concerning
Qur’án,
18:65. In
Islám he is the discoverer and custodian of the water of life, and symbol of the True Guide. Rukn is the
Black Stone set in the wall of the
Ka‘bih, the cube-shaped building at
Mecca which is the chief object of pilgrimage of the
Muslim world. The Maqám or Station of
Abraham is near the Ka‘bih. Cf. Qur’án
2:125: "Take ye the station of Abraham for a place of prayer"; and again
3:96-97: "The first Temple that was founded for mankind, was that in Becca (i.e., Mecca) ... In it are evident signs, even the standing-place of Abraham: and he who entereth it is safe." These last four references will be found on pages
164,
179, and
181 of this text.
The foregoing is admittedly minimal in the way of a gloss, since the book is allusively very rich and offers abundant material for study.
5.
The
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf is still another proof, if more proof were needed, that the Prophet Figure has risen again, as He did in the past. That the mystery which surrounds us has spoken again, through the mouth of a human being. That the old pattern—of Herald, Prophet, martyrs, and establishment of the
Faith—has been repeated in our times. That the promises of previous Faiths as to the advent of the
Day of God have at last been redeemed. In that
Tablet to the
Sháh of Persia, whose bearer was put to death,
Bahá’u’lláh, the Glory of God, sums up His case: