Memorials of the Faithful
Jamshíd-i-Gurjí / Ḥájí Ja‘far-i-Tabrízí and His Brothers
he replied, “Yea, verily!” He rose out of the
Most Great Prison to the highest Heaven; he soared away to a pure and gleaming Kingdom, out of this world of dust. May God succor him in the celestial company,
1 bring him into the
Paradise of Splendors, and safe in the Divine gardens, make him to live forevermore.
Salutations be unto him, and praise. His grave, sweet as musk, is in
‘Akká.
Ḥájí Ja‘far-i-Tabrízí and His Brothers
There were three brothers, all from Tabríz:
Ḥájí Ḥasan, Ḥájí Ja‘far, and Ḥájí Taqí. These three were like eagles soaring; they were three stars of the
Faith, pulsing with the light of the love of God.
Ḥájí Ḥasan was of the earlier day; he had believed from the new Luminary’s first dawning. He was full of ardor, keen of mind. After his conversion he traveled everywhere, through the cities and villages of
Persia, and his breath moved the hearts of longing souls. Then he left for
‘Iráq, and on the Beloved’s first journey, attained His presence there. Once he beheld that beauteous Light he was carried away to the Kingdom of Splendors; he was incandescent, he became a thrall of yearning love. At this
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