Memorials of the Faithful
`Alí Najaf-Ábádí
Also among the emigrants
and near neighbors was
Áqá `Alí Najaf-Ábádí. When this spiritual young man first
listened to the call of God he set his lips to the holy cup
and beheld the glory of the Speaker on the Mount. And
when, by grace of the light, he had attained positive knowledge,
he journeyed to the Most Great Prison, where he
witnessed the substance of knowledge itself, and arrived at
the high station of indubitable truth.
For a long time he remained in and about the sacred
city; he became the proverbial Habíbu'lláh the Merchant,
and spent his days relying upon God, in supplication and
prayer. He was a man meek, quiet, uncomplaining, steadfast;
in all things pleasing, worthy of praise. He won the
approval of all the friends and was accepted and welcome
at the Holy Threshold. During his latter days, when he
felt that a happy end was in store for him, he again presented himself at the holy city of the Most Great Prison. Upon arrival he fell ill, weakened, passed his hours in supplicating
God. The breath of life ceased within him, the
gates of flight to the supreme Kingdom were flung wide,
he turned his eyes away from this world of dust and went
onward to the Holy Place.
`Alí Najaf-Ábádí was tender and sensitive of heart, at
all times mindful of God and remembering Him, and toward
the close of his life detached, without stain, free
from the contagion of this world. Sweetly, he gave up his
corner of the earth, and pitched his tent in the land beyond.
May God send upon him the pure savors of forgiveness,
brighten his eyes with beholding the Divine Beauty
in the Kingdom of Splendors, and refresh his spirit with
the musk-scented winds that blow from the Abhá Realm.
Unto him be salutation and praise. His sweet and holy
dust lies in Akká.
Memorials of the Faithful
pages 61-62
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