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Appendix E
Glossary of Symbols
ABADDON, APOLLYON lit. The Destroyer, Abu'Sufyan
ADULTERY to share false doctrine
ADVENT the Coming of a new Manifestation of God
AIR 1. spirituality, nearness to God; 2 unlocalized (16:17)
ALPHA (AND) OMEGA 1. lit. Nine, the number of Baha'; 2. the Lord
God; 3. Baha'u'llah; 4. Jesus Christ; 5. the Word of God; 6.
the Manifestation
ALTAR a place of offering to God
AMEN 1. lit. Faithful and True, Muhammad; 2 so be it, etc.
ANGEL 1. a purified soul; 2. a celestial (spiritual) messenger;
3. a Revelator; 4. a spiritual leader; 5. fallen angel--a
spiritual leader fallen from grace; 6. angel of light (12:7)--
good spiritual principle; 7. angel of darkness (12:7)--evil
spiritual principle. [See Four Angels, Mighty Angel, Seven
Angels]
ANTIPAS lit. Against All, Lord Buddha
APOSTLE trusted messenger
[APOLLYON lit. The Destroyer, Abu'Sufyan]
ARK OF THE TESTAMENT 1. Book of God's Testament and the Epistle
of the Covenant; 2. 'Abdu'l-Baha, the Center of the Covenant
ARMAGEDDON Heb., lit. mountain of conflict, hence: piling up of
sorrow
ARMIES 1. (in heaven) spiritual forces; 2. (hosts) sanctified
followers of Baha'u'llah (19:14)
BABYLON (from _Bab-el_, Gate of God and _bal-bel_ confusion), the
city of the corrupted Word of God
BAGHDAD lit. Gift of God
BALAAM, DOCTRINE OF 1. idol worship; 2. materialism
BALANCE 1. power of judgement; 2. Book of God; 3. new
Manifestation
BATTLE contlict
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BEAR Media-Persia
BEASTS 1. rulers; 2. Empires; (also see Four Beasts, First Beast,
Second Beast)
BEAST THAT WAS AND IS NOT Empire of Alexander the Great
BED bed of heedlessness, misery and shame
BELOVED CITY prob. Jerusalem
BIRD 1. soul; 2. animating principle; 3. attributes
BLACK loss of spiritual light (illumination)
[BLASPHEMY see Name of Blasphemy]
BLOOD 1. life-force; 2. sacrifice; 3. opposite of water: "turn
water into blood" means to convert source of spiritual life
into a source of spiritual death; 4. suffering (14:20); 5. shed
blood--kill (16:6)
BOOK OF LIFE the Book containing the names of those who deserve
salvation and are firm in the Covenant of God
BOOK OF SEVEN SEALS the Holy Books of the seven Faiths of Asia
BOTTOMLESS PIT pit of theological error
BOW false propaganda
BRASS or BRONZE blended metal, hence the blending of mankind
BRIDE the renewed Word of God
[BRIDLE see horse's bridle]
[BRONZE blended metal, hence the blending of mankind]
BURN condemn
[CALF see ox]
CAMP OF SAINTS possib. the Baha'i Universal House of Justice
CANDLE formal Church
CANDLESTICK 1. source of spiritual light (guidance); 2. a Faith;
3. a Prophet; 4. a formal Church
CARMEL lit. Vineyard of God
CENSER piety
CHILD (man-child) 1. the Bab; 2. the Twelfth Imam
CHRIST lit. from Gr. _Christos_, The Annointed One
CHURCH 1. a Divinely revealed Faith; 2. Church of Jesus Christ;
3. earthly Church imperfectly representing the Divine Church
[See also Seven Churches]
CITY 1. institutions, civilization; 2. inhabitants; 3. the abode
of
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the soul; 4. the Holy City Jerusalem of the true Word of God
