NOTES
1 / ON THE MOVE
1. Qur’án 26:69 (Rodwell translation).
2. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 12; Genesis 11:28–31 (King James Version and New International Version).
3. Joshua 24:3 (King James Version).
4. Distance of Kutha from Baghdad based on coordinates of 32o44’N, 44o40’E and calculated using Google Earth.
5. Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Iqán, ¶67.
6. Ginzburg, The Legends of the Jews, p. 186.
7. Curatola, The Art and Architecture of Mesopotamia, pp. 27–28.
8. Genesis 9:20–29 (New Revised Standard Version).
9. The Paul Revere House, www.paulreverehouse.org/bio/silvershop.shtml.
10. Smith, The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments, Psalms 78:2.
11. Psalms 78:2 (King James Version).
12. Mark 4:33–34 (New International Version); Qur’án 24:35 (Pickthall); Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 173.
13. Isaiah 5:7 (King James Version).
14. John 15:1 (King James Version).
15. Psalms 60:3 (American King James Version).
16. Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, “Lawḥ-i-Ra’ís,” ¶8.
17. Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations, p. 103.
18. II Corinthians 5:1–4 (New International Version).
2 / A RISING STAR
1. Job 38:32 (World English Bible).
2. Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Iqán, ¶67.
3. Rolleston, Mazzaroth; or, the Constellations, part I, p. 3.
4. Ibid., part II, pp. 10, 22, 23.
5. Jewish tradition gives Emtelai as the name of Abraham’s mother, as noted in Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews, pp. 186–87.
6. Nemet-Najat, Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, p. 129.
7. Ibid.
8. Ginzburg, The Legends of the Jews, p. 210.
9. Ibid.
3 / INTO THE FIRE
1. Qur’án 36:30, quoted in Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, “Súriy-i-Haykal,” ¶242.
2. The story and dialogue are based on accounts in two books: Baring-Gould, Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources, pp. 156–57, and Ginzburg, The Legends of the Jews, pp. 196, 214.
3. Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day Is Come, ¶291.
4. Ginzburg, The Legends of the Jews, pp. 196–97.
5. Dialogue based on information in two books: Vermes, Post-biblical Jewish Studies, pp. 160–61, and Bialik, Sefer Ha-Aggadah: The Book of Jewish Folklore and Legend, p. 32.
6. Qur’án 37:95 and 21:68–69 (Palmer translation).
7. Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, ¶11.
8. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, p. 561.
9. Ibid., p. 511.
4 / EXILE
1. Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations, p. 308.
2. Momen, A Basic Bahá’í Dictionary, pp. 144–45.
3. Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 22.
4. Qur’án 6:75 (Pickthall translation).
5. From Ginzburg, The Legends of the Jews, p. 199.
6. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, p. 516.
7. Ibid.
8. Ginzburg, The Legends of the Jews, p. 201.
9. Transportation information gleaned from Lawler, “Middle Asia Takes Center Stage,” p. 588; Scarre, Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World, p. 176; and Bulliet, The Camel and the Wheel, p. 56.
10. Spencer, “The Marsh Arabs Revisited,” p. 32.
11. “In the Marshes of Iraq,” www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/196606/in.the.marshes.of.iraq.htm.
12. Ammianus Marcellinus, quoted in Green, The City of the Moon God: Religious Traditions of Harran, p. 1.
13. Green, The City of the Moon God: Religious Traditions of Harran, p. 19.
5 / THREAT AND PROMISE
1. Genesis 11:32 (New International Version).
2. “The Beehive Enigma,” www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/196706/the.beehive.enigma.htm.
3. Ibid.
4. Green, The City of the Moon God: Religious Traditions of Harran, pp. 27, 216, 4; Lloyd and Brice, “Harran,” p. 95. See Appendix B for more information on the Sabian / Sabean religion.
5. Lloyd and Brice, “Harran,” p. 83; Lawrence, The Diary Kept by T. E. Lawrence While Travelling in Arabia During 1911, pp. 8–9.
6. Lloyd and Brice, “Harran,” p. 83.
7. Szulc, “Journey of Faith,” p. 3, http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/features/world/asia/israel/abraham-text/1.
8. Jenkins, The Cambridge History of Western Textiles, p. 43.
9. Klinghoffer, The Discovery of God, p. 31.
10. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 12.
