Some Answered Questions/Index

INDEX

References to the text of Some Answered Questions are by chapter and paragraph numbers; references to the Foreword and Author’s Preface are by roman numeral page numbers.


Aaron, God’s rebuke to, 44.4, 44.8–10 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, xi–xii, xiii, xiv–xv, xvi,

xix, xx

Abel, 64.4 Abraham, 4, 30.10, 18.2

descendants of, 4.4, 57.6
as Educator, 4.4, 4.6
exile to the Holy Land, 4.2–5
proofs of station as Manifestation,
4.1
religion of, 11.7, 43.5
sign of, 14.13

Abú Sufyán, 13.6 Adam, 11.7

cycle beginning with, 41.5
descendants of, 30.8, 30.11
lacked parents, 18.2–5
man’s material nature inherited
from, 29.2, 29.4, 29.7–8
sin of, 29.9, 30

Adrianople, 4.5, 9.4n11, 9.5, 9.13,

9.16n13

Afnán, Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí,

Vakílu’d-Dawlih, 11.36n48

Africa, cannibalism among tribes of,

3.3, 29.5, 77.13

‘Akká, 4.5, 9.4, 9.5, 9.13–16, 10.2,

48.6–7

‘Alí, Imám, 11.12–23, 11.26–30,

37.2n111, 37.8n113. See also Imáms

Alpha and Omega (Revelation of

John), 58.5, 80.7

Alteration. See Change(s) Amity. See Fellowship; Unity Amnesty. See Forgiveness Ancient Beauty. See Bahá’u’lláh Angels, 11.1, 11.3, 11.35 Anger, 11.45, 57.10 Animal kingdom, 15.3–6, 32.2, 46.6,

49.3, 73.6, 78.3, 82.17
as captives of nature, 48.9–10
degrees and stations in, 32.6, 62.1
distinguishing man from, xiv–xv,
3.3–4, 3.6, 29.5–6, 47.10–11, 48,
49.4, 55.5
existence in, 17.4, 49.3, 57.4, 82.11
inability to comprehend, 59.6
need for training, 3.1, 3.3, 57.8
perfections of, 64.1, 70.5
senses of, 48.2, 48.4, 48.5–7, 55.4,
58.2
spirit of, 36.2, 36.3, 48.11, 55.2, 55.4

Anthropomorphists, 37.5 Antioch, Peter’s tomb in, 34.4 Apostle of God. See Muḥammad   Apostles, Christ’s, 10.3, 11.36, 18.3–4,

23.6, 45.10, 60.3, 63.3. See also
John (Apostle), visions of;
Peter (Apostle)
Holy Spirit’s descent on, 24, 25.2–3

Appearance

through emanation, 53.3, 53.5, 54.2,
54.4, 82.16–18
through manifestation, 53.3–4,
54.2–3, 54.5–7, 82.16–17

Arab tribes, Muḥammad’s education

of, 7.3–8, 7.11, 7.13–16, 11.14,
11.18–19, 13.11–12

Arabian Peninsula, 7.11, 7.16, 11.14,

13.10–12

Arc of ascent, 81.6, 81.9 Arc of descent, 81.6, 81.9 Arguments. See also Proofs

rational, 3.2, 3.17–18, 10, 41.3, 50.1,
50.6, 60.7, 61.4, 83.3–5, 83.7
traditional, 3.17, 10, 83.6

Aristotle, 5.5, 82.2 Ark of God’s Testament, 11.44 Artaxerxes, edicts of, 10.11, 10.12,

10.16

Arts, 3.4, 3.6, 7.16, 48.4, 58.3. See also

Crafts

Asia, 4.4, 20.5 Assistance, divine, 70.6–8 Assyrian Empire, 6.2 Astrologers, 69.3 Astronomers and astronomy, 7.14,

14.12–13, 35.6, 83.3. See also
Solar system

Atoms, 1.2, 47.6, 50.2 Atonement, 29 Attributes, 33.6–9

divine, 11.7, 11.35, 81.12
human, 16.3, 74.2
knowledge of, 45.2, 59.3–4
of nature, 19.6

Autumn, 14.9

Báb, the, 8

advent of, 10.15–17, 10.20, 11.6,
13.12–13, 43.5

Bahá’u’lláh as follower of, 9.3

descended from Abraham, 4.4, 57.6
Dispensation of, 11.7, 11.28–34
martyrdom of, 11.32–3
proofs of station as Manifestation,
8.3
prophecies regarding, 11.6, 11.28,
11.34, 13.5–13
titles of, 8.1n9, 13.5

Bábís, persecution of, 9.3 Baghdád, Bahá’u’lláh’s exile to, 4.5,

9.4n11, 9.5–6

Bahá’í Faith, xi, xix–xx, 9.13, 9.15, 10.2,

11.7

Bahá’u’lláh, 9

advent of, 10.15, 10.18–22, 12.6,
43.5
the Báb’s proclamation of, 8.2
chosen ones of, 11.36–7
Covenant of, 11.44–5
descended from Abraham, 57.6
Dispensation of, 11.35, 11.42, 12.4–8,
19.8
exiles of, 4.5, 9.4–6, 9.13–16, 10.2
as follower of the Báb, 9.3
greatness of, 9.13, 9.20, 9.21, 10.1,
37.13
imprisonment of, 4.5, 9.4, 9.13–16,
10.2
knowledge possessed by, 9.5–6, 9.11
laws of, 12.4
Most Great Infallibility of, 45
passing of, 9.4n11
peace brought by, 12.4, 12.7
and performance of miracles, 9.6–9,
9.19, 9.22, 10.3–5
persecution of, 9.4, 9.12–16, 9.23
proofs of station as Manifestation,
9.5–10, 9.17–18, 9.22, 10

 

prophecies regarding, 9.15, 10,
11.34–45, 12
renewal brought by, 36.9
Revelation of, 10.22, 11.34–45, 16.8,
37.11, 38.8n116
rod of Jesse applies to, 12.1–2, 12.7
titles of, 9.1n10, 9.25n17
transformation of the Persians by,
84.12
unity brought by, 12.6
as universal Manifestation, 30.7, 41.5
Writings of
Book of the Covenant, 11.44–5
epistles to kings and rulers,
9.16–18, 9.22, 16.8, 39.6, 58.5
Hidden Words, 47.9
Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy
Book), 12.4, 45.1, 65
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of
Certitude), 26.1, 26.6, 33.2,
33.10, 81.15
Súriy-i-Haykal (Súrih of the
Temple), 9.16–18, 9.22, 16.8,
39.6, 58.5

Balance (scale), 60.7, 83.6 Baptism, 19, 20, 58.5 Barbara, Saint, 34.8 Barney, Laura Clifford, xi–xii, xv–xvi,

xix–xx, 62.6n147

Beast (Revelation of John), 11.20–1 Being. See Essence(s), Existence Belief. See Faith and faithfulness Bible. See also Gospel; Torah

concept of return in, 81.13–14
day stands for year in, 10.12, 10.20,
11.5, 11.23, 13.12
verses from
Acts 15:20, 20.2
Dan. 8, 10.17
Dan. 8:13, 10.16
Dan. 9:25, 10.13–4
Dan. 12:6, 10.19
Dan. 12:11–12, 10.21
Deut. 3:26, 44.9
Deut. 5:8–9, 43.9
Exod. 13:21–22, 16.6
Exod. 20:4–5, 43.9
Ezek. 4:6, 10.12, 11.5
Ezek. 30:1–3, 11.34
Ezra 1, 10.11
Ezra 6, 10.11
Ezra 7, 10.11
1 Cor. 15:22, 29.1, 29.4
1 Thess. 5:2, 26.5
Gen. 1:26, 3.7, 3.11, 49.8
Gen. 2:7, 18.4, 54.1
Gen. 2:16–17, 30.2
Gen. 3:5, 30.2
Gen. 3:11–15, 22, 30.2
Isa. 11, 12
Isa. 11:1–9, 12.1
Isa. 43:1, 44.7
Isa. 48:12, 44.7
John 1:1, 39.7, 42.3, 54.5
John 1:12–13, 18.3, 18.4
John 1:13, 60.3
John 1:19–21, 33.3
John 1:33, 19.5
John 3:5, 60.2
John 3:6, 22.6
John 3:13, 23.3, 26.2
John 6:26, 21.3
John 6:33, 21.3
John 6:35, 21.5
John 6:38, 23.3
John 6:42, 6.1, 21.3, 23.3
John 6:50, 29.12
John 6:51, 21.1, 30.9
John 6:63, 21.4
John 10:38, 16.7
John 12:39–40, 22.7
John 14:10–11, 54.7
John 14:11, 38.8
John 16:12, 25.7–8

