40 This reference to two worlds, du jihan, may indicate the saying:
Isfahan is half the world--Isfahan nisf-i-jihan.
41 For this definition of the Manifestation of God, see God Passes By,
p. 119.
42 These "twin shining lights" were two brothers, famous merchants of
Isfahan. Because he owed them a large sum of money, the leading
priest--Imam Jum'ih--of the city brought about their martyrdom. See
Baha'u'llah's Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, and God Passes By, pp.
200-201 and 219.