1Islamic Prophecies•
• His name consists of “‘Alí” and “Muhammad.”
The Islamic Scriptures indicate that the name of the Lord of the
Last Days will be twofold, specifically consisting of ‘Alí and
Muhammad, with ‘Alí preceding Muhammad. The order in
which these two names appear is quite significant, for commonly
they are used in the reverse order. In terms of station, Muhammad
comes first, and because of this, people put His name first:
Muhammad-‘Alí rather than ‘Alí-Muhammad. The Báb’s parents
for some mysterious reason selected the very uncommon order
of the two names for their child.
Never in the past has the given name of a Messenger been
predicted so clearly and so repeatedly. At least, seven separate
prophecies confirm, in one way or another, ‘Alí-Muhammad.
• The Qá’im (the title of the Lord of the last days) will manifest
Himself as a young man. (The Báb declared His Mission at the
age of 25.)
• He will come from the East, suddenly and unexpectedly. He
will be a Persian.
• He will come from the city of Shíráz. (The Báb was born in
Shíráz; He also declared His Mission there.)
• “He will announce Himself in Mecca between the Corner (of
the Ka’ba) and the Station (of Abraham) and will summon the
people to pay allegiance to Him.”2 (The Báb went to Mecca to
announce His Message to the sheriff—the prominent religious
leader—of that city and a few other leaders.)
• He will have curly hair and there will be a mole on His face.

2•
The major sources of Islamic prophecies presented in this chapter are: Faráid
by Abu’l-Fadl, Mabádí-i-Istidlál by E. Suhráb, and Bishárát-i-Kutub-i-Asmání
(Glad-Tidings of Sacred Scriptures) by H. Nuqabá’í. These books have not as
yet been translated into English.

3• He will suffer at the hands of the masses of people. He will be
imprisoned and cursed.
• People will interpret the Islamic Scriptures according to their
own whims, and will use the divine Words as an instrument of
denial. (Misapprehension of the Words of God’s Messengers is
the darkest cloud obscuring the Spirit of Truth at every dawn of
divine Guidance.)
• He will be killed by a Persian king. (Násiri’d-Dín Sháh was the
absolute monarch under whose reign the order of execution was
issued and carried out.)
• An inevitable event will occur in Adhirbáyján. Here is the
prophecy as quoted by the Báb:
What must needs befall us in Adhirbáyján is inevitable and
without parallel. When this happeneth, rest ye in your homes
and remain patient as we have remained patient. As soon as
the Mover moveth make ye haste to attain unto Him, even
though ye have to crawl over the snow.3 Imám Báqir
The inevitable and unparalleled event was the martyrdom of
the Báb, which occurred in Tabríz, located in the province of
Adhirbáyján. By the Mover is meant Bahá’u’lláh who, after the
Báb’s martyrdom, moved His despondent followers to the heights
of hope and devotion.
• His Kingdom will last seven, nine, or nineteen years.
• The Báb was martyred in the seventh year following the
declaration of His Mission.
• His dispensation came to an end when Bahá’u’lláh, while in
a dungeon, declared His Message to a few followers of the
Báb. This event took place nine years following the Báb’s
advent. Bahá’u’lláh’s station at this time was not publicly
proclaimed.
• Bahá’u’lláh made a second declaration (this time openly and
publicly) nineteen years after the Báb’s inauguration of the
New Age in 1844.

4• He will be from our (Muhammad’s) lineage. (The Báb was a
descendant of Muhammad.)
• There will be signs in heaven. (Before the advent of the Báb,
several heavenly signs appeared; see Lord of Lords, by this
author.)
• Religious leaders of His day will be the most evil.
In The Book of Certitude, Bahá’u’lláh quotes the following
prophecy from the Islamic traditions:
The religious doctors of that age shall be the most wicked of
the divines [religious leaders] beneath the shadow of heaven.
Out of them hath mischief proceeded, and unto them it shall
return.4
In The Promised Day is Come, Shoghi Effendi quotes this
prophecy:
Most of His [the Promised Messenger’s] enemies will be the
divines [religious leaders]. His bidding they will not obey,
but will protest saying: “This is contrary to that which hath
been handed down unto us by the Imáms of the Faith.”5
An unusual prophecy in the Qur’án points to a powerful and
prominent religious leader who opposed the Bahá’í Faith with
all his might. The name of the religious leader was Karím,
meaning honorable. To appear humble, he referred to himself
as Athím meaning sinner. A prophecy in the Qur’án refers to
both his name and his self-chosen title:
Verily the tree of Zaqqúm [the infernal tree] shall be the
sinner’s [Athím’s] food…[who will be told]: “Taste this! For
you are mighty and honorable [Karím].” Qur’án 44:43, 44,
In The Book of Certitude, Bahá’u’lláh refers to this prophecy,
and indicates that the man was honorable in name, sinner in the
Book of God, and “mighty among the common herd.”
• In that day merely a name will remain of Islam. This prophecy
is quoted by Shoghi Effendi:

