The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

Quotation from Muhammadan tradition: prophecy concerning Báb, Islám, Qur’án, 179

Qur’án, 20, 21, 104, 126, 132, 145, 179

Races, diversity of origins, 41, 45

Races, unity of, 39, 41, 45, 47, 157, 163, 167, 170, 198, 203-205

Racial animosity, 31, 41, 182, 187, 204

Radicalism, 31

Ra’ís, Tablet to, 194

Religion

decline of, cause of moral decadence, 31, 180, 181, 186, 187

defined by Bahá’u’lláh, 163, 186

defined by Communists, 182

fundamental principle of, 57

in accord with science, 204

unity in, 39, 40

vital for world order, 186

world (see Faith of Bahá’u’lláh)

Religions

challenged by nationalism and secularism, 181, 182

differences of, 115, 166

divine in origin, 22, 57, 58, 114, 197

evolutionary stages of one religion, 56, 114, 166

oneness of Prophets (see Manifestations)

similarity of history and establishment, 74, 75, 78, 79

unity of, 39, 47, 58, 61, 114, 131, 166, 185, 197, 205

Remedy for world’s ills (see Present Age)

Renaissance, spiritual, 76, 79

Retribution, Divine (see Calamity)

Return of Christ (Spirit), 25, 104, 139

Revelation, Divine

according to capacity of humanity, 43, 58-63, 102-104, 115-118, 131, 163-166

compared with sun, 59, 75, 117, 127

ended for 1000 years, 132, 143

needed today, 34, 45, 47, 60, 102

transforms mankind, 25, 33, 42, 43, 46, 47, 52, 54, 55, 125, 163, 164, 166, 185, 197, 201, 203

Revelation of Báb, as sun in Aries, 127

Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh (see also Faith of Bahá’u’lláh)

as sun in Leo, 127

compared with Báb’s, 63, 108

compared with former Revelations, 19, 43, 55, 56, 57, 60, 107, 108, 127, 143, 145, 146, 152, 163, 164, 167

culmination of all past Revelations, 100, 103, 104, 105, 112, 114, 166, 167, 202

not final Revelation, 58, 59, 115, 116, 131

one with Revelations of past, 22, 58, 59, 114, 131, 148, 197

Riḍván, 116

Roman Emperor, 176

Roman Empire

cults of, 184

early Christians of, 57

fall of, 35, 74, 156, 171, 202

Royalty, tribute of, 55, 93, 99, 197, 201