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GLOSSARY

ABÁ-BASÍR Son of a Zanján martyr and himself decapitated ln that city for his faith.
ABHÁ PEN The Pen of the Most Glorious; that is, the power of the Holy Spirit manifested through the Prophet's writings.
'ABDU'L-'AZÍZ son of
'ABDU'L-SALÁM A famous Muslim ecclesiastic of the Sunní sect.
ABÍ-ABDI'LLÁH Arabic term used in reference to Imám Jaafar Sadiq, the sixth Shí'ih Imám. (83-148 A. H.)
ABÚ-'ALÍ SÍNÁ (980-1037 A. D.) or Avicenna. An Arab physician and philosopher born in Persia, known in the West as the Hippocrates and the Aristotle of the Arabs.
ABÚ-DHAR Abú-Dhar Ghifárí, an illiterate shepherd who became an esteemed disciple of Muhammad.
ABÚ-JA'FAR-I-TÚSÍ
AND
JÁBIR
Two Muslims who like Mufaddal handed down traditions from Imám Sadiq.
ABU'L-QÁSIM-I-KÁSHÍ A learned Bábí from Káshán who was murdered in Baghdád by the followers of Mírzá Yahyá.
ABÚ-NASR Abú-Nasr Farabi, Persian philosopher and writer who lived about the 4th Century, A. H.

'ÁD A powerful Arabian tribe, destroyed, like Thamúd, for its idolatry.
AKHTAR 'The Star': A Persian reformist newspaper published in Constantinople and influenced by the Azalís.
'AKKÁ The prison city to which Bahá'u'lláh was finally exiled. He arrived there August 31, 1868.
ASHRAF Áqá Mírzá Ashraf of Ábádih martyred in Isfahán, October, 1888.
ASKELON A coast town in Southern Palestine. (Judges 14, 19)
(The) ASSEMBLY That is, the Assembly of the representatives of the people; the Parliament.
'AYNU'L-BAQAR An ancient spring in 'Akká.
'AZÍM A believer to whom the Báb revealed the name and the advent of Bahá'u'lláh. (God Passes By p. 28)
BÁB The Herald of the Faith (1819-1850).
BÁBÍS Followers of the Báb.
BADÍ' ("Wonderful") Áqá Buzurg of Khurásán, bearer of the Tablet to the Sháh (See God Passes By p. 199).
BALÁL
      'SÍN' AND 'SHÍN'
The Ethiopian slave who was one of the very early converts to Islám. The Prophet gave him the task of calling the Faithful to prayer, and he became the first Mu'adhdhin of Islám. As he stammered and mispronounced


the Arabic letter 'Shín' as 'Sín', he could not give the call correctly, but the perfection of his heart atoned for the fault of his tongue.
BAYÁN The chief doctrinal work of the Founder of the Bábí Dispensation.
BOOK OF FÁTIMIH The book revealed by Gabriel for Fátimih as consolation after her Father's death and believed by Shí'ih Islám to be in the Qá'im's possession. Identified with Hidden Words.
CARMEL The mountain in Israel where Bahá'u'lláh pitched His tent and where the Shrine of the Báb is situated.
CRIMSON ARK Each of the past Dispensations was referred to as an "Ark." This refers to the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh.
CRIMSON BOOK Bahá'u'lláh's Book of the Covenant. See God Passes By, p. 238.
DAYYÁN Title given by the Bab to Asadu'lláh of Khuy, a devoted and distinguished believer. Was the third to recognize Bahá'u'lláh's true station before His Declaration. Murdered in Baghdád by the followers of Mírzá Yahyá. (See Dawnbreakers p. 303.)
DHI'L-JAWSHAN An Arabian term meaning "clad in armor" applied to Mullá 'Abdu'lláh the arch-killer of Imám Husayn.
FARMÁN-FARMÁ Title of Prince Firaydún Mírzá, the son of Prince Abbás Mírzá, and brother of Muhammad Sháh.
FIRST LEAF OF PARADISE Quotation is from Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet "Words of Paradise"


