Abázih Páiliá, 33.4
'Abbás, Mullá, 14.6 'Abdu'l-'Azíz, Sultán, 28.9 'Abdu '1-Bahá
adversity, attitude towards, 6.9, 22.5, 26.3, 45. r, 48.2
allegations against, 33.5-6, 40.6-12, 68.4
assaults against, by Covenant­ breakers, 26. 1, 31. 3, 63.6-8
attacked by clergy in London, 22.5
authority of, 46.6, 57.3, 61.4, 66.3
as Branch, 46.3, 59.1
as Centre of the Covenant, 46.3,
46.6, 57.3, 58.2, 59.1-2, 61.1,
61.3-4, 63.7 correspondence of, 7. I, 28.2,
39.3,64.1
in danger, 6.8, 68.4
denied access to Bahá'u'llâh,
33.3
designation of, 76.2
in Egypt, 33.7-8
homeland of, II. I
influence of, 33.2- 3, 33.5
as Interpreter, 46.6, 57.3, 61.2,
61.3
interprets dream, 58.8 in London, 22. s memories of Núr, 14.5
in Paris, 22. 5
presented with a manuscript of
the Báb, 16.3
as prisoner in 'Akká, 6.9, 26. I,
33.2, 48.2
servitude of, 46.6-7, 61.2, 76. r-2 and Shrine of the Báb, 8.2-4,
I0.3, 27. I
'Abdu'l-Pattáh, Mullá, 12.4
'Abdu'l-Mihdí, 33.11
'Abdu '1-Vahháb, Mírzá, r8.1-2
Abraham, 9.2, 29.2, 50. r, 59.4, 61.1
Abu'l-Fadl, Mírzá, 40. 7
Abu'l-Qásim, Mullá, 14.6
Accidental attributes, 29.3 ,
A.dhirbáyján, 21.2-3
Adrianople, 26.2, 31. I
Adversity. SeeTribulations Afghání,Jamálu'd-Dín, 41.9
Afnán (family of the Báb), 8.4, ro. I,
58.2, 59.1, 60.3n103
Afnán, the honourable (Hájí Mírzá
Siyyid Muhammad), 23.3 Agh~án, 58.2, 59. r, 59.5, 60.3n103 'Akká, 26.1, 33.2-4
Governor of, 33.4
Alexandria, 33.I
'Alí, Imám, 62.3n104, 66.5
'Alí-Akbar, 6.15
America, 46.2, 46.8, 58.6
,
Amul, 13.2, 31. I Anísá, Tree of, 63.5
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215

 Arcs of ascent and descent, 29.4 Aries, sign of,40.9
Arius, 33.12, 64.3
Asadu'lláh,Áqá Mírzá, 8.3 Assistance from heavenly forces,
21.3
Azalís, 28.3, 39.9. See also Bayán,
people of;MírzáYahyá
Báb, the, 5.2-5 awareofidentityofPromised
O ne, 72.12
and Bahá'u'lláh did not meet,
7.5
banished from Shíráz, 29. I Commentary on Súrih of
Baghdad, 20.4, 28.8, 73.12 Bahá'u'lláh
in 'Akká, 33.3, 33.4
all from His Pen was fulfilled,
72.18
ancestral home of, Ir. 3 ascendency of Cause of,40. 5,
43.2, 47.2
Ascension of,36.r,38.2,65.4 and the Báb did not meet, 7.5 atBadasht,I7.3
in Baghdad, 20.4, 22.6, 28.8,
73.12
banishes dissension, 67.6
in Constantinople, 27.2, 28. 13 continues to aid,37.I, 38.2, 39.7,
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
,
Antichrist,73.2n136 Badí'u'Iláh,AqáMírzá,59.6
Joseph,69.8 40.4,4I.II,42.2,43.1
Covenant of, 6r.1
death sentence of, 5.5
as Elijah, 46.4
executed, 3.3
herald of Him Whom God shall
make manifest, 72. 11
as nineteenth Letter of the
Living, 5.2
as Promised One of Qur' án,
46.3
remains brought to Holy Land,
8.3
removed veils, 5.9 Revelationof,assignofAries,
40.9
sarcophagus of, 8.2, 13.1 Shrine of, 8. 1-2, 8.4, 10.2- 3,
13.I, 27.r tribulations of, 56.4 warnings of,73.6
Badasht, 17.3, 31.I
Covenant of (see Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh)
Dispensation of , I.I, 50.r, 65. 1-3, 75.2-3; 76. 5
and Fárs, 23.3
fulfils promises of Prophets,
25.6
greatness of, 2.1, 50.3-5, 73.10 as Him Whom God shall make
manifest, 46. 3
in Holy Land, 25.4, 25.6, 34.2 in Iraq, 23.3, 24. I, 28.8, 28. II,
72.17
asJoseph, 3r.2, 69.8,70.I
laws of,6.7,32.1-2
left fifty thousand believers, 35. 5 as loving T eacher, 4I. 7
manifest while hidden, 42.2
as Messiah, 46.4, 51. r
in Most Great Prison, 2.2, 3.3,
30.2, 31.3, 47.2, 50.3, 56.5
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 at Mount Carmel, 8. r, 33. 1 in Murgh-Mahallih, 16.4 never attended school, 67.5
not of Ishmael's line 9.2
..