(14:20); 5. the great city Babylon of the corrupted Word of
God (16:19)
CLOUD 1. a veil between man and heaven; 2. trouble; 3. cloud of
glory
[CLOTHING see Garment]
COLD spiritual indifference
COLORS:
WHITE purity
BLACK 1. injustice; 2. unspiritual
RED war
PALE indifference
SCARLET spiritual beauty (Muslim)
PURPLE royalty
COUNTENANCE spiritual aspect or appearance
CREATURES people with various attributes
CROWN 1. authority; 2. reward; 3. rulership
CUBIT a sacred measure, usually equal to the forearm of the
reigning priest-king; two spans
CUP see drink
DARKNESS lack of spiritual understanding
DAY 1. a year; 2. a "time" of 360 years; 3. an era of arbitrary
duration; 4. a Day of God or a Lord's Day, i.e., a
Dispensation
DAY OF GOD the Dispensation of a Manifestation of God
DEAD BODY outward appearance without spiritual reality
DEATH 1. spiritual unawareness; 2. First Death--failure to accept
Jesus Christ; 3. Second Death--failure to accept Baha'u'llah
DESOLATION spiritually destitute
DESTROY see kill
DEVIL (from Gr. _Diabolos_) 1. The Deceiver, the principle of
deception whereby the Word of God becomes corrupted; 2. evil
principle
DEVOUR destroy
DIE IN THE LORD 1. to die in one's self to live in God; 2. to
sacrifice one's life for the Cause of God
DISPENSATION a Day of God, the calendrical period during
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which a Manifestation is predominant in the contingent world
DOOR 1. a test; 2. the Bab; 3. the opening into a new Age
DRAGON 1. the Serpent (Devil); 2. evil ruler
DRINK to experience
DRY UP to remove the source of spiritual grace and knowledge
EAGLE 1. majesty, authority, victory; 2. sharp vision; 3. Great
Eagle--Muhammad; 4. the ancient name for the zodiacal sign
Scorpio; 5. Flying Eagle--Shoghi Effendi [4:7] [See also Two
Wings of a Great Eagle]
EARS capacity for understanding spiritual teachings
EARTH 1. the world of man; 2. the Law of God concerning the
contingent world; 3. the world of matter; 4. earthly grave
(12:4); 5. ruins (13:11)
EARTHQUAKE 1. a shaking of the world of man; 2. a literal
earthquake (11:13)
EAST land to the east of Israel: Persia, 'Iraq, etc.
EAT 1. accept; 2. eat flesh--see devour
[ELDERS See Twenty-four Elders]
END OF THE AGE the end of the Age of Prophecy. The Age of
Prophecy began with the Prophet Adam and ended with the Bab.
EPHESUS, CHURCH OF lit. family hearth, the Sabean Faith
EYES 1. capacity for spiritual vision; 2. eyes within--spiritual
insight
EYES OF FLAME 1. the eyes of Baha'u'llah; 2. vengeance
FACE OF GOD the attributes of God reflected in His Manifestation
(22:4)
FACE OF MAN unity of mankind
FAITHFUL AND TRUE (name)--The Bird of the Celestial Throne,
Baha'u'llah (19:11
FALSE PROPHET 1. a pretender to Divine Revelation; 2. Mirza
Yahya
FAMINE to be without spiritual sustenance
FATHER 1. God; 2. Station of the Father-the spiritual rank of
Baha'u'llah
FEARFUL afraid to accept the new Manifestation
FEED sustain
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FEET source of worldly strength
FIRE OR HEAT 1. suffering; 2. wrath; 3. purification; 4.
