r 'B', the second letter of the alphabet.

26 The opening chapter of the Qur'an, which begins with the letter 'B':
Bismi'llahi'r-Rahmani'r-Rahim (In the Name of God, the
Compassionate, the Merciful). This chapter of the Qur'an was
revealed twice, once in Mecca and once in Medina.

27 The opening chapter of the Qur'an, which begins with the letter 'B':
Bismi'llahi'r-Rahmani'r-Rahim (In the Name of God, the
Compassionate, the Merciful). This chapter of the Qur'an was
revealed twice, once in Mecca and once in Medina.

28 Jesus.

29 Moses.

30 This Tablet was addressed to Jalil-i-Khu'i, one of the early
believers in Adhirbayjan, Persia. After the Ascension of Baha'u'llah
he broke the Covenant.

31 cf. Qur'an 14:33.

32 cf. Qur'an 21:23.

33 Mecca.

34 Qur'an 3:91.

35 Muhammad.

36 Mirza Yahya.

37 Muhammad.

38 Qur'an 83:6.

39 Moses.

40 Qur'an 14:5.

41 Jesus.

42 Adrianople.

43 Arabic.

44 Persian.

45 Muhammad.

46 The Imams.

47 The Bab.

48 Kitab-i-Aqdas.

49 One of the early believers who is best known to the friends for his
reliable transcriptions of the Tablets of Baha'u'llah. (See
Memorials of the Faithful pp. 150-153.)

50 Such loans as bear no interest and are repayable whenever the
borrower pleases.

51 In a Tablet Baha'u'llah states, 'The Holy Tree [Sadrat] is, in a
sense, the Manifestation of the One True God, exalted be He. The
Blessed Tree in the land of Za'faran referreth to the land which is
flourishing, blessed, holy and all-perfumed, where that Tree hath
been planted.'

52 In many of the passages that follow concerning the Greek
philosophers, Baha'u'llah quotes verbatim from the works of such
Muslim historians as Abu'l-Fath-i-Shahristani (1076-1153 A.D.) and
Imadu'd-Din Abu'l-Fida (1273-1331 A.D.).

53 In one of His Tablets Baha'u'llah wrote: 'The first person who
devoted himself to philosophy was Idris. Thus was he named. Some
called him also Hermes. In every tongue he hath a special name. He
it is who hath set forth in every branch of philosophy thorough and
convincing statements. After him Balinus derived his knowledge and
sciences from the Hermetic Tablets and most of the philosophers who
followed him made their philosophical and s