branched from this Ancient Root #121 146. In the Bayán it had been forbidden you to ask Us questions. #126 147. The number of months in a year, appointed in the Book of God, is nineteen. #127 148. the first hath been adorned with this Name which overshadoweth the whole of creation #127 149. The Lord hath decreed that the dead should be interred in coffins #128 150. the Point of the Bayán #129 151. the deceased should be enfolded in five sheets of silk or cotton #130 152. It is forbidden you to transport the body of the deceased a greater distance than one hour’s journey from the city #130 153. God hath removed the restrictions on travel that had been imposed in the Bayán. #131 154. Raise up and exalt the two Houses in the Twin Hallowed Spots, and the other sites wherein the throne of your Lord ... hath been established. #133 155. Take heed lest ye be prevented by aught that hath been recorded in the Book from hearkening unto this, the Living Book #134 156. tribute to this Revelation, from the Pen of Him Who was My Herald #135 157. "The Qiblih is indeed He Whom God will make manifest; whenever He moveth, it moveth, until He shall come to rest." #137 158. It is unlawful to enter into marriage save with a believer in the Bayán. Should only one party to a marriage embrace this Cause, his or her possessions will become unlawful to the other #139 159. The Point of the Bayán #140 160. Verily, there is none other God besides Me #143 161. payment of Zakát #146 162. It is unlawful to beg, and it is forbidden to give to him who beggeth. #147 163. A fine ... had formerly been prescribed ... for anyone who was the cause of sadness to another #148 164. the sacred Lote-Tree # 148 165. Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide. #149 166. Ye have been enjoined to renew the furnishings of your homes after the passing of each nineteen years #151 167. Wash your feet #152 168. Ye have been prohibited from making use of pulpits. Whoso wisheth to recite unto you the verses of his Lord, let him sit on a chair placed upon a dais #154 169. Gambling #155 170. the use of opium ... any substance that induceth sluggishness and torpor #155 171. the "mystery of the Great Reversal in the Sign of the Sovereign" #157 172. the "Six" raised up by virtue of this "Upright Alif" #157 173. It hath been forbidden you to carry arms unless essential #159 174. and permitted you to attire yourselves in silk #159 175. The Lord hath relieved you ... of the restrictions that formerly applied to clothing and to the trim of the beard. #159 176. O Land of Káf and Rá! #164 177. We perceive that which secretly and stealthily diffuseth from thee. #164 178. Call ye to mind the s̱ẖayḵẖ whose name was Muḥammad-Ḥasan #166 179. a sifter of wheat and barley # 166 180.