tribulation; 5. rebuke; 6. fire and brimstone--severe spiritual
torment that cannot be distinguished; 7. fiery speech; 8. Greek
fire (13:13)
FIRST BEAST the Bani-Umayyad dynasty, personified by Abu-Sufyan
FIRST BEGOTTEN OF THE DEAD Jesus Christ, the first to be raised
from spiritual death during His Ministry
FLEE to disappear, pass away (20:11)
FLOOD flood of decptive words (12:15)
FLYING EAGLE see eagle [(4:7)]
FOREHEAD 1.head, as in "head tax"; 2. brow, as in "seal on his
brow"
FORNICATION false doctrine
FOUNTAINS OF WATER sources of spiritual grace and knowledge
FOUR ANGELS power of the the world of man
FOUR BEASTS 1. four paragons of virtue, rulers who are destined
to accept Baha'u'llah; 2. the Four Pillars of the age of
Aquarius-Leo; 3. the four Central Figures of the Baha'i Faith
FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH 1. the celestial directions
corresopinding to the equinoxes and solstices; 2. the
constellations corresponding to the equinoxes and solstices
FOUR HORNS voices of the Four Winds
FOUR HORSEMEN, FOUR HORSES see colors, horse]
FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH 1. the four hemishperes: Northern,
Southern, Eastern, Western; 2. the four cardinal directions,
North, South, East, West
FOUR WINDS OF THE EARTH the winds of prophecy
FOWL see bird
FROGS unclean principles and false teachings
FRUITS 1. blessings; 2. consequential outcomes
FURLONG an earthly measure
GAIN THE VICTORY to overcome
GARMENT, RAIMENT, ROBE 1. attributes of the soul; 2. garment to
the foot--heavenly attributes
[GATE see Twelve Gates]
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[GEMS see precious stones]
GLASS clearly understood [See also sea of glass]
GLORY OF GOD lit. Baha'u'llah
GOG AND MAGOG rulers and peoples motivated by satanic forces
GOLD 1. excellence and perfection; 2. Divine
GOLDEN GIRDLE 1. spiritual power; 2. a new Faith
GOSPEL lit. glad tidings
GRASS 1. people of the earth; 2. green grass--righteous people
GRAVE a place for (see) dead bodies (11:9)
GREAT TRIBULATION persecutions of righteous peoples
GREAT WHORE 1. false theology, the corrupter of the Word of God
(see woman)
[GREEN GRASS righteous people]
HAIL missiles of Divine punishment
HARLOT theologies or priest who prostitiutes the Word of God (see
woman)
HARPS contemplation
HARVEST mankind in its various degrees of spiritual growth
HEAD 1. a projectile (9:19); 2. a dominion (12:3) (See Seven
Heads]
HEAR to understand the true meanings of spiritual teachings
[HEAT see fire]
HEAVEN 1. the realm of the spirit; 2. closeness to God; 3. the
realm of Divine principles reflected imprefectly in the world
of man; 4. the Law of God concernng eternal verities; 5. the
source of Divine prophecy
HELL remoteness from God
HIDDEN MANNA 1. spiritual sustenance from heaven; 2. Divine
Revelation
HIM WHICH IS, AND WHICH WAS, AND IS TO COME 1. the Lord God; 2.
the Hebrew Trinity, Yahweh; 3. God's recurring Manifestations
HOLY CITY 1. Jerusalem; 2. the Law of God
HORN 1. a name of a ruler (12:3); 2. the name of an office
(13:11); 3. a name of authority (5:6) [See also ten horns, two
horns]
HORSE 1. a potent force; 2. White Horse--theology (corrupted,
6:2; true, 19:11); 3. Red Horse--war; 4. Black Horse--economic
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injustice; 5. Pale Horse--ungodliness, spiritual indifference;
6. cannons (9:17); (also see white horse[, color])
HORSE'S BRIDLE, HEIGHT OF seven spans
HOT religious zeal
HOUR 1. a short time;o 2. a part of a year; 3. (cap.) the person
of the Manifestation of God; 4. (cap.) the time when the
Manifestation declares His Mission; 5. The "Hour"--the "Time of
the end"
HOUR OF TEMPTATION 1. the temptation to deny or martyr the Bab;
2. the "Hour"
HUNGER to need spiritual sustenance
HUSBAND 1. the Center of the Covenant; 2. 'Abdu'l-Baha
IMAGE OF THE BEAST the Second Beast, the 'Abbasid dynasty, a
revived replica of the First Beast
ISLAND 1. a place of refuge on the sea of the spirit; 2. a place
of refuge on the sea of humanity; 3. a church
JERUSALEM lit. Sacred Peace; 2. the City of the renewed and
purified Word of God
JEW 1. a lover of righteousness; 2. one who accepts the
Manifestation
JEZEBEL daughter of Ethbaal, king of Tyre and Sidon, who
introduced the doctrine of Balaam into Israel. She symbolizes
idol worship, false priesthood, etc.