  Bible (continued)

verses from (continued)
John 17:5, 28.1
John 17:21, 38.8, 54.7
Luke 1:26–8, 17.3
Luke 3:16, 19.5
Luke 3:22, 16.6
Luke 11:2, 39.7
Mark 1:8, 19.5
Mark 1:10–11, 16.6
Mark 9:11, 33.4
Matt. 3:11, 19.5
Matt. 3:13–15, 19.1
Matt. 3:16–17, 16.6
Matt. 5:39, 77.7
Matt. 6:9, 39.7
Matt. 8:22, 22.6, 30.12, 79.4
Matt. 12:31–2, 31.1
Matt. 13:14–15, 22.7
Matt. 16:18, 34.1
Matt. 17:13, 33.4
Matt. 19:16–17, 44.12
Matt. 22:14, 32
Matt. 23:34–6, 33.7
Matt. 24:3, 10.17
Matt. 24:29–30, 26.1
Matt. 26:26, 21.9
Neh. 2, 10.11
Num. 13–14, 44.4
Num. 14:34, 10.12
Num. 20:13, 44.8
Num. 20:23–4, 44.8
Rev. 11, 11
Rev. 11:1–2, 11.1–3
Rev. 11:3, 11.12
Rev. 11:4, 11.13
Rev. 11:5, 11.15
Rev. 11:6, 11.16, 11.17, 11.18
Rev. 11:7, 11.19, 11.20, 11.21
Rev. 11:8, 11.22
Rev. 11:9, 11.23
Rev. 11:10, 11.26
Rev. 11:11, 11.28
Rev. 11:12, 11.30, 11.31
Rev. 11:13, 11.32, 11.33
Rev. 11:14, 11.34
Rev. 11:15, 11.35
Rev. 11:16–17, 11.36
Rev. 11:18, 11.38–41
Rev. 11:19, 11.42–5
Rev. 12, 13
Rev. 12:3–4, 13.6
Rev. 12:4, 13.7
Rev. 12:5, 13.8–9
Rev. 12:6, 13.10–12
Rev. 21, 13.1–4
Rev. 22:13, 58.5
Rom. 9:21, 70.5
Rom. 14:14, 20.2
2 Pet. 3:10, 26.5
Titus 1:15, 20.2
visions recorded in, 71.9

Blasphemy, 31 Blessed Beauty. See Bahá’u’lláh Blindness, 3.8, 31.4, 50.3, 74.4 Blood, 11.17, 20.2, 21.2, 30.9 Body, human, 29.5, 36.3, 67.3. See also

Human kingdom; Man; Mind,
human; Spirit, human
beauty and perfection in, 32.4,
46.2–3, 46.6–7, 47.9–11
healing of, 72.4, 73.3–5
in sleep, 2.5, 16.8, 61.2–3, 71.8
spirit’s connection to, 39.6, 52,
61.4–6, 66, 67.5, 80.4, 81.11
time and place encompassing,
61.1–2

Body politic, responsibility for

punishment, 76.6, 77.2–6,
77.10–11, 77.14

Book(s). See Bible; Scriptures Book, people of. See Christianity and

Christians; Jews

Born again, true meaning of, 60.3   Bounties, 76.1, 76.4 Brahma, miracles of, 10.3, 22.4 Brain, human. See Mind, human Branch, 12.1, 12.7–8 Bread and wine, 21 Buddha, 43.8, 43.11

Caiaphas, 64.4 Cain, 64.4 Caliphs, 7.9, 11.20, 11.22, 13.6–7, 77.9 Canaan, 57.7 Candlesticks (Revelation of John),

11.13, 11.29

Cannibalism, 3.3, 29.5, 77.13 Capacities, human, 57.3, 57.9–12, 81.10 Catafago, César, 9.16 Catholicism, baptismal rite of, 20.5 Cause of God. See Bahá’í Faith Cephas. See Peter (Apostle) Certitude. See Bahá’u’lláh, Writings of,

Kitáb-i-Íqán; Faith and faithfulness

Chaldeans, Israelites’ captivity under, 6.2 Change(s). See also Evolution

in comprehension, 83.3–5
of fate, 68.2–3
in humans, 57.9
Manifestations bring, 3.14, 11.10,
20.3–4, 20.6–8, 43.8–9, 43.12
in physical world, 2.7, 20.2
spiritual reality unchanging, 11.7,
11.11, 11.42, 16.10, 38.8, 54.7, 58.5

Character, human, 57 Children, 7.3–8, 20.5, 57.4–5, 62.6,

66.7–8, 78.8

Chosen ones, 11.36, 71.4 Christ. See Jesus Christ Christianity and Christians, 12.3, 30.10,

84.9–10
Bahá’u’lláh’s teaching of, 9.6
baptismal rite, 20.5
Dispensation of, 11.8, 12.8, 34.3
Muḥammad’s treatment of, 7.9
original precepts not followed, 43.9,
43.12
spread of, 9.25
tales about Muḥammad by clergy,
7.1–2, 7.10

Civilization

of Arab tribes, 7.3–8, 7.11, 7.13–16,
11.14, 11.18–19
through education, 3.4, 3.6, 57.8
governed by law of nature, 78.2
Manifestations of God establish,
34.10, 49.8–9
true progress of, 77.13, 84.2, 84.9

Clergy. See Divines Commandments. See Law(s) Common faculty, 56.2–4. See also Man,

powers of

Compassion, 57.10, 76.4, 78.9. See also

Poor, the, care of

Composition, 1.1, 53.7. See also

Elements, composition and
combination of

Comprehension. See Knowledge;

Understanding

Conceptualization, 40.3, 48.6, 71.3 Concourse on high, 3.11 Conditions, transformation of, 20.6–7 Confucius, 43.8, 43.11 Conscience, 75.1, 84.10 Consciousness, xv, 1.3, 1.5, 61.3 Constantine, Emperor, 3.13 Constantinople, 4.5, 9.5, 9.13 Contemplation, 37.5, 71.3, 80.7 Copernicus, 7.14n5 Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh, 11.44–5 Crafts, 1.4, 3.4, 36.4, 48.4, 71.6. See also

Arts

Creation. See also Elements,

composition and combination
of; God, as creator; World,
contingent
completeness of, 46.3, 47.8

  Creation (continued)

degrees in, 32.2, 32.5–6, 59.6, 62.1,
84.4
divine, 39.1, 47.5
existence of, 47.2, 79.3, 80.7
goodness innate in, 57.10–11, 74.6
Holy Spirit as mediator between
God and, 36.7
of man, 18.4, 64.4
material, 42.2, 74.1
mysteries of, revealed, 12.4–5
order in, 47.5–8
perfections of, 15.2, 62.1
rational soul in, 58.3
renewal of, 14.2, 14.6
as signs of God, 27.5, 64.4
spiritual, 74.1
Sufi concept of, 82.17
weaknesses of, 2.3, 27.4

Criminals, punishment of, 76.6, 77 Cycles, 14, 36.7, 41. See also Dispensa-

tions, Manifestations’ founding of

Cyrus, edict of, 10.11

Daniel, prophecies of, 10.10–17, 13.13.

See also under Bible, verses from

Darius, edict of, 10.11 Darkness, 16.5, 18.2, 74.6 David, 43.5 Dávúdí, Siyyid, 9.19 Day of God, 11.35 Day of Judgement, 11.39, 26 Dead, the, 11.21–9, 11.39, 14.7, 22.6–7,

30.12, 60.4, 79.4

Deafness, 50.3, 74.4 Death, 1.1, 2.5, 29.8–9, 30.12, 53.7, 74.4,

74.6, 84.9
soul’s progress after, 62, 64, 66

Decomposition, 1.1, 53.7 Deeds, good, 30.12, 65, 66.6, 70.4, 76.1,

78.13, 84. See also Ethics; Morals

Degrees. See Animal kingdom; God,

kingdom of; Human kingdom;
Man, existence of, degrees of;
Mineral kingdom; Vegetable
kingdom
of created things, 32.2, 32.5–6, 46.3,
59.6, 62.1–2, 84.4
of existence, 37.2, 46.2, 52.2, 53.7,
57.4, 60.4, 62.1, 64.3, 81.10
God transcends, 27.3–4
of man, 47.9, 51.3, 57.3, 58.2, 64.2
of perfections, 64.2, 64.5, 66.4
of servitude, 62.3
of the spirit, 16.4, 81.10

Delusion, 71.3, 71.8, 71.9 Destiny, 35.1. See also Fate Detachment, 67.7 Discoveries. 3.4, 3.6, 3.10, 36.4. See also Inventions; Spiritual disclosures

man’s power to make, 48.4, 48.6–7,
58.3–4
scientific, 71.3
spiritual, 67.2, 71.4

Diseases. See Illnesses Dispensations, Manifestations’ founding

of, 11.10, 43.3, 43.5. See also Cycles

Disposition, human. See Character,

human

Divines, 7.1–2, 7.10, 7.14, 8.1, 9.2, 9.3,

9.6–14, 9.17, 9.22, 11.8

Divinity, 47.2, 59.7, 62.1. See also

Essence(s), divine; God; Reality,
divine
perfections of, 50.1, 59.8

Dove, descent of Holy Spirit in form

of, 16.6, 38.9

Dragon (Revelation of John), 13.5–7 Dreams, 61.2, 71.3, 71.4, 71.8 Druze, beliefs of, 81.13

Ears. See Hearing, sense of Earth

creation of, 17.6–7, 51.5

 

curvature of, 48.6–7
cycles of, 41.2–3
existence of, 38.5, 47.7
new, 13.1, 13.2
nurtured by the sun, 50.2, 53.2
perfections of, 15.2
renewal of, 16.9