Book of the Covenant (Kitáb-i- 'Ahd), 41.14, 58.2, 58.3, 60.3, 64.4, 65.4, 66.5
Branch, 46.3, 59. I
station of, conditioned, 59.2 See also 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Burning Bush, 55.1-2 Búilirú'í, Mullá Husayn-i-, 3.4
Calamity, Most Great, 36.I Centre of the Covenant. See
'Abdu'l-Bahá Centre of Sedition. See
Muhammad- 'Alí, Mírzá China, 19.2
opposition to, 25. r, 25.3 and Persian Ambassador, power of, 67.4, 67.7 proclaims unity, 4. I
promise of aid, 41.7-8 rebukes Siyyid Muhammad,
28.12
rejects claim of Muhammad­
'Alí, 40.8
Revelation of, as sign of Leo,
10.2
travels of, 19.r
tribulations suffered by, 30.2-4,
31. r-3, 49.3, 56.4-5; bastinado, 12.3, 13.2; chains, 3.3, 12.3,
3I. 1, 39.5, 56.5; endured to
bring unity, 46. 1; exiles, 3.3, 4.2, 25.1-3, 28.9, 29.2; prison, 12.3, 13.2, 31.3, 67.7
Barney, Laura, 17.2n29 Bashír-i-Iláhí, 16. I Basmalah, 64.7, 71.1 Bayán, 5.2-3, 72.11-15
clear and explicit, 5.9
heralded advent of Him Whom
God shall make manifest,
72.11 Laws of, 5.5
people of, 5.3-4, 72. 13, 72. 15, 73.7, 73.11
Váhids of, 5.2-4, 72. rr, 73.6 Beloved of Martyrs, 5.11
Cistern, 10.3
Conflict and contention, 32.2, 46.r.