which has eleven numbered sections, each called a "leaf."
HÁDÍ (Same as Mírzá Hádí)
HÁJÍ MUHAMMAD-RIDÁ A highly respected Bahá'í of 'Ishqábád, martyred 1889.
HÁJÍ NASÍR (of Qazvín) A merchant; full name Hájí Muhammad-Nasír; martyred at Rasht in 1300 A.H. (1882-85),
HÁJÍ SHAYKH MUHAMMAD 'ALÍ A Bahá'í merchant from Qazvín, Persia, known as Nabíl Ibn-i-Nabíl; he lived in Istanbul from 1882 and committed suicide in that city on the 9th of Rajab 1307 (March 1, 1890).
SIYYID JAVÁD known as KARBILÁ'Í Brought up in Karbilá, a disciple of Kázim Rashti's, and a friend of the Báb's great uncle, he met the Báb as a child and later through Mullá 'Alí Bastammi became a Bábí. He recognized Bahá'u'lláh before His Declaration, in Baghdád, and was known because of his sanctity as 'Siyyih-i-Núr'. He passed away in Kirmán, Persia.
HÁMÁN Chief Minister of Pharaoh.
HASAN AND HUSAYN Two brothers, honored and wealthy citizens of Isfahán, Siyyids, who were martyred as Bahá'ís at the instance of the Imám-Jum'ih of that city.
HASAN-I-MÁZINDARÁNÍ Full name, Muhammad Hasan, a believer from the ancestral province of Bahá'u'lláh. He is a son of Mírzá Zaynu'l-'Ábidín, a paternal uncle of Bahá'u'lláh.
HAYDAR-'ALÍ A devoted Bahá'í who, under Bahá'u'lláh and then


'Abdu'l-Bahá travelled widely in the service of the Cause and suffered much persecution. Died in Haifa, 1920, A.D. Author of the interesting narrative Bahjatus Sudour.
HILL AND HARAM Haram means 'sanctuary'. It refers to two areas neat the Kaaba in which blood revenge was forbidden, and also to four months in the Arabic Calendar to which the same prohibition applied.
Hill means the unprotected area and the unprotected months.
The quotation from the poem here made (p. 17) means "the judge has condemned me to death both in Haram and Hill".
HISÁMU'S-SALTANIH Title of Prince Murad Mírzá, grandson of Fath-'Alí Sháh.
HÚD A prophet sent to the tribe of 'ÁD, which was descended from Shem and was highly civilized. He summoned the people to the worship of One God, but was rejected. (Qur'án 7, 63-70 etc.)
HUSAYN (Son of 'Alí) The third Imám (A.H. 61)
IBN-I-ANAS AND ASBAHÍ Two Arab zealots who directly took part in the murder of Imám Husayn.
IBN-I-MAS'ÚD 'Abdulláh Ibn-i-Mas'úd, one of the early Arab Muslims at the time of Muhammad.
IMÁM JUM'IH OF ISFAHÁN Mír Muhammad Husayn, "the She-Serpent" (successor in this post to his brother Mír Siyyid Muhammad who befriended the Báb–see Dawn-Breakers). He, with "the


Wolf," Shaykh Muhummad Báqir, persecuted the Bahá'ís and brought about the death of Mírzá Muhammad Hasan and Mírzá Muhammad Husayn (The King and the Beloved of Martyrs), who were decapitated together.
IMÁMS Title of the twelve Shí'ih successors of Muhammad.
ISFAHÁN An important city in central Persia.
KAABA Literally, "a cube." The cube-like building in the center of the Mosque at Mecca, which contains the Black Stone.
KAMÁL PÁSHÁ One of the Turkish dignitaries at the Court of Sultán 'Abdu'l-Azíz.
KÁZIM Mullá Kázim martyred in Isfahán. (See A Traveller's Narrative, p. 400 note).
KHIDR Name of a legendary immortal saint. (See Qur'án 18.62 note).
KHUTBIY-I-TUTUNJÍYIH Title of a sermon delivered by Imám 'Alí.
KITÁB-I-AQDAS The Most Holy Book, the principal repository of Bahá'u'lláh's laws and the Mother Book of His Dispensation, revealed in 'Akká, 1873.
KITÁB-I-ÍQÁN The Book of Certitude, Bahá'u'lláh's preeminent doctrinal work, revealed in Baghdád, 1862.
LAVÁSSÁN A rural district lying to the east of Tihrán.
LAWH-I-FU'ÁD A Tablet revealed by Bahá'u'lláh and addressed to Shaykh


