| ABç-BASêR |
Son of a Zanj‡n martyr and himself decapitated ln
that city for his faith. |
| ABHç PEN |
The Pen of the Most Glorious; that is, the power of the
Holy Spirit manifested through the Prophet's writings. |
| 'ABDU'L-'AZêZ |
son of |
| 'ABDU'L-SALçM
|
A famous Muslim ecclesiastic of the Sunn’ sect. |
| ABê-ABDI'LLçH
|
Arabic term used in reference to Im‡m Jaafar Sadiq, the
sixth Sh’'ih Im‡m. (83-148 A. H.) |
| ABò-'ALê SêNç
|
(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. |
| ABò-DHAR
|
Abœ-Dhar Ghif‡r’, an illiterate shepherd who became
an esteemed disciple of Muhammad. |
ABò-JA'FAR-I-TòSê
AND
JçBIR
|
Two Muslims who like Mufaddal handed down traditions
from Im‡m Sadiq. |
| ABU'L-QçSIM-I-KçSHê
|
A learned B‡b’ from K‡sh‡n who was murdered in Baghd‡d
by the followers of M’rz‡ Yahy‡. |
| ABò-NASR
|
Abœ-Nasr Farabi, Persian philosopher and writer who
lived about the 4th Century, A. H.
|
| 'çD
|
A powerful Arabian tribe, destroyed, like Thamœd, for
its idolatry. |
| AKHTAR
|
'The Star': A Persian reformist newspaper published in
Constantinople and influenced by the Azal’s. |
| 'AKKç
|
The prison city to which Bah‡'u'll‡h was finally exiled.
He arrived there August 31, 1868. |
| ASHRAF
|
çq‡ M’rz‡ Ashraf of çb‡dih martyred in Isfah‡n, 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 'Akk‡. |
| 'AZêM
|
A believer to whom the B‡b revealed the name and the
advent of Bah‡'u'll‡h. (God Passes By p. 28) |
| BçB
|
The Herald of the Faith (1819-1850). |
| BçBêS
|
Followers of the B‡b. |
| BADê'
|
("Wonderful") çq‡ Buzurg of Khur‡s‡n, bearer of the
Tablet to the Sh‡h (See God Passes By p. 199). |
BALçL
'SêN' AND 'SHêN'
|
The Ethiopian slave who was one of the very early converts
to Isl‡m. The Prophet gave him the task of calling
the Faithful to prayer, and he became the first
Mu'adhdhin of Isl‡m. As he stammered and mispronounced
|
| the Arabic letter 'Sh’n' as 'S’n', he could not
give the call correctly, but the perfection of his heart
atoned for the fault of his tongue. |
| BAYçN
|
The chief doctrinal work of the Founder of the B‡b’
Dispensation. |
| BOOK OF FçTIMIH
|
The book revealed by Gabriel for F‡timih as consolation
after her Father's death and believed by Sh’'ih Isl‡m to
be in the Q‡'im's possession. Identified with Hidden
Words. |
| CARMEL
|
The mountain in Israel where Bah‡'u'll‡h pitched His
tent and where the Shrine of the B‡b is situated. |
| CRIMSON ARK
|
Each of the past Dispensations was referred to as an
"Ark." This refers to the Cause of Bah‡'u'll‡h. |
| CRIMSON BOOK
|
Bah‡'u'll‡h's Book of the Covenant. See God Passes By, p. 238. |
| DAYYçN
|
Title given by the Bab to Asadu'll‡h of Khuy, a devoted
and distinguished believer. Was the third to recognize
Bah‡'u'll‡h's true station before His Declaration. Murdered
in Baghd‡d by the followers of M’rz‡ Yahy‡. (See
Dawnbreakers p. 303.) |
| DHI'L-JAWSHAN
|
An Arabian term meaning "clad in armor" applied to
Mull‡ 'Abdu'll‡h the arch-killer of Im‡m Husayn. |
| FARMçN-FARMç
|
Title of Prince Firaydœn M’rz‡, the son of Prince Abb‡s
M’rz‡, and brother of Muhammad Sh‡h. |
| FIRST LEAF OF PARADISE
|
Quotation is from Bah‡'u'll‡h's Tablet "Words of Paradise"
|
| which has eleven numbered sections, each called
a "leaf." |
| HçDê
|
(Same as M’rz‡ H‡d’) |
