mount of at least nineteen mit{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}qals of gold, one is to pay nineteen
percent of this increase, and so on for each further increase (Q and A 8,
90).

Certain categories of possessions, such as one's residence, are exempt
from the payment of Huququ'llah (Q and A 8, 42, 95), and specific
provisions are outlined to cover cases of financial loss (Q and A 44, 45),
the failure of investments to yield a profit (Q and A 102) and for the
payment of Huquq in the event of the person's death (Q and A 9, 69, 80).
(In this latter case, see note 47.)

Extensive extracts from Tablets, Questions and Answers, and other Writings
concerning the spiritual significance of Huququ'llah and the details of
its application have been published in a compilation entitled Huququ'llah.

126. Various petitions have come before Our throne from the believers,
concerning laws from God... We have, in consequence, revealed this Holy
Tablet and arrayed it with the mantle of His Law that haply the people may
keep the commandments of their Lord. #98

"For a number of years", Baha'u'llah states in one of His Tablets,
"petitions reached the Most Holy Presence from various lands begging for
the laws of God, but We held back the Pen ere the appointed time had
come." Not until twenty years from the birth of His Prophetic Mission in
the Siyah-C{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}al of Tihran had elapsed did Baha'u'llah reveal the
Kitab-i-Aqdas, the Repository of the laws of His Dispensation. Even after
its revelation the Aqdas was withheld by Him for some time before it was
sent to the friends in Persia. This divinely purposed delay in the
revelation of the basic laws of God for this age, and the subsequent
gradual implementation of their provisions, illustrate the principle of
progressive revelation which applies even within the ministry of each
Prophet.

127. crimson Spot #100

This is a reference to the prison-city of Akka. In the Baha'i Writings the
word "crimson" is used in several allegorical and symbolic senses. (See
also note 115.)

128. the Sadratu'l-Muntaha #100

Literally "the furthermost Lote-Tree", translated by Shoghi Effendi as
"the Tree beyond which there is no passing". This is used as a symbol in
Islam, for example in the accounts of Muhammad's Night Journey, to mark
the point in the heavens beyond which neither men nor angels can pass in
their approa