Kázim-i-Samandar, in which reference is made to Fu'ád Páshá, after his death.
LAWH-I-RA'ÍS Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to the Grand Vizir 'Alí Páshá.
LESSER PEACE The outward Peace which the nations will establish by their own efforts. Distinguished from The Most Great Peace.
LUQMÁN A famous legendary figure noted for his wisdom. (See Qur'án, Súrih 31.)
MA'ÁNÍ A reference to the Imáms as the repositories of the inner meanings of the Word of God.
MASJID-I-SHÁH A great Mosque in Tihrán built by Fath-'Alí Sháh.
MÁZINDARÁN A province in northern Persia.
MÍRZÁ AHMAD Alias, Mullá 'Abdul-Karím of Qasvín, a devoted follower of the Báb and of Bahá'u'lláh and amanuensis of the Báb, who before His death sent through him His gifts and effects to Bahá'u'lláh.
MÍRZÁ 'ALÍ-AKBAR A cousin (paternal) of the Báb and intimate friend of Dayyán. Murdered by the followers of Mírzá Yahyá.
MÍRZÁ HÁDÍ DAWLAT-ÁBÁDÍ A noted divine from Isfahán who became a prominent follower of Mírzá Yahyá, later identified as his successor.
MÍRZÁ HUSAYN KHÁN, MUSHÍRU'D-DAWLIH The Persian Ambassador at the Sublime Porte through whose influence Bahá'u'lláh was transferred from


Baghdád to Constantinople. (God Passes By, pp. 146 and 159).
MÍRZÁ MÚSÁ A faithful brother of Bahá'u'lláh.
MÍRZÁ MUSTAFÁ (of Naráq) One of the followers of the Báb who was executed in Tabríz. (See Memorials of the Faithful, pp. 148-50.)
MÍRZÁ RIDÁ-QULÍ One of Bahá'u'lláh's brothers who could not recognize His station.
MÍRZÁ SAFÁ Hájí Mírzá Hasan-i-Safá, an accomplice of Mírzá Husayn Khan, in active hostility towards Bahá'u'lláh in Constantinople.
MÍRZÁ VAHHÁB-I-KHURÁSÁNÍ Also known as Mírzá Javád, a prominent early believer who lived during the ministry of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
MÍRZÁ YAHYÁ Younger half-brother of Bahá'u'lláh and His implacable enemy.
THE MOSQUE OF AQSÁ The name by which the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem is referred to in the Qur'án.
MUFADDAL A devoted follower of Imám Sadiq, who has handed down many Muslim traditions from the AMAM.
MULLÁ 'ALÍ JÁN A believer of Mázindarán: martyred in Tihrán. (God Passes By, p. 201)
MULLÁ BÁQIR A native of Tabríz and a man of great learning, became a Letter of the Living. Was with Bahá'u'lláh in Núr,


