26 The opening chapter of the Qur’an,
which begins with the letter ‘B’:
Bismi’llahi’r-Rahmani’r-Rahim
(In the Name of God, the
Compassionate,
the Merciful). This chapter of the Qur’an
was
revealed twice,
once in Mecca and once in Medina.
27 The opening chapter of the Qur’an,
which begins with the letter ‘B’:
Bismi’llahi’r-Rahmani’r-Rahim
(In the Name of God, the
Compassionate,
the Merciful). This chapter of the Qur’an
was
revealed twice,
once in Mecca and once in Medina.
28 Jesus.
29 Moses.
30 This Tablet was addressed to
Jalil-i-Khu’i, one of the early
believers in Adhirbayjan,
Persia. After the Ascension of Baha’u’llah
he broke the Covenant.
31 cf. Qur’an 14:33.
32 cf. Qur’an 21:23.
33 Mecca.
34 Qur’an 3:91.
35 Muhammad.
36 Mirza Yahya.
37 Muhammad.
38 Qur’an 83:6.
39 Moses.
40 Qur’an 14:5.
41 Jesus.
42 Adrianople.
43 Arabic.
44 Persian.
45 Muhammad.
46 The Imams.
47 The Bab.
48 Kitab-i-Aqdas.
49 One of the early believers who
is best known to the friends for his
reliable transcriptions
of the Tablets of Baha’u’llah. (See
Memorials of the
Faithful pp. 150-153.)
50 Such loans as bear no interest
and are repayable whenever the
borrower pleases.
51 In a Tablet Baha’u’llah
states, ’The Holy Tree [Sadrat] is, in a
sense, the Manifestation
of the One True God, exalted be He. The
Blessed Tree in
the land of Za’faran referreth to the land which
is
flourishing, blessed,
holy and all-perfumed, where that Tree hath
been planted.’
52 In many of the passages that
follow concerning the Greek
philosophers,
Baha’u’llah quotes verbatim from the works
of such
Muslim historians
as Abu’l-Fath-i-Shahristani (1076-1153 A.D.)
and
Imadu’d-Din
Abu’l-Fida (1273-1331 A.D.).
53 In one of His Tablets Baha’u’llah
wrote: ’The first person who
devoted himself
to philosophy was Idris. Thus was he named.
Some
called him also
Hermes. In every tongue he hath a special name.
He
it is who hath
set forth in every branch of philosophy thorough and
convincing statements.
After him Balinus derived his knowledge and
sciences from
the Hermetic Tablets and most of the philosophers who
followed him made
their philosophical and scientific discoveries
from his words
and statements...’. In the Qur’an,
Sura 19, verses 57
and 58, is written:
’And commemorate Idris in the Book; for he was
a
man of truth,
a Prophet; And we uplifted him to a place on high.’