Notes to Aqdas, Sentence #356
Earl Elder's Notes
5. Muslims refer to the times prior to Muhammad's coming as the "Days of Ignorance" when the Arabs were pagans and barbarians. See Enc. of Islam, i, 999 f. Perhaps Baha'u'llah is
here alluding to the time when the zealous Babis were fighting so furiously in Mazanderan, hoping to conquer the peoples of the world for their religion. Baha'u'llah bids his followers have
friendly relations with non-Baha'is, rather than fight with them, the reason being that all men are from God.
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