Mázindarán and Badasht. Outlived all other Letters of the Living.
NAJAF-'ALÍ One of the 44 survivors of Zanján who were brought to Tihrán and all of them executed save Najaf 'Alí, on whom an officer took pity. But some years later he was arrested again and beheaded. (See God Passes By, p. 178)
NAYRÍZ A town in southern Persia, near Shíráz.
NÍYÁVARÁN A village in which there is a royal residence.
PEOPLE OF BAHÁ Followers of Bahá'u'lláh.
PRINCE SHUJÁ'U'D-DAWLIH A Persian Prince attached to the Embassy at Istanbul during reign of Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz.
QÁ'IM Lit. 'He Who shall arise.' The Promised One of Islám.
QÁRÚN A cousin of Moses, who having believed in Moses, turned against Him and with his fellow-rebels was destroyed by the wrath of God. (See Numbers Ch. 16).
QAYYÚM-I-ASMÁ Explanation of the "Súrih of Joseph": the first work written by the Báb.
RASHT A city in the Province of Gilán in northern Persia.
SÁD-I-ISFAHÁNÍ Refers to Sadru'l-'Ulamá of Isfahán, a follower of Mírzá Yahyá.
SADRAH Reference to the Sadratu'l-Muntahá or the Burning Bush: 'Him Who taught it,' i.e.. God Himself.

SADRATU'L-MUNTAHÁ The name of a tree planted by the Arabs in ancient times at the end of a road to serve as a guide. As a symbol, a Manifestation of God.
SÁLIH An Arabian prophet of later date than Húd, who gave a similar summons. He, too, was cast out by the people.
SALVÁN (SILOAM) A spring in Mecca.
SARDÁR 'AZÍZ KHÁN He was present with the Sháh's troops attacking Bábís at Zanján. (See Traveller's Narrative, p. 181 note.) During his tenure as governor of Tabríz several believers were executed in that city.
SHAYKH "The Son of the Wolf," Shaykh Muhammad Taqí, known as Áqá Najafi, a priest of Isfahán whose father had caused the death of the King of Martyrs and the Beloved of the Martyrs.
SHAYKH-I-AHSÁ'Í Shaykh Ahmad, precursor of the Báb.
SHÍ'IH One of the two great sects of Islám, which is dominant in Persia.
SHIMÍRÁN (gate of) A district in the northern section of Tihrán.
SINAI The mountain where the Law was revealed by God to Moses.
SIYYID (OF FINDIRISK) A noted Persian poet and thinker better known as Mír-Abu'l Qásim Findiriski, who lived in the 16th Century, A.D.

SIYYID ASHRAF-I-ZANJÁNÍ Martyred with 'Abá Nazir (See God Passes By, p. 199 and Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 135)
SIYYID IBRÁHÍM Surnamed 'Khalil' by the Báb; a deeply trusted disciple of the Báb from the earliest days. Later in Baghdád recognized the true station of Bahá'u'lláh, Who protected him against Yahyá's designs.
SIYYID ISMÁ'ÍL A believer from the time of the Báb, who sacrificed his life for love of Bahá'u'lláh, and was given the title of 'Zabih'.
SIYYID MUHAMMAD 'The Anti-Christ of the Bahá'í Revelation' who instigated the villainies of Mírzá Yahyá.
SURATU'L-HAYKAL A Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh, at the end of which followed The Tablets to the Kings, the whole being written in the shape of a five-pointed star, the symbol of man.
SÚRIH OF TAWHÍD The name of the first Súrih of the Qur'án; in which the oneness of God is explained.
TABARSÍ A shrine lying 14 miles southeast of Bárfurúsh, where Quddús Husayn and many leading Bábís suffered martyrdom.
THAMÚD An ancient idolatrous tribe of Arabs, who dwelt in caves. (Qur'án, 7.71, 9.71).
TIHRÁN The capital city of Persia and birthplace of Bahá'u'lláh.
TOWA A holy vale in Sinai. (Qur'án 20; 10, 11, Exod. 3; I Kgs. 198.)

ZAMZAM (well of) A well in Mecca regarded by the Muslims as sacred.
ZANJÁN A town in western Persia, the scene of the martyrdom of 1800 Bábís led by Mullá Muhammad 'Alí, surnamed Hujjat.

