The Kitáb-i-Íqán : The Book of Certitude
Glossary and Notes
Daylamites
The people of Daylam or Delam, a district in the north of Persia, south of the Caspian Sea.
The Daylamites established a semi-independent dynasty in Persia, after conquest of that country by Arabs.
Divine Elixir
Symbolic reference to the Elixir of the alchemists, that was supposed to transform base metals into gold.
Fáṭimih
The daughter of Muḥammad and Khadíjih. She married ‘Alí, the cousin of Muḥammad, and had three sons. One died in infancy and from the other two, Ḥasan and Ḥusayn, are descended the posterity of the Prophet known as Siyyids.
Fourth Heaven
A term used, and a belief held, by early astronomers. Followers of the Shí‘íh sect of Islám also held this belief.
Gabriel
The highest of all the angels, the Holy Spirit. It is his duty to write down the decrees of God; through him the Qur’án was revealed to Muḥammad.
HáThe letter H, the numerical value of which is five, and which is sometimes used as a symbol of Bahá’u’lláh. See Bahá’u’lláh,
The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys page 56n.
Ḥájí Mírzá Karím Khán
A pretender to knowledge, author of a book Guidance to the Ignorant (Irshádu’l-‘Avám), whose works perished with him.
Ḥamzih
“Prince of Martyrs,” the title given to Muḥammad’s uncle, ‘Abdu’l-Muṭṭalib.
Herod
Herod I (“The Great”). An Idumaean by race, but brought up a Jew. He was appointed by the Roman Senate in 40 B.C. as king of Judea. He rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem.
Ḥijáz
Hejaz; a region in southwestern Arabia which may be considered the holy land of the Muslims since it contains the sacred cities of Medina and Mecca and many other places
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