the Book of Explanations and Assurance. It concerns the Reality
and Authority of the human "Divine Manifestations."

137 "The Bahai Proofs."

138 Refers to California and the Pacific coast.

139 Naurooz, i.e., New Day--or spring equinox, March 21st.

140 Kitab-el-Akdas, by Baha'o'llah.

141 Inshallah, i.e., if it be the will of God--also implies hope or wish.

142 See Tablet commencing bottom page 139, Vol. I.

143 All martyred in Persia. Khudoos, in the city of Barfurush;
Bab-el-Bab, in Tabarsi; King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs, both
in Ispahan; Vaheed, in Nariz.

144 July 24,1908, the day of the proclamation of a constitutional
government in Turkey, and the freeing of all political prisoners and
exiles.

145 To four members of the Chicago (Ill.) assembly.

146 To three members of the Chicago assembly who were traveling and
teaching.

147 To two members of the Chicago assembly.

148 To the Chicago assembly.

149 Baha'o'llah.

150 Addressed to the translator for the Chicago assembly.

151 Baha'o'llah.

152 Refers to an invitation sent from Chicago, in 1901, to Abdul-Baha to
come to America.

153 To the Chicago assembly.

154 To fifteen members of the Chicago assembly.

155 To the Chicago assembly.

156 "Wealth of Nature" refers to a state wherein man can dispense with
things and be happy in their absence.

157 The Book of Laws--the Most Holy Book.

158 Revealed for the believers in Persia in 1901.

159 One of the fountains of Paradise mentioned in the Koran.

160 Salsahil, i.e., Sweet Water of Life.

161 The unkind brother.

162 An accusation that Abdul-Baha was claiming to be a Manifestation who
is promised after a lapse of a thousand years.

163 Abdul-Baha.

164 Syria.

165 An expression of astonishment.

166 The Tomb of the Bab on Mt. Carmel.

167 These expressions are intended to convey the inference that he is
orthodox.

168 Baha'o'llah.

169 One of the teachers of the Bahai Revelation in Persia.

170 For recitation when visiting the tomb of his honor Aka-Reza, of
Isfand-Abad, Persia, a famous and valiant man who suffered martyrdom
in 1901. The chief religious magistrate of the locality commissioned
a number of men to enter his home at night and they shot him to
death.

171 Idiomatic expression for turning unto