5A day shall be witnessed by My [Muhammad’s] people,
whereon there will have remained of Islam naught but a
name, and of the Qur’án naught but a mere appearance.6
A similar prophecy is quoted in An Introduction to Shi’i Islam:
There will come a time for my people when there will remain
nothing of the Qur’án except its outward form and nothing of
Islam except its name and they will call themselves by this
name even though they are the people furthest from it. Their
mosques will be full of people but they will be empty of right
guidance.7
The execution of more than 20,000 followers of the new Faith—
including women and children—by the Muslim masses and
their leaders stands as a clear testimony to the fulfillment of the
preceding prophecies.
• Eighty of His followers will be slain in the city of Rayy [near
Tihran] by “the children of Persia.” (“In that place [Rayy]”
Bahá’u’lláh writes, “His companions have been with great
suffering put to death…at the hand of the Persians.”)8
• The Promised One [the twelfth Imám] will appear with Christ.
(The Báb and Bahá’u’lláh were born within two years of each
other and were contemporaries for nearly 31 years.)
• He will appoint no successor to Himself. (The Báb did not
appoint Bahá’u’lláh; He merely foretold His coming.)
• He will come contrary to the people’s expectations. (This has
always been the case.)
• People will burn His followers and send their heads as gifts.
(Such events took place exactly as predicted during the early
years of the Bahá’í history. For details see God Passes By, pp.
43, 79.)
• Jesus, the Spirit of God, will pray behind Him. (As soon as the
Báb proclaimed His Message, Bahá’u’lláh—the return of
Christ—accepted Him and became His most ardent and
prominent follower. The majority of Muslims (Sunnis) expect
the return of Christ in the last days.)

6• If you see black banners in the province of Khurásán, rush unto
them, even though you have to crawl in the snow, for under those
banners you will find the Lord of the Age, the Mahdí. (The
disciples of the Báb gathered in Khurásán and traveled from
city to city under the shadow of black banners. For details see
The Dawn-Breakers, pp. 324-325, 351.)
Whatever happened to the Israelites will happen to my
[Muhammad’s] people.
The Muslims, like the Israelites, constantly prayed for the Advent
of their Savior and ardently anticipated His coming; but when He
came, they put Him to death publicly and proudly.
Some prophecies indicate that both His appearance and attributes
will be similar to those of Jesus. The Books of Daniel and
Revelation both refer to the Báb as “One like a Son of Man”
(Dan. 7:13; Rev. 14:14). Lord of Lords offers 86 similarities
between Christ and the Báb.9
• His followers will pitch their tent in the Mosque of Kúfán
(Kúfih). (Some of the Báb’s early disciples lived in a mosque
called by Persians the Mosque of Kúfih, in the city of Shíráz.
See The Dawn-Breakers, p. 50.)
• Shoghi Effendi quotes this prophecy:
All of them [His followers or companions] shall be slain
except One Who shall reach the plain of ‘Akká, the Banquet-
Hall of God.10
To uproot the new Faith, Násiri’d-Dín Sháh executed the Báb,
hunted out and massacred thousands of His followers, including
those who could be even remotely associated with the new Faith.
That Bahá’u’lláh’s life was saved in such fierce and ruthless
massacres is a manifest miracle. For Násiri’d-Dín Sháh executed
any Bábí (follower of the Báb) he could lay his hands on, yet he
spared the life of Bahá’u’lláh—the most influential and prominent
follower of the Báb. He then sent Bahá’u’lláh to Baghdád and
eventually to ‘Akká (Acre or Achor) in the Holy Land—thereby
fulfilling all the biblical and Islamic prophecies designating the

