nclude, let us now explain the date of the manifestation of
Baha'u'llah from the Bible. The date of Baha'u'llah is calculated
according to lunar years from the mission and the Hejira of Muhammad; for
in the religion of Muhammad the lunar year is in use, as also it is the
lunar year which is employed concerning all commands of worship.

In Daniel, chapter 12, verse 6, it is said: "And one said to the man
clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall
it be to the end of these wonders? And I heard the man clothed in linen,
which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and
his left hand unto heaven, and sware by Him that liveth for ever that it
shall be for a time, times, and a half; and that when He shall have
accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things
shall be finished."(34)

As I have already explained the signification of one day, it is not
necessary to explain it further; but we will say briefly that each day of
the Father counts as a year, and in each year there are twelve months.
Thus three years and a half make forty-two months, and forty-two months
are twelve hundred and sixty days. The Bab, the precursor of Baha'u'llah,
appeared in the year 1260 from the Hejira of Muhammad, by the reckoning of
Islam.

Afterward, in verse 11, it is said: "And from the time that the daily
sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolation
be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed
is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and
thirty days."(35)

The beginning of this lunar reckoning is from the day of the proclamation
of the prophethood of Muhammad in the country of Hijaz; and that was three
years after His mission, because in the beginning the prophethood of
Muhammad was kept secret, and no one knew it save _Kh_adijah and Ibn
Nawfal.(36) After three years it was announced. And Baha'u'llah, in the
year 1290 from the proclamation of the mission of Muhammad, caused His
manifestation to be known.(37)

11: COMMENTARY ON THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN

In the beginning of the eleventh chapter of the Revelation of St. John it
is said:

"And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood,
saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that
worship therein.

"But the court which is without the temple leave ou