Earthquake in Shíráz, 11.32–3 Edirne. See Adrianople Education

character acquired through, 57.2,
57.8
regarding crime and punishment,
77.3, 77.7, 77.11–13
human, 3.6, 3.8–10, 3.15
material, 3.5, 3.8–10, 3.15
need for, 3, 64.4
spiritual, 3.7, 3.8–9, 3.11, 3.15, 29.5
of the wicked, 11.18–19

Educators, true

Abraham as, 4.4, 4.6
the Báb as, 8.2–3
Bahá’u’lláh as, 9.25–6
Christ as, 3.17, 6.5, 29.10
Manifestations as, 3.16–17, 11.37,
39.1, 45.8, 64.2, 64.4–5
man’s need for, 3
Muḥammad as, 7.3–8, 7.11, 7.13–16,
11.18–19, 13.11–12

Egypt, 11.22, 13.6 Elders, four and twenty (Revelation of

John), 11.36–7

Elements, composition and combina-

tion of, 36.1–3, 39.2, 46.7, 47.4–8,
48.2, 53.7, 55.4, 82.11

Elias (Elijah)

appearance at Christ’s
transfiguration, 71.7, 71.9
inspiration received by, 37.11
return of, 10.8, 34.2
John the Baptist as, 33.3–6, 33.9,
81.14

Emanation, appearance through, 53.3,

53.5, 54.2, 54.4, 82.16–18

Embryos, human, stages of

development, 47.7–11, 49.6–8,
51.2–4

Equality, 78.3, 78.5–7 Equilibrium, 48.2, 73.3–5 Equity, 12.4, 70.3, 78.2, 84.9 Essence(s), 33.6, 82.8, 82.17

divine, 27.5, 27.7, 27.8, 37.2–7,
54.4–7, 82.5–6, 82.16
of human species, 47.10–11, 49.2,
49.4, 49.8, 50.1
infallibility in, 45.2–5
knowledge of, 45.2, 59.3–7
of Manifestation, 16.10, 39.3, 40.6,
81.14
transformation of, 47.10–11, 81.8
Ether, the, 16.3, 37.12, 48.12

Ethics, 5.5. See also Morals Eucharist, 21 Europe, 4.4, 7.1, 20.7 Eve, 30.2, 30.4–6, 30.8, 30.11 Evil, 57.9–12, 74. See also Knowledge,

of good and evil

Evolution, xiv–xv, 46, 47, 48.3, 49,

51.4

Existence, 1.5, 2.4, 3.10, 15.1, 32.2, 46.6,

47, 63.1, 77.8, 79, 82, 84.4. See
also Animal kingdom; Essence(s),
Human kingdom; Mineral
kingdom; Non-existence; Pre-
existence; Vegetable kingdom;
World, contingent
accidental, 82.8–9, 82.11–12
causes of, 47.4, 80.3
common, 82.7–8, 82.12
of creation, 47.2, 79.3, 80.7
degrees of, 37.2, 46.2, 52.2, 53.7, 57.4,
60.4, 62.1, 64.3, 81.10
evil not innate in, 57.11, 74.6
evolution of, 51.4

  Existence (continued)

human, 1.6, 48, 49, 57.4, 67.3, 67.9,
80.5–6
motion in, 63.1–2, 69.3
necessary, 50
need for an educator, 3
no beginning to, 47.1, 47.3
perfections of, 46.2–8, 50.3–4, 62
positive, 74.3, 74.5–7
relative nature of, 80.5–7
renewal of, 81.8
spiritual, 16.4, 22.7
true, 22.7, 82.3, 82.12, 82.16
unity of, 82
world of, 38.5, 42.2, 47.6, 79.2, 80.6

Eyes, 37.12, 49.5, 61.4, 74.2, 83.2. See also

Sight, sense of

Ezekiel, 37.13, 43.5

Fairness. See Equity Faith and faithfulness, 32.5, 67.7. See also

Spirit of faith
in God, 67.8
lack of, 32.7, 84.11
and works, 65

Falsehood(s), 60.3, 64.4, 71.3, 75.1, 76.3 Families, 57.5, 57.6, 62.6 Fasting, 11.24–5 Fate, 68. See also Predestination Felicity, 6.3, 15, 16.4, 78.4 Fellowship, 3.13–14, 11.37, 12.3, 12.6,

84.4. See also Unity

Figures of speech, xix, 16.4–9, 24.2,

34.3

Fire, 1.3, 16.6, 19.6 First Intellect, 53.5–6, 58.4 Flowers, 54.3, 62.2, 63.1, 67.4. See also

Plants

Followers and promulgators, 43.4,

43.5–6. See also Prophethood
and prophets

Food, 21.6, 73.2, 73.5, 73.7

Forgiveness

Christ’s teachings on, 76.1, 77.10
of God, 31.5, 54, 62.3–7, 65.3,
76.4–6, 77.8
human, 77.2, 77.5–6
prayers for, 62.3–7

Forms. See Intelligible realities;

Sensible realities; Things

Fornication, 20.2 Founders of religions. See Manifesta-

tions of God

Free will, 35, 70 Friend of God. See Abraham Fruit, 3.2, 14.3, 73.2, 73.7. See also

Seed(s); Tree(s), fruit of

Galen, 5.5, 84.9–10 Galileo, 7.15 Gate, the. See Báb, the God. See also Grace, of God; Holy

Spirit; Manifestations of God;
Reality, divine; Trinity
assistance from, 70.6–8
attributes of, 3.11, 7.13, 37.2, 37.5–8,
47.2, 50.3, 59.7, 60.3, 81.12
belief in, 65.2–4, 67.8
bounties of, 3.11, 34.10, 59.9–10,
60.4, 65.3, 66.6, 84.3
Christ’s relationship to, 12.2, 16.7,
27.7, 38.8–9, 54.7
as creator, 2.1, 2.6–7, 18.4, 36.7, 52.3,
53, 80.7, 82.17
eternity of, 47.3
existence of, 50, 79.2–3, 80.6–7
proofs of, 2, 20.8, 46.6, 81.5–6
forgiveness from, 31.5, 62.3–7, 65.3,
76.4–6, 77.8
guidance from, 11.13, 11.28–29,
45.3–4
human spirit’s procession from,
53.1–5, 54, 82.18
indifference towards, 75.1

 

justice of, 76, 77.8
kingdom of, 30.12, 33.3, 60.2, 65.4,
67, 82.17
knowledge
about, 11.24, 12.3–4, 19.6–8, 37.7,
45.2, 59, 82.6, 84.2–3, 84.7–12
possessed by, 35.1–4, 82.5–6,
82.13–14
laws of, 11.7, 11.10, 13.2, 20, 34.3,
47.9, 51.3–5
love of, 11.20, 11.24, 19.6–8, 24.3–4,
44.5, 67.7, 84.3–5, 84.7–13
man in image and likeness of, 3.7,
3.11, 49.8, 64.4
Manifestations’ relationship to, 37,
44
mercy of, 76, 77.8
names of, 3.11, 37.5–8, 47.2, 50.3,
81.12
nearness to, 62.4
oneness of, 4.1–3, 5.3, 27.10, 43.8,
43.11, 81.6
perfections of, 2.3, 2.6, 7.13, 27.4,
35.2, 37.6–7, 62.1
Holy Spirit manifesting, 31.2,
54.5
man partaking in, 50.1–4, 82.18
in Manifestations of God, 37.5
as pillar of fire, 16.6
power of, 2.3, 3.12–13, 3.18, 4.1, 6.5,
9.13, 11.15, 15.8, 36.6, 45.2, 70.5,
70.8
pre-existence of, 53.5–6, 80,
82.13–14, 82.16
recognition of, 65.2–4
signs of, 27.5, 37.3, 38.5, 50.3, 64.4
sovereignty of, 1.5, 1.7, 11.37, 36.9,
70.8
spirit of, 12.1
veiled from, 60.3, 65.3, 66.1–4, 67.8,
67.10, 75.2
will and purpose of, 32.5, 70.5
wisdom of, 11.13, 20.8, 47.5, 47.8
worlds of, 60.2, 81.12, 82.17

Goodness, 30.5–6, 57.10–11, 74. See also

Knowledge, of good and evil

Gospel, 83.6, 84.12. See also under Bible,

verses from
the Báb prophesied in, 10.17
miracles recorded in, 10.3, 10.5, 71.7
Muḥammad’s defence of, 7.12, 11.12
prophecies regarding Twin
Manifestations, 10.8

Governments, 3.6, 3.13–14, 7.16,

78.10–12. See also Body politic,
responsibility for punishment

Grace, 36.3, 82.17, 84.3

of Christ, 21.3–4, 21.7–8, 21.10,
29.12
of God, 19.6–7, 21.2–4, 25.2, 25.3,
27.8, 29.3, 30.9, 32.5, 36.6, 37.11,
58.4, 60.3, 62.2, 62.7, 66.6, 67.3[,]
80.7, 81.8, 81.10
heavenly, 11.16, 40.6
of Holy Spirit, 19.6–7, 27.8, 29.2,
31.2, 31.5, 67.4, 83.8
of the Manifestations, 38.4, 39.4,
42.3, 43.3, 45.3

Gravity, 48.12 Greece, 6.2, 43.11

philosophers of, 5.3, 5.5, 82.2

Greed, 29.5–6, 57.10, 78.1, 78.11 Grief. See Sorrow Growth, power of, 37.13, 64.1, 82.17 Guidance, 11.13, 29.12, 34.10, 39.1,

43.4, 45.4

Hagar, 4.4 Happiness. See Felicity Harmony. See Unity Ḥasan ‘Amú, Mullá, 9.6, 9.10 Healing and health, 2.5, 10.7, 72, 73.