7Valley of Achor as “the door of hope” and as the seat of God’s
Revelation in the last days.
• Husayn will entomb Him [the twelfth Imám] and then rule over
the world according to God’s Will.
The given name of Bahá’u’lláh consists of two parts: Husayn
and ‘Alí.• Although ‘Abdu’l-Bahá undertook the task of burying
the Báb, He followed the special instructions of Bahá’u’lláh, who
Himself had located the exact spot where the Báb was to be
entombed.
• He will send His ring to Husayn. (Just before the time of His
martyrdom, the Báb sent several items, including His own ring,
to Bahá’u’lláh, whose given name includes Husayn.)
• His disciples will be Persians, yet they will converse in Arabic.
At the time of the Báb, Arabic was the language of the scholars
among the Persians. It would have been impossible to comprehend
Islam without knowing Arabic. And the early disciples of the Báb
included great scholars who were bilingual: they communicated
both in Persian and Arabic.
Note: Most of the Báb’s Writings are also in Arabic, a language
as different from Persian as French or German or Spanish is
from English.• The Báb never studied Arabic, yet He created a
new style in that language. His creative use of Arabic is in itself
a manifest miracle, realizing and fulfilling what was said about
the Words of Jesus: “Never spake man thus” (John 7:46). Even
His handwriting testifies to His greatness. See samples of His
letters to His early disciples reproduced in The Dawn-Breakers.
• He will descend to the Holy Land. (After several decades, the
Báb’s remains were eventually sent to rest permanently in the
Holy Land.)

8•
The practice of using two names in the East can be compared in a way to the
common practice of adopting a first name and a middle name in the West.)
•
Persian belongs to the Indo-European language family, Arabic to the Semitic.

9The Islamic Scriptures—like the Bible—point to the advent of
two Redeemers, whose given names they specify. We already
referred to prophecies that point to ‘Alí Muhammad (the Báb’s
given name). Other prophecies point to Bahá’u’lláh’s given
name, referring to Him as Husayn. (His given name was
Husayn ‘Alí.) Further, they predict that His Ministry will last
forty years. Bahá’u’lláh declared His Mission in 1852 and He
passed away in 1892. His Ministry lasted 39 solar years and
lunar years. (Islamic history is based on a lunar calendar.)
The fulfillment of such prophecies more than a thousand years
after they had been revealed indicates the existence of a Cosmic
Force, a Spirit Divine, a transcendent and supreme Power to
whom the present is like the past and the past like a passing
moment; an unknowable Essence who can see the future even
more clearly than we can experience the present.
Moreover, such a perfect harmony between the Biblical and
Islamic prophecies clearly demonstrates that these utterances
originate from the same Source. There exists no other way to
explain such harmonious relationships. It is an orchestra, every
sound, every tune, every melody, and every instrument of which
has been conducted by a single and supreme Composer.

1Scriptures. They specify the year of the Advent of a great messenger
from God, according to both Christian solar calendar and Islamic
lunar calendar. The two figures were concealed in various numerical
codes and were repeated many times throughout the Bible. The
Advent of the Báb in 1844 A.D. (1260 A.H.) was the fulfillment of
these prophecies.
The sacred Scriptures, especially the Qur’án, contain still another
number that point to the Bahá’í Faith. That number is 19. A
Muslim scholar discovered the significance of this number and
wrote a book to prove his point. His book shows that the Qur’án
has an astonishing harmony in its composition, a preconceived

2divine Author has intentionally concealed this number throughout
the Qur’án and perhaps other Scriptures in many ways.
As 1844 and 1260 were discovered first by non-Bahá’ís, this
mystery, too, was destined to be uncovered first by a non-Bahá’í:
Dr. Rashad Khalifa, a Muslim scholar and author. The discovery
was made possible only with the help of advanced technology. As
Dr. Khalifa states:
He [God] has designated the number 19 as the common
denominator in all His scriptures and to represent His signature
throughout the universe (see the introduction to my [Dr.
Khalifa’s] translation of the Qur’án).11
Apparently support for the sacredness of 19 in Islamic world is
strong. In 1987, one of the Muslim countries printed a stamp to
honor the number 19!
However, after Dr. Khalifa published his findings, he met unexpected
opposition from certain fellow Muslims. Some of them thought he
was a Bahá’í! According to Dr. Khalifa, those rejecting this great
mystery of the Qur’án and other Scriptures, have by their attitude
“unwittingly accused the Almighty Creator of being a Bahá’í…”12
My purpose in citing Dr. Khalifa’s findings is not to provide proof
for the validity of the Bahá’í Faith, but rather to introduce his work
to seekers of divine mysteries. Dr. Khalifa’s findings, astonishing as
they are, neither prove nor disprove a given religion. They simply
show the unity of all faiths, and point to one more common
denominator that sustains and binds them together.
The findings presented in Computer Speaks are only suggestive,
not conclusive. The Qur’án contains many conclusive evidences
pointing to the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh.•
As the number 19 is concealed in the Qur’án, so is the number 9 in
the Bible. Robert Riggs in his book The Apocalypse Unsealed
•
Unfortunately, Dr. Khalifa undermined the significance of his findings first by
exaggerating and extending their range beyond reason; and second by claiming
to be a messenger from God sent to reform Islam.

3Revelation with the numerical value of 9, the number of the Word
Bahá. He places some of them in a table, about which he writes:
Considering only those expressions and numbers that are given by
the Table, the probability that all eight expressions and numbers
will have archetypal values of 9 by random chance is approxi-
mately: 1/9 • 1/9 • 1/9 • 1/9 • 1/9 • 1/9 • 1/9 • 1/3. In order to
appreciate how small the probability is, its reciprocal 14,348,907
is equal to the number of seconds in 5 months and 2 weeks. (For

1containing more than one message. Some of the prophecies are
quite specific (names of persons or places), others are quite general
(the treatment given the promised Messenger). To discover the
degree of the probability of the fulfillment of these prophecies by
chance, we should judge them individually. For instance, we should
ask: “What is the probability that out of thousands of cities, one
(Shíráz) could be accurately selected by chance alone?” We should
ask a similar question about each prophecy. For the sake of simplicity
and brevity, let us accept an extremely conservative figure that
would express the average probability for all these prophecies. The
ratio of one in a hundred seems quite reasonable.• If we do accept
such a ratio, our total probability figure would be 1062.
How large is 1062? As stated in Lord of Lords, two Christian scholars
have applied the probability laws to eight biblical prophecies pointing

2•
As we noted in Lord of Lords (Biblical prophecies concerning the Bahá’í
Revelation), the average probability ratio accepted and assigned by two
Christian scholars (Peter Stoner and Robert Newman) to eight prophecies from
the Old Testament concerning the Advent of Jesus was 49,262. Thus the
average ratio we accepted and assigned to Islamic prophecies is 492.62 times
smaller than their average ratio.

3show the improbability of chance as a determinant in the preceding
figure, they have made this comparison:
Let us try to visualize this chance. If you mark one of ten tickets,
and place all of the tickets in a hat, and thoroughly stir them, and
then ask a blindfolded man to draw one, his chance of getting the
right ticket is one in ten. Suppose that we take 1017 silver dollars
and lay them on the face of Texas. They will cover all of the
state two feet deep. Now mark one of these silver dollars and
stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over the state. Blindfold a
man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he
must pick up one silver dollar and say that this is the right one.
What chance would he have of getting the right one? Just the
same chance that the prophets would have had of writing these
eight prophecies and having them all come true in any one man,
from their day to the present time, providing they wrote using
their own wisdom.
Now these prophecies were either given by inspiration of God
or the prophets just wrote them as they thought they should be.
In such a case the prophets had just one chance in 1017 of having
them come true in any man, but they all came true in Christ.
This means that the fulfillment of these eight prophecies alone
proves that God inspired the writing of those prophecies to a
definiteness which lacks only one chance in 1017 of being
absolute.13
But our probability figure about the Islamic prophecies is 1062, not
1017. How large is 1062? To show the celestial source of the prophecies
uttered by Hebrew Prophets, the two scholars offer yet another figure
concerning 11 Old Testament prophecies that have come true in
relation to various historical events. The figure they present is: 5 in
1059. Then they offer the following comparison to show the remote-
ness of chance in the fulfillment of the 11 prophecies:
Let us suppose that we had that number [5 • 1059] of silver
dollars. What kind of a pile would this be? The volume of the
sun is more than 1,000,000 times that of the earth, yet out of

4size of the sun.
Our group of stars, called our galaxy, comprises all of the stars
which stay together in this one group. It is an extremely large
group of at least 100,000,000,000 stars, each star averaging as
large as our sun. At great distances from our galaxy are other
galaxies similar to ours, containing about the same number of
stars. If you were to count the 100,000,000,000 stars, counting
250 a minute, it would take you 1,000 years, counting day and
night, and you would only have counted the stars in a single
galaxy. (Note: All computations are only approximate and all
numbers are expressed with only one or two digits.)
It has been estimated that the whole universe contains about two
trillion galaxies, each containing about 100 billion stars. From
our 5 • 1059 dollars we could make all of the stars, in all of these
galaxies, 2 • 105 times.
What chance does a person have in picking one marked silver
dollar from such a gigantic pile? That is the chance that the
Old Testament prophecies would have come to pass by chance
alone.14
As we can see, the probability figure for the Islamic prophecies is a
thousand times higher than the one for the Hebrew prophecies.• Yet
the prophecies presented in this chapter are only a part of the

1To see how specific the Quranic prophecies are, let us examine one
example. The Qur’án, like the Bible, is an encyclopedia of prophecies
concerning the Bahá’í Faith. But most of them are in a coded form.
Without decoding them, their true meanings remain unknown even

2•
The population of the earth from biblical times and from the onset of Islam
until the present should also be taken into account. But since their impact is
minor, they have been disregarded here.

