rayer revealed by
'Abdu'l-Baha beginning 'He is God! O peerless Lord! In Thine
almighty wisdom Thou hast enjoined marriage upon the peoples...'

37 See Some Answered Questions, pp. 328-9 for 'Abdu'l-Baha's comments
on the arc of descent and ascent.

38 cf. Qur'an 37:60 (The Tree of Zaqqum)

39 cf. Qur'an 24:35.

40 Genesis 1:26.

41 A Baha'i children's class in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

42 Qur'an 25:50.

43 cf. John 3:5.

44 cf. Qur'an 39:57.

45 Possibly 'Abdu'l-Baha was referring to the Sikhs; the description
appears to apply to them.

46 Matthew 17:1-19; Mark 9:2-9; Luke 9:28-36.

47 John 6:38.

48 John 3:13.

49 The Bab, cf. Some Answered Questions, chap. XIII.

50 Germany

51 cf. Qur'an 3:35; 2:254.

52 cf. Qur'an 36:25.

53 The Pacific

54 Matthew 19:24; Mark 10:25.

55 30 September 1912

56 at Bahji

57 Qur'an 24:39.

58 John the Baptist

59 Qur'an 36:29.

60 Qur'an 20:12. Also referred to as the 'Sacred Vale'

61 cf. Qur'an 4:80.

62 This letter was signed by four hundred and twenty-two believers in
America, and sent on 4 July 1905.

63 John 18:11.

64 Qur'an 67:3.

65 Qur'an 24:35.

66 cf. Qur'an 28:29.

67 Qur'an 76:5.

68 Qur'an 26:31; 26:44; the reference is to Moses' rod, and the
enchanters.

69 Qur'an 61:4.

70 The Bab

71 Qur'an 67:3.

72 Qur'an 2:69.

73 Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, LXXII.

74 Qur'an 76:5.

75 This is the first part of 'Abdu'l-Baha's reply to a letter addressed
to Him by the Executive Committee of the Central Organization for a
Durable Peace. The Tablet, described by Shoghi Effendi in God Passes
By as of 'far reaching importance', and dated December 17, 1919, was
despatched to the Committee at The Hague by the hands of a special
delegation.

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