In order to bury two of those who died, Bahá’u’lláh gave His own carpet to be sold for the expenses of their burial, but instead of using this money for that purpose the soldiers appropriate it, and thrust the bodies into a hole in the ground.
Jamál-i-Mubárak (lit. Blessed Beauty) was a title frequently applied to Bahá’u’lláh by His followers and friends.
When asked whether Bahá’u’lláh had made a special study of Western writings and founded His teachings in accordance with them ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said that the books of Bahá’u’lláh, written and printed as long ago as the 1870’s, contained the ideals now so familiar to the West, although at that time these ideas had not been printed or thought of in the West.
Thursday, 5th Jamádi I, 1260 A.H.
The tradition is quoted in a Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh; see Chapter 5 of this book.
It is interesting to compare this story with that of the birth of John the Baptist; see St. Luke’s Gospel, Chapter I.
In 1969, 139 independent states and 173 significant territories and islands. (See Epilogue)
On the subject of Intercessory Prayer, see Chapter 11.
See pp. 261–263 and 272–273 for further elucidations of the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice.
For further particulars see ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s published addresses, especially those given in the United States of America.