Notes to Aqdas, Sentence #247
Notes from the Authorized Translation
127. crimson Spot # 100
This is a reference to the prison-city of Akka. In the Baha'i
Writings the word "crimson" is used in several allegorical
and symbolic senses. (See also note 115.)
128. the Sadratu'l-Muntaha # 100
Literally "the furthermost Lote-Tree", translated by Shoghi
Effendi as "the Tree beyond which there is no passing". This is
used as a symbol in Islam, for example in the accounts of
Muhammad's Night Journey, to mark the point in the
heavens beyond which neither men nor angels can pass in
their approach to God, and thus to delimit the bounds of
divine knowledge as revealed to mankind. Hence it is often
used in the Baha'i Writings to designate the Manifestation
of God Himself. (See also note 164.)
Earl Elder's Notes
6. It is said that this is a reference to a hill near Acre which was covered with red tulips. The Lote Tree is said to be at the loftiest place in Paradise. It is called the Tree of Extremity because
neither men nor angels are allowed to pass it. See Commentaries on the Qur'an, 53:14, Also Enc. of Islam, i, 1015.
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