–Prepared by George Townshend (with
the help of Bahá'í scholars in Persia)




INDEX

Abraham, 104 Adrianople, 132 'Akká, 33, 56, 68, 69, 79, 106, 119, 125, 128, 134, 144, 145, 177-180 Amos, prophecies of, 145 Aqdas, 128, 148 Arts and sciences, 19, 26, 27, 32, 97 Assurance, divine, 9, 18, 21, 36, 39, 53, 76, 85 Báb, prophecies concerning Bahá'u'lláh, 141, 142, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 162, 165, 167, 168, 171, 173, 175, 176, 177 Baghdád, 166, 167, 176 Bahá'u'lláh, courage, 85, 87 detachment, 36, 37, 41, 44, 59 exhortations of, 22, 23, 24, 29, 38, 75, 93 fulfilled prophecy of Gospel, 60 imprisonment of, 20-22, 52, 56, 57, 63, 77 mission made known to Him, 11, 12, 22 purpose of, 24, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40, 45, 46, 88, 161, 163, 166 resignation, 76, 79, 85, 95 Revelation anticipated, 42 Revelation not of His own volition, 11, 12, 39, 40 source of His sorrow, 22, 33 station of, 2, 41, 43, 47, 48, 155 tribulations of, 17, 20, 23, 34, 35, 37, 52, 53, 63, 72, 78, 85, 94-95, 122, 125, 157 unschooled, 11, 129 victory assured, 21 Bayán, 152, 153, 154, 157, 158, 159, 162, 165, 171, 172, 174, 176 Book of God, 128, 129, 145, 152, 174 Burning Bush, 42, 47, 53, 57, 86, 118 Carmel, 38, 145 Cause, of God, 62, 102-103, 104, 105, 114, 121, 134, 144, 147, 152, 153, 157, 158, 162 Character, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 54, 74, 76, 93, 124, 135, 136 Christ, see Jesus Christ Conscience, 27 Constantinople, 106, 108, 123, 125, 137 Courtesy, 50 Creation, purpose of, 3, 4, 7, 13, 84 a new, 152 Day, of God, 2, 13, 18, 19, 29, 30, 47, 49, 107, 114, 117, 126, 132, 134, 140, 143, 144, 145, 147, 162, 165 of Resurrection, 178, 179 Divines, 15, 16, 41, 85, 91, 100, 104, 120, 126, 127, 128, 129, 137, 163 Doubters, 131-134, 135 Equity, 13, 111, 131 Faith, 13, 29, 38, 62, 80, 116, 130, 162 Fátimih, 15, 81, 99, 100 Fear, elimination of, 32 Fellowship, 14, 15 God, attributes of, 1 dependence upon, 3, 5, 76, 99, 114 fear of, 2, 24, 26, 27, 38, 122 love of, 122, 131 mercy of, 6, 8, 9, 25, 46, 54, 133, 147, 151 power of, 9, 10, 19, 91, 102, 104-105, 121 purpose of, 13, 15 unity of, 13, 37, 41, 43, 98, 113, 135-136 unknowable, 118 Government, obedience to, 23, 25, 54, 69, 71, 89, 97, 122, 124, 137 Hell, 132, 133 Hidden Words, excerpts from, 15, 16 Honesty, 23, 124 Humility, 30, 44, 55 Imáms, 90, 111, 112, 113, 121 Injustice, 102, 106, 108, 169 Íqán, 119 Isaiah, prophecies of, 144, 146 Ishmael, 101 'Ishqábád, 78 Ishráqát, Tablet of, 26 Islám, 100 Jeremiah, prophecies of, 144 Jesus Christ, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 57, 58, 81, 89, 92, 100, 104, 143, 148, 157, 171, 173 Joel, prophecy of, 143 John the Baptist, 157, 158, 171 Justice, 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 Kindness, 15, 26, 93 Kings, 28, 30-32, 39-40, 45, 