92.  Qur’an 89:27-30.

  93.  Qur’an 89:27-30.

  94.  Qur’an 41:53.

  95.  Qur’an 17:15.

  96.  Famed writers on grammar and rhetoric.

  97.  The Ma_th_navi.

  98.  Qur’an 59:19.

  99.  An attribute of God and one of the titles of Muhammad.

 100.  Maqam-i-Mahmud—­Praiseworthy Station—­is the rank of Prophets endowed
      with constancy.

 101.  Qur’an 18:16.  This is a reference to the station of complete faith. 
      The companions of the Cave are identified with early Christian
      martyrs.

 102.  Qur’an 24:37.

 103.  Qur’an 2:282.

 104.  Hadi_th_.

 105.  Qur’an 37:59.

 106.  Qur’an 2:151.

 107.  That attribute of God which draws all creatures to Him.

 108.  The Ma_th_navi.

 109.  Qur’an 21:27.

 110.  Sa’di.

 111.  The Cyclic Theory of Abu-’Ali Sina (Avicenna—­980-1037) as expressed
      by him in the quatrain:  Every semblance, every shape that perisheth
      today In the treasure-house of Time is safely stored away.  When the
      world revolveth to its former place, Out of the Invisible He draweth
      forth its face.  See also Some Answered Questions, p. 326.

 112.  The Ma_th_navi.

 113.  Ibid.

 114.  From Qur’an 18:37.

 115.  Qur’an 2:254; 5:1, etc

 116.  Statement attributed to ’Ali.

 117.  This quotation is in Arabic.

 118.  The Ma_th_navi.

 119.  This was revealed before the Declaration of Baha’u’llah.  The lines
      following refer to the imminence of His Manifestation.

 120.  Literally, the garment of Ha, which is the letter “H” and here
      represents Baha.

 121.  This reference is to the story of Joseph in the Qur’an and the
      Bible.

 122.  This refers to those who did not expect the imminent advent of Him
      Whom God Shall Manifest.

 123.  The Ma_th_navi.

 124.  Qur’an 76:13.

 125.  This quotation is from one of the commentators on Qur’an 55:29.  Cf.
      the dictionary Lisanu’l-’Arab.

 126.  Qur’an 55:29.

 127.  Qur’an 6:79.

 128.  Qur’an 6:75.

 129.  Cf.  Qur’an 7:105 etc., and Hadi_th_.

 130.  The Ma_th_navi.

 131.  Ismat-i-Kubra, the invariable attribute of the Divine Manifestation.

 132.  Muhammad.

 133.  Hadi_th_.

 134.  Qur’an 33:62; 48:23.

 135.  Qur’an 4:164.

 136.  Sa’di.

 137.  Qur’an 7:140.

 138. Shams-i-Tabriz, the Sufi who exerted a powerful influence on
      Jalalu’d-Din Rumi, diverting his attention from science to
      Mysticism.  A great part of Rumi’s works are dedicated to him.  These
      lines are from the Ma_th_navi.