In footnotes referring to the Qur’án the súrihs have been numbered according to the original, whereas the verse numbers are those in Rodwell’s translation which differ sometimes from those of the Arabic.

Ed: The translation of the Qur’án used in this copy of Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is the ‘Abdu’lláh Yúsif ‘Alí translation. In general these reference the same verse as the original publication, but not always.