11. Qur’án 19:43–46 (Rodwell translation).
12. Ibid., 19:47.
13. Ibid., 19:48.
14. Ibid., 19:49.
15. Genesis 12:1–3 (New International Version).
16. Matthew 7:26–27 (New American Standard Bible).
17. Job 4:8–9 (King James Version).
18. Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic no. 5.
19. Holley, Bahai: The Spirit of the Age, p. 100.
20. Luke 9:60 (King James Version).
21. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 12.
6 / ON THE ROAD AGAIN
1. Thomas Huxley, cited in Evans, Dictionary of Quotations, p. 711.
2. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 222.2.
3. John 4:1 (King James Version); Shoghi Effendi, Arohanui, p. 94.
4. Young, “A Mathematical Approach to Certain Dynastic Spans in the Sumerian King List,” pp. 123–29.
5. Harris, Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia: The Gilgamesh Epic and Other Ancient Literature, pp. 3, 30.
6. Conacher and Sala, Land Degradation in Mediterranean Environments of the World, p. 251; Dumper et al., Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia, p. 4.
7 / THE LAND OF CANAAN
1. Fuller, cited in Evans, A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews, p. 705.
2. Hillel, The Natural History of the Bible, p. 17.
3. Finklestein and Silberman, The Bible Unearthed, p. 319.
4. Qur’án 11:41–44, p. 129 (Turner translation).
5. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 213.
6. Leeming, Jealous Gods and Chosen People, p. 38; Horowitz, Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography, p. 10.
7. Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is Come, ¶291; Oden, “The Persistence of Canaanite Religion,” p. 31; Becking et al., Only One God? Monotheism in Ancient Israel and the Veneration of the Goddess Asherah, p. 25; Falk, A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews; p. 48.
8. Scharfstein, Torah and Commentary, p. 43; Plaut et al., The Torah: A Modern Commentary, pp. 96, 100, 306; Elwell and Comfort, Tyndale Bible Dictionary, p. 542; Horowitz, Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography, p. 107.
9. Deiss and Beaumont, Joseph, Mary, Jesus, pp. 8–13.
10. Henry, God, Revelation, and Authority, pp. 182–83.
11. Exodus 20:3–4 (New International Version).
12. Acts 19:26 (New Living Translation).
13. Genesis 12:8 (King James Version).
8 / A LESSON FOR PHARAOH
1. Qur’án 3:8 (Turner translation).
2. Genesis 12:10 (New American Standard Bible).
3. Swedenborg, The Apocalypse Explained According to the Spiritual Sense, pp. 806–7.
4. Amos 8:11 (King James Version).
5. John 6:35 (New American Standard Bible).
6. Qur’án 106:3–4 (Pickthall translation).
7. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 190.2.
8. Hillel, The Natural History of the Bible, p. 60.
9. Genesis 12:11–13 (King James Version).
10. Strouhal and Forman, Life of the Ancient Egyptians, pp. 54–55.
11. Genesis 12:18–19 (New International Version).
12. Shoghi Effendi, Dawn of a New Day, p. 197.
13. Matthew 12:50 (King James Version); Qur’án 49:10 (Palmer and also Yusuf Ali translations).
14. Bukhari, The Hadith of Bukhari, 3:34:420.
15. Ibid., 3:34:420, 4:55:578, and 3:47:803.
16. I Kings 8:38 (King James Version).
17. Genesis Rabbah 45:1, cited in Wiesel, Wise Men and Their Tales: Portraits of Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Masters, p. 14.
9 / THE APOSTLE IN SODOM
1. The Qur’án, Sura 37 (Palmer translation).
2. Genesis 13:5–9 (King James Version).
3. Psalms 78:52 (King James Version).
4. Genesis 13:10 (New International Version).
5. Genesis 2:9 (New International Version); Collinson et al., Fifty Eastern Thinkers, p. 4. Tradition, as cited in this book, states that Zoroaster was initially reviled, later found favor with a ruler who promoted His teachings, and then was murdered while praying.