KEY power to open and close
KEY OF DAVID the power to open a new Age
KEYS OF HELL AND DEATH the power to bring people back to God and
to resurrect the spiritually dead
KILL 1. to overcome or vanquish; 2. to destroy spiritual
reality (11:7)
{KING see Seven Kings, ten horns]
KING OF LOCUSTS Abu-Sufyan (also king of the First Beast)
[KING OF THE FIRST BEAST Abu-Sufyan]
KINGDOM OF GOD the World Order of Baha'u'llah
KINGS OF THE EAST Baha'u'llah and His Successors
LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE extreme spiritual torment
LAMB 1. "Leader of the flock;" 2. Holy Figure sacrificed for the
Covenant; 3. the Center of the Covenant; 4. Jesus Christ
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5. The Bab; 6. 'Abdu'l-Baha; 7. meekness (13:11); 8. Aries, the
first sign of the zodiac
[LAMP see Seven Lamps]
LAODICEA, CHURCH OF lit. just people, the Muslim Faith
LEAVES OF THE TREE teachings
LEOPARD Empire of Alexander
LIAR corrupter of the Word of God
LIFE to be spiritually aware
LIGHTNING anger and wrath of God
[LINEN See white linen]
LION 1. kingly majesty and strength; 2. Babylonia; 3. Leo, the
sign of the zodiac; 4. the Lion of Judah, Baha'u'llah
LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH Baha'u'llah
LITTLE BOOK the Word of God
LOCUSTS, PLAGUE OF mounted warriors
LORD'S DAY 1. the duration of the Dispensation of a Manifestation
of God; 2. Lord's day (uncapitalized)--Sunday
LUKEWARM bigoted
MAN 1. unity of man; 2. Aquarius, the sign of the zodiac; 3. the
Bab
[MAN-CHILD 1. the Bab; 2. the Twelfth Imam]
[MANNA see Hidden Manna]
MARK 1. stigma; 2. name; 3. mark on the right (working)
hand--land and business tax (kharaj); 4. mark on the forehead--
head tax (jizya)
MARRIAGE reunion of the Word of God with man
MICHAEL lit. One Like God, the Spirit of Baha'u'llah
MIGHTY ANGEL the Spirit of Baha'u'llah (10:1)
MIRACLE a wonder, not necessarily supernatural
MONTH thirty years
MOON 1. a reflector of the light of heaven; 2. a prophet or a
Manifestation; 3. leaders of the worldly Church; 4. emblem of
Turkey (12:1)
MOUNTAIN 1. a nation; 2. a religion; 3. a people; 4. a place of
refuge
MOUTH 1. the opening of a cannon (9:19); 2. speech (10:9); 3. a
devourer (12:16); 4. center of command (Capital or throne) (13:2)
MYSTERY OF GOD 1. hidden meanings of prophecy (10:7);
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2. 'Abdu'l-Baha
NAKED lacking in spiritual attributes (raiment)
NAME OF BLASPHEMY The Caliph (The Successor), 666
NAME WRITTEN see White Stone
NEW JERUSALEM the City of the renewed Word of God, the City of
Baha
NEW NAME 1. Baha; 2. Baha'u'llah
NEW SONG the new Message
NICOLAITANES followers of Nicolas, i.e., Covenant breakers
NIGHT the period between two Divine Revelations when the Sun of
Truth is not manifest among men
NUMBERS:
3 Divinity; holiness, heaven; Yahweh
4 world of man
7 union of heaven and earth; opportunity; expiation and
sacrifice, trial and punishment, the union of Divinity and
the world of man (3 + 4)
9 Baha', the Greatest Name of God; Baha'u'llah; the Trinity of
Trinities; the Completed Triad; the unity of religions and
mankind
12 = 3 (cabalistic contraction); the Twelve Tribes of Israel;
the Twelve Apostles of Jesus; the Twelve Basic Principles of
the Baha'i Faith; the signs of the zodiac; the unity of
heaven and earth (3x4); the Twelve Imams of Islam; etc..
