Luqmánlog-monSage for whom Qur’án 31 is named. Rúmí refers to him as a Negro slave. He is often identified with Aesop, which Hughes reads Aethiops, i.e., Ethiopian.
LurloreTribe in western Persia.
M
Ma‘aníMa-ow-neeSignificances.
MadakhilMa-daw-kellPerquisite, squeeze, douceur.
Ma’dan-Nuqrihma...dan-knock-reh“Silver Mine”; place on upper Euphrates where Bahá’u’lláh and those with Him suffered from intense cold.
Madhhabmazz-habReligion.
Madínatu’n-Nabímad-eena-ton-Nab-eeThe City of the Prophet, i.e., Medina; it is the pre-Islámic Yathrib, and is also called “The Illuminated.”
Madrisihmad-ress-ehSeminary, school.
Majnúnmaj-noon“Insane.” Name of classical Persian lover. The romance of Laylí and Majnún has been popular in the East since the days of Nizámí of Ganja (q.v.); it forms the third poem of his Quintet.
Majúsma-joossMagi; the Wise Men of the New Testament. Persian mugh and majús, English Magus, defined as a priestly caste or order of ancient Media and Persia. Zoroaster may have been a Magus; Persians use the term to mean Zoroastrian. Cf. also Qur’án 22:17.
Mah-kúmaw-cooFortress where the Báb was imprisoned, near Mt. Ararat. Referred to by Him as Jabal-i-Básiṭ, “The Open Mountain.” The numerical value of Básiṭ equals that of Máh-kú (72).
Maḥbúbmah-oob (a as in at)The Beloved One.
Maḥbúbu’sh-Shuhadáma-hboo-bush
sho-had-aweBeloved of Martyrs.
Maḥmúdma-hmoodPraised One.
Mahmud Khan-i-Kalantarma-hmood-con-eh-
cal-own-tar
(ar as in Harry)“False-hearted and ambitious” mayor of Ṭihrán in 1852. Ṭáhiríh was placed in his custody.
MaidenIn the Bahá’í Faith, the symbol of the Most Great Spirit, respectively symbolized in the Zoroastrian, the Mosaic, the Christian and Muḥammadan Dispensations by the Sacred Fire, the Burning Bush, the Dove and the Angel Gabriel. (GPB 101; 121).
Majdhúbmaj-zoobDervish who was among the first to recognize the station of Bahá’u’lláh. (DB 118). This word is a technical Súfí term for an attracted, or rapt, seeker.
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