Lights of Guidance/toc/The Number Nine

Lights of Guidance , compiled by Helen Hornby
XXXIII. THE NUMBER NINE

A. The Number Nine

1372. The Number Nine is Reverenced for Two Reasons by Bahá’ís
1373. The Number Nine is Considered by Bahá’ís as Sacred
1374. The Number Nine Symbolizes the Nine Great World Religions and Perfection and is the Numerical Value of Bahá
1375. Nine as the Highest Digit Symbolizes Comprehensiveness, Culmination
1376. The Báb Utilized the Numerical Value of Words to Symbolize Spiritual Concepts
1377. Superstition Concerning the Number 13