144 = 9 (cabalistic contraction); the twice-72 primal points of
the Baha'i Dispensation; (poss.) Baha'u'llah BHááo^^áá
666 = 9 (cabalistic contraction); The Caliph; Yang; the sun;
the source of Divine inspiration (uncorrupted); the worldly
Church (corrupted)
1,600 = 7 (cabalistic contraction); "40-times-40"
12,000 = 3 (cabalistic contraction)
144,000 = 9 (cabalistic contraction); the "firstfruits"
200,000,000 = 2 (cabalistic contraction)
ODORS (perfumes)--prayers
OFFSPRING OF DAVID 1. a descendant of David; 2. the Spirit of
David; 3. Jesus Christ
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OVERCOME to resist and overcome false doctrine
OX (calf in KJV) 1. strength and servitude; 2. Taurus, the sign
of the zodiac; 3. the Servant of Baha', 'Abdu'l-Baha
PAIN spiritual suffering
PALMS glad tidings, victory
PARADISE 1. heaven; 2. closeness to God; 3. Ridvan
PASS AWAY see flee (21:1)
PERGAMOS, CHURCH OF lit. parchment, the Hindu Faith
PHILADELPHIA, CHURCZH OF lit. brotherly love, the Christian Faith
PRECIOUS STONES [See Chapter 21]--
AMETHYST 1. spiritual light; 2. reverence, healing, serenity,
poise; 3. world tribunal or parliament of man
BERYL 1. faith, loyalty, humility, unity; 2. universal peace
CHALCEDONY 1. purity; 2. all religions are one
CHRYSOLITE 1. the Chrysolite Tablet; 2. sincerity,
truthfulness, purity, selflessness; 3. elimination of
prejudice
CHRYSOPRASUS 1. truthfulness, sincerity, justice, purity; 2.
spiritual solution of the economic problem
EMERALD 1. harmony and unity; 2. religion must be source of
unity
JACINTH 1. universal color; 2. hue of the heart; 3. auxiliary
universal language
JASPER 1. unification of man; 2. red of the heart
PEARL innocence
SAPPHIRE 1. truth, faith, inspiration, loyalty; 2. independant
investigation of truth
SARDINE unity of material and spiritual worlds
SARDIUS science and religion agree
SARDONYX 1. two in one; 2 equality of man and woman
TOPAZ 1. light of knowledge, glory of wisdom; 2. universal
education
[PROPHETS See Two Prophets]
QUEEN married to the Lamb [Compare widow]
RAIMENT see garment
RAIN bounty from heaven
RAINBOW the Covenant between God and man that He will
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always send man a Manifestation provided we will follow His
Laws
REED a flute played by the Divine Flute Player
RESURRECTION 1. renewal of spiritual life (awareness); 2. First
Resurrection--to become spiritually revived through the
acceptance of Baha'u'llah
RICH to have spiritual assets
RIGHT HAND 1. hand of might and power; 2. working hand
RIVERS streams of spiritual grace and knowledge
[ROBE see Garment]
ROCKS strongholds, places of refuge (also see stone)
ROD shepherd's tool held by the Divine Shepherd
ROD OF IRON symbol of power and authority
ROOT OF DAVID 1. Abraham; 2. descendant of Abraham; 3. the Spirit
of Abraham; 4. Jesus Christ; 5. Baha'u'llah
SACKCLOTH old attributes
SAINTS holy and righteous people who follow the Manifestation
SAND OF THE SEA people of all nations
SARDIS, CHURCH OF lit. stone, the Buddhist Faith
SATAN from Heb., lit. The Adversary, the principle of resistance
to the Law of God
SATAN'S SEAT degraded spiritual condition
SCORPION 1. a quickfirer of arrows; 2. Scorpio, the sign of the
zodiac
SEA 1. movement, uncertainty, fluidity; 2. sea of the spirit; 3.