| HçJê MUHAMMAD-RIDç
|
A highly respected Bah‡'’ of 'Ishq‡b‡d, martyred 1889. |
| HçJê NASêR
|
(of Qazv’n) A merchant; full name H‡j’ Muhammad-Nas’r;
martyred at Rasht in 1300 A.H. (1882-85), |
| HçJê SHAYKH MUHAMMAD 'ALê
|
A Bah‡'’ merchant from Qazv’n, Persia, known as Nab’l
Ibn-i-Nab’l; he lived in Istanbul from 1882 and committed
suicide in that city on the 9th of Rajab 1307 (March 1, 1890). |
| SIYYID JAVçD known as KARBILç'ê
|
Brought up in Karbil‡, a disciple of K‡zim Rashti's, and
a friend of the B‡b's great uncle, he met the B‡b as a
child and later through Mull‡ 'Al’ Bastammi became
a B‡b’. He recognized Bah‡'u'll‡h before His Declaration,
in Baghd‡d, and was known because of his sanctity
as 'Siyyih-i-Nœr'. He passed away in Kirm‡n, Persia. |
| HçMçN
|
Chief Minister of Pharaoh. |
| HASAN AND HUSAYN
|
Two brothers, honored and wealthy citizens of Isfah‡n, Siyyids, who were martyred as Bah‡'’s at the instance of
the Im‡m-Jum'ih of that city. |
| HASAN-I-MçZINDARçNê
|
Full name, Muhammad Hasan, a believer from the
ancestral province of Bah‡'u'll‡h. He is a son of M’rz‡
Zaynu'l-'çbid’n, a paternal uncle of Bah‡'u'll‡h. |
| HAYDAR-'ALê
|
A devoted Bah‡'’ who, under Bah‡'u'll‡h and then
|
| 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ 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". |
| HISçMU'S-SALTANIH
|
Title of Prince Murad M’rz‡, grandson of Fath-'Al’ Sh‡h. |
| HòD
|
A prophet sent to the tribe of 'çD, which was descended
from Shem and was highly civilized. He summoned the
people to the worship of One God, but was rejected.
(Qur'‡n 7, 63-70 etc.) |
| HUSAYN
|
(Son of 'Al’) The third Im‡m (A.H. 61) |
| IBN-I-ANAS AND ASBAHê
|
Two Arab zealots who directly took part in the murder
of Im‡m Husayn. |
| IBN-I-MAS'òD
|
'Abdull‡h Ibn-i-Mas'œd, one of the early Arab Muslims
at the time of Muhammad. |
| IMçM JUM'IH OF ISFAHçN
|
M’r Muhammad Husayn, "the She-Serpent" (successor
in this post to his brother M’r Siyyid Muhammad who
befriended the B‡bÐsee Dawn-Breakers). He, with "the
|
| Wolf," Shaykh Muhummad B‡qir, persecuted the Bah‡'’s
and brought about the death of M’rz‡ Muhammad
Hasan and M’rz‡ Muhammad Husayn (The King and
the Beloved of Martyrs), who were decapitated together. |
| IMçMS
|
Title of the twelve Sh’'ih successors of Muhammad. |
| ISFAHçN
|
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. |
| KAMçL PçSHç
|
One of the Turkish dignitaries at the Court of Sult‡n
'Abdu'l-Az’z. |
| KçZIM
|
Mull‡ K‡zim martyred in Isfah‡n. (See A Traveller's
Narrative, p. 400 note). |
| KHIDR
|
Name of a legendary immortal saint. (See Qur'‡n 18.62 note). |
| KHUTBIY-I-TUTUNJêYIH
|
Title of a sermon delivered by Im‡m 'Al’. |
| KITçB-I-AQDAS
|
The Most Holy Book, the principal repository of
Bah‡'u'll‡h's laws and the Mother Book of His Dispensation,
revealed in 'Akk‡, 1873. |
| KITçB-I-êQçN
|
The Book of Certitude, Bah‡'u'll‡h's preeminent doctrinal
work, revealed in Baghd‡d, 1862. |
| LAVçSSçN
|
A rural district lying to the east of Tihr‡n. |
| LAWH-I-FU'çD
|
A Tablet revealed by Bah‡'u'll‡h and addressed to Shaykh
|
| K‡zim-i-Samandar, in which reference is made to Fu'‡d
P‡sh‡, after his death. |
| LAWH-I-RA'êS
|
Bah‡'u'll‡h's Tablet to the Grand Vizir 'Al’ P‡sh‡. |
| LESSER PEACE
|