6. Genesis 13:13 (King James Version).
7. Genesis 14:22–23 (New Living Translation).
8. Genesis 14:19 (New International Version).
9. Genesis 14:18 (King James Version) and Hebrews 7:2 (New American Standard Bible).
10. Hebrews 7:15–17 (New American Standard Bible).
11. Osborne and Comfort, Life Application Bible Commentary: Hebrews, p. 95.
10 / PROMISES, PROMISES
1. Qur’án 3:9 (Palmer translation).
2. Genesis 13:16 (King James Version); Genesis 15:4 (King James Version and New American Standard Bible).
3. Genesis 15:9 (New International Version).
4. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, p. 635.
5. King and Stager, Life in Biblical Israel, p. 44.
6. Silver, History of Messianic Speculation in Israel, p. 38; Gonen, Burial Patterns and Cultural Diversity in Bronze-Age Canaan, p. 4.
7. Genesis 15:13–16 (King James Version).
8. Miller and Hayes, A History of Ancient Israel and Judah, p. 38.
9. Genesis 15:17 (New International Version).
10. Genesis 15:18 (New American Standard Bible).
11 / ASTONISHED BY AN ANGEL
1. Thoreau, Walden and Other Writings of Henry David Thoreau, p. 77.
2. Genesis 16:1 (New International Version).
3. Genesis 16:2 (King James Version).
4. Ginzburg, The Legends of the Jews, p. 238.
5. Genesis 16:7–9 (King James Version).
6. Luke 24:23 (New Revised Standard Version); Numbers 22:31 (New Revised Standard Version); ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 39.3.
7. Genesis 16:9 (King James Version).
8. Genesis 16:11 (American King James Version).
9. Genesis 16:10 (New Revised Standard Version).
10. Genesis 16:12 (New American Standard Bible).
11. Genesis 16:12 (American King James Version).
12. Genesis 16:12 (New International Version).
13. Alter, The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary, p. 80.
14. Mir, Understanding the Islamic Scripture: A Study of Selected Passages from the Qur’án, p. 34.
15. Maalouf, Arabs in the Shadow of Israel, p. 73.
16. Genesis 16:13 (World English Bible).
17. Genesis 16:13 (World English Bible and Young’s Literal Translation of the Bible).
12 / THE SECOND HEIR
1. Blanchard, cited in Bliss, The World’s Best Poetry, p. 37.
2. Genesis 17:16 (King James Version).
3. Freedman et al., Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, p. 9.
4. Cook, The Holy Bible, According to the Authorized Version (AD 1611), p. 120; ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, p. 243.
5. Genesis 17:2–8 (New Living Translation).
6. Genesis 17:2–8 (King James Version).
7. Genesis 17:18 (King James Version and New International Version).
8. Genesis 17:20 (King James Version); Genesis 17:21 (New American Standard Bible); Genesis 17:19 (King James Version).
9. Genesis 17:23–25 (King James Version).
10. Gollaher, Circumcision: A History of the World’s Most Controversial Surgery, p. 1.
11. Denniston et al., Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice, p. 145.
12. Jeremiah 4:4 (King James Version); Colossians 2:11 (New International Version).
13. American Urological Association, http://urologyhealth.org/pediatric/index.cfm?cat=10&topic=350.
14. Task Force on Circumcision, Circumcision Policy Statement, pp. 686–93.
15. Genesis 18:1–2 (King James Version). The final sentence is from the New International Version.
16. Saxon, The Eucharist in Romanesque France: Iconography and Theology, p. 184.
17. Sheridan, Genesis 12–50, pp. 62–63.
13 / ANGELS IN SODOM
1. “All Through the Night” (Old Welsh Folksong). Lyrics from http://ingeb.org/songs/sleepmyc.html.
2. Genesis 18:23–35 (New Living Translation).
3. Genesis 19:1–14 (New Revised Standard Version).
4. Genesis 19:25 (New Living Translation); Qur’án 53:53–54 (Yusuf Ali translation).
5. Enzel et al., New Frontiers in Dead Sea Paleoenvironmental Research, p. 9.
6. Rapp, Archaeomineralogy, p. 236.
7. Genesis 19:28 (New Living Translation).
8. Matthew 5:13 (King James Version); ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, pp. 215–16; Colossians 4:6 (New American Standard Bible).
9. Qur’án 35:13 and 55:19–22 (Rodwell translation).
10. Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, ¶111.
