In the Land of Refuge
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496 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 64. 497 Malmírí, Khátirát Malmírí, p. 61. 498 Afrúkhtah, Khátirát Nuh Sálah, p. 403, and Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 66. 499 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 66–73. 500 Mázandarání, Táríkh Zuhúru’l-Haqq, vol. 5, p. 530, gives Shíráz as the place of his business and burial. 501 Mázandarání, Táríkh Zuhúru’l-Haqq, vol. 5, p. 515. 502 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 62. 503 Mázandarání, Táríkh Zuhúru’l-Haqq, vol. 5, p. 530, states that he died in Beirut. 504 Taherzadeh, Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 360, gives his year of passing as 1927. 505 Two of them are quoted in Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 57–59. 506 Some of these Tablets are quoted in Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 217–19. 507 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 219, gives the date of her passing as October 1939. 508 She journeyed with Mírzá Habíbu’lláh and his family to the Holy Land in 1890. She remained there until some time after the ascension of Bahá’u’lláh. After her husband passed away in Shíráz, Shoghi Effendi urged her to return to the Holy Land. She passed away there in her 70s and was buried in the Haifa Bahá’í cemetery. Some of Bahá’u’lláh’s and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablets for her are quoted in Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 279–83. 509 Presumably, a reference to the Vakílu’d-Dawlih<13>. 510 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 275. 511 As a sign of respect for the wife of the Báb, Khadíjih Bagum, this child was known as Munavvar. 512 In his Naw-Rúz 113 BE letter to the Bahá’ís of the East, Shoghi Effendi recognized and praised Abú’l-Qásim Afnán for his initiative. 513 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 195. 514 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 195. 515 Malmírí, Khátirát Malmírí, pp. 137–50, gives the details of the escape of the Afnán and Malmírí families from Yazd. It involved an armed struggle with the Muslims, and some of the opposition were killed. 516 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 126–27. Another Tablet for him is in Khándán Afnán, pp. 127–28. 517 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 130, states that he passed away in Yazd. 518 For a translation of this Tablet, see Rabbani, Eight Years Near ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Memoirs of Dr. Habíb Mu’ayyad, chapter 9. 519 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 148–50. 520 Two of Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablets for Mírzá Diyá’ are quoted in Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 239–40. 521 For two of Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablets addressed to her, see Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 241–42. 522 Some of Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablets to Áqá Siyyid Áqá are in INBMC 51:345–50. 524 INBMC 51:348, no. 354. Also quoted in Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 220–21. 525 About this, Bahá’u’lláh notes, “Recently the Afnáns and Amín—upon them be My glory and loving kindness—attained Our presence and beheld Our countenance; likewise Nabíl, the son of Nabíl, and the son of Samandar—upon them rest the glory of God and His loving kindness—are present and have drunk the cup of reunion. We entreat God that He may graciously ordain for them the good of this world and of the next and that the outpouring of His blessings and grace may descend upon them from the heaven of His generosity and the clouds of His tender compassion” (Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, pp. 73–74). In addition to the two Afnáns, Bahá’u’lláh is referring to Hájí ‘Abdu’l-Hasan Amín, Shaykh Muhammad-‘Alí Nabíl, and Áqá Shaykh Ahmad Nabílí of Qazvín. 526 Presumably, a reference to Áqá Mírzá Áqá Núri’d-Dín. 527 INBMC 51:348–49, no. 355; Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 221–22; and ‘Alá’í, Mu’assasih Ayady-i Amru’lláh, pp. 810–11. 528 One of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablets is quoted in Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 225–26. 529 INBMC 52:328–29, no. 367. Another Tablet in a similar vein is in INBMC 52:327–28, no. 366. 530 INBMC 52:307, no. 347. 531 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 228–29. Another of Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablets for Mírzá Buzurg is in Khándán Afnán, pp. 229–30. 532 INBMC 52:335, no. 375. 533 INBMC 52:332, no. 371. 534 INBMC 52:360–61, no. 406. 535 INBMC 52:370, no. 414. 537 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 77–79. 538 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 75. 539 Shoghi Effendi. The Unfolding Destiny of British Bahá’í Community: The Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith to the Bahá’ís of the British Isles, p. 159. 540 Mázandarání, Táríkh Zuhúru’l-Haqq, vol. 5, p. 529, gives his name as Áqá Siyyid Muhammad-Rahím. 541 For one example, see Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 263–64. 542 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 266. 543 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Makátíb ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, vol. 3, pp. 238–43, and Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, pp. 267–73. 544 11 July 1921. 545 Based on a previously unpublished translation by Hand of the Cause of God, Hasan Balyúzí, and shared through the kindness of A.Q. Afnán for this project (December 1995). 546 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 98. 547 One of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablets for her is quoted in Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 98. 548 He was brutally martyred during the Bahá’í persecutions of the Islamic Republic in Iran. 549 Fayzí, Khándán Afnán, p. 47. One of Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablets to him is quoted in Khándán Afnán, pp. 48–49. 551 Readers interested in further materials on Fárs should consult: Barthold, An Historical Geography of Iran. 552 The name Shíráz also appears on clay seals found at Qasr-i Abu Nasr, a Sassanid ruin, east of the city. 553 The city is referred to in Hudúdu’l-‘alam al-Mashriq ila al-Maghrib, p. 126, where two fire temples and a fortress called Shammubad are reported. Hamdu’lláh Mustawfi also verifies the existence of pre-Islamic settlements in Shíráz in Nushatu’l-Qulub, p. 112. 554 Shíráz fell into Arab hands in 641, and Istakhr fell in 653. 555 In 1630, a flood destroyed a large segment of the city, which was later mostly rebuilt. Another flood hit the city in 1668. 556 Shíráz suffered two major earthquakes in 1824 and 1853, resulting in considerable damage though a number of historic buildings were spared. 557 MacEoin, Rituals in Babism and Bahaism, pp. 154-162. The present translator is grateful to Dr. MacEoin for permission to cite his elegant translation. Yüklə 1,93 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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