The Summons of the Lord of Hosts
Endnotes
Súriy-i-Haykal (cont.)
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cf. Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33.
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cf. John 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7.
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‘Alí Ibn Ḥusayn, known as “Zaynu’l-‘Ábidín”, the second of the Imám Ḥusayn’s sons, who became the fourth Imám.
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The Khárijites, a faction opposed to both the Imáms and the Umayyad state.
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Allusions to the ‘Abbásid and Umayyad dynasties, respectively.
Súriy-i-Ra’ís
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This Tablet was revealed in Arabic in honour of Ḥájí Muḥammad Ismá‘íl-i-Káshání, entitled Dhabíḥ (Sacrifice) and Anís (Companion) by Bahá’u’lláh, and addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, referred to here as Ra’ís (Chief or Ruler).
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Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz lost both his throne and his life in 1876. During the subsequent war with Russia (1877–1878), Adrianople was occupied by the enemy and the Turks experienced a violent bloodbath.
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Literally, “the Mount of Figs” and “the Mount of Olives”, cf. Qur’án 95:1.
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Chosroes II, the Sasanian monarch who reigned in Persia during the lifetime of Muḥammad.
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Ḥájí Ja‘far-i-Tabrízí; he was prevented in time from ending his life.
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Siyyid Ismá‘íl of Zavárih.
Lawḥ-i-Ra’ís
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This second Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh addressing ‘Álí Páshá was revealed in Persian shortly after Bahá’u’lláh’s arrival and confinement in ‘Akká.
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For an account of this incident see God Passes By, Chapter X, paragraph beginning “On the morning of the 2nd of Jamádíyu’l-Avval 1285 A.H...”.
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A probable reference to the fire of Hocapaşa, which destroyed a large part of the city of Constantinople in 1865.
Lawḥ-i-Fu’ád
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The Lawḥ-i-Fu’ád was addressed to Shaykh Káẓim-i-Samandar of Qazvín, one of the apostles of Bahá’u’lláh. Its subject, the former Ottoman statesman Fu’ád Páshá, died in France in 1869. The letter names Káf and Ẓá refer to the K and Ẓ of Káẓim.
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