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Zaynu’l-Ábidín Yazdí 83 |
One of the emigrants who
died along the way to the
Holy Land was Zaynu’l-Ábidín of Yazd. When, in Manshad,
this devoted man first heard the cry of God, he was
awakened to restless life. A holy passion stirred him, his
soul was made new. The light of guidance flamed from
the lamp of his heart; the love of God sparked a revolution
in the country of his inner self. Carried away by love for the
Loved One’s beauty, he left the home that was dear to him
and set out for the Desired Land.
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As he traveled along with his two sons, gladdened by
hopes of the meeting that would be his, he paused on every
hilltop, in every plain, village and hamlet to visit with the
friends. But the great distance stretching out before him
changed to a sea of troubles, and although his spirit
yearned, his body weakened, and at the end he sickened
and turned helpless; all this when he was without a home.
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Although to outward eyes he never drained the cup of
meeting, never gazed upon the beauty of Bahá’u’lláh, still
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he achieved the very spirit of spiritual communion; he is
accounted as one of those who attained the Presence, and
for him the reward of those who reached that Presence is
fixed and ordained. He was a stainless soul, faithful, devoted
and true. He never drew a breath except in righteousness,
and his single desire was to worship his Lord. He
walked the ways of love; he was known to all for steadfast
loyalty and pure intent. May God fill up reunion’s cup for
him in a fair country, make him to enter the everlasting
Kingdom, and console his eyes with beholding the lights
of that mysterious Realm.
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