See also Discord Constantine, Emperor, 64. 3 Constantinople, 3.3, 26. 1, 26.2,
27.2-5, 28.13, 31.1, 39.9, 41.9 Convention, Second Bahá'í
Teaching, of the Central
States, 58.4
Corruption of the Text, 41.12, 64.4 Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, 5. 14,
35.2, 41.5, 41.12-14, 54.6,
59.I-6
Centre of (see 'Abdu'l-Bahá) deviation entails deprivation,
58.2
entered into with all created
things, 66. 5
establishment of, 58.5, 60. 1- 3,
61.1, 61.3, 63.5, 65.4
explicit, 57.3, 58.2, 60.3, 61.1-2,
62.3, 63.6, 64.4, 65.4, 66.5
27.2-4
40.9
and Ridván Garden, 6.5 andShrineoftheBáb,8.1,8.4, Churchman,22.5
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Christ. See Jesus Christ

 Covenant ofßahá'u'lláh (continued) about future Promised One, 61.1 mentioned in all His Writings,
65.3
mentioned in Sacred Texts of the past, 60.2, 62.3
obedience to, 57.1, 57.3, 61. I, 61.4
power of, 58.3, 64.2
and unity, 58. I, 58.3, 58. 5, 62.3,
64.2, 65.4
unprecedented, 41.13, 60.2, 63.7 violation of, 40.6-12, 46.9, 65. 5
(see also Covenant-breakers) will remain inviolate, 64.5, 66.6 See also Book of the Covenant
Covenant, Day of the, 41.13 Covenant, Eternal, 3I .2, 60.2, 63.5 Covenant-breakers, 58.3, 63.6-8,
64.4-5, 68.4, 74.2-3 arguments and claims of,
40.6-12, 65.5
Azalís, 28.3, 39.9
called to account, 63.7-8
in Constantinople, 41.9-10
and sects, 64.2
shunned, 6. 14-15, 46.9, 58.4 subtlety of, 65. 5-6
will not endure, 53. 1, 57.4, 63.9,
64.4-5
See also Muhammad-tAli, Mírzá;
Yahyá, Mírzá
Covenants of previous religions,
61.I, 62.3, 66.5 Creation, 63.1
Crimson Ark, 6.3
Dahají, Siyyid Mihdíy-i-, 40.8n70 Dajjál, 73.2
Dárkulá, 14.4, 14.6
Discord, 4.6, 41.12, 46.2, 61.3-4,
63.5, 67.6. See also Conflict
and contention
Dispensations of the past, 32.2, 47. I,
61.3
Divines, 5.6-8, 12.2, 13.2, 39.8, 48.3,
67.5
as neglectful physicians, 51. 1-2
Díyár-Bakr, 28. II
Easton, Peter Z., 22.5n12 Egypt, 33.1, 33.7-8 Elijah, 46.4
Epistle to the Wolf, 13.2 Esther, 38.3
Fárs, 23.3, 24.3
Fárúqí, 28.1-2
Fasting, 6.7
Fátimih (daughter of Muhammad),
68.6n122
Pátimih (wife of the Báb), 28.6
Gabriel, 7.6
Ghadír-i-Khumm, 62.3n104, 66.5 Ghayúr of Baghdad, 28.3
Goats, Seven, 73.2
God, knowledge of, 72.1-7
God's Heroes, 17.2-5
Gold, 64.4-5
Gospel, 5.7, 14.3, 59.3-5,73.3 Governors, hostility of, 33.4, 33. 5 Green Acre, 58.6
Gul-Bábá, 14.5
,.
Hádíy-i-Dawlat-Abádí, Mullá, 5.11, 73.11
Haifa, 8.1
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 Hâjí-Báqir, garden of, 16.4 Hands of the Cause, 74.5 HeWhom God shallmake
manifest,5.3, 46.3,72.II,
73.6
Hidden Words, the, 32.1 Holy Land, 25.4-6, 34.2 Holy Scriptures
abrogated by Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 5.5, 60.3, 65.3, 66.5
object of all, 5.9
Holy Spirit, 7.6 Holywar,32.1
House, Sacred, 20. 1-3 Humility, 76.4
Husayn, Imám, 48.3 Husayn Khán, Mírzá, 25.3
Imáms,48.3, 68.60122 Interpretations, 5.6-9, 41. 12, 46.6,
61.3, 62.4, 63.6 Iran. See Persia