See also Illnesses; Medicine;
Physicians

  Hearing, sense of, 48.5, 50.3, 56.1, 56.4,

61.1, 83.2, 84.7

Hearts, 42.3, 57.8, 67.6 Heaven, 3.11, 11.30, 11.42–3, 13.-2, 21.3,

23.4–5, 26.1–3, 67, 81.3

Hell, 29.9, 30.10, 60.2, 81.3 Hermes, 46.2n128 Hindus, and miracles of Brahma, 10.3 Hippocrates, 5.5 Holiness, 36.7, 37.2, 67.7, 82.18. See also

Sanctification/sanctity

Holy City

as material law, 11.11
religion as, 13.1, 13.3–4

Holy Land

Abraham’s exile to, 4.2–5
Bahá’u’lláh’s manifestation in, 4.5,
9.15
Jews returning to, 12.7–8

Holy of Holies, 11.3–8, 11.11, 11.42 Holy Spirit, 2.8, 25, 36.7–8, 55.2. See

also God; Trinity
blasphemy against, 31
breaths of, 3.11, 18.4, 29.3, 36.6, 67.3
Christ born of, 6.1, 17, 18.5, 29.4
descent of, 16.6, 24, 25.2–3, 38.9,
58.5
grace of, 19.6–7, 27.8, 29.2, 31.2,
31.5, 67.4, 83.8
manifestational appearance of, 36.8,
38.4, 54.5–6
power of, 24.3, 36.9, 72.7

Human kingdom, 34.10, 49.4, 78.4,

84.4. See also Body, human; Man;
Spirit, human
degrees in, 32.7, 70.5, 81.10
existence in, 1.6, 49, 79.2
forgiveness in, 77.2, 77.5–6
motion in, 16.8, 70.6
perfections in, 32.2, 84.7
true happiness in, 15.3, 15.7–9

Ibn-i-Nawfal, Varaqih, 10.22 Ibnu’l-‘Arabí, 82.1n161 Idols. See Images, worship of Ignorance, 2.4, 34.11, 64.4, 74.3, 75.1,

77.13. See also Knowledge
darkness symbolizing, 16.5, 18.2
as imperfection, 37.7

Illnesses, 2.5, 61.5. See also Healing and

health; Medicine
in animals, 73.6
causes of, 73.2–4, 74.4

Illusion(s), 71.5, 71.8 Images, worship of, 37.10, 43.8, 43.9,

43.11

Imagination, 25.3, 56.2, 56.3, 56.4, 71.2,

71.3, 71.8

Imáms, 9.6n12, 11.36, 13.4, 37.2n111,

37.8n113

Imperfection. See also Weaknesses

in contingent world, 2.3, 27.4, 46.3–4
human, 32.4, 64.2
ignorance as, 37.7
material nature as source of, 29.2–3,
29.6, 29.8
substance of, 81.8
as torment, 75.1

Income. See Wealth, disparity between

poverty and

Industry, 3.6 Inequality, 78.2. See also Equality Infallibility, 45 Infanticide, 7.3 Iniquity, 70.3–4, 75.1, 76.3, 77.10. See

also Evil; Sin(s)

Injustice, 70.3, 70.7, 78.4. See also Justice Inspiration. See Revelation, divine;

Understanding; Vision (s)

Intellect, First, 53.5–6, 58.4 Intelligence, 3.10, 48.2, 57.3, 83.3–5. See

also Mind, human

Intelligible realities, 16, 25.3–5, 48.4,

74.1–3, 82.6

  Intention, goodly, 84.6, 84.10. See also

Deeds, good

Intercession, 62.4–7 Interpretation, 11.7, 13.13–14, 16.9,

26.1, 30.4

Inventions, 7.15, 17.5, 48.4, 58.3, 71.3,

71.6. See also Discoveries

Iran. See Persia and Persians Isaac, 57.6 Isaiah, 22.7, 37.11, 43.5. See also under

Bible, verses from
prophecies regarding the Messiah,
26.4
visions of, 71.2, 71.9

Ishmael, 4.4, 57.6 Islam. See also Muḥammad; Muslims

decline of, 11.26, 11.28
Dispensation of, 11.5–6, 11.25,
13.4–7
prophecies regarding Twin Mani-
festations, 10.8
traditional medicine in, 20.4n80

Israel and Israelites. See also Jews

Christ’s renewal of, 6.2–3
descended from Abraham, 4.4, 57.6
God’s rebukes to, 44.4, 44.7–10
ingathering of, 12.7–8
Moses as, 5.2–3, 6.2
prophets of, 37.11, 37.13
rejection of Christ by, 6.4
twelve tribes of, 11.36

Istanbul. See Constantinople

Jacob, 4.4, 44.7 Jeremiah, 34.2, 37.11, 43.5, 71.2 Jerusalem

conquest of, 11.4–6
Orthodox patriarch of, 7.9
rebuilding of, 10.10–11, 10.14, 10.16,
11.6
religion as new, 11.22, 13.1, 13.3–4
Temple in, 11.3–8, 11.11, 11.42

Jesse, rod of, Bahá’u’lláh as, 12.1–2, 12.7 Jesus Christ, 6, 21.6, 30.9, 36.8, 60.6,

64.3, 76.4. See also Trinity; Word
of God
advent of, 10.10–15, 10.16, 11.8, 20.5,
26.2–4, 43.5, 84.5
ascension of, 10.14, 23.7
baptism of, 16.6, 19.1–5, 38.9, 58.5
birth of, 17
blasphemy against, 4.1
bread and wine symbolizing, 21
chosen ones of, 11.36, 11.37
descended from Abraham, 4.4, 57.6
divinity of, 21.6–7
as Educator, 3.17, 6.5, 29.10
end of Dispensation of, 11.8
forgiveness of, 76.1, 77.10
God the Father’s relationship to,
12.2, 16.7, 27.7, 38.8–9, 54.7
grace of, 21.3–4, 21.7, 21.10, 29.12
greatness of, 18
Holy Spirit’s relationship to, 17, 25.8,
29.4
humanity of, 21.3, 21.6–7, 64.4
Jews failed to recognize, 13.14, 14.15,
26.4, 28.4–5
martyrdom of, 10.5, 10.10, 10.12,
10.14, 11.22, 21.6, 22.5, 28.4, 35.5
miracles of, 10.3, 22
as mirror, 27.6–7, 54.5–7
mission of, 29.10
Mosaic Dispensation abrogated by,
6.2–3, 20.2–3, 20.5
Most Great Infallibility of, 45.10
peace brought by, 3.13–14, 12.3
perfections of, 21.2, 21.4, 21.10,
29.12, 31.2, 37.13, 54.5
popes’ conduct compared to,
34.5–10
pre-existence of, 28
proofs of station as Manifestation,
22.3–5, 24.3

  Jesus Christ (continued)

prophecies regarding, 13.14, 26.4
reality of, 25.2, 27.5, 27.8, 29.7, 30.7,
39.4, 63.2
religion of, 11.7, 11.8, 11.12
resurrection of, 23
return of, 10.8, 26
sacrifice of, 29.3, 29.10–13, 30.9,
30.11
sign of, 14.13, 38.7
spirit of, 21.3–5, 21.7, 27.8, 29.7
spirituality of, 24.3–4, 29.2
station of, 30.7, 38.8–9
teachings of, 21.4, 21.7
transfiguration of, 33.4, 71.7, 71.9
truth of, 22.5
unity brought by, 3.13–14, 12.3
virtues of, 37.13

Jews. See also Israel and Israelites

Bahá’u’lláh’s teaching of, 9.6
end of Mosaic dispensation, 11.8
failure to recognize Jesus Christ,
13.14, 14.15, 26.4, 28.4–5
laws given to, 30.10, 76.2
Muḥammad’s treatment of, 7.9
Persian captivity of, 6.2, 10.11–12
returning to Holy Land, 12.7–8

John (Apostle), visions of, 11, 13, 71.2,

71.9

John the Baptist, 19.4, 20.5

as return of Elias/Elijah, 33.3–6,
33.9, 81.14

Joseph (father of Christ), 12.2 Joseph (Old Testament), 4.4, 11.36,

30.10

Joshua, 11.12, 11.17–18, 44.10 Justice. See also Injustice

acting with, 57.10, 64.4, 70.3–4, 70.7,
84.9
Bahá’u’lláh brought, 12.4
of body politic, 77.10–14
of God, 76, 77.8
grace contrasted with, 32.5, 62.7
laws of, 29.5
strikes and, 78.2, 78.3, 78.9