3to the most astute of scholars. As an example, let us decode one of
these prophecies.
A prophecy in a brief chapter of the Qur’án predicts a critical event
in the Bahá’í history. Let us first briefly review that event and then
examine the Qur’ánic prophecy.
While Bahá’u’lláh lived in Baghdad, He was surrounded by both
friends and enemies. One of His most bitter and blatant enemies was
Shaykh ‘Abdu’l-Husayn—a powerful religious leader from Iran, who
used all his might to oppose Him. He was so inflamed with hatred
that he acted as if his sole mission in life was to undermine the new
faith. He devised numerous plots against Bahá’u’lláh. The following
are some of them as described in God Passes By:
• His first plot was to obtain from the governor of Baghdad an order
for the extradition of Bahá’u’lláh and His close disciples to Iran.
This plot failed.
• He then decided to appeal to the passions of superstitious Muslims
living in Baghdad. To succeed in this plot, he made up a dream
that lent support to his evil intentions. This plot also failed.
• He then appealed to the newly-appointed consul-general of Iran
in Baghdad, Mirza Buzurg Khán:
Mirza Buzurg Khán, on his part, used his influence in order
to arouse the animosity of the lower elements of the population
against the common Adversary, by inciting them to affront
Him in public, in the hope of provoking some rash retaliatory
act that could be used as a ground for false charges through
which the desired order for Bahá’u’lláh’s extradition might
be procured.15
This plot also failed.
• His next plot was to assassinate Bahá’u’lláh. A Turkish criminal
named Riḍa was hired for this purpose:
Riḍa, learning one day that his would-be-victim was attending
the public bath, eluded the vigilance of the Bábís in attendance,
entered the bath with a pistol concealed in his cloak, and
confronted Bahá’u’lláh in the inner chamber, only to discover

4that he lacked the courage to accomplish his task. He himself,
years later, related that on another occasion he was lying in
wait for Bahá’u’lláh, pistol in hand, when, on Bahá’u’lláh’s
approach, he was so overcome with fear that the pistol dropped
from his hand; whereupon Bahá’u’lláh bade Áqáy-i-Kalím,
who accompanied Him, to hand it back to him, and show him
the way to his home.16
• His next plot was to portray and implicate Bahá’u’lláh as a threat
to the security of the Sháh of Iran:
He dispatched lengthy and almost daily reports to the
immediate entourage of the Sháh. He painted extravagant
pictures of the ascendancy enjoyed by Bahá’u’lláh by
representing Him as having won the allegiance of the
nomadic tribes of Iraq. He claimed that He was in a position
to muster, in a day, fully one hundred thousand men ready to
take up arms at His bidding. He accused Him of meditating
[planning], in conjunction with various leaders in Persia, an
insurrection against the sovereign. By such means as these
he succeeded in bringing sufficient pressure on the authorities
in Tihrán to induce the Sháh to grant him a mandate, bestowing
on him full powers, and enjoining the Persian ulamás and
functionaries to render him every assistance.17
• After receiving the desired mandate from the Sháh, he sent it
to leading religious leaders and invited them to a meeting for
consultation.
Upon being informed of the purpose for which they had been
summoned, they determined to declare a holy war against the
colony of exiles, and by launching a sudden and general
assault on it to destroy the Faith at its heart.18
But to their utter amazement, the assembled members heard
their leader—a noble and pious man, who had the final word—
oppose their evil plots. He refused to issue the desired verdict,
and abruptly left the meeting.
• Frustrated and disappointed, the religious leaders devised still
another plot. They appointed a delegate—a respected scholar—

5to meet with Bahá’u’lláh and present a list of questions to Him.
After hearing Bahá’u’lláh’s satisfactory response to the questions,
the delegate asked if Bahá’u’lláh would perform, as an evidence
of His Mission, a miracle. This is how Bahá’u’lláh responded to
his request:
Although you have no right to ask this…for God should test
His creatures, and they should not test God, still I allow and
accept this request…The ulamás must assemble, and, with one
accord, choose one miracle, and write that, after the perfor-
mance of this miracle they will no longer entertain doubts
about Me, and that all will acknowledge and confess the truth
of My Cause. Let them seal this paper, and bring it to Me.
This must be the accepted criterion: if the miracle is performed,
no doubt will remain for them; and if not, We shall be convicted
of imposture.19
Three days later, the appointed delegate sent word that the
religious leaders “had failed to arrive at a decision, and had
chosen to drop the matter—a decision to which he himself
gave wide publicity.”20
As we can see, Shaykh ‘Abdul-Husayn plotted in seven different
ways to destroy or discredit Bahá’u’lláh. Despite his consuming
hatred and his ingenious planning and plotting, he found himself
completely powerless to carry out his schemes. All his plots were
blocked by an invisible hand.
Let us now examine the Quranic prophecy. The reference to the
preceding events begins with this introductory statement:
Thy Lord—magnify Him! Thy raiment [character] purify it!
The abomination [the evil act you are about to commit]—flee
from it! Qur’án 74:3-5
Then after a few verses, which we will shortly review, the chapter
presents its main message:
Leave me [God] alone to deal with him whom I have created,
and on whom I have bestowed vast riches, and sons dwelling
before him, and for whom I have smoothed all things smoothly
down; yet desireth he that I should add more! But no! Because