sea of humanity; 4. sea of tribulation; 5. sea of doubt and
disbelief (21:1); 6. sea of death
SEA OF GLASS the Ocean of Truth, the Wellspring of all
knowledge and wisdom
SEAL OF GOD 1. chosen for eternal spiritual life; 2. the number
Three (Yahweh); the number Nine (Baha')
SEASON a part of an Era
SEAT 1. throne of power and authority; 2. Capital; 3. seat of the
beast: Constantinople, Turkey
SECOND BEAST the 'Abbasid dynasty
SECOND DEATH failure to accept Baha'u'llah
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SEE 1. to understand; 2. to have spiritual vision
SEED spiritual descendants
SEVEN ANGELS 1. the seven Prophets of the seven Faiths of Asia;
2. messengers of trial and punishment
SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam,
Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Sabaeanism
SEVEN HEADS the seven dominions ruled by the Bani-Umayya: the
Roman-Byzantine dominion around Damascus, Persia, Arabia,
Egypt, Africa, Andalusia, Turkestan-Transoxania
SEVEN KINGS the seven dominions (ruled by kings) of the
Bani-Umayyad dynasty; five are fallen--the five dominions that
had been conquered; one is (sovereign)--Persia; not yet
come--Turkestan-Transoxania
SEVEN LAMPS seven Spirits (Manifestations of God)
SEVEN SPIRITS 1. Revelators of the Seven Churches: Jesus Christ,
Moses, Krishna, Gautama Buddha, Muhammad, Zoroaster, and
possibly Adam, Noah, or Enoch; 2. the seven letters in the
names HYSYN 'ALY (Husayn 'Ali) or BHA'LLH (Baha'u'llah)
SEVEN THUNDERS voices of the seven Spirits
SHIPS 1. places of refuge on the sea of tribulation; 2. churches
SICKLE power to reap the harvest of mankind
SIN disobeying God's Laws; 2. Enslavement to animal passions; 3.
attachment to the contingent world of attributes and duality
SION OR ZION theocracy directly administered by God, the World
Order of Baha'u'llah
SMITE THE EARTH WITH PLAGUES to chastise, correct, and educate
the wicked
SMOKE 1. obscuring to truth; 2. torment; 3. visible evidence; 4.,
grave dissensions, abrogations of recognized standards, the
destruction of their narrow-minded exponents, etc.
SMYRNA, CHURCH OF lit. myrrh, the Jewish Faith
SODOM AND EGYPT the Near East (11:8)
SON OF MAN 1. Jesus Christ; 2. One Like the Son of
Man--Baha'u'llah
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SON OF GOD 1 (cap.) a Manifestation of God; 2. (l.c.) one who
receives the Word of God
SORCERIES deceptions
SORE spiritual distress
SPIRIT 1. an energizing principle emanating from God; 2. a
Manifestation; 3. the prophetic attitude; 4. unclean spirits--
evil principles and teachings [See also SEVEN SPIRITS]
STAND UP to become spiritually remanifested (11:11)
STARS 1. spiritual leaders; 2. Revelators; 3. fallen star--leader
fallen from grace; 4. morning star--Herald of a new Day of God
(Jesus Christ, the Bab); 5. twelve stars--the Twelve Imams of
Islam; 6. third of the stars of heaven--descendants of
Muhammad; 7. Seven Stars--the seven Revelators of the seven
Churches of Asia; 8. the seven letters in the names HSYN'ALY
(Husayn 'Ali) or BHA'LLH (Baha'u'llah)
STONE 1. truth; 2. concept; 3. hailstone--spiritual test (16:21)
[See also WHITE STONE]
STREET place of activity
SUN 1. God; 2. God's Manifestation; 3. God's Faith; 4. ubiquitous
tribulation (heat); 5. emblem of Persia (12:1); 6. source of
the light of God (19_17); 7. Reality