14 / DYING OF THIRST
1. Shurcliff, A Man Walks the Earth: Near and Far in New England, p. 61.
2. Genesis 21:6 (New Revised Standard Version); Qur’án 14:39 (Palmer translation).
3. Genesis 21:10 (New American Standard Bible).
4. Genesis 21:12–13 (King James Version).
5. Genesis 21:14 (New International Version).
6. Lings, Muḥammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, p. 2; Bukhari, The Hadith of Bukhari, 4:55:583.
7. Qur’án 14:37 (Yusuf Ali translation).
8. Genesis 21:15–16 (New International Version).
9. Bukhari, The Hadith of Bukhari, 3:55:583; Darr, Shaheen. “The miracle of Zam Zam water.” www.helium.com/items/1052721-the-miracle-of-zam-zam-water.
10. Genesis 21:18–20 (King James Version).
11. Genesis 21:20–21 (King James Version).
12. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 210.5; Qur’án 19:55 (Yusuf Ali).
13. Elwell and Comfort, Tyndale Bible Dictionary, p. 429; Shoghi Effendi, Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand, p. 41.
14. Lings, Muḥammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, p. 4.
15. Psalms 84:3–6 (New Living Translation).
16. Qur’án 3:90–91 (Rodwell translation).
17. Lings, Muḥammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, p. 4; Balyuzi, Muḥammad and the Course of Islam, p. 13.
18. Lings, Muḥammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, p. 5; Balyuzi, Muḥammad and the Course of Islam, p. 133.
15 / THE MYSTERY OF SACRIFICE
1. James 2:21–22 (New International Version).
2. Genesis 22:2 (New American Standard Bible).
3. Qur’án Sura 37 (Palmer translation); Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, no. 32.1.
4. John 16:12 (King James Version); Universal House of Justice, Research Department. “The Unity of Religions in This Century, Jews and the Crucifixion, and the Sacrifice of Ishmael.” [n.p.]
5. Armstrong, A History of God: The 4000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, p. 18.
6. The Báb, quoted in Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, ¶ 259; Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, ¶ 278.
7. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 31.8.
8. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, no. 29.30–35.
9. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, pp. 155, 163.
10. Qur’án 37:102 (Rodwell translation).
11. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, no. 32.1.
12. Genesis 22:11 (New American Standard Bible).
13. Genesis 22:11 (New International Version); Genesis 22:11–12 (King James Version).
14. John 1:29 and Peter 1:19 (King James Version).
15. Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 188; Momen, An Introduction to Shi’i Islam, pp. 28–33.
16. Cameron and Momen, A Basic Bahá’í Chronology, p. 53.
17. Bowers, God Speaks Again, p. 78.
18. Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 298.
16 / A FINAL RESTING PLACE
1. Burns, Vision of Prophecy, p. 19.
2. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, p. 243.
3. Genesis 23:4 (Alter) and Genesis 23:6 (New American Standard Bible).
4. King and Stager, Life in Biblical Israel, p. 364.
5. Genesis 23:8–9 (New International Version).
6. Ibid.
7. Genesis 23:11 (New International Version).
8. Genesis 23:13 (New American Standard Bible).
9. Genesis 23:14–15 (New Living Translation).
10. Genesis 23:17 (New American Standard Bible).
11. Ibid.
17 / THREE WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
1. Bahá’u’lláh, in Bahá’í Prayers, p. 118.
2. Genesis 24:4 (New Living Translation).
3. Genesis 24:10 (New Revised Standard Version).
4. Genesis 24:14 (New Revised Standard Version).
5. Lloyd and Brice, “Harran,” p. 83.
6. Genesis 24:17 (New International Version).
7. Genesis 24:18–20 (New International Version).
8. Aruz et al., Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C., p. 38.
9. Genesis 24:25 (New American Standard Bible).
10. Rappoport, Myth and Legend of Ancient Israel, pp. 283–85.
11. Genesis 24:1 (King James Version); Charles, The Book of Jubilees, p. 113.
12. Charles, The Book of Jubilees, p. 113.
13. Genesis 25:2–4 (King James Version).
14. Genesis 25:6 (King James Version).
15. Hastings, A Dictionary of the Bible, p. 509; Eph’al, The ancient Arabs; Nomads on the Border of the Fertile Crescent 9th—5th Centuries B.C., p. 232.
