Bahá'u'lláh removed such limitations on one's apparel and beard. He leaves such matters to the "discretion" of the individual, and at the same time calls upon the believers not to transgress the bounds of propriety and to exercise moderation in all that pertains to dress.
Káf and Rá are the first two consonants of Kirmán, the name of a city and province of Iran.
177. We perceive that which secretly and stealthily diffuseth from thee. #164
This passage is a reference to the intrigues of a group of Azalís, followers of Mírzá Yahyá (see note 190), associated with the city of Kirmán. They include Mullá Ja'far, his son S{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Ahmad-i-Rúhí and Mírzá Áqá K{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}án-i-Kirmání (both sons-in-law of Mírzá Yahyá), as well as Mírzá Ahmad-i-Kirmání. They not only sought to undermine the Faith, but involved themselves in political intrigues which culminated in the assassination of Násiri'd-Dín S{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}áh.
178. Call ye to mind the s{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} whose name was Muhammad-Hasan #166
S{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Muhammad-Hasan, one of the leading exponents of S{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}í'ih Islám, rejected the Báb. The author of voluminous writings on S{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}í'ih jurisprudence, he is reported to have died around 1850.
Nabíl, in The Dawn-Breakers, describes the encounter that took place in Najaf between Mullá 'Alíy-i-Bastamí, one of the Letters of the Living, and S{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Muhammad-Hasan. During the meeting, Mullá 'Alí announced the manifestation of the Báb and extolled the potency of His Revelation. At the instigation of the s{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{ ~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}, Mullá 'Alí was forthwith pronounced a heretic and expelled from the assembly. He was put on trial, transported to Istanbul, and condemned to hard labour.