6to our signs he is a foe I will lay grievous woes upon him. For
he plotted and he planned! May he be cursed! How he planned!
Again, may he be cursed! How he planned! Then looked he
around him, then frowned and scowled, then turned his back
and swelled with disdain, and said, “This is merely magic that will
be wrought. It is merely the word of a mortal.” Qur’án 74:11-25
It is important to note that the above prophecy is preceded by verses
that undoubtedly point to the events of our time:
And for thy Lord [Bahá’u’lláh] wait thou patiently. For when
there shall be a trump on the trumpet, that shall be a distressful
day, a day to the Infidels, devoid of ease. Leave me alone to deal
with him whom I have created… Qur’án 74:7-10
Shaykh ‘Abdu’l-Husayn had access to great worldly riches—power,
prestige, fame, wealth, children, etc.—yet as the prophecy declares,
he was not pleased. He was envious of the immeasurable honor
bestowed on Bahá’u’lláh, not only by ordinary people but also by
some of the most eminent residents of Baghdad and surrounding
communities. As the prophecy declares, he desired that God should
add more to his worldly possessions and honors. After his numerous
plans and plots failed, he refused to follow his final commitment:
to submit to Bahá’u’lláh’s power to perform miracles. He declined
to abide by his commitment by saying that Bahá’u’lláh’s powers to
do wonders “are merely magic” and his word “merely a word of a
mortal.” He did not realize that many others before him had passed
the same judgment on miracles:
…whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, this is a
well devised magic. Qur’án 54:2
The prophecy concerning Shaykh ‘Abdu’l-Husayn ends with these
words:
We will surely cast him into Hell-Fire [remoteness from God]…
over it [in charge of Hell-Fire] are 19 angels. None but angels
have we made guardians of the fire… Qur’án 74:26, 30,
As mentioned, the number 19 has a definite link with the new
Revelation. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá states that on the day of resurrection, the
angels of mercy are 19. (These were the Báb and His 18 disciples.)

7Then He states that the number of the angels of punishment are
also 19.21
The remaining verses of the Súrih of the Qur’án concern the divine
punishment.
The plot designed by Shaykh ‘Abdu’l-Husayn and implemented by
the Sháh of Iran and the Sultan of Ottoman Empire and their Prime
Ministers resulted eventually in the exile of Bahá’u’lláh to the Holy
Land, where prophecies predicted He would go.
This may indeed be a prophecy about the events of our time:
When we make mankind taste of some mercy [the Advent of
Bahá’u’lláh] after adversity [unbelief] hath touched him. Behold!
They take to plotting against Our Signs [prophecies]! Say:
“Swifter to plot is God!” Verily, Our Messengers [the Báb and
Bahá’u’lláh] record all the plots that ye make! Qur’án 10:21 Y
A few verses after the preceding passage, the Qur’án points to
Baghdad, where plots against Bahá’u’lláh originated:
And God called [the seekers] to the abode of peace [a title for
Baghdad]; and He guideth whom He will into the right way.
Qur’án 10:26
The Bible also points to plots against the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh:
Why are the nations in turmoil? Why do the peoples hatch their
futile plots? The kings of the earth stand ready, and the rulers
conspire together against the Lord [the Báb] and his anointed
king [Bahá’u’lláh]. Psalms 2:1-2 NEB
We should note that the Báb also encountered similar plots,
conceived and implemented by Násiri’d-Dín Sháh and his Prime
Minister, as well as the Prime Minister of Muhammad Sháh.
Verse 6 of the same chapter of Psalms makes the relevance of the
preceding prophecy to Bahá’u’lláh very clear:
I have enthroned my king on Zion [the Holy Land] my holy
mountain. Psalms 2:6 NEB
Suppose the Gospel offered these prophecies:

