Memorials of the Faithful
Muḥammad-‘Alíy-i-Ardikání / Ḥájí Áqáy-i-Tabrízí
This man was a true servant of the Threshold, a good friend to the believers. All were pleased with him, finding him an excellent companion, gentle and mild. May God succor him in His exalted Kingdom, and give him a home in the
Abhá Realm, and send upon him abounding grace from the gardens of Heaven—the place of meeting, the place of the mystical contemplation of God. His amber-scented dust is in
Haifa.
Ḥájí Áqáy-i-Tabrízí
Early in his youth this spiritual man, who came from Tabríz, had sensed the mystic knowledge and drunk the heady wine of God, and he remained staunch as ever in the
Faith during his years of helpless age.
He lived for a time in Á
dhirbayján, enamored of the Lord. When he became widely known thereabouts as one bearing the name of God, the people ruined his life. His relatives and friends turned against him, finding a new excuse to hound him with every passing day. Finally he broke up his home, took his family and fled to
Adrianople. He reached there during the close of the Adrianople period and was taken prisoner by the oppressors.
Along with us homeless wanderers, and under the protection of the
Ancient Beauty, he came to the
Most Great Prison and was a confidant and companion, sharing with
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