Iraq, 28.8-11, 31. I Isfahâní, Hájí Siyyid
Muhammad-i-, 26.2, 28.6, •
28. II- 12, 73. 13 Ismá'íl, Mashhadí, 21.1
Ismá 'íl, Mullá, 17. 3 Ismu'lláh, 41.5
Ja'far,Mírzá,22.I, 22.3 Jamálu'd-Dín Afghání, 39.9
Jesus Christ, 29.2, 33. 12, 50. I, 73.9
called "monster", 5.6 Covenant of, 57.2, 58.3, 61.1,
64.3, 66.5
disciples of, 35.4, 35.6, 43.2 Dispensation of, 43.2
said many shall come, 14.3
Jews, 5.6
John, Gospel of, 59.3- 4 John theBaptist, 14.5n26 Joseph,29.2, 39.6n64,70.I
Súrih of, 69. 8 Judas Iscariot, 58.3
Karbilá, 31.I
Karkúk, 28. IO
Khudávirdí, Mírzá, 14. 5 Khurásán, 5.II
King of Persia, 63.I o KingofMartyrs,5.11, 31.4 Kingdom
forces of, will aid, 2 I. 3 purpose of advent of, 67.4
,,
Kirmání,Aqá Khán-i-, 41.9 Kitáb-i-'Ahd. See Book of the
Covenant Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 5.5
abrogates Scriptures and laws of the past, 60.3, 65.3, 66.5
and Covenant, 58.2, 59.1, 60.3, 61.2, 66.5
,
Kitáb-i-Iqán, 23.3 Knowledge, 72.1- 7 Kurdistan, 21.2, 28.5, 31. r
Láhíjí, Mal).múd-i-Sharí'atmadár-i-, 22.I
Land ofMystery.SeeAdrianople Lawl_i-i-Saniy-i-Shidád (Tablet of
the Year of Stress), 65.4 Laws, r.I, 6.7,6.14, 32. 1-2 Leo, sign of 40.9
Letters, 75.2
Letters of the Living, 5.2, 73.6 London, 22. 5
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 31.3, 47.2, 48.2, 50.3, 56.5
Mount Carmel, 8. I, 8.4, 33.3 Muhammad, Prophet, 5.7, 29.2
Covenants of, 61. I, 62.3 Dispensation of, 68.6, 76.6 followers of,56.2
Muhammad-IAli, Mírzá, 6.8-15 accusations of, 40.6-12
breaks Covenant, 6. 12, 59.6
Peter (Simon Cephas), 35.4, 57.2, 58. 3, 64. 3, 66. 5, 67.4
Pharisees, 5.6
Physicians, spiritual, 51. 1- 2 Pilgrimage, 34.2
Power,54.1-2
Prayer, obligatory, 6.7
Primary school, 5.3, 72. 13-15, 73. 7
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Maj4húb, 69.7
Mamaqání, Mullá Muhammad-i-,
5.5
Man
afflicted with ills, 51.I station of, 29.4, 63. 1-3
Manifestations of God
advent of,conditioned,73.I-5 foily imputed to, 73.8--9 future, under shadow of
Bahá'u'lláh, 46.5
greatness evident after ascension,
43.2
as mirrors of God, 72.4 two foretold, 46.4
See also Prophets
Martyrs, 5.II, 14. 5, 18.2 Mas_hriqu'l-Adhkár, 6. 7
Massacres, 12.4
Mázindarán, II. 1- 3, 12.4, 13.2, 23.4 Messiah, 5.6,46.4
Mihdí, 46.3
Miracles, 67.3, 67.8
Mirrors, 5.2, 28. 12
Míyánrúd, 14.5
Moses, 29.2, 38.2, 50.1, 55.1, 61.1,
73.9
Most Great Prison, 2.2, 3.3, 30.2,
Persia and Persians, 9.2, 22.2, 22.4, Mosul,28.10-rI 24.2-3,27.4,46.8--9,63.IO
220
confesses transgressions, 6. 15
cut off, 58.2, 59.2
falsifies Text, 6. 12-13, 6. 15, 59.6 seeks 'Abdu'l-Bahá's death, 6.ro,
59.6
station conditional, 59.2, 59.6
Muhammad-Báqir, fil!aykh, the Wolf,73.11
;
Muhammad-Ridá.AqáSiyyid, 23.2
Muhammad-Rida of Muhammad-
••• ;
Abád, Mullá, 69. 1- 5 Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Mujtahid,
Mírzá, 14.6
Mujtahids, 14.6. See also Divines Munír, 29.2
Murgh-Mahallih, 16.4
Músá, Mírzá, 28. II
Najíb Páshá, garden of, 6.5, 28.9 Námiq Páiliá, 28.9
