-401}
Munírih ('Illumined') Khánum, Fátimih Khánum, wife of,

{ROB2: 204, 205, 206-9, 384, 386}
{ROB3: 400}
{ROB4: 16, 73, 430}
Prince Mírzá Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Nahrí (Mírzá Muhammad-'Alí), father of,

{DBNN: 159, 161, 208, 461}
{ROB2: 202-5}
{ROB3: 254}
{ROB4: 73-4}
Mírzá Ibráhím, brother of, {DBNN: 208}

Rádíyih, sister of, {ROB4: 15-16}

Navváb, mother of, see Bahá'u'lláh/Navváb
Purest Branch, brother of, see Bahá'u'lláh/Mírzá Mihdí
Shoghi Effendi, grandson of, see Shoghi Effendi
Tuba Khánum, daughter of, reminiscences about 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {ROB4: 2-4, 13-14}
Varaqiy-i-'Ulyá, the Greatest Holy Leaf, sister of, see Bahá'u'lláh/Bahá'íyyih Khánum

highlights of His life, {GPB: 240-243}
His ministry,

{GPB: 235-320}
{ROB3: 84, 90, 172, 265}
achievements, outstanding, {GPB: 296; summary of, 314, 315}
effect of work of, {GPB: 295-309}
mission of, {GPB: 252}
prestige of Faith, {GPB: 242}
schools built during, {ROB4: 122n.}

in,

'Akká, see 'Akká
Baghdád, see Baghdád
Constantinople, see Constantinople
Garden of Ridván, see Ridván

incident related by, {DBNN: 616}
interviews with rulers and notables, {GPB: 283-290}
last wish of, {SFWAB: 295}
memories of, {GPB: 292-294}
recites prayer of the Báb continually, {GPB: 276}
stories attributed to, {ROB4: 170}
travels,

{GPB: 279-294}
Beirut, see Beirut
Egypt, see Egypt
West,

America, see America
England, see Britain
Paris, see Paris
Stuttgart, see Stuttgart
Vienna, see Vienna
see also West, The

Townshend's poem to, see Hands of the Cause of God

His Qualities,

admired by officials, {ROB3: 18, 19, 24, 52-3, 71-2, 107, 251, 252, 410, 411-12, 414n.}
austerity of His life, {ROB3: 81-4}
boundless vitality of, {GPB: 287, 288}
example of His serenity, {GPB: 269}
gifts,

His attitude to, {ROB3: 83-4}
refuses gifts and contributions, {GPB: 282}

His care for others,

{ROB3: 20, 70, 222, 252}
helps people receive justice, {ROB4: 3}

His detachment, {ROB2: 40-1}
His effect on people, {ROB3: 66, 70, 71-2, 159-60, 253}
His health, {ROB2: 391-2}
His humility, {ROB3: 337}
His knowledge, {ROB3: 70}
His leadership and guidance, {ROB3: 52-3, 410-11}
His love, {ROB3: 336}
His magnanimity, {ROB3: 82}
His methods of teaching, {ROB3: 336-42}
His power and majesty, {ROB3: 337, 340}
His powers of healing, see Lawh-i-Tibb
protects Bahá'ís, {GPB: 267}
sorrow at human slaughter, {GPB: 304}

His Services to Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB1: 25, 159}
{ROB2: 63, 200, 392-3}
arranges Bahá'u'lláh's release from 'Akká, {GPB: 241}
deputy of Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 241}
shields Bahá'u'lláh from outside world, {ROB4: 1-2, 4-5, 336}

His Station and Titles,

{GPB: 239, 240, 242, 243, 245, 263}
{ROB1: 14, 134-5, 313}
{ROB2: 15, 261, 388-92, 394-6}
{ROB3: 106, 405-9}
{ROB4: 56-7, 240-1, 304, 336}, 414n.}
{SFWAB: 56, 295}
Bahá'u'lláh,

'Abdu'l-Bahá appointed by,

{KA: 3, 13, K121, K174, 145, n1}
{ROB1: 134-5}

'Abdu'l-Bahá assisted by, {SFWAB: 237}
'Abdu'l-Bahá Interpreter of Writings of,

{ROB3: 283, 374, 406}
Interpreter of Word of God, {KA: K174, n130, n184}

'Abdu'l-Bahá Vicegerent of, {GPB: 245}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's relationship to {ROB3: 207-8, 225, 249-50, 252}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's station disclosed in Covenant of, {GPB: 239, 240}
describes station of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {ROB4: 56-7}
entitles 'Abdu'l-Bahá as,

Áqá (Master),

{GPB: 242}
{ROB3: 20, 106, 209, 252, 268, 362, 411n., 437, 446}

heir, {TOB: 221-2}
He Whom God hath purposed, {KA: K121, n145}
Most Great Branch,

{GPB: 239, 243}
{ROB3: 122, 207, 336, 371}
{TOB: 222}

Most Mighty Branch,

{KA: n145}
{TOB: 221, 227}

Mystery of God (Sirru'lláh)

reveals prayer for 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 243}
statement about 'Abdu'l-Bahá by, {ROB3: 142-3}

Centre of the Covenant, see Covenant
Exemplar of Teachings, Exemplar of Faith of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 242, 245}
{KA: 3}
{ROB1: 14, 100, 134}

Father of the Poor,

{GPB: 269}
{ROB3: 252}

infallibility of, see Infallibility
inhales fragrance of love of God, {SFWAB: 92}
knighted by British authorities, {GPB: 306}
Master of 'Akká, {ROB4: 2}
on His own station, {ROB3: 405}
prestige of, {ROB4: 239-41, 421}
rank unparalleled in religious history, {GPB: 314}
receives message in world of spirit, {SFWAB: 19}
spiritual titles of, {ROB1: 13-14, 100, 132, 134-5}

His Sufferings, Persecutions

{GPB: 250}
{SFWAB: 225-7, 240-2, 315-16}
are joy, {SFWAB: 79, 225-7, 240-2, 316}
Bahá'u'lláh foresees trials of 'Abdu'l-Bahá,

{GPB: 250}
"lightnings", "thunders", "earthquake", {GPB: 249}

caused by Mírzá Muhammad-'Alí (Centre of Sedition; half-brother of 'Abdu'l-Bahá), {SFWAB: 216–19}
enemies of, {GPB: 317-320}
imprisoned, {ROB3: 237}
investigation of (1907), {GPB: 269-272}
re-incarcerated, {GPB: 263-272}
released from imprisonment in 1908, {GPB: 272}
see also Lawh-i-Karmil

His Writings,

{ROB1: 50, 77, 80-81, 91, 95, 127n., 201, 239}
{ROB3: 107, 139, 140, 280, 284, 332, 350-51, 445}
{ROB4: 198}

answers are like rain, {SFWAB: 181}
Books and Tablets,

Amr va Khalq, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Bahá'í Prayers,

index of prayers revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Lawh-i-Hizár Baytí,

{ROB1: 127n.}
{ROB4: 146}

Memorials of the Faithful

{KA: n183}
{ROB4: 405-6}

Risáliy-i-Síyásíyyih (Treatise on Politics), {ROB4: 304}
Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Freedom, {SFWAB: 32, 302, 305}
Glory,

crowns of, {SFWAB: 19, 21}
cycle of, {SFWAB: 13}
Pavilion of, {SFWAB: 18}

Infinity, Eternity,

endless universe, {SFWAB: 48}
eternal bliss, {SFWAB: 81}
eternal food, {SFWAB: 77}
Realm of the Limitless, {SFWAB: 18}

Lawh-i-Dukhán (Tablet of Purity) , {ROB3: 437-9}
Reunion, {SFWAB: 12, 24, 201}
Spiritual Assemblies: New York, Chicago, Washington, {SFWAB: 83}
Tender, {SFWAB: 22, 26}
Woe, {SFWAB: 14}

Some Answered Questions,

{KA: n75, n86}
{ROB3: 187, 191, 339}
{ROB4: 41, 45, 152}
Laura Dreyfus-Barney (Laura Clifford Barney), translates,

{GPB: 260}
{ROB3: 187, 191}

Tablets of the Divine Plan,

{GPB: 255, 296, 305, 406}
{ROB4: 358}
a charter for teaching of Bahá'í Faith, {ROB4: 358}
Divine Plan of, {KA: 4}
Prayers for Teaching, see Prayer(s)

A Traveller's Narrative,
Will and Testament,

{GPB: 325-328; outline of, 328}
{KA: 3, n49, n66, n125, n183}
{ROB1: 137, 241n.}
{ROB3: 372n., 446}
{ROB4: 286, 288, 377n.}
appoints Shoghi Effendi as Guardian, {KA: 3, n66, n130}
outline of contents, {GPB: 328}
pens His Will and Testament, {GPB: 268}
successors to, {KA: 3}

Tablets of visitation, for specific individuals {ROB4: 165}
Tablet to

Áqá Mírzá Áqá, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Dunyá
Central Organization for a Durable Peace (The Hague),

{GPB: 308}
{ROB4: 304}
Hague Conference, {SFWAB: 296 and n., 307-8}

Covenant-breakers, see Covenant-breakers
Dr August Forel, see Forel, Dr. Auguste
Hájí Áqá Muhammad-i-'Aláqih-band, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Hands of the Cause, see Hands of the Cause of God/'Abdu'l-Bahá/Tablets to
Mírzá Áqá Khán, see Áqá Khán, Mírzá (Qá'im Maqámí)
Ustád 'Alí-Akbar, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Tajallíyát

Tablets on

creation, {ROB4: 40, 41, 44-5}
relationship of God to the Manifestations, {ROB4: 132}
Trustworthiness, {ROB4: 26-7}

unaddressed, {ROB4: 325-6}
writes Tablets,

{ROB4: 326}
daily writing of Tablets, {GPB: 267}

Interpretations by,

{ROB1: 82-2}
of a hadíth, {ROB4: 39n.}
of The Hidden Words, see The Hidden Words
of 'Ishráqát, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Ishráqát
of Scripture, {ROB4: 147, 289, 357, 375n., 427}

not accounted "verses of God," {KA: n165}
poems, {SFWAB: 228, 256, 270, 278}
quotations from, {GPB: 49, 55, 57, 72, 75, 92, 99, 107, 124, 150, 159, 183, 193, 196, 197, 201, 238, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 257, 271, 275, 276, 282, 288, 293, 308, 309, 310, 311, 316, 332, 347, 351, 354, 355, 377, 389, 397}

Statements by,

{ROB1: 62, 100, 120, 127, 208, 214, 230, 254-5, 257, 260 and n., 262, 268, 276-7, 284, 288-9, 290, 309}

addresses (talks) of, {SFWAB: 224}
on

'Abu'l-Fadl, Mírzá, see Abu'l-Fadl, Mírzá
Afnán-i-Kabír, see Afnáns
attributes of God, {ROB4: 132, 198}
The Báb

interment, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
Shrine of, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil

Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh
Christ, {ROB4: 152}
consultation,

{ROB3: 51, 318}
{ROB4: 290}

courage, {ROB3: 35}
covenant-breakers, see Covenant-breakers
edict of Sultán meaningless, see To The Kings and Rulers/Tablet to Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz
education and upbringing of children, {ROB3: 327, 328-9, 331}
emanation and

incarnation, {ROB4: 40}
Manifestation, {SAQ: 205-07}

equality of men and women,

{KA: 7}
{ROB4: 203-4}
{SFWAB: 79-80, 108-9, 249, 302}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works, mutatis mutandis

faith, {ROB4: 217}
future, {ROB4: 423-4}
Hájí Mullá Mihdíy-i-'Atrí, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Hands of the Cause,

Hájí Mullá 'Alí-Akbar, see Hands of the Cause of God
Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq, see Hands of the Cause of God
marriage of Ibn-i-Abhar, see Hands of the Cause of God
Nabíl-i-Akbar, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Hikmat
see also Hands of the Cause of God, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Statements on, Tablets to

historical records, {ROB4: 46}
holy souls to arise, {ROB3: 381}
House of Justice, see House(s) of Justice
importance of the West, see West, The
laws of Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, see Báb,The
marriage,

{ROB3: 366-7}
marriage of Ibn-i-Abhar, see Hands of the Cause of God

Mashriqu'l-Adhkár,

{ROB3: 345}
of 'Ishqábád, {ROB4: 122}

medicine, see Lawh-i-Tibb
Muhammad Khán-i-Balúch, see Muhammad-Khán-i-Balúch, Hájí
music, see Music
nature of God, {ROB4: 41, 44-5, 131-2}
nuclear energy, {ROB4: 225}
Pilgrimage,

{ROB3: 64}
makes arrangements for pilgrims, {ROB4: 2}
permission for, sought from, {ROB4: 87}

prayer,

and resting places of departed, see Prayer(s)/Departed
obligatory, see Prayer(s)

regeneration of world, {ROB3: 312}
relation of Báb to Bahá'u'lláh, see Báb,The
Sacrifice, {ROB3: 211, 405}
Sháh-Muhammad, Hájí, {ROB3: 76}
Smoking,

{ROB3: 437-9}
{SFWAB: 147-50}

Spiritual Assemblies, see Bahá'í Faith/Assemblies
spiritual capacity, see Capacity/spiritual
surrendering one's will to the will of God, see God
Táqí Khán, Mírzá, see Taqí Khán, Mírzá
teaching the Faith,

{ROB3: 332, 381}
guidance to teachers, {ROB4: 296}
sends teachers to India, {ROB4: 183, 184}
travel teachers during the ministry of, {ROB4: 276, 304, 310-11, 314}

unity, {ROB4: 2-4}
wisdom, {ROB4: 322}

prophecies of,

{GPB: 315, 316}
anticipates persecution of Jews in Europe, {GPB: 282}
dream, prophetic, {GPB: 270, 271}
Mount Carmel, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
predicts radical changes in Europe, {GPB: 282}
prophesies attacks on Cause, {GPB: 354, 355}
warns of World War I, {GPB: 303}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá/Ascension of

promises divine assistance, {ROB3: 383}
sends message to Amínu's-Sultán, {ROB4: 187-8}
subject matter of His talks, {GPB: 281, 282}

'Abdu'l-Báqí, Siyyid,

{DBNN: 219, 221}

'Abdu'l-Ghaffár-i-Isfahání,

{GPB: 182}
{ROB1: 287-8}
{ROB2: 329, 402, 408, 411}
{ROB3: 12n., 36n.}

'Abdu'l-Hamid Khán

asks the Báb's forgiveness, {GPB: 13}
son was healed by the Báb, {DBNN: 195, 197, 372}

'Abdu'l-Hamíd, Shaykh, {ROB1: 283}
'Abdu'l-Hamíd II, Sultán of Turkey,

{ROB3: 153, 154, 418}
{ROB4: 418}
Young Turks Revolution,

'Abdu'l-Hamíd condemned by, {GPB: 272}
saved life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 271, 272}

made prisoner of state, {GPB: 272}
see also To The Kings and Rulers/'Abdu'l-'Azíz

'Abdu'l-Husayn-i-Samandar, Mírzá, {ROB4: 395}
'Abdu'l-Husayn-i-Tihrání, Shaykh (also known as 'Iráqí),

{ROB1: 142-7 passim, 225}
{ROB2: 332, 341-4}
stigmatized by Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 148}

'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Máhút Furúsh {ROB3: 92-4, 96-104, passim}
'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní, Mullá, Mírzá Ahmad,

{DBNN: 159, 162, 163, 168, 170, 176, 212, 227, 439}
{ROB1: 53-4, 330}
{ROB2: 247n.}
{ROB3: 424, 425}
{ROB4: 439}

'Abdu'l-Kháliq-i-Yazdí, Mullá, {ROB2: 109-10}
'Abdu'lláh Khán-i-Turkamán, {DBNN: 359, 360 (note 44)}
'Abdu'lláh, Hájí Mírzá, {ROB1: 41, 42}
'Abdu'lláh-i-Núrí, Mírzá, {ROB4: 56}
'Abdu'lláh-i-Sahíh Furúsh, Hájí Mírzá, {ROB3: 390}
Abdu'lláh-i-Ubayy, {GL: 25, 83}
'Abdu'l-Majíd-i-Marághi'í, {ROB4: 84-5}
'Abdu'l-Majíd-i-Shírází, Hájí,

{ROB1: 94, 155, 157}
{ROB4: 45-6}

'Abdu'l-Qasím-i-Aláqih-Band-i-Isfahání, {DBNN: 587}
'Abdu'l-Vahháb, Hájí, {DBNN: 7}
'Abdu'l-Vahháb-i-Shírází, {DBNN: 87}
'Abdu'r-Rahím, Mírzá (of Burújird), {ROB3: 64}
'Abdu'r-Rahím-i-Qannád, {ROB4: 23}
'Abdu'r-Rahmán-i-Baraqúqí, {ROB3: 436}
'Abdu'r-Rasúl-i-Qumí, Áqá,

{ROB2: 333}
{ROB3: 178}

Abhá,

Abhá Kingdom,

{ROB4: 34, 223}
{SFWAB: 28, 35, 43}

Beauty, see Bahá'u'lláh
gardens, {SFWAB: 235}
Horizon, {SFWAB: 17}
armies of, {SFWAB: 237}
Paradise, {SFWAB: 22, 24, 36, 57, 85, 232, 245}
Realm,

{SFWAB: 22, 23, 36, 38, 264}
zodiac of, {SFWAB: 39}

see also Bahá'u'lláh/Pen

'Ábid, Hájí Siyyid, {DBNN: 490}
Abú-'Alí Síná, {ROB4: 434}
Abú-Bakr, Caliph, see Clergy
Abú-Dhar, {ROB4: 433}
Abú 'Ámír, {GL: 25}
Abú-Jahl, {KI: 121}
Abú-Lahab, {ROB1: 156 and n.}
Abu'l-'Aliy-i-Harátí, {DBNN: 159, 161}
Abú-Nasr, {ROB4: 434}
Abú-Tálib, Siyyid, {DBNN: 407, 408, 481}
Abú-Turáb-i-Qazvíní, Shaykh,

{DBNN: 39 note 22, 293, 299, 347}
{ROB1: 205, 332}

Abu'l-Fath-i-Shahristání, {TOB: 144 n.}
Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá, Prince (The Shaykhu'r-Ra'ís), {ROB2: 132 and n.}
Abu'l-Hasan-i-Bazzáz, Hájí, {DBNN: 156}
Abu'l-Hasan-i-Shírází, Hájí,

{DBNN: 130}
{ROB3: 202}

Abu'l-Qásim, (servant of Mírzá Yahyá), {ROB1: 247}
Abu'l Qasím, Mírzá, investigates the message of Bahá'u'lláh, {DBNN: 114, 116}
Abu'l-Qásim-i-Baydá, Siyyid, {ROB2: 51-2}
Abu'l-Qásim-i-Faráháni, Mírzá (Qá'im Maqám),

{ROB4: illus. 224; 221-2, 223}
{TOB: 65 and n.}

Abu'l-Qásim-i-Hamadání (servant of Bahá'u'lláh), {ROB1: 62, 67}
Abu'l-Qásim-i-Káshí,

{ROB1: 252}
{ROB4: 439}

Abu'l-Qásim-i-Názir, {ROB4: 395-6, 398}
Abu'l-Qásim-i-Sultán Ábádí, {ROB3: 20}
Acquiescence,

{GL: 133, 290, 299}
{PM: 11, 54}

'Ád,

{ROB4: 96, 425-6}
{TOB: 214}

Ádhirbáyján,

{ROB2: 60, 147, 212}
{ROB4: 84, 145-6, 186, 210, 435, 439}
Navváb Hamzih Mírzá, Governor of, {DBNN: 504}

Adrianople, Edirne, 'Land of Mystery',

{ESW: 132}
{GL: 114}
{GPB: 159-182}
{KA: K37, Q100, n33, n63, n190}
{ROB2: 152, 427-37}
{ROB3: 1, 5, 16, 21, 27, 50, 64, 109, 110, 123, 151, 174, 176, 177, 205, 225n., 243, 250-51, 279, 415}
{ROB4: 1, 5, 6, 81, 108, 115, 154, 233, 247, 257, 393, 421}
{TOB: 118, 213}
Bábí community in, {ROB2: 138-9}
Bahá'ís in, {ROB1: 27, 28, 203, 287-8}
Bahá'u'lláh,

exile to,

{GPB: 159-162}
{ROB1: 17, 24, 37, 97, 102, 203, 246, 255}
{ROB2: 57, 61-2, 63, 152, 194, 291, 331}

in,

{ROB3: 5, 26, 251}
{ROB4: 247, 393, 421}
His proclamation in,

{GPB: 158, 170-177}
{GPB: 158, 166}

Murádíyyih, quarter of,

{ROB2: 427}
houses occupied by Bahá'u'lláh in,

{ROB2: 62}
Amru'lláh, house of, {ROB2: 62, 162, 210, 291, 295, 427, 433, 435}
'Izzat Áqá, house of, {ROB2: 291, 427, 433, 436}
Ridá Big, house of, {ROB2: 162, 164, 171, 181, 210, 291, 427, 436}

mosque of Sultán Salím, in, {ROB2: 62, 63, 293, 294, 428, 437}

His Writings in,

{GPB: 171-176}
{ROB1: 102, 279-80}
see Lawh-i-Ridván

departure from, {ROB2: 356, 398, 401-11}

Governor(s) of,

{ROB3: 251}
Khurshíd Páshá, {ROB2: 167, 296, 331, 391, 398, 401, 402, 404}

Adversity, Persecution, Suffering, Tests and Trials, Tribulations, Torment, Disasters,

{GL: 12, 27, 72, 285}
{ROB2: 46}
{ROB4: 72, 156-8, 197}
{SFWAB: 9-10, 56, 163-4, 181-2, 238-46, 309}
{TOB: 17, 138, 177}
Adversity followed by success, {TOB: 138}
Bounties of God, {PM: 12, 14, 78, 136, 218, 219}
Mystery and purpose of, {ROB1: 98-9, 148, 269-70}
of Bahá'ís, see Bahá'ís
of Job, see Job
of kindred of Bahá'u'lláh, {PM: 153}
Powerless, {PM: 153, 154, 171, 218, 219}
Purpose of, {PM: 9, 158}
Spiritual value of,

{SFWAB: 226-8, 239-40, 245, 280-1, 316}
awaken people, {SFWAB: 81}
help spread Cause, {SFWAB: 234-6}
separate gold from dross, {SFWAB: 120-1}

Steadfastness during, {SFWAB: 74, 79, 242, 274}
Suffering is condition of world, {SFWAB: 200}
Take place only in material world, {SFWAB: 194}
Tests, {PM: 3, 15, 27, 77, 167, 220, 232}
Torment, two kinds of, {SAQ: 265}
Trials, {PM: 3, 15, 27, 77, 96, 132, 155, 167, 232, 301}
Tribulation shall not afflict them, {SFWAB: 12}
Welcomed, {PM: 9, 18, 135, 186, 220}
Yearning for, {TOB: 14, 15}
see also Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Lawh-i-Ahbáb, Lawh-i-Salmán, Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Báb, The, Christ, Manifestation(s) of God, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Martyrs, Martyrdom, Bahá'ís, Bábís, Children, Man, Tihrán

Afghanistan,

{ROB4: 183}
see also Badakhshán, Balkh

Africa,

{ROB4: 233, 423}
{SFWAB: 235, 256}

Agah, Rahbar, {ROB4: 459}
Age

coming of see Human Race
of maturity see Maturity, age of
old. elderly, {KA: K10, Q74, 146, n14, n25, n31}
of retirement, {KA: n56}

Agnostic, {ROB3: 36, 326n.}
Agriculture,

{ROB4: 341}
{SFWAB: 144-5}
{TOB: 90}

Ahmad Effendi, {ROB4: 24}
Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í, Shaykh, Shaykh-i-Ahsá'í, Shaykh Ahmad,

{DBNN: ch. 1 (notes 1, 2, 3), 1-18, 140, 201}
{ESW: 120}
{KA: K157, n171, n172, n182}
{ROB1: 169n., 204, 221, 299n.}
{ROB2: 180}
{ROB4: 436}
Shaykhí School, {KA: n171, n182}

Ahmad-i-Azghandí, Mírzá,

{DBNN: 125, 127, 184, 504, 587}
{ROB1: 194}
{ROB3: 27-8}
his conversion to the Faith, {GPB: 12}

Ahmad-i-Káshání, Hájí Mírzá, {ROB2: 67, 118, 127, 137, 159}
Ahmad-i-Khurásání, Shaykh, {ROB2: 60}
Ahmad-i-Níshápúrí, Shaykh (Shaykh-i-Fání), {ROB3: 177}
Ahmad-i-Ruhi, Shaykh, {ROB4: 399-402}
Akhtar (newspaper), {ROB4: 396, 400-401, 436}
'Akká, Acre, Achor, Crimson Spot, Most Great Prison,

{ESW: 33, 56, 68, 69, 79, 106, 119, 125, 128, 134, 144, 145, 177-180}
{KA: K85, K132, K136, n8, n63, n116, n127, n192}
{PM: 17, 31, 34, 35, 70, 73, 101, 105, 106, 111, 145, 153, 200, 218}
{ROB1: 17, 24, 27, 42, 98, 204, 286-9 passim}
{ROB2: 2, 214, 325, 356, 398-411 passim}
{ROB3: 1, 9, 12, 14-16, 21, 24-5, 58, 63, 64, 153, 159-60, 171, 203, 211, 248-9, 251, 252, 257-8, 301-2, 384-6, 403n., 414-15, 418, 419, 443}
{ROB4: 9, 11, 14, 25, 31, 51, 58, 103, 107, 115, 170, 205, 244n., 303, 325, 343, 362, 392, 398, 400, 402, 405, 416, 417, 421, 430}
{SFWAB: 16, 17}

'Abdu'l-Bahá in,

Bahjí, see 'Akká/Bahjí
barracks, {ROB3: 17-20}
House of 'Abdu'lláh Páshá
Khán-i-'Avámíd (Inn of the Pillars), {ROB3: 159, 222-3}
life in 'Akká,

{ROB1: 100, 132, 201}
{ROB3: 66}
{ROB4: 1-6, 45}

'Master of', see 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Achor, Valley of, {SFWAB: 162}
Bahá'u'lláh exile to,

{GPB: 179-222}
{ROB1: 17, 204, 286-9 passim}
{ROB3: 1, 11-16, 27-8, 114}
{ROB4: 6, 77, 242, 278, 351, 353}
{SAQ: 31, 32, 36n}

Bahá'u'lláh in,

{ROB3: 16}
{ROB4: 105, 242-3}
arrival {ROB4: 351}
Barracks,

{ROB3: 16-21, 23, 52-3, 56, 66, 179, 210, 216, 221, 243}
conditions in, {ROB3: 16-21}
death of Purest Branch in, see Bahá'u'lláh
Healing Prayer revealed in, see Prayer(s)
interrogation of Bahá'u'lláh in, {GPB: 190}
Lawh-i-Ridván revealed in, see Lawh-i-Ridván
pilgrims to, {ROB3: 16, 54-8, 60, 67-8}
referred to in Lawh-i-Ra'ís, see Lawh-i-Ra'ís
water, in, {ROB3: 17}

difficulty entering, {ROB3: 54-7, 58, 60-61, 179, 225}
donkey of, {ROB4: 105, 106, 336}
feasts held in honour of, {ROB4: 9-10}
Garden of Ridván, see Ridván
houses lived in,

{ROB3: 221}
'Abbúd, house of,

{ROB3: 24, 52, 69, 221, 238, 400-403, 410, 413}
{ROB4: 33, 106, 242}
'Abbúd, Christian merchant of 'Akká, residence of,

{ROB3: 24, 238, 413}
{ROB4: 248}

Bahá'u'lláh at, {ROB3: 400-403}

Bahjí, Mansion of,

{KA: n8, n54}
{ROB1: 24, 276n., 319}
{ROB3: 22, 160}
{ROB4: illus. 109, 110, 111, 112, 422; 30, 103-17, 405, 416}
and 'Abdu'1-Bahá, {ROB4: 1, 5, 104, 106, 108}
Bahá'u'lláh at,

{ROB4: 9n., 85, 103-17, 242, 245, 333, 351, 414, 418, 423}
His Ascension,

{GPB: 221-233}
{KA: 1, K38, K53, K121, n9, n54, n125, n139}
{ROB1: 24, 132-3, 205}
{ROB3: 153, 224, 372n., 383}
{ROB4: 107n., 185, 300, 351, 413-24}
{SFWAB: 17-18}
'Abdu'l-Bahá on, see Bahá'u'lláh
effect of ascension of,

{GPB: 222-223, 244, 404-405}
{SFWAB: 65}

expresses desire to leave world, {GPB: 221}
Nabíl-i-A'zam's account of, see Tablet to Nabíl-i-A'zam
Shoghi Effendi describes events after, see Shoghi Effendi
see also Tablet Of Visitation (Section I), Bahá'í Faith/Holy Days

His Shrine, Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, Most Holy Shrine,

{KA: K6, n8, n54}
{ROB1: 206 and n., 318-19}
{ROB3: 22, 348n.}
{ROB4: illus. 422; 30n., 103, 165, 170, 362n., 418, 419}
Abu'l-Qásim-i-Khurásání, Mírzá, caretaker at, {ROB4: 30n.}
circumambulation of, {ROB4: 107-8}
Pilgrimage to,

{GPB: 300}
{ROB4: 103}

Qiblih (point of adoration), Most Holy Tomb, Holy Court,

{GPB: 214, 348, 355, 369}
{KA: 14, K6, K137, 145-146, n7}
{ROB2: 60-1, 135}
{ROB3: 170 and n., 281, 348 and n., 408}
{ROB4: 362}
focus for Obligatory Prayers, {KA: K6, 92, 99, Q67, n7}
identified by the Báb as Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: K137, 145, n7}
law of, unaltered by Manifestations, {KI: 51}
and non-obligatory prayers, {KA: Q14}
and Prayer for the Dead, {KA: Q85, n10, n19}
reason why, changed by Muhammad, {KI: 49-51, 52}
resting place of Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: K6, 145, n8}

Hájí Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí describes events at, {ROB4: 106-8}
Holy Family does not go to, {ROB4: 1, 106}
inscription over entrance of, {ROB4: 104}
Shoghi Effendi discusses, {ROB4: 104}
'Údí Khammár, merchant of 'Akká, residence of, see 'Akká/'Údí Khammár, house of
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Khavvám, Mansúr, house of, {ROB3: 221}
Malik, house of, {ROB3: 221}
Mazra'ih, mansion of,

{ROB1: 290-91}
{ROB3: 389, 401n., 416, 418}
{ROB4: 52}
'Abdu'lláh Páshá, summer residence of, {ROB4: 1}
Bahá'u'lláh at, {ROB4: 1-10, 11, 50, 73, 103, 104-5, 181, 186, 244, 421}
Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet about, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Dunyá/Áqá Mírzá Áqáy-i-Afnán (Núru'd-Dín)
pilgrims at, {ROB4: 9}
room of Bahá'u'lláh at, {ROB4: 248}
scenery at, {ROB4: 7}

Rábi'ih, house of, {ROB3: 221}
'Údí Khammár, house of,

{ROB3: 29, 221-2, 224-6, 234, 253, 274, 275}
'Údí Khammár, merchant of 'Akká, residence of,

{KA: 12}
{ROB4: 103-4, 108}

Kitáb-i-Aqdas revealed in,

laws of World Order revealed in, see New World Order of Bahá'u'lláh
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas

see also 'Akká/Bahjí

inn of Siyyid Habíb, {ROB3: 250}
interrogated by Governor, {ROB3: 238, 242-3}
interviews Governor, {ROB3: 249-50}
interviews Mufti of 'Akká, {ROB3: 70-71}
Khán-i-Shávirdí, {ROB3: 237}
life in, {ROB4: 1-2, 104-5, 241-4}
major crisis begins in 'Akká, {GPB: 185}
Most Great Prison,

{DBNN: 304}
{GPB: 179, 182, 183-220, 196, 224}
{ROB1: 17, 98, 290}
{ROB3: 1, 11 ff., 16-17, 19-21, 32, 36, 52-3, 55, 60, 74, 108, 205-6, 208, 210, 216, 221, 386}
{ROB4: 5, 6, 104, 105, 242, 335, 401, 412}
{SAQ: 28, 31, 32, 36n}
{TOB: 21, 52, 77, 78, 83, 89, 95, 210, 227, 233, 254, 264, 267}
Prisoner of 'Akká, a title of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh
twenty-four years' incarceration in 'Akká, {GPB: 104}

Muhammad-Hasan, Áqá, caretaker of Pilgrim House, {ROB3: 362}
ordered to 'Akká, {GPB: 179}
pilgrims, {ROB4: 83-7}
Proclamation of His Mission from 'Akká, {GPB: 206-213}
prophecies an end to imprisonment,

{ROB3: 33}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

leaves the prison-city, {ROB3: 416-18}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

climate, {ROB3: 21-2}
description of, {GPB: 185, 186}
history of, {GPB: 185}
Holy Family in,

{ROB4: 106}
Ásíyih Khánum (Navváb), resting-place in, see Bahá'u'lláh
Mírzá Mihdí (The Purest Branch), resting-place in, see Bahá'u'lláh

inhabitants of,

{ROB3: 12-13, 19, 21, 22-3, 69-72, 225, 235, 236-7, 238, 252, 400}
Bahá'ís,

{ROB1: 26, 27, 29, 35, 39, 204, 287-91 passim}
{ROB3: 54-5, 65-72, 160, 401-4, 407, 410-12}
{ROB4: 2}
'Abdu'lláh Tu'zih, {ROB3: 13}
Nabíl-i-Akbar at, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Hikmat
'Uthmán Effendi, {ROB3: 72}

Christian community, {ROB3: 22, 221, 225}
Covenant-breakers,

{ROB1: 201, 315-19}
Azalís in,

{ROB3: 56-7}
murder of three Azalís, {ROB3: 69, 224-5, 234-9, 242-3, 400, 407}

Khalíl Ahmad 'Abdú, {ROB3: 12-13}
mourn death of Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 222}
Sálih Effendi, {ROB3: 70}

its authorities and leaders,

{ROB3: 11, 14, 17-19, 20, 52-3, 65-6, 69, 70-72, 235, 237-9, 242, 411-12 n., 416-18}
Clergy, Islám,

{ROB1: 32}
{ROB3: 70}
Mahmúd-i-'Arrábí, Shaykh, see Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Jarráh,

Ahmad-i-Jarráh, officer in the Turkish Army, {ROB3: 68-9}
Amín-i-Jarráh, Commander of the Guard, {ROB3: illus. 60; 69}
Khálid-i-Jarráh, physician, {ROB3: 69}

Governor of,

{ROB4: 7, 336}
Ahmad Big Tawfíq,

{ROB3: 24-5, 251-2, 410}
directed to restore aqueduct, {GPB: 192}

Faydí Páshá, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
respects Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 191}

Mufti of,

{ROB3: 70-72, 238, 242}
{ROB4: 239}
Shaykh 'Alíy-i-Mírí,

{ROB3: 70-71, 410-412, 413, 417}
{ROB4: 245}

Mutasarrif, {ROB3: 17-19, 235, 237-8, 249-50}
officials governing, {TOB: 125, 127}

Junaynih, Garden of ,

{ROB4: 30, 105, 244, 335}
Bahá'u'lláh in, {ROB4: 336}

land gate, {ROB3: 57, 225}
Muslim Cemetery, {ROB3: 20}
Mosque of, {ROB3: 18, 66, 179}
pilgrims, pilgrimages to,

{GPB: 198}
{ROB1: 37, 48, 50n., 111, 131-2}
{ROB4: 8, 12, 33, 84-5, 87, 120, 178, 217}
Siyyid Asadu'lláh's pilgrimage to, see Asadu'lláh, Siyyid

prophecies and traditions concerning,

{GPB: 183, 184}
{ROB1: 32n.}
{ROB3: 13, 14-16, 28, 65-6, 67, 68}
{ROB4: 387}

Public Bath, {ROB3: 19, 74-5}
Shaykh Yúsuf visits, {ROB4: 239}
Strong City, {TOB: 259}
Sulaymán Khán (Jamálu'd-Dín) in, {ROB4: 178, 181, 185, 189}
Súq-i-Abyad (White Market),

{ROB4: 106, 243}
Khán-i-Súq-i-Abiyad, {ROB1: 131}

Tablets revealed in, {ROB3: 25, 29, 32, 34, 45, 87, 100n., 110, 114, 116, 118, 123, 133, 147, 174, 179, 199, 216, 223, 226, 230, 258, 270, 272, 279, 358, 379, 420-21}
visitors to, {SFWAB: 195-6}
water, in 'Akká, {ROB3: 22-5}

Al-Azhar, University of,

{ROB3: 435}
{ROB4: 151, 265}

Aleppo, {ROB4: 418}
Alexander the Great, {ROB4: 46}
Alexandria, Egypt,

{ROB2: 411}
{ROB3: 5-11, 56}
{ROB4: 23, 24}
Bahá'í agency in, {GPB: 195}
Constantine (an Alexandrian Christian), {ROB3: 4, 7}
Tablet revealed in, in honour of Nabíl-i-A'zam see Tablet to Nabíl-i-A'zam

'Alí (minister of Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz), {ROB4: 242}
'Alí' Hájí, {ROB3: 183}
'Ali Khán, Siyyid, arrest at Zanján, {DBNN: 557}
'Alí Khán-i-Máh-Kú'í, {DBNN: 230, 243, 247, 256, 302}
'Alí Sháh, Prince, {ROB1: 258}
'Alí, Áqá (martyr of Yazd), {ROB4: 347}
'Alí, Mírzá, Mulla, Shaykh, 'Azim,

{DBNN: 125, 155, 172, 306, 313, 505, 587, 599}
{GPB: 28}
{ROB1: 327 and n., 328}
{ROB4: 437}

'Alí, Mullá (Mu'allim), {ROB3: 90}
'Alí, Shaykh, {ROB4: 23-4}
'Alí, Siyyid (brother-in-law of the wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá), {ROB4: 16}
'Alí-Akbar, Mullá, of Manshád, {ROB2: 100-2}
'Alí-Akbar-i-Ardistání, Mullá, {ROB3: 256}
'Alí-Akbar-i-Hakkák, {ROB2: 46}
'Alí-Akbar-i-Muhibb'us-Sultán (Rawhání), {ROB4: 293}
'Alí-Asghar (first martyr of Yazd), {ROB4: 347}
'Alí-Asghar (sixth martyr of Yazd), {ROB4: 348}
'Alí-Asghar-i-Hikmát, {ROB4: 314}
'Alí-Asghar-i-Khán, the Amínu's-Sultán, {ROB4: 185-8}
'Ali-Askar, Hájí,

relates account of Martyrdom of the Báb, {DBNN: 518}
visits Báb in Tabríz when imprisoned, {DBNN: 239, 240}

'Alí-'Askar-i-Shál-Báf, Ustád, {ROB2: 103-4}
'Alí-Khán, {ROB3: 196-8}
Ali-Kuli Khán, Mírzá,

{ROB3: 105-6}
{ROB4: 261, 265}

'Alí-Naqíy-i-Níshápúrí, Mullá, {ROB2: 61}
'Alí-Ridáy-i-Mustawfí, Mírzá, {ROB2: 388}
'Alíy-i-Misrí, Hájí, {ROB3: 52}
'Alíy-i-Mudhahhib, Mullá, {DBNN: 490}
'Alíy-i-Sabzivárí, Mullá (martyr of Yazd), {ROB4: 347, 349}
'Alíy-i-Yazdí, Hájí, {ROB4: 248}
'Alíy-i-Yazdí, Siyyid, {ROB4: 23-5}
'Alíy-i-Zunúzí, Siyyid, {DBNN: 307, 509}
Alláh-Yár, Hájí,

{DBNN: 519}
{ROB3: 423-4}

Allenby, General,

extends sympathy at passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 312}
instructed to protect 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 306}
visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 306}

Alpha and Omega,

{SAQ: 219, 281}
{SFWAB: 13}

Amanuensis,

of The Báb,

Mullá 'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní, see 'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní, Mullá
Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdí, see Letters of the Living

of Bahá'u'lláh,

Khádimu'lláh, see Áqá Ján, Mírzá (Khádimu'lláh)
Mírzá Mihdí (The Purest Branch), see Bahá'u'lláh/Mírzá Mihdí

America,

{ROB3: 155}
{ROB4: 233, 260-1, 262, 265, 285, 358}
{SFWAB: 70, 74-5, 235}
Bahá'ís of, Believers of,

{ROB3: 345, 431, 432}
{SFWAB: 243 and n.}
accomplishments of, {GPB: 255-256, 329-345, 348-353, 372-374}
community, {GPB: 396, 400}
community of the Most Great Name, {GPB: 316}
distinguishes itself, {GPB: 396-401}
Divine Plan of, {GPB: 296, 305}
evolved pattern of Administrative Order, {GPB: 255}
restless, {SFWAB: 215}

Canada, {GPB: 336}

foundation of Faith laid by May Bolles, see Maxwell, May Ellis Bolles

Choir of holiness, {SFWAB: 255}
Conferred special favor by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 305}
Continent will lead all nations spiritually, {GPB: 254}
Early history of Faith in, {GPB: 256-263}
Introduction of Faith in (1893), {GPB: 256}
Latin America, establishment of Faith in, {GPB: 399, 400}
Letter from {SFWAB: 243}
Mexico, Spiritual Assembly in, {GPB: 336}
North America,

achievements of Bahá'ís in, {GPB: 255, 256}
establishment of Faith in, {GPB: 253, 256-262}
will lead all nations spiritually, {GPB: 254}

Teaching in, {SFWAB: 107}
United States of America,

{ROB3: 82, 83-4, 106, 337}
'Abdu'l-Bahá in,

{GPB: 281-283, 287-292}
addresses at public gatherings, {GPB: 288, 289}
Bowery (New York), visit to, {GPB: 291}
hopes to visit,

{SFWAB: 105, 106}
resolves to visit, {GPB: 259}

lays dedication stone of Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, see Chicago
proof of His love for American believers, {GPB: 288}

California,

{SFWAB: 81 and n., 196, 209, 210}
Los Angeles, {SFWAB: 209, 210}
San Francisco, {SFWAB: 81 and n.}

Chase, Thornton, Thábit (Steadfast), Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá,

{SFWAB: 196}
Abdu'l-Bahá visits grave of, {GPB: 288, 292}
first American believer, {GPB: 257, 267}
see also Disciples of 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Chicago,

{GPB: 256, 261, 336, 348, 373, 401}
{ROB3: 84}
{SFWAB: 83, 198; see also Mashriqu'l-Adhkár}
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (Mother Temple Of The West),

{GPB: 261, 262, 307, 314, 337, 348-353}
{ROB4: 359}
{SFWAB: 98, 216}
'Abdu'l-Bahá

approval of, in 1903, {GPB: 262}
lays dedication stone of, {GPB: 288}

Bourgeois, Louis,

{GPB: 349}
architect of, {GPB: 303}
description of, {GPB: 351, 352}

praised by,

Barnard, George Gray, {GPB: 352}
Cody, Sherwin, {GPB: 352, 353}
Magonigle, H. VanBuren, {GPB: 352}
Newcomb, Dr. Rexford, {GPB: 353}
Quaglino, Prof. Luigi, {GPB: 352}

see also Prayers

Cleveland, {SFWAB: 213}
Englewood, New Jersey, souvenir feast at, {GPB: 288}
First Bahá'í Convention, see Bahá'í Faith
Government,

Bahá'u'lláh addresses Presidents of, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
President of the United States, uses Bahá'u'lláh's peace principles, {GPB: 294}
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, {GPB: 344}
President Woodrow Wilson, {SFWAB: 109, 311}
presidential system, {ROB4: 162}
recognizes the Faith, {GPB: 372, 373}

Kenosha, Wisconsin, Faith taught in, {GPB: 257}
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in, see Chicago
Montana, {SFWAB: 206}
Muskegon, Michigan, endowment in, {GPB: 337}
New York City,

{ROB3: 83-4}
{SFWAB: 83}
called "City of the Covenant," {GPB: 288}
introduction of Faith in, {GPB: 257}

Pacific coast, {SFWAB: 191}
Philadelphia, introduction of Faith in, {GPB: 257}
Pine Valley, Colorado, endowments in, {GPB: 337}
Schools,

Colorado Springs, {GPB: 340, 341}
Geyserville,

endowments in, {GPB: 337}
summer school established (1927), {GPB: 340}

Green Acre,

{SFWAB: 28}
'Abdu'l-Bahá visits, {GPB: 288}
endowments in, {GPB: 337}
first summer conference (1894), {GPB: 261}
summer school established (1929), {GPB: 340}

Louhelen, {GPB: 340}

States recognizing Bahá'í marriage, {GPB: 373, 374}
Turner, Robert C., Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá,

{GPB: 259}
see also Disciples of 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Washington, {SFWAB: 83}
West Englewood, endowments in, {GPB: 337}
Wilson House, Malden, Mass., {GPB: 337}

World mission of, {GPB: 305, 396, 397}

Amír-Nizám-Taqí Khán, Mírzá, {DBNN: 332, 500, 504, 506, 526, 539, 547, 595}
Amos,

{ROB3: 15}
{ROB4: 408}
prophecies of, {ESW: 145}

Ámul,

{ROB3: 68}
{ROB4: 148, 389, 435}

Annas,

{GL: 83}
{TOB: 210}

Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 254}
{ROB1: 16, 26, 27 and n., 36, 41n., 95, 202, 259}
{ROB2: 42, 44, 77n., 175n.}
{ROB3: 76, 88, 104, 181}
{ROB4: 49, 50, 53, 88n., 105, 294, 394, 414, 438}

1. Mírzá Músá (Áqáy-i-Kalím), the brother of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh
2. Mírzá Buzurg (Badí'), see Tablet to Badí'
3. Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (Sultánu'sh-Shuhadá'), see Unpublished, Untranslated, or Unnamed Works
4. Hájí Mullá Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikání, see Hands of the Cause of God
5. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpáygání,

{GPB: 195, 261}
{ROB1: 7, 221}
{ROB2: 16, 27-8, 44-5, 219-20}
{ROB3: 16, 21-2, 88, 91-107, 246, 270, 293, 304, 374-6, Appendix II}
{ROB4: 14, 99, 151-2, 258-79, 343}
{SFWAB: 191}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's Statements on,

{ROB3: 106}
an example, {ROB4: 36}

dialogues of, with clergy {ROB4: 262-9}
Fará'id, his book, {ROB3: 16, 22, 434, 440}
exposes errors of Maqálih-Fí-Al-Islám (Treatise on Islám), {ROB4: 151}
imprisonment of, {ROB4: 379}
influence of prayers on, {ROB4: 261}
Kashfu'l-Ghitá, his book,

{DBNN: 72 (note 16), 79 (note 31), 81 (note 36), 101 (note 6), 175 (note 5), 183 (note 14), 188 (note 18), 272 (note 7), 285 (note 19), 293 (note 5), 431 (note 4), Appendix #26}
{ROB1: 329}

on certitude , {ROB4: 36}
simple life of, {ROB4: 258-61}
teaching work of, {ROB4: 258-70}
travels of, {ROB4: 177, 258-70}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

6. Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad-i-Varqá, see Hands of the Cause of God
7. Mírzá Mahmúd Furúghí, Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Fúrúghi, an indomitable spirit and jealous defender of the Faith

{ROB2: 115}

8. Hájí Mullá 'Alí-Akbar-i-Sháhmírzádí (Hájí Ákhúnd), see Hands of the Cause of God
9. Mullá Muhammad (Nabíl-i-Akbar), see Lawh-i-Hikmat
10. Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Afnán, Kabír-i-Afnán, the Vakílu'd-Dawlih

{ROB1: 158, 198-201}
{ROB4: 120, 122, 123, 394}

11. Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí (Ibn-i-Abhar), see Hands of the Cause of God
12. Mulla Muhammad (Nabíl-i-A'zam), see Tablet to Nabíl-i-A'zam
13. Shaykh Kázim-i-Samandar, see Lawh-i-Fu'ád
14. Mírzá Muhammad Mustafa, brave and vigilant custodian and bearer of the remains of the Báb
15. Mírzá Husayn, of Isfahán, Áqá Husayn-i-Isfahání (Mishkín-Qalam),

{ROB1: 26-8}
{ROB2: 213, 328, 402, 408}
{ROB3: 223, 431}
{ROB4: 244, 333}

16. Hájí Mírzá Hasan-i-Adíb, see Hands of the Cause of God
17. Shaykh Muhammad- Ali, eloquent and learned champion of the Faith in Russian Turkistán
18. Mullá Zaynu'l-'Ábidín (Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín), see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
19. Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad-i-Khurásání (Ibn-i-Asdaq, Shahid Ibn-i-Shahíd), see Hands of the Cause of God

Apperson, Ann, niece of Mrs. Hearst, {GPB: 257}
Áqá Ján, Kaj Kuláh,

{ROB2: 326, 397, 402}
{ROB3: 56, 178, 224-5, 235}

Áqá Ján Khán-i-Khamsih, {DBNN: 514}
Áqá Ján, {GPB: 179, 181, 189}
Áqá Ján, Mírzá, Khádimu'lláh,

{DBNN: 460}
{GPB: 115, 116, 138, 166, 171, 247}
{KA: n192}
{ROB1: 24, 35-8, 40, 69, 92, 131, 157, 205, 228, 278}
{ROB2: 6, 153, 162, 294, 329}
{ROB3: 7, 37, 45 and n., 57, 122, 179, 205 and n., 206, 236, 251, 279, 304n., 386, 404}
{ROB4: 8, 9, 24, 73, 105, 106, 114, 246, 248, 254-5, 300, 332, 339, 400}
{TOB: 159, 174}
amanuensis of Bahá'u'lláh, records revelation, {ROB4: 125, 219, 333, 334}
biography, {ROB1: 24, 40-41}
breaks Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant,

{ROB1: 315-19}
downfall of, {ROB4: 247}

his important testimony, {ROB1: 42}
'Revelation Writing ',

{ROB1: 24-5, 35-6}
{ROB3: 7}
{ROB4: 125, 334}

Tablets dictated to, {TOB: 159}
"the first to believe" in Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 115}

Áqá Ján, Siyyid, {GPB: 200}
Áqá Khán, Mírzá (Qá'im Maqámí),

{ROB4: illus. 224; 222-5}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, Tablet to, {ROB4: 223-5, 400}

Áqá Khán, Mírzá, Persian Prime Minister, {ROB1: 10-11}
Áqá Khán-i-Kirmání, Mírzá, {ROB4: 399-402}
Áqá Khán-i-Núrí, Mírzá, {DBNN: 120, 279, 502, 522, 598, 650}
Áqá Ridá, of Shíráz, {ROB1: 288-8}
Aqásí, Háji Mirza,

{DBNN: 120, 121, 204, 226, 231, 244, 254, 259, 280, 301, 525, 531}
{GPB: 6, 13}
{TOB: 65 n.}
Anti-Christ of the Báb's Revelation, {GPB: 164}
attacks upon the Báb, caused by, {GPB: 15}
The Báb's return to Chihríq and His epistle to, {DBNN: 323}
death of, {GPB: 82}
falls in disgrace, {GPB: 37}
persecutor of Bábís, {GPB: 82}
plots against the Báb, {GPB: 15}

Áqáy-i-Káshání, Mírzá (Ismu'lláhu'l-Muníb),

{ROB1: 283-7 passim}
{ROB2: 59, 65, 72-7 passim, 114}
{ROB3: 425}

Arabia, Arab(s), Arab tribes,

{KA: Q74, n192}
{ROB1: 22, 214-15}
{ROB3: 74, 131-2, 179, 237}
{ROB4: 25, 208, 325, 425, 426}
barbarism of, {SAQ: 19-20}
Muhammad educated, {SAQ: 24, 49-51}
see also Hadhramaut, Jaddih, Kaaba, Mecca

Arák, {ROB4: 222, 223}
Arawaka, Viscount, {ROB4: 225}
Ardabíl, {ROB4: 186}
Ardikán, {ROB4: 245}
Arguments, {ROB3: 336-7}
Armenian, {ROB3: 121}
Asadu'lláh, Mírzá; Dayyán,

{DBNN: 303, 304}
{ROB1: 249-52}
{ROB4: 439}

Asadu'lláh, Siyyid, {ROB4: 191}
Asadu'lláh-i-Farhádí, Hájí, {ROB2: 171-2}
Asadu'lláh-i-Isfahání, Mírzá, {ROB3: 427-30}
Asadu'lláh-i-Káshání, Mírzá, {ROB2: 302-3}
Asadu'lláh-i-Qumí, Siyyid,

{ROB1: 35; quoted, 35-6, 87-9}
{ROB4: 14, 185-7, 222-3, 333}
in Tihrán, {ROB4: 186}
Prophecies of, {ROB4: 185-6}

Ascetic, asceticism, Seclusion,

{KA: 14, K36, 157, n61}
{ROB3: 281, 347}
{TOB: 71}
prohibited, {GPB: 214}
see also Detachment

Ashraf, Áqá Mírzá, (of Ábádih),

{ROB4: 175-6, 384, 385-6, 435}
{TOB: 79 and n.}

Asia, {ROB4: 233, 394, 423}
Ásíyih, {GPB: 347}
Assistance, Aid,

to Cause of God, {KA: K84, K159}
divine, {KA: K53, K74, K157, 164}
to king who will arise, {KA: K84}
of laws, {KA: K4}
see also Prayer(s)

Association,

with followers of all religions, {KA: K144, 159}
between people of Bahá, {KA: n82, n95}

Astrology,

{SAQ: 245-47}
{SFWAB: 160
Constellations, twelve, {SFWAB: 165}
Zodiac,

of Abhá Realm, {SFWAB: 39}
Sun of Reality rises from various signs of, {SAQ: 76}
twelve signs of, {SFWAB: 165}

Astronomy,

{KA: n147}
curvature of horizon, {SAQ: 187-88}
elements of universe are interconnected, {SAQ: 245-47}
in Qur'án, {SAQ: 23}

'Atá'u'lláh, Saráj'u'l-Hukamá, Mírzá, {ROB4: illus. 327; 326-8, 459}
Atheist(s),

{ROB3: 36, 326}
God and, {ROB2: 313-14}

Athím, {KI: 190}
Atom(s),

{GL: 16, 177, 192, 267, 300, 324, 325}
{SFWAB: 41, 58}
{TOB: 5, 76, 130, 176}
similar to greatest beings of universe, {SAQ: 182}

Atonement, {ROB3: 211}
Attachment,

to the next world, {ROB2: 36-9}
to the Kingdom of Names, {ROB2: 39-43}
to this world, {ROB3: 10, 48, 180, 193}

Attributes, see God, attributes of God and/or Bahá'u'lláh
Australasia, {ROB4: 233}
Australia,

Hazíratu'l-Quds, {GPB: 338}
Dunn, Hyde,

buried in Sydney, {GPB: 400}
pioneer to, {GPB: 308}

National Assembly in, {GPB: 333, 336}
opened to Faith, {GPB: 315}

Austria,

{KA: 15, K85, n116}
Austrian officer witnesses persecution, {GPB: 65, 66}
emperor of, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Authority,

{KA: 13-14}
of 'Abdu'l-Bahá,

{KA: 3, 13, K121, K174, n66, n130, n145}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá

of God, {KA: K93, K161, K162, K163, 94, 95, 99, 100, 101, Q83, Q100}
of Holy Text, {KA: 4-5, 13, K53, K99, Q10}
of House of Justice, see House(s) of Justice
of interpretation,

{KA: n130}
see also Interpretation of Sacred Text

of Manifestation of God, {KA: 14, K7, K47, K53, K81, K82, K132, K143, K183, n75, n160}
of Shoghi Effendi,

{KA: 3, 13-14, n66, n130}
see also Guardianship; Shoghi Effendi

those in, injunction not to contend with, {KA: K95, 161}
see also Infallibility

'Azím-i-Tafrishí, Áqá,

{ROB3: 23-4}
{ROB4: 255}

'Aziz Khan-i-Mukrí; Sardár-i-Kull, his meeting with Hujjat, {DBNN: 556}
'Azízu'lláh (son of Varqá), {ROB4: 55, 58, 59}
'Azízu'lláh-i-Jadhdháb, Mírzá,

{ROB3: 168-73, 179}
{ROB4: 398}

Azízu'lláh-i-Misbáh, Mírzá, {ROB2: 38-9, 44, 81, 191}
Báb, The (Siyyid 'Alí-Muhammad, {DBNN: Mírzá 'Alí Muhammad of Shíráz}),

{DBNN: 27, 30, 52}
{GL: 73, 74, 101, 102, 259}
{ROB1: 3, 20, 56, 61, 169, 207, 213, 325, 326}
{ROB2: 86, 119, 202-4, 210-11, 303, 321, 354, 375-6, 382-7 403}
{ROB3: 9, 10, 42, 58, 75, 88, 115, 141, 142, 152, 188n., 196-8, 223, 240, 254, 257, 262, 350, 386n., Appendix I}
{ROB4: 101n., 120, 122, 123, 126, 128, 137, 147, 148, 150, 175, 207-10, 305n., 405, 406, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440}
{SAQ: 25-26, 54}
{SFWAB: 15, 60 and n., 235, 236}
{TOB: 101-3, 233}

Biographical,

and,

'Abdu'l-Bahá,

statements, on

laws of Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB3: 278, 281}
relation of Báb to Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB3: 306}

Alí Khán (warden of Máh-Kú) impressed with Báb's influence, {GPB: 19}
Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB2: 76, 119, 182, 242n., 305, 376-81}
corresponds with the Báb, {GPB: 31}
desire of, to be wiling sacrifice to the Báb, {KI: 252}
focal point for Bábís, {GPB: 127, 128}
identifies Himself with Bábí Faith,

{GPB: 67}
{PM: 308}

on

House of The Báb, see Shíráz
transfer of the remains of The Báb, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
Writings of The Báb, {ROB4: 47-8, 373}

prayer for The Báb, {PM: 300}
receives documents of the Báb, {GPB: 69}
recognized, assisted the Báb, {SAQ: 27-28}
refers to the Báb, {KA: K135, K136, K140, K141, K142, K143}
tribute to martyrs of Bábí Faith, {GPB: 79}

governor of Isfahán, guest of, {GPB: 15}
King and Beloved of Martyrs, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Manúchihr Khán, the Mu'tamidu'd-Dawlih,

{DBNN: 199, 203, 205, 211, 213, 214}
The Báb's letter to, {DBNN: 199}
His prediction of the approaching death of Manúchihr Khán, {DBNN: 213}
visit of, to, {GPB: 14, 15}

Mírzá Yahyá,

{ROB2: 242n.,247}
The Báb nominate Mírzá Yahyá as figurehead, {GPB: 28, 29}
see also Báb, The/His Tablets and Writings, Bahá'u'lláh/Mírzá Yahyá

Muhammad Shah, letter from, see Persia/Kings
Mu'tamid,

foretells death of, {GPB: 16}
protected by, {GPB: 15}

Siyyid Yahyáy-i-Dárábí, addressed by, see Yahyáy-i-Dárábí
Vahíd, interviews with, {GPB: 11, 12}

birth of, see Shíráz
constancy and fearlessness of, {KI: 230}
distinguished people proclaim His Cause, {GPB: 20}
erudition of, {SAQ: 25}
forerunners of, {KI: 65-66}
great effect on multitude, {GPB: 14}
half of ministry remote from followers, {GPB: 127}
His farewell to His guards, {DBNN: 236}
His warning to the Farrásh-Báshí, {DBNN: 508-9, 513}
honors accorded to,

{DBNN: 202}
{GPB: 15}

influence on people of Isfahán, {GPB: 14}
His family,

{ROB1: 153-9 passim, 198-201 passim, 206n., 249, 251}
Fátimih-Bagum, mother of, {ROB1: 154-7 passim, 159, 200}
final separation from, {GPB: 14}
Afnáns ('twigs', The Báb's kindred),

{ROB1: 134 and n., 155, 158-9, 198-9}
{ROB4: 50, 73, 119-20, 248, 284-5}
{TOB: 73, 84, 221-3, 231, 232}
{SFWAB: 238}

Áqá Mírzá Áqáy-i-Afnán (Núru'd-Dín), see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Dunyá
Áqá Siyyid Ahmad-i-Afnán,

{ROB3: 172}
{ROB4: 396, 398-9}

Fátimih Khánum-i-Afnán, {ROB1: 159}
Hájí Mírzá Buzurg-i-Afnán, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Tarázát
Hájí Mírzá Habíb'u'lláh-i-Afnán,

{ROB1: 155}
{ROB3: 202}
{ROB4: 101, 332-6}

Hájí Mírzá Mahmúd, {ROB1: 199}
Hájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí, Khál-i-A'zam (The Greatest Uncle, the Most Great Uncle), one of The Seven Martyrs of Tihrán,

{DBNN: 143, 151, 175, 442, 446}
{GPB: 11, 13}
{ROB1: 153, 154, 327, 329}
{ROB4: 429}

Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Hasan-'Alí (Afnán-i-Kabír, The Great Afnán), uncle of The Báb

{ROB1: 156-7, 159}
{ROB3: 257}
{ROB4: illus. 404; 330, 396, 401, 402-6, 334}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's statement on, {ROB4: 405-6}
Siyyid 'Alí, son of (son-in-law of Bahá'u'lláh), see Bahá'u'lláh

Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Muhammad, uncle of The Báb, see Kitáb-i-Íqán

Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Afnán (Vakílu'd-Dawlih), son of, see Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh
Hájí Mírzá Muhammad 'Alí, son of,

{ROB1: 198}
{ROB4: 120-2, 394}

Hájí Muhammad 'Alíy-i-Afnán, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Hájí Siyyid Mírzáy-i-Afnán,

{ROB3: 101}
{ROB4: 107}

Hájí Siyyid 'Alíy-i-Afnán, {ROB1: 41}
Mírzá 'Alí-Akbar, paternal cousin of The Báb,

{ROB1: 251-252}
{ROB4: 439}

Mírzá Muhsin-i-Afnán, {ROB4: 396}

establish trading company in Istanbul, {ROB4: 394-6}
in India, {ROB4: 178-81}
Tablet to,

{GL: 92}
prayer for protection of, {PM: 154}

take counsel on community affairs, {ROB4: 119n.}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

reference to His mother and wife, {DBNN: 191}
Siyyid Muhammad-Ridá, father of, {DBNN: 14}
wife of,

Khadíjih-Bagum,

{ROB1: 155, 206n.}
{ROB2: 382-7}
{ROB4: 329, 331, 404, 405, 429, 430}

Fátimih, second wife of, {ROB1: 249 and n.}
marriage, {DBNN: 76}

farewell to His relatives and departure from Shíráz, {DBNN: 198}
see also 'Iráq, Genealogy Of The Báb

in,

Búshihr, see Búshihr
Chihríq, see Chihríq
Isfahán, see Isfahán
Káshán, see Jání, Hájí Mírzá
Máh-Kú, see Máh-Kú
Mecca, see Mecca
Medina, see Medina
Shíráz, see Shíráz
Tabriz, see Tabríz

personal relics of,

{GPB: 347}
portrait of, {GPB: 347}
Seals of, {ROB2: 147, 164}

popularity of, {GPB: 15}
Russian poetess produces drama "The Báb", {GPB: 56}
Shrine of, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
steadfastness of, {KI: 233-34}
tributes to, {GPB: 55, 56}

His Cause,

claim, public, {GPB: 21, 22}
Covenant of, see Covenant
Declaration of, see Shíráz
disciples of,

{ROB3: 88}
bestows station of Imám on believers, {ROB4: 209}
First Váhid (Unity) of, see Letters of the Living
'Mirrors' of, {ROB2: 376-7}
see also Bábís, Lawh-i-Sayyáh

Dispensation of,

{KA: 8, n109, n172}
{ROB1: 23n., 34, 93n., 191 and n., 280, 293, 294}
{ROB3: 28, 192}
{ROB4: 166-7, 305n., 377, 437}
birth of, {GPB: 3-17}
chief historical characters, summarized, {GPB: 4, 5}
duration foretold, {GPB: 92}
early days of {ROB1: 222-3, 327-30}
effect of crises on, {GPB: 61-62}
His Faith,

{ROB3: 68, 200, 217, 257}
Islám and Bábí Faith, {ROB2: 352}

name discarded, {GPB: 299}
opening scene, {GPB: 5}
protected, {TOB: 102}
significance of, {GPB: 3, 7, 54-60}
six years' ministry, {GPB: 17}
testimonials by observers, {GPB: 55, 56}

laws of,

{ROB3: 227, 352}
{TOB: 132}
abolishes old laws, {GPB: 59}
Bábís and, {ROB4: 166-7}
formulated by the Báb, {GPB: 17}
Shoghi Effendi and, {ROB4: 166-7}
see also Bayán

ministry, last three years, {GPB: 17, 18, 31}
Prophecies concerning,

all correspond to one another, {SAQ: 71}
Bahá'u'lláh,

{ESW: 141, 142, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 162, 165, 167, 168, 171, 173, 175, 176, 177}
{TOB: 43, 53, 76, 77-8}
Báb's prophecies fulfilled, see Bahá'u'lláh
Bahá'u'lláh is return of, {TOB: 182, 185}
foretells date of Bahá'í Revelation, {GPB: 28, 29}
prophesies an act of the Promised One, {GPB: 138}
prophesies Order of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 25}
{KA: n189}

sufferings of Bahá'u'lláh foreshadowed, {KA: n1}

date of advent, {SAQ: 41-43, 46, 54, 69-72}
fulfils scriptural prophecies, {GPB: 58}
martyrdom of, {SAQ: 55}
perfect offspring born from Law of Muhammad, {SAQ: 69}
second woe is appearance of, {SAQ: 56}

Purpose of His mission,

{GL: 146, 245, 291, 292-294}
{PM: 86, 129}
{ROB2: 14, 378}
Herald of a New Era, {GPB: 57}
Herald of Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GL: 10, 96, 147, 294}
{PM: 119, 128, 180}
{ROB1: 7-8, 217}
announces station of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 98}
{ROB4: 17, 127, 128, 206, 262}
extols Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 295-8, 300, 301-3, 307}
first to adore Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 75}
gives titles to Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 94, 97}
'Him Whom God shall make manifest', see Bahá'u'lláh

begins Bahá'í Dispensation, {ROB4: 155}
His joy at the gift and message from Bahá'u'lláh, {DBNN: 227}
identity with Bahá'u'lláh,

{GL: 147, 244, 293}
oneness with Bahá'u'lláh, {PM: 85, 119}

prepares the way for Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB4: 81, 147, 408}
prepares disciples for the Promised One, {GPB: 28}

proclaimed Bahá'u'lláh, {PM: 40, 85, 276, 285}
sends documents and seals to Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 51}

inaugurates universal prophetic cycle, see cycle
mission of, twofold, {GPB: 27, 328}
transmuting influence of, {KI: 234-35}
warnings of,

{KA: n180}
to Bábís, {GPB: 29}

Revelation of,

{GPB: 4, 6, 7, 10}
{ROB1: 81, 108 and n., 190-4, 329 and n.}
{ROB2: 14, 75, 182}
{ROB4: 166-7, 209, 329}
effect of, on Persia, {ROB4: 166-7}
Hájí Mírzá Áqásí, Anti-Christ of the Báb's Revelation, see Aqásí, Háji Mirza
likened to sign of Aries, {GPB: 99}
significance of, {GPB: 3, 7, 54-60}

His Station and Titles,

{GPB: 57-60}
{PM: 128, 300}
{ROB1: 214, 223, 294-5, 313}
{ROB4: 207, 210}
Emmanuel, {SFWAB: 60}
extolled by Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 119, 190-93, 214, 272, 294}
proclaims His station at examination, {GPB: 21, 22}
spiritual titles of, {ROB1: 60, 67, 221, 222 and n., 294, 307}

Baqíyyatu'lláh,
Crier,

{SFWAB: 13}
{TOB: 12, 103, 118}

Jamál-i-Qidám (Ancient Beauty), {GL: 77}
Hadrat-i-A'lá, Hadrat-i-'Alá, {SAQ: 25n}
Herald, {TOB: 75, 132}
King of the Messengers, {ROB1: 294}
Lord of the Realms of Grace and Bounty, {TOB: 65}
Luminary, {TOB: 102}
Master Hero of Heroic Age, {GPB: 3}
Mouthpiece of God, {GL: 145}
Point,

{TOB: 65, 75, 77, 101, 102, 103, 124, 161, 184}
Point of the Bayán,

{KA: K129, K140, n150, n159}
{ROB4: 206-7, 208}

Primal Point,

{KA: Q8, Q29, Q32, Q100}
{PM: 84, 300}
{ROB3: 137}
{SAQ: 69}

Prophet of Shíráz,

{GPB: 56}
Martyr Prophet of Shíráz, {GPB: 276}

Qá'im, Twelfth Imám / Hidden Imám,

{ESW: 112, 121, 163}
{GL: 12}
{GPB: 33, 57}
{ROB1: 126, 128n., 152 and n., 155, 156, 158, 169n., 180-81, 326, 331}
{ROB2: 68n., 75, 86 and n., 101, 108, 352}
{ROB3: 16, 27, 65, 254, 258, 301n.}
{ROB4: 174}
attributes of, {KI: 240, 245, 254}
dissertation of the Báb about, {GPB: 14}
Mihdí, awaited by the Sunnís,

{GL: 114}
{GPB: 58}
{SAQ: 39}
Abú-'Abdi'lláh, describes character of, {KI: 240}

persecution of followers of, {KI: 245}
prophecies concerning,

in Arba'in, {KI: 242}
in 'Aválim, {KI: 241, 243}
in Biháru'l-Anvár, {KI: 243, 254}
will excel all Prophets, {KI: 244}

promise to Shí'ahs, {GPB: 57}
Sáhibu'z-Zamán,
signs of, {GPB: 80}
sovereignty of, {KI: 106-07}
traditions about,

{ROB1: 185, 194, 216, 267}
Persians would slaughter Qá'im's followers, {KI: 247}
rising of, marks Day of Resurrection,

{KI: 144}
see also Terms in Holy Writings

Tablet of Fátimih, {KI: 245}
will reveal twenty-five remaining letters of knowledge,

{KI: 243-44}
{ROB1: 216}

word of, {TOB: 258}

Remembrance, {TOB: 13}
Return of,

Elias (Elijah),

{GPB: 58, 276}
{SAQ: 39, 288}
John the Baptist was return of, {SAQ: 132-34, 288}

John the Baptist, forerunner of Jesus,

{ESW: 157, 158, 171}
{GPB: 58}
{KI: 64-65}
{ROB1: 169}
{SAQ: 91, 93-95}
{SFWAB: 18, 165-6, 228}
Revelation of, {SFWAB: 12}

through Whom all knowledge revealed, {PM: 84}
transcendent power of,

{KI: 234}
iron rod of, {SAQ: 70}

His Sufferings,

{PM: 40}
{SFWAB: 73, 261-2}
arrested in Shíráz,

{GPB: 11, 13}
and outbreak of the plague, {DBNN: 196}
release of, {DBNN: 197}

assigned to Máh-Kú (prison), {GPB: 16}
attacks upon, caused by Hájí Mírzá Áqásí, see Aqásí, Háji Mirza
aware of impending trials, {GPB: 14}
Banishment,

{TOB: 65}
for three years to Ádhirbáyján, {GPB: 17-34}
proves to be Prophetic fulfilment, {GPB: 18}

bastinadoed, {GPB: 22}
captivity proves fruitful, {GPB: 91}
death warrant issued by 'ulamas of Isfahán, {DBNN: 209, 211, 212, 510}
denounced and condemned to death, {GPB: 52}
effects of the Mázindarán disaster on Him, {DBNN: 430}
enemies of, {GPB: 81-85}
examination of, in Tabriz, see Tabríz
His confinement in the barracks, {DBNN: 507}
imprisonment in Máh-Kú, {GPB: 17-19}
indignities inflicted upon Him, {DBNN: 319}
Martyrdom of, see Tabríz
multitude gathers at prison to hear His teachings, {GPB: 20}
opponents, {KA: K166, K170, n178, n182}
parallel of His life to Christ's, {GPB: 56, 57}
persecution of, by divines and dignitaries, {KI: 234}
prophesies His own martyrdom,

{GPB: 51}
{KI: 231-32}

sorrow at persecution of disciples, {GPB: 49}
woes, {GPB: 49-51}

His Tablets and Writings,

{ESW: 169}
{GPB: 6, 14, 23-28}
{ROB1: 23 and n., 34, 48, 54, 55, 60, 68, 102, 116-17, 207, 251-2, 255-6, 280, 294-303, 307}
{ROB3: 88, 98, 135, 254, 258, 305-7, 429}
{ROB4: 47, 128, 329, 373, 408}

Bahá'í Prayers,

index of prayers revealed by The Báb

Bayán,

{ESW: 152, 153, 154, 157, 158, 159, 162, 165, 171, 172, 174, 176}
{GL: 10, 44, 46, 101, 102, 244, 270, 292}
{PM: 39, 44, 86, 181, 275, 276, 284, 285, 308}
{ROB1: 23, 68, 85, 93n., 190, 280}
{ROB3: 30, 308}
{ROB4: 47, 127, 166, 220, 305, 330}
{TOB: 12, 51, 52, 76, 78, 190}
admonition to people of, {KI: 92-93, 248, 249-50}
announces Bahá'í Faith, {GPB: 59}
as Word of God, {KI: 199}
Báb's statements about, {GPB: 30}
Bahá'u'lláh completes text of, {GPB: 138}
description,

{KA: K179, n108, n129, n158, n186, 252}
Arabic and Persian, {KA: 252}
outline of contents of, {GPB: 23}

effect on defenders of Fort of Shaykh-Tabarsí, {GPB: 24}
heaven of, {TOB: 245}

'lawful is it', {TOB: 75}

laws and teachings of,

{GPB: 25}
{KA: 2, 8, K142, n109, n158}
{ROB3: 278}
abrogated by Bahá'u'lláh,

{KA: 8}
Destruction of books, see Book(s)
fine for causing sadness to another, see Sadness
Him Whom God will make manifest,

offering priceless gifts to, see Bahá'u'lláh
prohibition of asking questions, see Bahá'u'lláh

marriage with a non-believer {KA: K139, n158}
restrictions on travel, {KA: K131, n153}

confirmed, amplified or modified by Bahá'u'lláh,

{KA: 8}
burial,

{KA: n11, n149, n151}
burial ring, inscription on, {KA: K129}
see also Burial

calendar,

{KA: n26, n139, n147-n148}
see also Calendar, Bahá'í, Holy Days

carrying of arms, {KA: n173}
dowry, amount of, {KA: n95}
fasting, see Fasting
gold and silver vessels, use of, {KA: n72}
hair and bones do not invalidate prayer, {KA: n12}
Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
inheritance, see Inheritance
marriage, consent for, {KA: K65}
mithqál, weight of, see Gold
Nineteen Day Feast, see Bahá'í Faith
Obligatory prayer, see Prayer(s)
pilgrimage, {KA: n55}
prostration, {KA: n15}
pulpits, prohibition of, {KA: 14, K154, 157, n168}
Qiblih,

{KA: K137, 145, n7}
see also Qiblih

renewing furnishings of home, {KA: n166}
wearing of silk, see Clothes

reason for severity, {KA: n109, n158}

'Letters' of, {ROB1: 308}
Mother Book of Bábí Dispensation, {ROB1: 296}
must not become a barrier to acceptance of Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: K179}
people of, see Bábí(s)
Persian,

{ROB2: 68, 70, 120, 379}
reference to journey of Báb to Mecca and Medina in, {DBNN: 130}

'Point' of, {ROB1: 298, 307}
purpose of,

{GL: 147, 149}
{ROB1: 296}

quotations from, {KA: K135, K137, K139, n7, n48, n156, n157, n158, n179, n189}
relationship to Kitáb-i-Aqdas, {KA: 2, 7-8, K142, n108, n109, n189}
summary of, {GPB: 24-26}
tabernacle of God raised in, {KI: 3}
understanding of, {KA: K180}
'Váhid' of, {ROB1: 298-300 passim}
'Witnesses' to, {ROB1: 93n.}
'Year Nine', {ROB1: 298-300}
see also Bahá'u'lláh/'Him Whom God shall make manifest'

Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs), {GPB: 26}
Kitáb-i-Asmá' (The Book of Names)
Qayyúmu'l-Asmá', Qayyúm-i-Asmá,

{GL: 284}
{KA: n1, n115, 253-254}
{KI: 231}
{GPB: 6, 11, 12, 24, 51, 59, 67, 74, 82, 151, 157, 206, 253, 316, 376, 396}
{ROB1: 280, 293, 302 and n.; quoted, 302}
{ROB2: 179, 303}
{ROB4: 361, 437}
{TOB: 120}
prophesies martyrdom of the Báb, {KI: 231}
summary of, {GPB: 23}
see also Qur'án

commentary on Súrih of Va'l-'Asr, see Qur'án
quotations from, {GPB: 4, 6, 7, 8, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31, 49, 50, 52, 53, 57, 84, 97, 98, 151, 253, 324, 325, 376, 396}
Remover of Difficulties,

