Memorials of the Faithful

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Baha'i Terms of Use Nabíl-i-Akbar Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq Mullá 'Alí-Akbar Shaykh Salmán Mírzá Muhammad-'Alí, the Afnán Hájí Mírzá Hasan, the Afnán Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Isfáhání 'Abdu's-Sálih, the Gardener Ustád Ismá'íl Nabíl-i-Zarandí Darvísh Sidq-'Alí Áqá Mírzá Mahmúd and Áqá Ridá Pidar-Ján of Qazvín Shaykh Sádiq-i-Yazdí Sháh-Muhammad-Amín Mashhadí Fattah Nabíl of Qá'in Siyyid Muhammad-Taqí Manshadí Muhammad-'Alí Sabbáq of Yazd 'Abdu'l-Ghaffár of Isfáhán 'Alí Najaf-Ábádí Hájí 'Abdu'r-Rahím-i-Yazdí Hájí 'Abdu'lláh Najaf-Ábádí Muhammad-Hádíy-i-Sahháf Mírzá Muhammad-Qulí Ustád Báqir and Ustád Ahmad Muhammad Haná-Sab Hájí Faraju'lláh Tafríshí Áqá Ibráhím-i-Isfáhání and His Brothers Áqá Muhammad-Ibráhím Zaynu'l-Ábidín Yazdí Hájí Mullá Mihdíy-i-Yazdí Hájí Muhammad Khán Áqá Muhammad-Ibráhím Amír Mírzá Mihdíy-i-Káshání Mishkín-Qalam Ustád 'Alí-Akbar-i-Najjár Shaykh 'Alí-Akbar-i-Mazgání Mírzá Muhammad, the Servant at the Travelers' Hospice Mírzá Muhammad-i-Vakíl Hájí Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Shírází Husayn Effendi Tabrízí Jamshíd-i-Gurjí Hájí Ja'far-i-Tabrízí and His Brothers Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, the Afnán 'Abdu'lláh Baghdádí Muhammad-Mustafá Baghdádí Sulaymán Khán-i-Tunúkábání 'Abdu'r-Rahmán, the Coppersmith Muhammad-Ibráhím-i-Tabrízí Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Ardikání Hájí Áqáy-i-Tabrízí Qulám-'Alíy-i-Najjár Mírzá Mustafá Naráqí Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín Azím-i-Tafríshí Mírzá Ja'far-i-Yazdí Husayn-Áqáy-i-Tabrízí Hájí 'Alí-'Askar-i-Tabrízí Áqá 'Alíy-i-Qazvíní Abu'l-Qásim of Sultán-Ábád Áqá Faraj Shamsu'd-Duhá Táhirih

NABÍL-I-AKBAR

There was, in the city of Najaf, among the disciples of the widely known mujtahid, Shaykh Murtadá, a man without likeness or peer. His name was Áqá Muhammad-i-Qá'iní, and later on he would receive, from the Manifestation, the title of Nabíl-i-Akbar.(1) This eminent soul became the leading member of the mujtahid's company of disciples. Singled out from among them all, he alone was given the rank of mujtahid--for the late Shaykh Murtadá was never wont to confer this degree.

He excelled not only in theology but in other branches of knowledge, such as the humanities, the philosophy of the Illuminati, the teachings of the mystics and of the Shaykhí School. He was a universal man, in himself alone a convincing proof. When his eyes were opened to the light of Divine guidance, and he breathed in the fragrances of Heaven, he became a flame of God. Then his heart leapt within him, and in an ecstasy of joy and love, he roared out like leviathan in the deep.

With praises showered upon him, he received his new rank from the mujtahid. He then left Najaf and came to Baghdád, and here he was honored with meeting Bahá'u'lláh. Here he beheld the light that blazed on Sinai in the Holy Tree. Soon he was in such a state that he could rest neither day nor night.