Man-Yuẓhiruhu’lláhman-yoz-hairo-hol-láhHe whom God shall Manifest, the Manifestation Whose imminent Advent was foretold by the Báb. This prophecy was fulfilled by Bahá’u’lláh.
Manúchihr Khánman-oo-chair-conGovernor of Iṣfáhán who was devoted to the Báb. See Mu‘tamid.
Malakútma-la-koot“The infinite realm of the Divine attributes” contemplated by “the God-illumined mystic.” The word has been defined as “that by which a thing subsists.” See Nicholson; also Qur’án 36:83: “Glory be to Him in Whose hands is the malakút of all things.” Rodwell translates “sway over all things”; A. Yúsuf-‘Ali translates: “dominion of all things.”
Maqámma-cawmStation.
Marḥabámar-ha-bowBravo! Well done!
Mashhadmash-hadCapitol of Khurásán; Shrine of Imám Riḍá (8th Imám) which is the “special glory of the Shí‘ah world.” (PDC 98). The word means place of martyrdom.
Mashhadímash-had-ee or mashdeePerson who has made the pilgrimage to Mashhad.
Mashriqu’l-Adhkármash-reck-ol-as-carDawning-place of the Praises or “Remembrances” of God. Bahá’í House of Worship, “Symbol and precursor of a future world civilization.” (GPB 350). The first two have been built respectively at ‘Ishqábád, Turkistán, and Wilmette, Illinois.
Masjidmass-jedMosque, lit. place of prostration.
Masjid-i-Jámí‘mass-jed-eh-jaw-mehMosque at Nayríz where Vaḥíd (va-heed) addressed the congregation. This was the city’s cathedral mosque, where the Khuṭbih is delivered to large crowds on Fridays.
Masjid-i-Vakílmass-jed-eh-va-keelMosque in Shíráz where the Báb addressed the congregation, stating that He was neither “a representative of the Imám” nor “the Gate thereof.” (DB 154)
Masjidu’l-Aqṣámass-jed-ol-ax-saw“The Remotest Sanctuary,” the mosque at Jerusalem on the site of the Temple—in whose court is the Dome of the Rock. Referred to in Qur’án 17:1. See Aqṣá.
Masjidu’l-Ḥarammass-jed-ol-ha-ram“The Sacred Mosque,” at Mecca; the Temple in whose enclosure is the Ka‘bih, the well of Zamzam, and the Maqám-i-Ibráhím.
Mathnavímass-na-veeVerse form of Persian invention, in which noted Persian narrative poems have been composed. The Mathnaví par excellence always refers to one of the world’s greatest poems, composed in six books sometime between A.D. 1246 and 1273 by Jalál-i-Dín Rúmí. See the erudite text, translation and commentary by R. A. Nicholson.
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