Memorials of the Faithful
Áqá ‘Alíy-i-Qazvíní / Áqá Muḥammad-Báqir and Áqá Muḥammad-Ismá’íl, the Tailor
went swiftly forth to that mysterious land. To him be salutations and praise and mercy from the Lord of this world and the world to come. May God light up his resting-place with rays from the Companion on high.
Áqá Muḥammad-Báqir and Áqá Muḥammad-Ismá’íl, the Tailor
These were two brothers who, in the path of God, captives along with the rest, were shut in the
‘Akká fortress. They were brothers of the late Pahlaván Riḍá. They left
Persia and emigrated to
Adrianople, hastening to the loving-kindness of
Bahá’u’lláh; and under His protection, they came to ‘Akká.
Pahlaván Riḍá—God’s mercy and blessings and splendors be upon him; praise and salutations be unto him—was a man to outward seeming untutored, devoid of learning. He was a tradesman, and like the others who came in at the start, he cast everything away out of love for God, attaining in one leap the highest reaches of knowledge. He is of those from the earlier time. So eloquent did he suddenly become that the people of Ká
shán were astounded. For example this man, to all appearances unschooled, betook himself to
Ḥájí Muḥammad-Karím Khán in Ká
shán and propounded this question:
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