28. Allusion to the Sifter of
Wheat
29. Condemnation of Haji
Muhammad-Karim K{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}an
30. Condemnation of S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}
Muhammad-Hasan
31. Allusion to Napoleon III
32. Allusion to Siyyid
Muhammad-i-Isfahani
33. Assurance of aid to all
those who arise to serve the
Faith

NOTES

1. the sweet-smelling savour of My garment #4

This is an allusion to the story of Joseph in the Qur'an and the Old
Testament, in which Joseph's garment, brought by his brothers to Jacob,
their father, enabled Jacob to identify his beloved long-lost son. The
metaphor of the fragrant "garment" is frequently used in the Baha'i
Writings to refer to the recognition of the Manifestation of God and His
Revelation.

Baha'u'llah, in one of His Tablets, describes Himself as the "Divine
Joseph" Who has been "bartered away" by the heedless "for the most paltry
of prices". The Bab, in the Qayyumu'l-Asma, identifies Baha'u'llah as the
"true Joseph" and forecasts the ordeals that He would endure at the hands
of His treacherous brother (see note 190). Likewise, Shoghi Effendi draws
a parallel between the intense jealousy which the preeminence of
'Abdu'l-Baha had aroused in His half-brother, Mirza Muhammad-'Ali, and the
deadly envy "which the superior excellence of Joseph had kindled in the
hearts of his brothers".

2. We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power.
#5

The consumption of wine and other intoxicants is prohibited in the
Kitab-i-Aqdas (see notes 144 and 170).

Reference to the use of "wine" in an allegorical sense--such as being the
cause of spiritual ecstasy--is found, not only in the Revelation of
Baha'u'llah, but in the Bible, in the Qur'an, and in ancient Hindu
traditions.

For example, in the Qur'an the righteous are promised that they will be
given to drink of the