8• A man from Arabia will call himself a Prophet.
• His given name will be: Most Praiseworthy (Ahmad).
• He will declare his Message in the 7th century.
• He will proclaim himself a Messenger in his forties.
What if Muslims could find the preceding four prophecies in
Christian Scriptures. Imagine their sense of certainty and utter
exhilaration, knowing that the Advent of their Messenger had been
so clearly predicted in the Gospel. Now compare those four pieces
of information with the 29 pieces, that were cited in this chapter,
concerning the coming of the Báb—the One expected by Muslims
as well as the followers of other faiths. These prophecies should
move the masses of Muslims to investigate the divine origin of
their Promised One, the Báb. Yet most of them remain unmoved.
Muslims for centuries have tried to find one obscure reference in
the Gospel about the name of their Prophet Muhammad. They think
the Greek name Paraclete (from the Greek Paracletos) has a meaning
similar to the word Muhammad. They have even suggested that
Paracletos was mistakenly used instead of the Greek term Periclytos,
which they believe is closer to the meaning of Muhammad.
Christians, of course, have rejected this association. It is evident
that the believers in all ages have applied, and continue to apply,
double standards—one in relation to the validity of their faith, the
other in relation to the validity of other faiths.
Suppose the Hebrew Scriptures offered these four prophecies:
• A man from Nazareth will proclaim himself a Prophet.
• His given name will be Jesus.
• He will appear in the year 3760 (of the Jewish calendar).
• He will proclaim himself a Messenger in his thirties.
What if Christians could find the preceding four prophecies in
Hebrew Scriptures. How joyful they would be! But would the Jews
have accepted Jesus even then? Suppose that there had been similar
prophecies about Moses? Would He have been welcomed by all
the people of His time?

9The prophecies offered in this booklet provide one more piece
of the prophetic puzzle that fits with marvelous precision with
all the Biblical prophecies concerning the advent of the Bahá’í
Faith presented in these three volumes:
• I Shall Come Again, 522 pages
• Lord of Lords, 634 pages
• King of Kings, 510 pages
As stated, I have written a book in Farsi called: Bahá’u’lláh in the
Qur’án, 936 pages. The book presents numerous prophecies from
the Qur’án concerning the advent of The Báb and Bahá’u’lláh. The
Qur’án pinpoints some of the most significant historical events in
the Bahá’í Faith.
O My servants! There shineth nothing else in Mine heart except
the unfading light of the Morn of Divine guidance, and out of My
mouth proceedeth naught but the essence of truth, which the Lord
your God hath revealed. Follow not, therefore, your earthly
desires, and violate not the Covenant of God, nor break your
pledge to Him. With firm determination, with the whole affection
of your heart, and with the full force of your words, turn ye unto
Him, and walk not in the ways of the foolish.22 Bahá’u’lláh
Seize, O friends, the chance which this Day offereth you, and
deprive not yourselves of the liberal effusions of His grace. I
beseech God that He may graciously enable every one of you to
adorn himself, in this blessed Day, with the ornament of pure
and holy deeds. He, verily, doeth whatsoever He willeth.23
Bahá’u’lláh

10Appendix

11Other Works
by this Author

1Introductory Books about the Bahá’í Faith
Bahá’í Faith: God’s Greatest Gift to Humankind, 160 pages, soft
cover, $3.00
Bahá’u’lláh: the One Promised in all Scriptures, 150 pages, soft
cover, out of print
On Wings of Destiny, 274 pages, soft cover, $4.00
One God, Many Faiths; One Garden, Many Flowers, 290 pages,
hard cover, $12.00
Choosing Your Destiny, 375 pages, hard cover, $12.00
Books on Biblical Prophecies that
Point to the Advent of the Bahá’í Faith
I Shall Come Again, 522 pages, hard cover, $25.00
Lord of Lords, 634 pages, hard cover, $25.00
King of Kings, 510 pages, hard cover, $25.00
Come Now, Let Us Reason Together, 286 pages, soft cover, $6.00
The Glory of the Father, 329 pages, hard cover, $12.00
The Greatest News, 166 pages, soft cover, $3.00
Books on Teaching
Teaching: The Crown of Immortal Glory, 452 pages, soft cover,
$20.00
Proclaim the Most Great Name, 104 pages, soft cover, $4.00
The Magnet of Divine Blessings (a compilation of Sacred Writings),

