126 This refers to the doctrine that there are three ways to God: the
Law (_sh_ari'at), the Path (tariqat), and the Truth (haqiqat). That
is, the law of the orthodox, the path of the dervish, and the truth.
Cf. R. A. Nicholson, Commentary on the Ma_th_navi of Rumi, s.v.
127 The eighteenth Letter of the Living, martyred with unspeakable
cruelty in the market place at Barfuru_sh_, when he was
twenty-seven. Baha'u'llah conferred on him a station second only to
that of the Bab Himself. Cf. The Dawn-Breakers, pp. 408-415.