Níyálánee-awe-lawPersian village near which Bahá’u’lláh was stoned. (DB 299; GPB 68).
Níyávaránnee-awe-var-onVillage in Shimírán.
Niẓámínez-awe-meePoet of Ganja, (A.D. 1140–1202), author of the Panj Ganj (Five Treasures).
Nudbihnod-beh“Lamentation” by the Imám ‘Alí.
Nuqṭihknock-tehPoint.
Nuqṭíy-i-Ukhráknock-teh-yeh-okrawThe Last Point; title given to Quddús by Bahá’u’lláh.
Nuqṭíy-i-Úláknock-teh-yeh-oo-lawThe Báb—the Primal Point from which have been generated all created things.” (GPB 4) He is also called His Holiness the Exalted One.
Nuṣayríno-sair-eeSyrian sect named after Nuṣayr, an adherent of ‘Alí, which preaches the divinity of ‘Alí. For a long period this sect held that “woman was the incarnation of the evil spirit or satan, and that man alone was the manifestation of God....” (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Promulgation of Universal Peace, I, 71).
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OccultationSee Ghaybat; the whole period of the Hidden Imám’s Imámate.
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Pahlavánpah-la-vawnAthlete. Champion.
Páránpa-RonMountain in Arabia. The wilderness of Párán is in Trans-Jordan. Bible references to Mt. Párán and the descendants of Ishmael refer to Muḥammad and the Arabs. Deut. 18:18 refers to the Arabs and Muḥammad (prophesying of brethern; had the prophecy designated Christianity the term would have been seed). Deut. 33:2 refers respectively to the Mosaic, Christian, Islámic and Bahá’í Dispensations.
Pársípawr-see“Fársí” or Persian. Zoroastrian Persians who emigrated to India after the Arab Conquest.
Páshápaw-shawHonorary title formerly given to officers of high rank in Turkey. There were three classes of Páshás, distinguished by one, two, or three horsetails borne on a standard.
People of the SonChristians.
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