![]() ![]() It was Baha’u’llah who gave Muhammad-i-Zarandi the name Nabil-i-Azam (“The Great Noble”). Instead, Nabil took up residence in a madrasa in Tehran, where he encountered many more Babis including Baha’u’llah in 1851. But, before Nabil could get there, they were besieged by the forces of the Shah with catastrophic results. Shortly afterwards, he planned to join the group of more than 200 Babis marching from Masshad to the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi in Mazandaran province. ![]() Becoming more fully informed about the new Divine Revelation, he threw in his lot with the Bab’s beleaguered followers. It was when he was aged 16 and living in a village south-west of Tehran, that Nabil first heard about the claims of the Bab. At night, he would lie on the ground, contemplating the heavens. Working as a shepherd, the young Nabil tended his flock, praying and chanting the holy verses. As a boy, he learned the Qur’an and would travel more than 400 miles with his father from Zarand to the holy city of Qom, to listen to religious discourses. Nabil was born Muhammad-i-Zarandi on July 29, 1831. ![]() Nabil-i-Azam was a poet, his eloquence a “gift like a crystal stream,” his native genius “pure inspiration.” 1 This is how Abdu’l-Baha described the famous chronicler of Baha’i history, renowned for his narrative of the early days of the Baha’i Faith, The Dawn-Breakers.īut what do we know about the life of this “man of mettle…on fire with passionate love,” 2 counted by Shoghi Effendi as one of the 19 Apostles of Baha’u’llah? ![]()
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