Memorials of the Faithful
Áqá Mírzá Maḥmúd and Áqá Riḍá / Pidar-Ján of Qazvín
Holy Threshold. After the time of the Supreme Affliction, they were consumed with sorrow, like candles flickering away; they longed for death, and stayed firm in the
Covenant and labored hard and well to spread that Daystar’s
Faith. They were close and trusted companions of
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and could be relied on in all things. They were always lowly, humble, unassuming, evanescent. In all that long period, they never uttered a word which had to do with self.
And at the last, during the absence of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, they took their flight to the Kingdom of unfading glory. I sorrowed much because I was not with them when they died. Although absent in body, I was there in my heart, and mourning over them; but to outward seeming I did not bid them good-by; this is why I grieve.
Unto them both be salutations and praise; upon them be compassion and glory. May God give them a home in
Paradise, under the
Lote-Tree’s shade. May they be immersed in tiers of light, close beside their Lord, the Mighty, the All-Powerful.
Pidar-Ján of Qazvín
The late Pidar-Ján was among those believers who emigrated to
Baghdád. He was a godly old man, enamored of the Well-Beloved; in the garden of Divine love, he was
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