Notes
Index by Opening Phrase
| 1 |
the sweet-smelling savour of My garment • This is an allusion to the ... |
| 2 |
We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power. |
| 3 |
We have enjoined obligatory prayer upon you • In Arabic, there are several words ... |
| 4 |
nine rak'ahs • A rak'ah is the recitation of specifically revealed verses accompanied by ... |
| 5 |
at noon and in the morning and the evening • Regarding the definition of the words ... |
| 6 |
We have relieved you of a greater number • The requirements for obligatory prayer ... |
| 7 |
When ye desire to perform this prayer, turn ye towards the Court of ... |
| 8 |
and when the Sun of Truth and Utterance shall set, turn your faces ... |
| 9 |
We have set forth the details of obligatory prayer in another Tablet. • The ... |
| 10 |
the Prayer for the Dead • The Prayer for the Dead (see Some Texts ... |
| 11 |
six specific passages have been sent down by God, the Revealer of Verses |
| 12 |
Hair doth not invalidate your prayer, nor aught from which the spirit hath ... |
| 13 |
We have commanded you to pray and fast from the beginning of maturity |
| 14 |
He hath exempted from this those who are weak from illness or age |
| 15 |
God hath granted you leave to prostrate yourselves on any surface that is ... |
| 16 |
Let him that findeth no water for ablution repeat five times the words ... |
| 17 |
In regions where the days and nights grow long, let times of prayer ... |
| 18 |
We have absolved you from the requirement of performing the Prayer of the ... |
| 19 |
Save in the Prayer for the Dead, the practice of congregational prayer hath ... |
| 20 |
God hath exempted women who are in their courses from obligatory prayer and ... |
| 21 |
When travelling, if ye should stop and rest in some safe spot, perform ... |
| 22 |
Upon completing your prostrations, seat yourselves cross-legged • The Arabic expression "haykalu't-tawhíd", translated ... |
| 23 |
Say: God hath made My hidden love the key to the Treasure • There ... |
| 24 |
O Pen of the Most High! • "Pen of the Most High", "the Supreme ... |
| 25 |
We have enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period • Fasting and obligatory ... |
| 26 |
and at its close have designated for you Naw-Rúz as a feast • The ... |
| 27 |
Let the days in excess of the months be placed before the month ... |
| 28 |
We have ordained that these ... shall be the manifestations of the letter Há |
| 29 |
these days of giving that precede the season of restraint • Bahá'u'lláh enjoined upon .. |
| 30 |
The traveller ... not bound by the Fast • The minimum duration of a journey ... |
| 31 |
The traveller, the ailing, those who are with child or giving suck, are ... |
| 32 |
Abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sundown • This relates to the ... |
| 33 |
It hath been ordained that every believer in God ... shall, each day ... repeat ... |
| 34 |
Perform ye ... ablutions for the Obligatory Prayer • Ablutions are specifically associated with certain ... |
| 35 |
Ye have been forbidden to commit murder • The prohibition against taking another's life ... |
| 36 |
or adultery • The Arabic word "ziná", here translated as "adultery", signifies both fornication ... |
| 37 |
backbiting or calumny • Backbiting, slander and dwelling on the faults of others have ... |
| 38 |
We have divided inheritance into seven categories • The Bahá'í laws of inheritance apply .. |
| 39 |
to the brothers, five parts ... to the sisters, four parts • Questions and Answers ... |
| 40 |
the teachers • In a Tablet, 'Abdu'l-Bahá compares teachers who are involved with the ... |
| 41 |
When We heard the clamour of the children as yet unborn, We doubled ... |
| 42 |
the House of Justice • In referring to the House of Justice in the ... |
| 43 |
Should the deceased leave offspring, but none of the other categories of heirs |
| 44 |
We have assigned the residence and personal clothing of the deceased to the ... |
| 45 |
Should the son of the deceased have passed away in the days of ... |
| 46 |
If the deceased should leave children who are under age, their share of ... |
| 47 |
Division of the estate should take place only after the Huqúqu'lláh hath been ... |
| 48 |
This is that hidden knowledge which shall never change, since its beginning is ... |