Napoleon III,67.7 Ná~iri'd-Dín. filláh, 28.9 Nineteenth century, 45.4 Níyálá, 31. 1
N úr, 14. r-6, 28.4 Paris, 22.5
Persecution ofBahá'ís, 3.5, 48.1

 Prime Minister of Persia, 63. 10 Prince of Martyrs (Imám Husayn),
48.3
Proofs, 50.4, 67.1-8, 72.9, 72. II Prophets
aim of, unity, 4. 5 banishments, results of, 29.2
as noble example, 56. I promises of, fulfilled, 2 5.6 triumph of, 54.4
See also Manifestations of God
Provisions for next world, 41.5
Qá'im, 46.3, 73.2, 75.2 Qasidiy-i-Varqá'iyyih, 22.6n33 Quddús, 3.3, 5.2, 17.3
Qur'án, 5.5, 28.6, 68.5, 71. I
"twice-repeated seven", 68.5-6 Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Táhirih), 17.2, 17.3
Ramadán, Mullá, 23.2 •
Rangoon, 8.2
Repentance, 6.15 Resurrection, 5.2, 72. 13, 73.4-5,
73.7, 76.5
Ridvân Festival,6.1-6, 13.1, 28.9 Ridvân Garden, 6.5, 28.9
Rúhi, ShaykhAhmad-i-,41.9 Rúmí, 52.1n88
Ruqíyyih Khánum, 28.6, 73.13
Sages, failure of, 41. 1 Saná'í, 71. r
Sciences, 45.4, 75.2 "Seat", meaning of, 44. 1 Servitude, 35.3, 40.8, 69.8
Sheba, Queen of, 50.6 Shinúrán, 16.4, 31.I Shíráz, 5. II, 7.4 Shukúhí, 7.8
Signs
of God, 41. 1-2
and Proofs, 12.2
of revelation in all things, 45.5
Simon Cephas. See Peter
Slavs, 5. 14
Solomon, 50.6
Soul, destiny of, 63. 1-3
Spiritual Assemblies, 7.4, 7.7 Steadfastness, 56.7, 58. I, 59.2, 64.2,
65.3
Stress (Shidáá),Year of, 65.4 Sufyání, 73.2
Tablet of the Branch,61.2 Tablet ofVisitation, 6.7
Tablet of the Year of Stress, 65.4 Tabrízí, Sádiq-i-, 28.4
Tâhirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn), 17.2, 17.3 Tákur, 14.4
Teachers and teaching, 7.2-4, 7.7,
19.2,49.3,50.5-6,56.7 Tests. SeeTribulations
TigrisRiver,28.II
Tihrán, 5.11, 15.1, 31.1, 41.8 Torah, 5.6
Tribulations, 22.3, 65.4
enable believers to share in sufferings, 12.3, 12.5, 48.4 endured in the path of God
a bounty, 3.2, 3.6, 26.3-4,
30.3-4, 40.2, 48. 1- 4 Turks, 5.14
as title of'Abdu'l-Bahá, 76.2
SevenWitnesses,73.13 Twigs(Afuán),8.4,10.1
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221

 'Ulamá, 13.2, 39.8. See also Divines Unity, 4.4
aim of all revelations, 4.5 Bahá'u'lláh suffered to bring, 4.I among the believers, 74.3
of Christendom, 58.3, 64.3 Covenant preserves, 58.1, 58.3,
Ya}:iyá, Mírzá
agitation of, I4.5, 25.3, 26.2 asserts claims, 73. I I attempts to kill Bahá'u'lláh,
31.2
circulates falsified Text, 3I.2 in Cyprus, 28.7, 73.13, 73.15 in disguise and hiding, 14.5,
74.3
established by teachings of
Bahá'u'lláh,2.1-2, 4.1-3, 19.2, 67.4, 67.6
73. 12
exiled from Adrianople, 26.2 marrieswifeoftheBáb,28.6,
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
62.3, 64.2
diversitynotanobstacleto, 28.4-5,28.IO-II,72.16-17,
73.13 foundationofthelawofGod, inMosul,28.IO-II
6.14
of thought and belief, 46. I- 2
Vahíd, 73.6 Valid, 48.3 Varqá, 40. ro
Worship, 6.7, 72.4
sent his disciples to the gallows, 73.16
wives of, 28.6, 73. 13 Yazd, 5.11
Yazíd, 48.3
Záhir, 28. 10--11 Zodiac, 40.9
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