SUN, MOON, AND STARS 1. the hierarchy; 2. the laws and teachings
of the hierarchy
SWALLOW to devour (12:16)
SWORD 1. weaponry; 2. the Sword of Truth
TABERNACLE OF GOD 1. see Sion; 2. a Manifestation; 3. the
Universal House of Justice
TAIL 1. breech of a cannon (9:19); 2. last ruler of the
Bani-Umayyad dynasty, Marwan II (12:4); 3. a quiver (9:10)
TALENT a spiritual test
TEMPLE OF GOD 1. see Tabernacle of God; 2. the Holy of Holies,
the spiritual Law of God
TEN HORNS the ten (unrepeated) names of the rulers of the
Bani-Umayyad dynasty: Abu-Sufyan, Mu'awiya, Yazid, Marwan,
'Abdal-Malik, al-Walid, Sulayman, 'Umar, Hisham, Ibrahim
TEN KINGS See ten horns
THIEF one who enters and departs unseen
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THIRST to crave spiritual knowledge
THRONE seat of power
THUNDER 1. violation of the Covenant; 2. powerful utterance [See
also SEVEN THUNDERS]
THYATRIA, CHURCH OF lit. (prob.) cypress tree, the Zoroastrian
Faith
THYINE WOOD a scented wood used for perfume
TIME, A 360 years
TIME OF THE END the time between the Hour of the Bab and the Hour
of Baha'u'llah
TREE 1. source of spiritual guidance; 2. Tree of Life; 3.
everlasting spirit [See also Twin Holy Trees, Two Olive Trees]
TREE OF LIFE 1. source of spiritual sustenance, light, and life;
2. a Manifeststion of God; 3. Baha'u'llah
TRUMPET a herald
TWELVE GATES hold Figures of the invisible zodiac; (Also see
door)
TWELVE STARS the twelve Imams of Islam
TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS the twenty-four leading Figures of the Baha'i
Faith (except Baha'u'llah, Who sits on the throne)
TWIN HOLY TREES the Bab and Baha'u'llah
TWO EDGED SWORD the Sword of Truth
TWO HORNS the caliphate and sultanate
TWO OLIVE TREES two sources of spiritual light, Muhammad and 'Ali
TWO PROPHETS Muhammad and 'Ali
TWO WINGS OF A GREAT EAGLE 'Ali and Fatimih
TWO WITNESSES Muhammad and 'Ali
UNCLEAN SPIRITS evil principles and teachings
VINE OF THE EARTH mankind likened to a vineyard
VOICES 1. utterings of doubters and hypocrites; 2. utterings of
angels
WAR IN HEAVEN conflict of principles
WATER 1. spiritual grace and knowledge; 2. words (12:15);
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3. waters--the sea of humanity; 4. many waters--great spiritual
knowledge
WATER OF LIFE heavenly grace and knowledge that revives spiritual
life
WEEK seven years
WHITE purity
WHITE HORSE (ridden by Faithful and True) correct theology
WHITE LINEN attributes of purity and cleanliness of soul
WHITE STONE 1. a scroll addressed by the Bab to His followers and
Baha'u'llah revealing the name of the next Manifestation,
Baha'u'llah; 2. a sealed prophecy revealing the name of the
next Manifestation
WHORE the corrupted Word of God
WIDOW opposite of queen
WIFE see Bride
WILDERNESS 1. desert of Hijaz, place of the Word; 2. spiritual
desolation (17:3)
WIND message from God
WINE 1. wine of wrath--consequential punishment; 2. deception; 3.
intoxication (17:2)
WINGS spiritual flight
[WITNESSES See Two Witnesses]
WOE the dawning of a Day of God, a new Revelation
WOMAN 1. (Bride) the Law of God descended upon mankind; 2.
"woman"--see harlot
WORD OF GOD, THE (name) The Pen of the Most High, Baha'u'llah
(19:13)
WORMWOOD 1. bitterness; 2. Constantine the Great
WOUND calamity
WOUNDED HEAD THAT HEALED Andalusia (Spain)
YEAR 360 years
[zion see SION]