Ḥaram-i-Ma‘ṣúmihhar-am-eh-ma...soom-ehShrine of Fáṭimih, d. 816 A.D., the sister of Imám Riḍá, at Qum.
Ḥasanhass-sanMan’s name.
Háshimitehaw-shem-iteOf the family of Háshim, ancestor of Muḥammad.
Ḥaẓíratu’l-Qudshas-ee-ra-tol-kodsThe Sacred Fold. Official title designating headquarters of Bahá’í administrative activity. This institution is complementary in its functions to those of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, which is “exclusively reserved for Bahá’í worship.” (GPB 339).
He Who Discoursed With GodMoses (PDC 83).
Ḥijázhedge-Oz“Barrier.” Southwestern Arabia. Language of: Arabic.
Hijrat, also Hijrahedge-rat
hedge-raHejira; the departure of Muḥammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D., subsequently established as the first year of the Muslim era.
ḤillhelThe area outside the Ḥaram or Sanctuary. Blood may be shed at Hill, as the sanctity of the Haram does not extend to it. The verse quoted in SW 17 expresses Bahá’u’lláh’s willingness to give up His life anywhere.
ḤínheenTime. Shaykh Aḥmad’s prophecy of the Advent. In the abjad notation 68, and it was in 1268 that Bahá’u’lláh, confined in the Síyáh-Chál of Ṭihrán, received the first intimations of His Divine Mission. Odes which He revealed in that year hint of this (DB 18).
Ḥisámu’s-Salṭanihhess-awm-oss-sal-ta-nehTitle of a Persian dignitary (SW 170).
HowdahLitter, i.e. covered vehicle for travellers, carried on camel, mule, etc.
Húdwho’dProphet of God sent to ‘Ád. Cf. Qur’an 11.
Ḥujahhoj-ahHis reverence, eminence, etc.
Ḥujjathoj-jatErudite cleric and Bábí convert martyred at Zanján.
Ḥujjatu’lláhhoj-jat-ol-lawThe Proof of God. A title of the Qá’im.
Ḥuqúqu’lláhho-coo-ko-lawRight of God; payment by believers instituted in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
Ḥúríhoo-reeMaidens of Paradise described in Qur’án 55:56, etc.
Ḥurúf-i-Ḥayyho-roof-eh-highLetters of the Living, the Báb’s first eighteen disciples; the nineteenth Letter was the Báb Himself, the twentieth Bahá’u’lláh. (DB xvii). The term denotes letters of the alphabet, not epistles.
Ḥusaynho-saneProper noun. To Shí‘ah Islám, Bahá’u’lláh is the return of the Imám Ḥusayn. (GPB 94).
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