Karbilá, Iraq, 9.6 Khadíjih, 10.22 Kindness. See Compassion; Loving- kindness Kingdoms. See Animal kingdom;

Degrees; God, kingdom of;

Heaven; Human kingdom;

Mineral kingdom; Vegetable
kingdom

Knowledge, 56.2, 56.4, 59.6, 83. See

also God, knowledge of; Ignor-
ance
acquisition of, 25.4, 32.5, 37.2, 57.10
of attributes, 59.3–4
of the Báb, 8.1–3
of Bahá’u’lláh, 9.11, 64.4
conceptual, 40.2–3, 48.6, 71.3
divine, 40.6, 82.5–6
earth to be filled with, 12.4–5
essential, 35.2
extent and limitations of, 3.10, 58,
59.5, 59.6, 59.7
formal, 40.2
of good and evil, 30.2, 70.3, 70.5–7
human, 16.1–3, 40.2–5, 83.7
intuitive, 40.2, 40.4
of Manifestations, 40, 59.9
of Muḥammad, 7.13
objects of, 82.6, 82.13
as perfection, 37.7
of the pre-existent, 82.5–6, 82.14
religion as establisher of, 34.10–11
search for, xvi–xvii, 10.7
sensible, 16.2, 16.4–8
true, 14.12
water symbolizing, 19.6, 19.7

Kosher laws, 76.2   Lamp(s), 66.3, 68.2–3

light’s relationship to, 25.6, 25.8, 33.9,
36.2, 37.12, 39.4, 44.5, 46.7
spirit compared to, 55.4, 55.6

Last Supper, 21.8–10 Law(s)

abrogation of, 20.2–3, 20.5, 20.6–8
of Bahá’u’lláh, 12.4
brought by Manifestations of God,
11.37
European, 20.7
of God, 11.7, 13.2, 20, 34.3, 47.9, 51.3
material, 2.5, 11.11, 11.12
Mosaic, 6.2–3, 11.12, 20.2–3, 20.5,
20.8, 43.5, 43.9, 76.2
of motion, 1.2, 81.9, 83.2
of nature, 1, 22.1, 47.5–6, 51.3, 78.2
penal, 77
religious, 76.2, 76.3, 76.4
spiritual, 11.11
Ten Commandments, 43.9

Learning. See Knowledge Letters of the Living, 11.36n48 Life, 1.1, 19.7, 30.12, 42.2, 67.3, 74.6.

See also Creation; Elements,
composition and combination
of; Nature
everlasting, 22.6–7, 30.9, 30.12, 60.4,
67, 84.2–3
attainment of, 21.2, 21.5, 21.7,
21.10, 29.12
of rational soul, 36.6, 38.8

Light, 16.5, 31.3–7, 48.12, 74.6. See also

Lamp(s), light’s relationship to
of the sun, 28.2, 37.12, 39.3, 39.6,
42.2, 53.2–3, 84.10

Lord of Hosts, prophecies regarding,

10.8. See also Bahá’u’lláh

Lot, 4.2 Love, 16.3, 32.5, 48.4. See also God,

love of
of Bahá’u’lláh, 12.4, 12.6
of Manifestations, 11.37, 42.3

Loving-kindness, 43.12, 84.12 Lying, 57.12, 64.4, 75.1, 76.3

Magicians, 10.3–4 Magnanimity, 77.2, 77.10 Mahdi, prophecies regarding, 10.8 Man. See also Body, human; Embryos,

human, stages of development;

Human kingdom; Mind, human;

Senses; Spirit, human
ascension of, 64.7
attributes of, 40.7, 47.9, 64.4, 74.3
body of world compared to, 20.4
cannot create life, 47.5
capacities of, 57.3, 57.9–12, 81.10
character of, 57
completeness of, 46.3–8,
48.2
comprehension of God by, 59
creation of, 18.4, 64.4
distinguished from animals, xiv–xv,
3.3–4, 3.6, 29.5–6, 47.10–11, 48,
49.4, 55.5
evolution of, xiv–xv, 46, 47
existence of, 1.6, 48, 49, 57.4, 67.3,
67.9, 80.5–6
degrees of, 47.9, 51.3, 57.3, 58.2, 64.2
in image and likeness of God, 3.7,
3.11, 49.8, 64.4
knowledge of, 16.1–3, 40.2–5, 83.7
love of transcendence in, 48.8
mastery over nature, 1.4, 48.9–10
nature of, 29.2–8, 46
need for an educator, 3, 64.4
originality of, 47.10–11, 50
origination of, 17.7, 38.5–6, 80.4
perfections of, 38.6, 49.8, 60.3–4,
62.2, 64.1–7, 70.5, 74.3
acquiring, 7.16, 81.4
powers of, xv, 3.18, 30.12, 48.2,
48.5–7, 48.11, 56

  Man (continued)

reality of, 54.4, 57.10, 60.3, 71.6,
81.12, 82.17, 84.4
manifestations of, 15.8, 50.4, 81.10
sanctifying, 19.6, 30.9
senses, 61.1, 67.6
soul as, 38.3
station of, 64
vestigial organs and limbs in, 47.11,
49.3–6
weaknesses of, 2.3
will of, 1.3

Manifestation, appearance through,

53.3–4, 54.2–3, 54.5–7, 82.16–17

Manifestations of God. See also

Educators, true; Miracles;
Prophecies; Prophethood and
prophets; Revelation, divine; and
individual Manifestations
appearance of, 11.35, 13.5–13, 14.7,
27.4, 82.6
change brought by, 3.14, 11.10,
20.3–4.20.6–8, 43.8–9, 43.12
civilization brought by, 49.8–9
compared to sun, 42.2, 43.3
cycles of, 41.3–4
Dispensations founded by, 11.10,
43.3, 43.5
distancing oneself from, 31.3–7
essence of religion unchanged by,
11.7–9, 11.12, 11.24, 11.42–43
God’s relationship to, 37, 44
grace of, 38.4, 39.4, 42.3, 43.3, 45.3
guidance from, 39.1, 43.4
as hollow reed, 11.2
knowledge of, 40, 59.9
love of, 11.37, 42.3
morals reformed by, 6.2–3, 7.11–12,
8.1–2, 9.1, 11.26, 43.5, 43.8
Most Great Infallibility of, 45
perfections of, 18.6, 38.1, 42, 45.5
as Perfect Man, 11.1–2, 27.5, 44.12,
50.5, 59.8
powers of, 11.37, 22.2, 22.8, 42, 58.5
proofs of, 3.17, 20.4, 22.3–5, 24.3, 41.4
rays emanating from, 25.2
realities of, 16.10, 39.3, 39.4–6, 45.5
resurrection of, 23.2
return of, 33, 81.14
sovereignty of, 11.37
stations of, 30.7, 31.2, 38, 39
corporeal, 58.5
divine, 38.1, 38.4, 38.8, 39.1, 39.4,
39.6, 58.5
material, 38.1, 38.2, 38.8, 39.1
rational soul, 38.1, 38.3, 38.8,
39.1, 39.6, 58.5
unity brought by, 11.37
universal, 30.7, 41.4, 59.8
wisdom of, 45.5–6

Mankind. See Man Martyrdoms, 61.3. See also Báb, the,

martyrdom of Jesus Christ,
martyrdom of

Marván, 13.6 Mary (mother of Christ), 17.3 Mathematicians and mathematics, 7.14,

7.15, 7.16, 35.6, 82.4, 83.3

Matter, 47.4, 47.8, 53.7, 82.12 Maturity, stages of, 51.2–3. See also

Embryos, human, stages of
development

Maxwell, May Bolles, xi Medicine. 73.2, 73.7. See also Healing

and health; Illnesses; Physicians
healing without, 72
Islamic traditional, 20.4n80

Memory, 56.2, 56.4, 74.3

in animals, 48.5

Mercy, 76, 77.8 Messengers of God. See Manifestations

of God

Messiah, prophecies regarding, 10.8, 26.4 Metaphor, 16.4–9, 24.2, 34.3 Microbial particles, 72.3 Mind, human, 39.6, 51, 52.3, 61.4, 82.12.  

See also Discoveries, man’s power
to make; Intelligence; Reason;
Thought(s)
acquisition of knowledge by, 25.4,
32.5, 37.2, 57.10
as intelligible reality, 48.4, 74.2
Manifestations’ enlightenment of,
42.3, 42.5
perception through, 40.5, 59.4, 74.1,
74.2
perfections of, 64.1
place and time traversed by, 67.1–2
power of, 16.3, 55.6, 83.3

Mineral kingdom, 3.1, 40.7, 51.3, 59.6,

82.17
degrees and stations in, 32.5, 32.6,
62.1–2, 63.3
existence of, 32.2, 57.4, 67.3, 67.9,
79.2, 80.5–6
happiness in, 15.2, 15.6
perfections of, 46.6, 64.1

Miracles, 22

Bahá’u’lláh and, 9.6–9, 9.19, 9.22,
10.3–5
of Brahma, 10.3
of Christ, 10.3, 22

Mirrors, 27.6–7, 36.3, 61.5–6, 66.3, 79.3.