The outward Peace which the nations will establish by
their own efforts. Distinguished from The Most Great
Peace. |
| LUQMçN
|
A famous legendary figure noted for his wisdom. (See
Qur'‡n, Sœrih 31.) |
| MA'çNê
|
A reference to the Im‡ms as the repositories of the inner
meanings of the Word of God. |
| MASJID-I-SHçH
|
A great Mosque in Tihr‡n built by Fath-'Al’ Sh‡h. |
| MçZINDARçN
|
A province in northern Persia. |
| MêRZç AHMAD
|
Alias, Mull‡ 'Abdul-Kar’m of Qasv’n, a devoted
follower of the B‡b and of Bah‡'u'll‡h and amanuensis
of the B‡b, who before His death sent through him His
gifts and effects to Bah‡'u'll‡h. |
| MêRZç 'ALê-AKBAR
|
A cousin (paternal) of the B‡b and intimate friend of
Dayy‡n. Murdered by the followers of M’rz‡ Yahy‡. |
| MêRZç HçDê DAWLAT-çBçDê
|
A noted divine from Isfah‡n who became a prominent
follower of M’rz‡ Yahy‡, later identified as his successor. |
| MêRZç HUSAYN KHçN, MUSHêRU'D-DAWLIH
|
The Persian Ambassador at the Sublime Porte through
whose influence Bah‡'u'll‡h was transferred from
|
| Baghd‡d to Constantinople. (God Passes By, pp. 146
and 159). |
| MêRZç MòSç
|
A faithful brother of Bah‡'u'll‡h. |
| MêRZç MUSTAFç
|
(of Nar‡q) One of the followers of the B‡b who was
executed in Tabr’z. (See Memorials of the Faithful,
pp. 148-50.) |
| MêRZç RIDç-QULê
|
One of Bah‡'u'll‡h's brothers who could not recognize
His station. |
| MêRZç SAFç
|
H‡j’ M’rz‡ Hasan-i-Saf‡, an accomplice of M’rz‡
Husayn Khan, in active hostility towards Bah‡'u'll‡h
in Constantinople. |
| MêRZç VAHHçB-I-KHURçSçNê
|
Also known as M’rz‡ Jav‡d, a prominent early believer
who lived during the ministry of the B‡b and Bah‡'u'll‡h. |
| MêRZç YAHYç
|
Younger half-brother of Bah‡'u'll‡h and His implacable
enemy. |
| THE MOSQUE OF AQSç
|
The name by which the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem
is referred to in the Qur'‡n. |
| MUFADDAL
|
A devoted follower of Im‡m Sadiq, who has handed
down many Muslim traditions from the AMAM. |
| MULLç 'ALê JçN
|
A believer of M‡zindar‡n: martyred in Tihr‡n. (God
Passes By, p. 201) |
| MULLç BçQIR
|
A native of Tabr’z and a man of great learning, became
a Letter of the Living. Was with Bah‡'u'll‡h in Nœr, |
| M‡zindar‡n and Badasht. Outlived all other Letters of
the Living. |
| NAJAF-'ALê
|
One of the 44 survivors of Zanj‡n who were brought
to Tihr‡n and all of them executed save Najaf 'Al’, on
whom an officer took pity. But some years later he was
arrested again and beheaded. (See God Passes By, p. 178) |
| NAYRêZ
|
A town in southern Persia, near Sh’r‡z. |
| NêYçVARçN
|
A village in which there is a royal residence. |
| PEOPLE OF BAHç
|
Followers of Bah‡'u'll‡h. |
| PRINCE SHUJç'U'D-DAWLIH
|
A Persian Prince attached to the Embassy at Istanbul
during reign of Sult‡n 'Abdu'l-'Az’z. |
| Qç'IM
|
Lit. 'He Who shall arise.' The Promised One of Isl‡m. |
| QçRòN
|
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). |
| QAYYòM-I-ASMç
|
Explanation of the "Sœrih of Joseph": the first work
written by the B‡b. |
| RASHT
|
A city in the Province of Gil‡n in northern Persia. |
| SçD-I-ISFAHçNê
|
Refers to Sadru'l-'Ulam‡ of Isfah‡n, a follower of M’rz‡
Yahy‡. |
| SADRAH
|
Reference to the Sadratu'l-Muntah‡ or the Burning
Bush: 'Him Who taught it,' i.e.. God Himself.