2The Glorious Journey to God, 258 pages, soft cover, $12.00
Unto God Shall We Return, 164 pages, soft cover, $6.00
Death: The Door to Heaven, 182 pages, soft cover, $3.00
A Messenger of Joy, 112 pages, soft cover, $6.00
A Glimpse of Paradise (DVD), 104 minutes, $18.00
Knowing and Loving God
God’s 19 Great Little Tranquilizers, soft cover, 62 pages, $1.25
The Spiritual Design of Creation
Prayers
Bahá’í Prayers, 230 pages, soft cover, $3.00
Prayers from the Báb, 150 pages, soft cover, $3.00
Books in Farsi
‫ پيام آسمانی برای صلح و سعادت جھانی‬:‫(آئين بھائی‬Bahá’í Faith: God’s Plan
for World Peace and Prosperity), 380 pages, hard cover, $16.00
‫ سی دی‬١٢ ‫(کتاب آئين بھائی ضبط شده بر‬Bahá’í Faith, recorded on
CD’s), $60.00
‫(بھاءﷲ در قرآن‬Bahá’u’lláh in the Qur’án), 936 pages, hard cover,
$25.00
‫( چرا به اين جھان آمده ايم؟‬Why Are We Here?), 348 pages, hard cover,
$9.00
‫( زندگی با خدا و بی خدا‬Life with God and without God)

1on this website:
www.TheKnowledgeOfGod.com
The following are some of the books you will find:
The Knowledge of God
The Spiritual Design of Creation, 217 pages
The Knowledge of God, 73 pages
For Atheists and Agnostics
Who Needs Religion?, 126 pages
Proofs
The Evidence for Jesus, 91 pages
Bahá’í Proofs, 103 pages
For Christians and Jews
One Way: Is Christ the Only Way?, 47 pages
I Shall Come Like a Thief, 109 pages
Will Jesus Come from the Sky or as a Thief ?, 207 pages
Mysteries of the Bible, 39 pages
Prophecy: The Obstacle that Prevents Many People from
Knowing
Their Redeemer, 33 pages
Christ Has Come!, 155 pages
The Role of Religious Leaders in the Destiny of Humankind,
pages
The Greatest Lesson in History, 35 pages
Hath the Hour Come?, 31 pages

2Do You Believe in Jesus or in Bible Scholars?, 75 pages
By My Fruits You Shall Know Me, 252 pages
A New Name Everyone Should Know, 60 pages
Bahá’u’lláh’s Epistle to Christians, 16 pages
Introduction to the Bahá’í Faith
Heaven's Most Glorious Gift, 149 pages
For Muslims
Islamic Prophecies Concerning the Bahá’í Faith, 26 pages
Bahá’u’lláh in the Qur’án, 936 pages (in Farsi language)
For Bahá’ís and “Seekers”
Knowing God by His Word, 148 pages
Thy Kingdom Come: God’s Plan for Peace, 45 pages
The Standards of Being a Bahá’í, 41 pages
Motivational Topics
Seize Thy Chance, 48 pages
Christians Are Invited to the Banquet of Heaven, 31 pages
If This is a New Day, Why Are People Sleeping? 23 pages
Other Topics
Heaven and Hell: What Do They Mean?, 15 pages
Do You Really Know Who You Are?, 38 pages
Spiritual Solution to Adversity, 56 pages

1on this website:
www.TheKnowledgeOfGod.com
The following are some of the books you will find:
The Knowledge of God
The Spiritual Design of Creation, 217 pages
The Knowledge of God, 73 pages
For Atheists and Agnostics
Who Needs Religion?, 126 pages
Proofs
The Evidence for Jesus, 91 pages
Bahá’í Proofs, 103 pages
For Christians and Jews
One Way: Is Christ the Only Way?, 47 pages
I Shall Come Like a Thief, 109 pages
Will Jesus Come from the Sky or as a Thief ?, 207 pages
Mysteries of the Bible, 39 pages
Prophecy: The Obstacle that Prevents Many People from
Knowing
Their Redeemer, 33 pages
Christ Has Come!, 155 pages
The Role of Religious Leaders in the Destiny of Humankind,
pages
The Greatest Lesson in History, 35 pages
Hath the Hour Come?, 31 pages

2Do You Believe in Jesus or in Bible Scholars?, 75 pages
By My Fruits You Shall Know Me, 252 pages
A New Name Everyone Should Know, 60 pages
Bahá’u’lláh’s Epistle to Christians, 16 pages
Introduction to the Bahá’í Faith
Heaven's Most Glorious Gift, 149 pages
For Muslims
Islamic Prophecies Concerning the Bahá’í Faith, 26 pages
Bahá’u’lláh in the Qur’án, 936 pages (in Farsi language)
For Bahá’ís and “Seekers”
Knowing God by His Word, 148 pages
Thy Kingdom Come: God’s Plan for Peace, 45 pages
The Standards of Being a Bahá’í, 41 pages
Motivational Topics
Seize Thy Chance, 48 pages
Christians Are Invited to the Banquet of Heaven, 31 pages
If This is a New Day, Why Are People Sleeping? 23 pages
Other Topics
Heaven and Hell: What Do They Mean?, 15 pages
Do You Really Know Who You Are?, 38 pages
Spiritual Solution to Adversity, 56 pages