16. Eph’al, The ancient Arabs; Nomads on the Border of the Fertile Crescent 9th—5th Centuries B.C., p. 232; Walton and Matthews, The IVP Bible Background Commentary, p. 54.
17. Genesis 13:16 (King James Version).
18. Pringle, The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 227.
19. Roller, The Building Program of Herod the Great, p. 163.
18 / HINTING AT THE FUTURE
1. Winston Churchill, cited in Partington, Oxford Book of Quotations, p. 215.
2. Genesis 26:18 (King James Version).
3. Numbers 20:11 (King James Version); John 4:11 (King James Version); the Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, 2:14:13; Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 212.
4. Deuteronomy 4:24–25 (King James Version).
5. I John 1:5 (King James Version) and John 4:16 (King James Version).
6. Balyuzi, Muḥammad and the Course of Islam, pp. 14–15; Qur’án 2:92 (Rodwell translation).
7. Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 122; Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, ¶104.
8. Qur’án 3:90–91 and Qur’án 2:119 (Rodwell translation).
9. Brier and Hobbs, Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians, p. 36.
10. Dietz and McHone, “Kaaba Stone: Not a Meteorite, Probably an Agate,” pp. 173–75.
11. Qur’án, page 52, note 125 (Yusuf Ali translation).
12. Lings, Muḥammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, p. 4; Siculus, cited in Spicer, The Ka’bah: Rhythms of Culture, Faith and Physiology, p. 37.
19 / MOSES
1. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 76.
2. Alter, The Five Books of Moses: A Translations with Commentary, p. 311.
3. Exodus 2:3–4, in Alter, The Five Books of Moses: A Translations with Commentary, p. 312.
4. Exodus 2:7, in Alter, The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary, p. 312.
5. Alter, The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary, p. 312.
6. Exodus 2:11–14 (New International Version).
7. Exodus 2:15 (King James Version).
8. Bahá’u’lláh, The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 67.
9. Exodus 3:15 (King James Version).
10. Qur’án 6:154 (Rodwell translation); Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, ¶12.
20 / JESUS THE CHRIST
1. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, p. 310.
2. Mark 12:26 (King James Version) and Luke 1:54 (New American Standard Bible).
3. John 13:34; Matthew 5:31 (New International Version).
4. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, no. 16.6.
5. Luke 3:38 (King James Version).
6. Micah 5:1–6, Isaiah 11:1, Ezekiel 37:22–26, and 2 Samuel 7:16 (New American Standard Bible).
7. McDonald, New Catholic Encyclopedia, p. 319. Two versions of the Catholic Encyclopedia—1913 (Hebermann) and 1967 (McDonald)—agree that there is no valid reason to conclude that either of the genealogies for Jesus refers to the line of Mary. An excellent discussion of the difficulties of reconciling the two genealogies is contained in the 1967 edition, vol. 6, p. 319.
8. A concise explanation of the Islamic point of view is contained in the Qur’án 3:33–36, plus the footnote of the Yusuf Ali translation. The New Testament mentions the cousinship of Mary and Elizabeth in Luke 1:5 and 1:36. The Bahá’í understanding of Jesus’ descent is found in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, pp. 63–64.
9. John 18:36 (King James Version); ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity, p. 74.
21 / MUḤAMMAD
1. Qur’án 2:130 (Palmer translation).
2. Psalms 84:6 (King James Version).
3. Deuteronomy 18:18 and Isaiah 42:1–17.
4. John 14:16 (New International Version).
5. John 15:26 (Bible in Basic English).
6. John 16:7 (King James Version).
7. John 14:26 (Douay-Rheims Bible).
8. All of the dialogue and many of the details about Bahira in this chapter are taken from Lings, Muḥammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, pp. 29–30.
9. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 13.
10. Qur’án 3:89 (Rodwell translation).
11. Qur’án 2:87 and 3:57 (Palmer translation).
12. Qur’án 5:48, cited in Brown, A New Introduction to Islam, pp. 231–32.
13. Qur’án 2:256 and 3:19 (Rodwell translation).
14. Extracted on August 26, 2009 from www.pbs.org/muhammad/m_otherrel.shtml.
15. Genesis 17:20 (King James Version).
16. Qur’án 2:85 (Yusuf Ali translation).
17. Momen, An Introduction to Shi’i Islam, pp. 166–70.
22/ THE BÁB
1. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, no. 30.