|
| SADRATU'L-MUNTAHç
|
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. |
| SçLIH
|
An Arabian prophet of later date than Hœd, who gave
a similar summons. He, too, was cast out by the people. |
| SALVçN (SILOAM)
|
A spring in Mecca. |
| SARDçR 'AZêZ KHçN
|
He was present with the Sh‡h's troops attacking B‡b’s
at Zanj‡n. (See Traveller's Narrative, p. 181 note.) During
his tenure as governor of Tabr’z several believers were
executed in that city. |
| SHAYKH
|
"The Son of the Wolf," Shaykh Muhammad Taq’, known as çq‡ Najafi, a priest of Isfah‡n whose father
had caused the death of the King of Martyrs and the
Beloved of the Martyrs. |
| SHAYKH-I-AHSç'ê
|
Shaykh Ahmad, precursor of the B‡b. |
| SHê'IH
|
One of the two great sects of Isl‡m, which is dominant
in Persia. |
| SHIMêRçN (gate of)
|
A district in the northern section of Tihr‡n. |
| SINAI
|
The mountain where the Law was revealed by God to
Moses. |
| SIYYID (OF FINDIRISK)
|
A noted Persian poet and thinker better known as
M’r-Abu'l Q‡sim Findiriski, who lived in the 16th
Century, A.D.
|
| SIYYID ASHRAF-I-ZANJçNê
|
Martyred with 'Ab‡ Nazir (See God Passes By, p. 199
and Gleanings from the Writings of Bah‡'u'll‡h, p. 135) |
| SIYYID IBRçHêM
|
Surnamed 'Khalil' by the B‡b; a deeply trusted disciple
of the B‡b from the earliest days. Later in Baghd‡d
recognized the true station of Bah‡'u'll‡h, Who protected
him against Yahy‡'s designs. |
| SIYYID ISMç'êL
|
A believer from the time of the B‡b, who sacrificed his
life for love of Bah‡'u'll‡h, and was given the title of
'Zabih'. |
| SIYYID MUHAMMAD
|
'The Anti-Christ of the Bah‡'’ Revelation' who instigated
the villainies of M’rz‡ Yahy‡. |
| SURATU'L-HAYKAL
|
A Tablet of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 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. |
| SòRIH OF TAWHêD
|
The name of the first Sœrih of the Qur'‡n; in which the
oneness of God is explained. |
| TABARSê
|
A shrine lying 14 miles southeast of B‡rfurœsh, where
Quddœs Husayn and many leading B‡b’s suffered
martyrdom. |
| THAMòD
|
An ancient idolatrous tribe of Arabs, who dwelt in
caves. (Qur'‡n, 7.71, 9.71). |
| TIHRçN
|
The capital city of Persia and birthplace of Bah‡'u'll‡h. |
| TOWA
|
A holy vale in Sinai. (Qur'‡n 20; 10, 11, Exod. 3;
I Kgs. 198.) |