| 49 |
The Lord hath ordained that in every city a House of Justice be ... |
| 50 |
the number of Bahá • The abjad numerical equivalent of "Bahá" is nine. The ... |
| 51 |
It behoveth them to be the trusted ones of the Merciful among men |
| 52 |
take counsel together • Bahá'u'lláh has established consultation as one of the fundamental principles ... |
| 53 |
Build ye houses of worship throughout the lands • The Bahá'í House of Worship ... |
| 54 |
The Lord hath ordained that those of you who are able shall make ... |
| 55 |
and from this He hath exempted women as a mercy on His part |
| 56 |
to engage in some occupation • It is obligatory for men and women to ... |
| 57 |
The kissing of hands hath been forbidden in the Book. • In a number ... |
| 58 |
To none is it permitted to seek absolution from another soul • Bahá'u'lláh prohibits ... |
| 59 |
Amongst the people is he who seateth himself amid the sandals by the ... |
| 60 |
And among the people is he who layeth claim to inner knowledge • This ... |
| 61 |
How many a man hath secluded himself in the climes of India, denied ... |
| 62 |
Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct from God, ere the expiration of ... |
| 63 |
This is that of which We gave you forewarning when We were dwelling ... |
| 64 |
Amongst the people is he whose learning hath made him proud ... who, when ... |
| 65 |
Nimrod • The Nimrod referred to in this verse is, in both Jewish and ... |
| 66 |
Aghsán • "Aghsán" (plural of Ghusn) is the Arabic word for "Branches". This term ... |
| 67 |
revert to the people of Bahá • Bahá'u'lláh provides for the possibility that the ... |
| 68 |
Shave not your heads • In some religious traditions it is considered desirable to ... |
| 69 |
it is not seemly to let the hair pass beyond the limit of ... |
| 70 |
Exile and imprisonment are decreed for the thief • Bahá'u'lláh states that the determination ... |
| 71 |
on the third offence, place ye a mark upon his brow so that, ... |
| 72 |
Whoso wisheth to make use of vessels of silver and gold is at ... |
| 73 |
Take heed lest, when partaking of food, ye plunge your hands into the ... |
| 74 |
Adopt ye such usages as are most in keeping with refinement. • This is ... |
| 75 |
He Who is the Dawning-place of God's Cause hath no partner in ... |
| 76 |
Unto every father hath been enjoined the instruction of his son and daughter ... |
| 77 |
God hath imposed a fine on every adulterer and adulteress, to be paid ... |
| 78 |
nine mithqáls of gold, to be doubled if they should repeat the offence |
| 79 |
We have made it lawful for you to listen to music and singing. |
| 80 |
O ye Men of Justice! • It has been elucidated in the writings of ... |
| 81 |
The penalties for wounding or striking a person depend upon the severity of ... |
| 82 |
Verily, it is enjoined upon you to offer a feast, once in every ... |
| 83 |
If ye should hunt with beasts or birds of prey, invoke ye the ... |
| 84 |
hunt not to excess • While hunting is not forbidden by Bahá'u'lláh, He warns ... |
| 85 |
He hath granted them no right to the property of others. • The injunction ... |
| 86 |
Should anyone intentionally destroy a house by fire, him also shall ye burn; ... |
| 87 |
Should ye condemn the arsonist and the murderer to life imprisonment, it would ... |
| 88 |
God hath prescribed matrimony unto you. • Bahá'u'lláh, in one of His Tablets, states ... |
| 89 |
Beware that ye take not unto yourselves more wives than two. Whoso contenteth ... |
| 90 |
he who would take into his service a maid may do so with ... |
| 91 |
This is My bidding unto you; hold fast to it as an assistance ... |
| 92 |
We have conditioned it ... upon the permission of their parents • In a letter ... |
| 93 |
No marriage may be contracted without payment of a dowry • The Synopsis and ... |
| 94 |
for city-dwellers at nineteen mithqáls of pure gold, and for village-dwellers ... |
| 95 |
Whoso wisheth to increase this sum, it is forbidden him to exceed the ... |
| 96 |
should any one of His servants intend to travel, he must fix for ... |
| 97 |
it behoveth her to wait for a period of nine months, after which ... |
| 98 |
she should choose the course that is praiseworthy • Bahá'u'lláh defines "the course that ... |