2. Woodward and Howe, What hath God wrought: the transformation of America, 1815–1848, p. 7
3. For a discussion of the sacred writings of the Báb and the laws He promulgated, see Smith, The Bábí and Bahá’í Religions: From messianic Shi’ism to a world religion, pp. 31–35.
4. “Mahometan Schism.” London Times, November 19, 1845. Reproduced on http://the-mission-of-the-bab.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html.
5. Winter, http://bahai-library.com/winters_chronology_babi_persecutions.
6. The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, 4:10:6.
7. Ibid., 2:4:3.
8. Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, The Dawn-Breakers: Nabil’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation, pp. 76–77.
9. Qur’án 39:68 in Palmer, Rodwell, Yusuf Ali, and others. There is a second verse (79:6–7, Rodwell) that mentions two trumpet blasts, but some translators use the word “trump” or “shock wave” or “commotion” instead of “trumpet.”
23 / BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
1. Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations, p. 20.
2. Ibid., p. 21.
3. Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, pp. 144–50.
4. Ibid., p. 94.
5. The historian who traced the Sasanian Dynasty was Muḥammad Ibn Jarir At-Tabari, who died in AD 922. Also pertinent to the subject of the Sasanian kings is Bailey and Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran, pp. 697–98. The link between the Nuri family (from which Bahá’u’lláh’s father came) and the Sasanian kings is outlined in Balyuzi, Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory, p. 1.
6. 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 (King James Version).
7. 1 Chronicles 3:19, Matthew 1:12, and Luke 3:27 (New Living Translation). Jesse is established as King David’s father in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, pp. 62–63.
8. Boyce, Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, p. 101.
9. Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, ¶68, ¶159, ¶12; Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, “The Súriy-i-Mulúk,” no. 15; Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, ¶159; Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, “The Súriy-i-Haykal,” no. 108.
10. Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, 1118, 1123; Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 124; Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 166; Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, no. 135.2.
11. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, no. 22.1, 34.5.
12. Ibid., no. 54.1, no. 131.2.
13. Micah 7:12 (King James Version).
24 / IDENTIFYING ABRAHAM’S DESCENDANTS
1. Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic no. 68.
2. Shreeve, “The Greatest Journey Ever Told: The Trail of Our DNA,” p. 62.
3. Olson, “The Royal We,” pp. 62–64.
4. Ibid., p. 63.
5. Ibid., p. 64.
6. Genesis 13:16 (King James Version).
25 / PROPHECY FULFILLED
1. Kung, in a speech given at Santa Clara University on March 31, 2005, www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/global_ethics/laughlin-lectures/kung-world-religions.html.
2. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá During His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, p. 513.
3. Dosick, Living Judaism: the complete guide to Jewish belief, tradition and practice, p. 67.
4. Mark 3:34–35 (New Revised Standard Version).
5. Qur’án 2:112 (Yusuf Ali translation).
6. Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_World’s_Religions.
7. Hanson, The world’s congress of religions, pp. 950–51.
APPENDIX A: BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER RELIGIONS?
1. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, pp. 209–10.
2. John 10:16 (King James Version).
3. Holder, The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality, p. 163.
4. Contributed by Prithvi Vinod. Further information can be found in his book 19,000 Years of World History, written under the pen name Prithviraj R.
5. Vinod, http://prithvithoughts.blogspot.com/.
6. Neusner, “Note on Barukh ben Neriah and Zoroaster,” p. 359; ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 213. Some of these alleged connections are more fully described in “Biblical Memoranda,” an article (no author listed) in The Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record, v.2, 1825, pp. 193–94.
7. Nelson, Buddha: His Life and His Teaching, pp. 16–17.
APPENDIX B: THE ANCIENT SABEAN FAITH AND SABEANISM TODAY
1. Mandaean Root.com, www.mandaeanroot.com/.
2. Land-Poole, Stanley, Studies in a Mosque, ooks.google.com.
3. Hornby, Lights of Guidance, no. 1694.
4. Science, 3/8/2007, vol. 317, pp. 588, 589.