ith--including the rallying of
prominent disciples to Baha'u'llah, and the global proclamation of
Baha'u'llah's mission, in His Tablets to the Pope and Kings. Cf. God
Passes By, p. 28, Chapter X and passim.

35 Mirza Yahya had not been banished from Persia. Now, however, he was
being exiled from Adrianople to Cyprus, and 'Abdu'l-_Gh_affar was
one of the four companions condemned to go with him. Cf.
Baha'u'llah's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 166, and God Passes
By, p. 182.

36 Cf. Qur'an 11:101; 11:100; 76:5; 76:22; 17:20.

37 Cf. God Passes By, p. 108.

38 Cf. God Passes By, pp. 186; 193; 196.

39 Qur'an 54:55.

40 This reference to two worlds, du jihan, may indicate the saying:
Isfahan is half the world--Isfahan nisf-i-jihan.

41 For this definition of the Manifestation of God, see God Passes By,
p. 119.

42 These "twin shining lights" were two brothers, famous merchants of
Isfahan. Because he owed them a large sum of money, the leading
priest--Imam Jum'ih--of the city brought about their martyrdom. See
Baha'u'llah's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, and God Passes By, pp.
200-201 and 219.

43 Qur'an 89:27-30.

44 Qur'an 24:35.

45 Qur'an 89:27-30.

46 Cf. Qur'an 13:28: "Truly in the remembrance of God are the hearts
set at rest."

47 Qur'an 76:5.

48 Qur'an 13:28.

49 Qur'an 3:91.

50 Qur'an 29:19; 53:48; 56:62.

51 Mirza Musa.

52 Cf. God Passes By, p. 186.

53 Some four hundred miles northwest of Ba_gh_dad.

_ 54 Sh_ikastih--broken--a cursive or half-shorthand script, is thought to
have been invented at the close of the seventeenth century, in
Hirat.

55 Gawhar _Kh_anum's marriage to Baha'u'llah took place in Ba_gh_dad.
She remained with her brother in that city when Baha'u'llah left
'Iraq and later proceeded to Akka at His instruction. While
traveling from Ba_gh_dad to Mosul, she was made captive together
with other believers, among them Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin. Baha'u'llah
makes reference to this captivity in His Tablet to the _Sh_ah.

Gawhar _Kh_anum broke the Covenant of Baha'u'llah following His
passing. She passed away during the ministry of 'Abdu'l-Baha.

56 Qur'an 76:9.

57 A famed calligrapher who lived and wrote at the court of
_Sh_ah-'Abbas, the Safavi (1557-1628).