Bahá'u'lláh asks people to recite, {GPB: 119}

{GPB: 119}
Selections from the Writings of the Báb, {KA: n185, n186}
Tablet addressed to Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: K175, K176, n185, n186}
Tablet to Nineteenth Letter of the Living (The Báb Himself), {DBNN: xxi}

and destruction of religious books, see Book(s)
astonishes people by His Writings, {GPB: 14}
confiscation of His books, {GPB: 13}
corresponds with Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 31}
disposal of His documents, {DBNN: 504}
His epistles,

to the believers, {DBNN: 269}
to divines, {KI: 229}

manuscripts in hands of Mírzá Yahyá, {GPB: 167}
most monumental work of, {GPB: 22, 24-26}
on power of God, {ROB4: 324-5}
state of His Writings after martyrdom, {GPB: 90}
Statements and injunctions, {ROB3: 3, 380}
words of, {GL: 292-294}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Letters of the Living/Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdí, Prophecies

Bábá, Hájí, {ROB3: 59}
Bábá'í, Áqá Mullá, {ROB2: 99-l00}
Babel, {GL: 173}
Bábí(s), People Of The Bayán, Followers of the Bayán,

{KA: K137, K140, K176, n178, n179, n185, n187}
{ROB1: 39n., 56, 84, 92, 101-2, 142, 169n., 191n., 194, 202}
{ROB3: 76, 88, 109, 140 and n., 168, 176, 186, 188, 200, 201, 254-7, 262, 267, 269, 306-7, 415}
{ROB4: 53, 64, 147-8, 174, 206-7, 219-20, 412, 401, 421}
agonies unsurpassed, {GPB: 44}
and Bahá'ís, see Bahá'í(s)
and Covenant-breaking, {ROB4: 81, 150, 174-5}
and laws of The Báb, see Báb, The
and Mírzá Yahyá, see Bahá'u'lláh/Mírzá Yahyá
attempt on the life of the Sháh, see To The Kings and Rulers
Bahá'u'lláh,

addresses 'People of The Bayán',

{KA: K137-K143, K176-K180}
{ROB1: 109, 194-5, 245, 286}
{ROB4: 147-8, 174, 206-7, 219-20, 412}
{TOB: 41-3, 190}
blindness of, see Terms in Holy Writings
disbelievers among, {TOB: 74, 79, 185, 190, 236}
forbidden contact, {TOB: 43}
should accept Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 74-5, 103-5}
unsheathed swords of, {TOB: 85}
see also Súriy-i-Sabr, Unpublished or Untranslated Works

call to, {GL: 102, 106}
conduct of, {GL: 244, 273, 274, 293, 294}
declares His mission to,

{ROB1: 261-2}
{ROB4: 329}

focuses message on, {ROB4: 81}
on Bábí Faith (Dispensation of Bayán), {TOB: 182}
rebukes, {ROB4: 219-20}
Bábís were heedless of Revelation of, {ROB4: 81, 148}

community

disintegration of, {GPB: 89-91, 112-115}
divided, {ROB1: 68, 248-51}
in 'Iráq, see 'Iráq
in Persia, see Persia
in Adrianople, see Adrianople
joyous gatherings of, {GPB: 135, 137}
regeneration of, {GPB: 132-134}

Hájí Mullá 'Alí-Akbar meets, see Hands of the Cause of God
march towards Mázindarán, see Mázindarán
Mullás, list of, who recognized the Báb, {KI: 223}
persecutions and martyrs,

{GPB: 35-38, 46-48, 63-66, 71-85, 89-91, 180}
{KI: 235-36}
{ROB1: 7, 11, 138, 264-8, 278-9}
{ROB2: 46-51, 340-6, 357}
{ROB4: 6}
{SAQ: 25, 28}
condition of, after persecutions, {GPB: 113}
see also Mázindarán, Nayríz, Zanján

steadfastness of, {ROB4: 140-1}
turn to Quddús, see Letters of the Living
use of force by,

{ROB2: 258, 351-5}
{ROB4: 377-8}
allowed to defend themselves, {ROB4: 377-8}

see also Báb, The, Bayán

Backbiting, Gossip, 'unseemly talk',

{GL: 265}
{HW: A26, A27}
{KA: 15, K19, 158, n37}
{ROB1: 79, 187}
{ROB3: 281}
{SFWAB: 231}
{TOB: 219-20}
Calumny, {KA: 14, K19, 158, n37}
Faultfinding,

{SFWAB: 169, 230-1}
close eyes to deficiencies, {SFWAB: 203, 257}

quenches light of heart and life of soul, {KI: 193}
Slander,

{KA: n37}
{TOB: 220}

see also Bahá'ís/Character and conduct

Badakhshán, {ROB4: 183}
Badasht (Hamlet of), Conference of,

{DBNN: 288, 293}
{GPB: 17, 31-34, 403}
{ROB1: 8, 293}
{ROB2: 71, 146, 174n., 204, 246, 353}
{ROB4: 16, 73}
significance of gathering,

{DBNN: 293, 297}
{GPB: 33}

departure of Bahá'u'lláh from, {DBNN: 298}

Badí'u'lláh (son of Varqá), {ROB4: 59}
Badru'd-Dín-i/Al-Ghazzí, Shaykh

{ROB3: 436}
{ROB4: 151}

Baghdád,

{DBNN: 271, 650}
{ESW: 166, 167, 176}
{GL: 229, 230}
{KA: Q29, n54, n107, n138, n154}
{PM: 23, 105, 176}
{ROB1: 17, 25, 62, 104, 105, 108, 119, 125, 137, 148, 149, 215, 219, 244, 246, 255, 280, 287, 288}
{ROB2: 215, 240, 274, 332-4}
{ROB3: 15, 23, 25, 28, 38, 50n., 54, 61-2, 64-5, 73, 88, 177-8, 204-5, 222, 250-51, 266, 270, 415}
{ROB4: 4, 108, 115, 244, 247, 305}
{TOB: 240}

'Abdu'l-Bahá in,

{ROB1: 13, 16, 25}
at Garden of Ridván, see Ridván

as "Abode of Peace," {KI: 22, 174}
Bahá'u'lláh in,

{GL: 119}
{ROB1: 16, 53-5, 85, 92-5, 210, 225-9, 259, 273}
{ROB3: 28, 88, 108-10, 205, 250, 257, 273}
{ROB4: 245-6, 295}
{TOB: 40, 131, 143, 240}
absents Himself, {ROB1: 55, 57}
at Garden of Ridván, see Ridván
"days of tests", {GPB: 115}
His sojourn, exile in,

{GPB: 104-155}
{ROB1: 16, 165, 258-9}
Russian official accompanies Bahá'u'lláh to, {GPB: 108}

His House, Baghdád House, Bayt-i-A'zam (Most Great House)

{GL: 111}
{KA: K32, K133, Q25, Q29, Q32, n54, n154}
{PM: 176}
{ROB1: 94, 211-12, 259, 260}
{ROB3: 178, 250}
{ROB4: 165}
humble abode charms prince, {GPB: 134, 135}
humiliation of, predicted,

{GL: 114, 115}
seizure of, {GPB: 356-360}

Shrine, future,

{GL: 115}
Pilgrimage to,

{GPB: 177, 300}
blessing of, {GL: 114}
Tablet of Visitation to, {GL: 111-114}

restoration of, {GPB: 307}
Station of, {GL: 112, 113, 114}

see also Súrihs of Hajj

immortalizes, {GPB: 110}
release and banishment to Baghdad, {DBNN: 650}
returns from Kurdistán,

{GPB: 125-133}
{ROB1: 25, 41, 63, 67-9 passim, 84, 96}
see also Kurdistán

visitors to,

{ROB1: 39 and n., 56, 68, 84, 85, 91-2, 97, 102, 128, 141, 150, 151, 153, 156-7, 198, 202, 206, 269 and n., 284, 289}
Muhammad-Ridá, {ROB3: 65}
pilgrims meet Bahá'u'lláh in, {ROB4: 51, 53, 74, 80, 88, 245-6, 301, 439}

departs,

{GPB: 147-149}
{ROB1: 16, 55, 57, 97, 203, 225-7, 243-4, 260-62, 281-2}
disciples mourn His departure, {GPB: 148}

Bahá'í Community of, {ROB3: 54, 62, 64-5, 178}
events in, {ROB1: 142-7, 206-10, 219-20, 225-7, 228-9}
its authorities and leaders,

Buzurg Khán, Mírzá, Persian consul-general in,

{ROB1: 143, 146-7, 225, 226}
{ROB2: 323-4, 332, 333}
fate of, {GPB: 232}

Governors,

{ROB3: 64}
assures Bahá'u'lláh protection en route to Constantinople, {GPB: 149}
Námiq Páshá,

{GPB: 131, 149}
{ROB1: 226, 229, 244, 285}
regards Bahá'u'lláh in high esteem, {GPB: 131}

Mírzá Yahyá's actions,

{ROB1: 54-5, 247-54}
see also Yahyá, Mírzá

see also 'Iráq

Bahá'í Faith, Cause of God,

{ROB2: 20-1, 53, 98, 127, 186, 191, 262-5, 268, 286, 289, 320-1}
{PM: 66, 67, 69, 97, 104, 115, 128, 253, 284, 307}
{ROB3: 40, 42, 77, 135-6, 152-4, 164, 200, 212, 239, 263, 310-1}
{SFWAB: 2-3, 65-6, 305, 315}
{TOB: 119, 168, 249}
Ages,

1. Apostolic (1844-1921),

{GPB: xiii}
Heroic (1844-1921),

{GPB: xiii, 46, 50, 55, 157, 158, 256}
{ROB3: 48, 325}
{ROB4: 119, 123, 182, 233, 366}
Bahá'ís in, {ROB3: 325}
ended, {GPB: 223, 256, 309}

drawn to a close, {GPB: 309, 324}
Primitive (1844-1921), {GPB: xiii}

2. Transitional (1921- ),

{GPB: xiii, 325}
Formative (1921- ),

{GPB: xiii, xv, 26, 158, 252, 324, 329, 330, 388}
{ROB3: 48, 285}
{ROB4: 182, 286, 367}
see also Shoghi Effendi

Iron (1921- ), {GPB: xiii, 324}

3. Golden (future),

{GPB: 26, 60, 158, 324, 411}
{ROB3: 125}
{ROB4: 366}

Century, first,

{GPB: 106, 223, 378, 379, 402}
chain of events in, {GPB: xvi-xviii}
mightiest, {SFWAB: 125}
most dramatic and tragic event in, {GPB: 55}
one of the most brilliant achievements of, {GPB: 300}
retrospect and prospect, {GPB: 402-412}
thirty-four independent nations hear of Faith, {GPB: 378}
turning point of, {GPB: 127}

Periods,

first period (1844-1853), {GPB: xiv, 3-85}
second period (1853-1892), {GPB: xiv, 89-253}
third period (1892-1921), {GPB: xv, 237-320}
fourth period (1921-1944), {GPB: xv, 323-412}

Badí' Calendar, of the Bahá'í Dispensation,

{KA: 14, n26, n27, n147, n148, 156, 157}
{ROB1: 116-17, 228n.}
{ROB3: 352n.}
Covenant Library Bahá'í Dates Calendar
Based on solar year,

Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary days),

{KA: 14, K16, 148, n27, n29, n147}
position in calendar, {KA: K16, n25, n27}
see also Prayer(s)

Leap Year, {KA: n27, n147}
length of, {KA: n27, n62, n147}
of patience see Divorce
of waiting see Lost Property

Day,

period of, {KA: n26}
Sunrise

prayer at dawn,

{KA: K33}
in the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, {KA: K115, Q15, n142}

time for Obligatory Prayer, see Prayer(s)
times for Fast, see Fasting

Morning,

determining time, {KA: Q64}
recitation of verses,

{KA: K149, Q68, n165}
see also Recitation of sacred Writings and verses

time for Obligatory Prayer, see Prayer(s)
times of the Fast, see Fasting

Noon, Midday,

time for Obligatory Prayer, see Prayer(s)
see also Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses

Sunset, Sundown,

determining date of Naw-Rúz, {KA: Q35}
time for Obligatory Prayer, see Prayer(s)
times for Fast, see Fasting

Evening,

prayer, {KA: K33}
recitation of verses, {KA: K149, Q68, n165}
time for Obligatory Prayer, see Prayer(s)
times of the fast, see Fasting
see also Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses

Night,

determining of time for prayer and fasting,

{KA: K10}
see also Fasting

recitation of Verses,

{KA: K149, Q68, n165}
see also Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses

Clocks, Watches, {KA: K10, Q64, Q103, 147, n17}

Holy Days, Anniversaries, Festivals, Celebrations,

{KA: K110, K112, Q1-Q2, 156, n138, n139, n140}
Naw-Rúz, (Bahá'í New Year), March 20/21,

{KA: K16, K111, Q35, n26, n139, n147, 148}
{ROB1: 228 and n., 259 and n.}
{ROB2: 112, 211}
{ROB3: 431, 432}
{ROB4: 182, 359, 414, 417}
Aries, sign of, {KA: Q35, n26}
Day of God, {KA: n26}
feast of, {DBNN: 191, 219, 256, 466}
immediately follows Fast, {KA: K16, 148, n25, n26}
method of determining date,

{KA: Q35, n26}
Tihrán selected as the standard

Spring Equinox, Vernal Equinox,

{KA: n26, n147}
{SAQ: 73-74, 78, 145, 242}

timing of, {KA: Q35, n26, n147}
see also Prayer(s)

Ridván, Most Great Festival,

First day, April 20/21 2 hours before sunset (Standard Time), see Ridván
Ninth day, April 28/29, see Ridván
Twelfth day, May 1/2, see Ridván

Declaration of the Báb, May 23/24 2 hours after sunset on preceding day, see Shíráz
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, May 28/29 3 a.m. (Standard Time), see 'Akká
Martyrdom of the Báb, July 9/10 12 noon, see Tabríz
Twin Holy Birthdays,

{KA: K110, Q2, n138}
Birth of the Báb,

{KA: Q2}
Celebrated on the 1st day after the 8th new moon after Naw-Rúz (mid-October to mid-November), see Shíráz
see also UHJ Message July 2014

Birth of Bahá'u'lláh,

{KA: Q2}
Celebrated on the 2nd day after the 8th new moon after Naw-Rúz (mid-October to mid-November), see Tihrán
see also UHJ Message July 2014

during the Fast, {KA: Q36, n138}
Muharram, {KA: Q2, n138}
Universal House of Justice to decide whether to celebrate on solar or lunar basis,

{KA: n138}
see also UHJ Message July 2014

Day of the Covenant, November 25/26,

{KA: n139}
see also UHJ Message July 2014

Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, November 27/28 1 a.m. (Standard Time), see Haifa
two Most Great Festivals, {KA: K110, n138}

Months,

names,

{KA: K127, n139, n148}
'Alá', month of Fast,

{KA: Q71, n25, n26, n27}
see also Fasting

Bahá,

{KA: K111, K127}
{ROB1: 116-117}

see also Covenant Library Bahá'í Dates Calendar

number of, in a year, {KA: K127, n27, n147}
number of days in, {KA: n27, n147}

Nineteen Day Feast,

{ROB3: 281}
{SFWAB: 89-94}
attendance, {SFWAB: 205}
Kitáb-i-Aqdas on,

{GPB: 214, 342}
{KA: 14, K57, n82, Q48}
{ROB3: 352}
Consultation at, {KA: n82}
Meetings, Bahá'í, {KA: n19, n168}

Meetings, Firesides, Gatherings,

{SFWAB: 38, 93, 95}
filled with peace and joy, {SFWAB: 93}
singing at, {SFWAB: 112}
see also Spiritual Assemblies

purpose of, {SFWAB: 90-1}
Ridván letter from 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {SFWAB: 111-12}
spiritual and material, {SFWAB: 90-1}
Unity Feast
see also Prayers

North, South, extreme, {KA: K10, n17, n26}
Universal House of Justice to fill in details, {KA: n26, n138}
Week, {KA: n147}

Bahá'í

Cemetery, {GPB: 369}
Center, Hazíratu'l-Quds,

{GPB: 261}
importance of, {GPB: 339}
in America, {GPB: 338}
in Australia, {GPB: 338}
in Egypt, {GPB: 338}
in India, {GPB: 338}
in 'Iráq, {GPB: 338}
in Tihrán, {GPB: 338}

Civilization,

{ROB4: 138, 233, 366, 413, 423}
{SFWAB: 282-95, 303-4;

Courts, to be established, {GPB: 411}
Endowments, national and local,

{GPB: 337-339}
{KA: K42, n66-n67}

Literature,

Bahá'í Bulletin, {GPB: 260}
Bahá'í News, {GPB: 260}
Bahá'í World, a biennial international record,

{GPB: 382}
{KA: n27, n139, n143, n147}

banned in Persia, {GPB: 345}
in many libraries, {GPB: 385, 386}
publications, {GPB: 380-384}
Star of the West, {GPB: 260}
to royalty, {GPB: 384}
translated into English and many languages, {GPB: 260, 380-382}
wide circulation of, {GPB: 384}

schools, see Schools

Cause of God,

{ESW: 62, 102-103, 104, 105, 114, 121, 134, 144, 147, 152, 153, 157, 158, 162}
{TOB: 51, 54, 60, 84, 104, 119, 212, 222, 246, 249, 255, 260, 264}
"Crimson Ark" refers to, see Terms in Holy Writings
not to be taken lightly, {GPB: 115}
see also Kingdom of God

Institutions of,

{ROB3: 50-51, 124, 310-21, 344, 379}
Administrative Order,

{GPB: 268, 323-353, 411}
{KA: 3-4, 12-13, n52, n82, n114, n189}
{ROB3: 49-51, 138, 241, 316-21}
{ROB4: 233, 276-7, 286, 423}
{SFWAB: 106}
elections for see Elections, Bahá'í
enemies failed, {GPB: 327}
nature of, {GPB: 326, 327}
not yet completed, {GPB: 411}
outlined by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 268}
source of, {GPB: 324-326}
unique in government, {GPB: 326}
unique in religious systems of past, {GPB: 326}
see also Guardianship Hands of the Cause, House(s) of Justice, Huqúq'u'lláh, Marriage, Mashriqu'l-Adhkár

attacks on, {GPB: 354-363}
Bahá'í International Bureau, at Geneva, {GPB: 342, 380}
Bahá'í Publishing Committee, {GPB: 334}
Bahá'í Publishing Company, {GPB: 382}
Funds, Financial Support,

Bahá'í Fund,

{KA: n125, n161, n169}
{ROB3: 79-80, 82}
{ROB4: 248, 253, 256, 259, 263}
International, {ROB4: 256}
see also Prayer(s)

Huqúq'u'lláh, Huqúqu'lláh, Right of God,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K97, 156, n125}
{ROB3: 73n., 74, 82, 84, 86, 281}
{ROB4: 59, 248-56}
{SFWAB: 26 and n.}
and Hands of the Cause of God, {ROB4: 253-4}
Bahá'u'lláh,

Bayán, laws of, confirmed, amplified or modified by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: Q8}
Instituted in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas by, {ROB4: 248-56}
on payment of Huqúq'u'lláh,

conditions for payment, {KA: Q8, Q44-Q45, Q89-Q90, n125}
estate of deceased, {KA: K28, Q9, Q69, Q80, n47}
exemptions, {KA: Q8, Q42, Q95}
Property, Real estate,

{KA: Q8, Q42}
real estate yielding no income, {KA: Q102}

Universal House Of Justice receives, {KA: n125}
Wealth, {KA: Q90}

statements on, {ROB3: 372}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Shoghi Effendi, statement on, {ROB4: 252}
Trustee(s) of Huqúq'u'lláh, Trustee(s) of Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB3: 57, 73ff., 91, 327}
{TOB: 83 n.}
Shoghi Effendi appoints, {ROB3: 86}
see also Sháh-Muhammad-i-Manshádí, Hájí (Amínu'l-Bayán), Hájí Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikání (Amín-i-Ilahí), Valíyy'u'lláh Varqá

see also Lost property

see also Zakát

Head of see 'Abdu'l-Bahá, House(s) of Justice, Shoghi Effendi
Holy Places see Holy Places and Historical Sites
House(s) of Justice, Seat of Justice, Baytu'l-Adl, "Rulers",

{GPB: 218, 219, 331, 332}
{KA: 3-6, 13, n183}
{ROB2: 122, 272}
{ROB3: 91, 316, 319, 320, 327, 375}
{ROB4: 38, 321}
{TOB: 26-7, 68, 69-70, 93, 125, 128-9, 130, 134}
Assemblies, Spiritual,

{GPB: 331, 332, 333, 336}
{ROB3: 51, 285, 316-21, 366}
'Abdu'l-Bahá,

aids Spiritual Assemblies, {SFWAB: 80, 89, 102}
establishes first elected Assembly of Tihrán, {ROB4: 290}
Statements on,

{ROB3: 50, 319}
{ROB4: 290}
{SAQ: 172, 172n, 173}
{SFWAB: 77-89, 202}
Spiritual Assemblies are lights of Knowledge and wisdom, {SFWAB: 80}

aid to,

{SFWAB: 80, 82, 85}
from 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {SFWAB: 80, 89, 102}
must ask for, {SFWAB: 88}

can influence earth, {SFWAB: 81}
chairman of, {SFWAB: 164-5}
consultation, {SFWAB: 87, 88}
education of children, {SFWAB: 126}
education of mothers, {SFWAB: 138}
first in America, {GPB: 260}
handmaids should found, {SFWAB: 80}
incorporated under United States government, {GPB: 335, 336}
League of Covenant, {SFWAB: 85}
Local Spiritual Assemblies, LSAs, Local Houses of Justice,

{KA: 3-4, n183}
{ROB4: 193-4, 275, 276, 290-1}
duties, powers, characteristics of,

{GPB: 331, 332}
{KA: n51}
administers divorces, {KA: Q98, 152, n100}
financial assistance to the poor, see Poverty
inheritances from missing heirs, see Inheritance

instituted in Persia,

{ROB4: 276}
of Tihrán,

{ROB4: illus. 292; 290-3, 311-12}
'Abdu'l-Bahá establishes first elected Assembly, see Assemblies/'Abdu'l-Bahá
Hands of the Cause of God establish first elected assembly in Tihrán, {ROB4: 290, 311}

of Bahá'í Women, {ROB4: 312}

National Spiritual Assemblies, NSAs, National Houses of Justice (Secondary),

{GPB: 332-336}
{KA: n49-n51, n80, n183}
{ROB4: 193-4, 275, 276, 290}
archives, {GPB: 342}
Bahá'í Temple Unity Board, {GPB: 262}

{SFWAB: 123}
'Abdu'l-Bahá addresses, {GPB: 288}
became National Assembly, {GPB: 333}

communications of, to governments and rulers, etc., {GPB: 343, 344}
committees, {GPB: 333, 334}
constitutions of,

{GPB: 335-6}
Declaration of Trust, {GPB: 335}

Convention, National Convention,

{SFWAB: 123}
annual, {GPB: 342}
delegates to, {GPB: 333}
first American,

{GPB: 262, 276}
{ROB3: 431}

in eight countries, {GPB: 333}
of Persia,

{GPB: 333}
{ROB4: 314}

ordained by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: K30, n49}
powers and duties of, {KA: n51, n100, n162}
see also Prayer(s)

membership

{SFWAB: 87}
composition, men and women eligible, {KA: n80}
number, {KA: n50}
referred to as Deputies, {KA: 13, K147, n56, n162}
referred to as Trustees, {KA: 91, Q50, Q98}

ordained in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, see ordained by Bahá'u'lláh
powers and duties,

{KA: n51}
assures education of children,

{KA: K48}
{TOB: 90, 128}

Authority of, {KA: 3, 4-5, 13, K42, 91, n95}
charged with affairs of the people, {KA: 91}
choose one language, {TOB: 127}
legislates on marriage between relatives, {KA: Q50, 150, n133}
matters of state to be referred to, {KA: 91}
promote Lesser Peace, {TOB: 89}
shelter for poor, see Poverty
treasury,

{KA: Q72, n42}
receives fines for sexual offenses, {KA: K49, Q11, n77}
receives one-third of all fines, {KA: K52}
receives two-thirds of treasure trove, {KA: Q101}

qualities of, {SFWAB: 80, 85-6, 164}
seeds will become trees, {SFWAB: 82-3}
source of progress of man, {SFWAB: 80}
term used non-specifically by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: n42}
unity,

among members, {SFWAB: 86-8}
between Assemblies, {SFWAB: 83-4}

Universal House of Justice, International, Baytu'l-Adl-i-'Azam,

{GPB: 326, 335}
{ROB1: 201 and n., 241}
{ROB2: 122n., 265, 269}
{ROB3: 50, 139-40, 215, 268, 282, 319, 372-3, 375}
{ROB4: 38, 87, 159, 164, 215}
{SFWAB: 68, 132, 215}
and institution of the Hands of the Cause, see Hands of the Cause of God
and the Ark, see Terms in Holy Writings
and World Administrative Center, Bahá'í World Centre,

{KA: n114}
{ROB3: 153, 214-15}
{ROB4: illus. 364; 351-67}
Bahá'í International Archives,

{GPB: 347}
{ROB1: 19, 159}
{ROB4: illus. 364; 248, 362}

development of, {ROB4: 362-7}
institutions to be erected on slope of Mt. Carmel, {GPB: 315}
International Teaching Centre, International Teaching Center, {KA: n183}
Seat of the Universal House of Justice,

{ROB4: illus. 364; 362}
Seat of Justice, {KA: K23}

Boards of Counsellors, Counselors,

{ROB4: 276, 288-9}
Continental Board of Counsellors, Learned Ones in Bahá,

{KA: n183}
Auxiliary Board,

{KA: n183}
Members, {ROB4: 277}

professional, {KA: n58}

Constitution, {KA: n51}
Election method, {KA: 4, n49}
Establishment, {KA: K42, n66-n67}
Infallibility of, see Infallibility
International Bahá'í Council
Membership,

confined to men,

{KA: n80}
{SFWAB: 80}

number, {KA: n50}

Powers and duties,

{KA: n51}
{ROB4: 162}
administers endowments, {KA: K42, n66-n67}
education of children, {SFWAB: 128}
future legislation,

application of penalties for murder and arson, {KA: n86-n87}
application of penalties for sexual offences, {KA: Q49, n36, n77-n78, n134}
degrees of, and application of penalties for theft, {KA: Q49, n70-n71}
manner of applying various laws of Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: n31, n69, n81, n84, n95, n161, n169}
other matters requiring legislation, {KA: n56, n138, n169}

legislative functions defined, {KA: 6-7}
receives Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith/Huqúq'u'lláh
repeals own legislation, {KA: 5}
Sacred Text, may not abrogate, {KA: 5}
to promote the Lesser Peace,

{ROB4: 341-2}
see also Peace

Quoted, {ROB3: 283-4}
see also Government(s)/Supreme Tribunal

unlike those of previous cycles, {SFWAB: 82}

Ordained by Bahá'u'lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, {KA: 3-4, 12-14, K30, K42, 145, n49, n66, n67}
see also Guardianship, Interpretation of Sacred Text

Opposition to, Attacks on,

{KA: K73, K135, K164, Q57, n109, n177, n182, n190, n192}
{ROB1: 142-7, 242}
{ROB3: 32, 59, 89-90, 166-7, 174, 176, 178, 199, 201-2, 263}
{ROB4: 320, 335}
{SFWAB: 229, 233, 313-5}
And disbelief, {ROB2: 81}
Blessings of tribulations of,

{GPB: 62}
help spread Cause, {SFWAB: 234-6}
Tribulations assist Cause, {GL: 42, 72, 270, 333 }
Upheavals, meaning of to growth of Faith, {GPB: 61}

Defence of, {ROB3: 89-90}
Enemies of,

to be pitied, {ROB4: 93}
fate of,

{GPB: 81-85, 317-320}
{ROB2: 148-50}

those who rise up against, {ROB4: 318, 340}

Eventual triumph of, victory of,

{GL: 43, 248, 287, 306, 332, 334, 341}
{ROB2: 356, 415-16, 418}
{TOB: 57, 197-8, 222}
through aid of believers, {KA: K42, K94, K164, K178}
through aid of Laws, {KA: K4}

If denied, what else worthy, {TOB: 131}
Is irresistible, {ROB1: 105-6, 148-9, 192, 201}
None can protest what befalls, {TOB: 212}
Predicted, {KA: K37, 163}
Protection of,

{KA: n183}
{ROB4: 278, 287, 290, 320, 321}
{SFWAB: 10, 233}
by Bahá'u'lláh, {SFWAB: 237-8}

see also Egypt, Germany, Persia, Russia

Teaching of, promotion of, propagation, promulgation,

{GPB: 376-379, 386-387}
{KA: 159, n183}
{ROB1: 161, 278-9}
{ROB2: 25, 91-106, 238, 267}
{ROB3: 94, 138, 331ff., 360, 379-81}
{ROB4: 120, 123, 124, 214, 319-20}
{SFWAB: 3, 10, 18, 30, 77, 85, 101, 160, 173, 175, 190-1, 210, 215, 223, 237, 245, 264-73, 295}
{TOB: 13, 16, 27, 35-6, 44, 129, 142, 143, 151, 156, 172, 190, 196-201, 237, 242, 255, 266-7}

'Abdu'l-Bahá promulgates Faith, {SFWAB: 315}
Afnán must arise, {TOB: 84}
and station of martyrdom, {ROB4: 57}
assistance in,

{SFWAB: 18, 209}
by God, {TOB: 34, 49, 59}

assisting God, {TOB: 196}
Bahá'ís enjoined to teach, {ROB4: 274-7}
by Hands of the Cause, see Hands of the Cause of God

teaching tours of Ibn-i-Asdaq, see Hands of the Cause of God

chant melodies and raise banner, {SFWAB: 11}
deeds, influence of, {TOB: 57}
duty of, {ROB3: 10, 115, 331}
enjoined, {GL: 38, 196, 197, 205, 276, 278, 280, 281, 296, 303, 314, 330, 335 }
Esperantists, see Esperantists
exhortations to arise,

to all, {KA: 14, K38, K53}
to kings, {KA: K84}
to "learned," {KA: K173}
to religious leaders, {KA: K169}
see also Service

exhortation to assist teachers, {KA: K117, 160}
friendship as means of, {SFWAB: 265}
ignite candle, {SFWAB: 199}
importance, of, {ROB4: 237, 305, 317}
in America and Hawaii, {SFWAB: 107}
in Paris, {SFWAB: 102-3}
in Persia, {ROB4: 115}
in the past, {ROB3: 40, 59, 62, 94ff., 137-8}
Indians, {GPB: 380}
international expansion of, {GPB: 379-381}
invite receptive souls, {TOB: 236-7}
learning languages, for purpose of, {KA: K118, 161}
meaning of, {ROB4: 317}
memorization of verses, {TOB: 200}
methods of,

{GPB: 379}
{ROB4: 237, 262-3}
Bahá'u'lláh counsels Bahá'ís on,

{ROB4: 192}
Force, Violence, prohibited in teaching, {GL: 278, 303, 330}
Persuasion, {GL: 278, 279, 303, 329}

pre-requisites for,

{ROB4: 48-9, 161-2, 237}
detachment important for success in, see Detachment

Rúhu'lláh's method of, {ROB4: 58-60}
success in, {ROB4: 258, 261-2, 317}
through words, not violence, {GL: 278, 303, 330 }
training of, {GPB: 340}
travel teaching, {ROB4: 197-89, 237, 257-8, 260-2, 302, 303}
with kindness, {GL: 8, 279, 289 }
with wisdom,

{ROB2: 97-8}
{ROB4: 67, 305, 319-20}
wisdom used in, {SFWAB: 268-9}

minority groups, {GPB: 380}
moderation in, {TOB: 143, 172, 198-9}
of Sulaymán Khán, {ROB4: 177-89}
power of the tongue, {KA: K73, K160}
praiseworthy, {TOB: 198}
promise of divine assistance, {KA: K38, K53, K74}
promotion of, {ROB3: 80, 82, 138, 140, 157, 219, 331-2, 376}
release captives from chains, {TOB: 84}
scatter scents of universal love, {SFWAB: 20}
spirit chilled by expositions, {TOB: 142}
Tablets of the Divine Plan, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
to children,

{KA: K150, 160}
see also Children

unselfishness in, {SFWAB: 71-2}
women encouraged to teach, {ROB4: 202}
words (utterances), importance of, {TOB: 57, 85, 172-3, 197}
see also Bahá'í(s), Prayer(s), Root, Martha

Teachings of,

{ROB3: 158, 374-6}
{ROB4: 114, 146, 168, 172, 184, 212, 238, 257, 316-17, 388, 433}
Bahá'u'lláh's presentation of, {ROB4: 374-7}
carrying out, {ROB4: 142, 158}
designed to spiritualize human race, {ROB4: 35, 38}
explained to Náyibu's-Saltanih, {ROB4: 379}
exposition of, see Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
for rulers and ministers of the world, {ROB4: 154}
laws of, {ROB4: 116}
listed, {ROB4: 159-60, 161-7, 214-15, 341, 375-7}
on

creation, see Creation
living the life, {ROB4: 69, 83}
reconstruction of human society, {ROB4: 341}
worship, {ROB4: 36}

Principles of,

{GPB: 216-219, 281, 282}
{ROB4: 114, 146, 287, 320, 375-6, 423}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's "Twelve Points" {GPB: ix},

1. Unfettered search after truth,

{ROB4: 141-2, 197, 294}
condition for, {GL: 264, 323, 326}
Independent investigation of truth,

{SFWAB: 29, 109, 248, 298}
{TOB: 130, 157, 188, 236}
'let him who wisheth turn...', {TOB: 211}

see also True Seeker

2. The oneness of mankind.
3. Religion a cause of love and harmony.
4. Religion hand in hand with science, {ROB4: 156}
5. Universal peace.
6. An international language, see Language
7. Education for all.
8. Equal opportunities for both sexes, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
9. Justice for all.
10. Work for all.
11. Abolition of extremes of poverty and wealth.
12. The Holy Spirit to be the prime motive power in life.

forbidding contention and strife, see Contention
revolve around principle of love and unity, {ROB4: 161, 190, 365, 388-9}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

understanding of, {ROB4: 212-13}
unity of see Unity

misc topics

a religion in its pure form, {ROB4: 156}
a universal religion, {ROB3: 138, 140}
acceptance, {KA: K1, K132, K166, K182, n179}
Afnán should serve, {TOB: 232}
all must aid, {TOB: 23}
allegiance to, {ROB4: 335}
Bahá'u'lláh's vision of, {ROB4: 169}
birth of, {GPB: 89-100, 127, 128}
Centre of the Cause, see Covenant
Commonwealth,

Bahá'í,

{ROB4: 362}
future seat of, {GPB: 315, 316}

World,

{KA: n173, n183, n189, n194}
{ROB3: 124 and n., 126, 347}
see also New World Order of Bahá'u'lláh

Community,

of Most Great Name,

{ROB1: 242, 281}
{ROB3: 108, 109, 312, 400}
{ROB4: 172, 237, 239, 257, 361}

World, {ROB1: 279}

conversion to, {ROB4: 184}
denial, {KA: K140, K167, K169, K170, K179, n171, n180}
direction of affairs of,

{KA: n67, n183}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá, House(s) of Justice, Shoghi Effendi

dissimulation (recantation) forbidden in, see Dissimulation
emancipation of, {GPB: 364-375}
features of,

{ROB1: 129, 133, 137}
{ROB3: 200}

former religions and, {GPB: 100}
fostering of, {ROB4: 320}
fundamental laws enunciated, {GPB: 214, 223}
future of, {ROB4: 72, 335}
future tasks, {GPB: 410, 411}
greatness of, {ROB4: 297}
growth of, {ROB4: 140-1, 177, 233, 250-1, 257, 320, 423, 431}
history of,

{GPB: 402-411}
{ROB3: 192}

independence of,

{GPB: 17, GPB: 365}
{ROB4: 184}

its establishment, {ROB2: 20, 30, 92, 124-5, 251}
its world mission, {ROB1: 217, 272-3}
love within the, {ROB4: 194}
Mankind encompassed by, {ROB4: 257}
name adopted, {GPB: 300}
Pattern of growth (reverses and victories), {GPB: xiii, 61, 62, 409, 410}
Potency of, {TOB: 264}
Prestige of,

{GPB: 242}
{ROB4: 239}

Primacy of, {KA: K167}
Progress of, {ROB3: 380}
Purpose of,

{TOB: 123, 168, 220}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

Recognition of Bahá'í Faith,

as state religion, {KA: n49}
by Office of Price Administration, {GPB: 374}
by United States government, {GPB: 373}
civil recognition, {GPB: 364-374}

Relationship to Faith of the Báb, {KA: 8, K129, K136, K139, K140, K179, K180}
Resplendent as sun, {TOB: 40, 79}
Retrospect and prospect, {GPB: 402-412}
Sacrifice for, {ROB3: 79}
Service to,

{KA: 14-15, K35, K74, K184, 91, n2}
{ROB3: 83, 395-6}
attracts divine assistance, {KA: K38, K53, K74}
see also Assistance, Service

shielded by Most Great Infallibility, see Infallibility
spread of,

{ROB4: 70, 171-2, 177, 233, 250-1}
{SFWAB: 214, 234-6, 314}
souls will be raised, {SFWAB: 250-52}
victory, {SFWAB: 231, 238, 264, 275, 310}
will encompass earth, {SFWAB: 43, 82, 311}

steadfastness in, {ROB3: 26, 360}
tabernacle of, {TOB: 84}
True believers,

{ROB1: 237-9, 243}
{ROB2: 286}
see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Bishárát

universal adoption of, {ROB4: 56}
universal faith needed, {TOB: 69}

Bahá'í(s), Believers, followers of Bahá'u'lláh, Loved Ones, People of God, Servants of God,

{ROB1: 22, 88, 90}
{ROB2: 89, 142, 243-4}
{ROB3: 75, 77-8, 79-80, 128, 135, 181, 201-2, 226, 228, 229, 259, 279, 320, 323, 325, 360, 372n., 376-81, 382-3, 385n.}
{ROB4: 114, 119n., 186, 416}
{SFWAB: 18-19, 57, 70, 176, 272}
{TOB: 76-7, 121, 138-9, 190-1, 207-10, 220, 238-43, 257, 262-3, 266}
and

'Abdu'l-Bahá,

associates with souls of friends, {SFWAB: 102}
believers refer problems to, for solutions, {SFWAB: 195}
believers remembered, loved by, {SFWAB: 182, 259-60}
praise of Bahá'ís, by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Company on high, {SFWAB: 208, 317-18}

Bábís,

{ROB4: 379}
become Bahá'ís, {GPB: 299, 300}
growth from Bábí community, {ROB2: 73-7, 179}

Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB1: 109-10, 113, 203, 244}
{ROB3: 25, 55, 67, 68, 174-5, 390}
addresses in Tablet of Carmel, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
aid to Bahá'ís, beseeched, {TOB: 92, 94, 108, 117, 120, 130, 132, 233-4}
Bahá'ís love of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 190, 278-84}
Bahá'u'lláh loves Bahá'ís, love of Bahá'u'lláh for,

{PM: 61}
{TOB: 148}

Bahá'u'lláh remembers, {TOB: 49, 246, 254, 261, 264}
call to, {GL: 94, 96, 97, 148, 183, 288, 319, 325}
counsels to,

{ROB4: 159-60, 192, 338-42}
counselled to be wise, {ROB4: 322}
turn to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {KA: K121, n145}

exhortations to, {ROB4: 173, 212-13, 237, 317, 375-7}
laws, {ROB4: 287}
prayer for, see Prayers
recognition of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'ís, see Bahá'u'lláh
Tablets to,

{ROB4: 323-4}
compared to bird, {GL: 327}
compared to wind, {GL: 339}
duty to know and obey God, {GL: 5, 289, 290, 330-331}
duty to proclaim Cause, {GL: 14, 201, 205, 276, 278, 280, 289, 296, 303, 312, 314, 316, 320, 330, 333, 338, 339}
first, faith of, {GL: 179, 180}
knowledge of, {GL: 70, 84, 170, 263, 267-269, 314, 331}
power of, {GL: 93, 96, 137, 183, 287, 319, 330}
to refute attacks against Cause, {GL: 329, 330}
tribulations of, {GL: 72, 116, 129, 305, 308, 313, 329}
unfaithful, {GL: 100, 118, 244, 308-310}
who clamorously assert their faith, {GL: 343}
who dissemble belief, {GL: 343}

Hands of the Cause, see Hands of the Cause of God

are (must be) candles, roses, stars, etc. of God, {SFWAB: 25, 35, 95, 104, 242, 257, 266, 274-5, 312-13}
armies and warriors, spiritual, {SFWAB: 260, 264}
at banquet, see God, banquet of
Blessings of,

{PM: 52, 54, 117, 183, 190, 195, 205, 274, 287, 296, 311}
{SFWAB: 34}

Calendar, see Bahá'í Faith
Cemetery, {ROB3: 273}
chosen by God, {SFWAB: 35}
Community,

{ROB3: 24, 49ff., 132, 138, 139-40, 227, 273-4, 285-6, 312-13, 317, 346-7, 365}
development of, {ROB4: 289}
integration of, {ROB4: 291}
races represented, {GPB: 380}

Companions of the Crimson Ark, see Terms in Holy Writings
Conduct and life,

{GL: 7, 94, 240, 243, 271, 272, 275, 277, 278, 287, 296, 305, 307, 315, 316, 343}
{ROB3: 322, 365-6}
{ROB4: 380}
{TOB: 27, 35, 57, 64, 71, 85, 86-9, 91, 94, 129, 134, 138-9}
acquisition of saintly attributes, {ROB4: 173}
allegiance of, {ROB4: 335}
and non-Bahá'ís, {KA: K29, K75, K144, Q33, Q34, Q84, n38}
behaviour of,

{ROB4: 317}
see Qualities

business dealings among, {ROB4: 26-7}
Character and Conduct of,

{ROB4: 214}
{SFWAB: 1-3, 10, 11-12, 26-7, 28, 71, 90, 92-3, 172-3, 203, 256-7, 258, 294, 309, 318-19}
attain perfections (be godlike), {SFWAB: 129, 143, 206, 232}
children must learn good, {SFWAB: 124, 127, 134, 135, 137, 142, 143}
cleanliness and purity, {SFWAB: 146-50, 203}
excellence of, {SFWAB: 150}
exercise great care, {SFWAB: 233}
faultfinding, see {SFWAB: Faultfinding}
friendship and love to all, {SFWAB: 1-2, 21-2, 24, 26, 34, 72, 73, 84, 257, 258, 280}
good, must be taught, {SFWAB: 136-7}
graves of sensual desires, {SFWAB: 37}
happiness depends on, see Happiness
kindness,

{SFWAB: 3, 244-5}
cannot be shown to liars, thieves, {SFWAB: 158}
to animals, {SFWAB: 158-60}

like Paul, {SFWAB: 223}
Morality,

{SFWAB: 10}
and civilization, {SFWAB: 283-5}
degeneration of, {SFWAB: 127}
implications of violating laws of, {KA: n77}
see also Chastity, Immorality

rectification of, {SFWAB: 10, 108}
spiritual character of, {ROB4: 382}
traits emphasized by Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 132-134}
see also Deeds, Detachment; Love; Materialism; Spirituality; Steadfastness; Thoughts; Unity

characteristics of, {GL: 7, 8, 13, 87, 100, 118, 242, 264, 268, 271, 272, 279, 285, 287, 289, 290, 296, 297, 298, 299, 304, 305, 307, 315, 323, 338}
concern of, {ROB4: 392}
conduct and character enjoined on, {KA: 14-15, 160-161}
conform to God's Will, {TOB: 116}
consultation, see Consultation
deeds of, {ROB4: 214, 317}
education,

{GL: 190}
see also Education

elections, {ROB3: 316-17, 319}
enjoined, exhorted, {KA: 14-15, 159-161}
forbidden various acts, {KA: 157-158}
gatherings of,

{ROB4: 316}
festivals and Holy Days, {ROB3: 115, 223, 281}

goal of, {PM: 89, 102, 258, 267, 270}
intercede for enemies, {TOB: 91}
intermarriage of, {ROB4: 291}
loyalty to Government, {TOB: 22-3, 87}
love,

among,

{ROB4: 194, 317}
{SFWAB: 65-6, 246}

of humanity, {GL: 7, 95, 250, 260, 288, 316, 334}

misdeeds of,

{ROB4: 225-6, 391}
discord among, {SFWAB: 229-31}
see also Covenant, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih, Lawh-i-Hikmat

obey God's laws, {TOB: 50, 62, 71, 72, 93, 108, 130, 132, 196, 197, 267, 268}
of Jewish descent, {ROB4: illus. 292; 12-13, 254, 271, 423}
of Muslim background, {ROB4: 291}
Persian, are trustworthy, {SFWAB: 293-4}
politics shunned by, {SFWAB: 92}
prejudices of, {ROB4: 291}
protect stations of men, {TOB: 38}
Qualities enjoined on Bahá'ís,

see Association, Charity, Chastity, Civility, Cleanliness, Constancy, Contentment, Courtesy, Detachment, Fairness, Faithfulness, Fear of God, Fellowship, Fidelity, Forbearance, Forgiveness, Godliness, Hospitality, Humility, Justice, Kindness, Knowledge, Love, Obedience, Parents, Patience, Perseverance, Piety, Propriety, Purity, Reason, Refinement, Remembrance of God, Respect, Service, Sincerity, Steadfastness, Tact, Tenacity, Tenderness, Trustworthiness, Truthfulness, Understanding, Unity, Uprightness, Virtue, Vision, Wisdom
see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

schools built by, {ROB4: 122n.}
shining examples, {TOB: 138}
spiritual character of, see Character
spiritual gardeners of world, {SFWAB: 282}
spiritual obligations of, duties,

{KA: 145-162}
{ROB3: 74, 285-6, 379}
daily,

ablutions, see Prayer(s)
Obligatory Prayers, see Prayer(s)
repetition of "Alláh-u-Abhá" 95 times, see Bahá'u'lláh/Greatest Name
Recite the verses of God,

{KA: K149, Q68, n165}
twice a day, {ROB3: 323}
need to recite, {ROB4: 66}
writings should be read by Bahá'ís, {SFWAB: 35, 61, 190-1}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas

enjoined to teach, see Bahá'í Faith/teaching of
Fasting, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Fund, see Bahá'í Faith
Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
Implore forgiveness for parents, see Parents
must arise, strive, teach, {SFWAB: 20, 36, 72, 103, 104, 232, 236-7, 245-6, 263, 266-7, 310, 318}
must not be barriers, {SFWAB: 263-4}
obey teachings, observance of laws,

{KA: 15, K1}
{SFWAB: 11, 35, 100}

recognition of Manifestation of God, {KA: 15, K1}
see also Pilgrimage

spirituality of

brilliant, {TOB: 88}
burn brightly, {TOB: 58}
eye to mankind, {TOB: 208}
happy, {TOB: 15, 52, 62, 235, 253, 257}
hear doves of Paradise, see Terms in Holy Writings/Hearing
jewel among men, {TOB: 13}
mirror radiance of Bahá, {TOB: 198}
one soul, {TOB: 264}
pass beyond sea of names, {TOB: 58}
sea moving by God's desire, {TOB: 34}
throbbing artery, {TOB: 143}

spiritual physicians, see Physicians
standards,

{ROB3: 125, 364-5}
of Bahá'u'lláh for, {ROB4: 82-3}
of detachment, see Detachment

steadfastness of, {ROB4: 140-1}
trustworthiness, {TOB: 37-8, 122}
two kinds,

{ROB2: 255-6}
true, {ROB4: 161, 296}

understanding of,

teachings, {ROB4: 212-13}
the Testaments, {ROB4: 267}

unity of, unity of community of,

{KA: 16, K57-K58, K65, K70, 161, n82, n95}
{ROB1: 303}
{ROB2: 87, 191, 193}
{ROB4: 190-6, 317, 365}
{SFWAB: 65-6, 70, 76, 84, 92, 103, 203, 209, 215, 229-31, 246, 260-1, 277}
as single soul, {SFWAB: 19, 76}
fellowship among Bahá'ís, {KA: K57, n82}

view of,

life, {ROB3: 296}
world problems, {ROB3: 125-6}

virtues, {ROB3: 106}
well-being of, {ROB4: 289}
well-wishers of mankind, {SFWAB: 29}
youth,

{ROB3: 365}
activities of, {GPB: 341, 342}
work of, {GPB: 341-342}

see also Deeds, Qualities

diversity of, {SAQ: 65}
dissimulation of, see Dissimulation
in Heroic age, see Age(s)
of

'Akká, see 'Akká
America, see America
Baghdád, see Baghdád
Cyprus, see Cyprus
India, see India
'Ishqábád, see 'Ishqábád
Mandalay, see Mandalay
Persia, see Persia

Darakhsh, see Darakhsh
Mashhad, see Mashhad
Qazvín, see Qazvín
Yazd, see Yazd

Rangoon, see Rangoon

'People of Bahá',

{GL: 16, 32, 35, 46, 94, 100, 111, 117, 118, 169, 170, 212, 278, 288, 289, 304, 305, 333}
{ROB1: 47, 94, 238-9, 275, 280}
{ROB2: 179}
{ROB3: 81, 97-8, 112, 115, 130, 159, 356, 364, 366, 372, 439}
Learned Ones in Bahá, Learned among people of Bahá,

{KA: K173, 163, n183}
{ROB3: 27}
{TOB: 138, 221}
duties, {KA: n183}
see also Hands of the Cause of God, Continental Board of Counsellors, Auxiliary Board, Rulers

leaves, {TOB: 254-5, 256}
may become people of Sun of Reality, {SAQ: 222}
mission unspeakably glorious, {GPB: 254}
prominent, {ROB4: 286}

persecution of, tribulations of,

{GPB: 178, 197-203, 296-299}
{PM: 23, 61, 145, 166, 167, 189, 197, 216, 234, 271}
{ROB1: 268, 279}
{ROB2: 53, 332-6, 358}
{SAQ: 35}
{SFWAB: 9-10, 39-40, 238}
{TOB: 17, 42, 215, 246}
accusations against, {ROB4: 306, 393-402}
attitude of Persian Muslims to, {ROB3: 59}
Bahá'í men, in great danger, {ROB4: 119}
beset by enemies, {TOB: 243}
cursing of, {ROB4: 93}
held in teeth of wolves, {TOB: 106}
identification as Bahá'ís, {ROB4: 271n.}
imprisoned in Tihrán, see Tihrán
in Persia, {ROB4: 115, 349-50}
in Turkey, {SFWAB: 74}
lamented and moaned, {TOB: 177}
positions seized by traitors, {TOB: 125}
protection of, Assistance to,

{ROB4: 323}
{SFWAB: 18, 23, 43, 71, 104-5, 186-7, 237-8, 260, 270}
by God, {TOB: 35, 62, 88, 96}
gnat into an eagle, {SFWAB: 23, 103}
victorious, {TOB: 57, 247}

scatter opposition, {TOB: 85}
unstoppable, {TOB: 44}

see also Prayers

reveal station of believers, {PM: 155}
sacrifice, {ROB4: 190}
tests,

{ROB3: 47-51, 192-4}
Tests and trials inevitable for Bahá'ís, {SFWAB: 39-40, 238}

uprisings against, {ROB4: 123-4}
see also Martyrs

pilgrims, {ROB3: 17, 55, 57, 67-8}
pioneering, see Pioneering
politics, {ROB2: 88-91}
power of, {PM: 191}
promotion of peace, {ROB4: 341-2}
relationship to Universal House of Justice, {ROB3: 50}
Station of,

{GL: 6, 9, 10, 34, 87, 107, 108, 110, 149, 159, 167, 190, 196, 197, 214, 246, 288, 317, 323-324, 327, 330, 331, 340}
{PM: 62, 155, 209, 269, 298}
{ROB4: 92-3, 285}
{SFWAB: 13, 100, 184, 261}
{TOB: 58, 92, 96, 148, 259, 263, 268}
after death, {GL: 141, 153, 169-171, 329, 345, 346}
companions of Crimson Ark,, see Terms in Holy Writings
gaze of God toward, {TOB: 237}
glory on, {TOB: 44, 54, 80, 97, 132, 191, 198, 235, 240, 243, 247, 259, 264}
immortality of, {GL: 33, 74, 107, 141, 148, 157, 181, 213, 269, 282, 345}
memories immortalized, {TOB: 266}
names mentioned (recorded), {TOB: 5, 13, 262, 266}
peace of God upon, {TOB: 134}
reward of,

{GL: 36, 94, 117, 167, 219, 339}
{TOB: 86}

souls who will arise, {SFWAB: 250-2}
Teachers, Muballigh (Teacher-proclaimer),

{ROB1: 86, 107, 162, 203, 279, 283}
{ROB3: 27-8, 94, 96-7, 120, 161-2, 234, 331-6, 433ff.}
{ROB4: 257-8, 274-7}
{SFWAB: 135}
{TOB: 198-9}
ablaze with fire, {TOB: 34}
assistance of,

{GL: 280, 314 }
by Kingdom of God, {SFWAB: 109}

Bahá'í travelling, traveling,

{GL: 334 }
{ROB4: 177, 274-5, 423}

Bahá'í, took counsel on community affairs, {ROB4: 107n.}
Bahá'u'lláh's advice to, {ROB4: 237, 296}
character of, {GL: 201, 277, 278, 335}
deeds of, {SFWAB: 175}
difficult to succeed as, {SFWAB: 133-4}
exhorted to teach, {GPB: 376, 377}
gardeners of heaven, {SFWAB: 180}
in Persia, {ROB4: 254, 274-5}
influence of, {GL: 277, 334-335}
Manifestations are, {SFWAB: 128}
notable, {ROB4: 257-73}
of all on earth, {SFWAB: 19}
of children,

{ROB3: 90, 330-31}
and spiritual education of child, {KA: n40}

preparation of,

{GL: 210, 277, 334, 335, 339 }
training,

{GPB: 340}
for youth, {ROB4: 313}
institutes for women, {ROB4: 304}
meetings for, {SFWAB: 123-4}

qualifications of, {TOB: 58}
qualities of, {SFWAB: 30, 160, 270}
serried lines of, {SFWAB: 260}
souls will arise, {SFWAB: 250-2}
spiritual doctors, {SFWAB: 130}
success due to Word of God, {GL: 277}
station of,

{KA: K117}
{SFWAB: 100}

visiting graves of, {ROB4: 165}
with understanding, {ROB4: 257, 275}
who ruin Cause, {TOB: 58}
who depart from the Writings, {KA: K117, 160}
see also Bahá'í Faith/teaching of

Zillu's-Sultán offers to assist, see Mas'úd Mírzá
see also Women, Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'u'lláh (Mírzá Husayn-'Alí), Founder of the Bahá'i Faith,

{DBNN: 12, 32, 103, 118, 120, 269, 284, 286, 292, 297}
{ROB1: 33, 83, 158}
{ROB3: 22, 148, 180, 208, 348}
{ROB4: 122, 177, 178, 182, 363}
{SAQ: 27-35}
{TOB: 62, 74, 76, 103, 104, 107, 108}

Biographical,

Achievements of, {ROB4: 421-4}
and

Abu'l-Qásim, see Ridván
Áqá Mírzá Áqá, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Dunyá
'Azim, meeting with, {DBNN: 599}
The Báb, see Báb, The
Badí', see Tablet to Badí'
E. G. Browne, see Browne, Edward Granville
Hájí Jalíl-i-Khu'í, see Ishráqát
Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí', see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih
Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Muhammad, see Kitáb-i-Íqán
Hájí Muhammad-Ridá, see Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Isfahání, Hájí
Hájí Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí describes, see Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí, Hájí
Hájí Yahúdá, see Yahúdá, Hájí,
Ibn-i-Asdaq, see Hands of the Cause of God
King and Beloved of Martyrs, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Mullá 'Alí-Akbar, see Hands of the Cause of God
Mullá Husayn, see Letters of the Living
Nabíl-i-Akbar, dear to, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Hikmat
Nabíl's poetry about, see Tablet to Nabíl-i-A'zam
Siyyid Asadu'lláh, see Asadu'lláh, Siyyid
Sulaymán Khán, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Ustád 'Alí-Akbar, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Tajallíyát
Varqá, see Hands of the Cause of God

Rúhu'lláh, see Rúhu'lláh

and aqueduct, {ROB3: 24-5}
and gifts,

{ROB4: 246-8}
accepted gifts as token of grace to giver, {GL: 116, 201}

Ascension, see 'Akká
Birth of, see Tihrán
Companions of,

{ROB1: 27, 40, 95, 96-7, 206-9, 218}
{ROB2: 5-6, 7, 14, 16, 18, 19-20, 24, 372, 410}
{ROB3: 11, 12, 17, 34, 36, 52-4, 205, 208-9, 401-4}
death of three, {ROB3: 20, 34}
in Khán-i-'Avámíd, {ROB3: 222}
interrogation of, {ROB2: 328-32}
sickness in barracks, {ROB3: 19-21}
those exiled with Him to Baghdad, {GPB: 108}

describes Himself, {KA: n1, n160}
dream of, {GPB: 101}
educated thousands, {SAQ: 35}
forsakes His wealth, {GPB: 67}
four stages of His life, {GPB: 107}
guest of Grand Vizir, {GPB: 71}
His Family, Holy Family,

{GPB: 240}
{ROB1: 8-16 passim, 122-3, 130, 284, 305}
{ROB2: 205n., 260-1}
{ROB3: 55, 68, 80, 83-4, 153, 204, 207-8, 211, 214, 216-18, 243, 400, Appendix III}
{ROB4: 254, 419}

Ásíyih Khánum (Navváb, Most Exalted Leaf), wife of,

{GPB: 108, 348}
{ROB1: 12, 15, 19}
{ROB2: 6}
{ROB3: 204, 210, 442-8}
{ROB4: 1, 106, 362, 366}
resting-place, in 'Akká, {ROB4: 1, 106}
Shoghi Effendi on transfer of remains of Purest Branch and Navváb to Mount Carmel, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil

Brothers of,

{ROB1: 10, 11, 15, 16}
Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan, faithful half-brother of,

{ROB1: 11, 16}
Abú-Tálib Khan, Mírzá, brother-in-law of, {DBNN: 639}
Shahr-bánú, daughter of, {ROB4: 438-9}

Mírzá Muhammad-Qulí, faithful half-brother of,

{ROB1: 15-16, 284}
{ROB2: 199, 332, 402}
{ROB4: 242}

Mírzá Músá, (Áqáy-i-Kalím, Jináb-i-Kalím), most faithful brother, and Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh,

{DBNN: 183, 255, 286, 288, 397, 432, 441, 582}
{ROB1: 15-16, 53, 67n., 131, 144, 205, 228, 247, 284, 316n.}
{ROB2: 58, 67, 154, 160, 163, 164, 200, 211, 247n., 332, 402, 405}
{ROB3: 23, 181, 225n., 361, 424-5}
{ROB4: 242, 420n., 438}
Mírzá Majdi'd-Dín (Majdu'd-Din), son of, Breaker of the Covenant,

{ROB1: 316}
{ROB4: 420}

Mírzá Ridá-Qulí, half-brother of,

{ROB1: 12}
{ROB3: 218-19}
{ROB4: 438}
Maryam, cousin of Bahá'u'lláh, wife of, see Alwáh-i-Maryam

Mírzá Yahyá (Subh-i-Azal), half-brother, Breaker of the Covenant,

{ESW: 157, 161, 167, 168, 169, 171}
{GPB: 112, 155, 163-170, 233}
{KA: 15, K184, K190, n177, n190-n192}
{PM: 132, 180, 286}
{ROB1: 40-41, 53-6, 133, 136, 246-56, 257, 284, 291}
{ROB2: 39, 66-75 passim, 161-70, 181-2, 241, 242n., 247, 262-3, 268, 269, 284, ch. 14, 326, 331, 376, 402}
{ROB3: 23, 88-9, 109, 141, 176, 225n., 359, 373-4}
{ROB4: 53, 81, 86, 115, 174, 211, 257, 399, 400, 401, 408n., 412, 421, 438, 439, 440}
{TOB: 43, 75, 111 and n.}
and The Báb,

Mírzá Yahyá claimed to be successor to, {GPB: 114}
nominated Mírzá Yahyá, {KA: n190}

and Bábís,

{ROB2: 165-6, 181-2, 226}
role of, {ROB4: 305}
see also Báb, The

and Bahá'u'lláh:

announces His mission to Mirza Yahyá,

{GPB: 166-167}
{KA: n190}

assurance of forgiveness should he repent, {KA: K184, 163}
Bahá'u'lláh addresses,

{ROB4: 220-1}
in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, {ROB3: 373-4}

Bahá'u'lláh's allusions to, {ROB1: 195-6, 218, 241-2, 244, 272}
establishes ascendency over Mírzá Yahyá, {GPB: 168, 169}
division of possessions with Mirza Yahyá, {GPB: 167}
Mirza Yahyá's opposition to,

{GPB: 163-165}
{ROB1: 16, 37, 54-5, 107, 120, 130, 133, 136, 195-6, 218, 241-2, 246-56}
{ROB2: 1, 152-5, ch. 14}
actions in Baghdád, see Baghdád
attempts on Bahá'u'lláh's life,

{ROB2: 152-5, 158-61}
plots to kill Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 166}
Bahá'u'lláh poisoned by, {GPB: 165, 166}

clandestine opposition of, {GPB: 117}
directs campaign against Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 124, 125}
rebellion of, {GPB: 163, 164, 165, 168}
rebellion stimulates Faith, {GPB: 204}

refuses to meet with Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 168, 169}
separation from Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB2: 161-70}
stigmatized by Bahá'u'lláh as

'Most Great Idol',

{GPB: 170}
{ROB2: 298}
{ROB3: 109}

'source of Perversion',

{GPB: 170}
{KA: K184, n190}
{ROB2: 298}

Azalís,

{KA: K164, n177, n190}
{ROB1: 10, 50, 68, 203}
{ROB3: 24, 44-6, 56, 98, 224-5, 227, 400}
{ROB4: 81-2, 174, 176, 191, 219-20, 225-6, 305, 314, 399, 401, 403, 412}
and Nabíl ibn-i-Nabíl, see Muhammad-'Alí, Hájí Shaykh
in 'Akká, see 'Akká

murder of, see 'Akká

in Constantinople, machinations of, see Constantinople
remnant of, {GPB: 246}
see also Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Badrí-Ján, wife of, {ROB3: 23, 225, 235, 251}
claims himself a Prophet, claim to Revelation,

{GPB: 167}
{KA: n190, n192}

fate of, {GPB: 233}
his Cyprus exile, see Cyprus
lives in disguise, {GPB: 114, 115}
recognizes transformation in Mírzá Áqá Ján, {GPB: 116}
Mustayqiz (Sleeper Awakened), {ROB1: 250}
see also Muhammad-i-Isfahání, Siyyid

Children of,

{ROB4: 5-6, 283}
Aghsán (Branches),

{KA: 3, K42, K61, 161, n66, n67, n85}
{ROB1: 134 and n.}
{ROB3: 372-3}
{ROB4: 10, 333}
{TOB: 221-2}
'Abdu'l-Bahá (Most Great Branch), son of, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Ásíyih Khánum, mother of, see Bahá'u'lláh, wife of
Statements, on Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB3: 399, 415, 416-17, 418, 419}
'Abdu'l-Bahá pays tribute to, {ROB1: 308}
Ascension of, {ROB4: 414-24}
imprisonment of, {ROB4: 242}
in the Garden of Junaynih, see 'Akká
laws of Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB3: 278, 281}
relation of Báb to Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB3: 306}

Mírzá Badí'u'lláh, son of, Breaker of the Covenant,

{ROB1: 131-2}
{ROB3: 230}
{ROB4: 59, 377, 435}

Mírzá Díyá'u'lláh, son of, Breaker of the Covenant,

{ROB1: 131-2}
{ROB4: 58}

Mírzá Mihdí (The Purest Branch), son of,

{GPB: 188-189, 348}
{PM: 34, 35}
{ROB1: 19, 261}
{ROB2: 266 and n.}
{ROB3: 7, 204-16, 221}
{ROB4: 362, 366, 421}
As Bahá'u'lláh's amanuensis, {ROB3: 205}
Ásíyih Khánum, mother of, see Bahá'u'lláh, wife of
death of,

{GPB: 188}
{ROB3: ch. 10, Appendix III}

resting-place, in 'Akká,

{ROB3: 214-15, Appendix III}
Nabí Sálih, cemetery of, {ROB3: 209}

Shoghi Effendi on,

{ROB3: 211, 214-15}
transfer of remains of Purest Branch and Navváb to Mount Carmel, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil

see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Prayer(s)

Mírzá Muhammad-'Alí, Greater Branch, son of; Centre of Sedition; Arch-Breaker of Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant,

{GPB: 246-249}
{KA: n1, n9}
{ROB1: 131-3, 136, 261, 315, 316n., 319}
{ROB2: 260 and n., 267, 273, 276, 289}
{ROB3: 90, 122}
{ROB4: 5, 59, 145, 236, 420}
{SFWAB: 216–19} {TOB: 222}
Bahá'u'lláh's statements about, {GPB: 251}
caused 'Abdu'l-Bahá to be imprisoned, {GPB: 263, 264}
false claims of, {GPB: 248, 249}
falsified Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 249}
fate of, {GPB: 319, 320}
jealousy of, {GPB: 247}
rebellion of, {GPB: 245-251}
rebellion, results of, {GPB: 252}

Shoghi Effendi, great grandson of, see Shoghi Effendi

Bahá'íyyih Khánum (Varaqiy-i-'Ulyá, the Greatest Holy Leaf, {DBNN: Bahíyyih Khánum}), daughter of,

{GPB: 347, 350}
{ROB1: 12, 14-15, 19}
{ROB3: 17, 207-8, 210, 443, 445, 448}
{ROB4: 1, 59-60, 106, 311, 337, 362, 366}
Ásíyih Khánum, mother of, see Bahá'u'lláh, wife of
her resting-place, {ROB3: 210, 214, 442, 446-7}
see also {DBNN: Dedication page}

Fúrúghíyyih Khánum, daughter of, Breaker of the Covenant,

{ROB1: 41}
{ROB1: 387 and n.}
{ROB4: 405}
Siyyid 'Ali, husband of,

{ROB4: 405}
son of Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Hasan-'Alí, uncle of The Báb, see Afnáns

Cousins of,

Havvá, {ROB1: 122, 124-5}
Maryam, see Alwáh-i-Maryam
Mírzá Muhammad-i-Vazír, see Hurúfát-i-'Állín
see also Mírzá Hasan-i-Mázindarání

Parents of,

Khadíjih Khánum, mother of
Mírzá 'Abbás-i-Núrí (Mírzá 'Abbás of Núr), Mírzá Buzurg-i-Núrí, Mírzá Buzurg-i-Vazír, Mírzá Buzurg the Vizier, father of,

{DBNN: 11, 109, 234}
{ROB1: 7, 19, 305}
{TOB: 65 n.}
Mullá Mírzá Zaynu'l-'Ábidín, brother of (uncle of Bahá'u'lláh),

{ROB3: 68, 217}
Mírzá Hasan-i-Mázindarání (Muhammad Hasan), son of,

{ROB1: 50 and n.}
{ROB3: 68, 209n., 216-17}
{ROB4: 438}

Sisters of,

{ROB1: 49-51}
Khánum Buzurg (Sháh Sultán Khánum), Breaker of the Covenant,

{ESW: 169-171}
{ROB1: 50-51}
{ROB4: 438}

Sakínih Khánum (Tallán Khánum), faithful half-sister of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 50}
Sárih Khánum, faithful sister of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GL: 109}
{ROB1: 49-50}

Uncles of,

'Aziz, {DBNN: 113}
see also Mullá Mírzá Zaynu'l-'Ábidín

Covenant-breakers,

{ROB4: 5-6, 283}
Mírzá Mahmúd, nephew of, {ROB1: 9, 10}

in Tihrán, see Tihrán
incident in Níyálá as related by, {DBNN: 299, 301, 324}
journey to Karbilá, see Karbilá
replies to divines of Manshád, {ROB3: 44-6}
simplicity of life, {ROB2: 169-70}
stories attributed to, {ROB4: 170}
visit to Fort of Shaykh Tabarsí, see Tabarsí
warns Grand Vazír, {ROB3: 36-7}
Zillu's-Sultán's letter to, see Mas'úd Mírzá

His Person,

{ROB3: 133-5}
{ROB4: 134-6}
authority of, {TOB: 48, 75, 108, 131}
being of,

inner, {TOB: 72}
outer, {TOB: 72}

confirmations of, {ROB3: 193-4, 377}
contrast between inward and outward circumstances, {ROB3: 1, 4, 13-14, 26, 248}
dream about, {SFWAB: 179-80}
His

claim,

{ROB3: 239-40, 263}
proofs of, {SAQ: 36-43}

courage, {ESW: 85, 87}
detachment,

{ESW: 36, 37, 41, 44, 59}
{ROB4: 246-8, 255}

effect on people, effect of presence of,

{ROB2: 7-13, 63, 66, 153, 195, 254, 277n.}
{ROB1: 94, 101-3, 145, 198, 206-9, 220, 257-9}
{ROB3: 58, 60, 67, 69, 75, 109, 160-61, 179-82, 238, 248-9, 300, 303, 304, 402}
{SAQ: 34, 36}
admirers of, diversified, {GPB: 128-132}
British official offers Him protection, {GPB: 131}
bystanders attest to His greatness, {GPB: 135}
government officials seek Him out, {GPB: 129}
governor assures protection enroute to Constantinople, {GPB: 149, 150}
mujtahid protects Him, {GPB: 143}
overwhelms conspirators and would-be murderer, {GPB: 142}
princes of royal blood seek Him out, {GPB: 129}
religious leaders seek Him out, {GPB: 123, 128-130}
respect of officials for, {ROB3: 218-19}
reverence shown Him by officials at 'Akká, {GPB: 192}
Russian minister offers assistance, {GPB: 104, 106}
sought by Shaykh in Sulaymáníyyih to interpret dream, {GPB: 121}
Sultán 'Abdu'l-Majíd protects Him, {GPB: 132}

false prophets supplicate His forgiveness, {GPB: 131}
human aspects, {ROB3: 2-3, 56, 349-50, 402-3, 414-17}
humour, {ROB4: 243-5, 256}
innate knowledge,

{GL: 58 , 122, 131, 199}
{ROB2: 57, 346}
{ROB3: 137, 389-90}
educated by God, {TOB: 148-50}
education, {ROB1: 18-19, 20, 22, 62-3}
erudition of, {SAQ: 28-29}
learned impressed with His knowledge, {GPB: 122-124}
knowledge of, beyond human knowledge, {KA: K39, K97, K175, K176, K177}
mastery of Arabic,

{KA: 9}
{SAQ: 34}

theology, lack instruction in, {KA: K104}
'ulamá could not reply to epistle of, {SAQ: 33}
"unlettered One,"

{GL: 98, 199}
{KA: K104}
unschooled, {ESW: 11, 129}

Justice of,

{GL: 175}
example, {GPB: 133}

leadership, {GPB: 67-70, 194, 195}
life, {ROB3: 239}
love of nature, {ROB3: 414-16}
magnanimity, {ROB4: 241-8}
majesty,

{ROB1: 148, 257-9, 282}
{ROB2: 8-10}
{ROB3: 1, 4, 12, 52, 58, 111, 116, 133, 156, 248ff., 397-8}

power,

{GPB: 141}
{ROB3: 1-2, 13, 60, 134, 141, 193, 195, 333, 377-9}
{SAQ: 35}

presence with martyrs, {ROB3: 193-6}
radiance, {ROB3: 13}
resignation, {ESW: 76, 79, 85, 95}
sovereignty, {ROB3: 134, 311, 315}
vision of, {KA: 1, 2, 11, K101}
wrath, {ROB3: 235-6}

followers consumed by love for Him, {GPB: 136, 137}
love of, {ROB4: 190, 194, 211, 234, 275, 283-4}
perfection of, {SAQ: 150}
personal relics of,

{GPB: 347}
clothes of,

{ROB4: 247, 248}
slippers of, {ROB4: 248}

portrait of, {GPB: 347}
purchases property associated with Jesus Christ, {GPB: 194}
Seals of,

{ROB1: illus. 78, 25 and n.}
{ROB2: 5 and n.}
Tablets embellished with, {KA: K117, n143}

relationship to his followers, {ROB3: 201-2}
tests of being close to, {ROB2: 7}
tobacco, use of, {SFWAB: 148}

His Cause,

advent, dawn of,

{KA: K82, K85, K88, K165, K177, n33, n108, n153, n158, n160, n172}
{SFWAB: 1, 7-8, 12-17, 31, 33, 38-9, 111, 252, 285}
{TOB: 4, 13, 15, 89, 101-4, 115-16, 182, 215, 231, 244-5, 247-8, 258-60}
came from heaven of eternity, {TOB: 9}
like thief, {SFWAB: 198-9}
unconcealed (unveiled), {TOB: 40, 96, 123}

appointment of Hands of the Cause, see Hands of the Cause of God
Apostles of, see Apostle(s) of Bahá'u'lláh
beauty of Bahá'u'lláh, endures forever, {SFWAB: 204}
belief in, {ROB4: 194}
Covenant, see Covenant
Declaration of, see Ridván
effect on believer, {KA: K38, K55}
His laws and ordinances, commandments, teachings,

{ROB2: 354}
{ROB3: 115, 124, 139, 276-86}
{SFWAB: 23, 107-8, 109, 248-9, 293, 298-307}
are remedy, {SFWAB: 59, 61}
are staff of gold, {SFWAB: 166-7}
call to humanity

{GL: 38, 99, 104, 115, 127, 130, 163, 168, 171, 183, 205, 213, 217, 299, 316, 319-322, 322, 332, 342, 345}
to serve Cause, {GL: 14, 37, 43, 84, 92, 137, 184, 196, 246, 281, 296, 308, 310}

command

against sedition,

{GL: 335}
{ROB2: 86-91, 188, 190}

against use of force,

{KA: n170, n173}
{ROB2: 86, 258n., 351}
violence condemned by, {GPB: 134}

to teach,

{GPB: 376, 377}
{ROB2: 91-106, 238}

demands high conduct of His followers, {GPB: 133}
love, {SFWAB: 66}
orders land to be purchased in 'Ishqábád, {ROB4: 120}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas

His Mission,

{GL: 85, 100, 108, 115, 130, 212, 217, 228, 238, 256, 286, 299}
{PM: 25, 74, 80, 103, 107, 137, 147, 153, 181, 185, 197, 202, 208, 301, 334}
divine origin of, {GPB: 102}
made known to Him, revealed to Him by God,

{ESW: 11, 12, 22}
{GL: 90, 99, 103}
{PM: 21, 121, 306}

His Revelation, Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh,

{ESW: 14, 26, 38, 56, 60, 83, 87, 95, 96, 103, 104, 105, 107, 111, 114, 115, 120, 126, 127, 128, 140, 141-142, 143, 147, 151, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 161, 171, 172, 173}
{KA: K184, Q57}
{ROB3: 104-5, 110, 147-8, 205, 219, 371, 377}
{ROB4: 6, 53, 65-6, 95, 137, 138, 167, 172, 193, 198, 209, 300, 352, 357, 358, 372, 413, 423, 438}
{SFWAB: 7-8, 22}
{TOB: 3-5, 12, 41, 53, 72, 77, 78, 85, 91, 102, 103, 107, 182, 186-7, 214, 223, 233, 239, 244-5, 251, 261, 263}
after martyrdoms in Yazd, {ROB4: 347}
all may choose to believe, {TOB: 41}
and break-up of society, {ROB2: 417-21}
and The Báb,

foretold by Báb, {GL: 10, 96, 146, 147, 294}
receives Tablet from the Báb, {KA: K175, K176, n185, n186}
relationship to the Báb, {KA: K20, K110, K175, K179, n108, n109}
"School of Transcendent Oneness",

{KA: K175, K176, K177, n185}
{ROB3: 306}

see also Báb, The

and the West, {ROB4: 232-3}
Announcement, {TOB: 36, 61, 84, 103, 115, 116, 121, 181, 246, 248, 260}
Anti-Christ of, see Bahá'u'lláh/His Sufferings
anticipated, {ESW: 42}
attacks to be refuted, {GL: 329, 330}
awakened by breezes of All-Glorious, {SAQ: 85}
Bábís who were heedless of, see Bábí(s)
Bahá'u'lláh's apologia for, {ROB2: 370}
basis of unity of mankind, {GL: 97, 215, 286, 316, 333}
benefits of, {TOB: 132}
birth of, see Tihrán/Síyáh-Chál
breathed new life into human frame, {TOB: 84}
brings tests,

