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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, 18.2, 30.10 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, Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, Vakilu'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  'Ali, Imam, 11.12-23, 11.26-30, 37.2n111, 37.8n113. See also Imams  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 Muhammad 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, Muhammad'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  Baghdad, Bahá'u'lláh's exile to, 4.5, 9.4n11, 9.5-6  Baha'i 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 Bab'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 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 Baha'i 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 Muhammad's treatment of, 7.9 original precepts not followed, 43.9, 43.12 spread of, 9.25 tales about Muhammad 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 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 Dispensations, 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 Muhammad 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 combination 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 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 Manifestations 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, 30.9, 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 Muhammad'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 Hasan '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, 13.1-2, 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-'Arabi, 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  Illusions(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  Imams, 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 Muhammad; Muslims decline of, 11.26, 11.28 Dispensation of, 11.5-6, 11.25, 13.4-7 prophecies regarding Twin Manifestations, 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, 3