| 99 |
two just witnesses • Bahá'u'lláh sets out "the criterion of justness" in relation to ... |
| 100 |
Should resentment or antipathy arise between husband and wife, he is not to ... |
| 101 |
The Lord hath prohibited ... the practice to which ye formerly had recourse when ... |
| 102 |
He who hath divorced his wife may choose, upon the passing of each ... |
| 103 |
semen is not unclean • In a number of religious traditions and in Shí'ih ... |
| 104 |
Cleave ye unto the cord of refinement • 'Abdu'l-Bahá refers to the effect of ... |
| 105 |
Wash ye every soiled thing with water that hath undergone no alteration in ... |
| 106 |
God hath ... abolished the concept of "uncleanness," whereby divers things and peoples have ... |
| 107 |
first day of Ridván • This is a reference to the arrival of Bahá'u'lláh ... |
| 108 |
the Bayán • The Bayán, the Mother Book of the Bábi Dispensation, is the ... |
| 109 |
the destruction of books • In the Tablet of Ishráqát Bahá'u'lláh, referring to the ... |
| 110 |
We have permitted you to read such sciences as are profitable unto you, ... |
| 111 |
He Who held converse with God • This is a traditional Jewish and Islamic ... |
| 112 |
Sinai • The mountain where the Law was revealed by God to Moses. |
| 113 |
the Spirit of God • This is one of the titles used in the ... |
| 114 |
Carmel ... Zion • Carmel, the "Vineyard of God", is the mountain in the Holy ... |
| 115 |
the Crimson Ark • The "Crimson Ark" refers to the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh. His ... |
| 116 |
O Emperor of Austria! He Who is the Dayspring of God's Light dwelt ... |
| 117 |
O King of Berlin! • Kaiser William I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig, 1797-1888), the seventh ... |
| 118 |
the one whose power transcended thy power, and whose station excelled thy station |
| 119 |
O people of Constantinople! • The word here translated as "Constantinople" is, in the ... |
| 120 |
O Spot that art situate on the shores of the two seas! • This ... |
| 121 |
O banks of the Rhine! • In one of His Tablets written before the ... |
| 122 |
O Land of Tá • "Tá" is the initial letter of Tihrán, the capital ... |
| 123 |
within thee was born the Manifestation of His Glory • This is a reference ... |
| 124 |
O Land of Khá! • A reference to the Iranian province of Khurásán and ... |
| 125 |
Should anyone acquire one hundred mithqáls of gold, nineteen mithqáls thereof are God's ... |
| 126 |
Various petitions have come before Our throne from the believers, concerning laws from ... |
| 127 |
crimson Spot • This is a reference to the prison-city of Akká. In ... |
| 128 |
the Sadratu'l-Muntahá • Literally "the furthermost Lote-Tree", translated by Shoghi Effendi as "the Tree ... |
| 129 |
the Mother Book • The term "Mother Book" is generally used to designate the ... |
| 130 |
Whoso interpreteth what hath been sent down from the heaven of Revelation, and ... |
| 131 |
approach not the public pools of Persian baths • Bahá'u'lláh prohibits the use of ... |
| 132 |
Avoid ye likewise the malodorous pools in the courtyards of Persian homes • Most ... |
| 133 |
It is forbidden you to wed your fathers' wives. • Marriage with one's stepmother ... |
| 134 |
the subject of boys • The word translated here as "boys" has, in this ... |
| 135 |
To none is it permitted to mutter sacred verses before the public gaze ... |
| 136 |
Unto everyone hath been enjoined the writing of a will. • According to the ... |
| 137 |
the Most Great Name • As explained in note 33, the Greatest Name of ... |
| 138 |
All Feasts have attained their consummation in the two Most Great Festivals, and ... |
| 139 |
the first day of the month of Bahá • In the Bahá'í calendar the ... |
| 140 |
The Most Great Festival is, indeed, the King of Festivals • A reference to ... |
| 141 |
God had formerly laid upon each one of the believers the duty of ... |
| 142 |
the hour of dawn • With reference to attending dawn prayers in the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, ... |
| 143 |
These Tablets are embellished with the seal of Him Who causeth the dawn ... |
| 144 |
It is inadmissible that man, who hath been endowed with reason, should consume ... |
| 145 |
turn your faces toward Him Whom God hath purposed, Who hath branched from ... |