{ROB1: 129}
{ROB2: 214}

Call to humanity,

{PM: 36, 74, 97, 104, 106, 107, 188, 197, 200, 207, 268, 295, 302}
{TOB: 61, 64, 78, 105, 122, 238, 241, 250, 261, 265}

canalized through the Administrative Order, {ROB4: 233}
Centre of the Cause, see Covenant
chalice,

{TOB: 196}
of loving-kindness, {TOB: 220}

compared to an ocean, {GL: 326-327}
consequences of rejection, {ROB2: 309-11}
Dawn,

{TOB: 41, 51, 75}
Morning, {SFWAB: 7-8, 22, 33, 43, 228}

Day of God, see Terms in Holy Writings
His Dispensation, Dispensation of Bahá,

{KA: 1, 7, 12, 14, K142, K148, Q8, Q42, n19, n44, n126, n129, n160, n172}
{ROB1: 216-18, 279, 309-14}
{ROB3: 147, 192, 211, 317, 373}
{ROB4: 155}
all things made new, {SFWAB: 12, 253}
culmination of past revelations,

{ROB3: 3-4, 119}
Bahá'í Cycle,

{SFWAB: 67}
duration of 5,000 centuries (500,000 years),

{GPB: 55, 100}
{ROB4: 209, 366, 424}

Cycle of Glory, {SFWAB: 13}

Bahá'í Era,

duration of at least 10 centuries (1,000 years),

{KA: 1, 12, 14, K37, 156, n62}
{ROB1: 309-11}
{ROB3: 154, 167}
{SFWAB: 295}

consummation of all Dispensations, {GL: 244, 340}
most perfect expression of peoples of old, {TOB: 87}

Holy Dispensation, {TOB: 125}
perfections to be made manifest in, {SFWAB: 71}
present age, {SFWAB: 13, 17, 34, 67-8, 71, 111-12, 191, 232, 310}

distinguishing features of,

{ROB4: 340, 365}
{TOB: 94}

divine origin of, {ROB3: 114, 196}
Faith of God, {GL: 136, 217, 255, 293, 312, 319, 333}
fragrance of, {TOB: 13, 14, 15}
fruits of, {ROB3: 127}
glory of, {ROB4: 320, 353}
greatness of,

{GL: 10, 13, 37, 75, 77, 95, 99, 105, 106, 163, 245, 255, 319, 320, 325, 326, 328}
{PM: 43}
{ROB1: 18, 23, 64-7, 121-2, 213, 218, 236-7, 245, 301-2, 307-8, 311-14}
{ROB2: 16, 76, 151, 416}
{ROB4: 66, 108, 125, 127-9, 133, 150, 216, 218, 313, 318, 320, 335}
{TOB: 64, 237, 258-9}

Hádí should recognize, {TOB: 43}
hid in souls of Prophets, {TOB: 103}
history of, {ROB4: 115-6}
His description of, {ROB2: 143-4, 239}
His initial experience, {ROB1: 10, 12, 20, 21}
His language, {ROB3: 109, 111, 156, 270, 275-6, 349-50}
Hour, {TOB: 11, 107, 117, 131, 237, 244}
how received, {PM: 129, 180, 200, 276}
incomparable, {TOB: 3, 28, 80}
influence of, {ROB4: 353}
instrument for education, {TOB: 87, 130}
interpretation forbidden, see Interpretation of Sacred Text
its significance, {GPB: 91-103}
joyful tidings of, {TOB: 239, 242}
light of, {TOB: 13, 236, 244}
Maid of Heaven, see Term in Holy Writings
make mention of, {TOB: 142}
mankind will gather beneath tabernacle, {TOB: 84}
metaphor of "Hidden Treasure,"

{KA: K15, n23}
{TOB: 77}

moment of, {ROB3: 160, 171}
Most Great Infallibility disclosed, see Infallibility
Most Great Revelation, {ROB4: 141}
nature of,

{ROB1: 21}
{ROB4: 129, 150, 388}

none can protest what befalls, {TOB: 212}
ocean, {TOB: 33, 196}
oneness of, {PM: 274}
power of,

{PM: 126, 144, 170, 277, 295, 296, 304, 308}
{TOB: 200}

principle of progressive revelation, {KA: K98, K183, n89, n126, n180}
proclamation of His Message,

{KA: K75, K80, K103, K118, K132, K134, K143, K163, K168, n158}
{ROB3: 30, 109, 110ff., 138, 147, 156, 163-4, 167, 168, 174, 199-200, 239, 331-2, 364}
open proclamation of, {ROB2: 30, 64, 85}

profusion and power of,

{GL: 93, 96, 136, 140, 141, 189, 190, 197, 219, 286, 292, 319, 328, 332}
{ROB2: 34, 84-5, 192-3, 251-4, 269, 274, 286, 298-300, 348n.}

Prophecies concerning, see Promised One of All Ages
Prophecies of, Prophecies by,

{SFWAB: 16, 67, 248, 314}
Napoleon III, {SFWAB: 16 and n.}
next Manifestation, see Manifestations of God
war, {SFWAB: 248}

promotion by force forbidden, {GL: 278, 303, 330}
proofs of,

{GL: 49, 105, 179, 220, 259}
{KA: K136, K165, K167, K183}
{ROB4: 262-3}
{TOB: 74}

purpose of, objectives of,

{ESW: 24, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40, 45, 46, 88, 161, 163, 166}
{GL: 43, 85, 95, 144, 206, 215}
{KA: K172}
{ROB2: 30, 140, 150, 192-3, 304}
{ROB3: 214}
{ROB4: 158, 196, 365, 388}
{SFWAB: 1, 10-11, 31, 256, 257-8}
{TOB: 21, 44, 72, 92, 96, 166, 168, 174, 219, 220, 223, 260}
unstoppable, {TOB: 14, 15, 44, 115, 123, 210, 233, 243}
reminder to people, {TOB: 137}
tyranny of world doesn't hinder, {TOB: 125}
unity, oneness, {SFWAB: 21, 229-30, 261-3, 278}

quotes from previously revealed Tablets, {ROB4: 372-4}
recognition of,

{KA: n48}
{ROB1: 56, 68, 84, 91, 95}
{ROB3: 65, 77, 88, 103, 105, 127, 130, 132, 148-9, 161, 163-4, 272, 291-2, 315, 36, 377}
{ROB4: 142, 193, 198, 206-7, 212, 216, 305}
{SFWAB: 8-9, 22, 29, 33-4, 280}
by child, {SFWAB: 142}
by handmaids, {SFWAB: 23-4}
enjoined, {KA: 15, K1, K85-K86, K134, n1, n155}

recognition of God comes only through, {ROB4: 139-40}
redefines customs and concepts of past, {KA: 1, K138, n2, n93}
refused, {GL: 11, 39, 42, 58, 72, 90, 179, 221, 246, 256, 294, 324}
relationship to Administrative Order, {ROB3: 50}
released spiritual energies, {ROB1: 4-5, 18, 23, 45}
renews material world, {SFWAB: 52}
resplendent, {TOB: 40, 74, 79, 89}
reveals hidden mysteries, {TOB: 4, 5, 47, 241}
'Revelation Writing', see Áqá Ján, Mírzá
revolutionized mankind, {GL: 136, 139, 196}
shall endure, {TOB: 232}
signs of,

{SFWAB: 15-16}
{TOB: 13, 58, 75, 79, 118, 214}

speaking as the Manifestation, {ROB4: 319}
speaks not of His own volition,

{ESW: 11, 12, 39, 40}
{GL: 90, 99, 103, 108, 126}

Spring,

{SFWAB: 8, 22, 58, 253-4, 255}
Springtime, {TOB: 86, 257}

suffices all mankind, {TOB: 142}
symbolism of letter "vav," {KA: n172}
thanks for, inadequate, {TOB: 28}
theme of, pales all others, {TOB: 62}
throne of, {TOB: 50, 52}
to priests, bishops and monks, see Clergy
transcends others, {TOB: 74-5, 248, 259}
transforming power of, {ROB3: 140}
tribulations, value of {GL: 42, 72, 270, 333}
truth in, {ROB4: 141, 152, 339}
universality of,

{GL: 92, 96, 189, 256-259, 273, 282}
{TOB: 89}

veils to recognizing, {ROB4: 138}
victory of, foreordained, {GL: 248, 272, 287, 306, 319, 332, 341}
Way, {TOB: 266}
Word,

{TOB: 11, 21, 34, 50, 89, 178, 184, 256, 258}
Most Sublime, {TOB: 264}
of God, {TOB: 73, 91, 93-4, 123, 237, 242}

world depends on, {ROB4: 319}
world immersed in ocean of, {ROB4: 70}
world-vivifying, {ROB3: 213}
zenith,

{ROB2: 1}
{ROB4: 114}

see also Rashh-i-'Amá, His effect on people, Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'u'lláh, His Tablets and Writings, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Heaven; Jerusalem; Paradise; Word of God

infallibility of, see Infallibility
institutions ordained by, {ROB3: 214-15}
ministry,

{ROB3: 10, 14, 80, 84, 110, 137, 143, 234, 241, 273, 400}
inauguration of, {GPB: 106-108}
first phase, {GPB: 109, 111}
forty-year ministry, {GPB: 183}
last phase of, {GPB: 183-185}

sends travel teachers, {ROB4: 275-6}
teachings and principles,

{ROB3: 78, 124-5, 126, 130, 131, 139, 158, 230-31, 298-9, 322, 339; also 153}
presentation of His teachings, {ROB4: 374-7}
see also Bahá'í Faith

His Station,

{ESW: 2, 41, 43, 47, 48, 155}
{GL: 33, 36, 99, 101, 102, 228, 244}
{GPB: 93-100}
{KA: K47, K142, K143, 162, n160}
{PM: 20, 46, 121, 128, 131, 139, 231, 233, 238, 275, 286, 294, 297, 306}
{ROB1: 10, 66-7, 295, 304-9, 313}
{ROB2: 77-86, 183-4, 185, 213, 301, 302-3 (revealing of), 346-9}
{ROB3: 132-4, 144-5, 231, 241, 264, 276, 336, 378, 397}
{ROB4: 66, 94, 108, 125-39, 141, 223, 320}
{SFWAB: 13, 56-7, 170}
alludes to His own station,

{ROB1: 119, 142, 194-6, 210, 213, 218, 245, 273, 307-8}
{ROB3: 305}

authority of,

{GL: 55-56, 171, 176, 202}
{PM: 286}

bears trust of God, {TOB: 12}
Books of God mention, {TOB: 47, 50, 107, 231, 248}
conceals His station for ten years, {GPB: 103}
dependent only upon God, {GL: 37, 38}
disciples perceive His station, {GPB: 103}
discloses His station to Mírzá Áqá Ján, {GPB: 115}
encompasses previous Manifestations, {SFWAB: 62-3, 64}
ever-present, {GL: 137, 139, 316}
grateful for Station as Revelator, {PM: 20, 46, 238}
Kingdom of God embodied in, {TOB: 12}
man's relationship to, {ROB1: 73-4, 79-80}
never hidden, {GL: 286, 344}
new attire of Best Beloved, {TOB: 87}
one of claims to greatness, {GPB: 138}
other Announcements bow to, {TOB: 248}
power of,

{GL: 40, 72, 93, 137, 214, 219, 322}
{SFWAB: 237, 255}
{TOB: 107}

pre-eminent, {TOB: 259}
Prophethood, proof of,

{GL: 11, 49, 105, 179, 220, 259, 302}
{TOB: 74, 75, 117, 181, 245}
miracle(s) of,

{SFWAB: 16}
are not decisive proofs, {SAQ: 37}
attributed to, {SAQ: 34, 37}
offers to perform, {SAQ: 29-30, 35}

relationship to God,

accused of identifying Himself with God, {ROB4: 125-6, 406-7}
Bahá'u'lláh identifies with God, {KA: K39, K86, K88, K132, K134, K143, K163, K168, n160}
'HE is I', {TOB: 258}
His will is God's will, {PM: 108, 182, 193}
represents Godhead, {KA: K1, K86, K132, K143, K172}

relationship to other Manifestations,

{ROB1: 64-6, 308-9}
Báb's laws may be changed by, {TOB: 132}
Bahá'u'lláh is Supreme Manifestation of God, see His Titles and Names
difference between, and other Manifestations, {SAQ: 150}
identity with Báb, see The Báb
oneness with all Prophets, {GL: 88-89, 101-102}
supreme Manifestation for Adamic cycle,

{SAQ: 161}
see also Supreme

Universal Manifestation,

{ROB4: 135}
{SAQ: 58}

reveals God's glory, {TOB: 197}
source of grace and gifts, {TOB: 245}
sovereignty,

{KA: K69, K82, K134, K167, n181}
over hearts of men, {KA: 13, K83}

transcends past and future, {TOB: 74-5}
see also Bahá'u'lláh, His Titles and Names

His Sufferings,

{ESW: 17, 20, 23, 34, 35, 37, 52, 53, 63, 72, 78, 85, 94-95, 122, 125, 157}
{GL: 37, 42, 58, 85, 88-89, 90, 98-100, 115, 116, 119, 120, 124, 129, 130, 148, 203, 219, 224-226, 229, 238, 239, 240, 242, 244, 247, 270, 274, 286, 296, 298, 307, 313, 342, 344}
{KA: 8, 12, 15, K86, K141, K158, K184, n1, n190, n192}
{ROB1: 10, 12-13, 51-2, 57, 61, 63, 148-9, 195-6, 249}
{ROB2: 209-10, 239-40, 244, 284, 355-7}
{ROB3: 141, 226-34, 420-21}
{ROB4: 6, 38, 148, 171, 388-90, 391-2, 402-5}
{SFWAB: 16, 73, 257, 262-3,281}
{TOB: 11, 15, 44, 75, 104, 122-3, 151}
are for sake of world,

{TOB: 10, 12}
sacrifice of, for mankind, {GL: 88, 99, 101, 307, 315}

as Joseph,

{KI: 212, 254}
{ROB2: 179, 269}
{ROB4: 81}
true Joseph,

{GPB: 23}
{KA: n1}

attempt on His life,

{KA: n190}
{ROB2: 107, 153-4}
{ROB3: 66-7}

banishment from Persia,

{KA: n33}
{ROB1: 11, 13, 16-17, 51-2, 224}
{SAQ: 30-32}
assisted Cause, {SAQ: 31, 36}
effects of, {SAQ: 13}
exile fulfilled prophecies, {GPB: 107}
famine in Persia, {ROB4: 299}
method of travel, {ROB2: 6}
refuses foreign protection, {ROB2: 406}
testimonies of His innocence of attack on Sháh, {GPB: 105, 106}
to,

Adrianople, see Adrianople
'Akká, see 'Akká
Alexandria, see Alexandria
Baghdád, see Baghdád
Constantinople (Istanbul), see Constantinople
Haifa, see Haifa
Kurdistán, see Kurdistán

bastinadoed, {GPB: 68}
battered by stones of idle fancy, {TOB: 139}
captivity, {KA: n192}
conspiracies against Him, {GPB: 142, 143, 146, 150, 159, 160}
cursing of, {ROB4: 92-3, 175}
faces mob of five hundred, {GPB: 68}
flight parallels others in religious history, {GPB: 107}
foretells His trials, {GPB: 147}
His submission to suffering, {ROB3: 1-2, 4, 52-3, 232-4, 243}
imprisonment,

{ESW: 20-22, 52, 56, 57, 63, 77}
{ROB4: 241-2}
{TOB: 10, 41, 49, 104, 151, 259, 260}
condemned to life imprisonment, {ROB3: 4, 18-19}
see also 'Akká, Tihrán

maligned by writers of press, {SFWAB: 39}
marks of sword on Tree, {TOB: 209}
martyrdom sought, {TOB: 14, 15}
Persecution, of Cause of God,

{ROB3: 14, 27, 56-7, 166, 224-5, 234-7, 243, 251}
{ROB4: 335}
{TOB: 15, 33}
adversaries, enemies,

{GPB: 142, 143, 146, 150, 159, 160, 224-233}
Bahá'u'lláh's statements about, {GPB: 224}
calls for wrath of God upon enemies, {PM: 121, 141, 301, 305}
confounded by His love, {GPB: 135-136}
enemies powerless, {PM: 74, 105}
of the Faith, two most powerful, {GPB: 17}
opposed by mother of the Sháh, {GPB: 70}
Mír Muhammad-Husayn (Imám-Jum'ih of Isfahán, 'Raqshá'- She-Serpent),

{DBNN: 201, 202}
{ROB4: 75-6, 79-80, 91, 96-7, 100, 297}
{TOB: 203, 214-16}
fate of, {GPB: 232}
see also Muhammad, Mír Siyyid

Shaykh Muhammad-Báqir, of Isfahán ("Dhi'b" - Wolf),

see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Burhán
see also Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Siyyid Muhammad-i-Isfahání, Anti-Christ of Bahá'u'lláh's Revelation,

{GPB: 112, 164, 189}
{KA: K184, 164, n190, n192}
{ROB1: 27 and n., 54-5, 68, 107, 220, 223 and n., 224, 246-9, 254-5, 291}
{ROB2: 61, 66-75 passim, 118, 152-5, 165, 170, 242n., 291, 293, 325-8, 371, 375, 397, 402}
{ROB3: 24, 56, 178, 224-5, 234-7, 374}
{ROB4: 226, 412, 434, 435}
murder of, {KA: n192}
see also Yahyá, Mírzá

Attacks on Cause to be refuted, {GL: 329, 330}
fate of His opposers, {GPB: 231-233}
warning to opposers, {GPB: 251}

possessions plundered in Mázindarán, {DBNN: 637}
refuge, sole, {GL: 203}
rejection of, opposition to,

{GL: 58, 246, 256, 273}
{KA: K35, K41, K85, K139, K140, K141, K166}
{PM: 107, 152, 204}
{ROB2: 137, 413-14}
{SFWAB: 8-9, 33-4}
{TOB: 33, 61, 96, 107, 120, 131, 188, 207, 232, 235, 240-2, 248, 250-1, 261}
Bábís, {TOB: 79, 185, 190}
because of fear, {TOB: 61}
clergy, {TOB: 10, 110, 254, 259}
denies former Manifestations, {TOB: 248, 249}
few receive grace of God, {SFWAB: 277}
kings and queens, {TOB: 252}
learned, {TOB: 256}
like rejection of Christ, {SFWAB: 40-1}
Muhammadans (people of Qur'án), {TOB: 15, 103-4}
people of tyranny, {TOB: 49, 54, 107, 255}
Persians, {TOB: 62, 84}
Shí'ih divines, {TOB: 79}
see also Non-believers

restrictions relaxed on, {GPB: 195}
source of His sorrow,

{ESW: 22, 33}
{GL: 100, 117, 153, 244, 308-310}
because of Covenant-breakers, {TOB: 58-60, 70, 121}
misdeeds of Bahá'ís, see Bahá'í(s)
sorrowed by grievances, {TOB: 139}
weeps, {TOB: 189}

Tribulations,

{ESW: 17, 29, 35, 53, 75, 85, 95, 123, 147}
{PM: 8, 17, 21, 25, 39, 40, 101, 139, 151, 181, 197, 204, 242, 285}
powerless, {PM: 36, 74, 104, 151, 153, 170, 187, 200, 208, 214, 219}
purpose of, {PM: 44, 71, 147, 162, 198, 230}
thanksgiving for, {PM: 146, 154, 230, 309}
welcomed, {PM: 18, 104, 108, 111, 140, 187, 192, 205, 213}

urges followers not to grieve for His sufferings, {ROB3: 26, 32}
victory assured,

{ESW: 21}
protected, {TOB: 102}

His Tablets and Writings, Sacred Text, Words of Bahá'u'lláh,

{ESW: 11, 13, 17, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30, 39, 45-56, 56-59, 59-64, 78, 79, 97, 124, 127, 136, 166}
{KA: 8-9, n189, n193, n194}
{ROB1: xv, 22}
{ROB2: 218}
{ROB3: 139-40, 263, 299, 323-6, 429 n.}
{ROB4: 125, 168, 396, 423}
{TOB: 120, 143, 210, 216, 245, 261}
quotations from,

{GPB: xii, x, xi, 3, 7, 22, 23, 28, 49, 57, 71, 72, 79, 80, 82, 92, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 124, 125, 126, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 147, 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 157, 160, 161, 163, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 230, 231, 232, 233, 239, 240, 242, 243, 250, 251, 253, 254, 277, 278, 325, 331, 347, 348, 357, 360, 376, 377, 390, 395, 396}

Arabic, use of, {KA: 9-10}
authority and integrity, {KA: K53, K117, 160, n143}
cause souls to soar, {TOB: 119}
cheer eyes, {TOB: 9}
collected by non-believers, {TOB: 131}
composition of, {ROB4: 23n.}
counsels of, {TOB: 70, 86}
copious writings in two years, {GPB: 137, 138}
deviation from, {KA: K117, 160}
disparities between Tablets, {KA: Q57}
ended but theme unexhausted, {TOB: 119}
first fruits of His Divine Pen, {GPB: 121}
fragrance of, {TOB: 15, 220, 261}
gives knowledge of God, {TOB: 39, 50, 156, 195-6}
importance of reading, {SFWAB: 35, 61, 190-1}
in which locations and cities are addressed, {ROB4: 352}
melodies of, would create havoc, {TOB: 106-7}
memorization of, {TOB: 200}
misrepresented, {ROB4: 150}
Odes and Tablets, {GPB: 120}
reading from pulpits prohibited,

{KA: n168}
see also Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses

reference to, in resolving differences, {KA: K53, 160}
repeats subjects in, {ROB4: 125}
revealed with rapidity, {SFWAB: 15}
sends unaddressed Tablets, {ROB4: 323-5}
study of,

{KA: 7, K149, K182, 160}
{ROB4: 17, 212}

survey of, {ROB4: 227-38}
teachers well-versed in, {ROB4: 275}
transcription, dissemination, publication of,

{GPB: 380-383}
{KA: vii-viii}
{ROB1: 25-6, 27, 160}
{ROB2: 200, 269, 279, 283, 373}
{TOB: 133 n.}
compilations of, {ROB4: 259n.}
delivery of, {ROB4: 323-8}
In His own hand, {ROB1: 34-5, 37}
printing of,

{ROB4: 321-2}
first Bahá'í, {ROB4: 178}
not in printed form, {ROB4: 259n.}

translation of His Writings,

{GPB: 260, 261}
{KA: 9-11}
{SFWAB: 66, 79, 191}

see also Áqá Ján, Mírzá

unfolds wings of broken bird, {TOB: 169}
warnings of,

{KA: 162-164}
{TOB: 190}
to Constantinople, {KA: K89, n120}
to ecclesiastical leaders,

{KA: 13}
see also Clergy

to followers, {KA: 14}
to kings of the earth, {KA: K82}
about falsely claiming revelation from God, {KA: K37}
about opposition to the Faith, {KA: K37, 163, n63}
to William I, {KA: 15, K86}

Word of God, as revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, Words of God,

{ESW: 42, 76, 105, 110, 130}
{ROB1: 18, 21, 42-3, 46}
{ROB2: 120, 121, 289}
{ROB3: 99-100, 103, 114, 130, 156, 264, 276, 325, 349, 375-6}
{ROB4: 193}
are water, {TOB: 257}
Book of Bahá'u'lláh, {GL: 69, 123, 127, 183, 198, 221, 270, 286, 306}
could render Cause victorious, {TOB: 197}
creativeness,

{ROB1: 30-31}
source of Creation, {ROB4: 42, 278-83}

manner of revelation,

{ROB1: 22-5, 28-9, 34-7, 40-42, 55, 64}
{ROB4: 219-19, 372-3}

pronounced by Qá'im, {TOB: 258}
style and classes of,

{ROB1: 21-5, 40, 60, 62-3, 96, 147, 160, 213, 218-19}
{ROB2: 19, 29}
nine different styles or categories, see To The Kings and Rulers/Súriy-i-Haykal
Writings in 'Akká,

{GPB: 216, 219, 220}
three classifications of, {GPB: 205, 206}

power of,

{ROB1: 29, 30-31, 62-3, 83, 102, 210}
{ROB4: 237-8, 388}
{TOB: 88}
and influence, {KA: K3, K54, K129, K136, K167, K169}
gives new power to words, {GL: 93}
potency of, {TOB: 200}

rapidity of revelation, {ROB1: 23, 29, 35-6, 62, 158}
reciting, see Bahá'í(s)
sheltering shadow of, {TOB: 257}
sweetness, {KA: K3, K4, K54, K179}
vastness of Revelation,

{ROB1: 23-4, 25, 69}
{ROB3: 108, 134}

verses, {TOB: 74, 87, 89, 110, 114, 117, 119, 147, 183}
wine of, {TOB: 105, 108, 110, 208, 239, 241, 249}
see also Interpretation of Sacred Text, Bahá'u'lláh, His Tablets and Writings

written in Persian, {TOB: 49, 122 and n.}
yield spirit of life, {TOB: 147}
see also Tablets and Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Index, Part I)

His Titles and Names,

{GPB: 94}
{KA: K18, K60, K110, 95, n23, n147, n160}
{PM: 286}
{ROB1: 8, 12, 42, 66, 77, 83, 109, 134, 148, 236, 304-9 passim, 313}
{ROB2: 29, 186-7, 249}
{ROB3: 264, 393}
{ROB4: 139-40, 207, 369}
{SFWAB: 38-9}
{TOB: 101, 105, 182, 185, 231}

Attributes of God and/or Bahá'u'lláh,

as veil, {TOB: 9-10}
benevolence, {KA: 97}
detachment, {PM: 108, 182, 184}
fearlessness, {PM: 71, 188, 309}
grandeur, {KA: K88, K177}
humility, {PM: 193}
justice, {KA: K170}
love, {PM: 61}
loving providence, {KA: 6, K3, K29, K75, K117}
mercy,

{KA: 16, K59, K136, K140, 92, 94, 95, 99, 101}
Concealer of sins (His mercy),

{GL: 271, 309}
{ROB2: 24, 116-18, 153, 201, 273}

might, {KA: K42, K82, K129, K177, 93, 94, 101}
patience, {PM: 108, 308}
potency, {KA: K129, K175}
righteousness, {KA: K83, K136, K141}
sovereignty, {KA: K20, K78, K103, K115, K167, K178}
strength, {KA: K44}
strengthens, {TOB: 79}
terrible in punishing, {KA: K37}
wisdom, {KA: 16, K44, K68, K98, K101, K177, K180, n86}
wrath, {KA: K170}
see also God/Essence and Attributes of

All-

Compelling, {KA: K40}
Gracious, {KA: K21, K34, K86, K97, K106}
Informed, {KA: K40, K60, K97, K130, K143, K164, K189, Q101}
Knowing, {KA: K9, K39, K40, K52, K53, K56, K88, K89, K93, K123, K124, K130, K168, K189, 98}
Merciful,

{KA: 16, K2, K3, K7, K21, K29, K30, K35, K40, K73, K74, K86, K101, K107, K110, K116, K129, K133, K136, K137, K138, K139, K150, K158, K165, K173, K175, K178, K184, 92, 99, n51, n107, n149, n170}

Perceiving, {KA: K151}
Possessing, {KA: K2, K22, K94, K170, 99}
Praised, {KA: K40, K49, K115, K134}
Subduing, {KA: K132}
Wise, {KA: K12, K37, K39, K40, K88, K120, K132, K138, K146, K160, K163}

Almighty,

{KA: 16, K6, K16, K37, K38, K40, K49, K80, K101, K163, K175, K176, K177, 95, 98, n86, n144, n170}

Ancient of Days,

{GL: 210, 241, 302, 306}
{KA: K80, K86, K97, Q96, Q105}

Ancient Root, {KA: K121, n145}
Answerer, {KA: K129}
Avenger, {KA: K153}
Bahá, Abhá,

{PM: 16, 44, 84, 109, 169, 205}
Abhá Beauty, {SFWAB: 26, 59, 184, 246, 257, 262}
All-Glorious, {KA: K9, K36, K50, K55, K73, K94, K137, 92, 95, n11, n23, n33, n137, n144}
attribute and name of God, {ROB1: 48, 116, 117}
Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 32}
{ROB3: 238}

Greatest Name, 'Alláh-u-Abhá, Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá,

{GL: 28, 121, 189, 190, 203, 242, 246, 316, 333}
{KA: K127, n33, n137, n148}
{ROB1: 28, 48, 117, 274}
{ROB2: 179}
{ROB3: 116, 368, 431}
{ROB4: 135, 139, 230, 376, 411n.}
{SAQ: 35, 149-50}
{TOB: 33}
numerical equivalent, {KA: K29, n48, n50}
power of, {GL: 28, 34, 121, 189, 242, 286, 333}
repetition of "Alláh-u-Abhá" 95 times a day, {KA: K18, Q77, 157, n33-n34}
significance, {KA: K29, K51, n33, n48}

Most Great Name,

{PM: 5, 12, 14, 21, 32, 38, 44, 68, 70, 100, 106, 113, 118, 125, 169, 171, 192, 219, 246, 276}
{TOB: 38, 50, 101, 142, 182 n.}

Jináb-i-Bahá (His Honour Bahá), {ROB1: 8 and n., 158, 224}
number of, {KA: K30, n50}
three hundred sixty derivatives of the word, {GPB: 69}
see also Pen, Abhá

Balance, {PM: 100}
Baqíyyatu'lláh
Beauty, {KA: K13, K38, 92, 96, 97, n20, n160}
Beloved,

{KA: 92, n3, n23}
Best-Beloved, {KA: K4, K80, K129, K141}

Beneficent, {KA: K97}
Bestower, {KA: K97}
Blessed Perfection, {ROB3: 304}
Book of God, {GL: 13, 104, 159, 225, 226, 227, 237, 247, 290, 294, 297, 341}
Bounteous (All-, Ever-),

{KA: K34, K36, K151, K184}
Bounty and grace of Bahá'u'lláh,

{SFWAB: 22, 179}
could prove barren, {SFWAB: 11}

Bountiful (All-, Most-), {KA: K42, K46, K86, K97, K114, K163, K189, 95, 100}
Branch,

Divine Branch, {SAQ: 65}
Incomparable Branch, {SAQ: 65}

Comforter, (terminology of the New Testament), {ROB3: 30}
Counselor, {KA: K52}
Creator see Creation
Darvísh Muhammad, see Kurdistán
Dawning-place,

{KA: K74, K113, K143, K149, K186, n23}
of all signs, {KA: K169}
of Beauty, {KA: K68}
of God's Cause, {KA: K47, n75}
of Revelation, {KA: K42, K60}
of Splendor, {KA: K15}
of Utterance, {KA: K29}

Dayspring of, Day-Spring of,

{KA: K3, K4, K102, K143, K186}
Divine Unity, {KA: K175}
God's Light,

{KA: K85, n116}
{ROB3: 150}

Grandeur, {KA: K88}
His Most Excellent Titles, {KA: K143, K173}
Names, {KA: K88}
Revelation, {KA: 15, K1, K80, K86, K109, K148, 99}
the Signs of God, God's Signs,

{KA: K35, 97}
{ROB4: 130}

Daystar,

{KA: K92, K120}
of Utterance, {KA: K16}

Desire of the World, {KA: K1, K157, 92, 96}
Establisher of the Kingdom, {GPB: 318, 324}
Establisher of the Most Great Peace, {GPB: 93}
Eternal Truth,

{GL: 60}
{KA: K54, K125, n23}

Ever-Abiding, {KA: K14, K88, K104}
Everlasting, {KA: K41, K86, Q105, n160}
Exalted, {KA: K30, K56, K80, K94, K132, 92, 95, n144}
Expounder, {KA: K10, Q96}
Faithful, {KA: K109}
Fashioner, {KA: K97, K167}
Father, {ROB4: 228, 229, 413}
Forgiving (All-, Ever-), {KA: K10, K14, K49, K74, K75, K88, K151, K163, K169, K184, 100, 101}
Fountain of God's Laws, {KA: K1, K50}
Great Announcement,

{GL: 40, 116, 308}
Most Great Announcement, {KA: K167, n180}

Greatest Luminary, {SAQ: 124, 125}
Há (letter), a symbol of God, {KA: n28}
He Who causeth the dawn to appear, {KA: K117, n143}
Help in Peril, {KA: K82, K149, K168, K175, K180, 100, 101}
Hidden Mystery, {KA: 96}
Inaccessible, {KA: n144}
Incomparable, {KA: K18, K50, K53, K74, K76, K106, K143}
Jamál-i-Mubárak (the Blessed Beauty),

{ROB1: 12 and n., 77, 90, 200, 205, 230}
{ROB3: 32, 65, 122, 160, 203, 301, 303, 373, 403, 408, 411, 416-17, 418}
{SAQ: 27n}

Jamál-i-Qidám (the Preexistent, or Ancient Beauty),

{GL: 99, 111, 119, 296, 298, 309}
{KA: Q100}
{ROB3: 206, 218, 420}
{SAQ: 27n}
{TOB: 258}

Judge, {GPB: 93}
Keeper of His pledge, {KA: K56}
King of Glory, {ROB3: 15}
King of Kings,

{GL: 211}
{KA: 13, K82}
{ROB3: 148}
see also Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

King of the seen and unseen, {KA: 97}
Lamp of God, {PM: 32, 150, 153}
Lawgiver,

{GPB: 93}
{KA: 13}

Light,

Light of God, {PM: 12, 267}
Light of Reality, {SAQ: 36}
Light of the world, {SFWAB: 33}

Living Book, {KA: K134, K168, n155}
Lord of

all

Mankind, {KA: K8, K16, K26, K154}
Men, {KA: 99}
Names, {KA: K49, K132, 92, 95}
Nations, {KA: 94}
Religions, {KA: K31, K36}
worlds, {KA: K10, K44, K85, K98, K138}

Beginning and end, {KA: K16, K28}
Being, {KA: K139, 96, 97}
Creation, {KA: K11}
Grace, {KA: K14}
Hosts,

{GPB: 94}
{ROB3: 15, 109, 169, 172, 264, 267, 393, 445}
{SAQ: 39, 56}
To be manifested in Holy Land,

{GPB: 183, 184}
{SAQ: 32}

Judgement, {KA: K18, K56}
Majesty, {KA: K14, K158, 94, Q106}
Power, {KA: 16}
Seen and Unseen, {KA: K11, K98, 97, n18}
Splendor, {KA: K13, n20}
Throne on high and earth below, {KA: K86, 96, 97}
Utterance, {KA: K88}

Lote-Tree,

{PM: 181, 291}
see also Sadratu'l-Muntahá

Maker of the Heavens, {KA: K18, 92}
Man-Yuzhiruh'lláh (Him Whom God shall make manifest, Him Who will be made manifest),

{GL: 270}
{KA: K135, K137, K139, n7, n48, n108, n141, n146, n155, n157, n158, n185, n186}
{ROB1: 38, 56, 84, 93n., 105, 152, 194n., 249-93, ch. 18}
{ROB2: 84, 85, 114, 116, 146, 152, 161, 182, 237, 371, 376, 377-81}
{ROB3: 73-4 and n., 257, 278, 306}
{ROB4: 53, 147, 166, 174, 220, 330, 437-8}
The Báb,

commands to offer priceless gifts to, offering priceless gifts to, {KA: K114, 159, n141}
exhorts Bábís to recognize, {GPB: 30}
forbids followers to ask Him questions, prohibition on questioning,

{KA: K126, 159, n146}
{ROB1: 301}

His prophecies fulfilled, {ROB1: 207, 217, 249, 251, 280-81}
His Tablet to the Twentieth Letter of the Living, {DBNN: xxi}
identifies Qiblih with, {KA: K137, 145}
laws of Bayán subject to His sanction, {KA: 8, n109}
Promised One of the Bayán,

{KA: n153, n185}
{ROB3: 88}

references to {KA: 163, n189}
refers to as "Living Book", {KA: n155}
restrictions on travel, {KA: K131, 159, n153}
Tablet to Him, {KA: K175, K176, n185, n186}
titles given Bahá'u'lláh by, see Báb, The/announces station of Bahá'u'lláh
tribute to Him, {KA: K135, K136, n156}
see also Báb, The: Biographical, Purpose of His mission

false claimants, {ROB1: 68, 202, 300}

Mighty, {KA: K8, K39, K42, K56, K115, K132, K134, K183, K184, 98}
Mighty Stock, {KA: K174, n184}
Mirror, {SFWAB: 42}
Monarch of names of God, {GL: 258}
Most

Compassionate, {KA: K14, K24, K31, K45, K75, K129, K150, K179, 92, n23, n149}
Excellent, {KA: K134}
Generous, {KA: K10, K16, K32, K75, K97, K114, K142, K169, 101}
Great Beauty
Great Ocean, {ROB3: 8}
High, {KA: K2, K16, K22, K24, K30, K86, K136, K137, K142, K170, K175, Q100, n24}
Mighty Ocean, {KA: K96}
Mighty Sign, {TOB: 47, 209}
see also Supreme

Mouthpiece of God, {GL: 108}
Munificent, {KA: K25, K142, Q102}
Mystic Dove, {KA: K174}
Nightingale, {KA: K139}
Nobleman of Núr, {GPB: 402}
Omnipotent, {KA: K6, K24, K100, K132, K184}
Omniscient, {KA: K6, K43, K60, K97, K110, K132, K138, K143, K146, K151, K159, K160, K164, K175, K179, Q96, Q101}
Ordainer (Supreme), {KA: K6, K12, K24, K56, K81, K88, K110, K128, K129, K137, K159, 95, Q96, Q101, Q105}
Pardoner, {KA: K8, K21, K34}
Peerless, {KA: K86, n144}
Pen,

{KA: K54, K55, K158}
{ROB2: 187, 289}
{TOB: 3, 39, 61, 106, 149, 198, 199, 209, 213}
Abhá Pen, Pen of the Most Glorious, Pen of the Most High,

{KA: K2, K16, K24, K86, K136, K142, K175}
{ROB1: 34-5, 94, 128 and n., 252}
{ROB3: 1, 110, 133, 149, 160, 204, 215, 230, 275, 359}
reveals Knowledge, {TOB: 39}

Exalted Pen,

{ROB1: 34, 35n., 81}
Most Exalted Pen, {KA: K17, K41, K179, Q106, n24}

of the Eternal King, {KA: Q105}
of Glory,

{KA: 91}
see also Trumpet

of God, {PM: 55, 63, 65, 92, 108, 149, 175, 179, 194, 197, 218, 242, 249, 265, 280, 281, 282, 289, 309}
of His Behest, {KA: K67}
of His Command, {KA: K68}
of Justice, {KA: K72}
of Revelation, {KA: K5, K58, K63}
of the Unseen, {ROB3: 389}
'Shrill Voice' of, {ROB1: 35 and n.}
Supreme Pen,

{KA: n24}
{ROB1: 45, 133}
{SAQ: 289}

Possessor, {KA: K64, K167, 96, 99}
Powerful (All-, Most-), {KA: K40, K103, K120, K132, 98}
Prince of Peace,

{ROB4: 268}
{SFWAB: 246}

Prisoner (of 'Akká), {ROB3: 152, 153, 175, 271}
Promised One of All Ages, Promised One of All Religions, Promised One awaited by all,

{GL: 6, 9, 10, 12, 98, 102, 320}
{KA: K35, K88, n108, n153, n158, n160, n171, n185, n190}
{ROB3: 100, 169, 173, 263, 304}
{SAQ: 109}
{SFWAB: 101}
{TOB: 182}
Bahá'u'lláh is return of The Báb, {TOB: 182, 185}
Bahá'u'lláh promised by God, {TOB: 115}
Inaugurator of long-awaited millennium, {GPB: 93}
prophecies alluding to, concerning,

{ROB2: 2}
{ROB3: 15-16, 21, 65}
{ROB4: 156-7, 193, 225}
date of advent, {SAQ: 43-44}
fulfillment,

{GL: 58}
{KA: K35, K80, n160}
{PM: 129, 179, 275}
{SFWAB: 13-14, 172, 182, 235}
{TOB: 9-15, 78, 117-19, 182}
fifth Buddha, {GPB: 94}
God pledged to send, {TOB: 115}
of scriptural prophecies, {GPB: 94-97}
of Christian prophecy,

{GPB: 210}
Christ prophesies, {SFWAB: 170}
Christ's return in, {SFWAB: 60, 167-8, 198-9}
of Gospel, {ESW: 60}

of promises, {KA: K156}
prophecy of the Báb, {GPB: 138}
prophecy in Holy Land, {GPB: 183, 184}
reincarnation of Krishna, {GPB: 94}
see also Bahá'u'lláh/Lord of Hosts, Religion(s), Progressive Revelation

Holy Books of previous Manifestations, mention Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 47, 50, 107, 115, 231, 242, 248, 258}
Lord of Hosts manifested in Holy Land, see Bahá'u'lláh/Lord of Hosts
of Daniel, see Daniel
of Jeremiah see Bible
of Joel, {ESW: 143}
of Isaiah,

{ESW: 144, 146}
{GL: 13}
{GPB: 94, 210, 348}
{KA: 12}
{ROB1: 305}
{ROB3: 15, 120, 445}
{ROB4: 43, 228, 267-8, 355, 359, 361, 408, 413}

of St. John, see St. John
previous Manifestations foretell coming of Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB4: 228, 407, 413}
Báb prophesies, {TOB: 43, 53, 76-8, 89}
Christ glorified by, {TOB: 11, 12, 14}
Christ testified of, {TOB: 11, 103}
Christ's return, {TOB: 9-11}
Moses testified of, {TOB: 103}
Muhammad testified of, {TOB: 103, 214}
promises of former Dispensations fulfilled, {KA: K80, K142, n156, n158, n160, n185}
prophesied in Scriptures, {GL: 5, 11, 13, 16, 22, 39, 40, 43, 98, 102, 118, 163, 211, 244, 314, 344}
see also Bahá'u'lláh/His Revelation/The Báb

rod out of stem of Jesse, {SAQ: 62-63}
Sinai glorifies, {TOB: 15}
third woe is appearance of, {SAQ: 56}
will establish unity, {SAQ: 63-66}

References,

in Apocalypse to,

{GPB: 95}
{KA: 12}

in Bayán to, {GPB: 67}
in Bhagavad-Gita to, {GPB: 95}
of Buddha to, {GPB: 95}
of Daniel to,

{GPB: 95}
{ROB4: 154, 433}
prophecy of

"Abomination of desolation," {GPB: 110, 151}
message of salvation, {GPB: 110}

of David to,

{GPB: 95}
{ROB3: 15, 16}
{TOB: 145}
King David,

{KA: n114}
{KI: 51}
{SAQ: 164}

Throne of, {GPB: 230}

of Ezekiel to,

{GPB: 95}
{SAQ: 164}
{ROB3: 16}
see also Bible

of Haggai to, {GPB: 95}
of Jesus to, {GPB: 95}
of Muhammad to, {GPB: 96}
of St. John the Divine to,

prophesied two Manifestations / revelations, {GPB: 92}
revelation fulfilled, {GPB: 53}
see also Bible

of St. Paul, refers to advent of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 96}
{SAQ: 93}

of St. Peter, see Peter, St.
of Zachariah to,

{GPB: 95}
{ROB3: 133}

of Zoroaster to, {GPB: 95}

Proof of God, {PM: 100}
Protector, {KA: K39, K78, K84, K100, K109, K167, K172, K184, 92}
Reckoner, {KA: K123}
Redeemer of Mankind,

{GPB: 93}
{KA: 13}

Revealer of verses, {KA: K8, K36, K146}
Revealer of Signs, {KA: K42}
Self-Subsisting, {KA: K41, K78, K82, K100, K149, K168, K175, K180, 92, 100, 101}
Self-Sufficient, {KA: K61, K182}
Shaykh Muhammad, {ROB3: 65}
Source of

Command, {KA: K6}
Divine inspiration, {KA: K1}
Revelation, {KA: K82}

Sovereign of Eternity, {KA: K96}
Summoner, {KA: n158}
Sun,

{PM: 154}
Sun of Truth

{KA: K6, n8}
{SFWAB: 1, 29, 35, 246}
and Utterance, {KA: K6}

Supreme,

{KA: K81, K109, K128, K129, K137, K180, n24}
Supreme Manifestation of God,

{ROB1: 10, 95, 117, 125, 295-6, 301}
{ROB3: 48, 59, 87, 108, 128, 144, 227, 304, 373, 387, 404}
{ROB4: 135, 136-9, 147, 268, 374, 406-9}
Bahá'u'lláh's station transcends Manifestations of God,

{TOB: 74-5, 248}
see also 'B' and 'H'

Most Great Manifestation, {PM: 128, 275}

Supreme Mediator, praise of as {ROB4: 369}
Supreme Ruler, invocation, {KA: K132, Q101, Q102}

Tongue of Grandeur,

{ROB1: 42}
{ROB3: 71, 110, 160, 229, 276}

Treasured Symbol, {KA: 96}
Tree of Life, {SFWAB: 57}
True One, {KA: K33, K36, K71, K73, K80, K120, K166, K168, K176, Q94, Q106, n160}
Trumpet, Bugle,

{GL: 31, 40, 43, 44}
{SFWAB: 13}
Blasts,

{GPB: 33}
{ROB1: 45, 109 and n.}
{TOB: 3, 61, 104, 118, 131, 244}

is Pen of Glory, symbolic meaning of, {KI: 116}

{TOB: 3, 61}
see also Pen

mankind swoons before, {TOB: 61, 104}

Unconstrained, {KA: K54, K131, K166}
Unifier, {KA: 13}
Universal Educator, {SFWAB: 195}
Universal Manifestation, {SFWAB: 67-8, 295}
Universe

Fashioner of, {KA: K167}
Ruler of, {KA: n23}

Unrestrained, {KA: K6, K18}
Unseen, {KA: K30}
Vicegerent of God, {KA: K167, n181}
Word of Truth, {GL: 316}
Wronged One (of the World), {ROB3: 112, 220, 221, 231}

see also Apostle(s) of Bahá'u'lláh, Persia
Bákú, Bahá'í pilgrims visit, {GPB: 302}
Bálá-Sarí, explanation of the term, {DBNN: 84}
Balál, {GL: 83}
Balance,

{GL: 40, 136, 198, 236, 281, 292}
{TOB: 118, 237, 255}

Balfour, Lord, orders protection of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 306}
Bali, {ROB4: 183}
Balkh, {ROB4: 183}
Balúchistán, Spiritual Assembly in, {GPB: 336}
Bandar-i-Abbás, {ROB3: 384-5}
Báqir, Mullá; the imám of the Chinár-Súkhtih, {DBNN: 476}
Barber, {ROB3: 19}
Bárfurúsh,

{DBNN: 183, 261, 336, 339, 408}
Sa'idu'l-'Ulamá; the chief divine of Bárfurúsh, {DBNN: 265, 266, 358}

Barq, the donkey, {ROB4: 105}
Basír-i-Hindí, Siyyid, {DBNN: 588 (note 6)}
Bastinado,

{ROB3: 68, 189 and n.}
{ROB4: 6, 148, 307-8, 389}

Battles, spiritual, {ROB3: 51}
Bavánát, {ROB4: 326}
Beecher, Mother, {SFWAB: 75}
Beirut, 'Land of Bá',

{KA: n192}
{ROB4: 52, 330}
{TOB: 227 and n.}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to,

{GPB: 193}
{ROB4: 239-40}
{TOB: 227-8}

protection of pilgrims in, {GPB: 195}
University of, {ROB4: 31}
see also Lawh-i-Ard-i-Bá

Belief,

{ROB3: 35-6}
see also Recognition, Disbelief

Bentwitch, Prof. Norman, testifies to power of the Faith, {GPB: 375}
Berlin,

{KA: K86, K90, n117, n121}
{ROB3: 149}
Prophecies concerning the Rhine and Berlin, {KA: K90, n121}
Rhine,

{KA: 15, K90, n121}
{ROB3: 149}

Bernhardt, Sarah, {GPB: 56, 76}
Bethlehem, {TOB: 14}
Bey, Nikolaki, {ROB4: 4}
Bíbí Sáhib, {ROB1: 39-40}
Bíbí Tuba (sister of Varqá), {ROB4: 55}
Bible,

{KA: n2}
{ROB3: 10, 28, 42}
Bahá'ís understanding of the Testaments, see Bahá'í(s)
clergy did not understand, {SAQ: 104-05}
Old Testament,

{KA: n1}
{ROB1: 152, 161}
{ROB3: 15-16, 133, 168, 169, 172, 263-4, 277}
{ROB4: 47, 267-8, 425}
Promised One of, {ROB3: 172, 267}
Prophecies of, {ROB3: 15-16, 172}
Torah (Pentateuch),

{GL: 270, 294}
{ROB3: 120}
{ROB4: 46}
{SFWAB: 45, 162, 179, 305, 306}
as Word of God, {KI: 199}
perversion of, {KI: 84-87}
see also Moses

New Testament (Gospels),

{GL: 270, 294}
{KA: 13}
{ROB1: 151, 190}
{ROB3: 30, 41, 155}
{ROB4: 13, 43, 46, 70, 127, 152, 229, 267-8, 425}
Clergy referred to in the Gospels as 'stars', see Terms in Holy Writings
as Word of God, {KI: 199}
contains prophecies of future Manifestation, {KI: 22, 24-25, 27}
misunderstood by Christian divines, {KI: 26, 213}
quoted and explained by Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 165-9, 184}

Symbolism in, {SAQ: 85}

Verses, Books,

Numbered,

Acts,

15:20, {SAQ: 93}

Amos,

4:12, {ESW: xvii}
4:13, {ESW: xvii}, {ROB2: 2}

Chronicles (1)

Chronicles (2)

Colossians

Corinthians (1),

15:22, {SAQ: 118-21}

Corinthians (2)

Daniel,

{SAQ: 36}
12:8, {ROB4: 154}
12:9, {ROB1: 161}, {ROB4: 154}
8:13-14, 17, {SAQ: 41-42}
9:24, 25, {SAQ: 40, 41}
12:6-7, 11-12, {SAQ: 43}

Deuteronomy (Pentateuch),

3:26, {SAQ: 169}
5:8-9, {SAQ: 165}

Ecclesiastes

Ephesians

Esther

Exodus (Pentateuch),

20:4-5, {SAQ: 165}

Ezekiel,

4:6, {SAQ: 46}
30:1-3, {SAQ: 56}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

Ezra

Galatians

Genesis (Pentateuch),

1:26, {SAQ: 8, 9, 194}, {SFWAB: 140}
2:7, {SAQ: 89}
2:16-17, {SAQ: 122}
3:5, 11-15, 22, {SAQ: 122}
9:25, {SAQ: 213}

Habakkuk

Haggai

Hebrews

Hosea

Isaiah,

{SAQ: 111, 164}
2:2-4, {ROB4: 361}
11:1-10, {SAQ: 62-66}
33:21, {ROB4: 13}
35:1, {ROB4: 355}
35:2, {ROB2: 17}, {ROB4: 355}
35:4, {ROB2: 17}
40:5, {ROB2: 17}
43:1, {SAQ: 169}
48:12, {SAQ: 168-69}
60:2, {ROB2: 17}
65:25, {KI: 113}, {ROB1: 183}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

James

Jeremiah,

{SAQ: 164}
prophecies alluding to Promised One of All Ages (Bahá'u'lláh), {ESW: 144}

Job

Joel

John (1)

John (2)

John (3)

John (Gospel),

1:1, {SAQ: 153, 156, 163, 206}
1:12-13, {SAQ: 89}
1:13, {SAQ: 224}
1:19-21, {SAQ: 132-33}
3:5, {SAQ: 223}, {KI: 118}, {ROB1: 184}, {SFWAB: 146}
3:6, {SAQ: 101}, {KI: 118}, {ROB1: 184}
3:7, {KI: 118}, {ROB1: 184}
3:13, {SAQ: 103, 110}, {SFWAB: 168}
6:26, 33, 35, {SAQ: 97-98}
6:38, Christ coming in clouds, {SAQ: 103}, {SFWAB: 168}
6:41, {SAQ: 121}
6:42, {SAQ: 16, 97-98, 103}
6:50, {SAQ: 97, 121}
6:51, living bread, {SAQ: 97, 125}, {SFWAB: 57}
6:58, living bread, {SAQ: 121}, {SFWAB: 57}
6:63, {SAQ: 98}
12, {SAQ: 67}
12:40-41, {SAQ: 102}
12:49, {ROB2: 183}
14:10, {SFWAB: 42}
14:11, Father is in Son, {SAQ: 153, 207}, {SFWAB: 42}
15:26, many things to tell you, {SFWAB: 59}
16:12-13, many things to tell you, {SAQ: 109}, {SFWAB: 59}
17:5, {SAQ: 116-17}
17:21, {SAQ: 153, 207}
18:11, {SFWAB: 247}

Jonah

Joshua

Jude

Judges

Kings (1)

Kings (2)

Lamentations

Leviticus (Pentateuch)

Luke (Gospel),

5:18-26, {KI: 134}
9:28-36, {SFWAB: 162}
9:60, {KI: 119}, {ROB1: 184}
11:2, {SAQ: 156}
21:24, {GPB: v}
21:33, {KI: 27}
21:35, {GPB: v}

Malachi

Mark (Gospel)

9:2-9, {SFWAB: 162}
10:25, camel through eye of needle, {SFWAB: 195}

Matthew (Gospel),

2:2, {KI: 64}, {ROB1: 169}
3:1-2, {KI: 64}
3:13-15, {SAQ: 91}
5:5, {ROB2: 20}
5:39, {SAQ: 270}
6:9, {SAQ: 156}
8:22, {SAQ: 101, 126, 279}
12:31-32, {SAQ: 127-28}
13:14, {SAQ: 102}
16:14-18, {SAQ: 135}
16:27, {ROB2: 183}
17:1-19, {SFWAB: 162}
17:20, {ROB2: 259}
19:16-17, {SAQ: 170}
19:24, camel through eye of needle, {SFWAB: 195}
22:14, many are called, {SAQ: 129-31}, {SFWAB: 9}
24:3, {SAQ: 42}
24:12, {GPB: v}
24:27, {GPB: v}
24:29, {SAQ: 110}, {KI: 25}, {ROB1: 165}, {ROB2: 270}
24:30, {SAQ: 110}, {KI: 25}, {ROB1: 165}
24:31, {KI: 25}, {ROB1: 165}
24:38, {GPB: v}
24:43, {GPB: v}
24:48, {GPB: v}
25:33, {GPB: v}
26:26, {SAQ: 99}

Micah,

7:12, {ROB2: 2}

Nahum

Nehemiah

Numbers (Pentateuch),

14:34, {SAQ: 40}
20:13, {SAQ: 169}
20:23-24, Aaron, {SAQ: 169}

Obadiah

Peter (1)

Peter (2),

3:10, {SAQ: 111}

Philemon

Philippians

Proverbs

Psalms,

46:4-5, {ROB4: 13}
59:9, {TOB: 258}
108:10, {TOB: 258}

Revelation, of St. John the Divine,

{SFWAB: 12}
11, {SAQ: 45-61}
11:3, {SAQ: 48}
11:4, {SAQ: 49}
11:5, {SAQ: 49}
11:6, {SAQ: 50}
11:7, {SAQ: 51}
11:8-9, {SAQ: 52}
11:10, {SAQ: 53}
11:11, {SAQ: 54}
11:12-13, {SAQ: 55}
11:14-15, {SAQ: 56}
11:16-17, {SAQ: 57}
11:18, {SAQ: 58-9}
11:19, {SAQ: 59-60}
12, {SAQ: 67}
12:1, woman in wilderness, {SAQ: 68}, {SFWAB: 172}
12:2-6, {SAQ: 68-72}
21:1-2, {SAQ: 67-68}
21:3, {SAQ: 67-68}, {ROB2: 17}
21:4, {ROB2: 17}
21:10-17, {SFWAB: 165}
22:3-4, {ROB2: 17}
22:13, {SAQ: 219}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

Romans,

9:21, {SAQ: 249}
14:14, {SAQ: 94}

Ruth

Samuel (1)

Samuel (2)

Song of Solomon / Song of Songs

{SAQ: 164}

Thessalonians (1),

5:2, {SAQ: 111}

Thessalonians (2),

2:3,4,8, {ROB2: 298}

Timothy (1)

Timothy (2)

Titus,

1:15, {SAQ: 94}

Zechariah

Zephaniah

Unnumbered,

Manifestation comes as thief, {SFWAB: 198-9}
Tree of life, {SFWAB: 57}

see also Manifestation(s) of God/Christ, Manifestation(s) of God/Moses, Holy Books, Prophecies, Terms in Holy Writings

Bírúní, {ROB4: 3}
Bismarck, {ROB3: 118}
Black Sea, {ROB3: 111}
Blasphemy, {PM: 91, 133}
Blessedness,

{TOB: 16-17, 48, 76, 105, 107, 116, 143, 147, 208-9, 211, 216, 236, 254, 257, 259, 264}
of hearing ear, see Terms in Holy Writings/Hearing
of seeker, {TOB: 235}
of spot, {TOB: 197}
of steadfast, {TOB: 123}

Blomfield, Lady, {GPB: 286}
Blood-letting, {ROB3: 363n.}
Bombay,

{ROB3: 385}
{ROB4: 107, 178, 181, 330, 385}
pilgrims visit, {ROB4: 178}

Book(s),

{KA: K186, n184}
{ROB4: 373}
{TOB: 117, 119, 237}
Destruction of,

{KA: K77, 159, n109}
And the Báb,

destruction of religious books, {ROB4: 165-7}
law of the Bayán, abrogated by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: K77, n109}

Burning of, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Dunyá
Ended, {TOB: 25, 28, 91}
see also Báb, The

Holy, see Religion(s)
Living, {KA: K134, K168, n155}
Most Great, {TOB: 47}
Of creation, {KA: n23}
Of God, see God
Of Life, {KA: K138}
Of Names, see Names
Of the Covenant, {KA: n37, n66, n145, n183}
Printing of, see Bahá'u'lláh
Revered because of words, {SFWAB: 177}

Bread,

{GL: 195}
{ROB3: 17-18}

Breakwell, Thomas,

{GPB: 259}
immortality of, {SFWAB: 187-9}

Britain, British Isles, England,

{ROB4: 101, 263, 264}
'Abdu'l-Bahá in England,

{GPB: 283-286}
Bahá'ís protect, {GPB: 305, 306}
breakfasts with Lord Mayor of London, see London

Bahá'ís of, {SFWAB: 274-5}
see also Breakwell, Thomas
Christianity, {SFWAB: 62}
government of, {TOB: 93}
National Assembly in, {GPB: 333, 336}

Browne, Edward Granville,

{GPB: 285}
{ROB2: 12-13}
{ROB4: 304}
testimony to the Faith, {GPB: 76, 81}
visits Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 194}
{ROB4: 248}

Bruce, Revd Dr Robert, {ROB4: 263-9}
Buddhist(s),

{ROB3: 43, 264}
{ROB4: 181, 184, 267, 423}
become Bahá'ís, {GPB: 195, 302}
will oppose the Faith, {GPB: 315}

Bukhárá,

{ROB1: 95}
{ROB3: 56}
{ROB4: 262}
establishment of Faith in, {GPB: 195}

Burma (Myanmar),

{ROB4: 181, 182, 183, 189, 304, 423}
Bahá'í activity in, {GPB: 302}
National Spiritual Assembly in, {GPB: 336}

Búshihr (Bushire),

{DBNN: 51, 142, 671}
{ROB1: 154, 156, 200, 221}
The Báb, in,

{DBNN: 77}
{ROB1: 154, 200, 221, 223}

Bushrú'íyyih, {ROB3: 59, 62}
Butler, Dr. Nicholas Murray, {GPB: 388}
Caiaphas, {GL: 83}
Cairo, Egypt,

{ROB3: 5, 436}
{ROB4: 24, 124, 151, 418}
Hasan Khán-i-Khu'í, Mírzá, Persian Consul in,

{ROB2: 332, 440}
{ROB3: 5}

Calamity,

{ROB4: 225, 235}
{TOB: 166}
prophesied, {GL: 39, 40-42, 119, 169, 209, 216, 218, 319, 340}

Campbell, Prof. Lewis, {GPB: 391}
Canaan,

{GL: 84}
{SAQ: 213}

Capacity,

man,

to hearken to God's word, {TOB: 52-3, 89}
to know God, {GL: 65, 77, 105, 106, 143, 194, 291}
to understand God, {ROB4: 150}
to understand Manifestations of God, {ROB4: 150}

spiritual,

{ROB3: 63-5}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, statements on, {ROB3: 64}
man's attainments dependent on, see Tablet to Mírzá Hádí-i-Qazvíní
man's nature and, {ROB3: 35, 63-4, 78, 211-12, 228}

Carnegie, Andrew, {SFWAB: 114-15}
Carpenter, Dr. Estlin of Oxford, pays tribute to Faith, {GPB: 317}
Catafago, Louis, {ROB3: 114n.}
Caucasus, the,

{GPB: 195, 261, 360, 361}
{ROB4: 85, 310}

Celebes (Sulawesi), {ROB4: 183}
Century of Progress Exhibition, {GPB: 342}
Certitude,

{ROB4: 35-6}
City of Certitude, see Terms in Holy Writings
Kitáb-i-Íqán (The Book of Certitude), see Kitáb-i-Íqán
'Left unto right', {TOB: 42}
Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl on, see Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh
plains of, {SFWAB: 266}
Qur'án on, {ROB4: 36}
teach to children, {SFWAB: 125}

Ceylon (Sri Lanka), {ROB4: 181, 183}
Character,

{ESW: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 54, 74, 76, 93, 124, 135, 136}
{ROB3: 219, 230, 331, 367}
{TOB: 36, 57, 68, 86, 88, 120, 126, 220, 222, 256, 257}
base natures, {TOB: 96-7}
differences in, {SAQ: 212-16}
evil passions, {TOB: 70}
good attributes in, {SAQ: 79-80}
innate and acquired, {SAQ: 212-16}
Kitáb-i-Aqdas on saintly life and, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
human, see Lawh-i-Ahbáb, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Ishráqát, Unpublished or Untranslated Works
of Bahá'ís, see Bahá'ís
Perfect Man like reed, {SAQ: 45}
qualities of man, {SAQ: 236}
virtues appear through power of God, {SAQ: 80}
see also Man

Charity,

{GL: 278, 285}
{TOB: 71, 94, 156}
Endowments dedicated to, {KA: K42}
Poverty, The Poor,

{ESW: 55}
{GL: 235, 323}
{PM: 326}
{ROB2: 280-2}
{SFWAB: 3, 27}
assistance to,

{KA: K16, n53, n56, n161, n162}
care of, {SAQ: 277}
in educating children, {KA: K48}

dowry payment by, {KA: n95}
entry into kingdom, {SFWAB: 195}
elimination of Poverty, {KA: K147}
financial assistance to the poor, {KA: K147, n56, n161-2}
Homelessness, {SFWAB: 280-1}
regard for, {GL: 202, 236, 253, 278, 285, 314}
Relief of poor or suffering, {KA: n53, n161}
service to, {SFWAB: 115-16}
sharing of wealth with, {SFWAB: 115, 302}
shelter for poor, House of Justice is, {TOB: 128}
steadfast, blessings of, {GL: 202}
spiritual, {TOB: 95, 156}
True Poverty, see Seven Valleys, The
the trust of God, {GL: 236, 251}
see also Wealth

Works of, {KA: K16, Q69, n29}
Zakát, Tithes, Alms tax, {KA: K146, Q107, 157, n161}

Chastisement,

{GL: 209, 214, 252, 297, 325, 339, 346}
divine, {ROB3: 37, 156}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Chastity,

{GL: 117, 118, 297}
{KA: 14, n170}
{ROB3: 364-5}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Adultery, Homosexual relations

Cheyne, Dr. T. K.,

pays tribute to Faith, {GPB: 317}
entertained 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 284}
writes of Táhirih, {GPB: 76}

Chihríq, Castle of,

{GPB: 14, 19, 20, 338}
{ROB4: 439}
The Báb,

attitude of people toward the Báb, {DBNN: 302, 303}
Báb's transference to, {DBNN: 259, 301}
believers dismissed from, {DBNN: 306}
incarceration at the castle of Chihríq, {DBNN: 302, 303}
return to Chihríq and His epistle to Hájí Mírzá Áqásí, see Aqásí, Háji Mirza

Children,

{ROB3: 90, 282, 326-31, 344}
{ROB4: 215}
{SFWAB: 124-44}
{TOB: 61}
and parents,

Children must implore forgiveness for parents, {SAQ: 231}
parents must counsel children, {SFWAB: 134}
respect for parents, {KA: Q104, Q106, 159, n92}
responsibility of parents towards, {ROB3: 326-7, 366}

Adoption,

{TOB: 128}
Orphans,

{KA: K21}
{SFWAB: 3, 138}

Bahá'í, should excel, {SFWAB: 141}
character and conduct of, {SFWAB: 124, 134, 135, 142}
death of, {SAQ: 240}
education of,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K48, Q105, 157}
{ROB3: 91, 326-7, 344}
daughters take precedence,

{KA: n76}
girls, education of, {SFWAB: 124}

spiritual, {KA: K150, n40}

financial support,

in divorce, {KA: n100}
and inheritance laws see Inheritance

Girl(s),

betrothal, {KA: Q43}
education, {KA: n76}
see also Daughter(s)

green branches, {SFWAB: 136, 137}
humans are as, {SFWAB: 21}
importance of, {SFWAB: 120}
maturity of judgement of, {SFWAB: 142}
mothers of, see Women
nightingales endowed with speech, {SFWAB: 134}
of men, {TOB: 58, 87, 125, 127, 164}
of world, {TOB: 139}
potentially light or darkness of world, {SFWAB: 130}
punishment of, {SFWAB: 125}
son, real, {SFWAB: 140}
spiritual training of, {SFWAB: 125, 127, 129, 130, 133-4, 139, 142, 143}
suffering of, {ROB4: 93}
Sunday school, {SFWAB: 143-4}
will become trees, {SFWAB: 138-9}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Education, Persia/Schools, Teachers

China,

{SFWAB: 72, 101}
Bahá'í teachers travel to, {GPB: 303}
Martha Root visits, {GPB: 387}

Chirol, Sir Valentine, writes of the Faith, {GPB: 76, 317}
Christian Faith, Christianity,

{KA: 13, n160, n180}
{ROB1: 214}
{ROB3: 14, 15, 41, 44, 98, 114n., 117, 132, 154, 166, 264, 277, 375, 380}
{ROB4: 152, 155, 164, 227-35, 264}
administration of, {ROB4: 365}
Baptism,

{SAQ: 91-96}
of Christ, {SAQ: 91-92}
of infants, {SAQ: 95}

Bishop of Constantinople, see Constantinople
Catholics,

{KA: n58}
{ROB3: 117-18, 141}
ordeals of, {GPB: 229, 230}

churches,

{KA: Q94}
{ROB4: 229, 230, 264, 265}
Chapels, {KA: Q94}
church of God founded on rock of belief, {SAQ: 135}

community, of 'Akká, see 'Akká
converts to, {ROB4: 264n.}
decay of, {SAQ: 165-66}
divines, see Clergy
enmity between Islám and, {SAQ: 22}
Eucharist, Communion, {SAQ: 97-8}
missionary in Yazd, see Yazd
monks, see Clergy
nations, {ROB3: 154}
of England, see Britain
of Haifa, see Haifa
of Isfahán, see Isfahán
of Nazareth, see Nazareth
of Persia, see Persia
of the West, see West, The
Pentecost, {SAQ: 106-7}
spread of, {SFWAB: 65, 311}
Trinity, meaning of, see Terms in Holy Writings
tradition, {ROB3: 277}
true Christians, {SFWAB: 29-30}
weep over plight of Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 179, 181}
worship, {ROB3: 118}

Christians,

{ROB4: 263, 265-7, 350, 351-2, 418}
call to, {GL: 101}
Christian Commonwealth, address to, {SFWAB: 275-6}
church affiliation, severance of, {GPB: 374}
followers of Son, {TOB: 9}
followers of Spirit, {TOB: 24}
greatness of, attested to by Galen, {SAQ: 303}
Muhammad protected, {SAQ: 21}
reject Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 9}
Tablet to, see Lawh-i-Aqdas
see also Christ, Messiah

Cities

development of, {KA: K160, 161}
establishment of House of Justice in, {KA: K30, n49}
establishment of Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in, {KA: K115}
see also 'Ishqábád, Baghdád, Constantinople, Holy City, Kirmán, Tihrán

City-dweller

amount of dowry payable by, {KA: K66, Q87, 150, n93, n94, n95}
definition, {KA: Q88}

Civil law, {KA: 6}
Cleanliness, Hygiene,

{KA: 161}
{ROB3: 294, 363, 437n., 438-9}
{SFWAB: 146-50}
and Refinement,

{KA: K74, K151, n74, n104, n166, n167}
definition of Arabic word, {KA: n74}
effect of, {KA: n104}

Dirt, Dust, Defilement, {KA: K36, K74, K76, K148, K150, n8, n105}
immaculate standard inculcated, {KA: 14, K74, n167}
influence on spirit of man, {KA: K76, n104}
of clothing, enjoined, {KA: K74, K76, 162, n167}
Praying, cleanliness enjoined when, {KA: K76}
Prostrations, for Obligatory Prayer, on clean surface, {KA: K10, n15}
to perfume oneself, {KA: K76, 162}
to renew furnishings of one's house, {KA: K151, n166}
Ritual Uncleanness,

Impurity, concept of, abolished as bounty of God, {KA: K75, 159, n12, n20, n103, n106}
concept of uncleanness of womena in their courses abolished, {KA: n20}

Washing,

{KA: K74, K76, 162, n34}
Bath(s), pools,

{KA: K106, n131-n132}
Persian public, {KA: K106, 158, n131}

of face see Ablutions
of feet, {KA: K152, Q97, n167}
of hands see Ablutions
oneself, {KA: K106, n131-n132}
of soiled things, {KA: K74, K76, n105}

see also Water(s)

Clergy, Clerics, Divines, Ecclesiastics, Priesthood, Priests,

{ESW: 15, 16, 41, 85, 91, 100, 104, 120, 126, 127, 128, 129, 137, 163}
{KA: 5, 13, 14, K9, n158}
{ROB1: 18-20, 39 and n., 78, 92, 144-5, 155n., 163-4, 185-6, 194, 301}
{ROB2: 66, 184, 259, 319, 338, 349-50}
{ROB3: 2, 38, 65, 98, 156, 162-6, 260ff., 291, 355, 395}
{ROB4: 98-9, 163, 173, 186, 193, 229-30, 271-3, 288-9, 348}

and Bahá'u'lláh,

addressed, {KA: K41, K99-K104, K165-K172, 162}
challenge to, {ROB4: 217-18}
condemns ecclesiastics for failures, {GPB: 231}
divines submit questions to, {GPB: 144}
encounters with, {ROB1: 20, 144-6}
offers to perform miracle, divines unable to agree on,

{GL: 131, 132}
{GPB: 144}
'ulamá could not reply to Bahá'u'lláh, {SAQ: 33}

prophesies downfall of, {GPB: 231}
Should recognize Bahá'u'lláh,

{TOB: 12, 13, 14, 244}
acceptance of this Dispensation by, {KI: 222}

as misleaders of people,

{KI: 15-16, 82, 164-65, 210}
as "veils of glory," {KI: 164}
enmeshed by veils of learning, {KI: 214}
Divines are veils, {TOB: 238}
interpret holy books according to own desires and limited understanding, {KI: 82-83, 182}
Sádiq's prophecy concerning wickedness of, see Imám Ja'far-i-Sádiq
Teach superstitions, {TOB: 42}

of Christianity,

{GPB: 209, 210}
{ROB3: 116ff.}
Archbishops, {ROB4: 229}
As 'stars' referred to in the Gospels, see Terms in Holy Writings

fall of, see Terms in Holy Writings

Bishops,

{ROB4: 229-30}
{TOB: 14}
Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, to priests, bishops and monks, {ROB4: 229-30}
see also Constantinople

Catholic Church, Popes of, {SAQ: 135-37, 166}
confession to, prohibited, {KA: n58}
misunderstanding of Gospel by Christian, {KI: 26, 213}
Monasticism, Monks,

{ESW: 49}
{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K36, 157, n61}
{ROB3: 281, 352-3}
{ROB4: 229, 352}
Bishárát on, {ROB4: 162-3}
could inherit kingdom, {TOB: 14}

oppose Faith, {GPB: 318}
rejection of Muhammad by Christian, {KI: 81}
waning authority of, {GPB: 229, 230}
see also Christian Faith

of Islám (Mullás, 'Ulamá),

{ROB3: 260-62, 266, 273, 367}
{ROB4: 97-9, 173, 150, 167, 174, 193, 201-2, 214, 219, 245, 318, 382, 387, 389, 431, 433}
censure Faith, {GPB: 406}
during Muharram, {ROB4: 322}
Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl's dialogues with, see Abu'l-Fadl, Mírzá
mujtahids, {ROB1: 25-6, 91 and n., 144}
of 'Akká, see 'Akká
Shí'ah,

{ESW: 119, 126, 163, 164, 173}
{ROB3: 38, 59, 162, 163, 166, 191, 260-61}
{ROB4: 344}
and cursing, {ROB4: 341n.}
downfall of, {GPB: 228, 229}
Imáms,

{ESW: 90, 111, 112, 113, 121}
{GL: 51}
{ROB1: 60, 71, 126-8, 156n., 185, 335}
{ROB2: 75, 182, 287}
{ROB3: 301 and n.}
{SFWAB: 172}
{TOB: 124 and n.}

1. Imám 'Alí, 'Ali ibn Abí Tálib, Commander of the Faithful, Lion of God, Lord of Saintship,

{GL: 51}
{KI: 166 }
{ROB1: 11, 34, 71, 126-8, 294n., 305}
{ROB4: 209, 436}
{SAQ: 48, 49}
as Commander of Faithful, {KI: 119, 164}
explanations and commentaries of, saying of,

{SAQ: 50}
on heaven, hell, judgement, and resurrection, {KI: 119}

power of, like Joshua, {SAQ: 50}
refers to Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 306}

2. Imám Hasan, {ROB1: 71}
3. Imám Husayn, Prince of Martyrs,

{GL: 12, 76, 225}
{KA: n160}
{KI: 126, 167}
{ROB1: 56, 71, 127, 156n., 182, 305}
{ROB3: 202n., 211, 254, 255, 264, 302}
{ROB4: 201, 322, 349}
as "Prince of Martyrs," {KI: 225}
martyrdom and sainthood of,

{KI: 128-29}
{ROB4: 201, 322}

On Bahá'u'lláh's mission, {ROB1: 306}

4. Imám 'Alí
5. Imám Muhammad-Báqir
6. Imám Ja'far-i-Sádiq, Ábí-'Abdi'lláh, Jaafar Sádiq, Ja'far-i-Sádiq,

{KI: 79, 255}
{ROB4: 436}
discusses true wealth, {KI: 131-32}
prophesies

wickedness of divines, {KI: 247-48}
"year sixty," {KI: 253-54}

7. Imám Músá-Kázim
8. Imám Ridá, 'Alí-ibn-i-Músá, {ROB4: 187n.}
9. Imám Muhammad-Taqí
10. Imám 'Alí Naqí
11. Imám Hasan 'Askarí
12. Imám Muhammad, see Qá'im

symbolized by twelve stars, {SAQ: 68}
The Báb bestows station of Imám on believers, see Báb, The
traditions by, {ROB1: 48n., 193-4, 327, 332}

Sunni,

Caliphs, Caliphate,

{KA: K89, n120}
{ROB1: 127, 128, 215}
{ROB3: 152, 154}
{ROB4: 365}
abolished, {GPB: 228}
Abú-Bakr, {ROB1: 127}
divested of authority, {GPB: 228, 407}
downfall and decay of, {GPB: 228, 229}
opposes Bábí Faith, {GPB: 59}
'Uthmán, House of, {ROB3: 152, 154}
'Umar,

{ROB1: 127}
usurped successorship of Muhammad, {GPB: 249}

Yazíd I, {ROB3: 202 and n.}

Sultanate, {ROB3: 152, 154}

Tablet to, {GPB: 210, 211}
see also Islám

opposition by,

{KA: K164, n109}
Oppose the Faith in America, Palestine, Persia, {GPB: 318}
Opposition to Manifestation(s) of God, see Manifestation(s) of God
Reject Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 10, 110, 254, 259}
scorn of, for followers of Manifestation, {KI: 222}

Misc. Topics,

Abolition of Priesthood,

{GPB: 214}
{ROB3: 281}
practices prohibited or abolished, {KA: n61, n135, n175}

Celibacy and seclusion of,

{KA: n91}
{TOB: 24, 60, 71}
Marriage of, {TOB: 24}

Commotion among, {TOB: 106}
Fate of, {GPB: 224}
few, can bear allegiance to Manifestation, {KI: 228-29}
Influence of, {GL: 18, 19, 22, 26, 81, 128, 179, 180, 215}
of Judaism, {ROB3: 172}
of Manshád, see Manshád
of Sulaymáníyyih, see Sulaymáníyyih
Put to flight, {TOB: 258}
Revered 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 291}
Should fear God, {TOB: 61-2, 245}
Should reform society, {TOB: 168}
Tablet to,