53, 54, 89, 91-92, 104, 128 Tablets, to, Sháh of Persia, 11, 39, 124-125 Napoleon III, of France, 45-56 Czar of Russia, 56-59 Queen Victoria, of England, 59-64 Knowledge, 3, 26, 27, 32, 37, 48, 71, 80, 83, 98, 107, 111, 119, 129, 131, 140, 141, 150, 175 Labor, reduction of, 139 Language, universal, 138 Learning, true, 83, 119, 129 Malice, 96 Manifestations (Prophets) infallibility of, 67 purpose of, 12, 98 recognition of, 61, 97 station of, 41-44 tribulations of, 64, 92 unity of, 58, 80-81 Martyrs, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 101, 174 Mercy, 29, 55, 78 of God, 6, 8, 9, 25, 46, 54, 133, 147, 151 Monks, 49 Moses, 41, 52, 64, 65, 66, 86, 117, 118 Muhammad, 42, 43, 52, 81, 92, 99, 104, 107 prophecies of, 178-181 Napoleon III of France, Tablet to, 45-56, 124-5 result of attitude toward Bahá'u'lláh, 51 Obedience to Will of God, 75, 76, 77, 78 Paradise, 132, 133 "Partners with God," 3, 82-83, 98, 101, 132 Patience, 24, 58, 71, 126, 144, 152 Peace, 24, 25, 28, 33, 34, 38, 54, 76, 123, 135, 149 Lesser Peace, 30-31 Persia, Sháh of, Tablet to, 11, 39 Physician, Divine, 55, 62-63 Piety, 23, 135 Poor, 55 Presence of God, 115, 116, 117, 118, 153, 172 Pride, 53, 56, 61, 62, 76, 99, 124 Primal Point, see Báb Prophecies, see Amos, Báb, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Joel, Muhammad Purity, 2, 23, 124, 131, 139 Qá'im, 112, 121, 163 Qur'án, 1, 13, 64, 81, 82, 85, 101, 112, 115-118, 141, 143, 159, 172, 173 Religion, 159 essence of, 13 unity of, 14, 63 source of order, 28 weakening of, 28 new, 52 Remedy, for world's ills, 62 Renunciation, 2, 53, 74, 85, 89, 92 Resurrection, 132, 133 Retribution, 106, 116 Revelation, of Bahá'u'lláh, 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 Russia, Czar of, Tablet to, 56-59 Sciences and arts, 19, 26, 27, 32, 97, 111, 128 Shí'ih sect, 119, 126, 163, 164, 173 Signs of God, 116, 132, 145, 151, 172, 173 Sinai, 8, 18, 38, 41, 42, 43, 47, 53, 57, 65, 86, 133, 145, 173 Sincerity, 38, 85 Sister, of Bahá'u'lláh, 169-171 Steadfastness, 18, 87, 97 Tablets, of Bahá'u'lláh, 11, 13, 17, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30, 39, 45-56, 56-59, 59-64, 78, 79, 97, 124, 127, 136, 166 of Báb, 169 Tajalliyát, Book of, 26 Tihrán, 122, 127, 148, 149, 169 Tribulations, 17, 29, 35, 53, 75, 85, 95, 123, 147 Trustworthiness, 29, 54-55, 61, 69, 89, 93, 135, 136-137, 139 Truthfulness, 139, 141, 150 Unbelievers, 159 Unity, 2 enjoined by Bahá'u'lláh, 24, 38, 76 of God, 98 of Prophets, 42, 43, 58 of religion, 13 power of, 14 Utterance, 25, 29, 55, 166 of Bahá'u'lláh, 24, 34, 65, 71, 83, 140, 147, 158 of God, 2, 3, 14, 104, 119, 150, 172 speech, 93 tongues, 10, 15 Victoria, Queen of England, Tablet to, 59-64 Wisdom, 15, 55, 71, 99, 104 Word of God, 42, 76, 105, 110, 130 World, 54, 55, 56 condition of, 62 Yahyá, Mírzá, 157, 161, 167, 168, 169, 171