he School of God when ye were
slumbering on your couches, and perused the Tablet when ye were fast
asleep. By the righteousness of God, the True One, We had read it
before it was revealed, and ye were utterly unaware. Indeed Our
knowledge had encompassed the Book when ye were yet unborn.

These utterances are revealed according to your measure, not to
God's, and unto this beareth witness that which is enshrined in the
knowledge of God, did ye but know. Unto this testifieth He Who is
the Mouthpiece of God, could ye but understand. By the righteousness
of God! Were We to lift the veil ye would swoon away. Take heed lest
ye dispute with Him and His Cause. He hath indeed appeared in such
wise as to encompass all things, whether of the past or of the
future. Were We to speak forth at this time in the language of the
dwellers of the Kingdom, We would say that God raised up this School
ere the earth and the heavens were brought into being, and We
entered it before the letters 'B' and 'E' were joined and knit
together.

3 1260 A.H. (1844 A.D.)

4 Qur'an 8:44

5 The numerical value of the letters of the word Hin is 68. The year
1268 A.H. (1851-1852 A.D.) is the year preceding the birth of the
Baha'i Revelation.

6 The Ka'bah in Mecca

7 cf. Qur'an 4:119

8 Qur'an 13

9 Qur'an 3:182

10 cf. Qur'an 19:41

11 cf. Qur'an 17:90

12 cf. Qur'an 2:285

13 cf. Qur'an 3:50

14 cf. Qur'an 14:4

15 cf. Qur'an 68:42

16 cf. Qur'an 7:63, 69

17 cf. Qur'an 36:68

18 cf. Qur'an 65:7; 94:5

19 cf. Qur'an 8:45

20 cf. Qur'an 2:204

21 cf. Qur'an 4:51

22 In these passages of the Qayyumu'l-Asma the name Qurratu'l-'Ayn
(Solace of the Eyes) refers to the Bab Himself.

23 cf. Qur'an 12:20

24 cf. Qur'an 78:38

25 cf. Qur'an 11:83

26 cf. Qur'an 24:21

27 cf. Qur'an 83:25-26

28 Qur'an 52:6

29 cf. Qur'an 29:40

30 cf. Qur'an 2:206

31 cf. Qur'an 2:163-164

32 cf. Qur'an 17:88

33 cf. Qur'an 74:35-37

34 cf. Qur'an 21:40

35 cf. Qur'an 2:14

36 cf. Qur'an 4:149

37 cf. Qur'an 9:32

38 cf. Qur'an 4:169

39 Qur'an 5:77

40 cf. Qur'an 5:15-18

41 cf. Qur'an 5:22

42 cf. Qur'an 5:71

43 cf. Qur'an 2:32; 38:74-78

44 cf. Qur'an 7:69; 12:40

45