Memorials of the Faithful
Muḥammad Haná-Sab / Ḥájí Faraju’lláh Tafríshí
Áqá Muḥammad was in such anguish that he was unable to rest for a moment. At every dawn he would rise and would sweep the ground about the house of
Bahá’u’lláh, his tears pouring down like rain, chanting prayers as he worked.
What a holy being he was, how great a man! He could not bear the separation very long, but died, and hastened onward to the world of lights, to the assemblage where the beauty of God is unveiled. May God shed upon his grave rays from the realm of forgiveness, and lull his spirit in the heart of
Paradise. May God exalt his station in the gardens above. His bright tomb is in
‘Akká.
Ḥájí Faraju’lláh Tafríshí
Yet another of those who came out of their homeland to live in the neighborhood of Bahá’u’lláh was Faraju’lláh of Tafrí
sh. This blessed individual was from earliest youth the servant of Bahá’u’lláh, and with his esteemed father, Áqá Lutfu’lláh, he emigrated from
Persia to
Adrianople. Áqá Lutfu’lláh was a staunch believer, lovingly devoted to the
Blessed Beauty. Patient, long-suffering, completely indifferent to this world and its vanities, he lived content in the neighborhood of Bahá’u’lláh; and then humbly at the Threshold, with a contrite heart, he abandoned this fleeting life and soared away to the boundless
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