73 For an account of this incident see God Passes By, p. 182.
74 A probable reference to the fire
of Hocapasa, which destroyed a
large part of
the city of Constantinople in 1865.
75 The Lawh-i-Fu’ad was addressed
to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar of Qazvin,
one of the apostles
of Baha’u’llah. Its subject, the former
Ottoman
statesman Fu’ad
Pasha, died in France in 1869. The letter
names_Kaf_and
Za refer to the K and Z of Kazim.
76 cf. Qur’an 38:3.
77 cf. Qur’an 13:13.
78 cf. Qur’an 40:32.
79 cf. Qur’an 38:12, 89:10.
80 “heart” translates fu’ad, the given name of the Ottoman minister.
83 Mirza Mihdiy-i-Rashti, a judge
in Constantinople and supporter of
Mirza Yahya.
85 John 14:28.
86 John 16:13.
87 John 1:13.
88 The French Ambassador in Constantinople.
90 The Persian Ambassador in Constantinople.
91 Qur’an 51:55.
92 Qur’an 49:6.
93 Qur’an 12:53.
96 Qur’an 15:88.
97 cf. Qur’an 77:20; 32:8.
98 Qur’an 40:28.
102 Qur’an 4:94.
103 Qur’an 6:52.
104 Qur’an 6:44.
106 The Persian Consul-General in Baghdad.
108 Qur’an 20:55.
109 Al-Muqanna’ of Khurasan (eighth century A.D.).
110 Qur’an 4:94.