Memorials of the Faithful
Nabíl of Qá’in / Siyyid Muḥammad-Taqí Manshadí
he had nothing the matter with him. The perspiring went on and on; he weakened, lay in his bed, and toward morning, died.
Bahá’u’lláh would refer to him with infinite grace and loving-kindness, and revealed a number of
Tablets in his name. The
Blessed Beauty was wont, after Nabíl’s passing, to recall that ardor, the power of that faith, and to comment that here was a man who had recognized Him, prior to the advent of
the Báb.
All hail to him for this wondrous bestowal. “Blessedness awaiteth him and a goodly home... And God will single out for His mercy whomsoever He willeth.”1
Siyyid Muḥammad-Taqí Manshadí
Muḥammad-Taqí came from the village of Man
shad. When still young, he learned of the
Faith of God. In holy ecstasy, his mind turned Heavenward, and his heart was flooded with light. Divine grace descended upon him; the summons of God so enraptured him that he threw the peace of Man
shad to the winds. Leaving his kinsfolk and children, he set out over mountains and desert plains, passed from one halting-place to the next, came to the seashore, crossed over the sea and at last reached the
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