God Passes By Outline
Correlation with A Traveler's Narrative and The Dawn-Breakers


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Introduction (by George Townshend)

Foreword (by Shoghi Effendi)

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Retrospect and Prospect

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Condensed Outline


GPB page #- paragraph# (print copy line#)Topic/HeadingsDB/TN page # (or GPB page # cross-reference)
93-2+
  1. (Significance of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh)
    2. (This segment actually appears later in the book (here repeated under IV. below.), though it is listed as first in the Table of Contents)
89, 90, 91-0, 91-1
  1. Seeming Extinction of the Báb's Faith
GPB 79-2 (28-31)?
91-2, 92-0, 92-1
  1. Circumstances attending its birth
    2.  (i.e., that of the new Bahá'í Faith under Bahá'u'lláh coming as promised in a very short time under however dark circumstances)
92-2, 93-0, 93-1
  1. Prophecies from and comparison to previous Revelations
    2.  (more prophecies from pp. 94-98 (not outlined below))
Revelation 11:14; Some Answered Questions, p. 56, 39; GPB 97 or DB 17-18; also partially at DB 42
93-2+
  1. Significance of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh
    2. (See also 0. above.), though it is listed as first in the Table of Contents)

    (The rest of the outline has not been completed for this chapter (nor for the end of Chapter 7 either or for Chapters 8-25) (i.e., all parts not correlated to A Traveler's Narrative or The Dawn_Breakers or dealing with the Bábí Revelation).

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Extended Outline


GPB page #- paragraph# (print copy line#)Topic/HeadingsDB/TN page # (or GPB page # cross-reference)
93-2+
  1. (Significance of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh)
    2. (This segment actually appears later in the book (here repeated under IV. below.), though it is listed as first in the Table of Contents)
89, 90, 91-0, 91-1
  1. Seeming Extinction of the Báb's Faith
GPB 79-2 (28-31)?
89-1 (1-7)
    1. The low-point brought by the assassination attempt marks the end of the Bábí Dispensation.
GPB 79-2 (28-31)?
89-1 (2-3)
      • (Reference to mention of it being made before)
GPB 79-2 (28-31)?
89-1 (7-12); 89-2, 90-0, 90-1, 91-0
    1. Attacks and setbacks had steadily risen and decimated its ranks and strained its loyalty almost disrupted its foundations.
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89-2 (13-28), 90-0
      1. Previous setbacks
89-2 (13-28)
        1. Setbacks involving Prominent Leaders
89-2 (14-17)
          1. Muhammad Sháh refused to meet the Báb or allow Him into the capital.
89-2 (18-21)
          1. Násiri'd-Dín Sháh grew increasingly hostile and ruthless
89-2 (21-24)
          1. The one who could have protected the Báb, Mu'tamid, died suddenly.
89-2 (24-28)
          1. Though aquainted of the Faith by Quddús, the Sherif of Mecca turned a deaf ear to it.
89-2 (28-34), 90-0
        1. Setbacks involving the Báb's followers
89-2 (28-32)
          1. The meeting to take place in Karbilá after the Báb's pilgrimage had to be abandoned
89-2 (32-34)
          1. The 18 Letters of the Living had mostly fallen.
89-2 (34), 90-0 (1-2)
          1. The "Mirrors", "Guides", and "Witnesses" in the Bábí hierarchy had been killed, exiled, or silenced.
90-0 (3-5)
          1. Due to the excessive zeal of its followers, the program went mostly unfulfilled.
90-0 (5-7)
          1. Establishing the Faith in Turkey and India by two of these foremost disciples had failed at the outset.
90-0 (7-12)
          1. Mullá Husayn, Quddús, Vahíd, and Hujjat were extinguished the provincial tempests.
90-0 (12-18)
          1. The hideous death of the Seven Martyrs of Tihrán robbed Him of a kinsman who may have helped the Cause
90-1
      1. Setbacks amplified by the assassination attempt
90-1 (19-27)
        1. The storm engulfed Táhirih, Siyyid Husayn, and Mullá 'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qasvíní and plunged Bahá'u'lláh into a dungeon.
90-1 (27-41), 91-0
      1. Setbacks following the Báb's Execution (before the attempt?)
90-1 (27-37)
        1. The Báb was executed, leaving only a timid and impressionable figurehead who fled out of fear.
90-1 (37-41), 91-0 (1)
        1. The many Writings were, amidst the tumult, destroyed, confiscated, or sent away.
91-0 (1-6)
        1. The powerful Hájí Mírzá Karím Khán attacked the Faith in a treatise, emboldening other enemies to calumniate the Faith also.
91-0 (6-9)
        1. Under great duress, a few Bábís were constrained to recant, and others even apostatized and joined the enemy.
91-0 (9-13)
      1. The attempt branded an innocent Faith with infamy seemingly indelibly.
91-1
    1. The fire of the Faith could not be quenched, however; actually, the troubles preluded a revival and vast expansion.
91-1 (14-23)
      1. Though stifled, the flame of the Faith was not extinguished, but rather set to blaze forth again and spread throughout the world.
91-1 (23-35)
      1. As the captivity of the Báb also helped Him to expand on His doctrine, Revelation, and Covenant and led to His disciples proclaiming His laws at Badasht, the execution of the Báb and imprisonment of Bahá'u'lláh actually anticipated the revival of a mightier, sturdier, more universal Revelation.
GPB 403-1 (14-23); 409-1 (13-18) (or their respective outlines at Retrospect-VI and Retrospect-VIII; Chapters 1 and 2 (and part of Chapter 6))
91-2, 92-0, 92-1
  1. Circumstances attending its birth
    2.  (i.e., that of the new Bahá'í Faith under Bahá'u'lláh coming as promised in a very short time under however dark circumstances)
91-2, 92-0
    1. When all seemed lost, at the appointed ripe time in an evolving process, the divine promise within was manifested.
92-1
    1. As foretold, in a mysteriously brief 9 years (in the Síyáh-Chál), the promised Cause was cast.
92-2, 93-0, 93-1
  1. Prophecies from and comparison to previous Revelations
    2.  (more prophecies from pp. 94-98 (not outlined below))
Revelation 11:14; Some Answered Questions, p. 56, 39; GPB 97 or DB 17-18; also partially at DB 42
92-2, 93-0
    1. Prophecies referring to this coming:
(see above or below)
92-2 (24-33)
      1. Prophecies of St. John the Divine
Revelation 11:14; Some Answered Questions, p. 56, 39, ibid., respectively
92-2 (33-41), 93-0
      1. Prophecies of Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í
GPB 97 or DB 17-18; also partially at DB 42
93-1
    1. Comparison to previous Revelations:
      (poignancy of His experience surpasses that of Moses, Zoraster, Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb)
93-2+
  1. Significance of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh
    2. (See also 0. above.), though it is listed as first in the Table of Contents)

    (The rest of the outline has not been completed for this chapter (nor for the end of Chapter 7 either or for Chapters 8-25) (i.e., all parts not correlated to A Traveler's Narrative or The Dawn_Breakers or dealing with the Bábí Revelation).

    If you may be interested to help complete this outline (even if you do not know HTML formatting), please feel free to send Brett an email at .)