Look then not at your selves and your possessions, but rather look at God, Who hath created you and conferred upon you from His kingdom that which is your lot." (29:423-24, Provisional translation by Nader Saiedi ) If ye find in your midst one who is hungry, send him, in truth and to the extent of your power, food in such a way that his heart will not be saddened, and if ye find one who has no clothes, provide him with clothes in the most dignified manner, to the extent possible for you. Gaze upon others with the same eyes with which ye gaze upon your own selves. Should ye find amongst yourselves one who is single, help him to marry, in accordance with the divine law, to the limits of your ability, and should ye find one who is in distress, bring him tranquility by any means in your power. If ye find in your midst one who is abased, exalt him to the extent ye can, and if ye find one who is veiled by ignorance, educate him to the degree of your capacity. Should ye find amongst you one who is afflicted with grief, remove his sorrow by any means in your power, and should ye find one stricken with poverty, enrich him to the extent of your ability. "Be lovingly watchful of one another and thus improve your affairs. The Báb gives explanations about many divine names and attributes and describes how humanity can be spiritualized by recognizing the Manifestation of God. Where the materials about the calendar are located in the Kitabu'l-Asmáʼ needs further research.
The 361 chapters symbolize "all things" (Kull-i-Shayʼ) and the days of the year of the Badi' calendar. Each name is discussed in four different parts, each part written in a different 'mode of revelation': divine verses, prayers, commentaries, and rational arguments. and consists largely of "lengthy variations of invocations of the names of God'. The text is divided in nineteen unities (Vahid) and 361 gates (Báb chapters).
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