With this prayer doth Thy servant call Thee, at dawntide and in the night-season. Fulfil his heart’s desire, O Lord! Illumine his heart, gladden his bosom, kindle his light, that he may serve Thy Cause and Thy servants. Thou art the Bestower, the Pitiful, the Most Bountiful, the Gracious, the Merciful, the Compassionate. FOOTNOTES 1 Qur’án 60:13. 2 Matthew 22:14. 3 Qur’án 57:21. 4 Qur’án 17:81. 5 Qur’án 15:72. 6 Qur’án 39:68; Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 133. 7 Qur’án 74:8. 8 Qur’án 39:68. 9 Qur’án 79:6. 10 Qur’án 22:2. 11 Qur’án 34:39. 12 Qur’án 29:19. 13 Qur’án 79:34. 14 Qur’án 6:91; 52:12. 15 Napoleon III 16 Believed to be the angel appointed to sound the trumpet on the Day of Resurrection to raise the dead at the bidding of the Lord. 17 Ḥuqúqu’lláh 18 Qur’án 6:103. 19 Qur’án 17:110. 20 John 14:11. 21 John 14:10. 22 Qur’án 6:91. 23 Written especially for Dr. Esslemont’s immortal work Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era. 24 John 6:51, 58. 25 cf. John 15:26; 16:12–13. 26 Regarding this Tablet Shoghi Effendi’s secretary wrote on his behalf, on 9 May 1938, ‘...this obviously refers to the Báb, as the text shows clearly, and is in no way a reference to Swedenborg.’ 27 Jesus 28 Cities in China celebrated for their musk-producing animals. 29 The earthquake of 1906 30 Of a Spiritual Assembly 31 The Bahá’ís of Najaf-Ábád 32 Muḥammad _ 33 Sh_ahnáz, the name given to the recipient of this Tablet, is also the name of a musical mode. 34 An article from Andrew Carnegie’s book The Gospel of Wealth was published in England in the Pall Mall Budget and called The Gospel of Wealth, cf. Andrew Carnegie’s Autobiography 255n. 35 Qur’án 36:36, and cf. 51:49. 36 Qur’án 25:55, 35:13, 55:19–25. See also Marriage Prayer revealed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá beginning ‘He is God! O peerless Lord! In Thine almighty wisdom Thou hast enjoined marriage upon the peoples...’ 37 See Some Answered Questions, pp. 328–9 for ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s comments on the arc of descent and ascent. 38 cf. Qur’án 37:60 (The Tree of Zaqqúm) 39 cf. Qur’án 24:35. 40 Genesis 1:26. 41 A Bahá’í children’s class in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 42 Qur’án 25:50. 43 cf. John 3:5. 44 cf. Qur’án 39:57. 45 Possibly ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was referring to the Sikhs; the description appears to apply to them. 46 Matthew 17:1–19; Mark 9:2–9; Luke 9:28–36. 47 John 6:38. 48 John 3:13. 49 The Báb, cf. Some Answered Questions, chap. XIII. 50 Germany 51 cf. Qur’án 3:35; 2:254. 52 cf. Qur’án 36:25. 53 The Pacific 54 Matthew 19:24; Mark 10:25. 55 30 September 1912 56 at Bahjí 57 Qur’án 24:39. 58 John the Baptist 59 Qur’án 36:29. 60 Qur’án 20:12. Also referred to as the ‘Sacred Vale’ 61 cf. Qur’án 4:80.