Unnamed (the signs of God)

Read at Gleanings, sec. 93

By page in Gleanings

188: Passage indicates importance of maintaining differences of station and classes in society, not of race

"As regards the meaning of the passage of page 188 of the 'Gleanings': It is an emphasis by Bahá’u’lláh on the importance of maintaining differences of station and classes in society and does not refer to the question of race."

(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, May 22, 1936: Bahá’í News, No. 105, p. 1, February 1937, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1600)

190: "perish" means soul will be deprived of spiritual capacity and understanding

"The word 'perish' on p. 190 of 'Gleanings' does not mean that the human soul will cease to exist, but will be deprived of all spiritual capacity and understanding."

(From a letter of the Guardian to an individual believer, November 26, 1939, from Spiritualism, Reincarnation and Related Subjects, p. 5, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1598)

See also

• Tafsír-i-Baytí az Sa`dí