See also Sun, mirror’s relation-
ship to

Moderation, 78.5–7 Moon, 13.4, 35.6, 63.3

light of, 28.2, 39.3
promulgators and followers com-
pared to, 43.4

Morals. See also Deeds, good; Ethics

in Africa, 3.3, 29.5, 77.13
degradation, 77.11–12
Manifestations’ reformation of,
6.2–3, 7.11–12, 8.1–2, 9.1, 11.26,
43.5, 43.8
rectification of, 84.2, 84.10

Moses, 5, 11.12, 14.13, 30.10, 39.4, 64.4.

See also Law(s), Mosaic
appearance at Christ’s
transfiguration, 71.7, 71.9
chosen ones of, 11.36
descended from Abraham, 4.4, 57.6
Dispensation of, 11.7, 11.8
as Educator, 3.17
God’s rebuke to, 44.4, 44.8–10
miracles of, 22.4
Muḥammad compared to, 11.17

Most Great Luminary. See Bahá’u’lláh Most Great Name. See Bahá’u’lláh Most Great Prison, 9.4, 9.15, 10.2. See

also ‘Akká

Most Holy Book. See Bahá’u’lláh,

Writings of, Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Motion

of existence, 63.1–2, 69.3
human, 16.8, 70.6
laws of, 1.2, 81.9, 83.2
of souls, 44.5
of spiritual cycles, 14.7, 14.12

Mount Carmel, Bahá’u’lláh’s arrival

on, 9.15

Mu‘áviyih, 13.6 Muḥammad, 7. See also Educators, true,

Muḥammad as; Islam; Muslims
advent of, 11.34
Arab tribes civilized by, 7.3–8, 7.11,
7.13–16, 11.14, 11.18–19, 13.11–12
chosen ones of, 11.36
descended from Abraham, 4.4, 57.6
Dispensation of, 11.5–6, 11.12–28,
43.5
emigration of, 10.18, 10.20,
10.22n24
God’s rebukes to, 44.11
laws and teachings of, 10.22, 11.16
military expeditions of, 7.2, 7.7–9
persecution of, 7.2, 7.7
proof of station as Manifestation, 7.2
prophecies regarding, 11.5–7, 11.34,
13.4
religion of, 11.7, 11.8, 11.12–28, 13.4–7

  Muḥammad (continued)

tales about, 7.1–2, 7.10
treatment of Christians by, 7.9

Muḥammad-Taqí Afnán, Ḥájí Mírzá

(Vakílu’d-Dawlih), 11.36n48

Murder, laws against, 76.3 Muslims. See also Arab tribes, Muḥam-

mad’s education of; Islam;
Muḥammad
Bahá’u’lláh’s teaching of, 9.6
calendar of, 10.20, 13.13
God’s rebukes to, 44.11
persecution of, 7.2, 7.7

Mutavakkil, 77.9 Mysteries. See also Discoveries

divine, 42.3, 55.5, 81.15
found in man, 64.4

Najaf, Iraq, 9.6 Najrán, 7.9 Napoleon, Bahá’u’lláh’s epistle to, 9.16 Náṣiri’d-Dín Sháh, Bahá’u’lláh’s epistle

to, 9.17, 9.22, 16.8

Nature, 1. See also Animal kingdom;

Human kingdom; Mineral
kingdom; Vegetable kingdom
attributes of, 16.3, 19.6
innate, 57.4, 57.9–12
law of, 78.2
man’s dominance over, 1.4, 48.9–10
perfections in, 15.8

Naw‘ (species), 46.1n127 Necessary relationships, 40.8–9 Noah, 11.7, 30.10, 57.7 Non-existence, 2.4, 60.5, 63.1, 79.2. See

also Existence
absolute, 47.3, 53.7
evil as, 74.3–4, 74.6–7
relative nature of, 80.5–7

Nuṣayrís, beliefs of, 81.13

Olive trees (Revelation of John), 11.13 One, the, 82.2n162, 82.4

Oneness. See God, oneness of Unity Oppression, 76.6, 77.10, 78.4 Order

in contingent world, 2.5
natural, 1, 22.1–2, 47.5–6, 51.3, 51.5,
52.5, 81.10
social, 3.6, 3.9
universal, 47.9, 82.11

Original sin, 29.9, 30. See also Sin(s) Originality, 47.10–11, 49.2–8, 50 Origination, 17.7, 38.5–6, 53.5, 80,

82.12–14

Orthodox Christians, baptismal rite,

20.5

Ottoman Empire, moon as emblem

of, 13.4

Palestine, 12.8 Papacy, 34, 43.12 Paradise, 11.35, 42.5, 60.2, 60.3, 61.3. See

also Heaven
Adam and Eve expelled from, 30.4,
30.6

Parents, 57.5, 62.6. See also Families Paul (Apostle), 20.2, 29.8 Peace, 11.37, 78.4

brought by Bahá’u’lláh, 12.4, 12.7
brought by Christ, 3.13–14, 12.3

Pen of the Most High. See Bahá’u’lláh Pentecost. See Holy Spirit, descent of Perception, 56.1, 61.3, 71.7, 74.1–2 Perfection(s). See also God, perfections of

Man, perfections of
acquisition of, 32.5, 47.9, 52.2–3,
81.4, 81.11
of Bahá’u’lláh, 9.5
of Christ, 21.2, 21.4, 21.10, 29.12,
31.2, 37.13, 54.5
of creation, 15.2, 62.1
degrees of, 64.2, 64.5, 66.4
divine, 3.7, 18.2, 18.6, 30.7, 31.3, 36.7,
39.1, 59.8, 64.5
human, 32.4, 46.2–3, 46.6, 47.9–11

 

of Manifestations, 18.6, 31.2–3, 37.11,
38.1, 42, 45.5
material, 1, 77.13
pre-existent, 82.14
return of, 33.9, 81.8, 81.14
spiritual, 29.2, 77.13
of the universe, 32.2–5

Perfect Man, Manifestations of God as,

11.1–2, 27.5, 44.12, 50.5, 59.8

Persia and Persians

Bahá’u’lláh’s transformation of, 9.13,
9.24, 84.12
captivity of Jews in, 6.2, 10.11–12
dominion of, 13.6
religious fanaticism of, 8.1, 9.1
sun as emblem of, 13.4

Peter (Apostle), 9.25, 20.2, 34, 62.3, 63.2 Pharaoh, 11.17, 64.4 Pharisees, 13.14 Philosophers and philosophy, 59.7, 83.4,

84.9–10
ancient, 5.3, 5.5, 53.5, 81.13, 82.2,
83.2–5
divine, 17.2, 17.5–7, 48.4, 76.3
European, 46.8, 49.3, 83.2
material, 17.2, 17.4–6, 48.2–3, 48.8,
48.11, 50.6
on one cause of all things, 82.13,
82.16

Physicians. See also Healing and health;

Medicine
Galen, 5.5, 84.9, 84.10
Hippocrates, 5.5
lying to patients, 57.12
Manifestations as, 45.6
Prophets as, 20.4, 40.8
spiritual, 10.7, 72.6

Pilgrims, Western, xi Plagues (Revelation of John), 11.18 Planets, 1.2, 42.2 Plants, 17.4, 32.5, 82.17. See also Flowers;

Tree(s); Vegetable kingdom
existence of, 49.3, 57.4
healing through, 73.5, 73.7
perfections of, 70.5

Plato, 5.5, 7.14, 83.3, 84.9 Plotinus, 82.2n162 Pole Star, 48.6–7 Polygamy, 7.1, 7.4–5 Poor, the, care of, 76.1, 78.12 Popes. See Papacy Poverty, 2.4, 74–4, 74.6, 82.14

disparity between wealth and,
78.2–8, 78.12

Power(s), 37.7, 71.3. See also God,

power of
extraordinary, 5.5–6
of growth, 37.13, 64.1
of Holy Spirit, 24.3, 36.9, 72.7
of man, 3.18, 30.12, 48.2, 48.5–7,
48.11, 56
of Manifestations, 11.37, 22.2, 22.8,
42, 58.5
material, 18.3, 56.1
Satanic, 64.2, 64.4
spiritual, 36.4, 56.2, 72.5, 73.1
of the two witnesses, 11.17–18,
11.21
universal, 84.4

Prayer(s), 11.24–25, 62.3–7, 66.6 Predestination, 35. See also Fate Pre-existence, 80. See also Existence

of Christ, 28
essential, 28.2, 80.2–4
of God, 53.5–6, 82.13
of knowledge, 35.4–5, 82.5–6,
82.13–14
temporal, 28.3, 80.2, 80.3

Priests. See Divines Primal Point. See Báb, the Primal Will, 53.5–6. See also Will Profit-sharing, 78.5–8 Progress, 63

human, 3.6, 64.6
Manifestations’ influence on, 42.5
of soul after death, 62, 64, 66