{GPB: 171, 172, 209}
Epistles of the Báb addressed to, {KI: 229}

Clock, Dr. Sarah, {GPB: 261}
Clothes, Clothing, Dress, Apparel,

{TOB: 23}
cleanliness, enjoined, see Cleanliness
of deceased see Inheritance
former restrictions lifted,

{KA: K159, n175}
Sable, animal furs, {KA: K9, 148, n12}
Silk

for shrouds, {KA: K130, n149, n151}
wearing of, {KA: K159, 159, n174}

metaphor, {KA: K4, n1}
propriety, {KA: K159}

Colby Ives, Howard, {ROB3: 337-42}
Communications, {ROB3: 137-8, 167}
Compassion,

{TOB: 73, 126, 134, 168, 242}
beware lest causes neglect in carrying out laws, {KA: K45}

Conferences,

Conference of Living Religions, {GPB: 342}
public, {GPB: 342, 343}

Confucius, {SAQ: 165-66}
Conscience, {ESW: 27}
Consecration, {GL: 338}
Constantinople (Istanbul),

{ESW: 106, 108, 123, 125, 137}
{GL: 122, 219, 235}
{GPB: 148, 149, 157}
{KA: 15, K89, 164, n107, n119-n120, n178}
{ROB2: ch. 1 passim, 317-18, 327}
{ROB3: 15, 25, 147, 151-2, 155, 172, 219, 414}
{ROB4: 435, 436}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, on journey to, {ROB2: 6}
Ar-Rúm, {KA: n119}
Bahá'í center established in, {GPB: 303}
Bahá'ís in, {ROB1: 27, 28, 287-9}
Bahá'u'lláh,

{GL: 122, 126}
and Turkish authorities, {ROB2: 4-5, 55-9, 168, 170, 397-8, 414}
edict of Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz, see To The Kings and Rulers/Tablet to Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz
His exile to,

{GPB: 146-157}
{ROB4: 108, 232}
His departure for, journey and arrival,

{ROB1: 16, 97, 203, 227, 243-4, 259, 281-2, ch. 17}
{ROB2: 2, 6, 222}

reception accorded Him enroute from Baghdad to Constantinople, {GPB: 156, 157}

His life in,

{ROB1: 17, 292}
{ROB2: ch. 1 passim}
{ROB4: 393}
houses lived in,

house of Shamsí Big, {ROB2: 2, 3, 58}
house of Vísí Páshá, {ROB2: 3}

Tablet to, see Súriy-i-Mulúk

Byzantium, {KA: n119}
its authorities and leaders,

Bishop of, {ROB3: 244}
Hájí Mírzá Husayn Khán (Mushíru'd-Dawlih),

{GPB: 146, 159)}
{ROB1: 225, 226}
{ROB2: 1, 55-9, 278, 320-1, 325-8, 332, 370, 398-401}
{ROB3: 218-19}
{ROB4: 434}

Persian Embassy in, {ROB4: 393, 434, 436}

machinations of Azalís in, {ROB4: 225, 391-412}

Consultation,

{GPB: 218}
{KA: 160}
{ROB3: 317-18}
{ROB4: 119, 236, 291, 318, 321}
{TOB: 126, 168, 242}
and House of Justice,

{KA: K30, 91}
see also House(s) of Justice

at Nineteen Day Feast, see Bahá'í Faith
Decision-making, Guidance in, {KA: Q99, n52}
method of, {KA: Q99, n52}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Hands of the Cause of God, Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Contentment,

{KA: K63, K66, Q26, Q38, n89}
{ROB3: 358}
three aspects of, {ROB1: 108}
see also Kitáb-i-Íqán, Seven Valleys, The

Controversy, {KA: n130}
Copernicus, {SAQ: 23n}
Corruption, {TOB: 39, 69, 171, 237}
Courage, {TOB: 156}
Costa Rica, Spiritual Assembly in, {GPB: 336}
Courtesy,

{ESW: 50}
{GL: 305}
{KA: K120, 160, n74}
{TOB: 88}
Civility, {KA: n74}

Covenant,

{ROB3: 216, 315, 361, 376-80}
{ROB4: 146, 172, 304, 311}
{SFWAB: 102-3, 207-228, 255, 258, 309}
Centre of the Covenant, Centre of the Cause,

{ROB4: 142-3, 146, 249, 252, 311, 420}
Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 237-245, 323}
{ROB4: 143}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

'Abdu'l-Bahá,

{GPB: 242, 243, 244, 245}
{KA: n66, n125}
{ROB1: 14, 24, 80, 130, 135, 240, 241}
{ROB2: 237, 389, 395}
{ROB3: 48, 82, 153, 371, 377, 406}
{ROB4: 143, 311, 420}
{SFWAB: 209, 213-16}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá/His Station and Titles, Will and Testament, Lawh-i-Hizár Baytí

Shoghi Effendi,

{ROB3: 81, 373, and Covenant, 377}
{ROB4: 143}
see also Shoghi Effendi

Universal House of Justice,

{ROB4: 143, 256}
see also Bahá'í Faith

of the Báb,

{GL: 147}
{GPB: 27-31}
{ROB2: 237}
{ROB3: 109, 140-41, 227, 373}
Greater and Lesser

Greater Covenant, {GPB: 27}
Lesser Covenant, {GPB: 27}

of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 237-244, 249, 323}
{KA: 3, K37, K121, K174, n37, n66, n145, n181, n183}
{ROB1: 24, 29, 79, 80-2, 229-30, 242, 315}
{ROB3: 371ff.}
all beneath banner of, {SFWAB: 19}
'ark', see Terms in Holy Writings
authenticity of, {ROB4: 146}
Book of the Covenant, see Kitáb-i-'Ahdí
Candle of, {SFWAB: 9}
divinely instituted, {GPB: 295}
establishment of, {ROB4: 423}
Eternal, {SFWAB: 8}
firmness (faithfulness) in, {SFWAB: 25, 26, 71, 211-12, 219-20, 238, 250}
forces of universe serve, {SFWAB: 228}
'Herald of the Covenant', {ROB3: 361n.}
Ibn-i-Asdaq's writings on, see Hands of the Cause of God
institution of, {GPB: 237-240}
intoxicating cup of, {SFWAB: 235}
"Irrefutable Testament", {GPB: 239}
League of, {SFWAB: 85}
pivot of the oneness of mankind, {GPB: 238}
power of,

{ROB2: 119, 273, 287-90}
{SFWAB: 208-9, 223}
energizing, {GPB: 295}

purpose of, {GPB: 252}
refuge in Cave of, {SFWAB: 85}
steadfastness in, {ROB4: 143, 146, 206, 234, 300}
successor, {KA: 3, 13}
Tests and Trials,

crisis in, {GPB: 246, 247}
tests believers, {ROB1: 137, 238}
tests to and breakers of, see Covenant-breakers

unique in religious history, {GPB: 238}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Hidden Words, The, 'Abdu'l-Bahá

of God,

{GL: 57, 128, 328, 331}
{KA: K2, K149}
{PM: 36, 40, 84, 86, 106, 129, 174, 180, 275, 284, 306}
{ROB1: 72, 79, 242}
{ROB3: 167, 288-90}
{TOB: 181, 262}
Manifestations of God, covenants of, {SFWAB: 207}
see also Hidden Words, The

Covenant-breakers, Covenant-breaking, Violators of the Covenant,

{GPB: 246, 247, 248, 259, 263-266, 270, 273, 275, 279, 305, 314, 317-320, 327-328, 355, 356, 360}
{KA: K37, n190}
{ROB1: 10, 16, 24, 27, 29, 41, 130-33 passim, 137, 230, 240-42, Appendix I}
{ROB2: 118, 138-9, 179, 236-8, 267, 272-3, 289-90, 374, 375, 376}
{ROB3: 90, 234, 235, 404n., 406-8, 445}
{ROB4: 5-6, 59, 81-2, 86, 145-6, 172, 188, 246-7, 304, 370-1, 419-20}
{SFWAB: 210-12, 224}
{TOB: 58-60, 70, 79, 103, 112, 114, 121, 181}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, on,

{ROB1: 132-3, 315-19}
{ROB2: 119, 261, 267}
{ROB4: 82}
Tablet to, {ROB4: 146}

Ahmad-i-Kirmání, Mírzá, {KA: n177}
Ahmad-i-Rúhí, Shaykh, {KA: n177}
and Hands of the Cause, see Hands of the Cause of God
Arch-breaker of, see Muhammad-'Alí
attackers ruined, {SFWAB: 258-9}
relatives of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh, Mírzá Yahyá
Ja'far, Mullá, {KA: n177}
Jalíl-i-Khu'í, Hájí, see Ishráqát
Jamál-i-Burújirdí,

{ROB2: 88, 91, 118-19, 264-7 passim, 290, 402-3}
{ROB3: 64, 234 and n., 280, 425-6}
{ROB4: 145, 188, 254, 287n., 321}

Kirmání, Mírzá Áqá Khán, {KA: n177}
Mírzá Áqá Jan's downfall, see Áqá Ján, Mírzá
Mírzá Hádí Dawlat-Ábádí, see Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
selfish motives of violators, {SFWAB: 215-16}
see also Azalís, Mírzá Yahyá, 'Akká

Creation, Existence,

{ROB1: 1-3, 98-9, 101, 114, 122, 123, 269}
{ROB2: 185}
{ROB3: 135-6, 145-6, 158, 286, 331}
{ROB4: 188-9, 203-4, 206, 216-17, 318}
{SAQ: 5-6}
{SFWAB: 289-90}
{TOB: 101-2, 140-3}

a new, anew, new,

{ESW: 152}
{GL: 29, 62, 93}
{PM: 171, 295}
{ROB3: 9, 73, 104, 109, 176, 179-82, 199}

all things,

goodness of, {SFWAB: 190}
interdependency of, {SFWAB: 49, 157-8, 160}
made new, {SFWAB: 12, 14}
purified, {KA: K75, n106}
reveal God, {SFWAB: 41-2, 47, 58}

and God,

{ROB4: 39-43}
all is God's, {TOB: 53, 117}
attributes of God require, {SAQ: 281}
called into being {KA: n23, n188}
creation dependent upon Will of, {PM: 90}
creation evidences attributes of, {PM: 272, 324, 325}
creation manifests attributes of, {GL: 61-63, 65, 140, 160, 166, 177, 178, 184, 187, 189, 190, 262, 283}
creation praises, {PM: 41, 330}
creation purpose and knowledge of, {KA: n23}
creation reveals signs of, {TOB: 60}
Creator always had creation, {SAQ: 281}
God created all, {TOB: 110}
Lord of, {KA: K11}
manifested in all creation, {PM: 272, 324, 325}
Word of, source of Creation, see Bahá'u'lláh
see also God

all encompassed by Ocean, {TOB: 196}
Bahá'í teachings on, {ROB4: 39-45}
contingent world, {SFWAB: 8, 47}
Existence,

Book of,

{KA: n23}
{TOB: 60}

Causes of, {SAQ: 280}
Conditions and degrees of,

{SAQ: 129-31, 235-36, 249}
Are limited to servitude, prophethood, and Deity, {SAQ: 230}
Man cannot progress beyond own state of, {SAQ: 235-37}

Goal of, {TOB: 173}
Goodness of all degrees of being, {SFWAB: 190}
Illusion and reality of, {SAQ: 278}
levels of, {SFWAB: 46-51, 61-2}
Material, is relative nonexistence, {SAQ: 241-42, 243, 278, 280-81}
Movement (progress and decline) necessary to, {SAQ: 233-34}
Nonexistence cannot become, {SAQ: 180, 204, 281}
Perfections of, unlimited, {SAQ: 230}
Preexistence,

{SAQ: 116-17, 148-49, 203, 280-81}
Preexistent Power, {SAQ: 218}
Preexistent Reality, {SAQ: 221}

Reality,

{KA: n75}
{SFWAB: 38, 46, 59, 178, 232}
Elementary, {TOB: 61}
inner, {SFWAB: 33, 130}
of man, {SFWAB: 10, 194}
pre-existent, {SFWAB: 50, 54}
universal, is man, {SFWAB: 42}

Repetition impossible in, {SAQ: 283-84}
School of, {TOB: 66}
Signs of, cannot appear from nonexistence, {SAQ: 225}
tablet of, {SFWAB: 58}
Worlds of,

Have not been without man, {SAQ: 196-97}
World (realm) of, {TOB: 75, 137, 140, 195, 262}

Incomprehensible,

{GL: 62}
man cannot create, {SAQ: 182}
mysteries of, {TOB: 147}
origin of,

{GL: 61, 65, 77, 150, 193, 318, 325}
{PM: 130, 138, 251, 303, 311}
{ROB4: 39-46, 283}
beginning (called into being), {TOB: 66, 75, 101, 116, 140, 161-2}
Firstness, {TOB: 140}
in beginning matter was one, {SAQ: 181}

unending, {GL: 61, 150, 162, 174}

Kingdom of,

{KA: K47, K94, K109}
{ROB3: 179-80}
{TOB: 38, 122}
Realm,

being, world (realm) of, {TOB: 69, 142, 173, 195, 221}
countless realms, {TOB: 91, 187}
of creation, {TOB: 47, 105, 137}
Realm on High, {TOB: 108}

Law of,

{ROB3: 3}
{ROB4: 142}

Life, see Man
love is supreme force, {SFWAB: 27}
Perfection of,

{SAQ: 177-78}
goodness of, {SAQ: 215-16, 264}
trustworthiness, {TOB: 38, 122}
world shines through heavenly grace, {TOB: 49}

principles of,

{ROB3: 63-4}
{ROB4: 37, 278}

purpose of,

{ESW: 3, 4, 7, 13, 84}
{GL: 65, 141, 144, 318}
{KI: 29}
{PM: 6, 49, 326}
{ROB4: 133, 413}
{TOB: 268}
love prime cause of, {ROB4: 199}
man's,

{GL: 65, 70, 144, 149, 215, 231, 260, 314, 334}
{PM: 228}
{ROB1: 73, 240}
world of creation requires appearance of human spirit, {SAQ: 200-01}
see also Man

quickened by Tongue, {TOB: 195}
Resurrection,

{SAQ: 74, 103-05}
and return,

{TOB: 183}
Return, meaning of, {SAQ: 132-34, 288-89}

Revelation,

Creation affected by Manifestation, {GL: 6, 15, 16, 30, 32, 68, 77, 85, 93, 142, 190, 263, 292, 308, 324, 325, 328}
Creation responds to Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 353-4}
Creation shaken by,

{PM: 126, 144, 170, 189, 277, 295, 296, 304, 308}
shook to foundations, {TOB: 3}

Creation should respond to Revelation, {TOB: 21}
stones and trees shout, {TOB: 13}

Transient,

{GL: 29, 328}
compared to mirage, {GL: 328}

World,

{ESW: 54, 55, 56}
{GL: 162} {ROB2: 184}
{ROB3: 26, 48-9, 81, 110, 112, 125-30, 133, 136, 138, 148, 160, 309-12, 315, 328, 380, 421}
animating power of, {GL: 93, 157 }
attachment to, see Attachment
Planets, Celestial spheres,

{GL: 162, 163}
composition and decomposition of, {SAQ:180-81}
Earth,

all areas interdependent, {SFWAB: 32}
blessedness of, {GL: 30}
Civilization, Society,

{GL: 215, 216, 342, 343}
{KA: 1, 2, 13, K181, K189}
{ROB4: 196-9, 203, 324, 341}
Bahá'í, see Bahá'í Faith
chaos and crises of, sad state of,

{SFWAB: 103-4, 206, 271-2, 273, 318}
{TOB: 90, 94, 137-8, 163-4, 166, 170, 171, 176-7, 243, 267}
arena for wild beasts, {SFWAB: 70}
countries are arsenals, {SFWAB: 284}
darkened by tyranny, {TOB: 84}
day when treasures of no use, {TOB: 232}
everything visible shall perish, {TOB: 231-2}
smoke of corruption, {TOB: 39} world is at war, {SFWAB: 2}
see also Earth, descriptions of; Materialism

Charter of, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
condition, {KA: 11, K39, K40, K124, n170}
depends on educators, {SAQ: 7}
Divine Law,

{PM: 14, 27, 66, 80, 106, 143, 197, 299}
in response to conditions of, {KA: 2, 5, 6, 91, n89}
role of divine law, {KA: 1-3, 4-5, 12, 13, K3, K29, K99, K186, 91, n92}

effect of Divine Revelation, {KA: 1, K54, K75, K79, K110, K181, n93, n106, n109}
foundation, {KA: n134}
future,

{SFWAB: 255-6, 282}
{ROB3: 49, 285-6, 315, 344ff.}
future state, {KA: 1-2, 6, 12, 14, K189, n56, n173, n189, n194}
Garden of Eden, {SFWAB: 69, 275}
see also Earth, transformation of

Divine, {ROB1: 120-21, 217-18, 278}
function of wealth, {KA: n38}
institutions vital to, {KA: 91, n53, n82, n134}
interdependency of world, {SFWAB: 32}
material, versus divine, {SFWAB: 133, 303-4}
moderation in, {TOB: 69}
of present day, {ROB3: 49, 129, 281, 285, 291}
pillars of (reward and punishment), see Justice
role of

to promote industriousness, {KA: n56}
to promote justice, {KA: n86, n173}

role of individual, {KA: K120, K144, K173, Q71, n56, n61, n76, n110}
Supreme Tribunal, see Government(s)
transformation of,

advancement, {TOB: 86}
fear of God necessary, {TOB: 63, 93, 121}
freed from false gods, {TOB: 86}
fused by love, ruined by hatred, {TOB: 88}
God's laws (religion) necessary for, {TOB: 50, 67, 69, 125, 130, 166-7}
one aim and faith, {TOB: 69}
peace, see Peace
regeneration, {TOB: 84, 130, 141, 223, 244}
rehabilitation, {TOB: 174}
Remedy, for world's ills,

{ESW: 62}
{GL: 40, 183, 200, 213, 255}
{TOB: 73, 168}

trustworthiness necessary, {TOB: 38, 122}

true, established by love, {SFWAB: 27}
Western, {TOB: 69}
World, Charter of, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
see also Commonwealth, Order

community, {GPB: 354}
compared with body of man, {GL: 81, 254, 255 }
compared with mirage, {GL: 328 }
condition of,

{ESW: 62}
today, {GL: 97, 118, 136, 200, 213, 218, 255 }

contamination of atmosphere, {TOB: 69}
contingent world is source of imperfections, {SAQ: 5-6}
curvature of, {SAQ: 187-88}
darkened by tyranny, {TOB: 84}
Day when treasures laid bare, {TOB: 107}
Descriptions of,

diseased human being, {SFWAB: 244}
gaol-house of hatred, {SFWAB: 221}
grown dark, {SFWAB: 252}
like body of man, {SFWAB: 192}
mirage, {SFWAB: 186}
mud hut, {SFWAB: 72}
narrow place of shadows, {SFWAB: 36}
nether world (realm), {SFWAB: 12, 31, 81}
prison of treachery, {SFWAB: 221}
rubbish-heap, {SFWAB: 3}
shadow of Kingdom, {SFWAB: 178}
world of non-existence, {SFWAB: 72}

Earthquakes, {TOB: 117}
equilibrium upset, {KA: K181, n189}
evanescent, {TOB: 258}
Evolution,

of Earth, {SAQ: 151, 182-83, 196-97, 199}
see also Evolution

Fairs, {GPB: 342}
Fellowship of Faiths, {GPB: 342}
fragrance of, {SFWAB: 84}
freed from false gods, {TOB: 86}
fruit of, is man, {SFWAB: 120}
illuminated, {TOB: 89, 119}
impermanence of, {PM: 116}
International Counsel enjoined, {GL: 216, 249, 254}
' is in travail', {GL: 118 }
kingdoms of earth and heaven, {TOB: 76}
materialist's theory of formation of, {SAQ: 88}
maturity of,

{KA: n194}
{ROB3: 157}

Nasút, realm of, {ROB1: 59}
Nature,

{ROB3: 39, 286-8, 310, 324, 378}
{SAQ: 3-4}
{SFWAB: 51, 303-4}
{TOB: 142, 144, 168}
Animal(s),

{GL: 265, 335}
{KA: K9, K123, n12}
{SFWAB: 153, 155, 286-7}
animal nature of humans, see Man
Birds, see Terms in Holy Writings
cannot perceive intellectual realities, {SAQ: 187-88}
Carrion, {KA: K60, Q24, n83}
cruelty to, prohibited, {KA: 14, K187}
Earthworms, {SFWAB: 175}
Gazelle, {SFWAB: 9}
Hunting,

{KA: K60, Q24, 157, n83-n84, n173}
{SFWAB: 157}

kindness to,

{ROB1: 188}
{SFWAB: 158-60}

kingdom of, world of,

{ROB1: 2, 3, 5, 8}
{ROB4: 198-9}
{SAQ: 78-79, SAQ: 143, 208, 235}
{SFWAB: 10, 61, 46–7, 157, 195-4, 206}

power of selectivity of food by, {SFWAB: 155}
Spirit of, {SAQ: 143}

Bahá'u'lláh

His description of, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Hikmat
His love of, see Bahá'u'lláh

Diversity in, {TOB: 142}
human,

{ROB4: 142-3}
man can resist, {SAQ: 189}
man's body is captive of, {SAQ: 119}
men captives of, {SFWAB: 116, 206, 281}
see also Man

God rules, {SAQ: 4}
laws of,

{ROB3: 39, 287, 288, 310}
{ROB4: 255-6}

Material World,

{SFWAB: 106, 177–8}
cycles of, {SAQ: 73-74}
see also Materialism

Mineral kingdom, Mineral world,

{ROB4: 198-9}
{SFWAB: 61, 157}
Spirit of, {SAQ: 78, 235}

observation of, {ROB4: 198, 255}
of God,

'Abdu'l-Bahá on, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
and His Manifestations, see To The Kings and Rulers, Manifestation(s) of God
see also God

spiritual, {ROB4: 143}
those who cling to, {TOB: 144}
union of male and female, {SAQ: 87}
Vegetable kingdom, vegetable world,

{ROB4: 198-9, 255-6}
{SAQ: 78, 143, 208, 235}
{SFWAB: 47, 61, 157-8}
Spirit of, {SAQ: 143, 208}

Will of, {SAQ: 3-4}

'no hollows or hills', {TOB: 162}
One,

{GL: 334 }
one city, {TOB: 68}
one country, {TOB: 22, 127, 167, 172}
one homeland, {TOB: 67}
unification of, {KA: 1, 2}
unity necessary for, {SFWAB: 31}

Order,

New, see Order
'rolled up',

{GL: 313}
"Soon will the present day order be rolled up," {GL: 7}

overwhelmed with sorrow, {TOB: 243}
peoples of, {ROB3: 126-7, 138, 167, 199, 214, 290, 293, 380, 396}
perfection of, is to be fertile, {SAQ: 78}
ponder conflicts and changes of, {TOB: 267}
quickened, {TOB: 131}
response to Bahá'u'lláh, {SFWAB: 8}
revolutionary changes since birth of Faith, {GPB: xi, xii, 316}
spiritual worlds of God, see God
strange things exist in, {TOB: 69}
submissiveness of, {GL: 7-8, 322}
Transformation of,

{SFWAB: 3, 12, 70, 106, 221}
Abhá Paradise, {SFWAB: 36, 245}
envy of heaven, {SFWAB: 8}
Garden of Eden, {SFWAB: 69, 275}
in this cycle, {SAQ: 63-66}
mirror, {SFWAB: 11-12, 70, 128, 221}
palace of delights, {SFWAB: 280}
renewed, {SFWAB: 52}

World's equilibrium upset, {GL: 136 }
worthlessness of, {ROB4: 249}
see also Detachment, God/Worlds of, Man, Universal Language

Moons, {TOB: 107}

the spirit, {TOB: 64}
visible world, {SFWAB: 8}

Universe

{SFWAB: 48-9}
elements of,

are interconnected, {SAQ: 245-47}
atom(s),

{TOB: 5, 130, 176}
annihilation of matter not possible, {SAQ: 203-04}

mingling of, {SFWAB: 31}

forces of, serve Covenant, {SFWAB: 228}
has no beginning, {SAQ: 180}
other worlds and creatures, {TOB: 188}
perfection of,

{SAQ: 177}
requires existence of man, {SAQ: 195-97}
requires numberless forms of existence, {SAQ: 129-30}

school of, {SFWAB: 41, 58}
scrolls of, {TOB: 60}

see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Hikmat, Unpublished or Untranslated Works, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, God/Worlds of

Crime(s), Offenses, and their Fines, Indemnity,

{KA: K49,, K52, K148, Q23, n77-n78, n163}
{TOB: 70, 93}
cause of, is ignorance, {SAQ: 272}
Criminals,

kindness to, {SFWAB: 158}
penalties for, {TOB: 93, 164}
prisoners, {SFWAB: 116-17}

education necessary to prevent,

{SAQ: 268, 271-72}
{SFWAB: 132-3, 136}

Manslaughter, {KA: K188, 157, n35}
Murder and arson,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K19, K62, K73, 158, n35, n86, n87}
{SAQ: 266-67}
{SFWAB: 179}
Arson, Fire,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K62, 158, n86, n87}

Imprisonment, penalty for, {KA: K62, n86, n87}
Suicide, {SFWAB: 200}

Punishment(s), Penalties,

{GL: 76, 158, 219, 226, 339, 346}
{KA: 14, n86}
{ROB3: 294-7, 319}
{ROB4: 157, 159, 211, 236}
{SFWAB: 302-3}
Capital punishment, {KA: K62, n86-n87}
community responsible for, {SAQ: 267, 268-71}
Justice upheld by reward and punishment, see Justice
Punishment is to be veiled from God, {SAQ: 224-25}
purpose of, {SAQ: 267, 268-69}
Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct from God, {KA: K37}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Sexual Acts, unlawful

Adultery,

{KA: K19, K49, Q23, Q49, 158, n36, n77, n90}
forbidden, {KA: K19, 158}
Fornication, {KA: n36, n77, n89}
punishment for,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K49, Q49, n77}
fine levied for each offense, {KA: Q23}

Ziná, {KA: n36}

consequences, {KA: K49, n36, n77, n134}
having sexual intercourse during year of patience, {KA: Q11}
homosexuality, Homosexual relations,

{KA: K107, 158, n134}
Paederasty, {KA: K107, n134}

Rape, {KA: n36}
Sodomy, {KA: K107, Q49, n134}

Theft, Stealing,

{KA: 158, n70}
punishments specified,

{KA: 14, K45, Q49, n70}
Exile, punishment for thief, {KA: K45, n70}
Imprisonment, {KA: K45, n70}
mark on brow of thief, {KA: K45, n71}

Using opium, see Opium
vengeance blameworthy, {SAQ: 267, 268-69, 271}
Wounding or striking a person,

{KA: K148, 158}
penalties for, {KA: K56, n81}

Cursing,

{KA: 91}
{ROB4: 158, 341}
{TOB: 27, 38, 92, 129, 219-20}
see also Islám, Clergy, Bahá'í(s), Bahá'u'lláh, Calumny

Curzon, Lord, of Kedleston, {GPB: 305}

defends Bábís in his writings, {GPB: 204}
refers to persecutions, {GPB: 203}
testimony of, {GPB: 76, 80}

Cyprus,

{ROB1: 27, 288}
{ROB3: 12n., 374}
{ROB4: 399}
Bahá'ís of, {ROB1: 27, 288}
Mírzá Yahyá's exile to,

{GPB: 179, 181}
{ROB1: 27, 288}
see also Yahyá, Mírzá

see also Famagusta

Damascus,

{ROB4: 418}
{TOB: 159, 175}

Darakhsh, Bahá'ís of, {ROB3: 57}
Darmsteter, Prof., testimony to the Faith, {GPB: 80}
Dáru'l-Funún, {ROB4: 312}
Dávúdí, Siyyid, {SAQ: 34}
Dealy, Paul K., {GPB: 257}
Deeds, Acts, Actions, Behaviour, Conduct, Fruit, Works,

{KA: 14, K73, K159, 159-161, n192}
{ROB3: 347, 351-2, 355-6, 395-6}
{ROB4: 237, 250, 262, 288, 317, 339, 370, 376, 382}
{SFWAB: 10, 175, 203, 267}
{TOB: 27, 57, 60, 68, 78, 85, 86-9, 91, 94, 120, 126, 131-2, 138, 155-6, 178, 198, 219-21, 222, 238, 252, 256}
Act of arising, {ROB3: 382}
and words, {TOB: 57, 91}
as snares, {KA: K36}
Bahá'ís perform, {TOB: 57, 62, 131-2, 138}
condemnation of wicked, {ROB4: 371}
Criminal, penalties for, see Punishment(s)
Day of, {TOB: 232}
Evil Deeds, see Evil
Fairness,

{KA: 14, K4, K40, K187, 160}
in dealings, {TOB: 36, 38, 62, 85, 130, 134, 170}

fruitful lives, {TOB: 62}
fruits of human existence, {TOB: 132, 257}
fruits of life, {SFWAB: 24, 227}
fruits of Lote-Tree, {TOB: 78}
God independent of man's, {KA: K59}
Good,

{KA: 14-15, K1, K70, K73, 160-161}
acceptance dependent on good-pleasure of God, {KA: K36, K73, K157, K167, 163}
alone are not sufficient, {SAQ: 238, 300, 302-04}
charitable, may be cause of pardon, {SAQ: 231}
recognition, {KA: K1, K161}

ingratiating behaviour, {TOB: 94-5}
known by God, {GL: 45, 123, 204, 210}
Mischief,

{KA: K64, K123, 161}
flee from, {TOB: 94}

of Afnán, {TOB: 84, 222}
of former times, {TOB: 41}
of martyrs, {GL: 180-182}
recompense for, {TOB: 189, 235, 255, 260}
rendered vain,

{KA: K46}
{TOB: 182}

reward of,

{SFWAB: 185}
own reward, {TOB: 189}

righteous,

{SAQ: 302}
power of, {GL: 94, 96, 241, 272, 287, 299, 305, 334}

service,

everlasting life through service, {SFWAB: 116}
is greatest of all, {ROB4: 302}
service to God, {TOB: 234}

shame of nations, {TOB: 61}
unity of, {ROB4: 192}
value known after death, {GL: 171}
when acceptable, {GL: 9, 39, 86, 105, 123, 206, 241, 250, 272, 278, 290, 293, 315, 331}
which create turmoil, {TOB: 197}

Deepening, {ROB3: 322-6}
Deluge, {GL: 174}
Deputization, {ROB4: 259}
Dervish,

{ROB3: 384}
{ROB4: 51n, 178}
see Súfí

Detachment, Severance,

{GL: 34, 40, 84, 100, 118, 139, 149, 157, 161, 180, 202, 205, 241, 242, 257, 264, 272, 275, 276, 294, 304, 306, 314, 316, 319, 325, 326, 334, 339}
{KA: K54, K83, K84, K129, K178, n149}
{KI: 3, 192}
{ROB1: 75-80 passim, 99-100, 108, 162, 187, 212-13, 239}
{ROB2: 23, 26-7, 34-43 passim, 128, 214-16, 232, 264, 316}
{ROB3: 10, 51, 77, 78-84, 95-6, 104-5, 107, 135, 148, 193-4, 212, 287, 353, 396-7}
{SFWAB: 6}
{TOB: 57, 58, 59, 74, 116, 155, 182, 253, 255}
abandon things, {TOB: 78, 232, 266}
and wealth, {ROB2: 280-2}
angels sever ties with world, {SFWAB: 81}
example of Job, see Job
important for success in teaching, {ROB4: 258, 261, 270, 317}
Non-existence, long for non-existence, {SFWAB: 76-7}
oblivious of world, {SFWAB: 192}
of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 246-8}
of soul of man from this world, {ROB3: 78-9}
need for, {ROB4: 68-9, 249-51, 254, 288, 317}
severance, {SFWAB: 100}
stay clear of world's concerns, {SFWAB: 12}
see also Hidden Words, The, Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Bahá'u'lláh, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Materialism, Prayers, Self

Diet, {ROB3: 358}
Disciples of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 'Heralds of the Covenant',

1. Dr. John Ebenezer Esslemont, see Hands of the Cause of God
2. Thornton Chase, the first American Bahá'í, see America
3. Howard MacNutt, {GPB: 257}
4. Sarah Farmer, founder of Green Acre, {GPB: 261}
5. Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney,

first Frenchman to become Bahá'í, {GPB: 259}
Laura Dreyfus-Barney, wife of, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá/Some Answered Questions

6. Lillian F. Kappes, noted teacher of the Tarbíyat School in Tihrán,

{GPB: 257, 261}
buried in Tihrán, {GPB: 400}

7. Robert Turner, first Black Bahá'í in America, see America
8. Dr Arthur Brauns, pioneer worker for the Faith in Germany
9. W. H. Randall, eloquent upholder of the Bahá'í Cause in America
10. Lua (Louisa) A. Moore Getsinger

{GPB: 257}
{SFWAB: 152}
buried in Egypt, {GPB: 400}
Getsinger, Dr. Edward, husband of, {GPB: 257}

11. Joseph Hannan, indefatigable servant of the Cause
12. Chester I. Thatcher, zealous Bahá'í worker
13. Charles Greenleaf, firm supporter of the Faith
14. Isabella D. Brittingham, {GPB: 257}
15. Mrs Thornburgh-Cropper, a pioneer of the Faith in England,

in London, {GPB: 260}

16. Helen S. Goodall,

{GPB: 257}
{SFWAB: 191}

17. Arthur P. Dodge, {GPB: 257}
18. William H. Hoar, prominent Bahá'í teacher
19. Dr. J. G. Augur, pioneer of the Faith in the Pacific Islands

Disguise, {ROB3: 56 and n., 74, 179, 384-5}
Dishonesty, {TOB: 57}
Dispensation,

{ROB4: 137, 190, 192}
developments in the, {ROB4: 324}
each has a beginning and an end, {ROB4: 155}
of The Báb, see Báb, The
of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh
of previous Manifestation(s) of God,

{ROB3: 130, 144}
{ROB4: 433}
Unity not possible in, {ROB4: 340}

Dissimulation (recantation),

allowed in Islám, {ROB4: 92}
forbidden in Bahá'í Faith, {ROB4: 92-3, 175, 271n.}
of Faith, {ROB2: 111 and n.}

Disunity, {ROB4: 195, 196, 197}
Divorce,

censured,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K70, Q98, n100}

infidelity, K70
recovery of dowry, {KA: Q12, Q47}
Reconciliation, {KA: Q98, n100}
Remarriage

{KA: K68, n101-n102}
due to death of spouse, {KA: K67, Q27, 151, n97, n99}
due to prolonged absence, {KA: K67, Q4, 151, n96, n97-n98}
with former spouse, {KA: K68, Q31, 152, 153, 159, n101-n102}

separation, {KA: K68, K70, Q19, Q98}

due to absence of spouse, {KA: K67, Q4, n96-n99}

Year Of Patience, {KA: K69, Q4, Q12, n100}

maintenance of wife and children, {KA: K70, n100}
record of, {KA: Q98}
and renewal of affection, {KA: K68, Q11, Q19, Q38, Q40}
witnesses to, {KA: Q73, Q98, n100}

see also Marriage, Remarriage

Díyá, Hájí Mírzá, {ROB4: 333}
Díyár-Bakr, {ROB4: 84, 85}
Doctors, {TOB: 110}
Dolgorouki, Prince, Russian minister,

intervenes in behalf of Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 104}
offers to protect Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 106}

Duality, {GL: 166, 187, 192, 336-337}
Duties see Bahá'ís, House(s) of Justice, Learned among people of Bahá
East, the, Orient,

{ROB4: 232-3, 242}
{SFWAB: 33, 36, 59, 270}
{TOB: 13, 14}
captivated by West, {TOB: 144}
customs in, {KA: n59, n64}
light of Divine Revelation rises in, {GPB: 253}
lit up, {SFWAB: 35, 255}
unity with West, {SFWAB: 244}
see also West, the

Education,

{GL: 9, 95, 189, 190, 259, 260, 312, 333}
{ROB3: 326-31}
{ROB4: 158, 235}
{SAQ: 7-9}
{SFWAB: 109, 124-45}
{TOB: 73, 161-2}

Arts, Sciences,

{ESW: 19, 26, 27, 32, 97, 111, 128}
{KA: K77, 160}
{ROB3: 128, 137ff.}
{ROB4: 118n., 138, 144, 162, 173, 212, 278, 354, 406, 433}
{SFWAB: 134, 144-6}
{TOB: 26, 38-9, 96, 211}
and Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, {KA: n53}
Arts,

{SFWAB: 17, 111}
as worship, {SFWAB: 144-5}
source of,

{GL: 85, 142, 144, 157, 161}
{TOB: 72}

study of,

{SFWAB: 110, 134-5}
{TOB: 26, 51, 168}
study of such as benefit mankind, {KA: 160, n110}

of reading and writing see Reading, Writing, instruction in

Science(s),

{SFWAB: 17}
{TOB: 96, 211}
and religion,

{SAQ: 137}
{SFWAB: 107, 109, 299}

as worship, {SFWAB: 144-5}
dangers of, without spirituality, {SFWAB: 283-5, 303}
discoveries of, {SAQ: 144}
on sciences which begin and end in words, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Tajallíyát
progress of, {SAQ: 64}
purpose, {KA: K77, 160, n110}
reins held by God, {TOB: 147}
scientists, {TOB: 52}
source of, {TOB: 72}
study of,

{SFWAB: 110, 134}
{TOB: 26, 51-2, 168}

see also Divine Philosophy

Bahá'u'lláh,

is Universal Educator, {SFWAB: 195}
His Revelation is effective instrument for, {TOB: 87}

elevated by teachings of God, {TOB: 130}
goal of, is service, {SFWAB: 141}
human,

{SAQ: 8}
intelligence levels innate, {SFWAB: 131-2}
Mandatory, Obligatory,

{SFWAB: 126-8, 304}
{TOB: 39, 51}

of children,

{KA: 14, K48, K150, 157, Q105, n40}
{ROB4: 159, 341}
Bahá'í children should excel, {SFWAB: 141}
of girls; daughters take precedence,

{KA: n76}
{SFWAB: 124}

of orphans, {SFWAB: 138}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Children

of humanity through Divine Revelation, {KA: K45, Q106}
of the human race, {ROB4: 340}
of women, {ROB4: 201, 312}
of youth,

Bahá'í, {ROB4: 313-14}
character training difficult after puberty, {SFWAB: 137}

parents,

duty of father,

{SFWAB: 127}
{TOB: 128}

mothers important as educators, {SFWAB: 124, 125, 126, 138, 139}
must counsel children, {SFWAB: 134}
of mothers, {SFWAB: 138}

role of Manifestations in man's, {SAQ: 8-11, 236-37}
to prevent crime, crime prevented by,

{SAQ: 271-72}
{SFWAB: 132-3, 136}

Writing, instruction in, {KA: K48, n76}

influence of, {SAQ: 214}
material, {SAQ: 8}
money for (Taxation), {TOB: 90}
Persia,

{ROB1: 18-19}
Ministry of, {ROB4: 314}

Religious,

{TOB: 68}
harmony of religion and science, see Bahá'í Faith

Spiritual,

{SAQ: 8-9}
{SFWAB: 110, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133-4, 137, 139, 142, 143}
{TOB: 170}
Divine, {SAQ: 8}
morals and conduct, {SFWAB: 135-6}

Spiritual Assemblies responsible for, {SFWAB: 126}
Teachers, see Teachers
true, {TOB: 27, 35, 129}
useful, {TOB: 52, 168-9}
see also Knowledge, School(s), Bahá'í(s)

Egypt, Egyptians,

{GPB: 364-368}
{ROB1: 28, 203, 204}
{ROB2: 202, Appendix III passim}
{ROB3: 4, 106, 435-7}
{ROB4: 177, 240, 328, 418}
'Abdu'l-Bahá travels to, 279-283
Bahá'í Faith,

attacked in, {GPB: 364, 365}
Bahá'í students and teachers in, {GPB: 302}
emancipation of, {GPB: 366-368}
Hazíratu'l-Quds (Bahá'í center) in, {GPB: 195, 302, 338}
letter to King of, {GPB: 344}
letter to Prime Minister of, {GPB: 345}
National Assembly in, {GPB: 333, 336}
Prince Muhammad Ali of Egypt, pays tribute to the Faith, {GPB: 317}
recognition of Faith in, {GPB: 366-373}

denial of Muhammad caused destruction of, {SAQ: 50}
see also Alexandria, Cairo, Port Sa'íd, Pharaoh, Sinai

Elected representatives, {ROB3: 127}
Elections,

{ROB4: 290-1}
Bahá'í, {KA: 4, n49, n80, n183}
Voting,

{ROB4: 291-3}
Majority vote in decision-making, {KA: Q99, n52}

see also House(s) of Justice

Elias (Elijah),

cave of, see Lawh-i-Karmil
meeting with Moses and Christ, see Christ
return of, see Báb, The

Emanation,

{ROB4: 44}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Empedocles, {TOB: 145}
Empire(s),

{ROB3: 14, 113, 150, 154, 166}
dissolution of, {GPB: 227}
Turkish, see Lawh-i-Fu'ád, Lawh-i-Ra'ís, Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Ottoman

Equality,

of men and women, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
musávát, Lawh-i-Ittihád

Equity,

{ESW: 13, 111, 131}
{GL: 92, 203, 204, 236}
{TOB: 39, 42, 43, 57, 78, 84, 93, 125, 170}

Esslingen, Bahá'í Home in, {GPB: 338}
Esterábád, {ROB3: 121}
Europe,

{ROB3: 82, 113, 260}
{ROB4: 233, 304}
{SFWAB: 255}
stirred by martyrdoms, {GPB: 56}

Evil, Wickedness,

character, {SFWAB: 136}
Deeds,

{GL: 240, 243, 244, 275, 297}
{KA: K2, K37, K39, K41, K59, K164}
{TOB: 69, 123, 138, 156, 178}
designs of enemies, {TOB: 88}
man can choose to do, {SAQ: 248-50}
retribution for, {TOB: 177}
source of, {GL: 149, 342}
unbelief is recompense for, {TOB: 235, 260}

Evil One,

{GL: 41, 94, 118, 126, 146, 168, 275, 284}
{SFWAB: 88}
{TOB: 87, 156}
Satan,

{SFWAB: 275}
{TOB: 177}
satanic qualities, {SAQ: 235-36}
satanic wickedness, {SFWAB: 31}

Nonexistence of, {SAQ: 215, 263-64}
promptings of human heart, {SFWAB: 256}
Tree, see Terms in Holy Writings

Fact, {ROB3: 39-40}
Faith:

{ESW: 13, 29, 38, 62, 80, 116, 130, 162}
{GL: 141, 170, 171, 180, 205, 217, 293, 338}
{TOB: 119}
acquiring of, {ROB2: 216-21}
and intellect, {ROB2: 216, 217-19, 220}
crises in, {GPB: xiii, 61, 62, 409, 410}
dissimulation of, see Dissimulation
Faithfulness,

{GL: 91, 161, 333}
{KA: 14, K7, K97, K120, K149, 160}
cup of, {SFWAB: 2}
musk of, {SFWAB: 9}
Nightingale of, {SFWAB: 9}
see also Steadfastness

is life eternal, {SAQ: 130}
of a believer, {ROB1: 238, 243}
one common, {GL: 136, 217, 255, 319, 333}
personal, {ROB4: 36, 143, 158, 213, 217, 275}

'Abdu'1-Baha's words on, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
a relative term, {ROB4: 55, 66}
individual responsibility, {GL: 81, 105, 143, 262, 328}

power of, {ROB2: 126-8, 255-9}
spirit of,

{ROB1: 73-4}
{ROB3: 8-10, 35-6, 48, 85, 104, 192-4, 287, 300-301, 322, 324, 336, 377}

steadfastness in, {ROB2: 46, 127-8, 259}
tests of, {ROB2: ch. 12}
Unfaithfulness, Faithlessness, see Non-believers

Fá'izih Khánum, {ROB4: 311}
Famagusta, {ROB1: 288}
Famine,

{ROB4: 263}
in Persia, see Persia

Fárán (Tún),

{ROB3: 62, 159, 160}
{ROB4: 254}

Faríd, Dr, {ROB3: 427n.}
Fáris Effendi (Syrian physician),

{ROB1: 204}
{ROB3: 5-11, 334}
{ROB4: 227}

Farmán Farmá, {ROB4: 439}
Fárs, province of,

{ROB3: 73}
{ROB4: 325n.}

Fátimih 'the Immaculate',

{ROB4: 187n.}
shrine of, {ROB4: 187}

Fátimih-Bagum, sister of Áqá Muhammad-'Alí of Gázur, {ROB2: 105-6}
Fear,

{TOB: 84}
cause for rejecting Truth, {TOB: 61}
elimination of {ESW: 32}
see also God, Fear of

Feasts, {ROB4: 8-10, 14}
Feisal, King, visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 306}
Fírúz, Mírzá, Prince; the Nusratu'd-Dawlih, of Nayríz, {DBNN: 482}
Fisher, Dr. K. E., {GPB: 261}
Florence, Mrs. {SFWAB: 174}
Food see Carrion, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Fasting
Ford, Miss, {SFWAB: 173}
Ford, Rev. George A., {GPB: 256}
Forel, Dr. Auguste,

'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to, {ROB4: 132}
becomes Bahá'í, {GPB: 307}
pays tribute to the Faith, {GPB: 316}
statement of his belief, {GPB: 375}

Forgiveness,

{GL: 36, 105, 130, 271, 275, 301, 309, 310, 311}
{KA: Q47, n58}
{SAQ: 231-32, 267}
{TOB: 70, 77, 139}
from God, {TOB: 24-5, 95-6, 176, 208, 219}
repentance,

{SAQ: 91-92}
and forgiveness, {KA: K49, K184, Q11}

see also God, Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Justice, Parents, Sin

Fortitude, {ROB3: 86, 192-6, 255-6}
France, French,

{ROB3: 113-14, 172}
see also To The Kings and Rulers/Tablet to Napoleon III, Nice, Paris

Gabriel,

{GL: 103}
{KI: 50, 109}
{ROB1: 71}
{ROB4: 91}
{TOB: 206}

Galilee,

Hills of, {ROB4: 1}
Sea of, {GPB: 242}

Galileo, {SAQ: 24n}
Gallipoli,

{ROB1: 27, 287}
{ROB2: 408, 410, 412}
{ROB3: 34, 37}
{ROB4: 353}

Geddes, Prof. Patrick, {GPB: 285}
Generosity,

{GL: 278, 285, 297}
{TOB: 138, 177}

Germans,

{ROB4: 70, 351, 352}
see also Haifa

Germany,

{KA: n117, n121}
{ROB3: 118}
{SFWAB: 180}
'Abdu'l-Bahá in, {GPB: 286}
Martha Root visits universities in, {GPB: 387}
National Assembly in, {GPB: 333}
Bahá'í Faith attacked in, {GPB: 361, 362}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Berlin, Rhine, Stuttgart

Ghulám-Ridá Khán, {ROB1: 88}
Ghulám-Ridá, Hájí (Amín-i-Amín), {ROB3: 86}
Ghulám-Ridá-i-Yazdí, {DBNN: 474, 486}
Ghulam-Ridáy-i-Kúchik, {DBNN: 474}
Gifts,

charity, {KA: n162}
at Intercalary Days, {KA: K16, n29}
offered to Manifestation of God, {KA: K114, 159, n141}
see also Bahá'u'lláh, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Dowry

Gobineau, Comte de, testimony of, {GPB: 76, 81, 203, 204}
God, Divinity, Mystery of Mysteries, Unknowable Essence,

{ROB2: 81}
{ROB3: 133, 135, 353}
{ROB4: 168-9, 197, 354}
{SAQ: 146-49, 171, 230, 281}
{SFWAB: 46-51, 53-4, 186-7}
{TOB: 42-4, 62, 95, 101, 102, 109-11, 114, 139, 140, 155-7, 169, 176, 181}

Book of,

{ESW: 128, 129, 145, 152, 174}
{GL: 13, 159, 221, 225, 226, 227, 237, 247, 290, 294, 297, 341}
{KA: 13, K6, K47, K99, K127, K148, K165, K168, n155}
{ROB3: 133, 163, 164, 240, 315}
{ROB4: 212}
{TOB: 78, 79, 96, 97, 105, 108, 109, 117, 190, 200, 231, 245, 249}
Scriptures, Scrolls, Tablets, {TOB: 111, 120}

Bounty and Grace, Bounties of,

{KA: 6, K111, K112}
{ROB2: 35, 82}
{ROB3: 63}
{ROB4: 116, 216, 233, 317}
{SAQ: 232}
{SFWAB: 7, 12, 77, 25, 146, 205}
{TOB: 21, 260}
abolition of uncleanness as, see Cleanliness
answers prayer,

{PM: 60, 160, 247, 250, 254, 325}
hears prayers, {PM: 135}

admonishment by God as, {KA: K169}
bestowals of Heaven, {SFWAB: 22}
bounteousness of, {PM: 24, 31, 42, 96, 137, 205, 239, 246, 250}
clouds of, {SFWAB: 5, 38}
evidenced by lifting of former restrictions, {KA: K159}
evidenced by provisions of inheritance, see Inheritance
exemptions as, {KA: K10}
favour of, {TOB: 195}
few share in, {SFWAB: 277}
gifts of, {SFWAB: 38}
God's love, {SFWAB: 19, 21, 28, 33, 71, 181}
Guidance of,

{ROB4: 325}
{SFWAB: 9, 44, 101-2}
Divine Guidance,

{GL: 18, 28, 39, 50, 67, 68, 96, 179, 258, 268, 325, 328, 338, 339, 342}
{KA: 3, K143, n130}
{SFWAB: 3, 28, 264}

flower-garden of, {SFWAB: 313}
lamps of, are out, {SFWAB: 273}
stars of, {SFWAB: 38}

jewel of, {SFWAB: 2}
non-believers share, {SFWAB: 257}
protection by, {SFWAB: 7, 10}
shaped by vessel, {SFWAB: 161}
turns sorrow into gladness, {TOB: 4}

Essence and attributes of,

{ESW: 1}
{GL: 290}
{KA: n160}
{ROB1: 1-3, 30-1, 44, 46, 59, 73, 99, 114, 116-18, 119, 122, 125, 152, 176-8, 180-1}
{ROB2: 39-40, 184-5}
{ROB3: 63}
{ROB4: 17, 44, 95, 129-33, 131-3, 135-6, 157, 193, 198-9, 204, 217, 244, 409}
Absolute existence of, {GL: 157}
All-knowing,

{GL: 9, 29, 45, 59, 104, 105, 129, 150, 186, 204, 207, 319}
{PM: 6, 19, 23, 58, 92, 120, 186, 257, 280, 335}

All-sufficient, {PM: 59, 102, 117}
Bahá'u'lláh describes, see Gleanings/Tablet of Madínatu't-Tawhíd
Celestial Preserver, {SFWAB: 314}
Concealer,

{GL: 36, 204, 309, 310}
{PM: 63, 246}

Co-ordinator, {SFWAB: 48}
Creator,

{GL: 64, 65, 105, 150, 151, 162, 193, 220, 318, 330, 337, 339}
{ROB3: 130, 179}
and creation, see Creation

Director, {SFWAB: 48}
Educator, {GL: 189, 243}
Essence of Essences, Invisible of Invisibles, Most Secret of Secrets, {SFWAB: 54}
Everlasting, {GL: 151, 162, 192, 261, 318}
evidenced by all things, {KI: 100-02}
Exalted

{TOB: 60, 61}
above creation, {GL: 166, 184, 185, 192}
above description, {GL: 3, 151, 193, 220, 318}
above praise,

{GL: 3, 4, 5, 47, 60, 174, 262}
{PM: 125, 130, 149, 172, 193, 204, 214, 222, 229, 245, 273, 297, 302}

existence of,

{SFWAB: 61}
proofs and signs of, {SFWAB: 13, 36, 41, 46-51, 54, 58}

Fashioner, {PM: 6, 47, 50, 125, 138, 159, 201, 231, 301, 303}
Fire of, {PM: 12, 14, 32, 52, 67, 76, 150, 161, 182, 187, 212, 214, 269, 283}
Firstness, {PM: 229, 294}
fragrance (savours) of, {TOB: 111, 116, 195, 211, 214, 249, 261, 263, 268}
Gentle, {SFWAB: 22}
Glory of, {ROB3: 33}
Grace of,

{GL: 6, 8, 33, 34, 37, 62, 65, 67, 68, 76, 84, 104, 105, 107, 130, 185, 190, 295, 297, 301, 303, 308, 312, 320, 323, 325, 326, 328, 332, 343}
{TOB: 252, 260}

Greatness of, {ROB4: 261}
Humorist, {ROB4: 244}
Independent of all, {GL: 85, 140, 148, 166, 192, 193, 260, 261}
Inacessible, {PM: 86, 88, 91, 128, 133, 227, 274, 297}
Incomparable, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Indescribable, {PM: 91, 123, 130, 149, 193, 229, 245, 280, 328}
Infallibility of, see Infallibility
Judge,

{GL: 227}
Judgment, {PM: 285, 309, 311}

Lastness, {PM: 229, 294}
light of, {TOB: 102, 253}
man enabled to manifest, {KA: n23}
Manifestations bear God's,

{GL: 30, 47-50, 53, 54, 59, 70, 74, 140, 167, 179, 290}
{ROB4: 132, 133}

Manifested in all kingdoms of God, {ROB4: 198-9}
melodies of, {TOB: 106-7, 240}
Names of,

{GL: 258, 274, 293, 319}
{PM: 94}
{TOB: 246, 252}
months of year named for, {KA: n147}
potency of, power of,

{PM: 38, 63, 94, 122, 125, 126, 138, 169, 171, 208, 209, 213, 235, 236, 237, 240, 252, 255, 268, 288}
{TOB: 5, 231, 236, 247, 261}

use, {KA: K18, K60, n33, n83}

Originator, {SFWAB: 61}
Peerless (no partner),

{GL: 12, 36, 64, 70, 98, 151, 166, 187, 192, 193, 273, 336, 338}
{PM: 32, 38, 51, 57, 73, 91, 112, 131, 133, 137, 194, 297, 305, 309}

perfections of,

{SAQ: 196}
{SFWAB: 60}
imperfections impossible in, {SAQ: 148}
manifested in the Reality of Christ, {SAQ: 206-07}
shine forth from the reality of man, {SAQ: 196}

preexistence of, {SAQ: 203}
Quickener, {PM: 54, 104, 176, 201, 252, 258, 259}
Refuge, {PM: 82, 255, 262, 267, 305}
Self-Subsistent, {PM: 172, 220}
Singleness of, {PM: 51, 57, 86, 91, 112, 128, 130, 194, 221, 329}
Source of

all, {PM: 60, 74}
all attributes, {PM: 94, 326}
authority, {PM: 87, 101}
man's knowledge, {PM: 92, 149, 222}

Supreme, {PM: 4, 74, 87, 88, 134, 157, 190, 295, 306, 327}
throne of, {TOB: 113, 182, 263}
Transcendence of, {ROB3: 199}
Unknowable,

{ESW: 118}
{GL: 3, 4, 5, 29, 46, 47, 49, 60-64, 150, 165, 174, 193, 220, 242, 261, 318, 336}
{KI: 3, 98-99}
{PM: 6, 55, 92, 99, 130, 133, 149, 173, 194, 222, 273, 280, 303, 328}
{ROB1: 1, 46, 114-15, 152, 175-6}
{ROB2: 17, 26, 145}
{ROB3: 145}
Inaccessible, {GL: 63, 64, 66, 193, 261, 318}
Incomprehensible, {SFWAB: 4, 10, 47, 53-4, 61}

wealth of, {TOB: 75, 96}
see also Bahá'u'lláh, Prayer(s)

Justice of,

{KA: K97, K157, K170}
{PM: 31, 55, 134, 136, 137, 141, 179, 205, 252, 262, 301, 303, 333}
{ROB3: 202}
{SAQ: 232}
compensates for injustice, {KA: n86}
Divine Justice,

{GL: 17, 98, 100, 117, 130}
standard revealed by Manifestation, {GL: 175}

God's forgiveness outweighs His, {ROB4: 85}
terrible in punishing, {KA: K37}

Knowledge of,

{ROB3: 94, 326}
{ROB4: 139-40, 213, 375}
{TOB: 50, 150, 268}
inaccessible, {TOB: 207}
Object of all knowledge, {GL: 5, 84, 85, 177, 199, 204, 291}
through Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 39, 50, 156, 195-6}
unknowable, {TOB: 101, 102, 113, 114}

Laws of, Command of,

{ROB4: 361}
{TOB: 109, 141, 206}
animating power for advancement, {GL: 93-97, 287, 289, 291, 331}
Commandments of, not limited to one group, {SFWAB: 21}
disobedience to, {GL: 87, 123, 124, 149, 254}
divided in two parts, {SAQ: 47-48}
ignorance of, pardonable, {SAQ: 267}
is New Jerusalem, see Jerusalem
Manifestation gives Holy, {SAQ: 158-59}
means of,

liberty, {GL: 336}
victory of Cause, {GL: 287, 332}
world order, see New World Order of Bahá'u'lláh

Most Great, {GL: 13, 211}
obedience to,

{GL: 5, 87, 123, 129, 240, 289, 290, 307, 330-333, 336, 337}
{KA: K2, K7, K29, K148}
{SAQ: 174}
{ROB3: 285, 288-90, 292}

Observance of,

{KA: K1-K2, K17, K45, K62, K71, K97, K134, K138, K147, K171}
love for God as motive for, {KA: K4, 163}

ordinances, {GL: 175, 217, 289, 337}
source of justice, {GL: 117, 175}
standards laid down by, {KA: K17}
woman as symbol of, see Terms in Holy Writings
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Love of,

{ESW: 122, 131}
{GL: 261, 288, 304, 325}
{ROB3: 26, 332, 358, 366}
{ROB4: 35, 296}
{SAQ: 300-01}
{SFWAB: 178, 202-3, 205}
{TOB: 210, 263, 265}
army of, {SFWAB: 256}
brings unity, {SAQ: 301, 304-05}
deprivation of, results in imperfection, {SAQ: 302-03}
fire is symbol of, {SAQ: 92}
is fruit of human existence, {SAQ: 300-01}
love for, as motive for obedience to laws, {KA: K4, 163}

Mercy of,

{ESW: 6, 8, 9, 25, 46, 54, 133, 147, 151}
{KA: K59}
{PM: 136, 137, 160, 168, 250, 262, 265, 333}
{ROB2: 138-9, 375}
{ROB3: 296}
{ROB4: 409-11}
{SFWAB: 5, 12}

Power of, Potency of,

{ESW: 9, 10, 19, 91, 102, 104-105, 121}
{GL: 34, 61, 63, 73, 160, 184, 220, 224, 242, 243, 312, 341}
{PM: 16, 17, 19, 24, 28, 32, 41, 44, 45, 58, 73, 82, 87, 90, 92, 95, 119, 130, 138, 150, 163, 172, 227, 249, 251, 252, 281, 324, 339}
{ROB1: 31-2, 181-3}
{ROB3: 94, 141, 180}
{ROB4: 237, 324-5, 373, 431}
{TOB: 34, 61, 62, 70, 83, 114, 117, 176, 183, 200}
all affairs in His grasp, {TOB: 59}
Authority of,

{TOB: 58, 132, 133, 142, 249}
Questioning, {KA: K7, K49, K162}
to choose rests with, {ROB3: 86}

can dispense with all, {TOB: 41}
does what pleases,

{SFWAB: 51}
{TOB: 15, 51, 95, 96, 105, 132, 233, 266}

dominion of,

{KA: K11, K126, K129, K172, n18}
{TOB: 139, 227, 259}

gives and withholds, {TOB: 266}
God of strength, {SFWAB: 75}
'He doeth whatsoever He willeth', {KA: K47, K131}
'He shall not be asked of His doings', {KA: K161-K162, 163}
holds destiny of all, {TOB: 155}
Sovereignty of,

{GL: 35, 42, 45, 61, 64, 73, 87, 166, 184, 235, 261, 295, 324}
{PM: 56, 58, 74, 90, 130, 211, 252, 295, 306}
{TOB: 83, 109, 114, 144, 207, 216, 266}

Praise and thanks to,

{SFWAB: 9, 93, 94-5, 176, 178, 179, 253-5}
inadequate, {SFWAB: 105}
prayers of, see Prayers

Presence of,

{ESW: 115, 116, 117, 118, 153, 172}
{GL: 32, 33, 63, 64, 70, 71, 137, 145, 155, 157, 179, 180, 186, 236, 276, 313, 323}
{ROB1: 185, 299}
{ROB4: 409, 436}
nearness to, {SFWAB: 4, 182}
Omnipresent, {GL: 63, 186, 318, 326}
past, present and future all same to, {SFWAB: 207}
see also Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Purpose of,

{ESW: 13, 15}
{GL: 71, 79, 116, 127, 153, 220, 243, 287, 299, 324, 336}
{KA: K125}
{ROB3: 167}
{TOB: 123, 162, 188, 268}
most people far-removed from, {KA: 6}
to bind hearts together, {KA: K57}
unstoppable, {TOB: 33, 216, 233}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

Relationship of, with Manifestations,

{ROB2: 79-80, 183, 375}
{ROB1: 58-9, 63-4, 114-16, 117-18, 142, 161, 175-6, 179-80}
{ROB3: 39, 227-8}
{ROB4: 129-36}
known through Manifestations,

{KI: 99-100, 103-04}
{PM: 71, 294, 311}

manifests Himself,

{KA: n23, n160}
manifestation of,

{SAQ: 206-07}
in creatures is impossible, {SAQ: 202-03, 295-96}

see also Manifestation(s) of God

Oneness with Manifestations, {PM: 71}
Tested by God, {ROB3: 47}
Unity manifested by Manifestation, {GL: 21, 231}
see also Bahá'u'lláh, Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Retribution of, Divine,

{ESW: 106, 116}
{GL: 20, 123-125, 130, 210, 226, 252, 346}
{ROB3: 156, 200-202}
{TOB: 177}
chastisement of, {TOB: 245}
Wrath of,

{GL: 40, 130, 204, 208, 257, 325}
{PM: 121, 136, 141, 301, 305, 308}
{ROB2: 375}
{ROB3: 37, 229-30}
{ROB4: 318}

Unity of,

{ESW: 13, 37, 41, 43, 98, 113, 135-136}
{GL: 21, 59, 64, 143, 162, 167, 189-193, 231, 261, 336, 340, 344 }
{PM: 24, 28, 54, 56, 57, 80, 91, 115, 130, 149, 172, 194, 221, 222, 250, 275, 295, 329, 334}
Oneness of,

{KA: 2, Q106}
{PM: 24, 28, 33, 54, 57, 80, 87, 112, 115, 130, 172, 221, 222, 250, 274, 275, 282, 295, 324, 329, 334}
{ROB1: 113-15}
{ROB4: 287, 397, 407}
{SFWAB: 58, 263}
{TOB: 43, 47, 50, 59, 105, 111, 114, 137, 143, 148, 163, 178, 212, 236, 244, 261}
and concept of the Trinity, see Terms in Holy Writings
divine system is one, {SAQ: 199}
Essence of Unity, {SAQ: 180, 221}
established by Abraham, declared by Abraham and Socrates,

{SAQ: 13}
{SFWAB: 55}

Fruits of oneness, {SFWAB: 263}
singleness of, {GL: 166, 190, 192, 193}

Will of,

{GL: 5, 61, 65, 167, 209, 211, 318, 324, 329, 338}
{KA: K47, K81, K97, K131, K157}
{PM: 18, 54, 68, 90, 108, 163, 182, 193, 239}
{ROB3: 377}
{ROB4: 44, 324}
{TOB: 59, 67, 78, 109, 116, 142, 246, 254}
{SFWAB: 26, 51, 79}
Contentment with, {SFWAB: 26}
Obedience to Will of God, {ESW: 75, 76, 77, 78}
Reference to, in marriage verses, {KA: Q3}
Surrendering one's will to the will of God, Submission to,

{GL: 336-338 }
{SFWAB: 51, 79}
Statement by 'Abdu'l-Bahá on, {ROB3: 405}

Will, Divine,

{GL: 5, 61, 65, 209, 211, 217, 318, 324, 329, 338 }
known through Manifestations, {GL: 59, 167 }

Word of,

{KA: K54, K55, K167, K169, n180}
{PM: 27, 42, 54, 101, 113, 191, 219, 265, 295, 296}
{ROB3: 29, 126, 130, 135, 136, 164-5, 324-5, 328, 343, 348, 374}
{ROB4: 140, 208, 212, 213, 228, 262, 317, 398, 410, 433}
{SAQ: 116-17, 124, 152-53}
{SFWAB: 234, 283, 291, 292, 293, 295}
{TOB: 91, 140-1, 161-2, 172-3, 184, 186}
At time of its revelation, {ROB4: 219}
compared to tree, {GL: 97 }
division caused by Word of, {KI: 111-12}
everlasting, {GL: 175 }
Glorification of, {ROB4: 371}
has no beginning or end, {SAQ: 152-53}
Independent of learning,

{ROB1: 20, 23}
see also God/And Man

Infinite meanings, {ROB1: 32-4, 57}
injunction to recite, {KA: K149, Q68}
is cause of all life, {SAQ: 163}
Manifestations reveal,

{KA: n75, n143, n155, n165, n180}
{ROB1: 3, 20-22, 30-32, 36-7}
{ROB4: 46}
as revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets and Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Index, Part I)
Book of each Manifestation, {GL: 13, 21, 74, 173, 290}
known only by Manifestations, {GL: 158, 175 }

Outpouring of, {ROB4: 334}
Power of,

{GL: 29, 35, 76, 86, 87, 104, 141, 142, 175, 200, 270, 277, 286, 316, 325 }
{PM: 27, 42, 54, 101, 113, 191, 219, 265, 295, 296, 324}
{SFWAB: 20, 37, 53}
binding power of Word of, {KI: 112}
power from reciting, {GL: 295 }

Progressive nature, see Religion(s)
Proofs of,

{PM: 100, 133}
{TOB: 33, 34, 107}
existence of God, {SAQ: 5-6}
Proof of Prophethood, {ROB1: 106, 189-90}

Recognition of, and commandments, {KA: K3-K4, K7}
Revelation of, {ROB4: 4}
Sheltering shade of, {SFWAB: 19, 85}
Source of

creation, see Bahá'u'lláh
heat, {ROB4: 278-83}
knowledge,

{GL: 5, 84, 176, 177, 199, 204, 312, 314}
{ROB1: 33-4, 44}

of unity of people, {ROB4: 194, 196}

Spirit and form, {ROB1: 21-2}
see also Qur'án, Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses, Bahá'í Faith

Worlds of, Realms, Kingdom,

{GL: 151, 158, 160, 161 }
{ROB1: 57-9, 64}
{ROB3: 35, 366-7}
{ROB4: 205-6}
{SFWAB: 185}
{TOB: 187-9}
beyond this,

{GL: 157, 158, 161, 329 }
next, {TOB: 105, 251, 262}

Concourse, Terms in Holy Writings
contingent, {TOB: 142}
countless, innumerable,

{GL: 104, 151, 152}
{TOB: 91, 187}

invisible, {SFWAB: 6, 35}
Kingdom of God,

{ROB1: 5, 59, 82, 121, 314}
{SAQ: 58, 241-43}
{SFWAB: 33, 192, 204, 206, 310, 311}
{TOB: 253}
Bahá'u'lláh embodies, {TOB: 12}
earth and heaven,

{TOB: 5, 76}
earth is shadow of Kingdom of God, {SFWAB: 178}
on earth, {ROB3: 126}

ecstasy at recognition of, {SFWAB: 58}
entry into, {SFWAB: 18}
gates open,

{SFWAB: 57}
{TOB: 11}

hidden from neglectful, {SFWAB: 185}
is real world, {SFWAB: 178}
Kingdom of Bahá, {SFWAB: 57}
Kingdom of Splendours, {SFWAB: 53}
monks can inherit, {TOB: 14}
service to, see Service
see also Concourse, Heaven, Paradise

Lord of the worlds, {TOB: 44}
material,

{SFWAB: 106, 177-8}
made new, {SFWAB: 52}

of being, {TOB: 69, 142, 173, 195, 221}
of eternity, {TOB: 182}
of existence, see Creation
of glory, {TOB: 112, 137, 181, 219}
of the spirit, {TOB: 64}
on high, {TOB: 108}
Paradise, see Ridván
Pavilion of Glory, {SFWAB: 18}
Realm of the limitless, {SFWAB: 18}
Realms hidden from sight, {SFWAB: 8}
Spiritual Worlds of God,

{KA: K79, K166, K177}
{ROB1: 64, 72-5 passim}
{ROB2: 144, 285}
{ROB4: 255}
Greater and Lesser, {KA: K55, n23}
Háhút, {ROB1: 58}
Láhút, {ROB1: 58}
Jabarút, {ROB1: 58}
Malakút, {ROB1: 59}
see also World/Nasút, Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Súriy-i-Vafá

tabernacle of grandeur, {TOB: 208}
see also Abhá; Creation; Dreams; Heaven, Immortality

Misc. Topics,

acts of, {KA: K11, n18}
all illumined by, {TOB: 263}
all things are of, {TOB: 53, 110, 222}
and 'Return', see Terms in Holy Writings
appeared as pillar of fire, {SAQ: 85}
atoms vibrate at mention of, {TOB: 5}
banquet of, {SFWAB: 9, 57, 78, 186, 195, 255}
blessings of, {SFWAB: 3, 205}
breaths of, {SFWAB: 183}
breezes of,

{SFWAB: 19}
{TOB: 137, 177, 215}

call of, {PM: 33, 47, 62, 113, 189}
City of, Terms in Holy Writings
countenance of, {TOB: 253, 254, 261}
court of, {TOB: 266}
Covenant of, see Covenant
Creator has always had a creation,

{SAQ: 281}
see also Creation

Day of, see Terms in Holy Writings
emanation from, {SAQ: 202-07, 294-96}
Faith of, changeless, {KA: 1, K182}
future, knowledge of, does not cause its occurrence, {SAQ: 138-39}
gardens of, see Gardens
"God was alone," {GL: 150, 151, 192}
hem of, {SFWAB: 9-10}
hosts of, {TOB: 77, 108, 256}
'I am Best-Beloved', {TOB: 173}
Nature of, {ROB4: 40-1, 43-5, 128-36, 266-8}
Nature ruled by, see Nature
No 'time' in sight of, see Time
'Partners with God',

{ESW: 3, 82-83, 98, 101, 132}
{GL: 12, 36, 69, 100, 151, 166, 187, 191, 192, 193, 197, 273, 281}
partners of, {TOB: 185, 207, 212, 214, 215}

Plan of, {ROB3: 129, 137, 312, 315}
Pledges Himself, {ROB1: 272-3}
Progressive Revelation of, see Religion(s)
Recognition of, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Tajallíyát
Revelation of,

{ROB4: 17}
Revelation of see Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh

Right of see Huqúq'u'lláh
School of,

{KA: K176-K177, n185}
{ROB3: 306-7}

Signs of, {ESW: 116, 132, 145, 151, 172, 173}
song of, will stir world, {SFWAB: 93}
speaks truth, {TOB: 147}
Spirit of,

{ROB3: 37, 43} {SAQ: 109, 241}
{TOB: 248}

station of, {TOB: 140}
sun as metaphor for, see Terms in Holy Writings
tears of, {TOB: 59}
trust in, {SFWAB: 51}
verses of, {TOB: 147}
wine of, {TOB: 110, 116}
see also Covenant, Terms in Holy Writings, Manifestation(s) of God, Súratu'lláh, Man

Gold,

{GL: 197, 198, 200}
{KA: K36}
Mithqál,

definition, {KA: Q23, n78, 253}
Nakhud(s), {KA: Q23, n78, 253}

utensils, {KA: K46, 159, n72}
see also Dowry, Fines, Huqúq'u'lláh, Indemnity, Transmutation of elements

Golden Gate International Exposition, {GPB: 343}
Golden Rule,

{ROB4: 196}
restated, {KA: K148, 159}

Government(s),

{ROB4: 159, 162, 191, 214, 235-6, 267-8, 346}
{SFWAB: 92, 283, 284}
{TOB: 125, 126, 127}
'Abdu'l-Bahá,

political conferences not attended by, {SFWAB: 295-6}
well-wisher of all governments, {SFWAB: 294}

advancement of, {GL: 94-95, 216}
Bahá'ís intercede with, {ROB4: 346}
British, {ROB4: 263}
Communism; Left, Movement of, {SFWAB: 250}
Constitutional, {ROB4: 341}
God beseeched to aid, {TOB: 29, 39, 65, 127}
International Tribunal, Supreme Tribunal,

{GPB: 305}
{SFWAB: 249, 306-7}
{TOB: 165}

just, {TOB: 87, 93}
kingship plus republic (i.e. constitutional monarchy), see To The Kings and Rulers
loyalty to,

{SFWAB: 293-4, 319}
{TOB: 22-3, 221}

obedience to,

{ESW: 23, 25, 54, 69, 71, 89, 97, 122, 124, 137}
{GL: 207, 229, 240, 241}
{GPB: 214, 219, 328}
{KA: 14, K95, 161}

of Persia, see Persia
Parliament(s),

{ROB3: 124-5}
enjoined to adopt universal language and script, {KA: 15, K189, 162, n193}

presidential system, see America
Republican, {ROB3: 157}
should enforce laws of God, {TOB: 29, 90}
should uphold religion, {TOB: 63, 130}
systems of, political systems,

{ROB3: 124, 126, 129, 156-8, 309, 311, 314-15, 319-20}
{ROB4: 138, 304}
Politics,

{SFWAB: 92, 247, 301, 319}
Movement of the Left, {SFWAB: 250}
political unity, {SFWAB: 32}

see also Institutions

Governor(s),

'Abdu'r-Rahmán Páshá, {ROB3: 410-12}
Asa'd Effendi, {ROB3: 413-14}
Ibráhím Páshá, {ROB3: 414}
Mustafá Díyá Páshá, {ROB3: 414}
of Adrianople, see Adrianople
of 'Akká (Mutasarrif), see 'Akká
of Baghdád, see Baghdád
of Khurásán, see Khurásán
of Tihrán, see Tihrán
of Yazd, see Yazd
Sálih Páshá, {ROB3: 251}

Grand Vizir,

interrogates Bahá'u'lláh after release from Síyáh-Chál, {GPB: 105}
supports opposition, {GPB: 141}

Graves,

{ROB4: 164-5}
visiting, {TOB: 27-8}

Greece, Greek,

{ROB1: 214}
{ROB4: 33, 42, 46}
{SFWAB: 55}
{TOB: 149-50}
see also Manifestation(s) of God

Green Island, {TOB: 37, 122}
Grief, Sorrow, {ROB3: 358}
Gulistán, Treaty of, {ROB4: 433}
Gurgin Khán; successor to Manúchihr Khán,

{DBNN: 213}
his communication to Muhammad Sháh, {DBNN: 214, 215}

Habíb Mu'ayyad, Dr.,

{ROB2: 45}
{ROB4: 170}
and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {ROB4: 31}

Habíb-i-Marághih'í, Mírzá, {ROB2: 65}
Hadhramaut, {ROB4: 426}
Hádí, {DBNN: 572}
Hádí Sabzivárí, Hájí Mullá; sage of Sabzivár, {TOB: 61}
Hádí, Mírzá, {ROB4: 16, 73}
Hádí, Mírzá, of Isfahán, {ROB2: 202-4}
Hádí, Mírzá; brother of Prince Mírzá Muhammad 'Alí, {DBNN: 159, 161, 461}
Hadiqatu'r-Rahmán, {ROB4: 328}
Hádíy-i-Sabzavárí, Hájí Mullá, philosophy of, {ROB4: 221}
Hádíy-i-Shírází, Áqá Mírzá ('Abdu'l-Ahad),

{ROB2: 298}
{ROB3: 54, 179}

Hagar, {SAQ: 13}
Haifa,

{ROB1: 29, 41, 131, 201n., 288}
{ROB2: 411}
{ROB3: 6n., 11 and n., 28, 30, 54, 183-4, 202, 386, 389, 418, 431}
{ROB4: 70n., 171, 332-3, 337, 347, 351}
'Abdu'l-Bahá in,

Ascension of,

{GPB: 309-320}
{KA: n139}
{ROB4: 233}
burial on Mt. Carmel, see Lawh-i-Karmil/Mt. Carmel
dreams of His passing, {GPB: 310}
House of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
last day of His earthly life, {GPB: 311}
memorial feast for, {GPB: 313}
messages of consolation at His passing,

