Memorials of the Faithful
Áqá Muḥammad-Báqir and Áqá Muḥammad-Ismá’íl, the Tailor / Abu’l-Qásim of Sulṭán-Ábád
placed under the feet of
Bahá’u’lláh. He took up this carpet and said, “Sell it. Give the money to the guards.” The prayer carpet was sold for 170 piasters
1 and that sum was handed over. But the two were never washed for their burial nor wrapped in their winding sheets; the guards only dug a hole in the ground and thrust them in, as they were, in the clothes they had on; so that even now, their two graves are one, and just as their souls are joined in the
Abhá Realm, their bodies are together here, under the earth, each holding the other in his close embrace.
The
Blessed Beauty showered His blessings on these two brothers. In life, they were encompassed by His grace and favor; in death, they were memorialized in His
Tablets. Their grave is in
‘Akká. Greetings be unto them, and praise. The glory of the All-Glorious be upon them, and God’s mercy, and His benediction.
Abu’l-Qásim of Sulṭán-Ábád
Another among the prisoners was Abu’l-Qásim of Sulṭán-Ábád, the traveling companion of
Áqá Faraj. These two were unassuming, loyal and staunch. Once their souls had come alive through the breathings of the Faithful Spirit they hastened out of
Persia to
Adrianople, for such
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