101 Gibbon writes of the Imam Husayn's martyrdom and the fate of his
Household, that "in a distant age and climate the tragic scene ...
will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader."
102 The Sadratu'l-Muntaha, translated inter alia as the Sidrah Tree
which marks the boundary, and the Lote-Tree of the extremity. Cf.
Qur'an 53:14. It is said to stand at the loftiest point in Paradise,
and to mark the place beyond which neither men nor angels can pass.
In Baha'i terminology it refers to the Manifestation of God.
103 This prayer was revealed by 'Abdu'l-Baha for the Consort of the King
of Martyrs.