Baha'i World, volume XVIII.

140. The Most Great Festival is, indeed, the King of Festivals #112

A reference to the Ridvan Festival (see notes 107 and 138).

141. God had formerly laid upon each one of the believers the duty of
offering before Our throne priceless gifts from among his possessions. Now
... We have absolved them of this obligation. #114

This passage abrogates a provision of the Bayan which decreed that all
objects unparalleled of their kind should, upon the appearance of Him Whom
God will make manifest, be rendered unto Him. The Bab explained that,
since the Manifestation of God is beyond compare, whatever is peerless in
its kind should rightfully be reserved for Him, unless He decrees
otherwise.

142. the hour of dawn #115

With reference to attending dawn prayers in the Mas{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}riqu'l-Ad{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}kar, the
Baha'i House of Worship, Baha'u'llah has explained that, although the
actual time specified in the Book of God is "the hour of dawn", it is
acceptable at any time from "the earliest dawn of day, between dawn and
sunrise, or even up to two hours after sunrise" (Q and A 15).

143. These Tablets are embellished with the seal of Him Who causeth the
dawn to appear, Who lifteth up His voice between the heavens and the
earth. #117

Baha'u'llah repeatedly affirms the absolute integrity of His Writings as
the Word of God. Some of His Tablets also bear the mark of one of His
seals. The Baha'i World, volume V, p. 4, contains a photograph of a number
of Baha'u'llah's seals.

144. It is inadmissible that man, who hath been endowed with reason,
should consume that which stealeth it away. #119

There are many references in the Baha'i Writings which prohibit the use of
wine and other intoxicating drinks and which describe the deleterious
effect of such intoxicants on the individual. In one of His Tablets,
Baha'u'llah states:

Beware lest ye exchange the Wine of God for your own wine, for it
will stupefy your minds, and turn your faces away from the
Countenance of God, the All-Glorious, the Peerless, the
Inaccessible. Approach it not, for it hath been forbidden unto you
by the behest of God, the Exalted, the Almighty.

'Abdu'l-Baha explains that the Aqdas prohibits "both light and strong
drinks", and He states that the reason for prohibiting the use of