{GPB: 311}
Winston Churchill telegraphs England's sympathy, {GPB: 312}

speaks to gardener of His passing, {GPB: 310}
Tablet of Visitation,

{ROB3: 407}
{SFWAB: 319}

see also Bahá'í Faith/Holy Days

Bahá'u'lláh at Mount Carmel, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
Electric lights at, {GPB: 346}
Shrine of the Báb, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
Templers, Templars,

{GPB: 346}
anticipated "coming of the Lord," {GPB: 277}
German Christian colony of, {ROB3: 28, 31}
'Der Herr ist Nahe', {ROB3: 28}
come to Holy Land, {ROB4: 70, 351-2}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Hájibu'd-Dawlih, {ROB4: 64}
Hakím, Lutfu'lláh, Dr, {ROB3: 268}
Halabí-Sáz, Hájí Mírzá Áqáy-i-, of Yazd,

{ROB2: 358}
{ROB3: 194-6}

Hamadán,

{ROB3: 268}
{ROB4: 12, 259}

Hámid, Mullá, of Sulaymáníyyih, {ROB1: 62}
Hands of the Cause of God, "Learned Ones in Bahá",

{KA: n67, n183}
{ROB1: 36, 241 and n.}
{ROB2: 402}
{ROB3: 85, 86, 91, 200n., 257n., 259, 373}
{ROB4: illus. 279-82, 292; ch. 19}
{TOB: 83 and n.}

Appointed by Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 195}
{ROB4: ch. 20}
Áqá Siyyid Áqá (eldest son of Áqá Mírzá Áqá, Núru'd-Dín),

{ROB4: 284, 330-32}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Hájí Mírzá Hasan-i-Adíb (Adíb, Adíbu'l-'Ulamá), Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB4: illus. 282, 292; 277-8, 312-14}
Adíbu'l-'Ulamá (Literary man of the Ulama), {ROB4: 311}

Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí (Ibn-i-Abhar), Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB4: illus. 280, 309; 26, 123-4, 277, 289, 290, 338}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, Tablets to, {ROB4: 26-7, 307, 310}
letters of, {ROB4: 307-10}
life of, {ROB4: 304-12}
marries Munírih Khánum, daughter of Hand of the Cause, Hájí Ákhúnd, see Hájí Mullá 'Alí-Akbar-i-Sháhmírzádí
persecution of, {ROB4: 305-10}
residence of, in Tihrán, {ROB4: 306}
travels around Persia, {ROB4: 306-12}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Hájí Mullá 'Alí-Akbar-i-Sháhmírzádí (Hájí Ákhúnd), Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB2: 402}
{ROB3: 85-6, 200, 425-7}
{ROB4: illus. 279, 292, 381; 14, 185, 255, 275, 277}
{TOB: 83 and n.}
'Abdu'l-Bahá describes, {ROB4: 294-5, 296, 298-9, 300-301}
and Násiri'd-Dín Sháh, {ROB4: 380}
Fátimih Khánum, wife of, {ROB4: 297, 312}
imprisonment of, {ROB4: 297-9, 306, 337, 338, 348, 380, 436}
life of, {ROB4: 294-301}
meets with,

Bábís, {ROB4: 295}
Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 300}

Munírih Khánum, daughter of, marries Hand of the Cause, Ibn-i-Abhar {ROB4: 311-12}
persecution of, {ROB4: 296-7}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad-i-Khurásání (Ibn-i-Asdaq), Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB3: 257n., 266-7}
{ROB4: illus. 281, 292; 277-8, 286}
Bahá'u'lláh,

addressed him as "Shahíd-ibn-i-Shahíd" (martyr, son of the martyr), {ROB4: 303}

son of Hand of the Cause, Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq,

{ROB3: 266}
see Lawh-i-Ahbáb

meets with, {ROB4: 301}
reveals prayer for, see Prayer(s)

Covenant, writings on, {ROB4: 304}
life of, {ROB4: 301-4}
teaching tours of, {ROB4: 302-4}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Appointed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá,

in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Will, {GPB: 328}
Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad-i-Varqá, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB1: 41 and n., 331}
{ROB4: illus. 61, 62; 17, ch. 4, 266, 268, 269, 286}
Bahá'u'lláh and, {ROB4: 53-64}
Rúhu'lláh, son of,

{ROB4: illus. 62; 55-6, 58-64}
Bahá'u'lláh meets, {ROB4: 58-64}
refuses to recant, {GPB: 296}
see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih, Bahá'í Faith

see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Bihjatu's-Sudúr, Valíyy'u'lláh Varqá

Mullá Áqá Muhammad-i-Qá'iní (Nabíl-i-Akbar), see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Hikmat
Mullá Muhammad-Sádiq-i-Khurásání (Mullá Sádiq, Muqaddas, Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq), see Lawh-i-Ahbáb
Shaykh-Ridáy-i-Yazdí, (Mullá Muhammad-i-Ridáy-i-Muhammad-Ábádí),

{ROB1: 84-91}
{ROB3: 192, 194}
{ROB4: 286, 379}

Appointed by Shoghi Effendi,

{KA: n183}
{ROB3: 86, 91}
{ROB4: 59, 230-1, 276, 285-6}
Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum
Amelia Collins
Dhikru'lláh Khadem, {ROB4: 54}
George Townshend, Canon of St. Patrick's, Dublin, and Archdeacon of Clonfert,

{ROB4: 230-2}
poem to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {ROB4: 231-2}
quoted, {ROB1: 214-16}

Hájí Mullá Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikání (Ardakání, Abu'l-Hasan-i-Amín, Hájí Amín, Amín-i-Ilahí, Trustee of Huqúq'u'lláh, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh),

{ROB3: 57, 73, 74-5, 76-86, 91, 178}
{ROB4: 16n., 185, 252, 255, 256, 258, 278, 284, 298, 299, 306, 337 and n., 338, 348, 396, 398, 436}
{TOB: 73, 83 and n.}
soup of Hájí Amín, {ROB3: 84}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Dr John Ebenezer Esslemont,

{SFWAB: 96}
author of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, {GPB: 383, 387, 390, 394}
translation and distribution of his book, {GPB: 382}

Martha Root, Leading Ambassadress of Bahá'í Faith,

{GPB: 344, 386-388}
historic journeys of, {GPB: 308}
letters to Pres. Von Hindenburg, {GPB: 345}
Prince Paul interviews, see Yugoslavia
Princess Olga pays her tribute, see Yugoslavia
title of, {GPB: 386}
visits Queen Marie, see Rumania
work of, {GPB: 386-389}

Mírzá Tarázu'lláh-i-Samandarí,

{ROB1: 36-7}
{ROB3: 91}

Siyyid Mustafáy-i-Rúmí, {ROB4: illus. 180; 181-3}
Valíyy'u'lláh Varqá, Trustee of the Huqúq'u'lláh, son of Hand of the Cause Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad-i-Varqá,

{ROB4: 54, 59, 448}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad-i-Varqá

Misc. Topics,

'Abdu'l-Bahá,

Statements on, {ROB4: 49, 278, 285-6, 287, 288, 290}
Tablets to,

{ROB4: 285, 315}
Ibn-i-Abhar, see Muhammad-Taqí, Hájí Mírzá

administrative seat of, {ROB4: 366}
and Bahá'í Community, {ROB4: 278}
and covenant-breakers, {ROB4: 300}
and Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
and Universal House of Justice, {ROB4: 276, 288-9}
appointment of, {ROB4: 182, 285, 294-314, 315-28, 337n., 423}
development of institution of, {ROB4: 276-7}
establish first elected assembly in Tihrán, see Bahá'í Faith
function of, {ROB4: 278-83, 287-9}
in Persia, {ROB4: 122, 257-8}
Interregnum
Justice of, {ROB4: 285}
lives of, {ROB4: 294-314}
prayers for, see Prayer(s)
role of, {ROB4: 274-93}
service of, {ROB4: 277-8, 300}
Tablets to, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
teachers of the Cause, {ROB4: 257-8, 319}
the 'learned', {ROB4: 37-8}
urged to

consult, {ROB4: 289-90}
to move about and deepen Bahá'ís, {ROB4: 300}

see also Learned Ones in Bahá

Happiness,

{ROB3: 329}
Depends on character and conduct of Bahá'ís, {SFWAB: 127}
Founded on spiritual behaviour, {SFWAB: 127}
Joy,

{SFWAB: 19, 33}
{TOB: 71, 79, 139, 246}

Hardegg, Georg David, Revd, {ROB3: 28-30}
Harmony, {TOB: 68, 72, 73, 164}
Harris, Hooper, {ROB4: 310}
Hasan 'Amú, Mullá, {SAQ: 29-30}
Hasan, 'Aka, Siyyid, of Yazd; brother of Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdí, {DBNN: 227, 245, 257}
Hasan, Mírzá (brother of Varqá), {ROB4: 51, 53}
Hasan-i-'Ammú, Hájí Mullá, {ROB1: 144-5}
Hasan-i-Safá, Hájí Mírzá,

{ROB2: 56-8, 398}
{ROB4: 434}

Hasan-i-Vazír, Mírzá, {ROB3: 426}
Hasan-i-Zunúzí, Shaykh,

{DBNN: 25, 30, 212, 245, 307, 593}
{ROB1: 205, 207-8}
{ROB2: 212 and n., 333}
{ROB3: 196}

Háshim Khán, {ROB2: 33-4}
Haydar-Alíy-i-Ardistání, Mírzá, {ROB3: 101}
Hawaiian Islands,

Honolulu, {GPB: 303, 343}
Spiritual Assembly in, {GPB: 336}

Health see Body, Illness
Hearst, Mrs. Phoebe, {GPB: 257}

describes her visit with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 258}

Helen (mother of Constantine), {SFWAB: 311}
Hermes, {TOB: 148 and n.}
Hermits, {TOB: 71}
Híjáz,

{KI: 19}
{PM: 50}

Hindus,

{KA: n160}
{ROB4: 184, 267}
become Bahá'ís, {GPB: 302}
Brahma, {SAQ: 100}
contribute to the Temple, {GPB: 350}

Hisamu's-Saltanih, {ROB4: 439}
History,

{ROB3: 29, 80, 104, 130, 152, 192, 239ff.}
{ROB4: 46-7, 66, 108}
Each century has central theme, {SFWAB: 114}
Jewish histories, {SFWAB: 55}

Holy Family, see Bahá'u'lláh
Honesty,

{ESW: 23, 124}
{GL: 297-299}
{TOB: 57, 78}

Honor, {GL: 202, 235, 305, 306}
Hope,

{SFWAB: 23}
{TOB: 112}

Hosea, {ROB3: 16}
House,

of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád, see Baghdád
of Justice, see Bahá'í Faith
of The Báb, see Shíráz
of Worship, see Mashriqu'l-Adhkár

Humiliation, {GL: 305}
Humility,

{ESW: 30, 44, 55}
{GL: 7, 8, 9}
{KA: n3, n135, n168}
{ROB3: 106, 206, 207-8, 326, 349, 378, 397n.}
{ROB4: 65, 193}
{TOB: 64}
man's need for, {ROB4: 65}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Humour,

{ROB4: 243-5}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

Husayn 'Alíy-i-Isfahání, Mírzá, {ROB3: 428-30}
Husayn Khán, {GPB: 11, 13}
Husayn Khán-i-Írvání, Ájúdán Báshí,

{DBNN: 145, 146}
Báb's meeting with, {DBNN: 151, 195, 196}

Husayn, Mírzá (brother of Varqá), {ROB4: 50-3}
Husayn, Mírzá (relative of Sulaymán Khán), {ROB4: 181}
Husayn-i-Áshchí, cook,

{ROB2: 169, 404}
{ROB3: 13, 18, 56, 235, 410}
{ROB4: 244-5}
memoirs of, {ROB3: 18, 25, 69-72, 206-7, 209, 410-12}

Husayn-i-Káshání, Áqá Siyyid, {ROB2: 59}
Husayn-i-Milání, {ROB3: 424}
Husayn-i-Naráqí, Áqá, {ROB2: 59}
Husayn-i-Rúhí Effendi, {ROB3: 437}
Husayn-i-Shírází, {ROB4: 25}
Husayn-i-Zanjání, Mírzá, quoted, {ROB1: 89-91}
Hypocrisy,

{ROB3: 355-6}
{KA: K36, 161}
{TOB: 57, 102}
words versus deeds, {TOB: 61}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Ibn-i-Fárid, poet,

{ROB4: 433}
Qasídiy-i-Tá'íyyih, poem of,

{ROB1: 62}
{ROB4: 389}

Ibn-i-Súríyá, {KI: 84-86}
Ibn-Nawfal, Varaqat-, {SAQ: 44}
Ibnu'l-'Arabi, Shaykh, author of Futúhát-i-Makkíyyih, {ROB3: 16}
Ibráhím, Mírzá, {ROB4: 73-4}
Ibráhím, Siyyid, {ROB1: 250}
Ibráhím-i-Abharí, Mírzá, {ROB4: 305}
Ibráhím-i-Káshání, Mírzá Siyyid (Khalíl)

{ROB3: 54-5, 386}
{ROB4: 439-40}

Idleness,

{ROB4: 162-4}
{TOB: 138}
prohibited, {KA: 14, K33, 158, n56}
see also Work

Idols, gods, {TOB: 86, 146}
Idrís, {TOB: 148 n.}
Ignorant, Ignorance,

{KA: K62, K122-K123, K144, K159}
{SAQ: 137}
{TOB: 53, 150, 170, 258}
symbolized by darkness, {SAQ: 84}

Illness, Sickness,

{SAQ: 257-59}
consult physician, {KA: K113, 161}
Healing,

cures without medicines in, {SAQ: 254-56}
spiritual, {SAQ: 255-56}
Through diet, Nutrition, Food,

{SAQ: 257-59}
{SFWAB: 152-6}

see also Prayers/Healing

diseases

are contagious, {SAQ: 214, 254}
causes of, {SAQ: 257}
disequilibrium of elements causes, {SFWAB: 153-6}
hard to bear, {SFWAB: 151}
Medicine, Medical Treatments For, Medical Remedies,

{SAQ: 94, 158-59}
{SFWAB: 152}

prayers help, {SFWAB: 161-2}
sin can cause, {SFWAB: 152-3}
Spiritual Illness, Psychology, {SFWAB: 152}

exemptions during

fasting, see Fasting
Obligatory Prayer, see Prayer(s)

terror may cause sickness, {SAQ: 255}
see also Physicians

'Imádu'd-Dín Abu'l-Fidá, {TOB: 144 n.}
Imagination, {SAQ: 210-11, 251-53}
Imám-Zádih Ma'súm, Shrine of, {ROB3: 424-5}
Imám-Zádih Zayd, Shrine of, {ROB3: 427}
Immature, {TOB: 80}
Immorality,

{KA: n134}
see also Adultery, Chastity, Homosexual relations, Sexual acts

Imperfections,

are torments, {SAQ: 265}
blameworthy, {SAQ: 130-31}
equivalent of death, {SAQ: 120}
when reach perfection, become eternal, {SAQ: 152}
see also Perfection

Imposture, {TOB: 57}
Illiteracy, {GL: 312}
Ímán, Hájí, {ROB2: 224, 225}
Impostor, {GL: 346}
Income see House(s) of Justice, Huqúq'u'lláh
Index, of Bahá'í Holy Writings, {ROB3: 139}
India,

{KA: K36, n61}
{ROB3: 138}
{ROB4: 177-86, 189, 304, 310, 314, 330, 385, 418, 423}
{SFWAB: 235}
Bahá'í activity in, {GPB: 302}
Bahá'ís of, {ROB4: 177-81}
conferences in, {GPB: 343}
Hazíratu'l-Quds in, {GPB: 338}
Indians, {ROB4: 178}
Punch, {ROB4: 183}
National Assembly in, {GPB: 333, 336}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Afnáns, Hindus, Bombay, Madras, Punjab

Inevitable, {TOB: 117}
Infallibility,

{KA: 14}
{ROB4: 143, 145, 149-53}
Ishráqát on, {ROB4: 149-50}
Logic, fallibility of, {SAQ: 297-98}
many meanings of, {TOB: 108}
Most Great Infallibility, 'Ismat-i-Kubrá,

{ROB1: 133}
{ROB2: 262}
{ROB3: 300}
{TOB: 105, 106, 108-9, 116, 123}
doctrine of, {GPB: 214, 219}
of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 149-50}
of God, {TOB: 110}
of Manifestation of God,

{ESW: 67}
{KA: K47, n75}
{ROB3: 300}
{TOB: 108-9}

of Word of God, {KA: K148, K183}
shields Bahá'í Faith, {TOB: 105}

of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {ROB4: 149}
of Shoghi Effendi, {ROB4: 149}
of Universal House of Justice,

{ROB4: 149, 325}
{SAQ: 172, 172n, 173}
as Centre of Covenant, see Covenant
can enact new laws, {ROB4: 216}
divinely guided, authority conferred by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: 3}

two kinds of, {SAQ: 171-74}
see also Interpretation of Sacred Text

Innocent III, Pope, {ROB3: 118}
Insight, {GL: 36, 144, 267-269, 298, 331}
Institutions,

{ROB3: 49, 124-5, 157-9, 162, 166, 319-20}
{ROB4: 193-4}
see also Bahá'í Faith, Governments

Instruction, {ROB3: 326-7}
Intercession,

{GL: 315}
{ROB4: 346}
{SAQ: 231}
Life after Death, spiritual progress through prayers, intercession, charity of others in, {SAQ: 231, 240}

Interpretation,

{ROB3: 121-2, 374-6}
'Abdu'l-Bahá,

by, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Ishráqát, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Ishráqát
of Hidden Words, see Hidden Words
of Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Holy Books (of former religions), see Manifestation(s) of God, Kitáb-i-Íqán
of Sacred Text,

{KA: K105, K167-K168, n180}
authoritative, {KA: 3, 10, 13, 145, n130, n184}
individual, forbidden, {KA: 5, K37, K105, 157, n130}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Guardianship

see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil, Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta'ih

Intestacy, {ROB3: 330}
'Iráq,

{GL: 37, 118, 124, 131, 132, 228, 229, 230, 240, 339}
{KA: K37, n63}
{PM: 52, 331}
{ROB2: 66, 67, 138, 258, 274, 303, 336}
{ROB3: 265}
{ROB4: 6, 421}
{TOB: 131, 240}
attacks on institutions in, {GPB: 356, 357}
Báb's family in, {ROB1: 154-7}
Bábís in, {ROB1: 53-5 , 61, 67-70, 144, 195, 202, 206-10, 225-6, 248, 258-62 passim}
Bahá'u'lláh's exile to and sojourn in,

{ROB1: 13, 16, 51, 53-5, 67-70, 146-7, 211, 228-9, 243-4, 246, 248, 253-4}
dissemination of Writings from, {ROB1: 28, 110}
see also Baghdád, Karbilá, Kurdistán

Hazíratu'l-Quds in, {GPB: 195, 303, 338}
messages to the king of, {GPB: 344}
Muslim Shrines in, see Muslim(s)
National Assembly in, {GPB: 333}
see also Mosul, Najaf, Tigris

Isaac, {SAQ: 213}
Isfahán,

{DBNN: 671}
{KA: n179}
{ROB1: 26, 28, 249n., 287}
{ROB2: 340}
{ROB3: 27, 254, 304, 391-2, 434-5}
{ROB4: 58, 100, 119, 174, 175, 263-5, 266, 314, 343, 345}
The Báb, in,

{DBNN: 199}
{GPB: 14}
{ROB1: 102}
{ROB4: 74, 75}
governor of Isfahán, honors the Báb, {GPB: 15, 16}
influence of the Báb on the people of, {GPB: 15}

Christians of, {ROB3: 27}
martyrdoms of King and Beloved of Martyrs at, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
prison at, {ROB4: 55}
upheavals at, {ROB4: 368}
visit of Mullá Husayn to, {DBNN: 97}

Ishmael,

{ESW: 101}
{SAQ: 13, 213}
{TOB: 215 and n.}
Sacrifice of, {GL: 75}

'Ishqábád, Ashkabad, Ashkhabad,

{ESW: 78}
{KA: n124}
{ROB1: 95, 199, 200}
{ROB2: 107, 226}
{ROB3: 303-4}
{ROB4: 30, 343, 388, 423}
Bahá'ís of,

{GPB: 195}
{ROB1: 199}
persecution, upheavals in,

{GPB: 202}
{ROB4: 343-6}

Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in, first,

{GPB: 195, 268, 296, 300, 307, 314}
{ROB4: 120-3, 423}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, on, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
A'zam, owner of land in, {ROB4: 120, 122}
Bahá'u'lláh orders land to be purchased in, see Bahá'u'lláh
description of, {GPB: 300, 301}
seized, {GPB: 360-1}
Shoghi Effendi describes importance of, see Shoghi Effendi
Ustád 'Alí-Akbar in, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Tajallíyát

Spiritual Assembly in, {GPB: 301}
two schools for boys and girls in, {GPB: 301}

Islám,

{ESW: 100}
{KA: 5, n113, n120, n128, n129, n138, n160, n180}
{ROB1: 23, 30, 43, 116, 126-8, 214-6, 333 and n.}
{ROB2: 107, 288}
{ROB3: 42, 46, 103n., 152-4, 166-7, 168, 262n., 270n., 380}
{ROB4: 43, 88, 91n., 151-2, 184}
{TOB: 163}
abrogation of laws of, {ROB4: 184}
administration of, {ROB4: 365}
and Bábí Faith, see Báb, The
and Christian Faith,

converts to Christianity from Islám, {ROB4: 264n.}
enmity between Christianity and, {SAQ: 22}

and cursing, {ROB4: 93}
call to, {GL: 101}
decline of,

and Súfism, {ROB2: 27}
rise and fall of, {SAQ: 48-54}

dissimulation allowed in, see Dissimulation
divisions within, {ROB1: 128}
downfall of, {ROB4: 98}
former Faith, {TOB: 96, 124}
Hadíth, Tradition(s),

{KA: n23, n33, n72, n129}
{ROB1: 32n., 34, 46, 48n., 59, 63, 83n., 117, 119n., 130, 152, 162, 180, 193-4, 216, 266-7, 294n.}
{ROB3: 93 and n.}
{ROB4: 39-40, 66-7, 138, 210n., 213, 387, 436}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's Interpretation of a, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
about 'Akká, see 'Akká
about The Qá'im, see Báb, The/Qá'im
by Imáms, see Clergy
Jábir, tradition of, {KI: 245}
practices and traditions, {KA: n19, n23, n33, n65, n72, n79, n85, n90, n103, n111, n174, n175}
Shí'ah,

{ROB3: 93 and n.}
Káfí, {KI: 245, 246}
Yanbú', {KI: 243}

Sirát, see Sirát('road')
spurious traditions, {SAQ: 22}

Imáms, see Clergy
Islamic Writings, {KA: n113}
knowledge of Islámic subjects, {ROB4: 374}
laws of,

{KA: n6, n15, n18, n89, n101, n161}
{ROB1: 19, 26, 57}
{ROB3: 209, 277-8}
abolished by the Báb, {GPB: 59}
Sharí'ah, {ROB3: 154}

misconceptions about, {ROB2: 21-3}
negation stands above affirmation in, {ROB4: 172}
overcome by Umayyads, {SAQ: 51-53, 69-70}
prayer of, see Prayer(s)
sects of,

{TOB: 60}
Druze,

{GPB: 222}
{ROB3: 72}
{ROB4: 418}
{SAQ: 287}

Nusayris, {SAQ: 288}
Shaykhís,

{ROB1: 169n., 221, 222, 247, 332, 333}
{ROB2: 202}
{ROB3: 253, 254}
{ROB4: 295, 439}

Shí'ah, Shí'ih,

{GL: 69}
{KA: n109, n160, n178}
{ROB1: 46, 71, 116, 128 and n., 193-4, 222n., 304}
{ROB3: 14, 38, 97-8, 260, 264, 301n., 302n., 355n.}
{ROB4: 175-6, 184, 209, 322, 341, 344, 418}
{TOB: 79, 92}
clergy, see Clergy
condition of {GL: 69}
Ismá'ílís, {ROB4: 183, 184}
orthodoxy undermined, {ROB4: 166}
Pillars, of,

{ROB1: 33, and n.}
Rukn-i-Rábi' (Fourth Pillar), {ROB1: 333}

practices, {KA: n85, n90, n103, n175}
traditions, see Traditions
see also Báb, The

Súfís,

{ROB1: 96 and n.}
{ROB2: 24-8, 57, 108, 109, 211, 296, 433n.}
{SAQ: 290-96}
al-Ghazzálí, {SVFV: xii}
Baktásh, Súfí order, {ROB2: 24}
Farídu'd-Dín-i-'Attár,

{ROB1: 96}
{SVFV: xii}

Jalálu'd-Dín Rúmí, {SVFV: xii}
Mawlavís,

{ROB2: 296-7, 433 and n.}
{ROB4: 438}

Mystics,

{GL: 317}
{ROB4: 215, 294}
{TOB: 60}

Sunní,

{ROB1: 128, 193}
{ROB3: 98, 152, 264}
{ROB4: 184, 418}
clergy, see Clergy
see also Báb, The

trials of early days of, {KI: 217-18}
women in, {ROB4: 200, 201-2}
see Manifestation(s) of God, Qur'án, Muslim(s), Prophecies

Ismá'íl, Mírzá (brother of King and Beloved of Martyrs), {ROB4: 76}
Ismá'íl, Shaykh, of Sulaymáníyyih, {ROB1: 61}
Ismá'íl, Ustád, {ROB3: 55-6, 58}
Ismá'íl-i-Azghandí, Hájí Siyyid, {ROB1: 111-12}
Ismá'íl-i-Vazír, Mírzá, {ROB1: 15}
Israel, Holy Land, 'Land of Desire', Palestine (Seir),

{GL: 13, 14, 20, 117, 173, 199, 211, 344}
{KA: K103, n114, n116, n183}
{ROB3: }
{ROB3: 1, 15-6, 29, 31, 56, 152, 154, 164, 172, 214-15, 217, 223, 447-8}
{ROB4: 9, 25, 115, 254-5, 304, 359, 394, 408, 418, 421}
{SFWAB: 96, 171, 220}
agitation in, {ROB4: 146}
Children of, {ROB4: 47, 211, 268}
Civilization of, {SAQ: 14}
Faith attacked in, {GPB: 355, 356}
four faiths in Palestine, {GPB: 375}
Jews will assemble in, {SAQ: 65-66}
Israelites, {SAQ: 14, 16}
liberated from Turkish yoke, {GPB: 304, 306}
pilgrims arriving in, without permission, {ROB4: 83-4, 86-7}
prestige of Faith in, {ROB4: 239-41}
prophecies about,

{GPB: 183, 184}
fulfilled, {SFWAB: 235}

Prophets of, see Manifestation(s) of God
reason for chastisement of, 18-19, 137-38, 139
Templers come to, see Haifa
to many religions, {GPB: 183}
see also 'Akká, Galilee, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Jew(s)

Italy,

{ROB3: 118}
King of, see Victor Emmanuel I
see also Rome, Vatican

Jacob,

{KA: n1}
{ROB4: 389}
{SAQ: 13, 168-69}

Jaddih (Jidda), {ROB4: 25, 446}
Jáf, tribe of, {ROB3: 64}
Ja'far, Mírzá, {ROB4: 1n.}
Ja'far, Mullá, of Naráq, {ROB1: 56}
Ja'far Gandum-Pák-Kun, Mullá Muhammad (the Sifter of Wheat),

{DBNN: 99, 421}
{ESW: 19}
{KA: K166, 164, n179}
{ROB4: 433}

Ja'far-i-Kirmání, Mullá, {ROB4: 399}
Ja'far-i-Tabrízí, Hájí,

{ROB2: 406-7, 415}
{ROB3: 36n.}

Ja'far-i-Yazdí, Mírzá,

{ROB1: 289-91, 331}
{ROB4: 244-6}

Ja'far-i-Yazdí, Siyyid, {ROB1: 137-42, 331}
Ja'far-Qulí Khán-i-Námdár, {DBNN: 254, 279, 391, 394}
Jamálu'd-Din-i-Afghání, Siyyid (founder of Pan-Islámic movement),

{ROB4: 341, 401-2}
{TOB: 94-5}

Jamshíd-i-Gurjí, {ROB2: 328, 409}
Jání, Hájí Mírzá, of Káshán, Hájí Mírzá Jáníy-i-Káshání, Parpá,

{DBNN: 217, 368, 436}
{ROB2: 110 and n., 137}
The Báb's three days at the home of, in Káshán, {DBNN: 219}

Japan,

{GPB: 286, 303, 388}
{SFWAB: 101}

Java, {ROB4: 183}
Javád-i-Kirmaní, Hájí, Siyyid, {DBNN: 180, 593}
Javáhirí, Mr, {ROB4: illus. 292; 291}
Javán-Mard, Ustád (Shír-Mard), {ROB3: 272}
Jealousy, Covetousness, Envy,

{GL: 169, 323}
{ROB3: 358}
{SFWAB: 163}
{TOB: 71}
see also Materialism

Jessup, Dr. Henry H., makes public mention of Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 256}
Jew(s), Jewish Faith, Judaism, Hebrew(s),

{GL: 22, 23, 57, 173}
{GPB: 228, 230}
{KA: n1, n65, n111, n180}
{PM: 217}
{ROB1: 57, 107, 182, 214}
{ROB3: 15, 41, 43, 98, 155, 167-72, 242, 252, 260, 262-8, 273, 277, 375}
{ROB4: 46, 155, 254. 263, 264n., 267, 418}
and martyrs of Yazd, {ROB4: 347-8}
at time of Christ,

{ROB4: 56-7, 97, 228, 325}
condemned Jesus, {TOB: 206, 214}
opposition of, to Jesus, {KI: 18}

Bahá'ís of Jewish descent, see Bahá'í(s)
become Bahá'ís, {GPB: 195}
belief of, that Hand of God chained up, {KI: 136}
call to, {GL: 101}
Christ rejected by, rejection of Christ,

{SAQ: 111, 117}
{SFWAB: 44-6, 173}
because turned to horizon of Moses, {SAQ: 77}
forgot Covenant, {SFWAB: 207}

contribute to Temple, {GPB: 350}
deterioration of, {GPB: 230}
follow law, not reason, {SAQ: 266}
Jewish history not all-inclusive, {SFWAB: 55}
Messiah,

{ROB3: 28, 31}
Jews still expecting, {GL: 20}

Muhammad protected, {SAQ: 21}
mourn death of Bahá'u'lláh and of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 222, 313}
opposition of, to Muhammad, {KI: 135-38}
persecution of,

{TOB: 170}
'Abdu'l-Bahá predicts their persecution, {GPB: 282}

return to Palestine predicted, {GPB: 305, 315}
Sabbath, penalty for breaking, {SAQ: 96}
will assemble in Israel, see Isreal
see also Moses, Prophecies, Torah

Job,

{ROB1: 267}
{SFWAB: 171-2}
example of detachment, {ROB1: 270-71}
New and Old Testaments, {SFWAB: 223}
story of suffering of, {ROB1: 270-71}
see also Súriy-i-Sabr

Jordan, Dr. David Starr, {GPB: 289, 316}
Jordan,

{GL: 173}
{TOB: 11}
Jordan River, {GPB: 242}
prophecies about, {GL: 117}

Josephus,

{ROB4: 265}
{SFWAB: 55}

Jowett, Prof., pays tribute to the Faith, {GPB: 316, 391}
Judas Iscariot, {SFWAB: 163, 212}
Júk, {GL: 174}
Julfá, {ROB3: 27}
Justice,

{ESW: 9, 10, 11, 13, 28, 30, 32, 36, 37, 40, 53, 54, 60, 61-62, 65, 70, 79, 81-82, 84, 93, 104, 111, 120, 131, 135, 139, 148, 152, 153, 161, 174}
{GL: 81, 92, 98, 124, 128, 175, 204, 218, 219, 222, 230, 232-237, 242, 247, 250, 251, 254, 278, 285, 305, 306, 342}
{ROB2: ch. 15 passim, 340}
{ROB3: 156, 158, 184, 220, 264, 296-7, 311, 319}
{ROB4: 34, 97, 155, 173, 175, 199, 216, 222, 226, 229, 268, 350, 370, 375, 383, 389, 410}
{SAQ: 232, 266}
{SFWAB: 158, 287, 304}
{TOB: 42, 43, 57, 65, 78, 84, 120, 130, 132, 134, 157, 164-5, 166, 170, 215-16}
'Abdu'l-Bahá helps people receive, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
appearance on earth, {KA: K158}
army of, {TOB: 139}
best beloved thing, {TOB: 36-7, 43}
cord of inviolable, {TOB: 62}
Day of, {SFWAB: 179}
exhortations to observe, {KA: K26, K52, K60, K88, K134, K167, K187}
For murderers of a Bahá'í, {ROB4: 344}
God's forgiveness outweighs His, see God
House of Justice, see Bahá'í Faith
Importance of, {GPB: 218}
in Bahá'í laws, {KA: K56, K63, K70, K72, n86, n89}
Injustice,

{ESW: 102, 106, 108, 169}
{GL: 125, 130, 204, 216, 221, 230, 250, 251, 342}

judge fairly, {TOB: 76}
light of, {TOB: 124, 164, 170, 257}
Man's need for, {ROB4: 318}
No one can be a human being without, {ROB4: 318}
noble fruit, {TOB: 67}
Of Hands of the Cause, see Hands of the Cause of God
purpose of, {TOB: 67}
rulers who administer, {TOB: 139}
soiled with dust, {TOB: 137}
tormented by injustice, {TOB: 39}
traineth world, {TOB: 27, 128-9}
Upheld by reward and punishment,

{KA: 91}
{ROB4: 159}
{TOB: 27, 66, 126, 129, 164}
see also Punishment(s)

see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Maqsúd, House(s) of Justice

Kaaba (Ka'bih),

{GL: 16}
{ROB4: 357, 358, 360, 380, 411, 433}
{TOB: 4}

Ka'b-ibn-i-Ashraf, {GL: 25}
Kabrí, springs of, {ROB3: 23, 25}
Kamál Páshá,

{ROB2: 3, 56}
{ROB4: 434, 437}
visits Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 159}

Kangávar, arrival of the believers and their meeting with Mullá Husayn, {DBNN: 159}
Karbilá,

{DBNN: 2, 17, 32, 268, 582}
{GL: 89}
{ROB1: 142, 154, 156n., 157, 221, 222, 224}
{ROB2: 171, 202, 212}
{ROB3: 88, 254}
{ROB4: 100, 349, 429}
Bahá'u'lláh in,

{ROB1: 223-4}
{ROB2: 24, 207, 247}
incidents related by, {DBNN: 582, 586, 591, 593, 596}

Sultán, Shaykh, {ROB1: 67 and n., 220, 253}

Karbilá'í 'Abdul-Bagí, death of his five sons, {DBNN: 561}
Káshán,

{DBNN: 8, 101, 217, 223}
{ROB1: 24, 56, 283}
{ROB2: 33, 109, 137}
{ROB3: 268, 269}
{ROB4: 247, 439}

Kashmir, {ROB4: 183}
Kasrá, {ROB3: 72}
Katurah,

{GPB: 94}
{ROB1: 7}

Kay-Khusraw-i-Khudádád, {ROB3: 269, 272}
Kázim Khán-i-Qarachih-Dághí, {ROB3: 188-191}
Kázim, Mullá, {ROB4: 384-6}
Kázim, Ustád, of Yazd,

{ROB3: 303}
{ROB4: 245}

Kázimayn, {ROB1: 94, 156n.}
Kázim-i-Rashtí, Siyyid,

{DBNN: 10}
{KA: n182}
{ROB1: 169 and n., 191n., 204-5, 221, 332}
{ROB2: 171, 202}
{ROB3: 254}
mission of, {DBNN: 19}
his allusion to the promised one, {DBNN: 24}
visit to the Báb, {DBNN: 26}
Báb attends his class, {DBNN: 27}
his death, {DBNN: 45}

Kazim-i-Zanjání, Siyyid, accompanies Báb to Isfahán, {GPB: 13}
Kemball, Col. Sir Arnold Burrows

corresponds with Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 131}
offers Bahá'u'lláh protection, {GPB: 131}

Kent, Duchess of, {GPB: 344, 388}
Khájih, fort of, {ROB1: 264, 265, 268}
Khálidíyyih Order, {GPB: 122, 129}
Khalíl-i-Tabrízí, Áqá, {ROB4: 266, 268}
Khán-i-Mahallátí, Áqá, {ROB4: 183}
Khartúm, {ROB4: 23, 24, 25}
Khávar, Hájí, {ROB4: 336}
Khayrulláh (Kheiralla), Dr. Ibráhím George

ambition of, {GPB: 259}
becomes Covenant-breaker, {GPB: 259, 260, 319}
receives tablet from Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 256}
teaches the Faith, {GPB: 256, 257}
titles by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 275}

Khayyát-Báshíy-í-Káshání, {ROB2: 59}
Khedive, receives 'Abdu'l-Bahá in palace, {GPB: 292}
Khudábakhsh, Master, {ROB3: 273}
Khurásán, province of, 'Land of Khá',

{DBNN: 10, 254, 267, 268, 286, 296, 671}
{KA: 15, K94, 164, n124}
{ROB2: 129, 388}
{ROB3: 27, 57, 58n., 62n., 121, 159, 177, 184, 252, 266}
{ROB4: 100, 209, 210n., 254, 294, 343}
first believers of, {DBNN: 125}
governor of,

{ROB3: 266}
Muhammad-Taqí Mírzá, Prince (The Ruknid-Dawlih), {ROB2: 131}

Shahmírzád, {ROB4: 294}

Khusraw-i-Qádí-Kalá'í; a notorious scoundrel, {DBNN: 339, 342}
Khuy, {ROB4: 439}
Kinár-Gird, Fortress of, {DBNN: 225}
Kindness, Kindliness,

{ESW: 15, 26, 93}
{GL: 8, 33, 279, 289, 299, 315, 334}
{KA: K61, Q106, n85}
{SFWAB: 3, 244-5}
{TOB: 90}
cannot be shown criminals, {SFWAB: 158}
Tenderness, {KA: K126, K184, 92}
to animals, {SFWAB: 158-60}

Kingdom(s),

{KA: K1, K79, K83, K84}
language of, {KA: K177}
of

existence, {ROB1: 1-3, 58}
Names, see Terms in Holy Writings

see also God/essence and attributes, God/Kingdom of, Abhá Kingdom, Revelation, Creation, Animal(s), Mineral kingdom, Vegetable kingdom

Kirmán, 'Land of Káf and Rá',

{KA: 15, K164, 164, n176, n177}
{ROB1: 92, 332, 333}
{ROB3: 384}
{ROB4: 399, 400}

Kirmánsháh,

{DBNN: 13, 272, 587, 671}
{ROB1: 226, 246-7}
{ROB4: 259}

Knoblock, Alma, {GPB: 261}
Knowledge, Comprehension, Intelligence, Learning,

{ESW: 3, 26, 27, 32, 37, 48, 71, 80, 83, 98, 107, 111, 119, 129, 131, 140, 141, 150, 175}
{GPB: 218}
{KA: K138, n130, n194, 163, 164}
{ROB1: 20, 31, 43, 60, 126, 216-18}
{ROB2: 33, 145, 264-5}
{ROB3: 94-7, 137, 146, 163-4, 171, 325, 327, 333, 336, 434}
{ROB4: 212, 213, 236, 274-5, 342, 434}
{SAQ: 3-4, 9, 108, 137, 236}
{SFWAB: 58, 108}
{TOB: 39, 67, 68, 78, 96, 144-52, 212, 256}

acme of, {KI: 146}
acquisition of,

{KA: K48, K77, n76, n110}
see also Education

antidote, {TOB: 256}
armour of, {TOB: 139}
as divine bestowal, {KI: 46, 184}
as most grievous of veils, {KI: 187-88, 214}
as one point, {KI: 184}
Bahá'u'lláh's,

{ROB1: 18, 20}
receives from God, {TOB: 148-9}

barrier to recognition of Manifestation of God, {KA: K41, K102, K166-K168, K170, n64, n171, n182}
beginning of, {TOB: 151}
chalice of, {TOB: 34, 79}
cities of, {TOB: 115}
difference of condition is obstacle to, {SAQ: 221}
Divine,

{KA: K99, K101, K176-K177, K180, n128}
{TOB: 23, 43, 47, 110}
human and divine, {KI: 145-46}

Esoteric knowledge, {KA: K36, 164, n60}
everyone must acquire, {TOB: 39, 51}
fear of God is essence of, {TOB: 155}
four methods of acquiring, {SAQ: 297-99}
gift, {TOB: 39, 66}
glory lies in, {TOB: 68}
God is essence of, {TOB: 245}
greatest blessing, {TOB: 66}
Greece was Seat of, {TOB: 149}
Hidden knowledge, {KA: K29, n48}
hosts of, {TOB: 59, 76-7}
inner, {SFWAB: 122}
Invention, Discoveries,

human mind has power of, {SFWAB: 194}
of various ages, {TOB: 150}
power of, {SAQ: 144, 186}
spirit unravels secrets, {SFWAB: 169-70}

justice gives, {TOB: 37}
love of God essential to, {SFWAB: 181}
luminary of, in every land, {TOB: 150}
men of (learned), {TOB: 10, 62, 96-7, 138, 144, 150, 171, 172, 221, 235-6}
Mind,

{KA: K122, n144, n170}
'First Mind', First Will, Primal Will,

{ROB4: 44}
{SAQ: 203}

has no outward existence, {SAQ: 263}
is power of human spirit, {SAQ: 209}
limitation of, {GL: 4, 62, 77, 151, 164, 165, 317, 318}
Rational faculty, {GL: 164, 165, 194}
Reason,

fallibility of, {SAQ: 297-98}
power of, {KA: K119, n130, n144, n170}

not confined to words, {TOB: 62}
Object of, {GL: 5, 84, 85, 177, 199, 204, 264, 291}
ocean of, {TOB: 47, 53, 106, 169, 207, 245, 252}
of believers, {GL: 70, 84, 170, 263, 267-269, 314, 331}
of God, see God
of Past, {TOB: 102, 149}
of self,

{GL: 178, 186, 205, 287, 326-327}
self-Knowledge, {TOB: 35, 72, 156}
see also Self

preparation for, {GL: 262, 264-269, 326}
Prophets source of, {TOB: 144-5}
purpose, {KA: K102, 163}
robe of, rent asunder, {TOB: 137}
rose garden of, {TOB: 106}
sea of, {TOB: 34}
seventy meanings of, {KI: 255}
shallow, {TOB: 75}
showers of, {TOB: 85}
Source of,

{GL: 5, 84, 85, 142, 144, 157, 161, 176, 177, 199, 204, 217, 262-264, 312, 314, 331}
{TOB: 129, 156}

Spiritual Assemblies are lights of, see House of Justice
standard of, {TOB: 50}
stream of, {TOB: 176}
treasure, {TOB: 52}
tree of, {TOB: 127, 174}
true knowledge,

{ROB1: 43-4, 98-9, 172-3, 186, 217-18}
{TOB: 35, 57, 62, 105, 107, 166, 167}

true learning, {ESW: 83, 119, 129}
trumpet blast of, {KI: 196}
twenty-seven letters of, {KI: 243-44}
two kinds of,

{KI: 46, 69}
{SAQ: 83-84, 157-59}

Understanding,

{GL: 132, 194}
{ROB4: 66, 212-13, 257, 274, 319}
{TOB: 41, 106, 132, 155-6, 166, 170}
and consultation, {KA: n52}
and recognition, {KA: 14, K140, Q106}
of individuals and interpretation, {KA: K167, n130, n180}
the Law(s) of God, {KA: 2}
see also Prayer(s), Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'í(s), Capacity, Man, Manifestation(s) of God, Recognition, Vision

unfolded from Point, {TOB: 102}
useful, {TOB: 169}
wings to man's life, {TOB: 51}
Wisdom

{ESW: 15, 55, 71, 99, 104}
{ROB3: 115, 157, 279-80}
{ROB4: 319-23}
Divine, {KA: K45, K53, K68, K97, K182}
in laws and teachings, {KA: K29, K33, n86, n89}
related to coming maturity of mankind, {KA: n194}
required in availing oneself of exemptions, {KA: n20}
required in observing laws of God, {KA: 6}
see also Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Hikmat, Unpublished or Untranslated Works, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í Faith, Manifestation(s) of God

see also Education, Thoughts

Komaroff, General, {ROB4: 344}
Krupatkin, General, {ROB4: 122}
Kulayn, village of, {DBNN: 226}
Kumayl, tradition of, {GL: 178}
Kurd, {ROB3: 65, 75}
Kurdistán,

{ROB1: 25, 67, 84}
{ROB2: 2, 25}
{ROB3: 206}
{ROB4: 6}
Sar-Galú, {ROB1: 60}
Sulaymáníyyih,

{ROB1: 61, 67, 96, 104, 293}
{ROB2: 25}
{ROB4: 115}
Bahá'u'lláh's retirement to,

{GPB: 112, , 119-127, 120-127, 293}
{ROB1: 16, 40, 53, 55, 57, 60-4 passim, 248, 249}
Darvish Muhammad-i-Írání (assumed name of Bahá'u'lláh),

{GPB: 120}
{ROB1: 67}

great sorrow before His withdrawal, {GPB: 117-119}
magnetized by love of Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 124}
reason for, {KI: 250-51}
see also Baghdád

clergy of, {ROB1: 62}

Laddakh, {ROB4: 183}
Lahore, {ROB4: 183}
Lamington, Lord, pays tribute to the Faith,

{GPB: 317}
visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 307}

Language(s), Tongues,

{PM: 252}
{ROB3: 3, 171, 283, 349-50}
{ROB4: 194, 354, 374}
{TOB: 22, 68, 89, 127, 166}
Arabic,

{GL: 173, 298}
{KA: vii, viii, n28, n172}
{ROB1: 19, 26, 34n., 48, 62, 215}
{ROB3: 8, 10, 18, 30 and n., 47n., 89, 110, 116, 118, 123, 171, 223, 226, 258, 262, 270 and n., 275, 349}
{ROB4: 47, 160, 265, 314n., 349n., 418}
{TOB: 49, 122, 164}
Abjad notation,

{KA: n28, n50, n122, n172, 252}
{ROB3: 30 and n.}

and Bahá'u'lláh,

His mastery of {KA: 9}
of Kitáb-i-Aqdas,

{KA: 9, 10}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas

used by, {ROB1: 22, 60, 62}

Bayán, identified, {KA: 252}
Encyclopaedia, Arabic, {ROB4: 401}
translation of specific terms, {KA: n3, n22, n32, n33, n36, n46, n48, n66, n74, n134, n181, n188}

diversity of, {GL: 173}
Education, {KA: 161}
Esperanto,

{ROB4: 437}
{SFWAB: 308}
Esperantists,

addressed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 287}
Teaching (of Cause of God), {SFWAB: 308}

translations into, {GPB: 382, 383}
Universal Esperanto Congress, {GPB: 342}

Farsi (Persian),

{ROB3: 40}
{TOB: 49, 122 and n.}
Pure Persian, {ROB3: 270 and n., 272}
used by Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB1: 22-3, 26, 48, 63, 64}
{ROB3: 349}

see also Báb, The/Bayán

learned for teaching Cause, {KA: K118, 161}
of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh
of mystery, {ROB3: 30, 135, 223}
Records before Adam, see Adam
Syriac, {GL: 173}
Universal Auxiliary Language, Universal Language, International Auxiliary Language, Common Script,

{ESW: 138}
{GL: 249}
{KA: 15, K189, 163, n193-n194}
{ROB2: 3-4}
{ROB3: 157}
{ROB4: 162, 215, 341}
{SFWAB: 32, 301}
{TOB: 22, 68, 89, 127, 165-6}
God would be pleased if Arabic chosen, see Nafahát-i-Quds
see also: Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh - Bishárát, Ishráqát; Bahá'í Faith/House of Justice

Lateran, Treaty of, {ROB3: 118}
Law(s), Decrees, Ordinances,

{ROB4: 116-17, 157, 184, 212, 215-16, 257, 287, 421, 423, 433}
{TOB: 28, 94, 132, 206, 262, 267}
application of, {ROB4: 321}
civil, {KA: 6}
divine, {SAQ: 59-60}
human, {GL: 122, 123, 124}
Islám,

abrogation of laws of, see Islám
laws of, Sharí'ah, see Islám
laws of the Qur'án, see Qur'án

obedience to, see Obedience
of The Báb,

'Abdu'l-Bahá, on laws of Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, see Báb, The
see also Báb, The

of Bahá'í Faith,

Most Great, {ROB3: 148}
of Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
see also Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Bahá'í Faith

of creation, see Creation
of God, see God
of nature, physical, see Nature

parallels between spiritual and physical, {ROB3: 286-8, 296, 310, 378}

publication of, {ROB4: 299-300}
Religion and, see Religion

Lebanon,

{ROB3: 16, 22}
{ROB4: 355}
see also Beirut, Sidon

Leprosy,

{GL: 86}
{ROB3: 244}

Letters of the Living (Hurúf-i-Hayy),

{GPB: 5, 7, 8, 38}
{KI: 223}
{ROB1: 60 and n., 93, 128n., 153
{ROB2: 144, 145-6, 171, 182, 245}
{ROB3: 88, 255}
{ROB4: 209-10}
The Báb's

charge to, summarized, {GPB: 8}
farewell address to, {DBNN: 92}
instruction to, {DBNN: 123}
Tablets to, {DBNN: xxi}

Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to, see Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
enrollment of, {GPB: 7}
First Váhid (Unity) of the Dispensation of the Bayán, {GPB: 8}
martyred, {GPB: 38, 50}
tributes to, {GPB: 7, 8}

Names of, {DBNN: 80, 82}
1. Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú'í (Bábu'l-Báb, First Letter of the Living),

{DBNN: 47, 48}
{ROB1: 150, 191 and n., 280, 302n.}
{ROB2: 15, 129, 146, 203, 211, 255-6, 386, 388}
{ROB3: 59, 254-5, 257}
{ROB4: 208-10, 437}
{TOB: 184 and n., 185}
and The Báb,

directs Mullá Husayn to "Mystery" in Shíráz, {GPB: 28}
directs Mullá Husayn to Tihrán, {GPB: 28}
eulogized by The Báb, {GPB: 50}
effect of The Báb's declaration upon, {GPB: 6}
first interview with The Báb, {GPB: 5}
first to recognize The Báb, {TOB: 184-5}
his letter to The Báb, {DBNN: 126}
interview with The Báb in Shíráz, {DBNN: 52}
Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}
The Báb farewell to,

{DBNN: 260}
parting words to, {DBNN: 96, 97, 123}

The Báb words to, {DBNN: 258}
travels on foot to Máh-Kú to visit The Báb,

{GPB: 19}
arrival at Máh-Kú, {DBNN: 256}

and Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB4: 209}
interviews Mullá Husayn, {GPB: 68}

arrival at Mashhad, {DBNN: 267}
attack by the people of Bárfurúsh, {DBNN: 329}
dismissal of, {DBNN: 85}
exalted station of, {KI: 223}
First Letter of the Living, {GPB: 38}
death of,

{DBNN: 381}
{GPB: 41, 50}
last day of his life, {GPB: 40}
last moments of, {DBNN: 379}
reference to his burial and achievements, {DBNN: 382, 386}

departure for Khurásán, {DBNN: 170}
departure for Mashhad and pilgrimage to Máh-Kú, {DBNN: 254}
heroism and physical exploits, {GPB: 40}
hoists Black Standard, prophesied by Muhammad, see Terms in Holy Writings
repulse by, {DBNN: 330, 338, 363, 378}
sincerity of, {GPB: 39}
sword of, {GPB: 347}
visit to Tihrán, {DBNN: 255}

2. Muhammad Hasan-i-Bushrú'í (Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú'í's Brother)

The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

3. Muhammad-Báqir-i-Bushrú'í (Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú'í's Nephew)

{DBNN: 287}
The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

4. Mullá 'Alíy-i-Bastámí,

{KA: n178}
{ROB1: 222-3}
{ROB4: 209}
arrival with companions in Shíráz, {DBNN: 66, 87}
imprisoned and tortured, {GPB: 10}
suffering of, {DBNN: 89}
The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

5. Mullá Khudá-Bakhsh-i-Quchání (later named Mullá 'Ali)

The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

6. Mullá Hasan-i-Bajistání, {ROB2: 145}

The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

7. Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdí; 'Azíz,

{DBNN: 192, 193, 212, 219, 227, 243}
{ROB3: 196}
{ROB4: 439}
account of his life and martyrdom,

{DBNN: 257, 507, 508, 513}
{GPB: 77}

in Tihrán, {DBNN: 629}
The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

8. Mírzá Muhammad Rawdih-Khán-i-Yazdí

The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

9. Shaykh Sa'íd-i-Hindí

The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

10. Mullá Mahmúd-i-Khú'í

The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

11. Mullá Jalíl-i-Urúmí,

{ROB2: 245}
The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

12. Mullá Ahmad-i-Ibdal-i-Marághi'í

The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

13. Mullá Báqir-i-Tabrízí (embraced the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh),

{DBNN: 368, 505}
{ROB2: 146}
{ROB4: 439}
The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

14. Mullá Yusif-i-Ardibílí,

{DBNN: 187, 367, 399, 404 (footnote #38), 418, 424}
The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

15. Mírzá Hádí-i-Qazvíní, see Tablet to Mírzá Hádí-i-Qazvíní
16. Mírzá Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Qazvíní (Muhammad-i 'Alíy-i-Qazvíní)

{DBNN: 273, 290}
The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}

17. Fátimih Umm-Salamih / Umm-i-Salamih, Táhirih (the Pure One), Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Solace of the Eyes), Zarrín-Táji (Crown of Gold), Zakíyyih (Virtuous)

{DBNN: 81}
{GPB: 7, 32, 240}
{ROB1: 68, 128 and n., 207}
{ROB2: 71, 171-8, 180, 204}
{ROB3: 266, 267}
{ROB4: 16}
activities in Karbilá, {DBNN: 270}
activities in Baghdád, {DBNN: 271}
appears unveiled, {GPB: 32}
conference with deputies of Grand Vizir, {GPB: 74}
confinement in Qazvín, {DBNN: 273}
confounds notables, {GPB: 73}
fame spreads abroad, {GPB: 75, 76}
family,

background, {GPB: 72, 73}
Hájí-Mullá Salih, father of, {DBNN: 273}
Mullá Muhammad, husband of (son of Mullá Taqí), {DBNN: 113, 116, 117, 273, 275}
Mullá Taqí, uncle of,

{DBNN: 273, 276, 277, 278}
'Abdu'lláh-Mullá, a native of Shíráz, recounts the murder of Mullá Taqí, {DBNN: 276}

her attitude to the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, {DBNN: 285, 286, 287}
her deliverance by Bahá'u'lláh, {DBNN: 284}
martyred, {GPB: 66, 75}
name given by Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 32}
regarded as a prodigy, {GPB: 73}
removal to Tihrán, {DBNN: 284}
response to appeal of Báb, {DBNN: 269}
society flocked to her doors, {GPB: 74}
station of, {GPB: 75}
stay in Kirmánsháh, {DBNN: 272}
translated the Bayán, {GPB: 23}
the Súrih of Joseph, {GPB: 74}
tributes to, {GPB: 76}
The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}
the trumpet-blast, the Bugle, {GPB: 33}

18. Hájí Mullá Muhammad 'Alíy-i-Bárfurúshí, Jináb-i-Quddús, Ismu'llahu'l-Ákhar, Ismu'lláhi'l-Ákhir

{GPB: 31, 40, 68}
{ROB1: 60, 68, 150, 208}
{ROB2: 71, 180, 211}
{ROB3: 255 and n.}
{SAQ: 54 and n}
arrival in Shíráz, {DBNN: 69}
arrival at Fort of Shaykh Tabarsí, {DBNN: 352, 355}
assists at last moments of Mullá Husayn, {DBNN: 381}
Bábís turn to, {ROB4: 210}
chained and led through the street, {GPB: 42}
companions killed or sold as slaves, {GPB: 41-42}
departure for Mázindarán, {DBNN: 290}
delivers Bab's epistle to Sherif of Mecca, {GPB: 9}
incarceration of, {DBNN: 351}
injury sustained by, {DBNN: 367}
instruction to Mullá Husayn, {DBNN: 265}
last letter enrolled, {GPB: 7, 32}
martyrdom of,

{DBNN: 410}
death more agonizing than Christ's, {GPB: 49}

meeting with Bahá'u'lláh in Sháh-Rúd, {DBNN: 292}
meeting with Sadiq-i-Khurásání, {DBNN: 145}
promise of the Báb to, {GPB: 28}
publicly tortured, {GPB: 11}
ring of, {GPB: 247}
The Báb's Tablet to, {DBNN: xxi}
titles of, {GPB: 49}
upheaval at Mázindarán, {GPB: 38-42}
visit from Mullá Husayn in Bárfurúsh, {DBNN: 261}
visits Báb's maternal uncle in Shíráz, {DBNN: 143}
visits Kirmán, Tihrán, and Mázindarán, {DBNN: 179, 180, 182, 183}
see also Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand

see also Báb, The

Locusts, {ROB4: 29-30}
London,

{ROB1: 120, 216}
{ROB3: 123, 168n., 172}
'Abdu'l-Bahá,

breakfasts with Lord Mayor of, {GPB: 284, 292}
eats workman's food, {GPB: 291}
Theosophical Society, addressed by, {GPB: 287}
visits, {GPB: 283, 284}

Lot, {SAQ: 12}
Louis XIV, {ROB3: 113}
Love,

{KA: K4, K15, K36, K132, n23}
{ROB1: 2, 79, 96-7, 102-3, 187}
{ROB2: 37, 84}
{ROB4: 161, 308, 339, 375}
{SFWAB: 27-8, 66, 69, 197–8, 245}
{TOB: 73, 74, 110, 138, 174}
among believers, among Bahá'ís,

{ROB4: 317}
{SFWAB: 65-6, 246}
see also Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'í(s)

and marriage, {KA: K65}
doors of, {TOB: 87}
essence of, {TOB: 155}
fire of, {TOB: 88}
is light, {SFWAB: 3, 27}
limpid stream, {TOB: 138}
Loving-kindness, {ROB3: 335}
mirror, {TOB: 173}
of Bahá'u'lláh,

His love of nature, see Bahá'u'lláh
see also Bahá'u'lláh

of country,

{ROB4: 340}
{TOB: 87, 138, 167}

of mankind, human,

{KA: n134}
{TOB: 138}

of world, {TOB: 87-8, 127-8, 167}
prime cause of creation, see Creation
principles of Bahá'í Faith revolve around love and unity, see Bahá'í Faith
wine of, {SFWAB: 121}
see also God, Hidden Words, The, Kitáb-i-Íqán, Seven Valleys, The, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Unity, Bahá'í(s)

Luqmán, {ROB4: 436}
Lutf-'Alí, Mírzá, {ROB1: 330}
Lying, {SAQ: 265}

is most odious attribute, {SAQ: 215-16}
see also Physicians

Madras, {ROB4: 181}
Magnetism, {SFWAB: 198}
Máh-Kú (Mákú), Castle of,

{ROB1: 56, 300}
{ROB3: 196-7}
{ROB4: 222, 329, 439}
The Báb,

banishment to, {ROB4: 222}
imprisonment in,

{DBNN: 30, 183, 243, 244, 250}
{GPB: 16-19}

incident in the life of, at, {DBNN: 252, 256}
see also Prayer(s)

see also Letters of the Living

Mahmúd, Áqá Mírzá, {ROB1: 288-9}
Mahmúd-i-Káshání, Mírzá,

{ROB1: 319}
{ROB2: 404}

Mahmúd-i-Qamsarí, Mírzá, {DBNN: 8}
Mahmúd-i-Zarqání, Mírzá,

{ROB4: 146, 285, 310}
Badáyi'u'l-Áthár, diaries of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West, {ROB3: 82-4}

Mahrám, Mírzá, {ROB4: 184}
Majzub, Nusratu'lláh, {ROB4: 446}
Malaya, {ROB4: 183}
Malice, {ESW: 96}
Man, Mankind, Humanity, Human Race, People, Peoples of the World,

{ROB3: 45, 77-8, 124, 125ff., 128-30, 131, 137, 138, 161, 199, 233-4, 264, 273-4, 280, 290, 309-10, 312, 315, 327, 328, 347, 377, 380, 420}
{ROB4: 137-9, 173, 214-15, 235}
{SAQ: 5-6, 235-37}
{SFWAB: 61-2, 69, 191-2}
{TOB: 76, 86, 87, 163-78}

And God,

{ROB2: 16, 31, 36, 43-4, 79, 81, 94-6, 186, 217, 219, 233, 310, 418}
{ROB4: 48, 65, 139-40, 150, 157, 287}
acceptance by God, {PM: 67, 76, 123, 125}
and Cause of God, {ROB2: 263}
and laws of God,

{KA: 6, 15, 16, K1, K3, K7, K99, K124-K125, K148, K186}
obedience to God's laws, {TOB: 89, 109, 130, 166, 167, 188, 189}

assistance (service) to God, {TOB: 113, 196, 234}
atheists, see Atheist
Attributes of God,

Man can potentially reveal all attributes of God, {KI: 101}
Man manifests attributes of God, {PM: 324, 326}
Man reflects attributes of God, {GL: 65, 74, 77, 159, 177, 262, 322}

Barrier between God and man, {ROB4: 287}
Belief in God, recognition of,

{GL: 86, 105, 141, 143, 148, 200, 324, 338}
{ROB4: 27-8, 46}
{TOB: 50, 51, 181-3, 184, 187, 268}
domain is hearts of men, {TOB: 221}
hearts subdued, {TOB: 264}
loved by Believers, {TOB: 172, 176}
mankind summoned to, {TOB: 44, 115, 123}
true lovers, {TOB: 48}
yearning, {TOB: 59}
worship, {TOB: 53}

Capacity to understand God, see Capacity
Dependence upon God,

{ESW: 3, 5, 76, 99, 114}
man dependent upon, {SAQ: 248-50}

Faces toward God, {TOB: 49, 111, 137, 263-4}
Fear of God,

{ESW: 2, 24, 26, 27, 38, 122}
{GL: 38, 98, 104, 126, 128, 272, 275, 277, 291, 314, 323, 346}
{KA: K64, K73, K88, K120, K151, K167, K184}
{PM: 188}
{ROB2: 94-6}
{ROB3: 356}
{ROB4: 214, 237, 262, 288, 376, 382}
{TOB: 63, 93, 120-1, 126, 155, 196, 219, 222, 245}
see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih

Forgiveness of, by God,

{KA: K49, Q11, n37, n58}
{ROB2: 401}
{ROB3: 201, 229, 353-4}
{ROB4: 85-6}
{TOB: 24-5, 77, 95-6, 176, 208}
Forgiver, {GL: 36, 105, 130, 204}
of Mírzá Yahyá, should he turn to God, see Yahyá, Mírzá
of one who claims Revelation ere one thousand years, should he repent, {KA: K37}
see also Sin

Goal of believers, {PM: 89, 102, 267, 270}
God protects from harm, {GL: 76, 96, 233}
in Day of God, {GL: 263}
knowledge of God, by man

all knowledge is from God, {PM: 92, 149, 222}
foundation of salvation, {SAQ: 238}
God incomprehensible to, {SAQ: 146-49}
greatest glory of human world, {SAQ: 300}
Knowledge of God not dependent on schooling,

{ROB3: 94}
see also God/Word of

only through Manifestations, {SAQ: 147-48, 222}
unknowable, {SAQ: 146-49, 220-22}

leaders of man, believed in God, {TOB: 144}
longing for God, {PM: 70, 102, 243}
Man is image of, God's image, {SFWAB: 140}
Nearness to God,

{PM: 7, 13, 24, 29, 30, 34, 37, 58, 59, 73, 76, 78, 82, 88, 102, 107, 112, 116, 118, 122, 124, 139, 145, 158, 161, 164, 174, 176, 192, 201, 211, 219, 221, 241, 254, 258, 259, 288, 299, 312}
{ROB1: 96}
{ROB4: 68-70, 142, 211}
{TOB: 78-9, 114}
attaining Presence of God, {KI: 141-43, 169-70}
is wealth of other world, {SAQ: 231}
nearness to man, {GL: 185, 186}
not through asceticism, {KA: K36}
remoteness from God, separation from God,

{KA: K134}
{TOB: 3, 4, 14, 79, 113-14, 177}
is greatest torment, {SAQ: 265}

through

fasting, see Fasting
music, see Music
obligatory prayers, see Prayer(s)
reading holy verses, {KA: K149}
work, {KA: n56}

need for God, {PM: 73, 183}
No one can regard himself as, {TOB: 60}
philosophers acknowledge God, {TOB: 144-51}
Praise of God,

{KA: K40, K50, K172}
{TOB: 33-4, 49, 83, 88, 91-2, 110-11, 112, 161, 163, 233, 262, 263, 265}
a duty and bounty, {GL: 4}
by Bálinús, {TOB: 148}
during Ayyám-i-Há, {KA: K16}
inadequate, {TOB: 28, 74, 113}
in Houses of Worship, {KA: K31, K115, n53}
thankfulness to,

{KA: K33, K111}
{TOB: 116, 235, 251}

rejection of God, {TOB: 48, 111, 120, 156, 173-4, 245, 251}
Reliance on God, {ROB4: 322-3}
Reproached by God through His Manifestations, {SAQ: 167-70}
Reunion with God, {TOB: 114, 177}
sheep of God, {SFWAB: 36}
submission to God, {TOB: 155}
summoned, {SFWAB: 2}
Tested by God,

{ROB3: 47-9}
{ROB4: 27-8, 247, 286-7}
{SAQ: 29}
tests men's faith, {KI: 55-57, 58}

Trust in God,

{KA: K33, K153, K160}
{KI: 3, 192}
{TOB: 155, 161, 176}

Turning to God, {ROB4: 318-19}
will recognize God, {TOB: 264}
Worship of God, {ROB4: 36, 167}

And Manifestations of God,

Bahá'u'lláh,

Bahá'u'lláh loves, {TOB: 148, 171}
cheered by Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 252}
His counsels to,

{ROB1: 78-9}
{ROB4: 159, 338-42}
addressed, {KA: K3, K54-K55, K107, K132, K174, 162, n23, n37}

Man dependent upon Manifestations, {GL: 66, 67, 179}
Man educated by Manifestations, {SAQ: 8-11}
Manifestations represent stages of, {SFWAB: 56}

And society,

{ROB2: 40, 189-90, 280-2}
fellowship among,

{GL: 7, 95, 184, 196, 260, 288, 289, 315, 316, 333-334}
{ROB4: 341}

laws governing, {ROB3: 287}
social aspects of, {ROB3: 126}
statesmanship, Diplomacy,

{TOB: 166-7}
a shield for, {TOB: 151}

Body of,

{SFWAB: 153, 291}
bird of clay, {SFWAB: 47}
Clay clods, {TOB: 260}
Composition of, {SFWAB: 153, 167}
Connection of parts like universe, {SFWAB: 48}
is a veil, see Veil(s)
May be unable to reflect spirit, {SAQ: 229}
Evolution of,

{SAQ: 88, 151, 177-84, 191-94, 198-99}
always a distinct species, {SAQ: 184, 193-94}
animals differ from, distinguished from animals, {SFWAB: 140}
differences between, man and animals, {SAQ: 185-90}
see also Creation

Physical senses of, powers,

{GL: 164, 194, 195, 340}
Five inner and five outer,

{SAQ: 210-11, 297}
Extra-sensory perception,

{SFWAB: 198}
association of souls, {SFWAB: 102}
see also Dreams; Mediums

Hearing, Ears, see Terms in Holy Writings/Hearing
Sight, see Terms in Holy Writings/Sight

World of, {SFWAB: 90-1, 192}

Condition of,

{GL: 39-45, 81, 118, 136, 137, 196, 213, 216, 218, 255}
{KA: 6, K39, K54, K64, K72, K122, n104}
{ROB4: 66-72, 150-1, 156-8}
as child, {SFWAB: 21, 34}
cannot create, {SAQ: 182}
changes, {SAQ: 94-96}
dependency of, on God, {SAQ: 248-50}
enveloped by tyranny, {TOB: 84}
fast asleep, {KA: K39}
Instability of human affairs, {KA: 15, K40, 163}
inner quietude of, {SFWAB: 60}
inner reality of, {SFWAB: 130}
is as a tree, {SFWAB: 1}
is end of imperfection, beginning of perfection, {SAQ: 235}
is fruit of world, {SFWAB: 120}
is Universal Reality, {SFWAB: 42}
materialism of, see {SFWAB: Materialism}
perplexed with doubts, {TOB: 243}
prisoners of nature, {SFWAB: 116, 206, 281}
some are ignorant, {SFWAB: 28}
sore vexed, {TOB: 117}

Existence of,

Adam caused physical life of, {SAQ: 118-20}
Christ caused spiritual life of, {SAQ: 118-21}
created by God, {SAQ: 5}
Death (physical), Dead,

{ROB1: 123-5, 152}
{ROB3: 19, 26, 79, 193-4, 209n., 212, 296-7}
communication with spirits, communication with dead,

{SAQ: 251-53}
{SFWAB: 160-1}

hour of, {GL: 157, 266}
life after, everlasting life, eternal life, immortality of soul of man,

{GL: 34, 116, 141, 145, 153-157, 159, 161, 169-171, 183, 213, 329, 338, 345}
{KA: K140, K150, 95, n40}
{PM: 127, 198}
{ROB1: 72, 79, 123-4}
{ROB4: 41}
{SAQ: 98, 121, 126, 223-29, 239-40, 242-43}
{SFWAB: 1, 3, 12, 52, 55, 65, 184-5, 199-201, 238}
{TOB: 130, 189}
attainable while on earth, {SFWAB: 202}
bird released from cage, {SAQ: 228}
chalice of, {TOB: 4, 113, 226}
companionship of, after death, {GL: 156}
death like transfer of confined shrub, {SFWAB: 199-200}
death of a child, {SFWAB: 201}
deeds, reward of, {SFWAB: 185}
destruction promotes progress, {SFWAB: 157-8}
extinction, preserve from, {TOB: 241}
faith is, {SAQ: 130}
for children, {SAQ: 240}
Holy Spirit gives, {SAQ: 242}
Kingdom of God in,

{SAQ: 241-43}
entry into Kingdom, {SFWAB: 18}

next world,

{TOB: 105, 251, 262}
{SFWAB: 170-1, 193-5, 197, 201}
betrothed hastened to, {SFWAB: 180}
eternal gardens of Heaven, {SFWAB: 36}
goodly home, {SFWAB: 29}
hidden from sight, {SFWAB: 8}
in the next life, {ROB4: 371}
invisible realm, {SFWAB: 140}
"Life to come," meaning of, {GL: 276}
within this world, {SFWAB: 195}

of Bahá'u'lláh, {SFWAB: 17-18}
of Thomas Breakwell, see Breakwell, Thomas
power of, after death, {GL: 154, 157, 161}
Reincarnation,

{SAQ: 282-89}
{SFWAB: 183-5}

rewards of other world in, {SAQ: 224-25}
spiritual progress continues in, {SAQ: 231-37, 240}
spiritual progress through prayers, intercession, charity of others in, see Intercession
through faith, {SFWAB: 105, 189}
through service, {SFWAB: 116}
tree of life planted by Christ is, {SAQ: 124}
veiled are separated from God in, {SAQ: 243}
wealth of, is nearness to God, {SAQ: 231}
wellspring of life, {SFWAB: 36}
world is like womb, {SFWAB: 170-1, 177, 185}
see also Soul, Prayers for Departed

mortal blasts, {TOB: 258}
of infidels, condition at time of, {GL: 170}
of spouse while on journey, {KA: K67, Q27, n97}
punishment for murder or arson, see Crime(s)
Spiritual Death and sleep,

{GL: 44, 139, 169, 176, 213}
{TOB: 16, 119}
awakening from, {TOB: 13, 17, 42, 169, 172, 258, 262}
die in wrath, {TOB: 103, 131}
extinction, {TOB: 241}
ignorant perish, {TOB: 53}
leave dead to dead, {TOB: 15}

transportation of the dead, {KA: K130, Q16, n149, n152}
visiting graves, {TOB: 27-8}
see also Hidden Words, The, Terms in Holy Writings, Man, Burial, Inheritance, Prayer for the Dead

is emanation from God, {SAQ: 202-04, 206}
Life,

{KA: K106}
Book of Life, {KA: K138}
life of body caused by spirit, {SAQ: 201}
life of man, revolutionized, {KA: K54, K181, n189}
Purpose and Principles of Life,

{KA: 2, n91}
{ROB4: 193, 278}

transient, {GL: 29, 125, 261, 328}

Perfect Manifestation always exists, {SAQ: 196}
perfection of, {SAQ: 178-79}

acquired by passage through conditions of existence, {SAQ: 200}

provides reason for existence of universe, {SAQ: 195-97}
Spiritualization of,

{SFWAB: 1, 303-4}
must be led to God, {SFWAB: 244}

very ancient, {SAQ: 160-61}

Nature of,

{ROB1: 58, 72, 133-4}
{ROB2: 37}
{ROB3: 35, 78, 211-12, 228, 281}
{ROB4: 142-3}
a finite being, {ROB4: 216}
corruption of, {TOB: 39}
differences between good, sinners, and wicked who are veiled, {SAQ: 238}
Free will of,

{GL: 71, 81, 149, 164, 335-338}
{ROB3: 2-4, 46, 78, 287}
{SAQ: 248-50}
{SFWAB: 198}
Fate, Destiny,

{GL: 133}
{PM: 37, 46, 50, 54, 66, 69, 107, 123, 124, 161, 163, 184, 223, 241, 255, 272, 287, 334}
{ROB3: 127}
{SAQ: 138-39, 244}
{SFWAB: 108, 198}
{TOB: 113, 172, 175, 268}
Predestination,

{GL: 133}
{SFWAB: 198}

hearts of, may reflect Sun, {SFWAB: 275}
Inherited qualities, {SAQ: 213}
perversity of,

{ROB4: 318}
perverse generation, {TOB: 85}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

powers and virtues of, {SAQ: 79-80, 300-05}

appear through powers of God, {SAQ: 80}
can resist Nature, {SAQ: 187}
five inner or spiritual powers, {SAQ: 210-11}
five outer powers, {SAQ: 210-11}
perceives intellectual realities, {SAQ: 186-88, 217-18}
power of invention, {SAQ: 186}
virtues are rewards of this life, {SAQ: 223-24}

shame, sense of,

{PM: 61}
{TOB: 63}

tolerance,

{TOB: 36, 170}
and righteousness of, {TOB: 36}

waywardness of, {TOB: 171}

Needs,

{KA: 2, K124, K189}
for detachment, see Detachment
for humility, see Humility
for justice, see Justice
gardener needed for world of, {SFWAB: 282}
to live the life, {ROB4: 69-70}
writings are necessary for, {SFWAB: 61}

Rejection of Manifestation by,

{ROB3: 33, 394}
of the Báb, {KA: n178}
of Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: K140, K166, K184, n190}
of Him Whom God will make manifest, {KA: n185}
see also Bahá'u'lláh, rejection of

Soul of,

{ROB1: 72-5, 80, 187}
{ROB2: 40, 94, 144, 417}
{ROB3: 9-10, 35, 134, 287, 323-4, 333, 337, 368-9}
{ROB4: 158, 188, 201, 234, 237, 251}
{SAQ: 143-44, 150, 151, 185-90, 208-09}
{TOB: 86, 92, 111, 199}

and opium, see Opium
anthems of, {SFWAB: 11}
and body,

causes life of body, {SAQ: 201}
independent of physical body, {GL: 154}
influence of, on body, {SFWAB: 291}
necessity for appearance of, in the body, {SAQ: 200-01}
not affected by bodily vicissitudes, {SAQ: 156, 227-29, 239-40}

attachment of, to this world, see Attachment
compared with fruit of trees, {GL: 155}
compared with sun, {GL: 154, 155}
condition of sanctified, {KA: Q68, n23}
consequences to, of men's actions, {ROB3: 196-9}
continuous progress of, {GL: 155}
described by Socrates, {TOB: 146}
detachment of, from this world, see Detachment
emanates from God, {SAQ: 206}
equal status of, equality of (all born pure),

{ROB4: 203-4}
{SFWAB: 171, 190}

freedom of,

{ROB4: 193}
true, {GL: 78}

has always existed, {SAQ: 198-99}
has capacity to know God, {GL: 65, 77, 105, 106, 143, 194, 291}
hindrances, {KA: K161-K163, n134, n170}
holy souls, {ROB4: 316}
human, needs assistance of Holy Spirit,

