Memorials of the Faithful

1844-1921 `Abdu'L-Bahá

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Title: Memorials of the Faithful

Author: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Release Date: September 2006 [Ebook 19279]

Language: English

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Memorials of the Faithful

by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Edition 1, (September 2006)

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Contents

Baha'i Terms of Use . . . . . . . . Nabíl-i-Akbar . . . . . . . . . . . Ismu’lláhu’l-Asdaq . . . . . . . . Mullá ‘Alí-Akbar . . . . . . . . . Shaykh Salmán . . . . . . . . . . Mírzá Muhammad-‘Alí, the Afnán Hájí Mírzá Hasan, the Afnán . . . Muhammad-‘Alíy-i-Isfáhání . . . ‘Abdu’s-Sálih, the Gardener . . . Ustád Ismá’íl . . . . . . . . . . . Nabíl-i-Zarandí . . . . . . . . . . Darvísh Sidq-‘Alí . . . . . . . . . Áqá Mírzá Mahmúd and Áqá Ridá Pidar-Ján of Qazvín . . . . . . . . Shaykh Sádiq-i-Yazdí . . . . . . . Sháh-Muhammad-Amín . . . . . Mashhadí Fattah . . . . . . . . . . Nabíl of Qá’in . . . . . . . . . . . Siyyid Muhammad-Taqí Manshadí Muhammad-‘Alí Sabbáq of Yazd . ‘Abdu’l-Ghaffár of Isfáhán . . . . ‘Alí Najaf-Ábádí . . . . . . . . . Hájí ‘Abdu’r-Rahím-i-Yazdí . . . Hájí ‘Abdu’lláh Najaf-Ábádí . . . Muhammad-Hádíy-i-Sahháf . . . Mírzá Muhammad-Qulí . . . . . . Ustád Báqir and Ustád Ahmad . . Muhammad Haná-Sab . . . . . . Hájí Faraju’lláh Tafríshí . . . . .

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Áqá Ibráhím-i-Isfáhání and His Brothers Áqá Muhammad-Ibráhím . . . . . . . . Zaynu’l-Ábidín Yazdí . . . . . . . . . . Hájí Mullá Mihdíy-i-Yazdí . . . . . . . Hájí Muhammad Khán . . . . . . . . . Áqá Muhammad-Ibráhím Amír . . . . . Mírzá Mihdíy-i-Káshání . . . . . . . . Mishkín-Qalam . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ustád ‘Alí-Akbar-i-Najjár . . . . . . . . Shaykh ‘Alí-Akbar-i-Mazgání . . . . .

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Mírzá Muhammad-i-Vakíl . . . . . . . Hájí Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Shírází . . . . Husayn Effendi Tabrízí . . . . . . . . . Jamshíd-i-Gurjí . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hájí Ja’far-i-Tabrízí and His Brothers . Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, the Afnán ‘Abdu’lláh Baghdádí . . . . . . . . . . Muhammad-Mustafá Baghdádí . . . . . Sulaymán Khán-i-Tunúkábání . . . . . ‘Abdu’r-Rahmán, the Coppersmith . . . Muhammad-Ibráhím-i-Tabrízí . . . . . Muhammad-‘Alíy-i-Ardikání . . . . . . Hájí Áqáy-i-Tabrízí . . . . . . . . . . . Qulám-‘Alíy-i-Najjár . . . . . . . . . . Mírzá Mustafá Naráqí . . . . . . . . . . Zaynu’l-Muqarrabín . . . . . . . . . . . Azím-i-Tafríshí . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mírzá Ja’far-i-Yazdí . . . . . . . . . . . Husayn-Áqáy-i-Tabrízí . . . . . . . . . Hájí ‘Alí-‘Askar-i-Tabrízí . . . . . . . . Áqá ‘Alíy-i-Qazvíní . . . . . . . . . . . Abu’l-Qásim of Sultán-Ábád . . . . . . Áqá Faraj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Nabíl-i-Akbar

There was, in the city of Najaf, among the disciples of the widely known mujtahid, Shaykh Murtadá, a man without likeness or peer. His name was Áqá Mu%ammad-i-Qá’iní, and later on he would receive, from the Manifestation, the title of Nabíl-i-Ak- 1 bar. This eminent soul became the leading member of the mujtahid’s company of disciples. Singled out from among them all, he alone was given the rank of mujtahid—for the late Shaykh Murtadá was never wont to confer this degree.

He excelled not only in theology but in other branches of knowledge, such as the humanities, the philosophy of the Illu- minati, the teachings of the mystics and of the Shaykhí School. He was a universal man, in himself alone a convincing proof. When his eyes were opened to the light of Divine guidance, and he breathed in the fragrances of Heaven, he became a flame of God. Then his heart leapt within him, and in an ecstasy of joy and love, he roared out like leviathan in the deep.

With praises showered upon him, he received his new rank from the mujtahid. He then left Najaf and came to Baghdád, and here he was honored with meeting Bahá’u’lláh. Here he beheld the light that blazed on Sinai in the Holy Tree. Soon he was in such a state that he could rest neither day nor night.

One day, on the floor of the outer apartments reserved for the men, the honored Nabíl was reverently kneeling in the pres- ence of Bahá’u’lláh. At that moment$ájí Mírzá$asan-‘Amú, a trusted associate of the mujtahids of Karbilá, came in with Zaynu’l-Ábidín Khán, the Fakhru’d-Dawlih. Observing how

1 For the author of The Dawn-Breakers, see Nabíl-i-Zarandí.