  Promised One, prophecies regarding,

13.5–9, 25.7–8, 35.3. See also
Manifestations of God

Promulgators, followers and, 43.4–6 Proofs. See also Arguments; God,

existence of, proofs of
Manifestations of God, proofs of
and under individual Manifestations
rational, 10, 60.5, 60.7, 81.5, 83.7
traditional, 83.7

Prophecies

regarding the Báb, 11.6, 11.34,
13.5–13
regarding Bahá’u’lláh, 9.15, 10,
11.34–45, 12
from Book of Revelation, II
regarding Christ, 13.14, 26.4
from Daniel, 10.10–17, 10.19, 13.13
regarding the Messiah, 10.8, 26.4
regarding Muḥammad, 11.5–7, 11.34,
13.4
regarding the Promised One, 13.5–7,
25.7–8, 35.3
in Tablets to the kings, 9.18
regarding Twin Manifestations,
10.8–22

Prophethood and prophets, 43. See

also Manifestations of God; and
individual prophets
announcements of, 35.3, 35.5
cycles of, 14.7–15
descended from Abraham, 4.4, 57.6
as educators, 64.5
God’s rebukes of, 44
on goodly deeds, 84.11
independent, 43.2, 43.3, 43.5–6
of Israel, 37.11, 37.13
miracles attributed to, 10.5, 22
on one cause of all things, 82.13
perfections of, 31.2, 62.1
as physicians, 20.4, 40.8
power of, 58.4
return of, 33, 81.14–15
station of, 27.8, 38.8
visions of, 71.4
on worlds of God, 82.17

Ptolemy, 7.14, 7.15, 81.13, 83.3 Punishment

being veiled from God as, 67.8,
67.10, 75.2
body politic ‘s responsibility for, 76.6,
77.2–3, 77.6, 77.10–11, 77.14
physical, 75.2
spiritual, 60.3, 81.3, 84.9
ultimate, 60.2, 60.4

Purification, 19.6, 30.7, 67.7

through repentance, 19.3–4, 20.5

Pythagoras, 7.14

Qualities. See Attributes; Virtues Quddús, 11.28–31 Qur’án, 7.11, 7.13, 7.15

dispensation of, 11.5–6, 11.23, 11.25
verses from
2:105, 32.1
3:74, 32.1
6:103, 37.4
17:60, 81.8
19:17, 17.3
23:14, 47.9, 60.4
36:36, 17.4
36:38, 7.14
36:40, 7.14
37.62–6, 81.8
37:180, 81.12
44:43–6, 81.8
48:1–2, 44.11
48:8, 11.12
56:52–3, 81.8
59:2, 37.10, 81.13

Reality. See also Change, spiritual reality

unchanging; Intelligible realities;
Man, reality of Sensible realities

 

of Christ, 25.2, 27.5–8, 27.8, 29.4,
29.7, 30.7, 39.4, 63.2
contingent, 62.2
degrees of, 82.17–18
discoveries of, 48.4, 58.4
divine, 27.2–8, 29.3, 37, 43.3, 54.2–7,
55.5, 59.4, 59.8–9, 82
individual, 39.6, 82
of Manifestations, 16.10, 39.3,
39.4–6, 45.5
progress of, 54.3, 62.3
search for, xx
spiritual, 18.3
uncompounded, 82.2, 82.6
universal, 59.8

Reason, xiv, 36.4, 60.7, 76.2–3, 83.3–6,

84.7. See also Mind, human

Reed (Revelation of John), Perfect

Man as, 11.1–2

Reincarnation, xiii, 81 Relationships, necessary, 40.8–9 Religion. See also Manifestations of

God, Dispensations founded by;
and individual religions
as a bride, 13.1, 13.4
chosen ones of every, 11.36
cycles of, 14.7–12, 43.9–12
decline of, 11.22–6
foundations of, 11.24, 60.2
of God, 11.7–10
harmony of science and, xiv
as Holy City, 13.1, 13.3–4
influence on civilization, 84.9
Manifestations’ founding of, 40.8–9,
43.3, 43.5, 43.9
material aspects changing, 11.10,
13.2
as necessary relationships, 40.8
as New Jerusalem, 13.1, 13.3–4
as promoter of truth, 34.10
spiritual foundation unchanging,
11.7–9, 11.12, 11.28, 11.42–43

Repentance, baptism of, 19.3–4, 20.5 Retaliation. See Revenge Return. See also Reincarnation

of Christ, 10.8, 26
in material world, 14.6, 14.11
of Prophets, 33, 81.14–15

Revelation, divine, 3.18, 11.2, 35.3, 35.5,

37.11, 37.13. See also Bahá’u’lláh,
revelation of Word of God; and
under Bible, verses from

Revenge, 43.12, 76.5–6, 77.2, 77.5–7 Rewards, 60.2–4, 81.3, 84.9 Righteousness, 29.5. See also Deeds,

good

Rod, 11.2

of Jesse (Isaiah), 12.1–2, 12.7

Rome, 5.5, 6.2, 13.6, 34.4, 34.9 Rumelia. See Adrianople

Sa‘ádat (felicity), 15.2n68 Sackcloth (Revelation of John), 11.12 Salvation, 10.7, 65, 84.2 Samuel, 37.13 Sanctification/sanctity, 19.6, 30.7, 67.7,

82.16, 82.18

Science(s), xiv, 34.10–11, 48.4, 57.10,

58.3, 71.6. See also Discoveries;
Evolution; Medicine

Scriptures, 10, 30.5, 43.3, 83.6. See also

Bible; Qur’án

Seasons, 14.1–11. See also Autumn;

Spring; Summer; Winter

Seed(s), 14.3, 29.11, 37.13, 53.4, 82.16

procession of trees and flowers from,
47.7, 51.3–4, 54.3

Seekers, 10.7, 14.12, 22.4, 84.6 Self-sacrifice, 67.7 Sensations, 62.2, 64.1, 82.17 Senses, 67.6, 71.7

animal, 48.2, 48.4–7, 55.4, 58.2
comprehension through, 16.2, 61.1,
83.2, 83.7

  Senses (continued)

perception through, 67.5, 74.1–2
power of, 36.2, 48.11, 59.6

Sensible realities, 3.10, 16, 25.3, 74.4, 83.2

discoveries of, 48.6–7
perception of, 36.2, 74.1, 74.2

Serpent, and sin of Adam and Eve, 30.2,

30.6, 30.8, 30.11

Servitude, 62.1–3 Shoghi Effendi, xv–xvi, xvi–xvii Sight, sense of, 56.1, 61.1. See also

Blindness; Eyes
in animals, 48.5
power of, 3.8, 56.1, 56.3, 56.4, 59.6,
84.7

Simon. See Peter (Apostle) Sin(s), 29, 30. See also Evil; Iniquity Sleep, 16.8–10, 38.8, 39.6, 58.5, 61.2–3,

71.8

Smell, sense of, 16.2, 16.3, 48.5, 56.1,

56.4, 73.2, 73.6, 83.2

Socrates, 5.3 Sodom, 11.22 Solar system, 7.14–15, 42.2, 48.7, 83.3 Solomon, 11.4, 43.5 Some Answered Questions

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s review of, xii, xiii
first editions of, xii, xvi
Persian text, xii, xix, xx
Shoghi Effendi’s endorsement of,
xvi–xvii
subject matter of, xii–xiii, xvi
translations of, xii, xv–xvi, xvii, xix

Son of God. See Jesus Christ Sophists, 79.1 Sorrow, 16.4, 39.6, 48.4 Soul(s), 55, 58.3, 60.4, 71.7. See also

Manifestations of God, stations
of, rational soul; Spirit, human
attributes of, 57.9, 59.7–8
blindness of, 31.3–6
healing other souls, 72.5–6
prayers for departed, 62.3–4, 62.6–7,
66.6
progress after death, 62, 64, 66
veiled, 65.3, 67.10

Species. See also Animal kingdom

evolution and transformation of, 46,
47.6–11, 49
human, 17.7, 46, 47.9–11, 49.2,
49.4–8, 50.1–4, 64.1
originality of, 47.11, 49.2–8
origination of, 38.5–6
return and recurrence of, 81.7
use of term, xiv, 46.1n127

Speech, 61.1, 84.7 Spirit(s), 55. See also Holy Spirit

animal, 36.2, 36.3, 48.11, 55.2, 55.4
baptism by, 19.5–7
conversing with, 71
degrees of, 16.4, 81.10
education of, 57.8
heavenly, 36.6
kinds of, 36, 55.2
mineral, 36.1n110
vegetable, 36.1, 37.13

Spirit, human, xv, 36.3–5, 40.5, 51. See

also Soul(s)
body’s connection with, 52, 80.4,
81.11
bondage of, 30.6, 30.8–9
essential pre-existence of, 80.4
immortality of, 5.3, 60, 61
life of, 67.3–5
Manifestations’ enlightenment of,
42.3, 42.5
origination of, 38.5–6
perfections of, 52.3, 52.5
power of, 30.12, 48.6–7, 48.11,
55.5–6
procession from God, 53.1–5, 54,
82.18
progress of, 63.2
reality of, 16.3, 16.4, 48.4

 

as sign of God, 37.13, 38.5–6
in sleep, 61.2–3
space and time traversed by, 67.2, 67.5
understanding modes of, 61.1