{SFWAB: 160}
attraction of, to Creator, {ROB3: 10}

immortality of, see Death
in tombs of bodies, {TOB: 118}
influence of Divine Revelation, {KA: K54, K55, K148, 94, 95, n23}
journey of, {ROB1: 96-101, 151-2}
life of, is Bahá'í's task, {SFWAB: 92}
limitations of, {TOB: 113}
mind is power of, {SAQ: 209}
not limited by place or time, {SAQ: 241-42}
of world, {SFWAB: 34}
prayers for, see Prayers
purpose for which created, {ROB3: 10}
realm of, {SFWAB: 58}
rescued from impending extinction, {TOB: 241}
return of qualities of, {ROB4: 208, 209-11}
rosebuds of spirit, {SFWAB: 22}
salvation of, {SFWAB: 191-2}
sign of God, {GL: 158, 160}
Spirit is rational soul, {SAQ: 208, 217-18, 239-40}
Spirituality, Faith,

{SFWAB: 106-7, 108, 176-7, 178, 199, 202-5}
bodily power is weak compared to spiritual power, {SAQ: 126}
developing spiritual qualities, {ROB1: 74, 80, 96, 107}
ecstasy, {SFWAB: 58}
education and, see Education
everlasting life, through faith, {SFWAB: 105, 189}
inner reality, {SFWAB: 33, 130}
lack of, see {SFWAB: Materialism}
lighted candle, {SFWAB: 101}
material realm may absorb rays of world of spirit, {SFWAB: 106}
of Peter and Mary Magdalene, {SFWAB: 105}
perfections and imperfections, {SAQ: 129-31}
Perfect Man like reed, {SAQ: 45}
qualities of, are contagious, {SAQ: 214}
Spiritualization, {ROB4: 35-9, 142-3}
Spiritual capacity and nature in, see Capacity/spiritual
Spiritual growth of, {ROB4: 36-7}
Spiritual influence upon material things, {SAQ: 245-47}
Spiritual union, {SFWAB: 102, 203}
stages of spiritual journey, {ROB1: 96, 151-2, see ch. 8}
virtues of man appear through power of God, {SAQ: 80}
while still on earth, {SFWAB: 202}
will prevail, {SFWAB: 191–2}
see also Character and conduct; Hearing; Hearts; Prayers; Sight

stages of development, {GL: 159, 161}
struggle of, between animal and spiritual natures, {ROB3: 35ff., 78}
training of, {SFWAB: 10}
trust of God latent in, {TOB: 161}
Unity of, as one,

{ROB4: 298}
{SFWAB: 76}
all as one, {TOB: 162, 264}
one soul in many bodies, {ROB4: 190}

unravels phenomenal world, {SFWAB: 169-70}
virtues of, {ROB4: 36}
who will arise, {SFWAB: 250-2}
world of, {SFWAB: 177}
see also The Hidden Words, Spirit

Station of,

{GL: 5, 179, 188, 204, 206, 260, 296}
{KA: K119, K120, K123, 91, Q106, n3}
{PM: 89, 228}
{ROB3: 231, 353, 356}
{ROB4: 65}
{TOB: 172, 174, 220}
station to be attained, {GL: 68, 214, 262, 340}

Unity of Mankind, of Humanity, of Race,

{KA: 11, 13, K189, n173, n194}
{ROB4: 157, 159, 161, 194-5, 196-9, 215, 235, 268, 388}
{SFWAB: 32, 36, 59, 107, 109, 112-14, 195, 209, 248, 278-80, 286-92, 298-9}
different colours into one colour, {SFWAB: 106}
drops of one ocean, {SFWAB: 280}
enjoined, {GL: 6, 9, 11, 95, 96, 140, 196, 203, 215, 217, 218, 249, 254, 315, 334}
equality of men and women, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
finally attainable, {SFWAB: 31-2}
flowers of one garden, {SFWAB: 280}
fruits, leaves, of one bough, tree, {SFWAB: 1, 28, 72, 277, 280}
meaning of, {GL: 338}
one-coloured pavilion (tabernacle), {SFWAB: 90, 123, 279}
oneness of,

{GL: 81, 95, 140, 214, 217, 250, 255, 260, 288, 334}
{GPB: 217}
{ROB4: 198, 268}
All races, Blacks, {SFWAB: 113, 114}
see also Prejudice

power of, {GL: 288}
through Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, {GL: 97, 243, 255, 286, 287-288, 316, 333}
unification, {KA: 2, 11, K58, n194}

Misc. Topics,

Adulthood, Maturity,

{GL: 77}
{SFWAB: 34, 56, 285}

aid to, besought, {TOB: 70, 86, 171-2, 174, 178}
assimilation by, is honor for animal world, {SAQ: 79}
attributes of, {GL: 165, 215}
coming of age, {KA: 1, 11, K189, 163, n194}
consequences of his actions, {ROB3: 296-7}
duties of,

{GL: 4, 5, 8, 14, 94, 105, 261, 289, 290, 330-331}
must aid Cause, {TOB: 23}

each person unique, {ROB4: 198, 199}
edification, {KA: K160}
education of, see Education
effort required by, {ROB3: 3, 63, 78-9}
encompassed by Bahá'í Faith, see Bahá'í Faith
exaltation of, {TOB: 86, 120, 121}
forsake evil, {TOB: 138}
fused by love, ruined by hatred, {TOB: 88}
future nobility of, Panj-Kanz, {ROB2: 140-3}
gather beneath tabernacle, {TOB: 84}
good character of, {TOB: 36, 57}
greatest achievement of, {ROB4: 82}
heart of,

{ROB3: 94, 131, 148}
belongs to God, {GL: 186, 206, 212, 241, 279, 297, 304}
intellect and heart, {ROB2: 216-19}
won by good words, {TOB: 85}

highest grace bestowed on, {KI: 138}
his potentialities,

{ROB1: 80, 119, 122}
latent powers of, {GL: 65, 67, 68, 71, 77, 186, 260, 340}
latent treasures of, {TOB: 72, 219}

Inequality of, {GL: 149, 187-189}
intelligence of, {SAQ: 3-4}
limitations of,

{KA: n128}
{PM: 55, 88, 89, 92, 99, 114, 130, 133, 138, 222, 229, 280, 281, 328}
limits to understanding of, {ROB3: 141, 143-5}

knowledge of, is of two kinds, {SAQ: 83-84}
Love of, {GL: 7, 95, 250, 260, 288, 316, 334}
mind, see Knowledge
muvását is noblest quality of, Lawh-i-Ittihád
'Mystery of God', {GL: 177}
new race of men , {ROB3: 4, 127, 135, 141}
new spirit, {ROB2: 252-5}
nothingness of, {TOB: 112}
poverty of, {TOB: 75}
purpose of,

{TOB: 35, 103, 111, 113, 246, 268}
his creation, see Creation

reality of, {GL: 65, 77, 140, 158, 165, 177, 179, 185, 260, 326, 340}
rebirth of, {TOB: 142}
regeneration of,

{ROB4: 67, 235}
by Word of God, {GL: 68, 84-85, 97, 136, 137, 141, 196, 313}

religion necessary for, {TOB: 63, 64, 87, 125, 129, 130}
responsible for himself, {GL: 81, 105, 143, 149, 209, 262, 328}
sages are eyes of, {TOB: 171}
service to, {SFWAB: 68-9, 141, 206}
shaken by Revelation,

{PM: 129, 170, 189, 277, 296, 304, 308}
limbs quake, {TOB: 102}
swoons, {TOB: 61, 104, 118}

Submission, {GL: 7, 8, 9, 322}
suffering and tribulation of, {ROB4: 72, 156-8}
summoned, {TOB: 44, 115, 123, 200}
Talisman,

{GL: 259 }
Supreme,

{ROB4: 235}
{TOB: 161}

that which is veiled from eyes of, {TOB: 232}
treasure of, is utterance, {TOB: 62}
trees of existence, {TOB: 137}
upliftment of, {KA: K51, K149, K161, K163, n25, n79, n104}
victory over selves, {TOB: 86}
wisdom gives gem-like spirit, {TOB: 66}
see also Character, Civilization, Covenant, God, Faith, Knowledge, Love, Non-believers, Pride, Resignation, Sincerity, Suffering

Mandalay,

{ROB4: 183, 184}
Bahá'ís of, {ROB4: 183-4}
Muslims in, become Bahá'ís, {ROB4: 183}

Manifestation(s) of God, Prophets, Divine Messengers, Dawning-Points, Educators,

{KA: n23, n60, n141, n154, n155, n160. n172, n180, n181, n188}
{PM: 39, 106, 286}
{ROB1: 1-5, 28, 36, 58, 63-7 passim, 97, 237}
{ROB2: 82-4, 262, 287, 297}
{ROB3: 15, 43, 47, 119, 134, 169, 193, 304-5 and n.}
{ROB4: 108, 113, 126-7, 132-3, 137, 232, 360, 397, 436}
{SAQ: 85-86, 127-28, 146-50, 162-63, 164-65, 218-19}
{SFWAB: 50, 52, 55-6, 59, 62-5}
{TOB: 21, 89, 161, 205, 212, 248}

Ancient,

{ROB4: 47}
appeared in Holy Land, {GL: 344}
Greeks learned wisdom from, {ROB4: 46}
of Israel,

{ROB3: 15-16}
{ROB4: 13, 46, 154, 361}

of past, {KA: K138, n126}

Abraham (Ibráhím),

{ESW: 104}
{GL: 57, 75, 173}
{GPB: 94}
{KA: n65}
{ROB1: 7}
{ROB3: 15, 211}
{ROB4: 31, 324, 425, 435}
{SAQ: 12-13, 89}
{SFWAB: 55, 281}

as Friend of God, {KI: 10, 62}
as Manifestation following Húd, Noah, Sálih, {KI: 10}
descendants of, {SAQ: 13, 213}
exile of, results of, {SAQ: 12-13}
forerunner of, {KI: 62-63, 66}
see also Nimrod, Qur'án

Adam,

{GL: 51, 74, 172, 173, 258}
{ROB4: 135}
{SAQ: 89-90}
{SFWAB: 51, 275}

Adamic Cycle,

{GPB: 54}
consummation of, {GPB: 100}
this cycle began with Adam,

{SAQ: 161}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

caused man's physical life, {SAQ: 118-20}
Eve,

{SAQ: 122-26}
represents soul of Man, {SAQ: 123, 126}

Garden of Eden, {SAQ: 122-26}
Records before Adam, {GL: 172-174}

Báb, see Báb, The
Bahá'u'lláh,

Bahá'u'lláh's rejectors also reject former Manifestations of God, {TOB: 248, 249}
Bahá'u'lláh's Revelation hid in souls of Manifestations of God, {TOB: 103}
see Bahá'u'lláh

Buddha,

{KA: n160}
{ROB1: 3}
{SAQ: 165-66}
references to Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 95}
see also Buddhist(s)

Christ (Jesus, the Spirit of God),

{ESW: 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 57, 58, 81, 89, 92, 100, 104, 143, 148, 157, 171, 173}
{GL: 51, 52, 57, 62, 83, 101, 102, 270}
{GPB: 4, 8, 93, 94, 95, 101, 107, 121, 151, 163, 184, 188, 194, 209, 228, 230, 253, 318, 324, 377}
{KA: 13, n89, n171}
{PM: 50, 68, 192, 285}
{ROB1: 3, 20, 58, 64, 67, 174, 178-9, 182, 257, 267}
{ROB2: 21-3, 32, 121, 124, 139, 183, 311}
{ROB3: 8-9, 126, 132, 243-4, 247-8, 262, 277}
{ROB4: 56-7, 63, 72, 97, 108, 126, 127, 130, 163, 171, 184, 215, 229, 232, 317, 350, 324-5, 366, 433}
{SAQ: 16-17, 152-53}
{SFWAB: 63, 66, 167-8, 173-4, 311}
{TOB: 61}

advent of

came from heaven, {SAQ: 110-11}
prophecies concerning, see Prophecies
Word of God existed before its bodily manifestation, {SAQ: 116-17}

and Bahá'u'lláh,

refers to Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 306}
Bahá'u'lláh glorified by, {TOB: 11, 103}
Bahá'u'lláh independent of, {SFWAB: 170}
glorified by Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 11, 12, 14}
return of,

{GL: 21, 22, 246}
{ROB3: 28, 116, 264}
{ROB4: 152, 227-8, 351-2}
{TOB: 9-11}
signs of return, {ROB1: 165-9}
see also Terms in Holy Writings

and Law of Qiblih, {KI: 51}
and teeth of dead dog, {SFWAB: 169}
baptism of, {SAQ: 91-92}
birth of, {SAQ: 110-11}

born of Holy Spirit, {SAQ: 16, 87-88, 118-19}
greatness due to perfections, not birth, {SAQ: 89-90}

Book of, {GL: 21}
Bread and wine of,

{SAQ: 97-99, 121}
{SFWAB: 57}

Cause of,

confirmed in Qur'án, {KI: 20-21}
furthered by New and Old Testaments, {SFWAB: 223}

descendant of Abraham, {SAQ: 13, 213}
difference between, and other Manifestations, {SAQ: 150}
Disciples of, Apostles,

{SFWAB: 60, 165, 166, 172, 212, 238}
born of God, {SAQ: 223-24}
can never become Christ, {SAQ: 233-34}
descent of Holy Spirit on, {SAQ: 106-10}

dove, symbolism of, {SAQ: 85}
effect upon creation, {GL: 76, 85, 86}
events during life, {SFWAB: 55, 175}
forerunner of, {KI: 64, 66}
"Father is in the Son," symbolism of, see Terms in Holy Writings
historicity of, {ROB4: 265}
John the Baptist, as forerunner of Jesus, see Báb,The
Kingdom of, {SAQ: 225}
Last Supper, {SAQ: 99}
Magi, search of, for Jesus, {KI: 64}
martyrdom of,

{SAQ: 104, 120-21}
crucifixion of, {ROB3: 2, 13-14, 211}
effect of, {SFWAB: 65, 281}
miracles after, {SAQ: 37-38}
Resurrection of, {SAQ: 103-05}

Mary, grief of, at birth of Jesus, {KI: 56-57}
Mosaic Law abrogated by, {SAQ: 16, 93-94}
Moses and Elias (Elijah), meeting with, {SAQ: 253}
miracles of, {ROB3: 41-3, 360}
oneness with Muhammad, {GL: 21}
parallel of His life to that of Báb, see Báb, The
perfection of, {SAQ: 121, 150}

called the Word, {SAQ: 206-07}
God's perfections manifested in, {SAQ: 206-07}

power and sovereignty of, {KI: 133-34}
proofs of His authenticity,

{ROB3: 42-4}
{SAQ: 101}

Prophecies concerning,

Christian misinterpretation of prophecies of, {KI: 26-28}
date of advent, {SAQ: 40-41}
explanation of prophecies of, {KI: 29, 33}
Return of,

{SAQ: 39, 110-12}
{SFWAB: 60, 167-8}
gives signs heralding His return, {KI: 24-25}
like thief, {SFWAB: 198-9}
Promised One to come after Christ, {SAQ: 109}
prophesies His return, {KI: 20, 21, 22}

were allegorical, {SFWAB: 44-6}

reality of, {ROB4: 152, 267}
recognition of, {SFWAB: 18}
rejection of,

{TOB: 9-10, 15, 211}
{SAQ: 71-72, 77, 111, 116-17}
{SFWAB: 40-1, 44-6, 173}
by Jews, {TOB: 206, 214}
by Pharisees, {SFWAB: 18, 174}
in His own time, {ROB3: 31, 116, 154-5, 242}
opposition of Israel to, {KI: 18}
questioned before Pilate and Caiaphas, {KI: 132-33}
why opposed, {GL: 20}

riches concealed in abasement of, {KI: 130-31}
Sacrifice of,

{SAQ: 120-21}
{GL: 76, 85}

signs of, allegorical, {SFWAB: 45}
spiritual ascendancy of, {ROB3: 2}
strengthened with Holy Spirit, {KI: 176-77}
teachings of, {ROB4: 152}
Titles of

Dayspring, {TOB: 10}
Luminary, {TOB: 9}
Son, {TOB: 9, 12, 14}
Rúhu'lláh, Spirit of God,

{GL: 101}
{KA: K80, n113, n160}
{SAQ: 95n}

Spirit, {TOB: 9, 10, 24, 60, 115, 206, 208, 210, 214}
Word of God,

{SAQ: 149}
essence of Word, {SFWAB: 60}

transfiguration of, {SFWAB: 162}
Trinity, meaning of the, see Terms in Holy Writings
Virgin Mary, {GPB: 347}
was not rod out of stem of Jesse, {SAQ: 62-63}
words of, {ROB1: 107, 120, 182, 184}
work of

accomplished, {SAQ: 10, 101}
causes spiritual life of man, {SAQ: 118-21}
educated eleven men, {SAQ: 35}
enlightened mankind {SAQ: 120-21}
purpose of, {SFWAB: 31}
tree of life planted by, {SAQ: 124}
united diverse peoples, {SAQ: 10, 301-02}

would have acted like Muhammad, {SAQ: 20-21}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bible, Christian Faith, Christians, Jew(s), Peter, St.

Húd,

{KI: 9}
{ROB4: 96, Appendix I}
{TOB: 214}
Súrih of, see Qur'án

Krishna,

{KA: n160}
{ROB1: 3}
{ROB3: 264}
see also Hindus

Moses (He Who Conversed, He Who held converse with God),

{ESW: 41, 52, 64, 65, 66, 86, 117, 118}
{GL: 20, 23, 51, 57, 62, 88, 221, 270}
{GPB: 93, 101, 107, 121}
{KA: K80, n111-n112}
{PM: 50, 144, 281}
{ROB1: 3, 20, 58, 64, 67, 107, 168, 174, 214, 236, 257, 267}
{ROB2: 121, 295, 411}
{ROB3: 9, 15, 61, 266, 305, 338}
{ROB4: 47, 108, 126, 130, 221, 324, 325}
{SAQ: 14-15}
{SFWAB: 52, 235, 281}
{TOB: 5, 11, 52, 53, 88, 115, 170 and n., 242, 248, 265}

Burning Bush,

{ESW: 42, 47, 53, 57, 86, 118}
{GL: 16, 24, 96, 199, 269, 271}
{KA: K103}
{KI: 54-55}
{PM: 144}
{ROB4: 221, 228, 339, 357}
{TOB: 111, 177}

Covenant of, {SFWAB: 207}
descendant of Abraham, {SAQ: 13, 213}
flight of, to Midian, {KI: 54}
forerunner of, {KI: 63, 66}
glorifies Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 103, 210}
law of, abrogated by Christ, {SAQ: 16, 93-94}
majesty and power of, {KI: 11}
opposition to,

{GL: 19}
Pharaoh's, {KI: 11, 55}

Pharaoh's kinsman a believer in, {KI: 12}
prophecies of advent of, {KI: 63}
reproach of, actually meant for Israel, {SAQ: 169}
rod of, and enchanters, {SFWAB: 259 and n.}
Samiri, {KI: 191}
Son of 'Imrán,

{KI: 53}
{TOB: 210 and n.}
see also Qur'án

staff of wood, {SFWAB: 166}
twelve leaders of tribes, {SFWAB: 165}
whisperings of, {TOB: 61}
see also Jew(s), Pharaoh, Sinai, Torah

Muhammad,

{ESW: 42, 43, 52, 81, 92, 99, 104, 107}
{GL: 51, 67, 69, 76, 77, 83, 101, 102, 270}
{GPB: 4, 8, 93, 96, 101, 107, 121, 163, 183, 184, 250}
{KA: 13, n7, n85, n89, n128, n158}
{PM: 29, 50, 68, 144}
{ROB1: 3, 20, 22, 23, 32n., 48n., 59, 71, 126-7, 148, 156n., 169, 173, 182, 189, 190, 193, 257}
{ROB2: 21-3, 75, 121, 287, 303, 414}
{ROB3: 9, 14, 16, 41-2, 44, 46, 142, 151, 152, 197, 243, 261n., 262, 265, 277, 302, 338}
{ROB4: 46-7, 76, 88, 91, 96, 126, 191n., 208, 209, 265-6, 269, 295, 297, 325, 407}
{SAQ: 18-24, 48-54}
{SFWAB: 98–9, 281}
{TOB: 108-9, 114-15, 123-4}

Abel, sacrifice of, as test of Muhammad's Prophethood, {KI: 148}
ascent of, {KI: 185-86, 187}
achievements of, {TOB: 162-3}
afflictions of, {GL: 24, 25}
allegiance of nations to Faith of, {KI: 110}
Baní-Háshim, {KI: 241, 242}
beginning of prophethood of, was kept secret, {SAQ: 44}
Christians protected by, {SAQ: 21}
Day of Resurrection ushered in by, {KI: 117}
defensive military action of, {SAQ: 18, 20}
descendant of Abraham, {SAQ: 13, 213}
forerunners of, {KI: 65, 66}
Genealogy of,

{DBNN: liv}
'Abdu'lláh, father of,
Hamzih, uncle of, {KI: 121}

Jews protected by, {SAQ: 21}
Khadíjah (wife of Muhammad), {SAQ: 44}
Law of God,

{SAQ: 49}
{TOB: 108-9}
descended upon, {SAQ: 68}

oneness with Christ, {GL: 21}
opposition of Christians to, {KI: 81, 135}
opposition of Jews to,

{KI: 135-36}
why opposed by Jews, {GL: 22, 23, 24, 57}

Pentateuch and Gospel promulgated by, {SAQ: 22}
persecution of, {SAQ: 18-20}
persecution of followers of, {KI: 218}
power of, {SAQ: 50}
Prophecies concerning,

{ESW: 178-181}
{SAQ: 48-54}
crown of twelve stars, {SAQ: 68}
first woe is appearance of, {SAQ: 56}
Refers to Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB1: 306}
{TOB: 103, 215

return of, {TOB: 184-5}
two olive trees, {SAQ: 49}
two witnesses clothed in sackcloth, {SAQ: 48}
woman clothed with sun, {SAQ: 68}

prophethood of, like Moses, {SAQ: 50}
rejection of, {TOB: 206}
reproach of, meant for people, {SAQ: 169-70}
Sacrifice of dates to, {SFWAB: 98-9}
sovereignty of,

{KI: 108, 110-11}
established, {GL: 24, 26}

staff of iron, {SFWAB: 166}
sufferings of, {KI: 108-110}
Titles,

'Apostle of God'

{ROB3: 15}
{TOB: 213 and n., 214}

'Arabian Prophet', {ROB3: 161}
'Seal of the Prophets', see Terms in Holy Writings

twelve points of holiness, {SFWAB: 165}
twin testimonies of, {KI: 201 }
verdict of Last Day passed by, {KI: 114}
words of, {GL: 21, 25, 162}
see also Fátimih, Islám, Muslim(s), Qur'án

Noah,

{GL: 51, 84}
{ROB4: 425-8}
afflictions of, {KI: 7-8}
Canaan not spiritual descendant of, {SAQ: 213}
transformed by Spirit of God, {KI: 154-55}
see also Qur'án

Sálih,

{ROB4: 97, Appendix I}
{TOB: 214}
as Manifestation following Noah, {KI: 9-10}

Zoroaster,

{ROB1: 3, 7}
{ROB3: 15, 42}
and the Sacred Fire, {GPB: 101}
and the Seven Visions, {GPB: 93}
Holy Book, {ROB3: 263-4}
Sháh-Bahrám, Promised One of,

{KA: n160}
{ROB3: 264, 273}
refers to the World Savior, {GPB: 95}

see also Zoroastrians

Future,

{GL: 68, 73, 244, 346}
{ROB1: 280, 309-11}
{ROB3: 142 and n.}
Next,

{KA: 14, K37, n62}
{ROB3: 398}
{ROB4: 216}
{SFWAB: 67-68}
signs of the advent of, {ROB1: 164-71}

Misc. Topics,

advent of, affects all creation, {GL: 6, 15, 16, 30, 32, 62, 68, 77, 85, 93, 142, 190, 263,292, 308, 324, 325, 328}
all else live by operation of will of, {KI: 103}
And God,

Endowed with divine knowledge, {ROB4: 48}
manifest names and attributes of God, {KI: 100, 103-04, 142, 178}
manifest unity of God, {GL: 21, 59, 69, 167, 231}
mediator between God and man, {GL: 50, 66, 67, 272}
Mouthpiece of God, {GL: 70, 158}
Mystery of God, {PM: 51}
recognition of, is attainment of Presence of God, {KI: 142-43, 169-70}
reveal Will of God, {GL: 59, 167}
Revealers of the Word of God, see Word of God
to know Manifestations is to know God, {PM: 71, 294, 311}
Voice of God, {GL: 50, 55, 66}

ascension of, {SAQ: 155}
Attributes of, and powers,

{GL: 47, 62, 68, 71}
{KI: 45}
{ROB1: 107, 167, 179-80, 262-3, 271}
{ROB2: 124, 416}
{ROB3: 1-2, 4, 45, 360}
{ROB4: 246}
Authority of,

{GL: 55-56, 66, 175-76}
{TOB: 185}

bearers of God's attributes, see God
Can see the end in the beginning, {ROB4: 169-70}
destitute of worldly powers,

{GL: 71}
Desire for worldly goods nonexistent in, {ROB3: 80-81}

divine intellectual power, {SAQ: 218}
divine knowledge not acquired, {SAQ: 157-59}
Divine Physicians,

{ESW: 55, 62-63}
{GL: 40, 80, 81, 200, 213, 255}
{SFWAB: 59}

divine power, {SAQ: 10, 11}
Hide their glory from eyes of men, {ROB3: 2, 4, 46, 227-8, 300}
Human characteristics of,

{ROB3: 2-3, 227-8, 348-9}
outward appearance of, evanescent, {TOB: 258}

infallibility, {SAQ: 171-74}
inseparable from Bounty of God, {SAQ: 155}
Knowledge of,

{GL: 47, 158, 175, 176-178, 199}
source of knowledge, {TOB: 144-5, 156}

Limitations of, {ROB2: 184-5}
Mercy and compassion of, {ROB3: 280}
Mirrors, are mirrors,

{GL: 47, 48, 74}
{SFWAB: 42, 62}

Not limited in dealings with things, {ROB3: 215}
Peerless, {PM: 57, 194}
perfection of, {SAQ: 8-9, 11, 150-53, 167-70}

Christ and Bahá'u'lláh possess perfections of former Manifestations and more, {SAQ: 150}
manifest perfections, attributes of God, {SAQ: 147-50, 206-07, 222}
Perfect Man, {SAQ: 114, 174, 196, 222}

reflect Sun of Reality, {SAQ: 114, 147-48, 222}
signs of greatness from childhood, {SAQ: 155}
Sovereignty of,

{GL: 26, 31, 47, 67, 72-73}
{KI: 97, 110-11, 123-25}
{ROB1: 180-3}

Stars of guidance, {SFWAB: 38}
Sun of Reality, {ROB3: 338}
Supernatural Powers,

{SAQ: 100-02}
future revealed to, {SAQ: 138}
Infallibility of, see Infallibility
Miracles,

{ROB1: 106-7, 145-6, 291n.}
{ROB3: 38-44, 98-9, 360, 418}
{ROB4: 113, 238, 272, 324-5}
are not decisive proofs, {SAQ: 37, 100-02}
attributed to Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh
inner significance of, {SAQ: 37-38}
see also Christ

visions of, {SAQ: 251-53}

transforming influence of, {KI: 155-58}
Truth of, {KA: n75, n160}

Book of, {GL: 13, 21, 74, 173, 290}
Bring tests, {ROB2: 145}
Burning Fire, {TOB: 116}
Compared with

Days, {GL: 22}
Fire, {PM: 52}
Sun,

{GL: 22}
{PM: 51}

Covenants of, see Covenant
Cycle,

{SAQ: 160-61, 164-66}
Adamic, {SAQ: 161}
divine, {KA: n170, n172, n183}
in material world, {SAQ: 73-74}
new, are renewed by Holy Spirit, {SAQ: 145}
of fulfillment, {GPB: 57, 100}
Prophetic Cycle,

{GL: 60, 62, 75}
Manifestations of God, of the Prophetic Cycle, {ROB4: 166}
Prophetic Cycle/Era ended,

{GL: 60, 75}
{GPB: 57, 100}
The Báb inaugurates universal prophetic cycle, {GPB: 57}

spiritual cycles of the Prophets, {SAQ: 74-77, 145, 160-161, 164-66}
Universal,

{SAQ: 160-61}
The Báb inaugurates universal prophetic cycle, {GPB: 57}

Days of, unique, {GL: 60, 263}
descendants honored, {GL: 223}
Effect of coming of, {ROB4: 147, 155}
Existence of

has no beginning, no end, {SAQ: 152-53}
Perfect Man always exists, {SAQ: 196}

expected, {PM: 96, 200}
False,

{GL: 244, 274, 346}
{ROB3: 291}
fictitious, {TOB: 42}

Forces released by, {ROB1: 4-5, 31-2, 167, 176, 184, 211, 213-18}
Guidance of, {PM: 50, 113}
'If a liar... if a man of truth', {TOB: 211}
influence of, {SAQ: 9-10, 162-63}
intercession by, {SAQ: 232}
Laws of,

{ROB3: 277, 280}
{ROB2: 353-4}
Laws of, justice of {GL: 175}

Nature of, {ROB2: 347}
necessity for, {GL: 67, 68, 179}
new attire of, {TOB: 87}
Opposition to, rejection of, Tests and trials of,

{GL: 56-58, 81, 88-89, 179, 218, 222}
{ROB2: 120, 413-14}
{SFWAB: 55-6}
afflictions of, {GL: 57, 76, 101, 124, 129}
assists Cause, {GL: 42, 72}
basis of, {GL: 17-27, 57, 71-72, 82-84, 179, 198}
by leaders of religion,

{ROB1: 163-4, 171-2}
Clerics, as persecutors of Manifestations, {KI: 165-66}

denial of, {KI: 4-6, 12-15, 148-49, 182, 183, 211-12, 215-16}
hardships and persecutions of, {KI: 45}
rejection by man,

{ROB1: 163-6}
{ROB3: 31, 32, 34, 156}
{TOB: 163}

scorn of divines for followers of, {KI: 222}
submission of to trials, {ROB3: 4, 233-4}
sufferings of, {ROB1: 148-9, 163-4, 182-3, 194-6}
tribulations of {ESW: 64, 92}

Prayers granted by, {SFWAB: 161}
Reason for designation as, endowed with constancy, {KI: 220}
Recognition of, by man,

{ESW: 61, 97}
{ROB1: 107, 123, 152, 161, 208, 238, 240}
{ROB2: 15, 38}
{ROB3: 29, 31, 94, 105, 130, 132, 137, 289, 292}
{ROB4: 141-3}
{SAQ: 127-28}
{TOB: 41}
beyond understanding of men, {ROB3: 145, 240}
faculty for, {TOB: 52-3, 89}
first followers of, {GL: 179, 180}
how received, {PM: 97, 113, 276, 296}
man's capacity to understand, see Capacity
man's first goal, {ROB1: 96}
man's inadequacy to recognize, {ROB1: 303}
Obedience to Manifestations,

{SAQ: 173-74}
duty of followers of, {TOB: 108}
necessity for obedience to, {SAQ: 173-74}

obstacles to,

{ROB1: 91, 162-6, 171-2, 183-4}
{ROB2: 32-4, 82-4}

prerequisites of, {ROB1: 162-3}
rejection of, {SAQ: 127-28}

hatred of Holy Spirit unpardonable, {SAQ: 127-28}

tests associated with,

{ROB1: 129-31, 135-7, 173-5}
{ROB3: 38, 45-6, 47ff., 79, 193}
{ROB4: 247, 287, 308}
see Resignation, Suffering

Relationship to

each other,

{ROB2: 125, 185, 251, 381}
{ROB1: 64-7, 117-18, 142, 160-61, 177-8, 309-10}
differences between,

{SAQ: 150}
two kinds of Prophets, {SAQ: 164-65}

Dispensations of, see Dispensation
Distinctiveness of, {ROB1: 119, 178-9, 309-10}
previous Manifestations foretell coming of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh

God, see God
man,

{ROB1: 58, 59, 97, 118-19}
{ROB2: 17-18, 26, 31, 82, 197}
revealers of God to man, {ROB4: 47, 131-2, 140}
reproach of, meant for people, {SAQ: 167-70}
Saviour of man, {ROB4: 193}

Revelation,

{ROB3: 13, 134, 148-9, 167, 374, 380}
{ROB4: 46, 89-90, 133-4, 169, 211, 213, 268, 397, 411}
{TOB: 185-6}
according to capacity of man, {GL: 87, 99, 176, 214}
according to requirements of age, {GL: 79, 80, 85}
act of, {ROB4: 317, 333, 334}
and attainment to Divine Presence, {KI: 139, 141-43}
and scholarship, {ROB3: 239-40}
authenticity of, {ROB4: 60}
compared with moon, {GL: 79}
compared with sun, {GL: 87}
creative power of, {KI: 59-61, 140}
ever-enduring, {GL: 82}
greatest gift to man, {GL: 195}
hour of revelation, {GL: 151}
Impurity, Ritual Uncleanness, concept of, abolished, see Cleanliness
measure of, foreordained,

{GL: 74-77, 79, 87, 103, 263}
differ in intensity of revelations, {KI: 104}

Kingdom of Revelation,

{KA: K91, K109, 99}
{ROB3: 180-81, 349}

Most Great Revelation, see Bahá'u'lláh
nature of, {KA: n23, n129, n160}
new, {ROB4: 166}
of attributes of God, see God
of Tablets, {ROB4: 257}
of the Word of God, see God
oneness of, {GL: 78, 217, 287}
power of, {GL: 183, 189, 197, 200}
Progressive Revelation,

{GL: 74, 75, 76, 79, 91, 269}
{KA: 1-2, 8, 12-13}
{ROB1: 32, 65-6, 106, 272, 309-10}
{ROB2: 126}
{ROB3: 27, 131, 134, 346}
{SFWAB: 51-3, 58-9, 311}
{TOB: 89, 114-15, 150, 161, 183-7, 257}
and authority of Manifestation of God, {KA: K129, n75}
and recognition, {KA: K167, n155, n180}
cycles of, {SAQ: 74-77, 160-61, 164-66}
definition of, {GPB: 100}
fulfillment of previous Dispensations, {KA: K80, K142, n108, n109, n156, n158, n160, n185}
future, {KA: K37, n62}
return of, meaning of, {SAQ: 132-34, 288-89}
successive, {GL: 68, 73, 74, 91, 174, 269}
teachings of Manifestations of God

change with changes in man, {SAQ: 94-96}
Law of God given by, {SAQ: 158-59}
material laws altered in each cycle, {SAQ: 48}
necessity of following, {SAQ: 300-05}

Unity of Manifestations of God,

{ESW: 42, 43, 58, 80-81}
{KA: K80, K103, K175-K177, n111, n160}
{PM: 50, 51, 57, 230}
{ROB1: 118-19, 161, 176-8}
oneness of,

{GL: 5, 26, 47, 50, 59, 74, 78, 88, 89, 94, 101, 104, 145, 174, 217, 224, 281, 287}
{KI: 152-54, 176, 177}
{PM: 50, 51, 57, 230}

oneness with God, {GL: 17, 50, 67, 73, 167}

Proofs of,

{GL: 17-27, 49, 105, {GL: 179, 259}
{ROB1: 106-7, 189-90}
{ROB2: 121-5}
{ROB3: 28, 38-9, 98-9}
{ROB4: 108}

Purpose of, Mission of,

{ESW: 12, 98}
{GL: 5, 18, 31, 47, 50, 51, 67, 68, 70, 74, 79, 78-81, 145, 156-158, 174-5, 212, 260}
{KA: Q106}
{PM: 49, 96, 99, 113, 128, 152}
{ROB3: 35, 39, 130, 217}
{SFWAB: 31, 64-5}
as gardeners of world of humanity, {SAQ: 194}
Function of, {ROB2: 192, 269, 375}
to educate mankind, {SAQ: 8-11, 168, 236-37}
to mediate between God and His creatures, {SAQ: 145}

Religions of,

{ROB2: 287-8}
see also Religion(s)

Reveal divine realities, {SFWAB: 170}
Scriptures in different languages, {GL: 173}
twin,

{GPB: 92}
of The Báb, see Báb, The
of Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'u'lláh
two, are awaited by the world, {SAQ: 39}

world immersed in ocean of, see Bahá'u'lláh

Servitude of, {KI: 178, 179}
Soul of,

{KA: n160}
Manifestations have rational soul, {SAQ: 151-53, 154-55}

Spiritual energies of, {ROB2: 29, 123-5, 251-4}
Station of,

{ESW: 41-44}
{KA: 14, K143, Q106, n160}
{PM: 51, 128}
physical and spiritual, {SFWAB: 55-6}
represent human development, {SFWAB: 56}
stations or conditions of, are three, {SAQ: 151-56, 218-19}
title "Seal of the Prophets" applies to all, see Terms in Holy Writings
two stations of, twofold station of,

{GL: 22, 48, 50-55, 66-67}
{KI: 152, 176, 177-78, 181}
{ROB1: 59, 129, 177-80}

teachers of mankind, {SFWAB: 128}
Universal, Universal Manifestation, for this age,

{ROB1: 309}
{ROB3: 132}
{ROB4: 135}
{SAQ: 58}
{SFWAB: 67-8, 295}

Words of,

{ROB2: 121-3}
creative, {ROB3: 44, 130}
Interpretation of Holy Books of former religions, {ROB1: 166-71, 183-5}
twofold language of, {KI: 254-55}
Words and Letters, {SFWAB: 60}

Manshád,

{ROB2: 130}
{ROB3: 44-6, 73}
{ROB4: 30}
Bahá'u'lláh replies to divines of, see Bahá'u'lláh
Clergy of, {ROB3: 44-6}

Mardin, reception accorded Bahá'u'lláh in, {GPB: 156}
Marriage, Betrothal, Engagement, Wedlock,

{KA: 4, 14, 149-152, Q43, 150}
{ROB3: 282, 353, 365-7}
{ROB4: 163, 201, 291, 311}
{SFWAB: 100, 117-122}
absence of spouse,

{KA: K67, Q4, n96-n99}
death during, {KA: K67, Q27}

Bahá'í, recognized in some states, {GPB: 373, 374}
Bride, virginity, {KA: Q13, Q47}
children important to, {SFWAB: 120}
choice of partner, choice of spouse,

{KA: K65, K107, Q30, Q92}
{SFWAB: 118}

companionship in,

{SFWAB: 122}
union of body and spirit, {SFWAB: 117, 118}

consent of parents, {KA: K65, Q13, n92}
Dowry, payable by bridegroom,

{KA: K66, 150-52}
determining amount, {KA: Q26, Q87-Q88, n94-n95}
promissory note, {KA: Q39, n93}
recovery of, {KA: Q12, Q47}
redefined, {KA: n93}

Husband,

may be helped by wife, {SFWAB: 81, 122}
prayer for, see Prayers

importance of, {GPB: 214}
Monogamous,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K63, n89}
Bigamy, {KA: K63, Q30, n89}
Polygamy, Plurality of wives,

{KA: n89}
{ROB4: 201}

not obligatory, {KA: Q46, n91}
patience and unity between partners enjoined, {KA: K67, K70, Q4, n98}
purpose, {KA: K63, n88, n133, n134}
with relatives, limits,

{KA: 7, K107, Q50, n133}
Step-parent, marriage with forbidden, {KA: 7, K107, 150, n133}

with unbelievers, {KA: K139, Q84}
verses, {KA: Q3, Q12}
Wedding must occur within ninety-five days of betrothal, {KA: Q43}
wife may be transformed, {SFWAB: 121}
see also Bahá'í(s), Divorce, Family, Prayer(s), Remarriage, Travel, Virginity

Martyr(s), Martyrdom,

{ESW: 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 101, 174}
{GL: 109, 121, 135, 180-182}
{GPB: 198-203, 296-299}
{ROB1: 270, 279}
{ROB2: 46-51, 60, 94, 96-7, 106, 128-36, 205, 222-3, 286, 332-4, 358-68, 413}
{ROB3: 9, 48, 59, 175-6, 178, 192-4, 203, 212-13, 241, 302}
{ROB4: 57, 141, 165, 175, 234, 264, 322, 325n., 328, 383-8, 421}
{SFWAB: 33, 73, 207, 220}
{TOB: 17, 24, 42, 79, 178, 209-10, 215, 246}
detachment from self, {SFWAB: 76}
of The Báb, see Tabríz
of Bábís, see Bábí(s)
of Bahá'ís

Bahá'u'lláh on,

{ROB4: 383-8}
Bahá'u'lláh yearns for, {SFWAB: 240}
His presence with martyrs, see Bahá'u'lláh

in

Persia,

{GPB: 198-203, 296-299}
execution of first in Persia, {DBNN: 280}
more than four thousand slain in one year, {GPB: 197}

Mázindarán, see Mázindarán
Nayríz, see Nayríz
Qazvín, see Qazvín
Tihrán, see Tihrán
Yazd, see Yazd
Zanján, see Zanján

of

Áqá Najaf-'Alí, {ROB4: 386, 435}
Áqá Najaf-'Alíy-i-Zanjání,

{GPB: 178}
{ROB2: 222-3}

Badí', see Tablet to Badí'
Hájí Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Isfahání, see Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Isfahání, Hájí
King and Beloved of the Martyrs, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Rada'r-Rúh, see Tablet to Rada'r-Rúh
Sulaymán Khán, see Sulaymán Khán, Hájí

Shoghi Effendi on, see Shoghi Effendi
Tablet concerning, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
see also Mírzá Mihdí

of Imám Husayn, see Clergy
spiritual significance of,

{SFWAB: 73}
{TOB: 14, 15}

see also Adversity

Mary Magdelene, {SFWAB: 105, 123}
Máshá'u'lláh, Mosque of, {ROB3: 425-6}
Mashhad,

{DBNN: 12, 267, 288, 324, 671}
{ROB2: 99 and n., 101-3, 105}
{ROB3: 168-9, 177}
{ROB4: 209, 294, 296}
Bahá'ís of, {ROB3: 63}

Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Mashriq'ul-Adhkár, House of Worship, Bahá'í Temple,

{GPB: 340}
{KA: 14, K31, K115, 156, n53, 253}
{ROB1: 86 and n., 199}
{ROB2: 180, 358 and n., 431}
{ROB3: 84, 214 and n., 281, 343-8, 431-2}
{ROB4: 171, 316n.}
{SFWAB: 94, 95-100}
Bahá'ís will gather at dawn in,

{GPB: 340}
{KA: K115, Q15, n142}

children to recite tablets in, {KA: K150, 160}
complementary institutions of, dependencies,

{GPB: 339}
{KA: n53}

definition of, {ROB4: 120n., 316n.}
believer's hair sacrificed for, {SFWAB: 96-9 passim}
in 'Ishqábád, see 'Ishqábád
in North America, see Chicago
in Tihrán, see Tihrán
on Mount Carmel, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
place for, in every hamlet, {SFWAB: 95}
prohibition of pulpits and sermons, {KA: n168}
prophecies concerning, {GPB: 351}
services connected with, {SFWAB: 100}
spiritual effect of, {SFWAB: 95-6}
Welfare, {KA: Q101}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 'Abdu'l-Bahá

Mas'úd Mírzá, Prince (Zillu's-Sultán),

{ROB1: 258n.}
{ROB4: 75-6, 100-2, 263, 264, 347, 385-6}
and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {ROB4: 102}
fate of, {GPB: 232}
letter to Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 101}
offers to assist Bahá'í(s), {ROB4: 101}

Materialism,

{SFWAB: 103, 206, 239, 281, 282}
{TOB: 17, 144}
abandon things, {TOB: 78, 232, 266}
cord of material means, {TOB: 26}
Covetousness, {TOB: 71}
dangers of, without spirituality, {SFWAB: 283-5, 303-4}
only beauty of True One endures, {SFWAB: 204}
fleeting fame, {SFWAB: 105}
spirituality will defeat, {SFWAB: 191}
transitory things, {TOB: 267}
uselessness of,

{SFWAB: 176, 200, 204, 220-1, 234, 271}
everything impermanent, {SFWAB: 311}

yearn only for God, {TOB: 58-9}
see also Detachment, Wealth

Maxwell, May (née May Ellis Bolles),

{GPB: 257}
{SFWAB: 107}
among first group of pilgrims from West, and account of Garden of Ridván, 'Akká {ROB4: 28-30}
buried in Argentina, {GPB: 400}
established first center in European continent, {GPB: 259}
laid foundation of Cause in Canada, {GPB: 260}

Maydán-i-Khán, {ROB4: 347}
Maydán-i-Sháh, {ROB4: 385}
Mázindarán, 'land of Mím',

{ROB1: 54, 246, 305}
{ROB4: 6, 148, 177, 378, 382, 383, 387, 389}
{TOB: 104}
Bábís,

general massacre, {DBNN: 404}
list of martyrs at, {DBNN: 414, 671}
march towards, {ROB4: 209}
persecution, {GPB: 38-42}
upheaval of, {DBNN: 299, 324, 362, 378, 387, 394, 396}

contest of eleven months in, {GPB: 38}
Núr, province of,

{ROB1: 7, 8, 10, 11, 50, 122}
Bahá'u'lláh's visit to,

{DBNN: 112}
effects of, {DBNN: 118}

Mazra'iy-i-Vashshásh, {ROB1: 228}
Mecca, Bathá,

{DBNN: 132, 138}
{GL: 83}
{KA: n7}
{ROB1: 154, 173}
{ROB3: 384-6}
{ROB4: 365}
{TOB: 109, 162, 205}
The Báb,

in, {ROB1: 154, 200, 221, 223}
pilgrimage to, {GPB: 8, 9}

Men,

{ROB4: 215}
Bahá'í, in great danger, see Bahá'í(s)
burial rings, inscription, {KA: K129}
equality between men and women, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
hair, length of, {KA: K44, n69}
Husband see Divorce, Dowry, Inheritance, Marriage, Remarriage
marriage verse, {KA: Q3}
membership of Universal House of Justice confined to, {KA: n80}
pilgrimage enjoined, {KA: Q29}
servants see Maid
wearing of silk,

{KA: K159, n174}
see also Clothes

work, injunction to, {KA: n56}
see also Divorce, Inheritance, mutatis mutandis, Remarriage

Medina,

{GL: 83}
{DBNN: 18, 140}
the Báb visits, {GPB: 9}

Mediums, {SFWAB: 160-1}
Mendicancy, Begging,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K33, K147, n56, n162}
{ROB3: 281, 351-2}
{ROB4: 163, 253}
{TOB: 26}
Sloth, {KA: 14, K33, 158, n56}

Mercy,

{ESW: 29, 55, 78}
{ROB3: 295-7, 354}
{ROB4: 93, 95, 196, 229}
{TOB: 64, 78, 85, 134, 139}
Bahá'u'lláh's, see Bahá'u'lláh
cloud of, {SFWAB: 7}
God's, see God
Kingdom of God founded on, {SFWAB: 158}
Manifestation's, see Manifestation(s) of God

Micah, {ROB2: 2}
Michael Angelo, {GPB: 353}
Midhát Páshá,

{GPB: 317}
{ROB4: 239}

Mihdí, Dervish, {ROB4: 50-1}
Mihdí, Hájí Mullá, {ROB1: 56}
Mihdí, Mullá (martyr of Yazd), {ROB4: 347}
Mihdí-Qulí, Mírzá, Prince, {DBNN: 332, 363, 368, 389, 393, 399, 583}
Mihdíy-i-Khú'í, Mullá,

{DBNN: 25, 227, 349, 423  #147 (also #148)}
{KI: 223}

Mihdy-i-Gulpáygání, Siyyid, {ROB3: 304}
Mihríz, {ROB2: 103}
Mír Muhammad Big, Áqá,

{ROB3: 159}
{ROB4: 254n.}

Míyánduáb, {ROB3: 75}
Moderation, Middle Way,

{GL: 216, 235, 251, 342, 343}
{GPB: 218}
{ROB4: 67, 192, 215, 236}
{TOB: 69, 169, 172, 198-9}

Modesty, {ROB3: 84}
Montana, Phillsburg, {SFWAB: 206}
Moody, Dr Susan,

{GPB: 261}
{ROB4: 328}
buried in Tihrán, {GPB: 400}

Moscow, {ROB3: 113}
Mosque(s),

Aqsá, see Jerusalem
{KA: Q94, n19}

Mosul,

{ROB1: 26, 254, 285}
{ROB2: 334-6}
{ROB3: 25-6, 54-5, 178}
{TOB: 175}

Motive, {ROB3: 129, 143}
Mt. Alburz, endowments on, {GPB: 338}
Muhammad Ja'far-i-Tabrízí (Mansúr), Hájí,

{ROB1: 97-8}
{ROB3: 54}

Muhammad Karím-i-'Attár, {ROB3: 428, 430}
Muhammad Siyyid,

intrigues of, {GPB: 112, 164-169}
slain, {GPB: 189}

Muhammad, 'Abduh, Shaykh, {ROB4: 239}
Muhammad, Mír Siyyid, (Imám-Jum'ih of Isfahán, brother of 'Raqshá')

{DBNN: 199}
{ROB4: 74, 75}
see also Bahá'u'lláh/Mír Muhammad-Husayn

Muhammad, Mírzá Siyyid, the Báb's host in Isfahán, {GPB: 14}
Muhammad, Mírzá (Na'ím), {ROB3: 389-93}
Muhammad, Shaykh (Nabíl), {ROB3: 88}
Muhammad, Siyyid, of Yazd, {ROB1: 39}
Muhammad-'Alí Mírzá (the Crown Prince), {ROB4: 402}
Muhammad-'Alí, Áqá, of Isfahán, {ROB1: 287}
Muhammad-'Alí, Hájí Shaykh (Nabíl ibn-i-Nabíl),

{ROB4: illus. 403; 436}
and Azalís, {ROB4: 394-8}

Muhammad-'Alí, Mírzá; brother of Búyúk-Áqá and a distinguished Siyyid of Khuy, {DBNN: 303}
Muhammad-'Alí, Mullá (Nabíl-i-Qá'iní),

{ROB3: 57-8, 209}
{TOB: 135}

Muhammad-'Ali-i-Zanjání, Mulla, Mullá Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Zanján, Hujjat, Hujjat-i-Zanjání,

activities prior to conversion, {DBNN: 529}
acceptance of message of Báb,

{DBNN: 531, 534}
becomes an advocate of the Báb, {GPB: 12}
conversion of, {DBNN: 178}

death of his wife and child, {DBNN: 572}
Fort of 'Ali-Mardán Khán, transferred to, {DBNN: 545, (note 25)}
fortitude in spite of grief, {GPB: 46}
his petition to Násirid-Dín Sháh, {DBNN: 554}
incarceration in Tihrán, {DBNN: 537, 539, 540}
martyred,

{GPB: 44, 46, 50}
his death and his interment, {DBNN: 573}
indignities inflicted on his body and fate of his kinsmen, {DBNN: 578}

Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Gázur, Áqá, {ROB2: 105}
Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Isfahání, {ROB4: 226, 395-8}
Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Sabbágh, Áqá, of Yazd,

{ROB1: 287}
{ROB2: 59}

Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Salmání, Ustád, {ROB2: 155-61, 265, 329, 330-1, 409}
Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Sayyáh, Hájí (Jáhil), {ROB4: 101}
Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Tabrízí, {ROB4: 394, 395}
Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Tambákú-Furúsh, Áqá, {ROB2: 18, 69, 200, 370-3, 406}
Muhammad-Báqir (martyr of Yazd), {ROB4: 347}
Muhammad-Báqir, {ROB4: 247}
Muhammad-Báqir, Ustád, {ROB3: 20}
Muhammad-Báqir-i-Káshání, Áqá, {ROB2: 59}
Muhammad-Báqir-i-Qahvih-Chí, Áqá, {ROB2: 199, 201n., 329, 330, 402, 408}
Muhammad-Báqir-i-Rashtí, Hájí, Siyyid; known as Hárátí, {DBNN: 19, 97, 264}
Muhammad-Big-i-Cháparchí, {DBNN: 215, 226, 442, 536}
Muhammad-Hádíy-i-Farhádí, {ROB2: 172, 174-8}
Muhammad-Hádiy-i-Sahháf, Mírzá, {ROB3: 402-3}
Muhammad-Hasan (martyr of Yazd), {ROB4: 348}
Muhammad-Hasan-i-Najafí, Shaykh,

{DBNN: 90}
{KA: K166, 164, n178}
{ROB4: 209, 433}

Muhammad-Hasan-i-Qazvíní, Fatá'l-Qazvíní,

{DBNN: 287}
takes message from Táhirih to Quddús, {DBNN: 294}

Muhammad-Hasan-i-Sabzavárí, Shaykh,

{ROB1: 39}
{ROB2: 103, 105}
{ROB4: 51}

Muhammad-Husayn, Shaykh, {ROB4: 205-6}
Muhammad-i-'Arab, Shaykh, {ROB1: 283}
Muhammad-Ibráhím, Áqá, {ROB4: 30-1}
Muhammad-Ibráhím-i-Amír, Áqá, {ROB1: 288}
Muhammad-Ibráhím-i-Káshání, Áqá, {ROB1: 131}
Muhammad-i-Furúghí, Mírzá, Mullá,

{DBNN: 125, 332, 334, 353, 404, 580}
{ROB2: 115}
{ROB3: 27}

Muhammad-i-Gulpáyigání, Siyyid; pen name was Ta'ir, whom Táhirih styled as Fatá'l-Malíh, {DBNN: 273}
Muhammad-i-Mámáqání, Mullá; noted and learned disciple of Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í, {DBNN: 11, 314, 509}
Muhammad-i-Manshádí, Mullá, {ROB2: 99-102, 105, 106}
Muhammad-i-Mázindarání, Mírzá, {ROB1: 250-51}
Muhammad-i-Mukárí, Mír, {ROB2: 59, 292-5, 409}
Muhammad-i-Núrí, Mullá, Mu'allim of Núr, his meeting with Mullá Husayn, his message to Bahá'u'lláh, {DBNN: 104}
Muhammad-i-Ridáy-i-Muhammad-'Ábádí, Mullá, {ROB4: 286n.}
Muhammad-Ismá'íl, Ustád, {ROB3: 20}
Muhammad-i-Yazdí, Hájí,

{ROB4: illus. 22; 23-6}
and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {ROB4: 25-6}
meets Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí, {ROB4: 25-6}

Muhammad-Khán, the Amír-Túmán, {DBNN: 556}
Muhammad-Khán-i-Balúch, Hájí,

{ROB3: 384-9}
{ROB4: 107}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's statement on, {ROB3: 387-8}

Muhammad-Mihdí, Safihu'l-'Ulama, {DBNN: 205}
Muhammad-Mihdíy-i-Kandí, Mullá; bearer of message from Bahá'u'lláh to the Báb, {DBNN: 227, 440, 424  #152 (also #153)}
Muhammad-Mustafá; an Arab native of Baghdad, {DBNN: 271, 273}
Muhammad-Qulí, Mírzá, {ROB4: 247}
Muhammad-Rahím, Áqá, of Isfahán, {ROB3: 120-23}
Muhammad-Ridá, Áqá, {ROB1: 102, 103, 278}
Muhammad-Ridá, Hájí, of Káshán, {ROB3: 269}
Muhammad-Ridá, Mullá, of Muhammad-Ábád,

{ROB1: 84-91}
{ROB2: 97-8}

Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Isfahání, Hájí,

{ROB4: illus. 345; 387-8, 435}
martyrdom, {ROB4: 342-6}
Bahá'u'lláh meets, {ROB4: 343}
prayer for, {ROB4: 343}
see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Dunyá

Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Tabíb, Áqá Mírzá, {ROB3: 358-9}
Muhammad-Sádiq, Áqá, of Isfahán, {ROB1: 287}
Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí, Hájí,

{ROB2: 10, 11n., 21-3, 99-105 passim, 107 quoted passim}
{ROB3: 334}
{ROB4: 113}
biography, {ROB1: Appendix II}
describes events at Bahjí, see 'Akká
describes Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 9-10}
father of author of The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 37n.}
Fusúl-i-Arba'ih, {ROB1: 322 and n.}
History of the Faith in the Province of Yazd,

{ROB1: 321, 326}
{ROB2: 46-51, 358}
{ROB4: 23, 50-1, 124, 347}

memoirs,

{ROB1: 111-13, 131-2, 290-91}
{ROB3: 40-44, 194-6, 301-2, 359, 384-6}
{ROB4: 9-10, 243-4, 247}

receives Tablet, {ROB1: 37-40}
story about Mírzá Ja'far, {ROB4: 245-6}
writings, {ROB1: 38n., 321-2}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

Muhammad-Taqí, Mírzá; the leading mujtahid in Sárí, Mázindarán, {DBNN: 300, 346, 351, 357, 407}
Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Harátí, Mullá, {DBNN: 202, 208}
Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Milání, {DBNN: 239}
Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Núrí, Mírzá; a celebrated mujtahid of Núr,

his meeting with Bahá'u'lláh, {DBNN: 111}
two dreams of, {DBNN: 111, 112}

Muhammad-Valí Khán, {ROB3: 187-91}
Muharram, {ROB4: 322, 334, 335}
Muhít-i-Kirmání, Mírzá,

{ROB2: 54}
the declaration of the Báb to, {DBNN: 134, 136, 137, 138}

Mu'ínu's-Saltanih, Hájí, {ROB3: 269}
Mulk-Árá, Prince, {ROB1: 92}
Murtidá, Mírzá, the Sadru'l-'Ulamá, {ROB4: 435}
Murtidáy-i-Ansárí, Shaykh, {ROB1: 91-2, 144}
Mushíru'l-Mulk, {ROB1: 112-13}
Music, Melodies, Singing and Songs, Anthems,

{KA: K51, 159, n79}
{ROB3: 348, 367-9}
{SFWAB: 11, 147, 200}
'Abdu'l-Bahá on, , {ROB3: 368-9}
and musicians, {SFWAB: 112
anthems of the spirit, {SFWAB: 11}
anthems of unity, {SFWAB: 8, 312}
choir of holiness, {SFWAB: 255}
in praise of Beloved, {SFWAB: 19}
music is food for soul, {SFWAB: 112}
Nearness to God through, {KA: K51}
of Concourse on High, {SFWAB: 22, 35}
past religious practices concerning, {KA: n79}
power of, {SAQ: 246}
Propriety, in relation to, {KA: K51}
Singing,

{KA: K51}
at gatherings, {SFWAB: 112}

song of God, {SFWAB: 93}
song of Kingdom, {SFWAB: 3, 180}
songsters that carol, {SFWAB: 225}
verses of oneness are being sung, {SFWAB: 228}

Mustafa Big-i-Sanandají, Majdhúb, {DBNN: 118}
Muslim(s), Muhammadans,

{ROB3: 43, 59, 76, 154, 168-9, 260-65, 273}
{ROB4: 151, 172, 263, 264, 268, 335n., 343, 417}
and holy war, see War(s)
and prayer, {ROB3: 355n.}
Bahá'ís of Muslim background, see Bahá'í(s)
clergy, see Clergy
in Mandalay become Bahá'ís, see Mandalay
Muslim Cemetery in 'Akká, see 'Akká
pilgrimage, {ROB3: 385-6}
rites of burial, {ROB3: 20, 209n.}
Shrines,

{ROB3: 424, 427-8}
in 'Iráq, {ROB1: 156-7}

see also Kitáb-i-Íqán, Bahá'í(s), Islám

Mustafá, Mírzá, of Naráq,

{ROB2: 60-1}
{ROB4: 386, 435}

Mysteries, Hidden Meanings,

divine,

{SAQ: 123}
{SFWAB: 29}

excluded will understand, {SFWAB: 277, 278}
laid bare, {SFWAB: 253}
hidden, may be revealed, {SFWAB: 3}
inner,

{SFWAB: 40, 53, 181}
buds of, {SFWAB: 255}
may be learned by children, {SFWAB: 134}

man probes, {SAQ: 186}
of being exist in man, {SAQ: 236}
of the Kingdom, {SFWAB: 33}
of universe, {SFWAB: 157-8}
revealed by love, {SFWAB: 27}
see also Mysteries

Nadr-ibn-i-Hárith, {GL: 25}
Najaf,

{DBNN: 2, 7, 50}
{KA: n178}
{ROB1: 156n., 157}
{ROB4: 100}

Najaf-Ábád,

{ROB1: 25, 248}
{ROB4: 385}

Name(s),

{TOB: 21, 244}
as barriers to recognition of Manifestation of God, {KA: K167, n180}
Book of, {TOB: 5, 78}
caused other names to groan, {TOB: 116}
circle of, {TOB: 101}
Creator of, {TOB: 21}
Greatest, see Bahá'u'lláh
holding fast to, {TOB: 58}
kingdom of, see Terms in Holy Writings
Lord of, {TOB: 11, 25, 33, 48, 134, 144, 237, 238, 255}
Most Great, see Bahá'u'lláh
of God, {TOB: 246, 252}
of months see Calendar, Bahá'í
place names referred to by initial letter, {KA: n122}
sea of, {TOB: 58}
shaken, {TOB: 77}
tabernacle of, {TOB: 189}
veil of, {TOB: 9}

Najíb Páshá, {ROB1: 259}
Násirí (trademark), {ROB4: 178}
Nasru'lláh, Siyyid, {ROB4: 191}
Nasru'lláh-i-Tafrishí, Mírzá, {ROB3: 23}
Nations, Country,

{ROB3: 126, 128, 148, 153, 168}
{ROB4: 197, 198, 235-6, 238, 361, 382, 423, 432-3}
development of, {KA: K160, 161}
League of Nations,

{GPB: 305}
{ROB1: 212}
{SFWAB: 306-7}
Bahá'ís appeal to, for restitution of property, {GPB: 357-360}
messages to, {GPB: 344}
religious league of Nations embodied in Temple, {GPB: 353}

luminary in every, {TOB: 150}
Nationalism, {SFWAB: 300-1}
no glory in nationality, {TOB: 68, 87, 127, 167}
prescribed portion for each, {TOB: 149}
unity of, {GL: 95, 249}
well-being of, {TOB: 174}
see also Christian Faith

Navváb-i-Radaví; the most prominent of Vahid's adversaries, {DBNN: 467, 471}
Náyib, Jináb-i-, {ROB4: 259}
Nayríz,

{ROB1: 77n., 288, 331}
{ROB4: 205, 328, 378, 380, 435}
Bahá'u'lláh praises believers of, {ROB1: 267-8}
Báqir, Mullá, Imám-Jum'ih of, {ROB4: 205}
upheavals in,

{DBNN: 465, 474, 479, 642}
{GPB: 42-43}
{ROB1: 138-9, 263-9}
Martyrs of,

{ROB1: 265-8}
names of (at Fort of Khajíh), {DBNN: 487}

Zaynu'l-'Ábidín Khán, Prince (the Fakhru'd-Dawlih), Governor of,

{DBNN: 476, 481, 490}
{ROB1: 138-41 passim, 144, 145, 264-5, 268}
wife of, {ROB1: 141}

see also Súriy-i-Sabr

Nazar-'Alíy-i-Hakím-i-Qazvíní, {ROB3: 247-8}
Nazareth,

{ROB3: 58, 209}
{ROB4: 239}
Christians of, {ROB3: 58}

New Zealand, National Spiritual Assembly in, {GPB: 335, 336}
Newspapers, Journalists (writers of press),

{GPB: 219}
{ROB4: 173, 349-50, 396, 401}
{SFWAB: 39}
{TOB: 39-40}
News, {KA: n82}
see also Akhtar, 'Urvatu'l-Vuthqá, Tablet to The Times

Nice (France), {ROB3: 86}
Nimrod,

{GL: 88}
{KA: K41, n65}
{ROB4: 324}
dream of, {KI: 62}
see also Manifestation(s) of God

Níshápúr, {ROB3: 176-7}
Níyávarán, {ROB1: 8}
Níyáz, Hájí, {ROB4: 415}
Níyáz-i-Baghdádí, Hájí, incident related by, {DBNN: 138}
Non-believers, Deniers, Disbelievers, Faithless, Froward, Heedless, Ignorant, Unbelief, Unbelievers, Ungodly, Wayward, Enemies of Cause,

{ESW: 159}
{ROB3: 35-6, 326 and n.}
{TOB: 49, 60, 73, 74, 91, 102-3, 104-9 passim, 110-12, 114, 117, 119, 120, 123, 131, 137, 141, 143-4, 147, 151, 156, 174, 175, 185, 205-16 passim, 235, 240-2, 244-5, 248, 252}
'Abdu'l-Bahá hopes unmindful may perceive sweet savours, {SFWAB: 22}
afflictions of, {GL: 169, 209, 214, 339}
aid to, besought, {TOB: 108, 187}
astray but perceive it not, {TOB: 107}
Bábís, {TOB: 79, 185, 190}
Bahá'u'lláh's Writings collected by, {TOB: 131}
bartered away blessings, gifts, {TOB: 102, 106}
birds of darkness, see Terms in Holy Writings
blind, see Terms in Holy Writings
Book unaffected by, {TOB: 78}
captive in chains, {TOB: 84}
character of, {GL: 169, 181, 183, 232, 233}
clay clods, {TOB: 260}
condition of

{GL: 71, 87, 136, 145-148, 168, 190, 191, 284, 293, 331}
{PM: 198, 296, 311}

contemptible, {TOB: 54}
craftiness of, {TOB: 260}
deniers drink from sea of God's bestowals, {SFWAB: 257}
die in wrath, {TOB: 103, 131}
difference between good, sinners, and wicked who are veiled, {SAQ: 238}
dried leaves, {TOB: 257-8}
drunkenness of, drunken stupor of,

{SFWAB: 13}
{TOB: 237}

embodiments of delusion, {TOB: 244}
epilepsy of, {TOB: 241}
Evil designs of, {TOB: 88}
Evil One, {TOB: 87}
faculty for recognizing Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 52-3}
faithless, {SFWAB: 314-15}
fate of those who turn away from Divine Love, {SFWAB: 28}
few servants truly thankful, {TOB: 58}
follow empty words, {TOB: 241}
foolish ones, {TOB: 220}
grace of God can cure, {TOB: 252}
Heathen, {GL: 338}
hypocrisy of, {TOB: 51}
ignorant, {TOB: 53, 151, 170, 258}
immature ones, {TOB: 80}
Kingdom hidden from the proud, {SFWAB: 185}
last trace of sunlight, {TOB: 212}
laws of God a fire to, {TOB: 50}
leave deniers to their cavillings, {SFWAB: 43}
lost in strange doubt, {TOB: 120}
lowliest of servants, {TOB: 186}
lying in ambush, {TOB: 62}
may be pardoned after death, {SAQ: 232}
must be helped, {SFWAB: 28}
Non-Bahá'í(s)

acceptable as witnesses, {KA: Q79, n99}
and law of inheritance, see Inheritance
marriage with, permitted, {KA: K139}
parents, consent to marriage, {KA: n92}

object to what they comprehend, {TOB: 141}
Opposition to Faith, Opponents of Faith,

attacks further Cause, {SFWAB: 234-6}
ruined, {SFWAB: 258-9}

people of tyranny, {TOB: 49, 54, 107, 255}
perverse generation, {TOB: 85}
Pharisees, {SFWAB: 39, 40}
prefer sea of delusion, {TOB: 58}
rushed with swords of malice, {TOB: 123}
sons of earth, {SFWAB: 175-6}
station of, {TOB: 267}
tyrants, {SFWAB: 313}
unbelief of, is recompense for deeds, {TOB: 235}
Unfaithfulness, Faithlessness,

{KA: K97, K149}
{ROB1: 243}

untrustworthy, 232, 233
woe betide, {TOB: 48, 53, 62, 64, 85, 107, 170, 176, 213, 253}
wolves, {TOB: 106, 212}

Núru'd-Dín-i-Zayn, {ROB4: 105}
Obedience,

{ROB3: 282, 289-93, 377, 437-8}
{ROB4: 70}
to government, {KA: 14, K64, K95, 161}
to Laws, {TOB: 50, 62, 71, 72, 109, 126, 130, 188-9, 268}
to results of consultation, {KA: Q99}
see also God, True Liberty

Ober, Harlan, {ROB4: 310}
Oliphant, Laurence, {ROB3: 242-3}
Open of Hand, {SFWAB: 121}
Order,

in society, {KA: 16, K2, K64}
Old, disintegration of, {ROB3: 109, 312, 313-14}
New World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, Most Great Order,

{GPB: 26, 324-327}
{ROB1: 120-21, 217}
{ROB2: 41, 88}
{ROB3: 108, 124, 126, 129, 138, 214-15, 281, 309ff., 314-16, 336, 344}
{ROB4: 114, 139, 216, 360, 423}
Kitáb-i-Aqdas,

{GL: 7, 136, 219, 313, 331, 333}
{GPB: 79, 223, 324, 325, 329-351}
{KA: 1, 12-14, K181, 163, n173, n189}
{ROB3: ch. 14}
Architect of, {GPB: 245}
birth of, {GPB: 244}
influence of, {GPB: xi}
Laws of God means of world order, {GL: 93, 97, 331}
laws of World Order revealed in 'Akká, {GPB: 323}
Relation to World Order, {ROB3: 281, 294, 308}

see also Shoghi Effendi, Civilization, Administrative Order, House(s) of Justice

Pan-Islámic movement, {ROB4: 401}
Pantheism, {SAQ: 290-96}
Parents,

{ROB3: 203, 326, 328-9, 354, 366}
children, duties of towards parents,

children must implore forgiveness for, {SAQ: 231}
see Unpublished or Untranslated Works

consent to marriage, {KA: K65, Q13, n92}
duty to educate children, {KA: K48, K150, Q105, 157, n76}
of Bahá'ís, forgiveness for, {ROB2: 401}
respect and kindness to, {KA: Q104, Q106, 159, n92}
responsibility of parents towards children, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
and inheritance see Inheritance

Paris,

{GPB: 56}
{ROB3: 113, 168n., 172, 187, 191}
'Abdu'l-Bahá in,

{GPB: 286}
{SFWAB: 102-3}
early activity in, {GPB: 259}

see also Napoleon III

Patchin, William J., {ROB4: illus. 327; 236-8, 459}
Patience,

{ESW: 24, 58, 71, 126, 144, 152}
{GL: 8, 129, 202, 239, 265, 290, 296}
{KA: K87}
{ROB1: 109, 187, 271}
{TOB: 119, 138, 177}
in marriage, {KA: K67, Q4, n98}
year of see Divorce
see also Job

patriotism,

{GPB: 217}
true, {GL: 95}
universal, {GL: 250}

Peace,

{ESW: 24, 25, 28, 33, 34, 38, 54, 76, 123, 135, 149}
{GL: 6, 97, 219, 253, 260, 286}
{ROB3: 125, 131, 155}
{ROB4: 388}
{SFWAB: 11, 36, 82, 107, 246, 253}
{TOB: 125, 162, 169, 171, 219, 246}
ark of, {SFWAB: 26}
Bahá'ís must offer selves in path of, {SFWAB: 273}
Central Organization for a Durable Peace, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
ensured through Manifestation, {GL: 80}
establishment of, {SAQ: 58, 62-66}
Kingdom of, {SFWAB: 73}
Lesser Peace,

{ESW: 30-31}
{GL: 254}
{ROB3: 125ff., 314-15.}
{ROB4: 159, 162, 198, 366}
{TOB: 23, 69, 89}
Universal House of Justice to promote, see Bahá'í Faith

Most Great Peace,

{GL: 249, 254}
{GPB: 224}
{ROB3: 125, 126, 264, 315}
{ROB4: 158, 198, 235, 366}
{TOB: 126, 165}
Ensign of, {GPB: 245}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

of God, {TOB: 134}
Peacekeeping, international force for, {KA: n173}
prerequisites of {GL: 249, 250}
Prince of, see Bahá'u'lláh
promotion of, see Bahá'í(s)
search for peace of mind, {ROB4: 71}
teachings conducive to, {ROB4: 154-5}
tranquility, {TOB: 39, 257}
unity, peace unattainable without, see Unity
Universal,

{SFWAB: 60, 174, 258, 295-307}
dawn of, {SFWAB: 311-12}
principles for establishing, {SFWAB: 248-50, 298-307}
Supreme Tribunal, see Government(s)
Word of God necessary for, {SFWAB: 296}

world,

{ROB4: 196-8, 235, 341-2}
The Promise of World Peace (Universal House of Justice), {ROB4: 342}

see also League of Nations, War

Pearson, Miss, niece of Mrs. Hearst, {GPB: 257}
Perfection(s),

of all creation, {SAQ: 177-78}
all things created perfect from the first, {SAQ: 199}
of Christ, 121 each degree of existence requires, {SAQ: 129-31}
imperfections and, {SAQ: 129-31, 151-52}
limitless, {SAQ: 230-32, 237}
of Manifestations of God, {SAQ: 8-9, 11, 114, 114n, 174}
of man's spirit, {SAQ: 144}
Perfect Man, {SAQ: 114, 114n, 174, 196, 222}
see also Imperfections

Persecution,

{ROB3: 32, 48, 85-6, 88, 120, 153, 174, 192-3, 194-6, 255-6, 260-63, 266-7, 268-9, 273, 391-2, 429, 435}
{ROB4: 87, 264}
of Bábís, see Bábí(s)
of Bahá'ís, see Bahá'í(s)
of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh
of Cause of God, see Bahá'u'lláh
of Hájí Ákhúnd, see Hands of the Cause of God
of Hájí Yahúdá, see Yahúdá, Hájí,
of Ibn-i-Abhar, see Hands of the Cause of God
of Mírzá Hádí, {ROB4: 16}

Persia, Persians, Iran,

{GL: 196, 224, 230}
{KA: n44, n122, n124, n126, n131-n132, n176}
{ROB2: 92, 98, 194, 336}
{ROB3: 11, 12, 14, 40, 54, 55, 61, 66, 75, 77, 80, 162, 174, 185, 199-200, 210, 212-13, 219}
{ROB4: 92, 101, 115, 250-1, 341, 344, 349, 359, 368, 380, 402, 418, 421, 431, 433}
{SFWAB: 101, 221-2, 289}
{TOB: 49, 57, 84, 90, 91, 92-3, 212}
adoption of surnames in, {ROB4: 293}
Báb enlightened,

{SAQ: 26}
effect of The Báb's Revelation on, see Báb, The

Bábí community in,

{ROB1: 84, 253, 286}
and Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB2: 59, 65-77 passim, 84, 113, 119, 152, 194, 236, 248, 298, 373}

Bahá'u'lláh enlightened, {SAQ: 31-32, 304-05}
Bahá'í community in,

{ROB1: 160, 217, 279}
{ROB3: 54, 59, 77, 80, 84, 176, 235, 262-5, 266, 280, 407-8}
{ROB4: 306}
attacked on, {GPB: 362, 363}
Bahá'ís are only group obedient and loyal to government, {SFWAB: 293-4}
schools in,

{GPB: 299}
{ROB3: 327, 328, 330}
{ROB4: 122n.}
closed, {GPB: 363}
letters to Shah about closing schools, {GPB: 345}
Tarbíyat Schools for boys and girls, {ROB4: 313-14}

Bahá'u'lláh's contact with,

{ROB1: 28, 110-13 passim, 203, 284, 286}
Obligatory Prayers sent to, see Prayer(s)

Childrens Savings Bank, {GPB: 342}
efforts to establish independence of Faith, {GPB: 369-372}
endowments in, {GPB: 337-339}
fate of opposers in, {GPB: 317-320}
intermarriage of Bahá'ís of, see Bahá'í(s)
National Spiritual Assembly of, see Bahá'í Faith
organized teaching work, {GPB: 300}
site of future Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in, {GPB: 338}
well-being of Bahá'ís in, {ROB4: 289}
see also Martyrs

Christians in, {ROB3: 260, 265}
cradle of the Faith, {ROB4: 233}
divines of, {ROB4: 98}
education, see Education
emissaries from, {TOB: 260}
famine in, {ROB4: 299}
government of,

{ROB1: 16, 146, 225-7}
{ROB4: 222, 306, 314, 335, 338, 382, 401}
officials, {ROB1: 18-20}
Kings, Sháh,

downfall of, {GPB: 228}
Qájár,

{ROB3: 162, 247}
Fath-'Ali Sháh (reigned 1798-1834),

{DBNN: 5}
{ROB1: 128}
{ROB4: 222, 303, 433}

Muhammad Sháh, (reigned 1834-48),

{DBNN: 121, 171, 177, 215, 229, 253, 525, 531, 537, 539}
{ROB1: 11 and n., 138n., 325-6, 330}
{ROB3: 247, 265, 422}
{ROB4: 222}
{TOB: 65}
death of, {GPB: 37, 82}
letter from, to The Báb, {DBNN: 229}

Muzaffari'd-Dín Sháh (reigned 1896-1907), {ROB1: 90}
Násiri'd-Dín Sháh, see To The Kings and Rulers

