During His final days in Tihrán, prior to the journey to
Baghdád, some of the believers, such as Muhammad Taqí Khán, Sulaymán Khán,
Jináb-i-‘Azím, Mírzá ‘Alí-Muhammad, Mullá ‘Abdu’l-Fattáh, and Mírzá
‘Abdu’l-Vahháb—all of whom were to be later martyred—as well as Mírzá Husayn
Kirmání and many other souls, perceived that Bahá’u’lláh occupied a
transcendent station and became convinced that He was a Manifestation of God.
Bahá’u’lláh had composed an ode from which the fragrance of a heavenly station
could be perceived, the opening of which reads: “’Tis from Our rapture that the
clouds of realms above are raining down.” All the friends would recite that ode
with the utmost fervour and attraction, and all accepted its purport—not a soul
voiced an objection. That ode was indeed most enthralling.
The first person who recognized the sublimity and holiness
of Bahá’u’lláh and became certain that He would manifest a momentous Cause was
Mullá ‘Abdu’l-Karím-i-Qazvíní, whom the Báb had named Mírzá Ahmad. He was the
intermediary between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh and was aware of the truth of the
matter.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, new resources prepared by the Baha’i World
Center, 2019; Online Baha’i Reference Library)