Spirit of faith, 36.6, 55.2, 55.5. See also

Faith and faithfulness

Spirit of God. See Jesus Christ, spirit of Spiritual disclosures, 71 Splendour, heavenly, as station of

Manifestations, 38.1, 38.4, 38.8

Springtime

material, 14.2, 14.6, 16.9, 36.7, 42.4,
67.4
spiritual, 14.7–8, 14.11, 36.8–9, 42.5,
43.5

Stars, 1.2, 23.5, 26.1, 26.5, 37.12, 69 Statues, worship of, 43.8, 43.9, 43.11 Steadfastness, 67.7 Strikes, 78 Substance, 82.8–12 Sudan, people of, 3.3 Suffering, 75 Sufis, 82.1–7, 82.12, 82.15, 82.16, 82.17 Summer, 14.3, 14.8–9, 42.4 Sun, 13.4, 35.6, 36.3, 63.3, 84.10

cycles of, 14.12–13, 14.15, 42.4
earth nurtured by, 53.2
as emblem of Persia, 13.4
existence of, 26.5, 46.5
light of, 28.2, 37.12, 39.3, 39.6, 42.2,
53.2–3, 84.10
Manifestations compared to, 42.5,
43.3
mirror’s relationship to, 24.2, 25.4–5,
27.4–6, 36.7, 37.5, 39.4, 54.5–6,
55.5, 61.6, 67.5, 81.11
perfect organization of, 1.2, 18.2
prophethood compared to, 38.7
rays of, 31.2, 36.7, 45.2, 49.5, 50.2–3,
52.3, 52.5–6, 55.6, 80.4, 82.16–18
reality of, 59.4, 59.8
as source of life, 42.2, 53.2

Tablet of the Testament. See Bahá’u’lláh,

Writings of, Book of the
Covenant

Taste, sense of, 56.1, 56.4, 83.2

in animals, 48.5, 73.6

Teachings, divine

of Bahá’u’lláh, 9.13
of Christ, 21.4, 21.7
spread of, 13.2, 42.5
true happiness found in, 15.8, 84.11
unchanging nature of, 11.42–43

Telegraph, 1.4, 17.5, 48.4. See also

Inventions

Temple (Jerusalem), 11.3–8, 11.11, 11.42 Ten Commandments, 43.9 Tests. See Martyrdoms; Torment Theft, laws against, 11.10, 76.3 Theosophists, 81.9, 82.1–7, 82.12, 82.15 Things

discoveries of, 58.4
excellence or baseness of, 76.2–3
existence of, 80.3, 80.7
imperfection of, 38.6
knowledge of, 45.2, 59.3–4, 82.5–6
non-existent, 60.5
progress of all, 63
realities of, 3.10, 20.2, 22.1, 35.4,
40.8, 71.6, 84.2

Thought(s), 20.7, 56.2, 56.3, 56.4. See

also Mind, human
Manifestations’ enlightenment of,
42.3, 42.5

Ṭihrán, Bahá’u’lláh’s exile from, 9.5 Time, 39.7, 47, 67.1–2. See also Pre-

existence

Torah, 54.1, 83.6, 84.12. See also under

Bible, verses from
advent of Twin Manifestations
foretold in, 10.16–22
commandments and laws in, 11.12,
20.5, 20.8, 43.9, 76.2
day stands for year in, 10.12, 10.16

  Torah (continued)

Muḥammad’s defence of, 7.12
prophecies
regarding Christ, 13.14
regarding Promised One, 35.3
regarding Twin Manifestations,
10.8
sin of Adam and Eve in, 30

Torment, 75 Touch, sense of, 56.1, 83.2 Tradition(s), 10.3, 14.9, 20.4n80

as criterion of comprehension,
83.6–7
of Imám ‘Alí, 37.2, 37.8
proofs from, 10.6, 10.8–22

Transfiguration, day of, 33.4, 71.7, 71.9 Transformation, 53.7, 81.8, 84.12. See

also Change(s)

Transmigration, 81.3, 81.5, 81.11 Treachery, 64.4, 75.1, 76.3 Tree(s). See also Seed(s); Vegetable

kingdom
beauty and perfection of, 32.3
fruit of, 49.4, 50.5, 51.3–4, 52.4, 55.6
of good and evil, 30
inability to comprehend, 59.6
process from seed to, 51.3–4, 54.3,
82.16
Prophets compared to, 44.5
recurrence and return of, 81.7, 81.8
religions compared to, 43.10

Tree of Zaqqúm, 81.8n157 “Trefah” (unclean), 76.2 Tribunal, universal, 12.4 Trinity, 16.7, 27. See also God; Holy

Spirit; Jesus Christ

Trustworthiness, 64.4 Truth and truthfulness, 64.4, 67.7

of Christ, 22.5
Manifestations as centres of, 40.8–9,
42.3, 45.5
religion as promoter of, 34.10
search for, 10.7, 14.12, 14.14
spiritual, 11.7, 25.7–8

Twin Manifestations, prophecies

regarding, 10.8–22. See also Báb, the;
Bahá’u’lláh

Umayyads, 11.20, 11.22, 13.6–7 Understanding. See also Knowledge

animals’ powers of, 48.2
lack of, 1.5, 74.3
spiritual, 61.1, 71.6, 71.7

Unity, 27.8, 47.3. See also God, oneness of

brought by Bahá’u’lláh, 12.4, 12.6–7
brought by Christ, 3.13–14, 12.3
of existence, 82
of Manifestations, 11.37
of souls, 71.7

Universal House of Justice, xiv, 45.4 Universal tribunal, 12.4 Universe

existence of, 80.6, 81.12, 81.13
infinite, 81.12, 81.13
mysteries of, 3.10, 34.11, 64.4
order in, 32.2–7
origin of, 47

Valíd, 13.6 Vegetable kingdom, 64.1, 82.11. See also

Flowers; Plants; Seed(s); Tree(s)
degrees and stations in, 32.6, 40.7,
62.1–2
happiness in, 15.3, 15.6
need for cultivation in, 3.1, 3.2
perfections of, 32.2, 32.3, 46.6, 51.4,
82.16
spirit of, 55.2, 55.3
transformation in, 49.3–4, 49.7

Vengeance. See Revenge Vestigial organs and limbs, 47.11, 49.3–6 Vices, 36.5, 57.12, 60.3, 64.4 Violence, Christ’s teachings against,

43.12. See also Revenge

  Virtues

acquisition of, 3.4, 15.7, 36.5, 81.11
of Christ, 37.13
human, 11.7–9, 11.19, 11.24–25, 60.3,
64.4, 74.2
of Manifestations, 38.1
spiritual, 11.7, 29.3, 84.2–3, 84.6,
84.10
true happiness lies in, 15.7

Vision(s)

in Bible, 71.2, 71.9
physical, 37.12, 50.3, 61.1, 83.2
spiritual, 2.8, 61.2, 71

Wakefulness, 16.8, 38.8, 61.2, 61.4, 71.4 War

among Arab tribes, 7.4, 7.6,
by beast (Revelation of John),
11.20–1
among Christians, 43.12
between France and Germany, 9.16
Muslim law of, 7.9
will be banned, 12.4

Water, 1.3, 11.17, 19.5–7, 20.5, 73.7 Weaknesses, 2.3, 37.7, 57.5, 74.4, 82.14.

See also Imperfection

Wealth, 2.4, 15.6, 62.4, 62.5, 74.6, 82.14

disparity between poverty and,
78.2–8, 78.12

Welfare, human, 3.6, 78.12 Will, 1.3, 32.5

free, 35, 70
Primal, 53.5

Winter, 14.5, 14.10 Wisdom

of God, 11.13, 20.8, 47.5, 47.8
human, 49.5
of Manifestations, 45.5–6

Witnesses, two (Revelation of John), II Woes (Revelation of John), 11.34 Woman clothed with sun (Revelation

of John), 13.4–12

Women, treatment of by Arab tribes,

7.3–7

Word of God. See also Jesus Christ;

Revelation, divine
is word of Manifestations, 44.5
manifestational appearance of,
54.5–7
man’s spiritual nature inherited
from, 29.2, 29.7, 30.9
pre-existence of, 28.3, 28.4, 80.7
revelation from, 37.11
station of, 30.7, 38.4, 38.7, 38.9

Work and workers, 76.1, 78.1, 78.4–11 Works and faith, 65. See also Deeds,

good

World, contingent, 2.3–6, 3.11, 11.10,

20.2, 20.4, 29.5. See also Creation;
Existence
attachment to, 30.6, 30.8–9, 30.12
cycles in, 14.1–6
degrees and stations in, 32.6, 46.3
existence of, 38.5, 42.2, 47.6, 79.2,
80.6
God’s knowledge in, 35.4
imperfection in, 2.3, 27.4, 37.7

Yaḥyá, Mírzá, 64.4 Yazíd, 13.6

Zaqqúm, Tree of, 81.8n157 Zodiac, signs of, 14.12–13. See also

Solar system

Zoroastrianism, prophecies regarding

Twin Manifestations, 10.8
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