Sásáníyán kings, (A.D. 226-651), {ROB1: 7}
Sháh 'Abbás (reigned 1589-1627), {ROB1: 117}
see also To The Kings and Rulers

hope for future of, {SFWAB: 256}
language, see Language
people of, reject Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 62}
reconstruction of, depends on teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, {SAQ: 35}
sun is symbol of,

{SAQ: 68}
{SFWAB: 172}

sunk to low level,

{TOB: 85, 95}
decay of, {SAQ: 27}

Tár (village in Persia), {TOB: 77 and n., 78-80}
teachers in,

{ROB4: 177, 254, 257-73, 274-6, 298, 302, 303, 306, 310, 423}
Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí travels around, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih
Ibn-i-Abhar's travels around, see Hands of the Cause of God
Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl's travels around, see Abu'l-Fadl, Mírzá
Sulaymán Khán's mission to, {ROB4: 185}

veils obstructed, {TOB: 73}
women in, {ROB4: 312}
writing, see Bahá'u'lláh
see also Ábádih, Ádhirbáyján, Ámul, Arák, Ardabíl, Ardikán, Badasht, Bandar-i-Abbás, Bárfurúsh, Bavánát, Búshihr (Bushire), Bushrú'íyyih, Chihríq, Fárán (Tún), Darakhsh, Fárs, Hamadán, Isfahán, Káshán, Khurásán, Khuy, Kirmán, Kirmánsháh, Kulayn, Máh-Kú, Manshád, Mashhad, Mázindarán, Najaf-Ábád, Nayríz, Níshápúr, Níyávarán, Núr, Qá'in, Qazvín, Qum, Rasht, Sabzivár, Shahmírzád, Sháh-Rúd, Síyáh-Dihán, Tabríz, Tákúr, Talkhunchih, Tihrán, Yazd, Zanján

Peter, St., disciple of Jesus, Simon, Cephas,

{ROB2: 288}
{ROB4: 433}
{SAQ: 93, 135, 135n}
{SFWAB: 18, 105, 163, 224}
{TOB: 10}
reference to Day of God, see Terms in Holy Writings

Pharaoh, Pharisees,

{GL: 19, 88, 220}
{ROB3: 116}
{ROB4: 47, 324}
{SFWAB: 18, 39, 40, 174, 238}
kinsman of, believed in Moses, {KI: 12}
opposition of, to Moses, {KI: 11, 55}
warned of advent of Moses, {KI: 63}
see also Moses

Philosophy, Philosophers,

{ROB4: 138, 236, 294}
ancient Greek philosophers,

{ROB1: 214}
{ROB4: 33, 42, 46-9}
{TOB: 144-51, 169}
Aristotle,

{SAQ: 15, 290}
{TOB: 147}

Plato,

{SAQ: 15, 23, 297-98}
{TOB: 147}

Ptolemy, {SAQ: 287}
Pythagoras,

{SAQ: 23}
{TOB: 145}

Socrates,

{ROB4: 46}
{SAQ: 14}
{SFWAB: 55}
{TOB: 146-7}

see also Physicians

and knowledge of God, {SFWAB: 54}
fallibility of reason in, {SAQ: 297-98}
Islámic philosophy, {ROB4: 42}
of Hájí Mullá Hádíyi-i-Sabzavárí, see Hádíy-i-Sabzavárí, Hájí Mullá

Phoenecia, governor of, pays tribute to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 313}
Physicians, Medical Doctors,

{KA: K113, 161, n134}
{SAQ: 94, 158-59}
Can also heal spiritually, spiritual healing,

{SFWAB: 23, 37, 57, 72, 150-1, 181, 272, 275}
for diseased world, {SFWAB: 244}
from teachings of God, {SFWAB: 23}
Manifestations are skilled Physicians of every soul, {SFWAB: 59}
teachers of children must be like doctors, {SFWAB: 130}

Galen, {SAQ: 15, 303}
Hippocrates,

{SAQ: 15}
{SFWAB: 55}
{TOB: 146}

lying to patient by, {SAQ: 215-16}
Manifestations are like, {SAQ: 94, 158-59}
must investigate foods as cure, {SFWAB: 153-6}
must themselves consult doctors, {SFWAB: 156}
Patient must obey; advice of, must be followed,

{SAQ: 173-74}
{SFWAB: 156}

permitted to prescribe alcohol or other drugs, {KA: n144, n170}
see also Illness

Piety,

{ESW: 23, 135}
{KA: K64, K148, K149, K157, n61, n135}
{TOB: 37, 78, 120, 253}
and detachment, {TOB: 253}

Pilate, Pontius, {TOB: 10}
Pilgrimage, Pilgrims,

{ROB1: 211-212}
{ROB2: 240}
{ROB3: 55, 57, 64, 74, 91, 159ff., 177-8, 208, 253, 257, 301, 303-5, 384-6, 395, 401-2}
{ROB4: 7-9, 217, 255}
{TOB: 109}
conditions for, {ROB4: 84}
Holy Places and Historical Sites

Holy Land,

{ROB4: 33, 83-7, 421}
'Abdu'l-Bahá makes arrangements for, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
'Akká,

Mazra'ih, see 'Akká
Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, see 'Akká
see also 'Akká/pilgrims to

Hájí Mírzá Habíbu'lláh's account of, {ROB4: 332-7}
May Maxwell among first group from West, see Maxwell, May Bolles
Pilgrim House,

{ROB3: 160, 223, 362}
{ROB4: 2, 9, 415}
Oriental, {GPB: 307}
western, {GPB: 307}

Shrine of The Báb, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil

Restoration and preservation, {KA: K133, Q32, n154}
Twin Houses,

House of the Báb in Shíráz, see Shíráz
House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád, see Baghdád
pilgrimage to, {KA: K32, Q25, Q29, n54, n68}

permission for,

{ROB4: 83-7}
arrive without permission, {ROB4: 83-4}
sought from Shoghi Effendi, {ROB4: 87}

numerous, {GPB: 177}
ordained, {KA: K32, Q25, 156}
pilgrims visit Bombay, see Bombay
places of, defined, {KA: Q29, n54, n154}
rituals in connection with,

{ROB4: 165}
see also Súrihs of Hajj

shaving of heads, {KA: Q10, n68}
women exempted, {KA: K32, n55}
see also Baghdád, Muslim(s)

Pioneering, Pioneer,

{GL: 334}
{ROB4: 328}
pioneers of the Faith, {GPB: 261, 398, 399}
Shoghi Effendi encourages, {ROB4: 171-2}

Poems,

{ROB4: 9, 65, 107-8, 124, 231-2, 313}
George Townshend's poem to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, see Hands of the Cause of God
Háfiz, {ROB1: 11 and n.}
Nabíl's poetry about Bahá'u'lláh, see Tablet to Nabíl-i-A'zam
Sa'dí, {ROB4: 65}
see also Qasídiy-i-Varqá'íyyih, Rashh-i-'Amá, Sáqí-Az-Ghayb-i-Baqá, Ibn-i-Fárid

Polygamy, {ROB4: 201}
Popovitch, Prof. Bogdan, {GPB: 383, 388}
Port Sa'íd, {ROB4: 332}
Prayer(s), Supplication,

{GL: 38, 265, 280, 289, 290, 291}
{KA: 4, n4, n25}
{PM: 60, 195, 282, 283}
{ROB1: 30, 79, 116, 187, 188}
{ROB2: 19n., 36n., 232-3}
{ROB3: 98, 105, 145, 323n., 334, 344-6, 354, 379, 390-91, 435, 446, 447}
{ROB4: 36, 168, 271, 316n., 411n.}
{SFWAB: 122, 193, 202}
{TOB: 26, 109}

For:

Assistance, Aid and Assistance,

{BP: Contents}
{PM: 22, 45, 116, 212, 265}
{SFWAB: 6-7, 224-5, 232-3, 254-5, 272-4, 315, 316}
{TOB: 268-9}
Assistance to and protection of Bahá'ís, {SFWAB: 5-6, 222-3, 224-5, 232-3, 254-5, 272-4, 315, 316}
Guidance, {PM: 4, 9, 47, 62, 84, 124, 236, 237, 241, 252, 253, 256, 259}
to do will of God, {PM: 210, 225, 233, 254, 264}
to observe fast, {PM: 299}
to promote Faith, {PM: 19, 28, 35, 38, 53, 56, 60, 62, 64, 86, 99, 100, 117, 141, 142, 150, 159, 162, 165, 191, 202, 213, 217, 220, 226, 227, 239, 242, 243, 291, 334}
to serve, {PM: 33, 77, 240, 244, 247, 289}
With Tests, {BP: Contents}
see also Prayers/Protection, Assistance

The Báb, see Báb,The
Children And Youth, {BP: Contents}
Departed,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: 196-7}
Prayer for the Dead,

{KA: K8, 101-102, Q85, n10-n11, n19, n149}
{PM: 260, 279}
{ROB3: 350-351}
and burial rings, {KA: Q70, n10, n149}
congregational, {KA: 14, K12, n10}
for women, reworded, {KA: 102}
standing, for recitation of, {KA: n10, n19}
when unable to read, {KA: K8}
see also Qiblih, Burial

Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on, at resting places of, {ROB4: 164-5}
see also Death. Life after

Detachment,

{BP: Contents}
{PM: 17, 20, 22, 25, 30, 34, 47, 60, 81, 98, 99, 103, 118, 126, 145, 147, 152, 156, 161, 163, 188, 198, 204, 206, 207, 225, 226, 228, 233, 240, 254, 256, 268, 290, 324, 335, 338}
{SFWAB: 174-5}

Evening,

{BP: Contents}
Midnight,

{BP: 61}
{SFWAB: 202}

Families, {BP: Contents}
Fasting,

{BP: Contents}
{GL: 299, 337}
{GPB: 172, 177}
{PM: 10, 65, 67, 79, 143, 288-293, 299}
{ROB4: 9}
Munájátháy-i-Síyám (Prayers for Fasting), {ROB2: 397}
see also Prayer(s)/Assistance, Fasting

Fire Tablet, see Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún (Section I)
Firmness In The Covenant, {BP: Contents}
Forgiveness,

{BP: Contents}
{GL: 105, 310-311}
{PM: 29, 63, 82, 99, 167, 186, 212, 221, 234, 235, 271, 278, 279, 287, 339}
{TOB: 24-5, 95-6}

Fund, {BP: 84}
Healing,

{BP: Contents}
{PM: 22, 78, 103, 132, 173, 174, 220, 235, 236, 238, 262, 265, 269, 273, 299, 329}
Long Healing Prayer, {BP: 91}
revealed in the barracks of 'Akká, {ROB3: 21}
Sickness, effect upon soul, {GL: 154}
see also Prayers/Protection, Lawh-i-Tibb, Illness/Healing

Hope, {PM: 8, 13, 267}
Huqúqu'lláh,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: p. 25}

Individuals,

Believers,

{GL: 59, 133-134, 243, 274, 299, 310, 313}
{PM: 12, 62, 65, 66, 72, 111, 151, 190, 195, 203, 233, 239, 287, 335}
{SFWAB: 37}
Bábís who became Bahá'ís, {PM: 44}
children of, {PM: 229}
families of, {PM: 229, 233, 287}
Hájí Muhammad-Ridá, see Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Isfahání, Hájí
Hands of the Cause,

{PM: 137, 215}
{ROB4: 288, 299, 320, 337-8}
'Alí-Muhammad-i-Khurásání, Mírzá (Ibn-i-Asdaq), {ROB4: 301-2}

influence of, on Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, see Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh
kindred of Bahá'u'lláh, {PM: 313}
King of Martyrs,

{ROB4: 82}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works

those who have turned to God, {SFWAB: 37}
Western believers, {SFWAB: 75}

Non-believers, {PM: 183}
Oppressors, Enemies,

{PM: 181}
impotence of, {PM: 14, 74, 105, 171, 218}
Son of the Wolf, {ROB4: 369-71}
victory over, {PM: 45, 120, 146, 159, 190}
wrath called upon, {PM: 121, 141, 301, 305}

see also Afnán

Intercalary Days,

{BP: 236}
{PM: 65}
see also Ayyám-i-Há

Justice, {PM: 31, 45, 55, 119, 121, 134, 141}
Knowledge,

{PM: 31, 46, 47, 53, 109, 120, 199, 283, 291}
of God, {PM: 4, 38, 42, 148, 185}
of Revelation, {PM: 48}

Mankind,

{BP: Contents}
{PM: 136, 162, 183, 250}

Marriage,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: 119-20}
Husband,

{BP: 65}
{SFWAB: 121}

Martyrs And Their Families,

{BP: Contents}
{PM: 76, 83, 168, 300}

Meetings,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: 105-6}
Feast, {SFWAB: 105-6}

Mercy, {PM: 19, 24, 29, 31, 81, 114, 137, 148, 158, 166, 167, 169, 178, 215, 220, 228, 244, 250, 255, 262, 339}
Morning,

{BP: Contents}
{PM: 249, 251}
Dawn,

{KA: K33, K115, Q15, n5, n142}
{PM: 288-293}
{SFWAB: 6}

Mother Temple Of The West,

{BP: 265}
see also Chicago

Nations,

{PM: 113}
America, {BP: 19}

Naw-Rúz,

{BP: 262}
{PM: 67}
see also Naw-Rúz

Nearness To God, {BP: Contents}
Praise of God, Praise And Gratitude,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: 4-6, 254-5, 317}
{TOB: 110-17}
made possible by God, gift of God, {PM: 128, 172}
Thanksgiving,

{GL: 88}
for

bounties, {PM: 329-332}
knowledge of Manifestation, {PM: 81, 98, 110, 176, 216, 225, 233, 264, 267, 268, 273, 329}
revealed prayers, {PM: 283}
Revelation, {PM: 179}
steadfastness,

{PM: 110}
see also Prayers/Steadfastness

Prosperity, Abundance, Wealth,

{BP: 22, 83, 84, 98, 109, 143, 188, 197, 268, A13, A14, A22, A40, A46, A50}
daily needs, {PM: 248}
"Good" of worlds, {PM: 10, 15, 17, 38, 60, 66, 75, 76, 100, 109, 114, 129, 146, 164, 186, 196, 216, 224, 233, 237, 249, 257, 259, 310, 313}

Protection,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: 312-14}
Assistance to and protection of Bahá'ís, {SFWAB: 5-6, 222-3, 224-5, 232-3, 254-5, 272-4, 315, 316}
during sleep, {PM: 263}
from adversaries, {PM: 3, 23, 116, 232, 234}
from dangers,

{PM: 159}
Natural events, Prayer of the Signs,

{KA: K11, Q52, 148, n18}
verse replacing Prayer of the Signs, {KA: K11, Q52}

see also Obligatory Prayers

from disbelievers, {PM: 16, 126, 160, 175, 208, 213, 257, 300}
from disunity, {PM: 46}
from enemies, {PM: 3, 43, 84, 98, 119, 185, 196, 207, 233, 305}
from self, {PM: 9, 13, 52, 210, 248, 255}
from sickness,

{PM: 224, 235, 237}
see also Prayers/Healing

from tribulations,

{PM: 9, 224, 232, 234, 235}
see also Prayers/Assistance

from vain imaginings, {PM: 53, 72, 75, 123, 255, 256, 275, 283}
of believers, {PM: 169, 238, 251, 337}
when traveling, {PM: 257, 266}

Service,

{BP: Contents}
see also Prayer(s)/Assistance

Soul,

{ROB4: 164-5}

Spiritual Assembly,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: 78, 86-7}

Spiritual Qualities,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: 5-7, 24-5, 43-4, 227, 319-20}
acceptance by God, {PM: 67, 84, 149, 162, 173, 299}
assurance, {PM: 14, 53, 112, 170, 188, 191, 231, 283, 304}
eternal salvation, {PM: 251}
grace, {PM: 24, 26, 93, 178, 200, 223, 239, 244, 246}
growth, {PM: 178, 240}
Illumination, {PM: 9, 27, 38, 43, 69, 73, 95, 106, 139, 142, 146, 159, 174, 198, 201, 204, 206, 221, 228, 246, 251, 263, 275, 287, 307, 327}
love of God, {PM: 56, 162}
obedience, {PM: 35, 226}
new creation, {PM: 171}
recognition of Manifestation, {PM: 136, 165, 246, 256}
remembrance of God, {PM: 5, 29, 48, 63, 78, 83, 89, 93, 145, 164, 174, 261}
spiritual hearing, {PM: 171, 269}
spiritual sight, {PM: 7, 80, 171, 198, 209, 215, 269}
spiritual sustenance, {PM: 126, 155, 234, 258, 261, 299}
strength and courage, {PM: 18, 38, 101, 158, 224, 252}
surrender of will, {PM: 32, 64, 95, 151, 241}
those grieved by tribulations of Bahá'u'lláh, {PM: 12}
tranquillity, {PM: 18, 35, 235, 236, 238, 248, 283, 335}

Steadfastness,

{BP: Contents}
{PM: 5, 6, 18, 25, 27, 28, 38, 42, 44, 48, 49, 53, 59, 63, 70, 71, 77, 80, 84, 98, 114, 119, 120, 131, 142, 147, 164, 174, 178, 183, 188, 208, 211, 215, 219, 220, 223, 230, 238, 239, 242, 247, 252, 258, 284, 300, 337}
{SFWAB: 259, 312-14, 317}
{TOB: 151-2, 234}
see also Prayers/Praise of God

Tablet Of Ahmad, see Lawh-i-Ahmad (Section I)
Tablet Of The Holy Mariner, see Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Section I)
Tablets Of Visitation, see Tablet Of Visitation (Section I)
Teaching,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: 5-6, 22, 174-5, 224-5, 250}
{TOB: 151-2}
From The Tablets Of The Divine Plan, {BP: Contents}
see also Prayer(s)/Assistance

Tests And Difficulties, tests and trials,

{BP: Contents}
{PM: }
{SFWAB: 227}
martyrdom, {PM: 10, 11, 20, 95, 109, 151, 152, 155}

Triumph Of The Cause,

{BP: Contents}
more helpers, {PM: 156}
victory over enemies, {PM: 45, 120, 146, 159, 190}

Understanding,

{ROB4: 213}
Essence of God, {ROB4: 130-1}

Unity,

{BP: Contents}
{SFWAB: 105-6}
{TOB: 177-8}
of believers, {PM: 26, 45, 46, 57, 106, 109, 114, 121}

Women,

{BP: Contents}
{GL: 134}
Handmaidens, {PM: 13, 78, 126, 139, 142, 148, 156, 163, 196, 213, 231, 235, 327}

see also Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses

Obligatory Prayers,

{BP: 4, 261}
{KA: 14, K6, K8-K14, K18, 92-101, Q14, Q58-Q67, Q77, Q81-Q83, 145-148, n3-n22, n25}
{PM: 314, 317}
{ROB3: 281, 293, 348-51}
{ROB4: 131, 216-17, 261, 299-300}
Long (first),

{BP: 7}
{KA: 92-98, Q67, Q82, 146}
{ROB1: 30}

Medium,

{BP: 4}
{KA: 98-100, Q83, Q86, 146, n5, n34}

Short (third),

{BP: 4}
{KA: 100-101, Q81, Q86, 146, n5}

'Abdu'l-Bahá's Statements on, {ROB3: 350}
Ablutions,

{KA: 146-147}
before Obligatory Prayers, {KA: K18, 98-99, Q62, Q66, Q86, n34}
before repetition of "Alláh-u-Abhá" 95 times, {KA: K18, Q77, n33}
before verse to be said by women in their courses, {KA: K13, n20}
Religions of the past, practices concerning, {KA: n16}
required even after bathing, {KA: Q18}
verses alternative to,

{KA: K10, Q51, n16, n34}
verse to be said in replacement of, when no water available, {KA: K10, Q51, n16, n34}
verse to use when water harmful, {KA: Q51, n34}

Water for, {KA: Q51}

Bayán, laws of, confirmed, amplified or modified by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: n6, n16, n20}
choice of one, {KA: Q65, 147, n3}
exemptions from,

{KA: 146, n20}
for women in their courses,

{KA: K13, 146, n14, n20, n34}
verse in replacement of, {KA: K13

in old age, {KA: K10, n14, n20}
in times of insecurity,

{KA: K14, Q58, 147, n21}
prostrations and verse in replacement of, {KA: K14, Q21, Q58-Q61, 147, n21}

when ill, {KA: K10, Q93, n14, n20}
verses alternative to, {KA: K13, K14, Q58, Q60}

law of, as fundamental element of Revelation, {KI: 39}
nearness to God, through, {KA: n3}
Prostrations, movements,

{KA: K10, K14, 146, n15}
before another person forbidden, {KA: n57}
compensating prostration, {KA: Q21, Q58, Q59, Q60, Q61, n21, n22}
Genuflections, {KA: n4}
on clean surface, see Cleanliness
Sitting, {KA: 96, 98, 100, Q81}
Standing, {KA: 92, 93, 95, 96, 99, n4}

Qiblih, focus for, see Qiblih
Rak'ah(s), {KA: K6, K8, Q63, n4, n6, n9, n20}
Salát, {KA: n3}
Tablets regarding,

{KA: 92-101, Q63, Q65}
{ROB4: 299, 300}
Bahá'u'lláh sends, to Persian Bahá'ís, {ROB4: 300}

Theft of superseded Obligatory Prayer, {KA: n9}
Time for, definition,

Daily, {KA: Q14, n3-n7, n19}
Sunrise, {KA: Q83, 146, 147, n5}
Morning, {KA: K6, Q83, 146, 148, n5, n6}
Noon, Midday, {KA: K6, Q83, 146, 148, n5-n6}
Sunset, Sundown, {KA: Q83, 146, 147, n5}
Evening, {KA: K6, Q83, 146, 148, n5}

when travelling, {KA: K14, Q21, Q58-Q61, 147, n21-n22}

Misc. Topics:

and Purest Branch,

{ROB3: 205-6, 213}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

Bahá'í Community, {ROB4: 243}
Bones do not invalidate prayer, {KA: K9, 148, n12}
by Bahá'u'lláh,

{ROB1: 51-2, 114-16}
power of, {GL: 133, 295}
prayer revealed during enforced journey, {GPB: 109}

cleanliness enjoined when praying, see Cleanliness
congregational,

{KA: 14, K12, 147, 158, n19}
{ROB2: 19n}
{ROB3: 281, 350-51}

granting of, {SFWAB: 161-2}
hair does not invalidate, {KA: K9, n12}
important for children, {SFWAB: 139}
muttering in public, {KA: K108, 158, n135}
Prayer of,

The Báb, at Máh-Kú, {ROB3: 197-8}
Jesus, {PM: 192}
Nudbih, {KI: 35, 240}
the Czar, {ROB3: 121-2}
Islám (Bahá), {ROB4: 411n.}

result of, {SFWAB: 95}
Sitting,

{KA: K154, n168}
associated with Obligatory Prayers, see Obligatory Prayers
associated with compensatory verses, {KA: Q58, n22}
in Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, {KA: K115}
when repeating "Alláh-u-Abhá," {KA: K18}

symbolized as moon of religion, see Terms in Holy Writings
Times for, definition,

Dawn, {KA: K33, K115, Q15, n142}
Evening, {KA: K33}

see also Mashriqu'l-Adhkár

prejudice,

{ROB4: 56, 138, 150, 194, 291, 308}
{SFWAB: 109, 113, 123, 247, 249, 277, 299-301}

Pride,

{ESW: 53, 56, 61, 62, 76, 99, 124}
{GL: 18, 211, 231, 265, 314, 315}
{KA: 14, K41, K82, K86, K89, K122, K148, K149, 161, n64, n65}
{ROB1: 77, 79, 81, 108, 120, 130, 152, 187}
{ROB2: 40, 44, 318}
{ROB3: 148, 149, 151, 280n., 369}
{TOB: 64}
Intellectual, {GL: 18, 211, 265, 314, 315}
vainglory, {TOB: 67, 266}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Kitáb-i-Íqán, Hidden Words, The

Principles,

{ROB4: 197}
see also Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í Faith, Creation, Life, Love, Religion(s), Spiritual principles

Prison(s),

{GL: 42, 58, 85, 116, 200, 241, 306, 342}
Mullá 'Alí-Akbar in, see Hands of the Cause of God
of 'Akká, see 'Akká
of Qazvín, see Qazvín
of Tabríz, see Tabríz
of Tihrán, see Tihrán
of Zanján, see Zanján
world of nature is, see Man

Progressive Revelation see Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Religion(s), Bahá'u'lláh
Promised One,

of Islám, see Báb, The/Qá'im
of the Bayán, of all ages, see Bahá'u'lláh
of the Old Testament, see Bible
of the Zoroastrians, see Zoroaster

Proof(s),

of Bahá'u'lláh's Revelation, {KA: K136, K165, K167, K183}
God, Revealer of, {KA: Q93}
of independence of the Báb's Dispensation, {KA: n109}
see also Testimony

Prophecies,

{ROB3: 305}
{SAQ: 39}
{TOB: 117-19}
ark of His Testament, {SAQ: 60}
cannot bear it now, {TOB: 11}
Clergy, downfall of, see Clergy, Imám Ja'far-i-Sádiq
concerning

'Abdu'l-Bahá, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Amos, see Amos
the Báb, see Báb, The, Qá'im, His Sufferings/Banishment, His Sufferings/Martyrdom
Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh, His Sufferings/Exile, 'Akká
Christ, see Christ
Moses, see Moses
Mount Carmel, of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
Muhammad, see Muhammad
Napoleon III [Emperor of France), see Tablet to Napoleon III
Rhine and Berlin, see Berlin

dead bodies shall lie in street, {SAQ: 51}
dragon with seven heads, {SAQ: 69-70}
earth will be transformed, {SAQ: 39}
elders, four and twenty, {SAQ: 57-58}
fulfilment of,

{GL: 5, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 22, 39, 40, 43, 102, 110, 118, 163, 168, 211, 314, 340, 344}
{ROB4: 153-4, 408-9, 413, 421}

future just ruler, see To The Kings and Rulers
Holy City trod under foot forty and two months, {SAQ: 46}
Jerusalem, New, see Terms in Holy Writings
judgment of dead, {SAQ: 59}
lightnings, voices, and thunderings, {SAQ: 60-61}
misunderstood, {GL: 17-27}
mysteries revealed, {TOB: 4, 5, 47, 50, 231}
of New Testament, prophecies of future Manifestation, see Bible
of Old Testament, see Bible
Omnipotent, divine cycle of, {SAQ: 56}
prison doors opened, {TOB: 227}
reward them that fear Thy name, {SAQ: 59}
Scriptures unrolled, {TOB: 41}
seventh angel, {SAQ: 56}
Spirit of truth will come, {SAQ: 109}
Spiritual and Divine Kingdom will be established, {SAQ: 57-58}
stars will fall on earth,

{SAQ: 111-12}
see also Terms in Holy Writings

superstitions prevent understanding of, {TOB: 42}
temple of God opened in in heaven, {SAQ: 59-60}
two Manifestations awaited by world, {SAQ: 39}
woe, first, second, and third, {SAQ: 56}
wolf shall dwell with lamb, {SAQ: 62-66}
see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Ishráqát, Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Black Standard, 'Akká, Israel, Bible Verses, Qur'án, Religion(s), Terms in Holy Writings, Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Siyyid Asadu'lláh-i-Qumí, Jordan, Calamity, War(s), West

Propriety,

bounds of, do not overstep, {KA: K123}
in dress, {KA: K159, n175}
in relation to music, see Music
toward maid (or servant), {KA: K63, Q30, n90}
under all conditions, {KA: K145}

Protection,

by God, {SFWAB: 7, 10}
laws of Bahá'u'lláh as, {KA: K45, K123-K125, K155, n86, n170}
of Báb, {TOB: 102}
of Bahá'ís, {TOB: 62, 88, 96}
of Bahá'í Faith, of Cause of God,

{KA: n183}
{SFWAB: 10, 233, 237-8}

of Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 33, 102}
of self, {KA: K159, n173}
see also Prayers

Protestant Evangelical Society, {ROB4: 151}
Prussia, {KA: n117}
Public places

confession of sins in, {KA: n58}
muttering verses on, {KA: K108, n135}
Persian baths, see Cleanliness

Punjab, {ROB4: 183}
Purification

of all things, {KA: K75, n106}
of possessions and means of sustenance, {KA: K97, K146}

Purity,

{ESW: 2, 23, 124, 131, 139}
{ROB3: 363-5, 439}
of heart, see Heart
of water, {KA: Q91, n105}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Cleanliness

Qádiriyyih Order, {GPB: 122}
Qahru'lláh, name given by the Báb to the dervish from India at Iskí-Shahr, {DBNN: 305, 306}
Qá'in,

{ROB3: 58 and n.}
{TOB: 135, 198}

Qazvín,

{DBNN: 260, 269, 273; massacre of, 282}
{ROB1: 68, 284}
{ROB2: 42, 74, 171, 180, 246, 260, 320}
{ROB3: 88, 90, 216}
{ROB4: 191, 394}
Bahá'ís of, {ROB3: 88, 89}
massacre of, {DBNN: 282}
Prison of,

{ROB3: 85}
{ROB4: 185, 299, 306, 337-8, 403, 436}

Qulí, Áqá, {ROB2: 176-8}
Qum,

{DBNN: 101, 223}
{ROB4: 187, 271}

Qur'án, Koran,

{ESW: 1, 13, 64, 81, 82, 85, 101, 112, 115-118, 141, 143, 159, 172, 173}
{GL: 21, 23, 25, 44, 46, 147, 270, 294}
{KA: 13, n1, n2, n16, n129, n188}
{ROB1: 69, 86, 88, 90, 109n., 202, 214}
{ROB2: 16, 70, 123}
{ROB3: 30, 46, 97, 102, 186 and n., 245-6, 355, 392}
{ROB4: 29, 46-7, 54, 63, 127, 152, 155, 210, 211, 267, 310, 407, 425-7, 433}
{SAQ: 22-24}
{TOB: 15, 52, 109, 206, 214}

all enjoined to follow, until "year sixty," {KI: 201}
as guide until Day of Resurrection, {KI: 203}
as impregnable stronghold, {KI: 200}
as one of twin testimonies of Muhammad, {KI: 202}
as testimony of God to both East and West, {KI: 210}
as Word of God,

{KI: 199}
{ROB1: 22, 23, 34, 126, 189, 190}

authenticity of, {ROB4: 269, 272}
confirms Cause of Jesus, {KI: 20}
contains unerring guidance, {KI: 201}
Bahá'u'lláh

interprets, {ROB1: 48, 60, 125-6, 171, 177-9, 185, 335}
unfolded, {SFWAB: 15}

commentaries of the Báb on, {GPB: 24}
earth's movement mentioned in, {SAQ: 23-24}
followers of, reject Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 15, 62, 84, 103-4}
Furqán, also called, {SAQ: 53}
historical accounts in, {ROB4: 46-7}
Islamic practices not derived from, {KA: K9, n72, n79, n174}
knowledge of, {ROB1: 19, 126}
knowledge revealed in Qur'án, {KI: 147}
laws of,

{ROB4: 166}
abrogated, {KA: K11, K68, n101}
confirmed, {KA: Q106, Q107, n161}

on certitude, see Certitude
on superiority of men, {ROB4: 200}
prophecies of,

{ROB4: 408}
{SFWAB: 13-14, 16}
foretells Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 119n.}
see also Prophecies

used treacherously, {ROB1: 264}

Verses, Súrihs,

Numbered (verse numbers in Rodwell's translation differ sometimes from those of the Arabic),

1 (Al-Fatihah/Matháni, The Seven Verses of Repetition),

{TOB: 102 and n.}, {DBNN: 75, 116}, {ROB1: 34}
1:5, {SVFV: 16}

2 (Al-Baqarah, The Calf),

2:1, {KI: 202}, {ROB1: 189}
2:19, {KI: 164}, {ROB1: 164}, {ROB2: 354}
2:23, {KI: 205}, {ROB1: 190}, {ROB2: 123}
2:46, {KI: 139}, {ROB2: 16}
2:69, {SFWAB: 265}
2:75, {KI: 87}
2:79, {KI: 87}
2:84, {SVFV: 41}
2:85, {KI: 169}
2:87, {KI: 13, 71}
2:88 (Rodwell),

'Wish ye, then, for death, if ye are sincere.', {TOB: 209}

2:89, {KI: 150}
2:94, {KI: 227}
2:115, {KA: 131}, {KI: 51}
2:119, {ESW: xviii}
2:136, {KI: 176}
2:143, {KI: 51}
2:144, {KI: 50}
2:148, {KI: 221}
2:149, {KI: 50}
2:151, {SVFV: 17, 54}
2:154-5, {ROB3: 47}
2:176, {KI: 92}
2:189, {KI: 183}
2:210, {KI: 76, 144}, {ROB1: 185}
2:249, {KI: 139}
2:253, {KI: 104, 176}, {ROB1: 179}
2:254, {SVFV: 57}, {SFWAB: 183}
2:255, Áyatu'l-Kursí (Throne Verse), commentary on by Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí, {DBNN: 10}
2:282, {KI: 69}, {SVFV: 3, 54}
2:285, {KI: 152}, {ROB1: 178}

3 (Aali 'Imran, The House of 'Imrán),

3:7, {KI: 16, 213}
3:28, {KI: 99}
3:35, {SFWAB: 183}
3:39, {KI: 64}
3:67, {BP: 103}
3:70-1, {KI: 16}
3:90, {ESW: xviii}
3:91,

{ESW: xviii}, {ROB4: 52, 296}
(Rodwell), 'Pilgrimage to the House is a service due to God.', {TOB: 109}

3:93, {DBNN: 415}, {ROB1: 56-7, 60}
3:99, {KI: 16}
3:119, {KI: 78}
3:182, {KI: 149}
3:183, {KI: 148}, {ROB3: 246}
3:193, {DBNN: 147}
see also Moses

4 (An-Nisa, The Women),

4:29, {ROB3: 390}
4:33, {ROB4: 200}
4:43, {ROB2: 354}
4:45, {KI: 86}
4:50, {DBNN: 162}
4:80, {SVFV: 18}, {SFWAB: 235}
4:96 (Rodwell),

'Say not to every one..."Thou art not a believer."', {ESW: 82}, {GL: 225}, {TOB: 207}

4:129,

{SVFV: 29}
(Rodwell), '...God will satisfy everyone out of His abundance', {TOB: 67}

4:164, {SVFV: 64}

5 (Al-Ma'idah, The Repast),

5:1, {SVFV: 57}
5:62, {KI: 217}
5:64, {KI: 136}
5:93-4, {ROB2: 354}
5:117, {KI: 23}

6 (Al-An'am, The Cattle),

6:7, {KI: 219}
6:35, {KI: 110}, {ROB1: 148}
6:59, {ESW: 150, 191}, {ROB3: 245}, {ROB4: 438}
6:75, {SVFV: 61}
6:79, {SVFV: 61}
6:91, '...leave them to entertain themselves with their cavillings.',

{KI: 42, 135}
(Rodwell), {TOB: 43}
{SFWAB: 16, 43}

6:103, {KI: 98, 170}, {BP: 126}, {SFWAB: 41}
6:104, {SAQ: 147}
6:112, {ROB4: 151}
6:122, {KI: 121}
6:127, {KI: 175}

7 (Al-A'raf, The Heights),

7:34, {ROB2: 125}, {ROB4: 155}
7:57, {KI: 191}
7:71, {ESW: xv}
7:77-8, {ROB4: 427}
7:88, {DBNN: 400}
7:105, {SVFV: 62}
7:139 (Rodwell),

'Behold, and thou shalt see Me', {TOB: 239}

7:140, {SVFV: 64}
7:145, {KI: 105}
7:178, {KI: 113, 119}, {ROB1: 183-4}
7:180, {ROB4: 261-2}

8 (Al-Anfal, The Spoils of War),

8:17, {KI: 178}
8:32, {KI: 207}
8:42, {DBNN: 214}
8:63, {ROB3: 132}

9 (At-Tawbah, The Repentance),

9:33, {KI: 90, 126}, {DBNN: 284}, {ROB2: 173}
9:51, {SVFV: 35}
9:52, {DBNN: 337}
9:94, {DBNN: 425}

10 (Yunus, Jonah),

10:25, {KI: 175}
10:94, {ROB4: 47}

11 (Hud, Hud),

{KI: 5}
11:7, {KI: 115}
11:18, {KI: 126}
11:21, {KI: 11}
11:27, {KI: 222}, {ROB2: 21}
11:38, {KI: 7}
11:61-62, {KI: 9}, {ROB4: 428}
11:67, {ESW: xv}
11:81, {DBNN: 36}
11:85, {DBNN: 353}
11:113, {KI: 233}
11:114, {SVFV: 48}
see also Manifestation(s) of God

12 (Yúsúf, Joseph),

{DBNN: 59}
{SAQ: 13}
see also Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'

13 (Ar-Ra'd, The Thunder),

13:2, {KI: 139}, {ROB2: 16}
13:5, {KI: 115}
13:41, {KI: 147}

14 (Ibrahim, Abraham),

14:5 (Rodwell) 'Bring forth thy people...', {TOB: 115, 259}
14:15 (Rodwell), {TOB: 258}
14:24, {KI: 23}
14:33 (Rodwell), {TOB: 106}
14:48, {KI: 47}
see also Manifestation(s) of God

15 (Al-Hijr, The Rock City),

15:21, {SVFV: 38}
15:46, {DBNN: 54}
15:72, {KI: 135}, {SFWAB: 13}
15:99, {ROB4: 36}

16 (An-Nahl, The Bee),

16:43, {KI: 192}
16:61, {KI: 170}
16:63, {SVFV: 21}
16:71, {SVFV: 3}

17 (Al-Isra, The Night Journey),

{ROB4: 427}
17:1, {ESW: xiv}
17:7, {DBNN: 341}
17:15, {SVFV: 51}
17:44, {KI: 140}
17:51, {KI: 117}
17:81, {SFWAB: 13}, {SVFV: 40}
17:85, {KI: 183}
17:110, say, call upon God, {SVFV: 2}, {SFWAB: 42}

18 (Al-Kahf, The Cave),

18:3, {ROB2: 16}
18:16, {SVFV: 53}
18:37, {SVFV: 18, 57}
18:64, {ESW: xviii}
18:110, {KI: 178}
18:111, {KI: 139}

19 (Maryam, Mary),

19:17, {SAQ: 87}
19:18, {ROB3: 246}
19:22, {KI: 56}
19:28, {KI: 57}
19:31, {KI: 178}
19:57-58 (Rodwell), {TOB: 148}
19:98, {ROB4: 295}

20 (Ta-Ha, Ta-Ha),

20:12, Sacred Vale, {SFWAB: 234}
20:87-98 (Rodwell),

Sámirí, {TOB: 190}, {ROB4: 211}

20:106 (Rodwell),

'Thou shall see in it no hollows or rising hills.', {GL: 260}, {TOB: 162}

20:107, {ESW: xvi}
20:110, {ESW: xvi}
20:124, {KI: 257}

21 (Al-Anbiya, The Prophets),

21:23,

{KI: 170}
(Rodwell), 'Verily He shall not be asked of His doings...', {TOB: 108}

21:27, {SVFV: 55}
21:68, {ROB4: 31}
21:69, {DBNN: 619}
21:89, {BP: A2}

22 (Al-Hajj, The Pilgrimage),

22:2, {DBNN: 567}, {SFWAB: 14}
22:5, {ROB4: 54}

23 (Al-Mu'minun, The Believers),

23:14, {SAQ: 183, 224}, {ROB3: 170-1}

24 (An-Nur, The Light),

24:35, Tree neither of east nor west, {KI: 54, 90}, {BP: 201}, {SFWAB: 131, 254}
24:37, {SVFV: 53}
24:39, works like vapour, {SFWAB: 219}

25 (Al-Furqan, The Standard),

25:7, {KI: 72, 81}
25:25, {KI: 72}
25:44, {KI: 244}
25:50, {SFWAB: 146}
25:55, {SFWAB: 130}

26 (Ash-Shu'ara, The Poets),

{ROB4: 427}
26:19, {KI: 55}
26:31, serpent swallowed wonders, {SFWAB: 259}
26:44, serpent swallowed wonders, {SFWAB: 259}
26:187, {KI: 207}
26:227, {KI: 226}

27 (An-Naml, The Ant),

27:22, {ESW: iii}, {ROB3: 186}

28 (Al-Qasas, The Narrations)

28:5, {KI: 146}, {ROB2: 20}
28:20, {KI: 54}
28:29, fire on Mt. Sinai, {BP: 201}, {SFWAB: 254}

29 (Al-Ankabut, The Spider)

{ROB4: 427}
29:2, {KI: 8}, {DBNN: 312}
29:19, {ROB4: 52}, {SFWAB: 14}
29:23, {KI: 139, 211}, {ROB2: 16}
29:51, {KI: 91}, {DBNN: 317}
29:69, {KI: 195}, {SVFV: 5}, {DBNN: 47}, {ROB1: 188}

30 (Ar-Rum, Rome)
31 (Luqmaan, Luqman)
32 (As-Sajdah, The Prostration),

32:4, {DBNN: 248 f9}
32:5, {ROB2: 75}

33 (Al-Ahzaab, The Clans),

33:40, {KI: 169, 178}
33:62, {SVFV: 63}

34 (Saba, Sheba),

34:12 (Rodwell),

'Few of My servants are truly thankful.', {TOB: 58}

34:13, {KI: 229}
34:39, {SFWAB: 14} 34:43, {KI: 215}

35 (Faatir, The Originator),

35:9, {ROB4: 428}
35:13, {SFWAB: 130}
35:15, {KI: 132}
35:39, {KI: 9}

36 (Ya-Sin, Ya-Sin (a name of Muhammad)),

36:20, {KI: 164}
36:25, {SFWAB: 187}
36:29, no Messenger cometh, {SFWAB: 234}
36:30, {KI: 5}
36:35, {SAQ: 87}
36:36, {SFWAB: 119}
36:37-38, {SAQ: 23}

37 (As-Saaffaat, Those Who Set The Ranks),

37:36, {KI: 212}
37:59, {SVFV: 54}
37:60, The Tree of Zaqqúm, {SFWAB: 131}
37:100, {ESW: xv}
37:173, {KI: 126}
37:180, {SAQ: 287}, {SVFV: 65}, {DBNN: 63 f 13}

38 (Saad, Saad),

38:67, {ESW: xvii}, {KI: 215}

39 (Az-Zumar, The Troops),

39:10, {ROB1: 271}
39:57, {SFWAB: 149}
39:67, {KI: 47}
39:68, {DBNN: 42}, {EW: 133}, {ROB2: 76n}, {SFWAB: 13-14}
39:69, {ESW: xv}

40 (Ghafir, The Forgiver (God)),

40:5, {KI: 5}
40:28, {KI: 11}
40:29 (Rodwell),

'Will ye slay a man...If he be a liar...but if he be a man of truth...', {GL: 221}, {TOB: 211}

40:34, {KI: 213}

41 (Fussilat, Expounded),

41:20, {ESW: i}
41:30, {KI: 42}, {SVFV: 48}
41:53, {KI: 101}, {SVFV: 13, 51}, {ROB2: 250-2}

42 (Ash-Shura, The Consultation),

42:14, {SVFV: 48}

43 (Az-Zukhruf, The Ornaments of Gold),

43:3, {ESW: xiv}
43:22, {KI: 155}
43:36, {KI: 257}

44 (Ad-Dukhaan, The Smoke),

44:10, {KI: 76}, {ROB1: 171}
44:43-44, {KI: 190}, {ROB1: 335}
44:49, {KI: 190}, {ROB1: 335}

45 (Al-Jaathiyah, The Kneeling Down),

45:5, {KI: 206}
45:6, {KI: 207}
45:8, {KI: 207}
45:22, {KI: 214}
45:24, {KI: 209}

46 (Al-Ahqaaf, The Sand-Dunes)
47 (Muhammad, Muhammad)
48 (Al-Fath, The Victory),

48:1-2, {SAQ: 169-70}
48:10, {KI: 136, 178}
48:23, {SVFV: 63}

49 (Al-Hujuraat, The Inner Apartments),

49:6, {DBNN: 150}

50 (Qaaf, Qaaf),

50:15, {KI: 115}
50:20, {KI: 115}
50:21, {SVFV: 31}
50:29, {SVFV: 10}

51 (Adh-Dhaariyaat, The Dust-Scattering Winds),

{ROB4: 427}
51:21 {KI: 101}
51:22, {KI: 68}
51:49, {SFWAB: 119}
51:56, {BP: 106}

52 (At-Toor, Mount Sinai)

52:12, {SFWAB: 16}

53 (An-Najm, The Star),

53:8, (Rodwell), {TOB: 208}
53:9,

{ESW: xiv}
(Rodwell), {TOB: 208}

53:10-18 (Rodwell), {TOB: 208}
53:14, {ESW: xiv}
53:48, {ROB4: 52}

54 (Al-Qamar, The Moon),

54:5, {ROB4: 301}
54:6, {KI: 239}
54:27, {ESW: xv}
54:50, {KI: 153}

55 (Ar-Rahman, The Most Merciful),

55:5, {KI: 37}
55:19-22, {BP: 106}, {SFWAB: 130}
55:26-27, {SVFV: 37}
55:29, {KI: 67}, {SVFV: 61}, {ROB1: 263}, {ROB2: 416}, {ROB3: 390}
55:39, {KI: 173}
55:41, {KI: 173}
55:56, {KI: 71}
55:72, {ROB4: 152}

56 (Al-Waqi'ah, The Inevitable),

56:62, {BP: 103}
56:92, {ROB4: 52}

57 (Al-Hadeed, The Iron),

57:3, {KI: 143}, {SVFV: xiii, 15, 27}

58 (Al-Mujadila, The Pleading)
59 (Al-Hashr, The Gathering),

59:2, {SAQ: 149, 288}, {KI: 229}
59:9 (Rodwell),

'They prefer them before themselves...', {TOB: 71}

59:19, {ESW: ii}, {KI: 101}, {SVFV: 52}

60 (Al-Mumtahanah, The Examined One)
61 (As-Saff, The Ranks)

61:4, serried lines, {SFWAB: 260}

62 (Al-Jumu'ah, Friday),

62:6, {KI: 227}

63 (Al-Munafiqoon, The Hypocrites)
64 (At-Taghabun, Loss and Gain)
65 (At-Talaq, Divorce)
66 (At-Tahreem, The Prohibition)
67 (Al-Mulk, The Dominion),

67:2, {KI: 39}
67:3, {SFWAB: 248, 263}, {SVFV: 12}

68 (Al-Qalam, The Pen)
69 (Al-Haaqqa, The Sure Reality),

69:6, {ROB4: 426}

70 (Al-Ma'aarij, The Ways of Ascent),

70:40, {KI: 43}

71 (Nuh, Noah),

71:26, {KI: 7}
see also Manifestation(s) of God

72 (Al-Jinn, The Spirits)
73 (Al-Muzzammil, The Enshrouded One)
74 (Al-Muddaththir, The Cloaked One),

74:8, {SFWAB: 13}
74:50, {KI: 51}

75 (Al-Qiyamah, The Day of Resurrection)
76 (Al-Insaan/Ad-Dahr, The Human),

76:5, cup tempered at camphor fountain,{KI: 41}, {SVFV: 37}, {BP: 201}, {SFWAB: 254, 278}
76:9, {KI: 23}, {DBNN: 23 f 5}, {ROB2: 143}
76:13, {SVFV: 61}
76:21, {DBNN: 27}

77 (Al-Mursalaat, The Emissaries)
78 (An-Naba', The Announcement),

78:1-2, {ESW: xvii}
78:29, {KI: 140}

79 (An-Naazi'aat, Those That Rise)

79:6, {SFWAB: 14}
79:34, {SFWAB: 14}

80 (Abasa, He Frowned),

80:34, {DBNN: 567}

81 (At-Takweer, The Folding Up),

81:6 (Rodwell), 'And when the seas shall boil...', {TOB: 41}
81:10 (Rodwell), '...And when the Scriptures shall be unrolled.', {TOB: 41}

82 (Al-Infitar, The Cleaving Asunder),

82:1, {KI: 44}

83 (Al-Mutaffifeen, The Dealers in Fraud),

83:6,

{ESW: xvi}
(Rodwell), 'The Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.', {TOB: 115}

83:22-6, {ESW: 18}, {ROB4: 433}
83:28, {SVFV: 22}

84 (Al-Inshiqaaq, The Rending Asunder)
85 (Al-Burooj, The Constellations)
86 (At-Taariq, The Morning Star),

86:9, {DBNN: 551}

87 (Al-A'la, Glory To Your Lord In The Highest)
88 (Al-Ghaashiyah, The Overwhelming Event)
89 (Al-Fajr, The Daybreak),

89:22-23, {ESW: xv}
89:27-30, {SVFV: 50}

90 (Al-Balad, The city)
91 (Va'sh-Shams, The Sun),

{ROB1: 32}

92 (Al-Layl, The Night)
93 (Ad-Dhuha, The Glorious Morning Light)
94 (Ash-Sharh, Consolation)
95 (At-Tin, The Fig Tree)
96 (Al-Alaq, The Clinging Clot)
97 (Al-Qadr, The Night of Honor)
98 (Al-Bayyinah, The Clear Evidence)
99 (Az-Zalzalah, The Earthquake)
100 (Al-'Aadiyat, The Chargers)
101 (Al-Qaari'ah, The Great Calamity)
102 (At-Takaathur, Greed for More)
103 (V'al-'Asr, Va'l-'Asr, The Declining Day),

{ROB1: 34, 102}, {DBNN: 436}
The Báb's commentary on, {DBNN: 201-3}

104 (Al-Humazah, The Slanderer),

104:1-2, (Rodwell) 'Woe betide every slanderer...', {TOB: 219}, {ROB3: 81}

105 (Al-Feel, The Elephant)
106 (Quraish, Quraysh)
107 (Al-Maa'oon, The Neighbourly Assistance)
108 (Kawthar, Abundance),

{ROB1: 328-9}
{DBNN: 174-5, 496 f 28}
see also Kawthar

109 (Al-Kaafiroon, Unbelievers),

{ESW: xvii}

110 (An-Nasr, Divine Support)
111 (Al-Masad, The Twisted Strands)
112 (Tawhíd, The Unity),

{ESW: xiv}, {ROB2: 195}, {ROB4: 407}

113 (Al-Falaq, The Daybreak)
114 (An-Naas, Mankind)

Unnumbered,

'And We desire to show favour to those who were brought low...', {DBNN: 93}
'And when your Rabb radiates upon the mountain', {DBNN: 248 f9}
'Fain would they put out God's light with their mouths...', {DBNN: 19}
'Far be the glory of thy Lord, the Lord of all greatness...', {DBNN: 319}
'God is verily independent of all His creatures', {DBNN: 137}
'If ye do well, to your own behoof will ye do well...', {DBNN: 137}
'Lo, the Lord thy God is come...', {DBNN: 93}
'Messengers charged with imposture', {ROB4: 210}
'O my Lord, bless Thou my arrival at this place...', {DBNN: 344}
'O our Lord, with ourselves have we dealt unjustly', {DBNN: 174}, {ROB1: 329}
'On that day will We set a seal upon their mouths...', {DBNN: 93}
'Praise be to God, Lord of all creatures!', {DBNN: 62}
'So it was not ye who slew them...', {DBNN: 331}
'That with which they are threatened is for the morning...', {DBNN: 195}
the Day in which man will be able to attain the presence of God, {ROB1: 119}
The Trumpet-blast...signifies the proclamation of the Message of Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 109n}
'There is no God but Him', {ROB2: 286-8}
'To him who hopeth to attain the presence of God...', {ESW: 116}, {ROB4: 408}
'Verily, amid gardens and rivers shall the pious dwell...', {DBNN: 295}
'Whoso maketh efforts for Us, in Our ways will We guide them', {DBNN: 165}
woe betide slanderer, {TOB: 219}

Quoted,

{ROB1: 56, 164, 171, 177-9, 183-5, 188-90, 271n., 335}
(ROB3: 47, 81, 131-2, 170-71, 390}

see also Tablets and Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Index, Part I - Súrihs of Bahá'u'lláh)

see also Manifestation(s) of God/Muhammad, Holy Books, Terms in Holy Writings

Ra'd, the donkey, {ROB4: 105}
Rahmatu'lláh, {SFWAB: 97}
Rajab 'Alíy-i-Qahír, Mullá, {ROB1: 249n.}
Ramadán, {ROB4: 79}
Rangoon, Bahá'ís of, {ROB3: 430-31}
Ransom-Kehler, Keith,

{GPB: 344, 398}
buried in Isfahán, {GPB: 400}
petitions to the Shah, {GPB: 345}

Rasht, {ROB4: 112, 191, 383}
Rawdih-Khání, {ROB4: 201-2}
Reading,

instruction of children in, {KA: K48, n76}
Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses,

{KA: K36, K138, K150, Q52}
daily, see Bahá'í(s)
of Prayer for the Dead, see Prayer(s)
in public,

{KA: K154, n168}
Muttering sacred verses in public, {KA: K108, 158, n135}

'in the most melodious of tones', {KA: K116}
manner of, {KA: K149, Q68, n165, n168}
of verse replacing Prayer of the Signs, see Prayer(s)
of verses alternative to

ablutions, see Prayer(s)
fasting, see Fasting
Obligatory Prayers, see Prayer(s)

verses of God, does not include the writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, {KA: n165}
see also Prayers, Mashriqu'l-Adhkár

Recognition of,

Bahá'í Faith within society, {KA: n49}
Manifestation of God,

{KA: K55, K80, K85, K100, K157, K182-K183, n1, n48}
barriers (veils) to,

earthly desires, {KA: K39, K82, K86, n23}
learning, {KA: K41, K102, n60}
names, {KA: n180}
religious leaders, {KA: K165, K167}
removal of, {KA: K47, K132, K165, K171}
scripture, {KA: K134, n155}
see also Veil(s)

and obedience to Laws, twin duties, {KA: 15, K1}
result of, {KA: K7, K38}
see also Bahá'u'lláh, recognition of

positions and aims of Bahá'í Faith, {KA: n49}
precepts as a means of order and security, {KA: K2}
purpose of Laws, {KA: K2}
significance of Kitáb-i-Aqdas, {KA: 16}
unity of God, {KA: Q106}
verity "He shall not be asked of His doings,"

{KA: K161-K163, 163}
see also Infallibility

Religion(s), Religious, Dispensations, of the past,

{ESW: 159}
{KA: K7}
{ROB3: 40, 104, 138, 140, 168, 322, 334, 355, 369, 374-5, 386n.}
{ROB4: 56, 196, 214, 278}
{SAQ: 158-59}
{TOB: 64, 125}

and law, {ROB3: 277-8}
and the Holy Land, {ROB4: 365}
Bahá'u'lláh on,

A 'radiant light', {ROB4: 154-60}
abrogation of laws by Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: 4, 8}
Addresses leaders of,

{KA: K99, K101-K104, K165-K166, n64, n171}
see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Súriy-i-Vafá, Clergy

commotion among leaders of, {TOB: 106}
Denounces hypocrisy in, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
differences promote strife, {TOB: 72}
education in, {TOB: 68}
Enjoins amity with followers of all, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Essence of,

{ESW: 13}
{TOB: 155}

fellowship among, {TOB: 22, 87, 91}
followers,

{KA: K73, n180}
Bahá'u'lláh's precepts, Water of Life to, {KA: K29}
consort with, {KA: 14, K75, K144, n173}
refutations by, {KA: K168}

foundations quaked, {TOB: 107}
heaven of, is split, {TOB: 247}
Heavens (of religions) rent, {GL: 41, 42, 45, 333}
leaders of, put to flight, {TOB: 258}
necessary for man, {TOB: 63-4, 125, 129-30}
prohibition on questioning Him Whom God will make manifest, see Bahá'u'lláh
prophecies (promises), fulfilment of, {KA: K35, K80, n160}
Unity of,

{ESW: 14, 63}
essential unity of, {KA: n160}
see also Kitáb-i-Íqán

Source of order, {ESW: 28}
Weakening of, {ESW: 28}
New, {ESW: 52}

birth, {ROB1: 4}
channel of love, {SFWAB: 36}
development of, {ROB4: 324}
differences explained, {GL: 287, 288}
disenchantment with, {ROB4: 71}
divisions in,

{ROB4: 192, 365}
sects in,

{ROB4: 138}
{TOB: 60}

establishment of Divine Kingdom, {SAQ: 57-58}
Fanaticism,

{GL: 288}
{GPB: 215}
{KA: 14, K144, 161}
{TOB: 68, 168}

followers of, {ROB4: 340, 365, 423}
harmony of science and, see Bahá'í Faith
Holy Books (of former religions), Scriptures,

{KA: 7, 13, K17, K19, K149, K163, K168, Q106, n129, n155}
{PM: 37, 39, 43, 66, 106, 143, 275, 286}
{ROB1: 151, 161, 162, 190, 296}
{ROB4: 47, 48, 49, 126, 137, 218, 262, 373}
{TOB: 12}
Bahá'u'lláh,

{KA: 13, K136, K138, K168, n2, n160, n180}
embellished by, {TOB: 245}

interpretations of, see Interpretation
of The Báb, see Bayán
of Christianity, see Bible
of Islám, Qur'án
of Judaism, see Bible
of Zoroastrianism, see Zoroaster
of old religions, {ROB3: 38, 97, 98, 103, 135, 144, 217, 293}
purpose of, {TOB: 105, 161, 162, 212}
record Promise and Threat, {TOB: 68}
restrictions of, removed, {TOB: 88}
see also Terms in Holy Writings, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Interpretation of Sacred Text, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Verse(s)

ignored in its day, {ROB4: 72}
Irreligion, spread of, {GL: 171, 200, 209, 288}
Law,

of God divided in two parts, {SAQ: 47-48}
of primogeniture, {KA: n44}
prohibitions of,

{SFWAB: 147}
Restrictions on travel, {KA: K131, n153}

nature of, {GL: 81}
opposition of clergy, see Manifestation(s) of God
past, {ROB4: 162}
power of,

{SFWAB: 53}
loss of power of, {ROB4: 155}

practices concerning,

ablutions, see Prayer(s)
clothing, {KA: K159, n174-n175}
destruction of books, see Book(s)
hunting, see Hunting
kissing of hands, {KA: n57}
marriage and divorce, {KA: Q31, Q43, n89-n90, n93, n101}
monasticism and asceticism, see Clergy
music, see Music
prayer, {KA: n6-n7, n15, n135}

congregational, {KA: n19}

exemptions granted to women in their courses, {KA: n20}

Principles of, {ROB4: 215}
Progressive Revelation, see Manifestations of God
Purpose of,

{ROB1: 311}
{ROB4: 159}
{SFWAB: 28, 52-3, 69, 109, 248-9, 261, 302-3}
{TOB: 129-30}

Reality of, {ROB4: 152-3}
Relationship between religions, {ROB4: 155, 161-2}
Religious leaders, see Clergy
Religious traditions,

{KA: n2, n22, n65, n114}
{ROB3: 49}
meaning of, {GL: 171, 174 }
liable to error, {SAQ: 298}
see also Báb, The, 'Akká, Christian Faith, Clergy, Islám/Hadíth, Islám/Shí'ah, Customs

renewal of, {SFWAB: 311}
Science and,

{SAQ: 137}
{SFWAB: 107, 109, 299}

Snare, {TOB: 42}
Spiritual cycles of, see Manifestations of God
teachings of,

cleanse human heart, {SFWAB: 146}
like staffs, {SFWAB: 166–7, 283}

Unity of,

{ESW: 13}
{ROB1: 161-2}
{ROB4: 191}
{SFWAB: 32, 52}
oneness of,

{GL: 78, 95, 217, 287}
{SFWAB: 52}

universal faith,

{SFWAB: 305}
{TOB: 69}

unnecessary to turn to other religions, {ROB4: 141-2}
waning, {GL: 171, 200, 209, 288}
will oppose Faith, {GPB: 315}
world, {GPB: 375}
World Parliament of (1893), {GPB: 256}
see also Báb, the, Bahá'í Faith, Holy Books, Manifestation(s) of God, Islám

Renan, Ernest,

{GPB: 80}
{ROB3: 166-7}

Renunciation,

{ESW: 2, 53, 74, 85, 89, 92}
{ROB3: 338ff.}

Residence see House(s), Inheritance
Resignation (attribute),

{GL: 129, 322}
{ROB1: 98, 108, 269}
{ROB2: 150, 238, 282}

Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh (Adib Taherzadeh), {ROB4: 420, 432}
Revenge,

{KA: n86}
{SAQ: 270}
Vengeance, {SAQ: 267, 268-69, 271}

Reward,

{GL: 36, 94, 117, 129, 158, 167, 219, 339}
{ROB3: 294, 297, 319}
{ROB4: 157, 159, 211, 236}
see also Justice

Ridá-Qulí-i-Tafrishí, Mírzá, {ROB3: 23, 224-5, 235-6}
Ridáy-i-Qannád, Áqá, of Shíráz,

{ROB2: 403, 404}
{ROB3: 20}
{ROB4: 420}

Ridáy-i-Sa'ádatí, Áqá, {ROB3: 302-4}
Ridván,

{GL: 31}
{KA: K75, n107, n138, n140}
{KI: 9, 20, 24, 38, 43, 60, 106, 113, 122, 140, 149, 158, 174, 201, 208, 210, 233}
{PM: 4}
{ROB3: 53 and n., 108, 362}
Garden of,

{KA: n107, n138}
'Akká,

{ROB4: illus. 20-21; 11-32, 105, 244}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, at, {ROB4: 11, 14}
Abu'l-Qásim, gardener at,

{ROB4: 28-32}
and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {ROB4: 32}

May Maxwell's account of, see Maxwell, May Bolles
Na'mayn, Garden of, (designated 'Garden of Ridván'), {ROB4: 11-32}
passage on trustworthiness revealed in, {ROB4: 16}

Baghdad,

{GPB: 150, 151}
{ROB1: 53, 109n., 229, 259-62 passim, 275-6, 281-2, 293}
'Abdu'l-Bahá, at, {ROB1: 261-2}
Bahá'u'lláh's declaration in,

{GPB: 150-155}
{KA: K75, n107, n138}
{ROB1: 17, 53, 109n., 142, 208, 210, 260-63 passim, 273-8, 286, 293, 299}
{ROB2: 72, 302}
{ROB4: 53, 81, 305, 329}
{SAQ: 44n}
Báb alludes to, {ROB1: 280}
His activities prior to the declaration of mission, {DBNN: 372, 433, 459}
Festival of Ridván, Feast of Ridván, Most Great Festival, King of Festivals, Festival of God

{GL: 31}
{GPB: 148}
{KA: K110, Q1, n107, n138}
{ROB1: 259-60, 262, 277}
{SAQ: 44n}
King of Festivals, {KA: K112, n138, n140}
first day,

{GPB: 151-155}
{ROB1: 260, 262, 278, 280, 281}

ninth day, {ROB1: 276n., 281}
twelfth day,

{ROB1: 281}
departure from Garden of Ridván, {GPB: 155}

see also Holy Days

significance,

{ROB1: 273-80}
important statements at Ridván, {ROB1: 278-80}

Najíbíyyih, Garden of, (designated 'Garden of Ridván'),

{KA: n107}
{ROB1: 259}

Lawh-i-Ridván, see Tablets and Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Index, Part I)
Paradise,

{ESW: 132, 133}
{KA: K46, K106}
{PM: 296, 327}
{ROB1: 109 and n., 183}
{SAQ: 223-26, 228}
{SFWAB: 14}
{TOB: 116, 189, 206}
Abhá, {SFWAB: 22, 24, 36, 57, 85, 232}
decked with mystic roses, {TOB: 119}
doves of, {TOB: 58}
earthly, {SFWAB: 275}
is reunion, {TOB: 118}
meaning of, {GL: 31, 32, 45, 70, 107, 116, 158, 303, 319, 341}
of true understanding, {TOB: 106}
trustworthiness is Beauty of, {TOB: 38, 122}
see also God/Worlds of

Ridván letter from 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {SFWAB: 110-2}
Ridvánu'l-Iqrár, see Tablets and Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Index, Part I)

Righteousness,

{GL: 287, 306, 315, 323}
{TOB: 36, 59, 86, 170}

Robbery, {GL: 297, 298, 299}
Rome,

{ROB3: 117-18, 154}
Basilica of St. Peter's in, {GPB: 353}

Rosenberg, Ethel J, {ROB4: 46}
Rothschild, {ROB3: 168 and n., 172}
Rumania,

letters to King of, {GPB: 345}
Princess Ileana of, {GPB: 383, 387, 393}
Queen Marie of, the first Queen who arose to promote the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh,

{GPB: 256, 294, 344, 375, 387-395}
{ROB3: 213}
attests to the Faith, {GPB: 294, 391}
memorial gatherings for, {GPB: 395}
unable to visit Bahá'í shrines, {GPB: 392}
visited by Martha Root,

{GPB: 387, 390, 393, 394}
gives Martha Root a brooch, {GPB: 394}

Rumelia, {SAQ: 28}
Russia, Russian,

{ROB3: 118, 120-23}
{ROB4: 388, 418, 432-3}
Alexander II, Czar of Russia, see To The Kings and Rulers
Bahá'í Faith attacked in, {GPB: 360-1}
see also 'Ishqábád, Moscow, Sámarrá, Transcaspia

Rúz-bih (Salmán), companion of Muhammad,

{KI: 65, 167}
{ROB1: 109, 113, 169}

Sabzivár, {ROB3: 121}
Sacraments, {ROB4: 289}
Sacrifice,

{ROB1: 97, 101-3}
{ROB2: 96}
{ROB3: 79, 175, 208, 211-13, 216}
{ROB4: 140, 190, 195, 421}
{SAQ: 79} {SFWAB: 23, 65, 76, 96-7, 197, 207, 245}
{TOB: 215, 263}
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'í(s), Spiritual principles

Sádát-i-Khamsih (The Five Siyyids), {ROB4: 191}
Sadness,

backbiting as cause, {KA: n37}
not to cause, {KA: 92, Q98, 159}
fine for causing abolished, {KA: K148, n163}

Sadru'd-Dawlíy-i-Isfáhání, {DBNN: 547}
Sadru's-Sudúr, {ROB4: 313}
Sa'íd Khán, Mírzá, Persian Foreign Minister,

{ROB1: 225-6}
{ROB2: 131-4}

Saints,

{GL: 317}
{KA: n160}
Barbara, {SAQ: 136}

Samarkand, Samarqand,

{GPB: 195}
{ROB4: 262}

Sámarrá, {ROB1: 156n.}
Sámerí, {ROB4: 46}
Sámsún, port of,

{ROB1: 285, 292}
{ROB2: 6}

Samuel, Sir Herbert (High Commissioner for Palestine, later Viscount Samuel of Carmel), {GPB: 317}

attends funeral of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 312, 313}
visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 306}

Sarah, {GPB: 347}
Sardár 'Azíz Khán,

{GPB: 77}
{ROB4: 435}

Scholar, scholarship, {ROB3: 92, 94-6, 239-40}
School(s), Universities,

{ROB4: 215}
{SFWAB: 135, 137}
built during ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Bahá'í schools,

in Persia, see Persia
in United States of America, see America
purposes of summer schools, {GPB: 340}
site for on Mt. Carmel, to be on Mount Carmel,

{GPB: 307}
see also Lawh-i-Karmil

Sunday school, {SFWAB: 143-4}

built by Bahá'ís see Bahá'í(s)
of God, see God
of inner meaning and explanation, {KA: K175}
of spiritual progress, {SFWAB: 58}
of Transcendent Oneness, {KA: K175}
man's knowledge of God not dependent on, see God
throughout the world, {GPB: 340-341}
see also Education

Scientists, {ROB4: 354}
Sects, {ROB4: 138, 156, 295, 365, 392}
Security,

{GL: 331}
{KA: 16, K2, Q58}
collective security,

{GL: CXVII}
{GPB: 217}
{KA: n173}

Seeker(s), Wayfarers,

{SFWAB: 25}
{TOB: 47-8, 49, 90, 106-17 passim, 241, 255}
beware of doubts, {TOB: 78}
eyes of, cheered, {TOB: 9}
happy, {TOB: 15, 62, 253}
hear doves of Paradise, see Terms in Holy Writings/Hearing
insight of, {TOB: 61}
jewel among men, {TOB: 13}
men devoid of learning, {TOB: 236}
must be like butterfly and nightingale, {SAQ: 77}
must seek Sun of Reality not dawning-place, {SAQ: 77}
pass beyond sea of names, {TOB: 58}
prayer for, {TOB: 110-17}
qualities of, {SAQ: 38}
recognition of Bahá'u'lláh,

{TOB: 47-8, 50-3, 78, 103, 114, 188, 207-11, 238-45, 248, 250, 261, 263}
by Alí-Akbar, {TOB: 48-9}
by Bethlehem, {TOB: 15}
faculty for, {TOB: 52-3}
necessary to know God, {TOB: 50, 156}
obscured by veils,

{TOB: 9-10, 12, 41}
see also Veil(s)

requires freedom from attachments, {TOB: 41}

reward of, {TOB: 86}
True,

{GL: 264-269, 323, 326}
attributes and rewards of, {KI: 3-4, 192-97}
qualifications of, {ROB1: 162-3, 186-9}
see also Bahá'í Faith

see also Blessedness

Self,

{ROB3: 95-6, 247, 354}
{SFWAB: 256}
{TOB: 87, 118}
corrupt, selfish desire, {KA: K2, K29, K39, K58, K165, n25}
forgetting (renouncing),

{SFWAB: 180, 193, 207, 236}
prayer for, {SFWAB: 233}
see also Detachment

gems of constancy in, {TOB: 88}
knowledge of, {TOB: 35, 72, 156}
non-believers sacrificed greatness in both worlds for, {SFWAB: 259}
self and passion, worst human characteristics, see Unpublished or Untranslated Works
Selfishness, {TOB: 80}
veil of, {SFWAB: 182}
Victory over,

{GL: 93}
{TOB: 86}

see also Knowledge

Self-defence, {KA: K159, n173}
Self-surrender,

{ROB3: 104, 249, 404-8}
meaning of, {GL: 337, 338}
surrendering one's will to the will of God, see God

Sensuality,

{SFWAB: 37, 278}
Sexual acts,

lawful,

{KA: n134}
see also Marriage

unlawful, see Crime(s)
see also Chastity, Immorality

Service, Servitude,

{KA: 14-15, K125, K178, n2, n56}
{ROB4: 193}
{SFWAB: 77, 93, 140}
'Abdu'l-Bahá's services to Bahá'u'lláh, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
and tests, {ROB4: 246-7}
day of service, {GL: 9, 92, 193}
exhortation to arise, {KA: K35, K38}
exhortation to Kings, {KA: K82, K84}
fruit of, {SFWAB: 234}
greatest of all deeds, see Deeds
of Hands of the Cause, see Hands of the Cause of God
promise of Divine Assistance, {KA: K53, K74}
social, {ROB3: 345-7}
station of man is service, {ROB4: 65}
to Bahá'ís, {SFWAB: 27}
to God (Kingdom),

{SFWAB: 39, 57, 85, 100, 140, 237, 267, 271, 318}
{TOB: 196, 234}
prayer for, {SFWAB: 319-20}

to mankind, human race,

{ROB3: 327, 351}
{ROB4: 235}
{SFWAB: 68-9, 141, 206}
{TOB: 167}

to poor, {SFWAB: 115-16}
to the Cause of God,

{ROB3: 326, 379-81}
see also Bahá'í Faith/Service to, Bahá'í Faith/Teaching of

Servitude, {ROB1: 133-4, 179-80, 239-40}
Sháh Khalíl'u'lláh-i-Fárání, Hájí,

{ROB3: 159-62}
{ROB4: 254n.}

Sháh-Muhammad-i-Manshádí, Hájí (Amínu'l-Bayán), {ROB3: 57, 73-6, 77, 178, 182-3, 427}
Sháh-Rúd (village of),

{DBNN: 299}
see also Letters of the Living/Quddús

Shams-i-Duhá, {ROB4: 16}
Shaykh Bahá'í, {ROB1: 117}
Shaykh Muhammad 'Abdu, {GPB: 317}
She-Camel,

{ROB4: 425-8}
{TOB: 208, 213}

Shidád (Stress), years of, {ROB1: 136 and n.}
Shipping records, {ROB3: 5-6 n., 11n.}
Shíráz,

{DBNN: 4, 30}
{KA: n138}
{ROB1: 111-12, 223, 265-6, 294}
{ROB2: 240}
{ROB3: 42, 50, 255}
{ROB4: 314, 329, 331, 334, 384, 429-31, 436}
and The Báb,

{ROB1: 200, 327}
Báb's return to, {GPB: 10}
Báb's stay in, {DBNN: 143}
Birth of,

{DBNN: 72}
{ROB1: 294n.}
{ROB4: 334-5}
early days of, {DBNN: 72}
Genealogy of,

{DBNN: lviii}
born from Law of Muhammad, {SAQ: 69}
descended from Abraham, {SAQ: 13, 213}

one of Twin Birthdays, {KA: Q2}
prayer revealed by Bahá'u'lláh on Anniversary of, {TOB: 234}
school days, {DBNN: 75}
son of a mercer of Shíráz in Fárs, {GPB: 5, 402}
see also Tablet Of Visitation (Section I), Bahá'í Faith/Holy Days

House of,

{GPB: 337}
{ROB1: 155, 211-12}
{ROB4: 16, 122n., 165, 330, 331, 334, 429-31}
Bahá'u'lláh on, {ROB4: 429-30}
Center of pilgrimage,

{GPB: 177, 300}
{ROB4: 165, 429, 431}

Restoration of, {GPB: 268}
Restitution of, {GPB: 195}
Scene of Báb's declaration, the Declaration of the Báb,

{GPB: 5}
{KA: K110, n138}
{ROB1: 193, 293}
{ROB3: 254}
{ROB4: 148, 329, 335n., 429}
dream of, prior to, {DBNN: 253}
during the fast, {KA: Q36}
effects of, {GPB: 10}
May 23, 1844,

{GPB: 3}
came in Year Sixty, {TOB: 89}

to Mullá Husayn, {GPB: 5}
significance of His Centenary, {GPB: xi}
"Upright Alif", as symbol of advent, {KA: K157, n172}
see also Báb, The; Holy Days

see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Dunyá, Súrihs of Hajj, Unpublished or Untranslated Works

cholera in, {GPB: 13}
those who embraced the faith in, {DBNN: 156}
turmoil in, {GPB: 11}
see also {DBNN: 671}

Shoghi Effendi Rabbání, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith,

{KA: vii, 254}
{ROB1: 15, 36, 38n., 78 and n., 137, 159, 202, 229, 241n., 303-4}
{ROB2: 237n., 238, 298}
{ROB4: 28, 383}

Biographical

and Hands of the Cause of God, see Hands of the Cause of God
and laws of The Báb, see Báb, The
and prestige of Faith, {ROB4: 239-42}
and Shrine of The Báb, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
and Siyyid Mustafáy-i-Rúmí, see Hands of the Cause of God
appoints Trustee of Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
austerity of his life, {ROB3: 81-2}
Genealogy, {DBNN: lviii}
ministry of,

{ROB3: 84, 162, 285}
creation of world administrative order, {ROB4: 362-7}
Divine Plan, implementation of, {KA: 4}
travel teachers during, {ROB4: 276}
ushers in Formative Age, {ROB4: 233}

passing of, {KA: n66, n67, n183}
permission for pilgrimage sought from, see Pilgrimage
stories attributed to, {ROB4: 170}
transfer to Mount Carmel of remains of Purest Branch and Navváb, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
see also Aghsán

His Station and Titles

Centre of Cause, see Covenant
Guardian,

{ROB3: 215, 372 and n.}
{ROB4: 366}
Guardianship,

{KA: 3-4, 6-7, 13-14, , n66, n125, n130}
anticipation of institution in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, {KA: 3, 13-14, K42, 143, 145, n66, n125}
installation of, {GPB: 328}
Vicegerency, {KA: K167, n181}
Viláyat, {KA: n181}
see also Aghsán, Interpretation of Sacred Text

Interpretation of Scripture, of Sacred Text,

{KA: 3, 4, n130}
{ROB4: 356-7}
interpreter of the Word of God, {ROB3: 50, 139, 241, 283, 374}
of Tablet of Carmel, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil

infallibility of, see Infallibility

His Tablets and Writings

{ROB3: 138n., 139, 140, 440}

The Advent of Divine Justice, {ROB3: 331}
God Passes By,

{KA: 12-16, n108, n158, n190-n192}
{ROB3: 241, 281}
Shoghi Effendi's purpose in writing, {GPB: xii, xiii}

