explained in the following chapter.
144 Cf. "Real Preexistence," p. 280.
145 John 1:1.
146 John 1:1.
147 Cf. John 14:11; 17:21.
148 Baha'u'llah.
149 Cf. Gen. 9:25.
150 i.e., therefore people cannot be blamed for their character.
151 Cf. Rev. 22:13.
152 Cf. "The Difference between Man and the Animal," p. 185.
153 Cf. John 3:5.
154 John 1:13.
155 Qur'an 23:14.
156 One farsa_kh_ is equivalent to about four miles.
157 It is a Persian custom to reckon distance by time.
158 Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal, half-brother of Baha'u'llah, and His
irreconcilable enemy.
159 "Veiled spirits" here signify rational souls, souls not possessing
the spirit of faith. Cf. "Soul, Spirit and Mind," p. 208.
160 Rom. 9:21.
161 Cf. Matt. 5:39.
162 A Baha'i sitting with us at table.
163 Matt. 8:22.
164 The infernal tree mentioned in the Qur'an.
165 i.e., of the Circle of Existence.
166 Lit., bringing forth.
167 Lit., producing something new.
168 Cf. Qur'an 37:180.
169 Qur'an 59:2.
170 Baha'u'llah.
171 Lit., the unity of existence.
172 God.
173 i.e., an intellectual existence.
174 gods.
175 i.e., infinite continuation of causes and effects.
176 Cf. Ibn Abi Usaybia, Ueyuen al-anba fi tabaqat al-atibba (Cairo: 1882)
tom. i., pp. 76-77.
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