Notes

1

All passages from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in this compilation are extracts from Tablets translated from the original Persian and Arabic unless otherwise noted.
2

Qur’án 35:15.
3

A reference to the solemn occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh and the celebration of the centenary of the inauguration of His mighty Covenant.
4

Nineteen.
5

The word “dishonestly” has been replaced with the word “faithlessly” in the authorized English translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. See extract 3 in this compilation.
6

Ḥuqúq.
7

In this compilation, the statement appears as extract 57.
8

Known as Jináb-i-Amín, Trustee of the Ḥuqúq in the days of Bahá’u’lláh.
9

Known as Jináb-i-Amín, Trustee of the Ḥuqúq in the days of Bahá’u’lláh.
10

Ḥájí Abu’l-Ḥasan-i-Ardikání.
11

Qur’án 51:55.
12

For them that take counsel together, i.e., the members of the Spiritual Assemblies.

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