The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh,

{KA: n173, n189}
see also New World Order of Bahá'u'lláh

summary of martyrdoms in Yazd, {ROB4: 347-8}
Teaching Plans,

{ROB4: 358}
Ten Year Crusade , {ROB4: 358}

translations by, {ROB3: 276, 284}
Statements,

and Kitáb-i-Aqdas,

{KA: 6-7}
annotations to, {KA: viii}
description in God Passes By, {KA: viii, 12-16}
synopsis and codification, {KA: vii}
translation, {KA: 9-10}

describes end of the Wolf and the She-Serpent, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Burhán
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh,

describes events after, {ROB4: 418}
effect of, {GPB: 244}

describes importance of Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in 'Ishqábád, {ROB4: 122-3}
describes relationship of God to Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB4: 129, 135}
discusses Bahjí, see 'Akká
encourages pioneering, see Pioneering
explains revelation of laws, {ROB4: 116-17}
explains 'rulers' and 'learned', {ROB4: 38}
on Administrative Order, {ROB3: 50, 126}
on Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB3: 152-5, 236-8, 264, 393, 419-20}
on Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
on Kitáb-i-Aqdas, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
on love, compassion and sacrifice, {ROB4: 190}
on martyrs, {ROB3: 213, 241}
on the Purest Branch, see Bahá'u'lláh
on Shaykh Kázim-i-Samandar, see Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh
on teaching, {ROB3: 332-3, 383}
recounts martyrdom of Mullá 'Alí-Ján, {ROB4: 387}

Quoted,

{ROB1: 133, 143-4, 160, 208-9, 281-2, 284-5, 292-3, 304-8, 311-13}
{ROB3: 14-16, 50, 110, 113-14, 117-18, 126, 128-30, 145, 152-5, 158, 166-7, 211, 214-15, 236-8, 264, 281-2, 286, 294, 308-9, 311-12, 330, 332, 345-8, 357, 364-5, 383, 393, 419-20, 431-2}

Shrines,

{ROB4: 429}
of Bahá'u'lláh, see 'Akká
of The Báb, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
of the Immaculate, see Fátimih 'the Immaculate'
see also Pilgrimage

Shujá'u'd-Dawlih, Prince,

{ROB1: 258}
{ROB4: 434}

Siam (Thailand), {ROB4: 183}
Sidon, {ROB4: 51}
Sidq-'Alí, Darvísh,

{ROB1: 289}
{ROB2: 164-5, 188, 329, 330, 402, 409}

Sight-seeing, {ROB3: 64}
Sin, Transgressions,

{GL: 309}
{KA: K143, K155, K162}
{ROB4: 86, 164}
{SAQ: 119-20}
{TOB: 109

a potent cause of illness, {SFWAB: 152-3}
attachment to physical world is, {SAQ: 124, 126}
confession of, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
difference between good, sinners, and wicked who are veiled, {SAQ: 238}
forgiveness of,

{KA: K49, K184, Q11, Q47, 101, n37, n58}
{SFWAB: 164, 233}
{TOB: 24-5, 77, 176, 208}

good deeds of righteous are sins of Near Ones, {SAQ: 126}
of bounds of propriety, {KA: n175}
repentance, {KA: K34, K37, K49, K184}
Transgression of laws of God, {KA: K29, Q94, n37}
see also Bahá'u'lláh

Sinai, Mount Sinai,

{ESW: 8, 18, 38, 41, 42, 43, 47, 53, 57, 65, 86, 133, 145, 173}
{GL: 16, 19, 211, 282, 325}
{ROB3: 119, 305}
{ROB4: 70, 94, 126, 130, 139, 228, 357}
{SFWAB: 14, 254}
{TOB: 5, 11, 15, 103, 118, 210, 237, 242, 248, 251}
habitation of Lord, {TOB: 13}
of Wisdom, {TOB: 210}
Revelation on, {TOB: 52}
Sinaic Bush, {TOB: 61}
Speaker on, {TOB: 36, 50, 52, 107}
see also Moses

Sincerity,

{ESW: 38, 85}
{KA: K29, K108, Q106, n95}
{ROB2: 7, 128}

Sirát ('road', 'bridge to heaven'),

{ROB2: 74 and n., 345}
{TOB: 237}

Síyáh-Dihán, village of, near Qasvín, {DBNN: 235 (note 21)}
Síyávash, Mr, {ROB4: illus. 292; 291}
Siyyid of Findirisk, {ROB4: 434}
Slavery,

{GPB: 214}
{ROB3: 124, 281, 369-70}
prohibition of, {KA: 14, K72, 157}

Sleep,

{GL: 152, 160}
{ROB4: 206}
Dreams,

{GL: 152, 162}
{ROB4: 206}
{SAQ: 227, 253}
{SFWAB: 108, 179-80}
{TOB: 187-8}

Sodom, {SAQ: 51}
Sovereignty

of Bahá'í Faith, {KA: n26, n49}
of God,

{KA: K74, K172, K182}
relation to kingship, {KA: K82}

Space, traversing, {SFWAB: 102, 198}
Speech, Utterance,

{ESW: 25, 29, 55, 93, 166}
{KA: K160}
{ROB4: 69-70, 237}
{TOB: 40, 66, 72, 75, 80}
Afnán, {TOB: 84}
chalice of, {TOB: 139}
chambers of, {TOB: 106}
hosts of, {TOB: 59, 76-7}
human, {TOB: 143}
importance of, {TOB: 172-3}
kingdom of, {TOB: 57, 62, 76, 83, 103, 137, 253}
light of, quenched, {TOB: 151}
manner of delivery, {KA: n168}
man's treasure, {TOB: 62}
moderation in, {TOB: 172, 198-9}
Nightingale of, {TOB: 107}
ocean of, {TOB: 78, 143, 241}
of Bahá'u'lláh, {ESW: 24, 34, 65, 71, 83, 140, 147, 158}
of God, {ESW: 2, 3, 24, 104, 119, 150, 172}
penetrating power of, {TOB: 198-9}
showers of, {TOB: 85}
speechmaking, {SFWAB: 134}
to assist God through, {KA: K73}
Tongue(s),

{ESW: 10, 15}
{TOB: 5, 47, 76, 87, 106, 111, 113, 114, 169, 232, 253, 263}

training in, {SFWAB: 134}
victory through, {TOB: 57, 197}
waters of, {TOB: 132, 145, 172}
wine of, {TOB: 85, 176, 195}
Word(s),

{TOB: 172-3}
cause of creation, {TOB: 116, 140-1, 161-2}
dumbfounded all, {TOB: 50}
good, {TOB: 85}
inner meaning of,

{ROB4: 149-50}
{TOB: 167}

limitations of, {GL: 176 }
Most Sublime, {TOB: 211}
of God, see God
purged, {TOB: 138}
sciences which begin and end in, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Tajallíyát
single, could render Cause victorious, {TOB: 197}
stream of, {TOB: 105}
two, {TOB: 66}
vitalized by Bahá'u'lláh, {GL: 93 }
water of sacred, {TOB: 257}

see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Hikmat, Languages, Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses

Spirit,

{ROB3: 50, 60}
{TOB: 11, 265}
all filled with, {TOB: 145}
chilled by expositions, {TOB: 142}
communication with spirits, {SAQ: 251-53}
dejected, will surge with delight, {TOB: 263}
five categories of, {SAQ: 143-45, 208-09}
heavenly, {SAQ: 144-45}
Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost,

{KA: K37, n23, n160}
{ROB1: 28, 63, 71, 148, 184, 189}
{ROB3: 144, 224, 360}
{ROB4: 133-5}
{SAQ: 108-09, 114, 145, 152, 299}
{SFWAB: 53, 58, 94, 104}
acceptance or rejection of, {SAQ: 127-28}
assistance of, necessary, {SFWAB: 160}
bestowals of, {SFWAB: 179}
Christ born of, {SAQ: 16, 87-88, 118-19}
descent of, {SAQ: 106-08}
eternal life is gift of, {SAQ: 242}
healing power of, {SAQ: 256}
Most Great Spirit,

{ROB1: 34, 45, 63, 242}
{ROB2: 124}
{ROB3: 143, 223, 227, 231}

unravels mysteries, {SFWAB: 170}

human, see Man
of faith, see Faith
of God, see God
of life, {TOB: 147}
"spirit of my spirit", {TOB: 114}
of Truth, {TOB: 12}
pure, {TOB: 199}
see also Manifestation(s) of God

Spiritual Principles,

of consultation, see Consultation
of sacrifice, {ROB3: 78}
see also Bahá'í Faith, Detachment

Spiritual Springtime,

{GL: 27, 84, 94, 167}
{TOB: 86, 195, 257}

Spouse see Adultery, Divorce, Inheritance, Marriage
Sprague, Sidney, {GPB: 261}
Station, {ROB4: 192-3, 208-9}
Steadfastness, Faithfulness,

{ESW: 18, 87, 97}
{GL: 13, 75, 76, 129, 167, 170, 202, 245, 246, 253, 289, 290, 291, 312, 319, 323, 325, 330, 338, 339}
{GPB: 309}
{KA: K134, K164, K173, K183}
{KI: 233}
{ROB3: 26, 85, 90, 177, 258, 259, 267, 360}
{ROB4: 140-1, 317, 318}
{SFWAB: 9, 120-1, 164, 294-5}
{TOB: 16, 51, 91, 117, 123, 132, 191, 200, 262, 268}
After death of Bahá'u'lláh, {SFWAB: 17-18}
Constancy,

{KA: K163-K164}
{SFWAB: 19, 78}
{TOB: 51, 76, 80, 88, 239, 247}

Fidelity,

{KA: 14, K120}
{TOB: 181, 200}
see also Faithfulness

hyacinths of certitude, {SFWAB: 254}
Perseverance, {KA: 161}
Tenacity, {KA: K74}
see also Lawh-i-Ahmad, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Ishráqát, Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Prayers, Bábí(s), Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'í(s), Covenant, Faith, Obedience

Stewart, Elizabeth, {GPB: 261}
Stimson, Henry L., {GPB: 336}
Storrs, Sir Ronald, visits 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 307}
Struven, Howard, {GPB: 261}
Stuttgart,

'Abdu'l-Bahá in, {GPB: 286}

Stygian dark, {SFWAB: 8}
Subhí Páshá, fate of, {GPB: 232}
Súdán,

{ROB1: 28}
{ROB2: 332, Appendix III passim}
{ROB4: 177, 273}
Gordon, General, British Governor of the Súdán, {ROB2: 446-7}

Suhráb, 'Ináyatu'lláh, {ROB4: 263}
Suhráb-i-Púr-Kávús, {ROB3: 269}
Sulaymán Khán, Hájí,

{DBNN: 610}
{ROB3: 422-5, 426}
martyrdom of,

{DBNN: 617, 618}
{ROB3: 423}
martyred by burning candles, {GPB: 77}

Sulaymán Khán-i-Afshar, {DBNN: 235, 391, 402}
Sultan-i-Karbilá'í, Shaykh, {DBNN: 190, 270, 593}
Summer School, International Bahá'í, {GPB: 340, 341}
Superstition, {ROB4: 150, 174, 230}
Swedenborg, Emanuel, {SFWAB: 60n.}
Sword, {TOB: 185}
Syria,

{ROB3: 16}
{ROB4: 240, 258, 262, 416, 418}
{SAQ: 52}
{SFWAB: 55}
{TOB: 14}
see also Aleppo, Damascus

Tabarsí, Shaykh, fort of,

{ROB1: 149-50}
{ROB2: 129, 146, 180, 210-11, 246, 256}
{ROB3: 27, 101, 257}
{ROB4: 380, 435}
Bahá'u'lláh's visit to, {DBNN: 348, 368}

Tabríz ,

{ROB1: 284, 293}
{ROB3: 188n., 191, 269, 422-4}
{ROB4: 55-6, 146, 178, 186, 266, 402, 439}
prison of, {ROB4: 186}
The Báb,

arrival at Tabríz, {DBNN: 506}
examination of,

{DBNN: 315}
{GPB: 21, 22}

last stage of His journey to Tabríz, {DBNN: 235}
reception in, {GPB: 18}
Martyrdom of,

{GL: 89, 146, 147, 221, 222}
{GPB: 49-60}
{KA: n139}
{ROB1: 53-4, 67, 154, 268}
{ROB3: 200, 202, 211, 422 ff.}
{ROB4: 73}
{SAQ: 55}
Brings calamity to people, {GPB: 53, 54}
Earthquake after, {GPB: 53}
Effect of His martyrdom,

{DBNN: 523}
{GPB: 55, 56}

Last words to multitude, {GPB: 55}
Miraculous escape,

{DBNN: 513}
Not killed by first volley of bullets,

{GPB: 52, 53}
Sám Khán,

{DBNN: 510, 512, 514, 516}
{GPB: 52}

Mírzá Muhammad-'Alí, Mírzá Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Zunúzí, {DBNN: 422, 509, 510, 512, 513}
Renewed and final attempt on His life, {DBNN: 514}
Unparalleled in religious history, {GPB: 56}
see also Tablet Of Visitation (Section I), Lawh-i-Karmil/remains of The Báb, Bahá'í Faith/Holy Days

people hail the Báb's arrival, {GPB: 20}
welcomed by a youthful disciple on arriving at Tabríz, {DBNN: 237, 238}

Tábúr Áqásí, Yahyá, {ROB1: 317}
Tact, {KA: 6, K73, 160}
Tákúr,

{ROB1: 50}
{ROB3: 415}

Talkhunchih, {ROB4: 384}
Taqí Khán, Mírzá (Amír Nizám),

'Abdu'l-Bahá's statement on, {ROB3: 245-6}
his death, {GPB: 54, 82}
orders the Báb's death, {GPB: 51, 52}
persecutes Bábís, {GPB: 82}

Táríkh-i-Shuhadáy-i-Yazd (The History of the Martyrs of Yazd), {ROB4: 124, 347}
Taxation, {GL: 251, 253 }
Temple,

of human body, {KA: K96, K120, K155, n160}
of Manifestation of God, {KA: K86}
see also Mashriqu'l-Adhkár

Technology, {ROB3: 137-40}
Terms in Holy Writings, Symbolism,

{ROB3: 30, 135, 144, 349}
{ROB4: 172-3, 218, 427}
{SAQ: 83-86}
{SFWAB: 6, 18, 199, 270, 287-8, 293}

Adam and Eve,

{SAQ: 122-26}
see also Woman as symbol of Law of God

Angels,

{GL: 16, 41, 45, 125, 136, 139, 277, 295, 309, 334}
{KA: K53, K170, n128}
{PM: 158, 173, 252}
{ROB1: 171}
{TOB: 145}
angelic company, {SFWAB: 12}
symbolic meaning of, {KI: 78-80}

Anísá, Tree of, (The Hidden Words)

{ROB1: 81}
{SFWAB: 235}

Apocalypse,

{GPB: 239, 249}
reference to Bahá'u'lláh in, {GPB: 95}
references to Kitáb-i-Aqdas, {GPB: 213}

Appointed 'Hour',

{GL: 17, 43, 103, 119, 125, 151, 204, 211, 214}
{TOB: 11, 40, 107, 117, 131, 244}
Appointed Time, {TOB: 150}

Ark,

{PM: 44, 115, 271}
{ROB1: 236}
{ROB4: 357}
{TOB: 5, 71, 97, 116, 120, 134, 208}
Ark of God, {GL: 16, 113, 170, 212, 302}
Covenant, {ROB4: 361}
Crimson Ark, Crimson Colored Ark,

{GPB: 151}
{KA: K84, n115}
{ROB1: 280-81}
{ROB3: 159}
{ROB4: 318, 361, 411, 437}
companions of the (Bahá'ís),

{ROB4: 318}
{TOB: 97, 120, 134}

of Bahá'u'lláh's Testament, {GPB: 239, 249}
refers to Bahá'í Faith, {KA: n115}

of peace, {SFWAB: 26}
of salvation, see Salvation
Universal House of Justice and the, {ROB4: 361}

'B' and 'E' (letters),

{KA: K177, 96, n188}
{ROB1: 30}

'B' and 'H' (letters) (The Hidden Words), {ROB1: 83}
baptism, {SAQ: 91-92}
Balance, {TOB: 118}
Birds,

{SFWAB: 8, 58}
{TOB: 106, 197}
broken-winged, {SFWAB: 237}
Celestial, {TOB: 139}
crow, {SFWAB: 219}
Dove,

{SFWAB: 9, 200}
{TOB: 58, 106, 240}
symbolism of, {SAQ: 85}

eagle, {SFWAB: 23, 103}
falcons,

Falcon, {TOB: 169}
believers are like, {SFWAB: 266}

in cage, {SAQ: 228}
larks, {SFWAB: 236, 255}
Nightingale,

{SFWAB: 8, 9, 19, 93, 134, 208, 219, 235, 236, 255, 312}
{TOB: 107, 195, 197, 240}

of clay, {SFWAB: 47}
of darkness,

{GL: 340}
{TOB: 236}

of Heaven,

{SFWAB: 188}
{TOB: 197, 261}

of mind, {SFWAB: 4}
of night, {SFWAB: 9}
of spirit, {SFWAB: 175, 271}
parrots of India, {SFWAB: 235}
ravens,

{SFWAB: 9, 219, 313}
{TOB: 261}

sparrow into a falcon, {SFWAB: 23}
teacher is like, {SFWAB: 268}
vulture, {SFWAB: 209}

Black Standard,

{ROB4: 209}
prophesied by Muhammad, {GPB: 38}

Bread and Wine, {SAQ: 97-99, 121, 125}
Bugle, see Bahá'u'lláh
Catastrophe, {TOB: 118}
Citadel, {SFWAB: 13}
City, Cities,

Holy City,

{KA: 12, n114}
{ROB3: 154}
meaning of, {SAQ: 46, 48, 67, 68}
see also Jerusalem

of Certitude,

{GL: 267-270}
{KI: 197-99}
{ROB1: 190}

of God,

{GL: 267-270}
{ROB1: 189}

of Radiant Acquiescence, see Madínatu'r-Ridá
of spiritual attainment, {ROB1: 151-2}
of Unity, see Gleanings/Tablet of Madínatu't-Tawhíd

Clouds,

{GL: 26, 27, 42, 45, 68, 92, 101, 167, 246, 258, 275, 282, 288, 306, 320, 324}
{ROB1: 170}
{TOB: 116}
of Mercy, {SFWAB: 7}
symbolic meaning of, {KI: 71-75}

Concourse, Concourse on High, Supreme Concourse, Celestial Concourse,

{GL: 14, 59, 91, 113, 118, 135, 139, 148, 266, 280, 284, 292, 307, 315, 330}
{KA: K71, K76, K89, K132}
{PM: 83, 97, 166, 268, 277}
{ROB1: 81 and n., 82, 267}
{ROB3: 89, 151, 180 and n., 364, 372, 383, 407, 441, 446}
{ROB4: 284, 298, 316, 349, 353, 365}
{TOB: 3, 13, 36, 65, 85, 106, 122, 182, 206, 208}
celestial, {SFWAB: 12}
circle around Qiblih, {KA: K6}
on High,

{SFWAB: 18, 22, 35, 250}
armies of, {SFWAB: 231}

promise of assistance, {KA: K53}
Supreme, {SFWAB: 6}
see also Kingdom of God

Crimson,

Ark, see Ark
Book, see Kitáb-i-'Ahdí
Pillar, {KI: 70}
Sea, {ROB1: 280-81}
Spot,

{KA: K100, n127}
see also 'Akká

darkness is ignorance, {SAQ: 84}
Day,

{TOB: 28, 64, 80, 85, 103, 107, 142, 171, 220, 232, 237, 253, 258, 261}
Day Star, {TOB: 33, 50, 62, 76, 77, 85, 111, 114, 125, 199, 205, 211, 240, 247, 252}
earth laid bare treasures, {TOB: 107}
everything will fade away (vanish), {TOB: 231-2, 245, 265-6}
every day accounted as one year, {SFWAB: 67, 172}
of deeds, {TOB: 232}
of God,

{ESW: 2, 13, 18, 19, 29, 30, 47, 49, 107, 114, 117, 126, 132, 134, 140, 143, 144, 145, 147, 162, 165}
{GL: 29, 30, 38, 40, 43, 44, 58, 107, 151, 171, 205, 206, 257, 276, 316, 319, 320}
{KA: K80, K88, K138}
{ROB1: 45-6, 64-7, 119, 129, 152, 213, 236-8, 275, 308}
{ROB2: 16-17, 30, 32, 116, 183, 249}
{ROB3: 3-4, 45, 105, 136, 144}
{ROB4: 66, 125, 126, 133-4, 148, 166-7, 209, 214, 218, 230, 238, 249, 257, 259, 302, 313, 374, 406, 413}
{SAQ: 57-58}
{TOB: 3-5, 64, 78, 103, 118, 241, 256}
foretold in Scriptures, {GL: 10, 11, 12, 17, 145, 163, 314, 340}
greatness of, {GL: 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 28, 35, 36, 39, 45, 59, 60, 108, 145, 168, 196, 197, 214, 245, 263, 287, 340}
incomparable, {TOB: 28, 80}
Peter, St., disciple of Jesus, reference to, {GPB: 96}
veils prevent understanding of, {TOB: 41}

of Grace, {SFWAB: 179}
of Great Rejoicing, {TOB: 78}
of Hearing, see Terms in Holy Writings
of ingathering of all mankind, {SFWAB: 260}
of Judgement, Judgment Day, Judgement Day,

{GL: 11, 40, 41, 43, 125, 136, 137, 143, 226, 236, 247, 251}
{KI: 111, 114, 116}
{SAQ: 59}
{SFWAB: 13}
{TOB: 124}

of Justice, {SFWAB: 179}
of Reckoning,

{GPB: 29}
{TOB: 14}

of Resurrection, see Resurrection
of Return, {TOB: 104, 186}
of Revelation, {PM: 36, 117, 252, 273, 275, 277, 279, 282, 286, 308}
of sight, see Terms in Holy Writings
of the Covenant, {KA: n139}
Promised, {TOB: 239, 244}
summit of all, {SFWAB: 17}
treasures of no use, {TOB: 232}
see also Bahá'u'lláh/His Revelation, Calendar, Holy Days, Intercalary Days, Nineteen Day Feast

Earth, symbolic meaning of, {KI: 46-48}
Elders, four and twenty,

{ROB1: 201 and n.}
see also Prophecies

Fane,

{PM: 9, 211}
Frequented Fane, {GL: 292}

Father,

{TOB: 11, 14}
"Father is in the Son," see Terms in Holy Writings

Fashioner, {GL: 14, 141}
Fire

God appeared as pillar of, {SAQ: 85}
symbol of love of God, {SAQ: 92}

Fish, thirsty, {SFWAB: 7}
Flowers,

Flowering bed of grace, {SFWAB: 7}
hyacinths of certitude, {SFWAB: 254}
narcissus of Najd, {SFWAB: 258}
of one garden, {SFWAB: 280}
rosebuds of spirit, {SFWAB: 22}
windflowers, sacred, {SFWAB: 254}
see also Fragrance; Gardens

Food, {ROB1: 59-60}
Fragrance(s), Perfume, Scents,

{SFWAB: 176-7, 186, 254}
ambergris, {SFWAB: 255}
breaths of holiness, {SFWAB: 182}
divine, {SFWAB: 251}
jasmine, {SFWAB: 266}
love of God, {SFWAB: 92}
musk, {SFWAB: 9, 72, 76, 224, 245, 255, 270, 276}
of earth, {SFWAB: 84}
offensive odour of violation, {SFWAB: 224}
realm of God, {SFWAB: 4}
scents from Sheba of spirit, {SFWAB: 255}
sweet savours (scents), {SFWAB: 22, 264}
sweet winds, {SFWAB: 10}
teachings of God, {SFWAB: 23}
universal love, {SFWAB: 20}
winds of Abhá paradise, {SFWAB: 22}

Garden(s),

{SFWAB: 25, 256}
Abhá, {SFWAB: 235}
flower-garden of guidance, {SFWAB: 313}
flowers and herbs of one, {SFWAB: 280}
of Eden, {SFWAB: 69, 275}
of God, {SFWAB: 10, 11, 14, 19, 232}
of God's love, {SFWAB: 138}
of hearts, {SFWAB: 252}
of heaven, {SFWAB: 36}
of holiness, {SFWAB: 38}
of saved, {SFWAB: 266}
rosebeds of faith, {SFWAB: 272}

God will subdue hearts, {TOB: 264}
Hearing, Ears,

{GL: 164, 195, 340}
{SFWAB: 54}
{TOB: 111, 113, 131, 147, 170, 171, 244, 250}
Day of, {TOB: 239, 258}
Deaf,

{SFWAB: 8, 191}
Made to hear, {SFWAB: 7, 173, 250, 275}
Spiritual Deafness, {SAQ: 102}

Ear,

{SFWAB: 22, 30}
{TOB: 12, 47, 61, 64, 197, 209, 240, 258}
Blessedness of hearing ear, {TOB: 197, 209}

Prayers for Spiritual Hearing, see Prayers
Spirituality of seekers and believers, hear doves of Paradise, {TOB: 58}

Heart(s),

{ROB4: 68, 213, 283, 380}
{SFWAB: 192-3}
{TOB: 152, 163, 178, 183, 189, 196, 256, 267}
bear witness to God, {TOB: 114}
cheering of other peoples', {SFWAB: 92, 204}
chilled, {TOB: 263}
detached and pure, {TOB: 143, 172, 198}
doors of, unlocked, {TOB: 89, 173}
ears of, {TOB: 208}
evil promptings of human, {SFWAB: 256}
fixed on vanities, {TOB: 241}
may attain peace, {TOB: 219}
mirror, {SFWAB: 108, 140, 275}
opened through fear of God, {TOB: 121}
purity of,

{KA: K116, K157, K175, K179}
{ROB1: 79, 96, 107, 172, 186, 187}
{SFWAB: 22, 202, 232}
see also Hidden Words, The, Kitáb-i-Íqán

radiant, {TOB: 116, 138}
seeing, {SFWAB: 37-8}
set ablaze, {TOB: 142}
set towards Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 12, 245}
solid as rock, {SFWAB: 5}
stainless, {TOB: 199}
will be subdued, {TOB: 264}
won by good words, {TOB: 85}
see also Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Man

Heaven,

{ROB1: 170}
{ROB4: 211}
{TOB: 47, 114, 120, 173}
bestowals of, {SFWAB: 22}
brought nigh, {SFWAB: 14}
gardens of, {SFWAB: 36, 180}
Heavenly Loving Lord, {SFWAB: 314}
heavens cleft (split), {TOB: 119, 247}
new, {SFWAB: 12}
of Universal Light, {SFWAB: 26}
Paradise, see Ridván
rose-tree of, {SFWAB: 8}
spring winds of, {SFWAB: 8}
stars of, revealed, {TOB: 107, 117}
symbolic meaning of, {KI: 44, 62, 66-68, 71}
waters of, {SFWAB: 7}
whispering sound of, {TOB: 145}
wine of, {SFWAB: 8}
see also Kingdom of God

Hell,

{ESW: 132, 133}
{GL: 42, 45, 158, 209}
{PM: 296}
{ROB1: 183-4}
{ROB4: 211}
{SAQ: 223-25}
{TOB: 118, 119, 189}
flames of, {SFWAB: 14}

Holy of Holies,

{SAQ: 46}
has become visible, {SAQ: 59-60}
symbolic meaning of, {SAQ: 48}

Hour, {SFWAB: 14}
Isráfíl, {SFWAB: 23 and n.}
Jerusalem,

{GL: 13, 117}
{KA: 12, n7, n114, n116}
{ROB1: 173}
{ROB3: 15, 16, 150, 154-5, 172, 275}
{ROB4: 352, 361, 408}
{SAQ: 46-47, 52}
{SFWAB: 165-6}
{TOB: 159, 174}
Aqsá Mosque, Temple Mount, {KA: K85, n116}
Divine, {SAQ: 59-60}
Law of God is New Jerusalem,

{SAQ: 67-68}
{SFWAB: 12, 59, 60}
see also Holy City

Kawthar,

{ROB1: 178, 196 and n.}
Súrih, see Qur'án

Kingdom of Names,

{ROB2: 39-43, 182}
{TOB: 47, 83}
see also Attachment

"Letter" revealed by God, {PM: 291}
Letters, {SFWAB: 60}
Life and death,

{ROB1: 183-4}
Dead,

{ROB4: 207}
meaning of the, {SAQ: 59, 101-02, 126, 279}

Death (spiritual) and sleep,

{SFWAB: 8-9, 12, 191–2, 198, 319}
arising (awakening) from, {SFWAB: 3, 7, 10, 14, 23, 112, 173, 250, 255, 266, 275}
graves of sensual desires, {SFWAB: 37}
slumber of unknowing, {SFWAB: 35}
tombs of bodies, {SFWAB: 13}
see also Non-believers

Light, Lamp,

{SAQ: 150}
imagery of lamp and, {SAQ: 155, 288, 303}
symbol of Knowledge, {SAQ: 84}

Maiden of Heaven, Maid of Heaven, Maids of Heaven,

{GL: 32, 91, 136, 156, 282, 284, 327}
{ROB1: 63, 82, 83, 125, 213, 218, 242}
{ROB3: 143, 223-4}
{SFWAB: 12}
{TOB: 251}

Mi'ráj, {KI: 185-86, 187}
Moon,

{ROB1: 167-8, 170}
as symbol of Ottoman Empire, symbol of Turkish empire,

{SAQ: 68}
{SFWAB: 172}

Prayer, symbolized as moon of religion, {KI: 39-40}
of Bahá'u'lláh's arts and skills, {SFWAB: 15}
rising, of Bahá'u'lláh's times, {SFWAB: 17}
symbolic meaning of, {KI: 33, 35-36, 37-38, 39-42}

Mother Books, {KA: n129}
Mustagháth,

{KI: 229}
time of {GL: 73}
warning to men of Bayán concerning, {KI: 248}

Oppression,

{ROB1: 165-7}
symbolic meaning of, {KI: 31-32}

Párán, Mount, (The Hidden Words)

{GL: 19}
{ROB1: 81}
{SFWAB: 207}

Path, {SFWAB: 14}
Prince of Peace, see Bahá'u'lláh
Remoteness, {GL: 71}
Resurrection,

{ESW: 132, 133}
{GL: 31, 97}
{PM: 72}
{SAQ: 103-05}
{SFWAB: 14, 39, 179}
{TOB: 40, 89, 107, 118, 183-7, 248}
all things made new, {SFWAB: 253}
Day of Resurrection,

{ESW: 178, 179}
{GL: 69}
{KI: 47, 143-44}
{ROB1: 171, 184-5}
{ROB4: 207}
{SFWAB: 39, 179}
{TOB: 58, 107, 183-7}
see also Qá'im

of Cause of God, {SFWAB: 311}
raising of dead, {TOB: 13, 16}
symbolic meaning of, {KI: 116, 118, 144-45, 158, 170}
Rebirth,

{PM: 42, 44, 51, 52, 56, 264, 281}
{TOB: 142}
New Creation, Newness, Renewal, {SFWAB: 13}

regeneration, {TOB: 84, 130, 141, 223, 244}

Ruby Tablet, (The Hidden Words) {ROB1: 82}
Return,

{GL: 21, 22, 52, 231, 246, 269, 345}
{ROB4: 207-11}
{TOB: 183-7}
symbolic meaning of, {KI: 150, 151, 158, 159, 160, 168}
see also Manifestation(s) of God/Christ

Sacrifice, meaning of, {PM: 96}
Salsabíl, {ROB4: 348}
Salvation,

{SFWAB: 13, 191-2}
Ark of, {SFWAB: 6, 61}

Seal of the Prophets,

{GL: 60, 162}
{KA: n180}
{KI: 40, 162, 166, 169, 213, 233}
{PM: 29}
{ROB1: 66}
applies to all Manifestations, {KI: 179}
applies to Muhammad, {KI: 162, 169}
as veil to Muslims, {KI: 213}
see also Muhammad (Apostle of God)

Seal on Holy Books, {ROB1: 160-1}
Sea(s),

Boil, {TOB: 41}
Sea of all bestowals, {SFWAB: 7}

Serpent,

{SAQ: 122-24, 126}
symbolism of, {SAQ: 123-24, 126}

Seven Spheres, Lord of, {SFWAB: 250}
Sheba,
Shepherd, {SFWAB: 36}
Sight, Eyes,

{GL: 164, 194, 195, 340}
{SAQ: 210-11, 297}
{TOB: 111, 113, 171}
Blindness,

{SAQ: 102}
Bahá'u'lláh addresses 'People of The Bayán', {GL: 106}
Braille, translations, {GPB: 383, 386}
Non-believers,

{TOB: 186}
blind and heedless, {SFWAB: 8-9, 22, 23, 33-4, 191-2, 277-8}

Spiritual,

{GL: 106, 113, 116, 284, 327}
{SAQ: 102}
{SFWAB: 8, 54, 191-2}
made to see, {SFWAB: 7, 112, 173, 250, 275}

Day of, {TOB: 239}
Eyes,

{TOB: 74, 91, 111, 258}
Eyes chaste, {TOB: 138}
Eye, function of, {GL: 160}

Spiritual Sight,

{SFWAB: 37-8, 54}
Eye, {SFWAB: 22, 29, 30, 33, 176, 191, 319}
Prayer for, see Prayers

Vision,

{ROB4: 169}
{TOB: 35, 131, 147, 258}
Realm of, {SFWAB: 176}
of Bahá'u'lláh

universal, {KA: 1-2, 11}
unrivaled, {KA: K101}

World-embracing, {TOB: 87}
see also Understanding

Signs of the Son of Man, {ROB1: 168-71}
Sleep, {SAQ: 85-86}
Smoke, {KI: 76-77}
Son,

of Man, explanation of coming of, {KI: 61-62, 66-67}
Son, real, {SFWAB: 140}

Sovereignty, {ROB1: 180-82}
Spirit of Truth, {TOB: 12}
Spiritual,

Birth, {SAQ: 223-24}
Blindness, see Terms in Holy Writings/Sight
Deafness, see Terms in Holy Writings/Hearing
Spring,

{SAQ: 74}
Divine, {SAQ: 57}
Springtime, {PM: 161, 199, 273}

War, see War

Stars,

{GL: 163}
{ROB1: 167-8, 169-70}
{SFWAB: 38, 39, 189, 271}
{TOB: 107, 117}
as herald of new Day, {KI: 62, 63, 64}
Fall of,

{SAQ: 111-12}
{TOB: 118}
Referred to in the Gospels, {ROB4: 229}
Star-fall of 1866, {ROB2: 270-2, 422-6}
see also Prophecies

influence of, {SFWAB: 160}
into a sun, {SFWAB: 104}
symbolic meaning of, {KI: 36, 37, 38, 66}

Strong City, {TOB: 259}
Sun,

{GL: 87, 154, 155, 188}
{PM: 51, 128, 154}
{ROB1: 167-8, 170}
{TOB: 107, 114, 117, 120, 166, 186, 220, 247}
At high noon, {SFWAB: 33}
atom into a, {TOB: 176}
Is cause of life and illumination, {SAQ: 162}
Of Bahá'u'lláh's era, {SFWAB: 17}
Of Bahá'u'lláh's knowledge, {SFWAB: 15}
Of Bounty, {SFWAB: 7}
Of justice and fairness, {TOB: 236}
Of Reality, {SAQ: 57, 58, 104, 172, 207}

has numerous dawning places, {SAQ: 76-77}
reflects in Manifestations of God, {SAQ: 114}

Of Truth,

{GL: 88, 333}
{SFWAB: 1, 11, 29, 35, 41, 62, 165, 194, 246, 258}
{TOB: 234}

Of Wisdom, {TOB: 169}
Of words, {TOB: 216}
Ray returning to, is wiped out, {SFWAB: 76}
Symbolic meaning of,

{KI: 33-34, 35-36, 37-38, 39-42, 43, 66}
As metaphor for God,

{SFWAB: 42, 50, 56, 73}
{TOB: 61}

Imagery of, and mirror, {SAQ: 106, 107, 113-14, 144, 145, 147-48, 155, 196, 201, 206-07, 222, 229}
Laws, {KA: K7, K108}
Manifestation of God, {KA: K6, K41, K53, n8}
Symbol of Persia,

{SAQ: 68}
{SFWAB: 172}

Sure Handle, 'Urvatu'l-Vuthqá,

{KI: 30, 38, 205}
{TOB: 239, 242}
'Urvatu'l-Vuthqá (newspaper),

{ROB4: 401-2}
{TOB: 95}

Sustenance, spiritual, {PM: 126, 155, 234, 258, 261, 299}
Symbols, purpose of, {KI: 49}
Tabernacle,

{SFWAB: 2, 230}
{TOB: 84, 166, 208, 242}
of holiness, {SFWAB: 20}
of oneness of man, {SFWAB: 36, 195}
one-coloured, {SFWAB: 90}

Tablet of Paradise, fifth (The Hidden Words) {ROB1: 82}
Tree

{TOB: 61, 116, 120, 137, 148, 195, 196, 208, 247}
believers are leaves, {TOB: 254-5}
Blessed, {SAQ: 58}
celestial, {TOB: 137, 148}
children will become, {SFWAB: 138-9}
Holy, {SFWAB: 254}
man as, {TOB: 132, 257}
mankind as, {SFWAB: 1}
neither of east nor west, {SFWAB: 254}
of eternity, {TOB: 261}
of knowledge, {TOB: 127}
of life (good and evil), {SAQ: 122-26}
of realm of existence, {TOB: 137}
of wisdom, {TOB: 174}
of Zaqqúm,

{KI: 190}
{SAQ: 285 and n}

Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Tree beyond which there is no passing),

{GL: 70, 91, 198}
{KA: K100, K148, 99, n128, n164}
{ROB1: 3, 82, 83, 135}
{ROB3: 163}
{ROB4: 436}
{SFWAB: 67, 295}
{TOB: 208 and n.}
Divine Lote-Tree,

{ROB4: 169, 411, 436}
{TOB: 33, 34, 52, 53, 78, 107, 196, 246, 247, 250, 251}
see also Bahá'u'llah

Za'farán, the land of, {TOB: 137 and n.}

voices of, {TOB: 76}
word of God as sapling, {TOB: 93-4}

Trinity,

"Father is in the Son", "Father is in Son"," symbolism of,

{SAQ: 85, 207}
{SFWAB: 42}

meaning of, {SAQ: 113-15}
Oneness of God and concept of, {SAQ: 113-15}

Trumpet, see Bahá'u'lláh
Twelve,

{SFWAB: 165-6}
Twelve Gates, meaning of, {SFWAB: 81, 166}

Veil(s),

{KA: K132, K165, K171, 92}
{SFWAB: 8, 14, 177, 181, 253, 310, 317}
{TOB: 12, 17, 41, 47, 58, 131, 151, 189, 205, 238, 266}
divines,

are, {TOB: 238}
veils created by, {KA: K165, K167}

God beseeched to remove, {TOB: 63}
human body is, {SFWAB: 168}
of concealment,

{KA: K47, K175, K176}
{PM: 229, 246, 294, 308}

of Divinity, {TOB: 208}
of earthly desires {KA: K50, K82, K86, n23}
of fairness, {TOB: 59}
of Glory,

{KA: K50}
{TOB: 114}
symbolic meaning of, {KI: 164, 166}

of learning, of knowledge, of human learning

{KA: K102, n60}
{PM: 77}
{TOB: 240-1}

of light, {TOB: 143}
of names,

{KA: K167, n180}
{TOB: 9-10}

people are, unto themselves, {TOB: 79}
Persia hurt by, {TOB: 73}
raised, {TOB: 14}
rent asunder, {TOB: 15, 231, 255-6}
self is, {SFWAB: 182}
superstitions, {TOB: 42, 58, 62, 71, 105}
that which is veiled from eyes of men, {TOB: 232}
those behind, {TOB: 73, 123, 131}
vain imaginings, {SFWAB: 53}
will be lifted after death, {SFWAB: 170-1}
see also Detachment, Recognition

Water(s),

{KA: K29, K50, K54, K57, K80, K135, 162}
{ROB3: 178, 303 and n.}
all created out of, {KA: K148}
billowing, {TOB: 78}
for ablutions, see Prayer(s)
for washing,

oneself, {KA: K106}
things, {KA: K74, n105}
warm recommended, {KA: Q51, Q97, n167}

fountains of, {TOB: 78}
in 'Akká, see 'Akká
in Persian pools, {KA: K106, n131-n132}
in the barracks, see 'Akká
is knowledge and life, {SAQ: 92}
"Living waters", {PM: 6, 8, 13, 24, 26, 30, 33, 37, 42, 44, 51, 68, 69, 78, 79, 109, 117, 124, 152, 154, 178, 195, 197, 239, 240, 241, 256, 268, 281, 307}
Ocean(s),

{TOB: 40, 169, 235, 245, 247, 252, 261}
drops into an ocean, {TOB: 176}
lie in brief saying, {TOB: 170}
Word is, {TOB: 173}
see also Unity

of joy, {TOB: 139, 163}
of divine wisdom, {TOB: 23}
of life, {TOB: 48, 110}
of providence, {TOB: 262}
of utterance, {TOB: 132}
of sacred Words, {TOB: 257}
pure,

definition, {KA: Q91}
use required, {KA: K74, K106, n105}

Sea,

{TOB: 34, 58, 117}
of sea of delusion, {TOB: 58}

Wine

{KA: K4-K5, K150, K173, n2}
'choice Wine',

{ESW: 18}
{KA: n2}
{ROB2: 151}
{ROB3:297, 344}
{ROB4: 410, 433}

divine, heavenly, {SFWAB: 8, 9, 150, 203}
of Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 105, 108, 110, 208, 239, 241, 249}
of God, {TOB: 110}
of knowledge, {SFWAB: 256}
of love, {SFWAB: 121}
of reunion, {TOB: 116}
of utterance, {TOB: 85, 176, 195}
see also Alcohol

Wings and Comb, (The Hidden Words) {ROB1: 82}
Woman, as symbol of Law of God,

{SAQ: 68, 70}
{SFWAB: 172}

World, {GL: 276 }

Misc. Topics,

clergy has not understood, {SAQ: 104-05}
see also Bible, Holy Books, Man, Prophecies

Theosophy, {SAQ: 285-86, 290-96}
Testimony,

{KA: 16, K136, K140, K165, K167, K170}
of witnesses (legal),

{KA: K67, Q79, n99}
see also Witnesses, just

Testament, cup of, {SFWAB: 8}
will and testament, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
see also Proof(s)

Thacher, Chester I., {GPB: 257}
Thamúd,

{ROB4: 96, 425-8}
{TOB: 214}

Theology, theological Commentaries, {KA: n110}
Thought(s),

{SFWAB: 53}
acquire power of flight, {SFWAB: 202}
Assembly members must express, with freedom, {SFWAB: 88}
must concentrate on single point, {SFWAB: 110-11}
must concentrate on teaching, {SFWAB: 93}
spirituality of, {SFWAB: 178}
see also Knowledge

Throne,

{KA: K133}
{TOB: 189, 200, 240, 243, 263}
Lord of the Exalted, {TOB: 24}
Mighty, {TOB: 22, 37, 74, 97, 122}
see also Holy Places and Historical Sites

Tibet, {ROB4: 183}
Tigris, river, {ROB1: 71, 259}
Tihrán, 'Land of Tá',

{ESW: 122, 127, 148, 149, 169}
{DBNN: 13, 101, 261, 287, 389, 433}
{GL: 228}
{KA: K91, n122}
{ROB1: 51, 86, 202, 266, 286}
{ROB2: 174-6 passim, 219}
{ROB3: 1, 50, 58, 80, 85, 86, 92, 97, 182, 183, 204, 218, 388, 424-9 passim, 435}
{ROB4: 12, 76, 99-100, 119, 177, 222, 259, 296, 297, 311, 314, 328, 352, 387, 429}
{SAQ: 28}
{TOB: 85, 104}
addressed by Bahá'u'llah,

{ROB1: 46-9}
apostrophe addressed to, {KA: 15, K91-K92, 163}

Bahá'u'lláh in,

{ROB1: 7-13, 17}
{ROB2: 174-8, 212}
{ROB3: 245-8}
Birth of,

{KA: K92, K110, Q2, n123, n138}
{ROB4: 335}
lineage,

{ROB1: 7, 305}
descended from Abraham,

{GPB: 94}
{SAQ: 213}

lineage of Jesse, {GPB: 94}

youth, {ROB1: 19-20}
see also Tablet Of Visitation (Section I), Bahá'í Faith/Holy Days

persecution in {ROB1: 8-14, 46, 51, 224}
suffering in, {ROB4: 148}
prison of,

{ROB4: illus. 309; 64, 302, 306-7, 338}
Bahá'ís in, {ROB4: 379-80}
release of Bahá'í prisoners, {ROB4: 14}
Síyáh-Chál, dungeon of,

{DBNN: 372, 377, 607}
{GPB: 71, 72, 92, 100, 101, 103, 104}
{KA: 8, n62, n126, 254}
{ROB1: 7, 8-11, 25, 45, 46, 54, 207-8, 224, 225, 246, 257, 293, 299}
{ROB2: 356}
{ROB3: 80, 204, 243, 260, 267, 415}
{ROB4: 6, 116, 133, 148, 248, 389, 378, 406}
Bahá'u'lláh's food was poisoned at, {GPB: 72}
Birth of Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh,

{KA: 8, n62, n126}
{ROB1: 7, 10, 12, 299}
{ROB4: 406}
hints at prophethood, {GPB: 152}

Chains in,

{ROB1: 9 and n., 10, 51}
Qará-Guhar, {ROB4: 6, 389, 435}
Salásil, {ROB4: 389, 435}

four months in dungeon,

{DBNN: 607, 631}
{GPB: 71}

incident in, related by, {DBNN: 631, 635}
release from, {GPB: 105}
see also Grand Vizir

believers of, {GL: 122 }
blessing of pilgrimage to, {GL: 121, 122 }
court of Sháh, {ROB1: 26-7, 41, 326}
Faith at Congress in, {GPB: 343}
future of, {GL: 111 }
glorified by the Báb, {GPB: 102}
governor of, Kámrán Mírzá, the Náyibu's-Saltanih,

{ROB3: 85}
{ROB4: 297, 299, 338, 379-80}

"Liar of Tihrán," fate of, {GPB: 232}
Martyrs of,

{GL: 109, 121 }
Mullá 'Alí-Ján,

{GPB: 201}
{ROB4: 386-7, 435}
Shoghi Effendi recounts, see Shoghi Effendi

Seven Martyrs of Tihrán,

{GPB: 47-90}
{ROB1: 9, 153}
Hájí Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Kirmání, {DBNN: 456}
Mírzá Qurban-Alí (a native of Bárfurúsh),

{DBNN: 449 (note 35)}
{ROB2: 25, 102-3}

Muhammad-Husayn-i-Marághi'í, {DBNN: 458}
Mullá Hájí Ismá'íl-i-Qumí (a native of Faráhán), {DBNN: 453}
Siyyid Husayn-i-Turshízí, {DBNN: 455}
Siyyid Murtadá (a noted merchant of Zanján), {DBNN: 457}
see also Báb, The/Khál-i-A'zam

burial of, {DBNN: 463}
execution of, {DBNN: 446}

Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in, {ROB4: 316}
Masjid-i-Sháh (Sháh Mosque), {ROB3: 101}
names given it by Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 102}
Rayy,

{KI: 246-47}
Zawrá', {KI: 246-47}

remains of The Báb in, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Karmil
residence of Ibn-i-Abhar, see Hands of the Cause of God
Sabzih-Maydán, {ROB1: 9, 11}
school for girls in, see Persia/Schools
Siyyid Asadu'lláh in, see Asadu'lláh-i-Qumí, Siyyid
Spiritual Assembly of, see Bahá'í Faith
station of, {GL: 120, 121 }
teacher training institute in, {ROB4: 304, 313}
upheaval in, {ROB4: 124, 368, 380}
see also Martyrdom, {DBNN: 671}

Time,

{SFWAB: 207}
Century(ies),

each has central theme, {SFWAB: 114}
illumined (Century of God; Century of Light), {SFWAB: 32, 66-7, 114, 232}
this mightiest of, see Bahá'í Faith

Future events,

knowledge of, secrets of, revealed to Prophets, {SAQ: 138-39}
may be seen in dreams, dreams may reveal, {SAQ: 227}

God, no 'time' in sight of, time nonexistent for, {SAQ: 116, 152-53, 156, 169-70}
past, present, and future, in world of God, {SAQ: 156}
preexistence of, {SAQ: 116-17, 148-49, 203}
traversing, {SFWAB: 102, 198}
universe has no beginning, {SAQ: 180}
Word of God exempt from, {SAQ: 152-53}

Tolstoy, Count Leo,

{ROB3: 172-3}
interested in Bábí Faith, {GPB: 56}
pays tribute to the Faith, {GPB: 316}

Transcaspia, {ROB4: 344}
Transmigration, {SAQ: 282-83}
Transmutation of elements,

{KI: 157}
{ROB1: 86}
{ROB2: 268}
{ROB4: 225}
Alchemy,

{KI: 189}
{ROB4: 225}

Copper, Gold,

{GL: 197, 198}
{KI: 157}

Divine Elixir,

{GL: 183, 200}
{KI: 157]
{PM: 54}

Divine Philosophy,

{KA: n194}
most firm foundation, {KA: K189}

Philosopher's Stone

Travel, Traveling,

{PM: 257, 266}
during Fast, see Fasting
and marital relations, {KA: K67, K69, Q4, Q27, 151, 153, n96-n99}
and pilgrimage, {KA: n55}
Obligatory Prayer during, see Prayer(s)
removal of restrictions in Bayán, see Bahá'u'lláh

Treachery, {KA: n1, n190}
Treasure,

Hidden, {KA: K15, n23}
trove, {KA: Q101, 157}

Trespass(es), {KA: K73}
Trust

in God, {KA: K33, K153, K160}
property in,

{KA: Q96, 157}
see also Trustees

Trustees

in inheritance law, see Inheritance
of the House of Justice see House(s) of Justice
Trusted ones of the Merciful, {KA: 13, K30, 91, n51}

Trustworthiness,

{ESW: 29, 54-55, 61, 69, 89, 93, 135, 136-137, 139}
{GL: 232, 233, 266, 278, 285, 290, 299 }
{KA: 14, K120, Q106, 160, n46}
{ROB3: 256}
{ROB4: 16-28 173, 250, 376, 380, 437}
{TOB: 37-8, 120, 121-2}
see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh: Ishráqát, Tarázát, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Ridván

Truth, Verity,

{ROB3: 3, 292, 334, 337, 356}
{ROB4: 153, 169, 176, 213, 221}
{SAQ: 137}
{TOB: 12, 42, 47, 49, 50, 53, 57, 62, 75, 76, 171, 242, 254, 261, 263}
afflicted by falsehood, {TOB: 39}
and error, {TOB: 108, 186}
and knowledge, {KA: n110}
establish and expel falsehood, {TOB: 139}
investigation of, {SAQ: 45-46}
most people comprehend not, {TOB: 147}
newspapers untruthful about Bahá'u'lláh, {TOB: 40}
of Bahá'u'lláh's words, {KA: K70, K134, K182-K184}
of Law(s) of Bahá'u'lláh, {KA: K3, K7, K162-K163}
of Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh
power of, {KA: K38, K64, K98, K140, K142}
religious, {ROB4: 150, 152}
requirements for seeker of, {SAQ: 38-39}
Spirit of, {ROB4: 227}
Sun of, {KA: K6, n8}
truthfulness,

{ESW: 139, 141, 150}
{GL: 232, 271, 290, 297, 299, 305 }
{KA: 14, K120, Q106, 160}
{ROB4: 173, 250, 322, 380}
{SFWAB: 221}
truthful tongue, {TOB: 138}

Truths, beyond expression, {GL: 176 }
unfettered search after, investigation of, see Bahá'í Faith

Turkey, Turkish,

{KA: n120}
{ROB3: 37, 68, 74n., 87, 123, 150-55, 218-19}
Bahá'ís persecuted in, {SFWAB: 74}
Bosporus, {KA: n120}
Government:

{ROB2: 326}
{ROB3: 12, 123}
allowance from, {ROB2: 57, 327}
attitude to Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB2: 1, 55, 325}

moon is symbol of, see Terms in Holy Writings
Ottoman,

Empire,

{KA: n119-n120}
{ROB3: 14, 30, 122, 123, 152, 239}
{ROB4: 178, 393-4}
moon is symbol of, {SAQ: 68}

court of, {ROB4: 396}
Government,

{ROB1: 16, 17, 147, 225, 227, 229, 254}
{ROB3: 22, 37, 410}

peoples, {ROB3: 37, 123}

see also Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Lawh-i-Ra'ís, Lawh-i-Fu'ád, To The Kings and Rulers, Unpublished or Untranslated Works, Ottoman, 'Abdu'l-Hamíd, Adrianople, Constantinople, Mardin, Sámsún, War(s)

Turkistán,

{GPB: 360, 361}
{ROB4: 122, 258}
Bahá'í centers in, {GPB: 195}

Turkmenistan, {ROB4: 177}
Turkomanchay, Treaty of, {ROB4: 433}
Tyranny,

{KA: K86, K89, K141}
{TOB: 84, 85, 90, 164, 170, 215-16}
people of, see Unbelievers
see also Oppression

Unity, Concord, Oneness,

{ESW: 2}
{ROB3: 125ff., 130, 131, 132, 138, 213-14, 365-7}
{ROB4: 159, 161, 298, 375, 380, 382}
{SFWAB: 1, 11, 19-21, 24, 31, 90, 101, 104, 109, 229-30, 260-1, 263, 277-80, 290}
{TOB: 23, 60, 87, 90, 94, 127-8, 129, 132, 162, 164, 166, 167-8, 220, 222}
anthems of, {SFWAB: 8, 312}
as essential purpose of creation, {KI: 29}
as one soul, {TOB: 162, 264}
based on justice, {TOB: 67}
bestowed by Word of God, {KI: 112, 200}
candles of, {SFWAB: 32}
causes other problems to disappear, {SFWAB: 30}
commandment of, not limited to any one group, {SFWAB: 20-1}
concord, {TOB: 130}
depends on power of Holy Spirit, {SFWAB: 53}
Divine,

{SFWAB: 19}
{TOB: 60, 74, 105, 114}

doors of, {TOB: 87}
Drops of One Ocean,

{SFWAB: 280}
{TOB: 27, 129}
Drops turn into sea, {SFWAB: 103, 104, 261}

each creature sign of God, {SFWAB: 24}
earth one country, one city, etc., {TOB: 22, 67, 68, 127, 167, 172}
enjoined by Bahá'u'lláh, {ESW: 24, 38, 76}
Essence of, {SAQ: 180, 221}
establishment of, {SAQ: 62-66}
Fellowship,

{ESW: 14, 15}
{SFWAB: 19, 92}
{TOB: 22, 35-6, 44, 67, 87, 90, 91, 162, 168}
among Bahá'ís, see Bahá'ís
with followers of all religions, {KA: K75, n173}

fire of love will unify, {TOB: 88}
fix gaze on, {TOB: 67}
friendship, love, to all, {SFWAB: 1-2, 21-2, 24, 26, 34, 72, 73, 84, 257, 258, 280}
fruit of one tree, {TOB: 127, 164}
in Diversity,

{ROB4: 198-9}
{SFWAB: 290-2}

in society, {ROB4: 196-9, 214, 365}
Kingdom of, {SAQ: 123}
laws of God promote, {TOB: 67}
leaves of one tree, bough, {TOB: 27, 127, 129, 164}
light of, is dawning, {SFWAB: 228}
Man,

Unity of Soul, see Man
Unity of Race, of Mankind, of Humanity, see Man/Unity of

meaning of,

{ROB4: 190-204}
Divine Unity, meaning of, {GL: 59, 69, 70, 166, 167, 187, 191 }

not possible in previous Dispensations, see Dispensation
of Bahá'ís, of the Bahá'í community, see Bahá'í(s)
of Bahá'í Faith, {KA: 5, 8, 13}
of conscience, {SFWAB: 297}
of Manifestations of God, {KA: n160}
of Nations, {SFWAB: 113}
of religion, {SFWAB: 32, 52}
of world of Kingdom, {SFWAB: 58}
of world,

communication and travel foster, {SFWAB: 31-2}
East and West, {SFWAB: 244}
one native land, {SFWAB: 84}

pantheism, {SAQ: 290-96}
peace unattainable without, {ROB4: 157, 196-8}
Posture of unity, {KA: n22}
power of,

{ESW: 14}
{GL: 286}
{ROB4: 197-8, 318}

prayer for, see Prayers
purpose of,

Bahá'u'lláh's Revelation, see Bahá'u'lláh
Prophets is, {SFWAB: 31}
Religion,

{TOB: 129}
religions must be cause of, {SFWAB: 28}

sea of, {SFWAB: 20}
Threshold of, {SAQ: 137}
through one aim and faith, {TOB: 69}
true, {TOB: 124}
wave of, {SFWAB: 30}
world-embracing vision, {TOB: 87}
see also God/Unity of/source of unity, Kitáb-i-Íqán, Lawh-i-Ittihád, Love, Gleanings/Tablet of Madínatu't-Tawhíd, Seven Valleys, The, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Maqsúd, Manifestation(s) of God, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í Faith, Deeds, Religion(s)

Uprightness,

{KA: Q106}
{TOB: 37, 57, 88}

Ustád Husayn-i-Na'l-Band, {ROB3: 93}
Uzbikistan, {ROB4: 262}
Vahháb-i-Khurásání, Mírzá (Mírzá Javád), {ROB1: 254}
Vain imaginations, Vain imaginings, Idle fancies,

{GL: 6, 12, 34, 42, 82, 83, 93, 156, 196, 203, 204, 219, 291, 307, 324, 326, 337, 338 }
{KA: K17, K35, K37, K41, K132, K165, K178, 98, 160}
{PM: 7, 27, 53, 72, 75, 102, 112, 123, 146, 255, 256, 275, 283, 307}
{TOB: 41, 49, 58, 60, 61, 77, 79, 96, 104, 107, 117, 120, 170, 196, 211, 236, 259}
Vanity, {KA: K36}

Valí, {SAQ: 34n}
Vambery, Prof. Arminius, pays tribute to the Faith, {GPB: 316}
Vassals,

{KA: K82}
see also Kings

Vatican, {ROB3: 117-18}
Verse(s), Holy,

allegorical, {KA: n130}
definition, {KA: n165}
disparities between, {KA: Q57, Q63, n109}
effect of, {KA: K116, K148-K149}
recitation see Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses
marriage verses

{KA: Q3}
see also Marriage

reflection upon, {KA: K136}
see also Bahá'u'lláh/His Tablets and Writings

Village, House of Worship in every, {KA: K115, n53}
Village dweller

amount of dowry payable by, {KA: K66, Q87, 150, n93-n95}
definition of, {KA: Q88}

Vineyard of God, {KA: n114}
Virginity

and dowry, {KA: Q47, 151-152}
and parental consent to marriage, {KA: Q13, 150}

Virtue,

{KA: K71}
{TOB: 57}

Versailles, Treaty of, {ROB3: 154}
Victor Emmanuel I, King of Italy, {ROB3: 117}
Victory

{SFWAB: 231, 238, 256, 264, 275}
Bahá'í Faith, victory of, see Bahá'í Faith
dependent upon obedience, {GL: 289 }
over self, see Self
through fear of God, {GL: 272 }
time of, {GL: 319 }

Vienna,

'Abdu'l-Bahá in, {GPB: 287}

Von Goumoens, Captain, account of Bábí persecution, {GPB: 65}
War(s), Conflict, Contention, Hostility, Strife, Violence

{GL: 95, 196, 218, 250, 288, 296, 333, 341}
{KA: K169, 92, n173}
{ROB3: 154, 309}
{ROB4: 56, 157, 196, 235, 268, 361, 377-9, 392}
{SFWAB: 2, 174, 247-8, 258, 273, 275-6, 282, 284, 286-9}
{TOB: 23, 39, 72, 85, 88, 89, 91, 94, 166, 170, 177, 198, 199, 221}
Arguments, Disputation, Wrangling, {KA: 14, K77, K177, n110}
arms are malignant fruits, {SFWAB: 303}
Bahá'í Principles forbid,

{ROB4: 375-82}
Strife, effect of, {GL: 9}

Balkan, {ROB3: 154}
Cause of, {SFWAB: 247, 299}
conflicts and changes, {TOB: 267}
Crimean War, {ROB3: 111, 113, 122, 123}
Dissension,

{KA: 6, K183}
{SFWAB: 275}
{TOB: 120, 138, 260}

end of, {SFWAB: 34, 35, 53, 276}
Kitáb-i-Aqdas forbids,

{ROB3: 369}
Contention, {GL: 9, 277, 279, 296, 304}
Violence, {GL: 277, 303 }

predicted,

by Bahá'u'lláh, {GPB: 305}
foreseen by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, {GPB: 282, 303-304}

Franco-German, {ROB3: 113}
Franco-Prussian, {KA: n117, n121}
global, {ROB3: 126}
Hague Conference cannot prevent, {SFWAB: 307}
holy war,

{KA: n173-n174}
{ROB4: 161, 167, 432-3}
ban on, {GPB: 219}
forbidden, {TOB: 21, 28}
Jihád, {ROB3: 59}

increasing, {TOB: 171}
not to contend

with authoritative interpretations of Writings, {KA: n130}
with those in authority, {KA: K95}

prevention of, {SFWAB: 248-50}
Russo-Turkish (1877-8), {ROB3: 154}
Sedan, Battle of,

{KA: n118}
{ROB3: 113}

Spiritual,

{SFWAB: 260, 264}
armies, warriors, {SFWAB: 237, 260, 264}

those who love, {SFWAB: 11}
Violence,

forbidden, {KA: n170}
see also Abuse forbidden, Murder

World Wars I and II, {ROB3: 149-50}
Zulu, {ROB3: 113}
see also Sadness/not to cause, Striking a person, Peace

Wealth, Money, Prosperity, Possessions, Riches, Treasures,

{GL: 285}
{KA: K40, K48}
{ROB4: 82, 256}
{TOB: 35, 57, 59, 74, 96, 138, 156}
and charity, {KA: K147, n162}
and dowry,

{KA: K66, n95}
see also Dowry

and entry into kingdom, {SFWAB: 195}
and Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
and obligation to work, {KA: n56}
cord of material means, {TOB: 26}
Debt, {KA: K28, Q9, Q69, Q80, n47}
Depreciation of property, {KA: Q96}
duty of wealthy,

{GL: 202, 235, 285, 314}
{TOB: 125}

duty to offer to Manifestation of God abrogated, {KA: K114, 159, n141}
Financial Assistance,

to family during year of patience, {KA: K70, n100}
to poor, see Poverty

fleeting, evanescence of,

{KA: K40, K86}
{TOB: 219}

earthly possessions,

{GL: 116, 137, 138, 202, 209, 234, 235, 252, 272, 276, 298, 304, 314, 316, 323, 332, 334}
{ROB4: 195}

moderation of, {SAQ: 274-75}
of God, {TOB: 75}
possessions no protection, {TOB: 248}
Property, Real estate,

Aghsán have no right to property of others, {KA: K61, n85}
of deceased see Inheritance, Will
held in trust, {KA: Q96}
lost, {KA: Q17, 157}
payment of Huqúq'u'lláh, see Bahá'í Faith
real estate, {KA: Q102}

sharing of, {SFWAB: 115, 302}
social function, {KA: n38}
Tax, {KA: n85}
treasures, {TOB: 232}
true, {SAQ: 78-80}
Usury laws (interest on loans, interest on money), {TOB: 133-4}
Wages payable to servants, {KA: Q30, n90}
see also Bahá'í Fund, Charity, Detachment, Dowry, Financial Investment, Inheritance, Materialism, Poverty, Property

Weapons, Arms, Armaments, Guns,

{GL: 249, 250, 254}
{KA: K159, Q24, n83, n173}
{ROB2: 355}
{ROB4: 173, 236}
{TOB: 165}
carrying of, {KA: K159, 158, n173}
conversion of, {TOB: 23}
deeds and character, {TOB: 256}
force similar to lightning, {TOB: 69}
infernal engine, {TOB: 69}
reduction of, {GPB: 217}
use of forbidden, {ROB1: 278-9 and n.}

West, the, Occident,

{ROB3: 50, 73n., 138, 265, 285, 336, 345, 374}
{ROB4: 232-3, 242}
{SFWAB: 33, 36, 59, 255, 270}
Bahá'í Faith,

'Abdu'l-Bahá,

on importance of, {ROB4: 232-3}
travels in,

{ROB3: 82-4, 138}
characteristics displayed in His travels, {GPB: 282, 283}
journeys to West (outline of), {GPB: 280, 281}
see also America, Britain, Paris, Stuttgart, Vienna

Establishment in, {GPB: 252-263}
Western believers,

{SFWAB: 74-5}
prayer for, {SFWAB: 75}

civilization of, {TOB: 69}
prophecies about, {GPB: 253, 254, 255}
Christians of, {ROB3: 265}
lit up, {SFWAB: 35, 74-5}
signs of dominion in, {TOB: 13}
sun of craftsmanship in, {TOB: 38}
unity with East, {SFWAB: 244}
will become East, {SFWAB: 70}
see also East, the

Wickedness, {KA: K64, K123}
Wilberforce, Venerable Archdeacon, pays tribute to Faith, {GPB: 316}
Will and Testament,

adornment with Greatest Name, {KA: K109, n137}
obligation to write, {KA: 14, K109, 157, n136}
of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
of Bahá'u'lláh, see Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Kitáb-i-'Ahdí
owners jurisdiction over disposition of property,

{KA: Q69, n38, n136}
see also Inheritance, Intestacy

Testator, {TOB: 221}

Winds of despair, {TOB: 171}
Wise, Rabbi Stephen, pays tribute to Faith, {GPB: 317}
Witnesses, just

definition, {KA: Q79, n99}
to spouses death, {KA: K67, Q79, n99}
to year of patience,

{KA: Q73, Q98, n100}
see also Divorce

woes, three, {GPB: 92}
Women,

{ROB4: 215}
burial rings, inscription, {KA: K129}
concept of uncleanness in courses abolished, see Cleanliness
Daughter(s)

education,

{KA: K48, n76}
see also Education

inheritance, see Inheritance

eligibility as members of Spiritual Assemblies (Houses of Justice), {KA: n80}
equality between men and, see 'Abdu'l-Bahá
fasting, exemptions from, see Fasting
Maid (female servant), {KA: K63, Q30, 157, n90}
marriage verse, {KA: Q3}
obligatory prayer, exemptions from, see Prayer(s)
pilgrimage, exemption from, {KA: K32, n55}
Prayer for the Dead reworded, see Prayer(s)
seclusion of, {ROB4: 119, 201}
Spiritual Assembly of Bahá'í, see Bahá'í Faith
teacher training institute for, {ROB4: 304}
trade or profession, {KA: n56}
'Varaqih' (Leaf), Handmaids, Handmaidens, Leaves, Maidservants,

{ROB1: 14n.}
{SFWAB: 79}
{TOB: 252, 254-6}
daughters of Kingdom are leaves, {SFWAB: 57}
outshine empresses,{SFWAB: 23-4, 123}
should found Assemblies, {SFWAB: 80}
station of, {SFWAB: 167}
unity of, {SFWAB: 75-6}

Widow(s), {KA: K21, K89}
Wife see Divorce, Dowry, Inheritance, Marriage, Remarriage
Women's International League for Peace, {GPB: 343}
see also Education, mutatis mutandis, Mothers

Word(s),

{SFWAB: 60}
and expression of spiritual realities, {KA: K116, n4}
as veil to recognition of Revelation, {KA: K117, K167, n180}
Christ's perfections are called, {SAQ: 206-07}
definition of "Be", see Terms in Holy Writings
move hearts, {SFWAB: 5}
of Bahá'u'lláh see Section I of Index, Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses, Bahá'u'lláh, His Tablets and Writings
of Oneness, {SFWAB: 20}
see also God

Work, Crafts, Labour, Livelihood, Occupation, Profession, Trade,

{GL: 202}
{PM: 127}
{ROB3: 282, 351-2}
{ROB4: 162-3, 258}
{SFWAB: 129}
{TOB: 26, 35, 150, 155, 175, 267-8}
arts and sciences, see Education
as worship, exalted to rank of worship,

{GPB: 214}
{KA: 14, K33, 157, n56}
{ROB3: 351}
{SFWAB: 144-6}
{TOB: 26}

Business practices, Economics, laws for Factories,

{SAQ: 273-77}
{SFWAB: 109, 301}
freedom from struggle for existence, {SFWAB: 302}
moderation of income, {SAQ: 274}
profit sharing, sharing of wealth,

{SAQ: 274-75}
{SFWAB: 115, 302}

strikes, {SAQ: 273-76}

cord of material means, {TOB: 26}
Craftsmanship, sun of, {TOB: 38}
Craftsmen,

{SFWAB: 135}
{TOB: 52}
station of, {SFWAB: 145}

Earning one's living, {KA: K147, n56, n162}
heavy, during the fast, see Fasting
homemaking, {KA: n56}
idleness, {TOB: 138}
Labor, reduction of, {ESW: 139}
obligation to engage in,

{KA: 14, K33, 157, n56, n162}
a duty, {GL: 202 }

service,

{TOB: 167}
to mankind, {SFWAB: 68-9}

Skills, {KA: n162}
suspension on Holy Days, {KA: Q1}

World,

{ESW: 54, 55, 56}
{GL: 162} {ROB3: 26, 48-9, 81, 110, 112, 125-30, 133, 136, 138, 148, 160, 309-12, 315, 328, 380, 421}
animating power of, {GL: 93, 157 }
attachment to, see Attachment
Civilization, Society, see Civilization
community, {GPB: 354}
compared with body of man, {GL: 81, 254, 255 }
compared with mirage, {GL: 328 }
condition of,

{ESW: 62}
today, {GL: 97, 118, 136, 200, 213, 218, 255 }

equilibrium upset, {KA: K181, n189}
Fairs, {GPB: 342}
Fellowship of Faiths, {GPB: 342}
impermanence of, {PM: 116}
International Counsel enjoined, {GL: 216, 249, 254}
'is in travail', {GL: 118 }
maturity of,

{KA: n194}
{ROB3: 157}

Nasút, realm of, see World/Nasút
One, {GL: 334 }
Order,

New, see Order
'rolled up',

{GL: 313}
"Soon will the present day order be rolled up," {GL: 7}

peoples of, {ROB3: 126-7, 138, 167, 199, 214, 290, 293, 380, 396}
revolutionary changes since birth of Faith, {GPB: xi, xii, 316}
spiritual worlds of God, see God
Supreme Tribunal, see Government(s)
unification of, {KA: 1, 2}
World's equilibrium upset, {GL: 136 }
worthlessness of, {ROB4: 249}
see also Civilization, Detachment, God/Worlds of, Man, Universal Language

Worship,

{ROB3: 293, 343ff.}
{ROB4: 36, 163-4}
{SFWAB: 26, 53, 139}
{TOB: 27, 129}
acceptability to God, {KA: K36, n60}
House of Worship see Mashriqu'l-Adhkár
obligation, {KA: K78, K184, 91, Q106}
recitation of verses,

{KA: K149}
see also Recitation of sacred Writings and Verses

work exalted to rank of, see Work
see also God, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Hikmat, Bahá'í Faith, Fasting, Prayer(s), Prayers, Christian Faith

Yahúdá, Hájí,

{ROB4: 446}
and Bahá'u'lláh, see {ROB4: 12-13}
persecution of, {ROB4: 13}

Yahyáy-i-Dárábí, Siyyid, Vahíd,

{GPB: 42}
{KI: 223}
{ROB1: 138, 264-5, 268, 325-31}
{ROB2: 47, 175, 180, 211-12, 256-8}
{ROB3: 359}
addressed by The Báb, {ROB1: 297}
converted by the Báb, {GPB: 12}
his departure for Nayríz, {DBNN: 474, 481, 483, 486, 489}
in Yazd,

{ROB1: 326, 331}
declaration of, to people of Yazd, {DBNN: 469, 472, 474}

interview with Báb, {DBNN: 173, 177}
journey to Tihrán and Yazd, {DBNN: 465}
martyrdom of,

{DBNN: 494, 495 (note 28)}
{GPB: 43, 50}
account of death, {DBNN: 495 (note 29)}

praised by Bahá'u'lláh, {ROB1: 191, 267}
sent by Sháh to investigate the Báb, {GPB: 11}
tribute to, {GPB: 50}

Ya'qúb, Siyyid, {ROB2: 343-5}
Ya'qúb-ibn-Betros, of Lebanon, {ROB3: 22}
Yarkand, {ROB4: 183}
Yazd, 'Land of Yá',

{DBNN: 5, 465, 642} {ROB2: 99-102, 256, 272, 358}
{ROB3: 44, 73, 76, 120 and n., 177, 194-5, 261, 263, 272-3, 302-3, 334, 358-9, 367-8}
{ROB4: 23, 50-1, 118-19, 123, 245n.}
{TOB: 85}
Bahrám, Mullá, Zoroastrian of, {ROB2: 103-4}
Bahá'ís,

{ROB1: 37-9 passim, 84, 85, 320, 321, 323, 331}
{ROB3: 194-6, 263}
{ROB4: 124, 188, 333, 346-50}
martyrs,

of 1891, {ROB3: 194-6}
of 1903, {ROB4: 188n., 314, 348, 368}
'Alí-Asghar (first martyr of Yazd), see 'Alí-Asghar
'Alí-Asghar (sixth martyr of Yazd), see 'Alí-Asghar
Áqá 'Alí, see 'Alí,Áqá
Muhammad-Báqir, see Muhammad-Báqir
Muhammad-Hasan, see Muhammad-Hasan
Mullá 'Alíy-i-Sabzivárí, see 'Alíy-i-Sabzivárí, Mullá
Mullá Mihdí, see Mihdí, Mullá
Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, after, see Bahá'u'lláh
Shoghi Effendi, summary of, see Shoghi Effendi
and Jews, see Jew(s)
see also Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh/Lawh-i-Dunyá, Táríkh-i-Shuhadáy-i-Yazd, Bahá'í Faith

Christian missionary in, {ROB3: 40-44}
citizens, {ROB1: 138, 199, 320}
governor of,

{ROB3: 195}
{ROB4: 118}
Mahmúd Mírzá, Prince, the Jalálu'd-Dawlih, Tyrant of Yazd,

{ROB4: 346-8}

Muhammad-Taqí, Mírzá, mujtahid of, {ROB4: 23}
Vahíd in, see Yahyáy-i-Dárábí, Siyyid
see also Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí, Hájí, {DBNN: 671}

Yazdí, Azíz, {ROB4: 446}
Youth,

{ROB4: 313}
conduct and life, see Bahá'í(s)
teacher training for, see Bahá'í(s)
see also Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Ghulámu'l-Khuld, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Education

Yugoslavia,

Prince Paul of, interviews Martha Root, {GPB: 387}
Princess Olga of,

{GPB: 387}
pays Martha Root tribute, {GPB: 389}

Queen Marie of, {GPB: 344}

Yúnis Khán-i-Afrúkhtih, Dr.,

{ROB1: 315-19}
{ROB3: 361n., 361-3, 405-9}

Yúsuf Khán, Mírzá (Mustasháru'd-Dawlih), {ROB4: 266}
Yúsuf Khán, Mírzá (Mustawfíyu'l-Mamálik), {ROB3: 191, 387-8}
Yúsuf Khán-i-Vujdání, Mírzá, {ROB4: 333}
Yúsuf, Shaykh, {ROB4: 239}
Yúsuf-i-Sidihí, Siyyid, {ROB1: 151}
Zahra Bagum, {ROB4: 429-30}
Zakaríyyá, Shaykh, {ROB1: 268 and n.}
Zamenhof, Lydia, {GPB: 383}
Zanján, 'Land of Zá',

{GL: 135 }
{ROB4: 60-3, 305-6, 378, 380, 435}
'Alá'u'd-Dawlih, Governor of, {ROB4: 60}
prison of, {ROB4: 306}
upheaval of,

{DBNN: 260, 527, 528, 532, 543}
{GPB: 44-46}
{GPB: 44-46}
{ROB2: 222, 224, 226}
martyrs of, {DBNN: 580}
women aid in defense of, {GPB: 45}
see also Hujjat

Zaynab,

audacity of, {GPB: 45}
heroism of, {DBNN: 550}
see also Hujjat

Zion,

{GL: 13, 211}
{KA: K80, n114}
{ROB3: 15, 305}
{ROB4: 357, 361, 408}
{TOB: 4}
call to, {GL: 16}

Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrians,

{KA: n160}
{ROB2: 103, 104n.}
{ROB3: 42-3, 98, 260-65, 268ff., 272-3}
{ROB4: illus. 292; 263, 267, 291, 423}
{SAQ: 39}
Bahrám, Mullá, of Yazd, Yazd
become Bahá'ís, {GPB: 195, 302}

contribute to the Temple, {GPB: 350}
Tablet to priests of, {GPB: 211}

Council of, {ROB3: 269, 272ff.}
Faith of, deterioration, {GPB: 230}
Zoroastrian physician anoints 'Abdul-Bahá, {GPB: 292}
see also Zoroaster

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