| 146 |
In the Bayán it had been forbidden you to ask Us questions. • The ... |
| 147 |
The number of months in a year, appointed in the Book of God, ... |
| 148 |
the first hath been adorned with this Name which overshadoweth the whole of ... |
| 149 |
The Lord hath decreed that the dead should be interred in coffins • In ... |
| 150 |
the Point of the Bayán • The "Point of the Bayán" is one of ... |
| 151 |
the deceased should be enfolded in five sheets of silk or cotton • In ... |
| 152 |
It is forbidden you to transport the body of the deceased a greater ... |
| 153 |
God hath removed the restrictions on travel that had been imposed in the ... |
| 154 |
Raise up and exalt the two Houses in the Twin Hallowed Spots, and ... |
| 155 |
Take heed lest ye be prevented by aught that hath been recorded in ... |
| 156 |
tribute to this Revelation, from the Pen of Him Who was My Herald |
| 157 |
"The Qiblih is indeed He Whom God will make manifest; whenever He moveth, ... |
| 158 |
It is unlawful to enter into marriage save with a believer in the ... |
| 159 |
The Point of the Bayán • One of the titles of the Báb. |
| 160 |
Verily, there is none other God besides Me • The Bahá'í Writings contain many ... |
| 161 |
payment of Zakát • Zakát is referred to in the Qur'án as a regular ... |
| 162 |
It is unlawful to beg, and it is forbidden to give to him ... |
| 163 |
A fine ... had formerly been prescribed ... for anyone who was the cause of ... |
| 164 |
the sacred Lote-Tree • The "sacred Lote-Tree" is a reference to the ... |
| 165 |
Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide. • Bahá'u'lláh states that ... |
| 166 |
Ye have been enjoined to renew the furnishings of your homes after the ... |
| 167 |
Wash your feet • The believers are exhorted in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas to bathe regularly, ... |
| 168 |
Ye have been prohibited from making use of pulpits. Whoso wisheth to recite ... |
| 169 |
Gambling • The activities that are included in this prohibition have not been outlined ... |
| 170 |
the use of opium ... any substance that induceth sluggishness and torpor • This prohibition ... |
| 171 |
the "mystery of the Great Reversal in the Sign of the Sovereign" • Shaykh ... |
| 172 |
the "Six" raised up by virtue of this "Upright Alif" • In his writings, ... |
| 173 |
It hath been forbidden you to carry arms unless essential • Bahá'u'lláh confirms an ... |
| 174 |
and permitted you to attire yourselves in silk • According to Islamic practice, the ... |
| 175 |
The Lord hath relieved you ... of the restrictions that formerly applied to clothing ... |
| 176 |
O Land of Káf and Rá! • Káf and Rá are the first two ... |
| 177 |
We perceive that which secretly and stealthily diffuseth from thee. • This passage is ... |
| 178 |
Call ye to mind the shaykh whose name was Muhammad-Hasan • Shaykh Muhammad-Hasan, one ... |
| 179 |
a sifter of wheat and barley • This is an allusion to Mullá Muhammad ... |
| 180 |
Take heed lest the word "Prophet" withhold you from this Most Great Announcement |
| 181 |
any reference to "Vicegerency" debar you from the sovereignty of Him Who is ... |
| 182 |
Call ye to mind Karím • Hají Mírzá Muhammad Karím Khan-i-Kirmání (1810- circa 1873) ... |
| 183 |
O ye the learned ones in Bahá • Bahá'u'lláh eulogizes the learned among His ... |
| 184 |
refer ye whatsoever ye understand not in the Book to Him Who hath ... |
| 185 |
the School of Transcendent Oneness • In this verse and the ones which immediately ... |
| 186 |
We accepted the verses of God ... which He presented unto Us • In His ... |
| 187 |
O people of the Bayán! • Reference to the followers of the Báb. |
| 188 |
the letters B and E were joined and knit together • Shoghi Effendi, in ... |
| 189 |
this new World Order • In the Persian Bayán, the Báb stated: "Well is .. |
| 190 |
O source of perversion! • This is a reference to Mírzá Yahyá, known as ... |
| 191 |
remember how We nurtured thee by day and by night for service to ... |
| 192 |
God hath laid hold on him who led thee astray. • A reference to ... |
| 193 |
Select ye a single language ... adopt ye ... a common script. • Bahá'u'lláh enjoins the ... |
| 194 |
We have appointed two signs for the coming of age of the human ... |
